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Sophia never imagined her career as an investigative journalist would lead her straight to the altar.
When her stepsister goes missing under troubling circumstances, a shadow of suspicion looms over her family, thrusting Sophia into a precarious arranged marriage with Ricci Russo—a billionaire known for his relentless ambition and enigmatic presence. Ironically, Ricci is also the very subject of her next explosive exposé, a fact that complicates matters considerably.
Ricci, a shrewd and calculating financier, strikes a high-stakes deal that involves using the daughter of Gerald Williams as collateral. However, with the intended bride vanishing without a trace, he finds himself shackled to Sophia instead.
Unbeknownst to him, Sophia is not just a reluctant bride; she harbors her own agenda. With her sharp instincts and journalistic skills, she is determined to uncover the dark secrets hidden beneath Ricci's polished exterior.
Trapped in a marriage woven with deception and hidden motives, the two are pulled into a treacherous game filled with power struggles, whispered secrets, and forbidden desires that threaten to consume them both.
As the tension escalates and the lines between truth and deception blur, one looming question remains:
Will their forced union ignite a passion that transcends their circumstances, or will the heavy burden of their secrets lead to their ultimate unraveling?

Swapped at birth and stripped of her rightful place, Mia Jones thought her life couldn't get any worse after her scheming sister, Eleanor, stole her family and her fiancé. But a malicious plot leads Mia into the wrong room.

Drugged and thrown into the wrong man’s bed. Mia Jones realized her hands were tied to the bed frame. A towering silhouette radiating a dangerous aura stood at the foot of the bed. Before she could process what was happening, she was claimed by a violent kiss from that man… unaware that the man she left behind was the ruthless heir of the Greco Empire and powerful billionaire. A man powerful enough to ruin cities with a single word. A man who never lets women near him, Dylan Greco.
When Dylan wakes, the mysterious woman is gone.
“Have you uncovered the identity of the woman last night?”
“Boss, we couldn’t find anything. That woman… must have broken in by accident.”
But he remembers her. And he wants answers.

Escaping into the night, Mia Jones tries to bury the traumatic memory, unaware that the CEO is tearing the city apart to find the mysterious woman with the crescent-shaped scar on her back.
Fate brings them together again when Mia unknowingly takes a job as the therapist for Dylan's autistic son, "Little Shrimp"—a child who instantly connects with her and calls her "Mummy". As Dylan unravels the truth about that dark night, he vows to protect Mia and help her reclaim everything that was stolen from her. But with a manipulative sister, a treacherous family, and deadly enemies lurking in the shadows, will their unexpected bond survive? It's a gripping tale of sweet revenge, hidden secrets, and a romance that could bring an empire to its knees.

“Aurelia! You wicked woman, why did you push Jiana down the stairs!”

My husband, Luther, roared at me, rushing over and slapping me hard across the face.

My heart sank. I shook my head violently, unable to utter a word in my defense.

It wasn't me, it was never me who pushed Aurelia! She framed me!

However, Luther would never listen to my explanations. He simply stepped on my body and uttered a vicious sentence to the servants:

“Put her in a bag and lock her in the basement!”

Five days later, the servants complained of a strange smell in the basement. When they frantically opened the basement door, they found my rotting corpse: I was dead.

When I opened my eyes again, I was shocked to find myself back in the first year of my marriage to Luther. I was still the most dazzling star in the music world, a genius destined for greatness.

I was reborn! This time, I will never fall in love with my sister's fiancé again, that hypocritical and perverted devil. I will take revenge, I will take back everything that belongs to me!

Pianist FL x Mafia Boss ML
Warning: Illegal activity. Blood and gore. The protagonists are all villains. Don't expect any upright people in this story. We wear the skulls of our enemies as crowns.

When Aneira's sister dies in a terrible car accident, her mother marries her off to her sister's fiancé. She thought she would be loved, and life would be easy, but she found out Rafael had a secret that could break them apart, and that things weren't as they seemed.


Aneira: "I thought he would love me. Just like he loved my late sister, but when he claimed his parents died because of my father, I found out the marriage wasn't what it seemed. I was offered to the beast as the sacrificial lamb."

Rafael: "When her father killed my parents, I vowed to make them pay, but when they offered her in marriage to me, she became my tool of vengeance. The downside was that I couldn’t let anyone else hurt her, but me."

