Doted by Many: I became the Top-Tier Celebrity! - Chapter 283 - 282: He Read Her Mind

“No one looks at you. No one touches you. You’re a Whitehall now... And you’re mine.” Roman’s voice was a low, dangerous growl against her neck.She tilted her chin, meeting the predator in his eyes with her own cold fire. “I belong to no one, Roman, certainly not a beast in a jersey. If you want to claim me, you’ll have to do better than your father’s signature on a contract.”She spun her wheelchair to leave, but he was faster. His hand locked around her waist, dragging her back as his palm slammed against the wall beside her head.“Don’t you fucking dare me, Estelle.”—Estelle Rutledge was the Ice Queen of the Rutledge sports dynasty: national treasure, global brand, and the financial backbone of her family’s empire.Until one catastrophic crack on the ice shattered her career… and left her in a wheelchair.In the elite world of the one percent, a broken asset becomes a liability.With the Rutledge legacy collapsing under a mountain of debt, Estelle’s own mother did the unthinkable. She sold her daughter to the highest bidder, trading Estelle’s freedom for a check from Magnus Whitehall, the ruthless billionaire owner of a professional hockey empire.But Magnus didn’t buy Estelle for himself. He bought her to be his son’s leash.Roman Whitehall is the NHL’s most dangerous beast. A volatile heir with a scandal-soaked reputation and a temper that threatens the family’s billions. To the league’s board, he’s a loose cannon. To his father, he’s a problem that needs a wife to clean up his image.The command was simple: “Be the one thing he can’t avoid… or lose your legs.”Now Estelle is legally bound to a man who sees their marriage as a cage, and her as the bars holding him in. Roman believes she’s a fragile burden. Estelle thinks he’s a monster fueled by rage and secrets.But inside the Whitehall mansion, built on power, money, and lies, Estelle discovers a terrifying truth: she is not the first “Ice Queen” Magnus Whitehall has broken.Trapped in dynasty politics and a contract signed in blood, Estelle faces an impossible choice. Will she let the Whitehalls destroy what’s left of her… or join forces with the beast she hates most and burn their empire to the ground?Because even though she hates it, Roman Whitehall may be the only man who can help her stand again.Even if he has to break her first.

“Shameless Xia Ping, not only did you steal my martial arts manual and medicinal pills, you even took my fiancée! We’re not finished!”

In a world where civilization has collapsed under the weight of monstrous mutations and apocalyptic chaos, humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. Swarms of bloodthirsty insects darken the skies, while grotesque beasts roam the ruins of once-great cities. In this new age of fear and fire, survival is a luxury few can afford.Magnus is reborn on the eve of humanity's downfall - armed with forbidden knowledge and a ruthless will to survive. With his memories of the future and the fire of ambition, he does what no man has ever dared: he builds an all-female army in the ashes of the old world.As the world burns, he leads his women to evolve through blood and battle, seizing territory, crushing rivals, and forging strongholds from scorched earth. From scavenging ruins to building a post-apocalyptic empire, every conquest brings them closer to domination - and to each other.A steel-hearted commander who bows to no one. A refined professor whose calm hides forbidden heat. A rebellious wildcat who burns with fire and fury. A lonely widow who rediscovers desire in his arms. And many more drawn to his strength, his madness, his touch.One by one, they fall to him - not with chains, but with passion. They become his blades, his shields, his women. And together, they carve a path of blood and flame through the end of the world.He doesn't just survive the apocalypse -He conquers it.Apocalypse, Rebirth, All-Female Army, Harem, Survival, Brutal Combat, Overpowered MC, Dark Fantasy, Loyalty, Passion, Military Strategy, Female Awakeners, Seduction, Conquest, Adult Themes, Post-Apocalyptic Empire

Upon waking up, Ruan Xia had transmigrated into a webnovel that she had stayed up all night to finish reading. She had become the villain’s mother.

In the novel, after the death of her first husband, the original owner of the body had hooked up with a Mr. Perfect at the fastest possible speed. Worried and discontent that her son from her first marriage would become a burden on her, she heartlessly abandoned her son.

Having once held the best quality script and informed of future events, Ruan Xia looked at her still alive first husband as well as her future villain son. She sighed. She wanted to apply for a different script!