The Disowned Heir's Royal Vengeance，Begging on Her Knees

After proposing to Samantha for the nineteenth time, Julian finally hears yes. But on their wedding day, a man named Lucas Wright arrives with a marriage certificate: he is Samantha's legal husband. Lucas forces Julian to his knees, dumps scalding tea over his head, and brands him a home-wrecker before the guests. Julian's adoptive parents, the Millers, slap him and publicly disown him, while Samantha offers only cold comfort—she cannot divorce Lucas, but promises Julian money, a penthouse, and a future child if he stays quiet.

Julian breaks up with her, yet Samantha shows him the Millers' public statement severing all ties, then whispers that he has only her now. As Lucas moves into the villa and has Julian's belongings thrown out, Julian digs through the trash for a silver pendant—his only keepsake from his real mother. Then a call comes from an old, raspy voice: the Sterlings, his blood family, say he was stolen from them, and his father is flying back to New York tonight.

Julian asks if calling him Dad means he will help. He is not a home-wrecker, and he refuses to be one.