"Katty," he moaned against my lips.
My world cracked.
One kiss was all it took to make Narda lose her breath and everything she thought she understood.
After a night of passion with Axle Carrington, Narda never imagined she would be hired to care for his grieving young son. Narda promised herself she would never cross the line. But living under the same roof as Axle Carrington meant sharing space, routines, and unspoken silences charged with longing. When his touch finally came, it wasn't gentle, desperate, hungry. Brutal in its honesty.
And then… he whispered another woman's name.
Katty. His dead wife.
Now, Narda is caught in a twisted web of memory and desire. Axle's grief is a cage, and Narda? She might just be the key he's too ashamed to turn. But how do you love a man who sees you as a ghost of the woman he lost? And how do you walk away from a little boy who calls you "mummy"?
Now in a house haunted by grief and guarded hearts, can two broken souls survive the pull of something that feels dangerously close to love?

I saved a dying mobster three years ago. Vincent Ricci—New York's most feared Godfather.

He decided I was his. Private jets, five-million-dollar proposals, the whole nine yards. I fell for it.

The night before our wedding, his enemies took me. Three days of torture left me blind. Everyone said he'd never marry damaged goods. He married me anyway and spent three years treating me like a queen.

Yesterday I fell down the stairs and my sight came back.

But that's when I found out about my perfect husband's dirty secret.

“…I am sure when we spoke on the phone, this purpose wasn't suggested. You did not say wanted to meet me to end the marriage, therefore I did not say I will be here to help in doing that.

"Then why did you come?" She asked calmly.

“What reason should a man have to see his fiance, Adele? I am here to see you to get to know you more.”

He loved her more than anything else in his life, he desired her and he got her, but circumstances and responsibilities did not let him keep her long.

As the days went by, they only grew apart. A pregnancy was lost as well. What will he do to keep his family together especially when his darling wife decides to leave the house and requests for a divorce.

Will he keep staring at the divorce papers every day and not sign them? Or will he sign and finally set her free?

Read to find out if the billionaire finally brings his family together again and how...

Aviena Carrinuevo, a famous celebrity. A star that always shines through the darkest night. The star that everyone likes but what happens when the star started to dim?

When her career started to turn upside down because of one scandal, her sister slash manager made her marry the hot billionaire that has the power to control the industry she was in.

Sold by her own family, Octavia Boleyn becomes the stand-in bride for Leopold Seymour—the blind, reclusive tycoon the business world fears and the tabloids call "the man who sees nothing."

Her family expects her to break. His rivals expect her to run.

They don't know she's been breaking rules her whole life.

Leopold Seymour built a fortress around himself the day the world went dark.

He doesn't trust the woman his family forced on him, but he can't ignore the way she moves through his house like she belongs there—or the way she handles his business enemies with a sharpness that matches his own.

She has secrets. So does he.

The difference is, he's determined to uncover hers… and keep her from uncovering his.

But Leopold never planned on wanting the truth to be a reason to stay.

2015 © S A F I E

They never did fall into love. They were forced to marry each other for the sake of their companies. He hated her impulsive and silly ways. She hated his principles and the he way acted so authoritarian with his moods shifting uncontrollably makes her want to scream.

But all of these lasted for only two years; many things can happen in that span of time and there's nothing that can prepare them with what Fate has in mind.

With the divorce papers blocking their view, his hectic office schedules, her raging hormones and not to mention, a vengeful ex-girlfriend, how would Elle and Gabriel survive the odds?

Is Elle going to agree to end the contract and leave Gabe so she can live her dreams? Or is she going to fight for her right and stay as "THE BILLIONAIRE's WIFE"

"… Are you planning on making me someone else?" I asked, my bottom lip trembling slightly as I began to realize what I had gotten myself into. "Too many questions." He stared straight at me, and then his lips spread in a sly smirk, "You are right, anyways. You are no longer who you used to be. What is your name?" "Persephone Walters." I told him with a hidden plea in my voice. Please don't make me disappear… "From now on, that person is dead. You will now be my girlfriend, and wife-to-be, the elegant Kassandra Aaron." ______________________ She’s a mechanic. He’s one of the richest CEOs in the state. She is also his girlfriend's doppelgänger, and he only needs her as his substitute mistress until his real girlfriend returns, to save his father's business. Falling for each other seems impossible, mostly because Aiden sees another woman through her. However, when his real girlfriend returns, the contract meets its end and they find out that things are not on the original track. How does CEO—Isaac Bates remind himself that the mechanic—Persephone Walters is way out of his league? How do they defeat the numerous obstacles that stand against their love?

