He Threw Me Away, I Became Queen

The day my husband, Leon Ford, won Best Actor, a video smearing me went viral. In the video, my sister, Lucy Carter, tearfully accused me of using my position as Leon's manager to break them up. She claimed I'd threatened to ruin his career and forced him to marry me, a 250-pound woman. Leon liked the video the moment it went up, making it look like he was backing Lucy's story. Within minutes, the entire internet had turned against me. "She used her power to pressure an actor into marrying her? Someone like that should be blacklisted!" "God, she stole her own sister's boyfriend! What a vicious woman. Leon must've been miserable waking up to that disgusting fat pig every day!" "I hope Leon and Lucy finally get to be happy. That damned woman can go to hell!" What no one knew was how much I'd sacrificed for Leon over the years. I'd found investors for him and spent countless nights drinking with clients until I ended up in the ICU with a perforated stomach. I'd even been injured protecting him from a hater. The medication I needed afterward made my weight spiral out of control. Back then, Leon had sworn he'd never be ashamed of me. He called me his only treasure and chose to marry me of his own free will. I believed him. Despite what the medication had done to my body, I kept working tirelessly for him until he finally won Best Actor. But now that he'd made it to the top, all I got in return was a public smear campaign and divorce papers. Just when I had nowhere left to turn and despair was closing in, I received a text from Stephen Moretti, the mafia Don. "Want revenge? Lose weight and I'll make you a queen." Chapter 1 "God, is that the manager who abused her power to force Leon to marry her? She must weigh 250 pounds! Look at her buttons. They're about to pop! And look at that belly. She's ugly inside and out!" "She stole her sister's boyfriend and forced Leon to marry her. How does that fat pig have the nerve to show her face?" "This is disgusting! How can anyone be so cruel? Sign the papers and let Leon and Lucy be together!" I gripped my phone until my knuckles turned white. Every comment on Lucy's livestream cut like a knife. Half an hour earlier, Lucy had walked into my hospital room and started a livestream on purpose. On camera, she burst into tears. Her heartbroken act fooled tens of thousands of viewers. "Ella, you used your power as his manager to threaten Leon's career. You broke us up and forced him to marry you. Now he's won Best Actor, and you've made enough money from him. Please let him go. Let us be together." Furious, I reached for her phone. The camera suddenly turned toward me. As I moved, the buttons on my hospital gown popped open. The weight I'd gained from hormone treatment was on full display. I looked awful. Within minutes, the video was all over the internet. Leon stormed into the room and threw divorce papers in my face. "Sign them, Ella. Don't make this difficult." I grabbed his wrist. "Leon, why? How can you let her lie about me online? I'm your wife!" He yanked his arm away and laughed coldly. "Wife? You think you deserve to call yourself that? Look at what everyone is saying about you! "Besides, I'm an award-winning actor now. I can't have a fat pig following me around forever. Take the hint and sign the papers!" I stared at him. He knew why I'd gained so much weight. I'd been attacked while protecting him. After that, I needed long-term hormone treatment. The medication made my weight spiral out of control. Back then, Leon had cried and promised he'd never look down on me. He swore he'd never betray me. I believed him. So I worked even harder and helped him become Best Actor. Now he was paying me back with online hate and divorce papers. "Ella, stop making things difficult for Leon." Lucy leaned close to my ear with a cruel smile. "Do you know where he celebrated his win last night? In my bed. He said looking at your fat makes him sick!" I shook with rage and pointed at the door. "Get out!" I hadn't even touched Lucy, but she suddenly screamed and fell to the floor. "Ella, I'm sorry!" she sobbed. "I was only trying to talk to you. Please don't hit me." "Ella! Have you lost your mind?" Leon rushed over and stood in front of Lucy. My parents appeared at the door. I tried to explain, but Mom rushed over and slapped me. "Ella, what are you doing? Look at yourself! Sign the papers and stop getting between Lucy and Leon!" Dad looked at me just as coldly. "Lucy is your younger sister. Can't you let her have this? Besides, look at yourself. What man could stand being with you?" I froze. My whole body went cold. They didn't even ask if I was okay. My parents took Lucy's side without a second thought. They wanted me to give her my husband. Nurses and patients crowded around the door and pointed at me. "God, that's the fat woman who stole her sister's man? And look at that temper!" "She's huge. Poor Leon." "Just divorce her already. She's disgusting!" I listened to them mock me. Then I looked at Leon and my parents. Suddenly, I didn't want to fight anymore. When they demanded that I sign again, I did. Then I watched Leon leave with Lucy and my parents. They laughed together as they walked away. Everything inside me went cold. I left the hospital in a daze. Strangers stared and whispered wherever I went. I hurried home, locked myself in my room, and shut out the world. I hid under my blanket and cried. Then my phone buzzed. A message from an unknown number appeared. "Want revenge? Lose weight and I'll make you a queen." I