The Placeholder Who Became Queen
The Placeholder Who Became Queen is a city nights novel in English; the first 5 chapters are free in the official app.
Story
The story
Tonight, I, Emily, stood proudly at Ivy Glen Winery’s Annual Harvest Gala. My new Cabernet was launching, the culmination of three years transforming my in-laws' struggling vineyard into a national name as its CEO.
Then my husband Kevin walked in, arm-in-arm with Jessica, his visibly pregnant college ex, and snatched the microphone. He slurred, branding me a "placeholder" and firing me, both as CEO and his wife, proclaiming Jessica’s child the "real" Parker heir.
A hush fell, then whispers. The crowd, quick to condemn, watched as he offered a measly hundred thousand dollars for my years of effort. Jessica preened, boasting about being the "rightful" Mrs. Parker, reminding everyone I had no formal employment contract. Everything I built seemed to crumble.
How could he? After everything I poured into this place, into *us*? To be so casually discarded, so utterly humiliated in front of everyone, felt like a cruel joke. Was I truly just a temporary convenience, a "nobody" without him, as he sneered?
With a steady hand, I signed the brutal divorce papers, intending to walk away with nothing but the clothes on my back. But just then, my in-laws, Richard and Susan, stepped forward, and the true bombshell dropped: "Emily is our daughter. Our true blood. The rightful heir to Ivy Glen."
Chapters
🔒 every chapter continues in the official app
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Questions
Can I read The Placeholder Who Became Queen for free?
The official app lets you read the first 5 chapters of The Placeholder Who Became Queen without paying. EditWrx Reads shows the story details and chapter list.
Where can I read The Placeholder Who Became Queen?
In the official app. The button on this page takes you there.
What's The Placeholder Who Became Queen about?
Tonight, I, Emily, stood proudly at Ivy Glen Winery’s Annual Harvest Gala. My new Cabernet was launching, the culmination of three years transforming my in-laws' struggling vineyard into a national name as its CEO.
What genre is The Placeholder Who Became Queen?
It’s a city nights novel, written in English.
EditWrx Reads carries only the sample chapters and story details the publisher has cleared for preview. To read the whole book, use the official app.
Chapter 1 is in the official app
The Placeholder Who Became Queen is read in the official app. Install it to open the story.