[WARNING: EXPLICIT MATURE CONTENT] Dahlia thought that she would be marrying the man of her dreams when she took her twin sister’s place in a political marriage. After spending a passionate night with her groom, she wakes up to find that he wasn’t who she thought he was. Instead of marrying her twin’s fiancé who was her first and forbidden love, she ended up marrying Bradon, the man known as the Mafia King of the underworld.

With her sister gone after eloping with her lover and with the country’s economic stability at stake, Dahlia has no choice but to continue playing the role of Bradon’s willing wife. Little does she know that being the Mafia King’s wife would be so physically and emotionally demanding. Being married to the cold, calculating, and dominant Mafia King changes Dahlia’s life forever as his seductive touches tame her body and ignites her soul. With each kiss and caress, he teaches her of pleasures unlike any she has ever known and shows her a way to escape her dark past.

Shunned by society and her parents since childhood for always being second to her twin sister, Dahlia’s life had never been easy. With no one to take her side, Dahlia was used to fending for herself, but what if her only way to survive this time around is to find the key to unlock her husband’s cold heart?

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"What do you mean it’s over?" Bella’s voice trembled, her heart shattering with every word.

"You heard me. I can’t be with you anymore," Michael said coldly, watching as tears streamed down her face.

"I did everything for you. I sent you to school, supported your career, and now I mean nothing?" Bella cried, falling to her knees, her emotions spiraling out of control.

"I’ll send you money for your dad’s hospital bills, but you’re not the one for me," Michael replied dismissively.

Bella’s world collapses when the man she’s loved for six years walks away, choosing Vivian a woman she once called a friend and the younger daughter of the powerful Copperfield family.

Despite warnings from her best friend, Elowen, Bella trusted Michael. Now, she’s left heartbroken and betrayed.

Swearing off love, Bella focuses on rebuilding her life and plotting her revenge. But her plans take an unexpected turn when David Copperfield the ruthless billionaire and CEO of Copperfield Group enters her life. Abandoned on his wedding day, David offers Bella a one-year contract marriage, needing her to protect his reputation and restore his pride.

How will Bella react when she discovers David has a son with a mysterious mother?
With her father’s life hanging by a thread, can she survive this cold-hearted arrangement?
And what will she do when she uncovers the ultimate betrayal that the man she’s called her father isn’t her real father, and she’s been living a lie?

Elena seemingly had it all - beauty, a loving father, and a wealthy fiancé. But her perfect world came crashing down when her fiancé and sister Emma betrayed her, and even drugged her and sent her to Logan’s bed. What could be worst than that?
Logan Brown, the dream lover of every woman in H city, was rich, handsome and incredibly powerful and most of all, he was Emma's fiance.
But because of an accident that happened two years ago which caused his disability, Emma refused to marry him and made Elena the scapegoat.
After that one-night stand, Elena was forced to become the substitute bride and marry the crippled Logan Brown in exchange for work capital for her family.
But just when she thought she was hopeless, she seemed to find Logan different from what rumors said.

Selena Vance is entangled in a high-stakes game of family honor and hidden debts.
When her sister flees an arranged marriage, Selena is left to face the altar and Aiden Evans- a man as enigmatic as he is wealthy.
Bound by a reluctant vow while her heart belongs to another.
As secrets and lies weave a tangled web around her, Selena must choose between the chains of duty and the whispers of forbidden love.

Ariyah Haleem’s life is signed away the night she becomes a wife for business, not love. She never imagined her father would trade her future to save a dying empire. Yet one signature is all it takes to bind her to billionaire heir Zayn Rahman a man who views marriage as ownership and wives as assets. Their wedding is broadcast in gold, glamour, and lies… but behind closed doors, Ariyah becomes invisible.

Ariyah begins working at Rahman Group headquarters to prove she is more than a decorative wife. That is where she meets Cassian Wolfe the foreign billionaire investor with dangerous eyes and a voice that quiets her world. He is everything her husband is not present, protective, devastatingly gentle.

What begins as stolen glances and accidental touches soon turns into something reckless. Something forbidden.
Something that could destroy them both. Because Cassian isn’t just her boss. He is her husband’s business partner.

Her secret becomes a war fought in boardrooms and bedrooms. Her heart is torn between a man who claims to own her and a man who truly sees her. And when the truth threatens to surface, Ariyah must choose between duty that suffocates her… and love that could ruin her.