froze. Who was this? I replied, "Who are you? Why would you help me?" The answer came right away. "God sent me to help you. Are you willing to take the risk?" I stared at the screen. I didn't know who this person was. I didn't know what I was getting myself into. But I remembered my parents' cold faces. Leon's cruel words. Lucy's smug smile. I made my choice. I'd take the risk. I wiped away my tears and clenched my fist. "All right. I'm going to make them pay for everything they did to me!" Chapter 2 An address came almost at once. "Dylan Hilltop Estate. Come meet me there." I went to the address. A tall, strong man was waiting for me inside the estate. He smiled and held out his hand. "Ella, I'm glad you came. I'm Stephen Moretti. Tears are for the weak. From now on, you may sweat. You may bleed. But you will not cry. I'll help you get back everything you've lost." I looked into his eyes. Something inside me came alive. "All right!" That same day, I moved into the private training center Stephen had arranged for me. I began coming off the drugs and started intense training. Meanwhile, Lucy kept sending me photos to taunt me. In every photo, a diamond ring shone on her finger. Leon was asleep and shirtless in the background. She wrote, "Ella, Leon proposed to me last night. He said he's never been happier. Even the thought of touching you makes him sick now. He hopes you'll disappear forever." The photos distracted me. I slipped and fell, scraping my elbow until it bled. My love for Leon had been real. Seeing him with another woman still hurt. "Does it hurt?" Stephen's cold voice came from behind me. A file dropped in front of me. "Read this. It'll hurt even more." I opened the file. My blood ran cold. The fan who attacked me years ago had been paid a hundred thousand dollars by Lucy. She also bribed a doctor to give me huge doses of hormones. That was why my weight had gotten so out of control. But the worst part was my parents. They had helped her. They pretended to care about me while forcing me to eat huge amounts of high-calorie food every day. It wasn't love. They had been helping Lucy make me fat, weak, and helpless. I crushed the file in my hand and stormed home. The moment I walked in, Lucy held up her hand and showed off her diamond ring. "Leon fucked me for hours last night. He kept calling my name. He said you could never compare to me." I held back my anger and threw the file at her. "The fan who attacked me. The hormone overdoses. You did all this just to destroy me?" I expected Lucy to feel guilty. Instead, she laughed harder. "I didn't think you'd find out this fast, Ella. Maybe you're not as stupid as I thought. But so what? "Even if I did it, who's going to believe you when you look like that? You can't do anything to me. You lost a long time ago." I shook with rage at the smug look on her face and slapped her without thinking. Lucy clutched her cheek and glared at me. Then she snatched a fruit knife from the table and cut her own arm. She screamed and burst into tears. "Ah! Ella, I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me! I was wrong! I'll give Leon back to you! Please don't kill me!" Chapter 3 "Ella! What the hell are you doing?" The door flew open. Leon rushed in and saw the blood on Lucy's arm. He pointed at me. "You disappeared from the hospital. I've been looking for you for days! Now you come back and try to kill your own sister?" "I didn't touch her! She cut herself!" I glared at Lucy as she sobbed in his arms. "She cut herself?" Leon gave a cold laugh. "So you're saying Lucy did this just to frame you? I think jealousy has driven you mad! It's bad enough that you're ugly. Do you have to be this cruel too? Get out of my way, you fat pig!" Just then, my parents rushed in. They frowned when they saw me. Then they noticed the blood running down Lucy's arm. "Ella! What did you do?" "How could you do this to your sister? I can't believe we raised someone this cruel. I wish you'd never been born!" I held up the file, my voice shaking. "Mom, Dad, you knew Lucy was giving me hormones. You even helped her make me eat all that high-calorie food. Didn't you?" My parents froze and looked away. Then they quickly denied it. "What are you talking about? You couldn't control your eating, and now you're blaming us?" "Your sister gave you that medicine because she cared about your health. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?" I couldn't take it anymore. "Mom, Dad, I'm your daughter too! Why do you always choose her over me?" Lucy had always been their favorite. She was pretty and knew how to act sweet. No matter what she did wrong, I was always the one who got punished. I thought they might love me more if I worked hard enough. But even when I came first in my class, they never praised me. Once, I got so sick with a fever that I went into shock. They were angry because my illness ruined Lucy's trip to the amusement park. Then Leon came into my life. He stood up to my parents for me. He took me places and did all the things I'd always wanted to do. Whenever Lucy framed me and my parents yelled at me, I would hide in a corner and cry. Leon would hold me and say, "Ella, I'll protect you from now on. I'll never let anyone hurt you." He was the only person who seemed to choose me. So I fell in love with him and gave him everything. I'd even ended up like this because I saved him. But now, the man who had promised to protect me only cared about Lucy. Just like my parents, he chose her over me. He betrayed me and shoved me into hell. I