Chapter 1 " Let's get divorced ! I mamed you only to fulfill my grandfather's dying wish . The only woman I love is Sophie " " Julian , I love you . If I lose you , I'll die ." % " Then go ahead and diets Caitlin Kensington jolted awake , her forehead damp with cold sweat She was gasping , her chest heaving as she tried to catch her breath . The room was enormous . Everything in it - from the gilded ceiling to the marble floors - looked like something out of a palace . !! Staring at the unfamiliar surroundings , Caitlin froze for a moment . What was happening ? Wasn't she .. dead ? !! Before she could make sense of it , a torrent of memories that didn't belong to her crashed into her mind . Again and again , she saw a man's eyes filled with nothing but disgust , and a woman kneeling on the floor , begging desperately not to be abandoned It took nearly fifteen minutes before Caitlin could sort out what had happened . No mistake about it . She had come back to life . The body she now occupied belonged to someone with the same name - Caitlin Kensington - a girl from a rural town with no family to speak of . Her parents were a mystery . As a newbom , she had been left on the side of the road and found by an old man who raised her as his own , though they shared no blood . Six months ago , Caitlin had married into the illustrious Chandler family , one of the most powerful dynasties in Silverhaven . Overnight , the farm girl became a socialite - envied by women across the city . But the story of how this ordinary girl married into wealth began a year earlier . One year ago , the original Caitlin had seen Jarvis Chandler in the throes of a seizure , fallen into the river . She'd saved his life.X Jarvis was struck - partly by Caitlin's beauty , but more so by an odd sense that she would bring good fortune to whoever married her . At the time , the Chandler Group was on the verge of financial collapse . Grateful to Caitlin for saving his life and desperate to rescue his family's empire , Jarvis insisted that his grandson , Julian Chandler , marry her - even if the entire family objected Against all odds , after Caitlin and Julian wed , the Chandler Group bounced back from the brink of ruin and began to thrive , growing stronger by the day Julian , once the laughingstock of the social set , became the city's most eligible rising star - a financial prodigy the press dubbed the " dark horse of the decade.2 But if Julian had looked down on Caitlin before , now that his status soared , he had even less patience for her . She had no pedigree , no fancy education , nothing that made her worthy of him - at least in his eyes . Six months of marriage , and they still slept in separate beds . In fact , their relationship had never even been consummated . A month ago , Jarvis died suddenly of a heart attack . Julian's first love , Sophie Barrett , returned from abroad for the funeral . Eager to reunite with her , Julian kicked Caitlin aside and demanded a divorce . " Julian had only ever used Caitlin , but she'd given him her heart - loved him , sacrificed for him , begged him not to leave her . She even knelt and pleaded with Sophie to let Julian go . But Sophie just smiled and said , " In love , the one who isn't loved is the real outsider . " With nowhere else to turn , Caitlin told Julian that if he insisted on divorce , she'd rather die . His answer ? Cold , unfeeling : " Then go ahead and die . " 2 Broken beyond repair , Caitlin swallowed an entire bottle of sleeping pills . !! But - 2 Julian seemed to have forgotten something . Caitlin wasn't just a lucky charm . In the s shame K short months she'd studied business under Jarvis , she had shown a genius that put even him to The Chandler Group's miraculous comeback ? All thanks to Caitlin working tirelessly behind the scenes . She never claimed credit - always letting Julian bask in the spotlight . Just a week ago , Caitlin had stayed up all night revising the Chandler Group's bid for the Sylvester Group contract Without Caitlin , the Chandler family would have been just another casualty of the cutthroat business world , and Julian would never have made his name as the industry's brightest stară The truth was , Caitlin was the real dark horse of the decade . BAM BAM BAM - I Suddenly , a sharp knock shattered the silence . * Caitlin I'm waming you - killing yourself isn't the Julian's voice , cold and clipped , echoed through the door . This marriage ends tomorrow , like it or not . End of story ! " To him , the Chandler Group was back on course , his reputation was secure , and Caitlin was no longer useful . Useless things away !! From here on out , as far as Julian was concemed , he was all the Chandler Group needed . get thrown Caitlin frowned , moving to get out of bed . She glanced down and realized she was wearing only a pale gray by sitk nightgown - thin enough to leave little to the imagination , her curves outlined beneath the fabric . Well . Not a bad figure , she thought , a hint of a smile curving her lips . She rather liked