In a world where power is worshipped and love is dangerous, how far will she go to be free? And how much is she willing to lose?

"Alistair's condition changes nothing. Whether he wakes or not, this marriage will proceed. If there's no progress, we'll proceed with IVF. Your only duty is to provide an heir."
Wait—what? Alistair Montgomery? The ruthless billionaire who once loved my sister?
Isla Bennett was no less than an exceptional woman—beautiful, intelligent, and a gifted doctor.
But she had always lived in her twin sister Liana's shadow—unseen, unloved, and unchosen.
When her father's empire collapses, Isla is forced into a cold-blooded arrangement: marry Alistair Montgomery, the powerful billionaire trapped in a coma—and Liana's former lover.
Everyone expects her to be nothing more than a vessel for an heir.
But when Alistair wakes up, everything shatters. Liana returns to claim him, secrets resurface, and Isla finds herself in a dangerous game of love, lies, and vengeance.
And just when she begins to fall for the man who was never meant to be hers—
the truth emerges: Isla isn't a real Bennett. She's the daughter of the woman accused of murdering Alistair's mother.
Love brought them together. But will the truth tear them apart?

Isabelle Cruz is forced to marry Jacob Garcia in place of her adoptive sister. As far as she knows, Jacob is an illegitimate son who's an idler, reckless, and not worth much. Unknown to her, he is a billionaire CEO who's determined to end their arranged marriage as soon as possible.
Jacob Garcia is in a hurry to end his arranged marriage to his new wife, Isabelle. He doesn't think it's going to be hard. After all, why would a woman from a wealthy family stay married to a poor man? But he realises quickly Isabelle's is nothing like he expected, and that things may not go according to plan.

"Why?" she muttered as tears welled up in her eyes, "Why did you do it?"

He said nothing, and only picked up a document and stretched it to her.

Boldly written on it is ‘Divorce Agreement’.

She raised her eyes to him, studying him through blurry vision, "Why are you doing this to me?"

"Clarissa is back," he said with a straight face.

"Clarissa is back... that’s why you sent me to another man’s bed so that you can have enough evidence to divorce?" she thought to herself, not having enough guts to say it out to his face.

Vanessa never thought that one day she would be sent to another man's bed by her husband.

And the purpose of her husband is just to force her to divorce.

Her heart was so broken that she signed the divorce agreement. However, an accident reminded her of her true identity, Sophia Blake, the heiress of the Blake Family.

What will happen when Sophia Blake came back?
Read to find out.

In the story of Forbidden Desire, Brandon Henderson and Emma Coleman find out they have a very strong chemistry. Brandon, torn between his love for Emma, the age gap between them and his loyalty to his best friend Emma's father, makes a difficult decision to distance himself from Emma. When they reunite years later, their love rekindled, leading to a passionate night that results in a pregnancy and a child. Tensions rise and a conflict ensues, Brandon and Emma's bond remains unbreakable. However, tragedy strikes, leaving Emma in a state of amnesia. Brandon could not jog her memory. As Emma embarks on a journey of self-discovery, unaware of the love and children she and Brandon have. Will Emma's memories finally lead her back to Brandon, or will she marry Kaiden, a man who claims they are lovers before the accident occurred?

Eliza's life was destroyed by them: her boyfriend and her best friend. Five years ago, her boyfriend's career was at its lowest point and Eliza sacrificed everything to support him. However, her best friend fooled Eliza to be a surrogate mother. When her boyfriend led a successful career, he dumped Eliza because she had lost her virginity and had babies. It was just an excuse for the affair between the shameless couple. Losing all interest in life, she agreed to marry Mr. Valentine, a disfigured billionaire who likes to torture women in bed. It was said that his two exes died horribly in bed. Eliza didn't know that Mr. Valentine was the man she used to carry babies for. In this way, she got a handsome husband and a pair of adorable twins...

I might hold the world record for the strangest reason to get married.
To get back at my cheating ex, I had a reckless one-night stand at his engagement party.
My delicious mistake? He—the richest, most ruthless CEO in the city.

Now, he’s blackmailing me into a temporary marriage contract.
He needs a wife to fulfill his own agenda. I need an escape from my crumbling life.

The deal was simple: no feelings, and a clean break in five months.
But the man who demanded this arrangement is now breaking every single rule.
He said this was business, so why is he fighting to make our temporary marriage permanent?