snapped back to reality and looked at the people I'd once loved most. Now, it all seemed like a cruel joke. "Fine. If you won't admit what you did, I'll go to the police. I'll let them find out the truth." Mom rushed forward and slapped me. Then she grabbed the file and tore it to pieces. "Shut up! You crazy liar! Lucy has always been better behaved than you. While you were gone, she was dealing with the press and cleaning up your mess! And this is how you thank her? You ungrateful brat!" My father gave me a disappointed look and pointed at the door. "There's no room for you in this house. Get out." Leon carried Lucy past me, disgust written across his face. As he passed, he kicked me hard in the stomach. "Move, you ugly pig! Out of my way!" I lost my balance and fell hard. My arm scraped across the floor, leaving a long, bloody cut. Tears filled my eyes as pain shot through my body. No one cared. My parents rushed after Leon as he took Lucy to the hospital. Not one of them looked back. I lay on the floor with the smell of blood in the air. The pain was unbearable. But it also killed the last bit of love I still had for them. The old Ella was gone. I would lose this weight and start over. When I stumbled out of the villa, Stephen's black Rolls-Royce was waiting outside. Stephen leaned against the car door. His voice cut through the cold night. "Remember this pain. Turn your hate into strength. Then make them pay a hundred times over. A thousand times over." I swallowed the metallic taste rising in my throat. "The old Ella is dead. From now on, I'll make them pay!" After that, I pushed myself harder than ever. I trained through the pain, even when my muscles cramped so badly I couldn't sleep. Meanwhile, Leon kept calling and texting me. "Ella, are you done making a scene? Come back and apologize to Lucy!" "You walked away from the whole management team over one little fight. Do you have any idea how irresponsible that is?" "Stop throwing a tantrum. Admit you were wrong, and maybe I'll let you stick around." I ignored him. All I cared about was losing weight and getting stronger. Whenever I came close to giving up, Stephen kept me going. He trained beside me in the boxing ring. When I pushed myself until I nearly threw up, he handed me warm water. Six months passed. One day, I stood in front of the mirror and smiled at my image. The overweight woman everyone had mocked was gone. In her place was a strong, confident woman with a lean, fit body. I had finally gotten my confidence and energy back. I checked the latest entertainment news. Famous director David Reed was working on a major new movie. Leon and his longtime rival, Romeo Blake, were both up for the lead role. They had been rivals since the start of their careers. With me as his manager, Leon had always come out on top. But not this time. I was going to make sure he lost. I picked up my phone and called Stephen. "I want to be the lead producer on David Reed's new movie." Chapter 4 A week later, the movie held its launch event. Leon stood in the crowd, holding a glass of champagne. Over the past six months, Lucy had made one mistake after another. Leon had lost several endorsement deals, and his career was falling fast. He badly needed this major production to stay on top. Rumor had it that the new lead producer had come out of nowhere. She also had the final say on the lead role. If Leon could impress her, the role would be his. Just then, he saw Stephen enter with David. What was a big shot like him doing here? Leon quickly pulled Lucy over and greeted him with a warm smile. "Mr. Moretti, it's an honor to meet you." Stephen gave him a cold look but said nothing. Then he turned his attention to Lucy. "I remember Leon had another manager before you." Lucy quickly replied, "His previous manager was my sister, Ella. But she was terrible at her job. She ate too much, didn't take care of her appearance, and had a bad temper. She almost ruined Leon's career. Things only started getting better after she left and I took over." "Is that so?" Stephen asked. Leon nodded. His face filled with disgust. "Yes, Mr. Moretti. She was fat, stupid, and useless. She knew nothing about business. If I hadn't fired her, I might never have won Best Actor. She's not worth your time." "I see." There was something strange in Stephen's tone, but Leon didn't notice. Leon looked around before turning to David. "Mr. Reed, I heard the lead producer is here tonight." Lucy's voice rose with excitement. "Could you introduce us to the lead producer?" David glanced at Stephen and lowered his voice. "That's not up to me. Mr. Moretti chose her himself, and she has the final say on casting." Leon was shocked. The lead producer was close to a mafia Don. If Leon could impress her and land the lead role, he could get close to Mr. Moretti too. Then he could secure his place as an A-list star, and no one in the industry would dare cross him. Greed flashed in Leon’s eyes as he approached Stephen. "Mr. Moretti, could you introduce us to the lead producer?" Stephen raised an eyebrow and smiled. "No hurry. You'll meet her soon enough." Just then, a stir broke out near the entrance. Everyone turned to look. I walked into the hall wearing a custom-made red gown. The overweight woman I used to be was gone. Now I had a stunning figure and the confidence to match. Everyone stared. Stephen walked me onto the stage and made the announcement. "Everyone, I'd like you to meet the lead producer of this film, Ella Carter." Leon's eyes went wide. "Ella? How is that possible?!"