At darkest night
His tone was somewhat sarcastic, "First time?"
My body trembled a little, and I swallowed bitterly,
"My first time was during the last surgery..."
I gave my first time to a cold and sterile operation.
Could there be anything more absurd and ridiculous than that?
His body paused for a moment, and
he whispered in my ear, "Very good, you are still innocent."


When she was eighteen and had nowhere to turn, she reluctantly signed that surrogate agreement. Little did she know that she would give birth to a pair of twins... and so she secretly kept one of them hidden... Several years later, by coincidence, she discovered a boy who looked exactly like her son. And the boy's father turned out to be a tremendously wealthy and powerful man!"

Elena Voss wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory of the last two years — not her name, not her face in the mirror, not the cold platinum ring on her finger. The only thing waiting for her is a husband she doesn't recognize: Damian Cole, a billionaire CEO whose eyes hold something far darker than love.

She's told they've been married two years. What she isn't told — not at first — is why. Their marriage was never a love story. It was revenge. Damian married her to destroy her father, the man who ruined his family, and the old Elena knew every ugly detail.

But the woman in that hospital bed isn't the same Elena anymore. She doesn't remember the deal, the hatred, or the reason she should run. All she has is a strange, aching pull toward the husband who looks at her like she's both the thing he wants most and the thing he can't forgive.

Someone doesn't want her memories to return. On the night of her "accident," Elena wasn't driving home — she was trying to leave Damian for good, carrying a secret dangerous enough to get her killed.

Now Damian has thirty days to decide: tell his amnesiac wife the truth and lose her forever, or let her fall in love with a lie while a killer waits for her memory to come back.

A slow-burn romance of betrayal, blackmail, and dangerous second chances — where the biggest secret in the marriage isn't why they wed. It's what she found out right before she disappeared.

“I am flawed in every way possible,” she said.

“Good, I never asked for perfection,” he replied immediately.

When Sapphire Conrad, the wayward daughter of the Conrad Family, was called back to New York after running away from home to Gisborne, she only had a plan.

Appear at the mansion, listen to whatever nonsense she had to say and say no to it, put up a strong font, then go back to her kids in Gisborne.

Using her energy while trying to get revenge on all of them is a total waste of time even though they deserved to be trampled upon for what they did to her, they are not worth her time and energy.

It sounds like an easy enough plan until she got there and was asked to get into a marriage of convenience.

Staying at New York was risky, she would be forced to face her ex-fiance who she had a nine years relationship with, the ex-best friend who snatched her fiance, her sister and mother who hate her with passion, and the list was longer than just that.

But she couldn't leave her twin brother who is in danger there and there is this tiny little fact that Mr. Alexander Antonio Aldine, the CEO of Triple A Group definitely won't let her go.

"So, are you ready?" Lucia asked with a bright smile, her tone almost too cheerful.
"You remember everything, right? Isaac's favorite meal, Elias's schedule—"
"Yes, Maria, I remember everything," she cut in, rolling her eyes. "I stayed up all night memorizing and practicing it all."
The final toast was coming. After that, Lucia would take her place in the car…and Maria would disappear.
He runs a hand through his hair, the weight of it all pressing on his shoulders.
"You think I married you out of pity? You think I hate your silence? No. I hate that your silence keeps me locked out. That I love you… and you'll never hear it."
To the world, Maria is the perfect silent wife—beautiful, obedient, and deaf.
But behind closed doors, she hears everything, including the love her cold billionaire husband swears he'll never confess.
When she secretly trades places with her troubled twin, a web of lies, danger, and forbidden truths unravels.
He thinks he's lost the only woman he's ever loved.
She may never make it back to him alive.
A marriage built on silence.
A love louder than words.
And a secret that could destroy them both.

"I want your twin sister and not you! And you know that! But you chose to cling to me!" He growled frustratedly at me. Bruce. My husband.
"I love you Bruce, I can't help it" I mumbled, my head lowered with shame.
"Great, I hope you can enjoy watching me have fun with your twin sister in your presence!" He growled before storming off.
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I'm Lyra Hansley, and I'm married to the man of my dreams, well, this dream of mine soon became a nightmare, but not anymore, I have someone I think I love.
Is this called cheating? Maybe not, at least he cheats on me with my twin sister too.
But who's my new man?That.. I don't know, but I love him.

The one-night stand man became my savior and lover.

"Oops," I groaned as I bumped into his hard, firm chest. It felt like hitting a rock, and my nose even turned red.

Before I could respond, he moved my hand downwards. I could feel something hard and long between his legs. Above my head, his sexy, low voice was full of flirtation. "Miss Lewiston, are you now satisfied that I am able to be your husband? You can now check if I am normal," he said as he pressed my hand against his hard ridge.

Alice Lewiston stumbled upon Enzo Clinton, the most powerful and richest business man in Liverpool who was allergic to women and end up sleeping with him for the night after seeing her Cousin impregnated by her finance.
He suddenly become obsessed with her after the night they spent together and used everything in his power to get her. He gave her Juicy offers in exchange for thier marriage.
Alice found herself as the madam of the largest household in Liverpool from 'Miss Alice Lewiston to Mrs Alice Clinton" even though she was still a student that's studying at a film academy and got small roles. Alice suddenly have the power to get anything she wished for, including Revenge on her ex boyfriend and Cousin.

What happens when the world’s most beautiful man marries the woman society calls ugly?

Sonia lost everything—her home, her dignity, her son—after her husband’s betrayal left her scarred. But a surprise contract marriage to billionaire actor Fabian Martinez may be her only chance at redemption.

It was supposed to be business:
✔ One contract
✔ Six months
✔ Zero feelings

But under the cameras, in courtrooms, and behind closed doors, something real begins to bloom.
Because while the world sees her scars, he sees her strength.
And while the world calls her ugly, he calls her his.

Emily Davis, a new actress, is forced into a contractual relationship with Damien Miller because he threatens to release a video that could destroy her career. She has to take the place of Damien's wife so that the billionaire can take revenge on Victoria's family, who he believes are responsible for his wife's accident.
Playing a person is easy, because that's Emily's specialty.
But what happens when Emily falls in love with Damien because of the way he treats her? Can Emily end her contract relationship with Damien without getting her heart broken? What if Damien likes her too?

She has no past, no home... and no idea she's about to marry a billionaire.
When a sweet, naive girl with no memory and nowhere to go is caught stealing just to survive, her fate seems sealed, until a cold, enigmatic billionaire steps in with a shocking offer: marriage. To him, it's a convenient arrangement. To her, it's salvation.
But stepping into his world means stepping into a lion's den.
Scorned by his powerful family and hunted by his scheming ex-fiancée, she becomes the target of cruel traps and heartbreak. Just as she starts to fall for her reluctant husband, a devastating betrayal shatters everything and she loses the one thing she never knew she wanted.
Locked away and broken, a twist of fate awakens the truth: she’s not just anyone. She's the heiress to a fortune greater than his.
Now the girl they called foolish is about to rewrite the rules of love, revenge, and power.

After they had divorced for 5 years, when Mary accidentally saw her ex-husband, Tom, and Linda, who broke her marriage, she gave them a middle finger, which made Tom chuckle.

The next morning, Mary woke up and found the man sleeping beside her was her ex-husband, Tom. They had sex last night!!! Mary cursed herself and sneak out of the room.Then she met Linda, she threw the cash on her face and said mocked, "Thanks for your fiance's HARD work last night. Here is his deserved."

⚠️ DARK ROMANCE WARNING ⚠️
This is a very dark romance with a toxic, possessive, unhinged male lead who gets worse as the story continues.
Expect: obsession, stalking, rape, body shaming, drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping, dubious consent, non-consent, graphic violence, rough/degrading sex, manipulation, and other heavy triggers.

The book gets darker and darker.

If any of these upset you, please do not read. This story is for adults who enjoy very dark themes only.

I WARNED!


“You will always live in my dead wife’s shadow. I will never love you.”

Those were my husband’s first words to me on our wedding day. Not I love you. Not welcome home. Just a cold promise I would spend the rest of my life paying for a crime I didn’t commit.

And the worst part?

He was right.

I was deaf. Fat. Broken. Betrayed by everyone I had ever trusted. By the time Alexander Miller walked into my life, there wasn’t much of me left to destroy.

I thought marrying him would give me stability, a fresh start.

I didn’t know it would trap me in a house filled with a dead woman’s memories.

Every time he touched me, I felt it. Even when he was buried deep inside me, he whispered her name like I was just a substitute for the wife he lost.

All because I had her face.

And he believed I had taken her life.

He made sure I paid for it every single day.

And when he finally learned the truth…
I was already dead.

Vanessa Saxon was once married to Luca Kensington, the cold and distant CEO of K Group. But when she was seven months pregnant, her adopted sister, Beatriz Langley, falsely accused her of having an affair with her best friend, Daxton Radcliffe, and carrying his child. The worst part? Luca believed Beatriz.

In a fit of rage, Luca demanded their baby be removed prematurely, leading to a tragic event where Vanessa nearly died from the ordeal.

Saved by Daxton, Vanessa disappeared. Now, five years later, she returns-stronger and determined-alongside her daughter, Isla Saxon, to exact her revenge on those who wronged her.

When the Contract Expires

Three years of a contract marriage, and I told myself I never fell for him.

Then came the night I packed my bags — and realized my clothes only took up one small corner of the closet, yet I could recite every dish he loved better than my own birthday.

Ethan Thorne. The youngest self-made legend on Wall Street. Our marriage was written into a contract — three years, then a clean break.

Three years are up.

I found out he was back in Manhattan through a financial news alert. I cancelled every plan I had, spent an entire afternoon in the kitchen cooking everything he liked — and what I got in return was a photo my best friend sent from across town. Ethan, sitting in the middle of a crowd, laughing like he owned the room, a woman with long hair settled across his lap, his hand resting on her waist.

I told myself I could walk away without looking back.

Then he pushed open the bedroom door — and every resolution I had started to crack. Not because I still loved him. But because his first words weren't an apology, weren't an explanation —

"Clara, don't forget what you are to me."

I hated how certain he sounded when he said it. Hated that he knew every inch of how my body responded to him. Hated that the next morning he walked out and slammed the door without once turning around.

What I hated most was what I heard afterward: that when his family was choosing a candidate, there were plenty of names on that list — and Ethan was the one who asked for mine.

He never explained himself. Never tried to keep me. Yet the moment the word divorce left my mouth, something shifted in his face — dark, and heavy, like the air before a storm —

"If there's a divorce, it happens when I decide to let you go. No one else gets to call that."

Ethan, what is it that you actually want?

The contract is up. All I want is out.

But some people — you think they're just a signature on a page.

Turns out they're the thing you can't walk away from for the rest of your life.

Damian Sterling, the ruthless CEO, never wanted a wife, especially not Sophia Miller, the desperate journalist forced into his world by a marriage of convenience. She was his unwanted bride. He drafted a contract with clear terms: no feelings, no strings attached. When Sophia kneeled before him, begging for an interview to save her career, Damian saw it as another manipulation. He, however, granted her request to get her off his back. What he didn't expect was her relentless gratitude, chipping away at the ice around his heart.

With each contact they had, the rules began to blur. What started as a marriage of convenience became anything but convenient.

"Sign it," Logan said coldly, raising three fingers. "First, don't file for divorce unless I allow it. Second, last at least three years of marriage. Third, take care of each other's business. Because really, we're just strangers."
Victoria's hands trembled as she stared at the contract. "What I need is my daughter's life. What you need is your freedom. Let's not pretend this is a gift."
Once, Logan was the powerful CEO of Dallas Corp. Now, after a tragic accident, he is bound to a wheelchair, consumed by hatred and loss. Victoria, desperate to save her dying daughter, offers him a deal, help her child live, and she will help him reclaim everything stolen from him.
But what begins as a loveless marriage of convenience soon becomes a dangerous entanglement. In a world of betrayal, secrets, and burning grudges, neither of them expected that this contract could awaken something far more dangerous than revenge—love.

In my past life, I replaced my runaway sister Beatrice and was forced to marry mob enforcer Rowan Sinclair.
She thought he was poor with no future, so she ran. My parents didn't even tell me before sending me in her place.
Rowan knew the truth. He carried it like shame, never truly seeing me—only cold stares and silent contempt. I spent years beside him like an unwanted ghost, carefully managing his world while he rose from despised smuggler to feared godfather.
Then his attitude began to change.
Just when I thought we might have a real future, Beatrice returned with tears and lies, claiming I'd stolen her place. Rowan believed her. My parents betrayed me. Everyone chose her.
When a rival family captured us both, guns to our heads, only one could survive.
Rowan pulled Beatrice into his arms and abandoned me without a glance.
They tortured me for three days. The baby in my womb died first. Its father never knew it existed.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back to that afternoon before it all began.

Scarlet Yu is a simple girl. She's willing to do everything just for her sister's sake! And one day she made a contract with the very famous business tycoon Tyron Zaires. She agreed to be the Billionaire's secret wife for a reason.

What if they fall in love with each other? What if Scarlet will suffer a lot of challenges that will come to her life, with Tyron? What if Tyron will leave her after his great love come back? Will she be happy in the end?

Let's step into Scarlet's little world and witness her contracted marriage with the billionaire Tyron Zaires.

"Marry me." Daniel let out, leaning back in his chair, completely unfazed.
“Excuse me… what!” Lila almost choked on her breath.
“It’s just a contract with no strings attached. Stay married to me for a year and get paid one million dollars.” He replied nonchalantly…

Just a day ago, Lila was a struggling artist, waiting tables while drowning in hospital bills by day and eviction notice by night. Her sister’s life was wrapped in a price tag, and no matter how many shifts she worked, it was never enough.
Jenna, her best friend, dragged her to a private club and that was where he met Daniel. A cold, arrogant billionaire with a reputation as ruthless as his charm.
She was supposed to be just another forgettable night but for some reason, he chose her… for a deal.
A contract marriage, strictly business with no love strings allowed.
She knew better than to deal with a dangerous playboy like him but when he offered her a million dollars, she said yes in an instant. But then, she soon realized she was only a pawn in the elite’s game and her life was at stake.
How will she get out? Find out in this story!

BLURB

He thought he married a saint. He’s about to find out he’s living with a ghost.

For twelve years, I played the part: the patient wife, the faithful partner, the woman who stood by him through rain and shine. I gave him my youth and my trust, never realizing I was funding a betrayal I couldn't imagine.

Then the veil lifted. An undercover affair. A secret child. A life built on a foundation of lies.

He expects me to cry. He expects me to plead. Instead, I’m sharpening the knife. He doesn't know how far I’m willing to push, or what happens when a heart of gold turns into a heart of fire.

The war has already begun, and he’s the only one who doesn't know he's lost. By the time he realizes I'm not leaving... it will be far too late.

How do you destroy a man who thinks he owns you? By making sure he loses everything starting with himself.

"You're so fucking tight for me," Austin Raymond whispered, his cock filling her with deep, relentless strokes. "Sweetheart! Give me a child, okay?"
Ella's body quivered beneath him, nipples taut against the sheets, her soaked pussy aching for him.
After four years of selfless devotion, Ella Brooks was callously replaced by his first love, losing everything in a fiery betrayal. Heartbroken, she shed her past and rose as Tesser, a luminary in the world of science, surrounded by brilliance and suitors.
Haunted by the memory of her love, he would burn through every obstacle to win her back.
Could he reclaim his unbreakable Ex-Wife?

"I want a divorce."
Rowan took the papers from her and signed it without hesitation. "Don't regret this later," he said as he marked his signature on the required space.
"Trust me, I won't," she said and snatched it back from him once he was done.
After three years of marriage to her childhood crush, Astrid is forced to let go when her husband's first love returns—with a child in tow. Blinded by the past, Rowan chooses the woman who once left him, over the loyal wife who stood by him. But Astrid knows her worth. She walks away not just from a loveless marriage, but into a life of ambition and power.
Unbeknownst to Rowan, the woman he so easily discarded becomes the mysterious business mogul taking the corporate world by storm. Now, as her name echoes through boardrooms and headlines, he begins to realize what he truly lost.
Regret burns in his heart. Desire resurfaces.
But will he be able to win her back when she is the center of many hearts? Will he be able to mend the broken heart he had destroyed?

I was about to refuse, and say no, when I felt his lips on mine.
I gasped, through the kiss. ' The jerk' I thought. He fucking kissed me, stole my first kiss like that.


Astral, an upcoming actress, who was given an opportunity to star in a famous movie. But she was taken to Gael as his replacement bride. Along the way, Astral found out she was truly getting married, and it's not acting. But it was too late for her to back out, as the priest already bound them as husband and wife.
After the wedding ceremony, Gael, the Billionaire and the husband, offered her a marriage contract.
Will Astral agree to this contract marriage? And even if she does, would it just end as a contract marriage or lead to an entanglement of a lifetime?

" Why did you marry me then?" I asked in my usual tone, although I wanted to scream. But I can't.

” For my father's sake. And I don't want you to engage with any kinds of unnecessary emotions in this marriage. You will get a divorce right after one year. So enjoy your time meanwhile. The butler will be there to take care of you!"

After the Arranged Marriage with the man whom I fell in love with at first sight, on the wedding night, he abandoned me. Although it was an arranged marriage, I thought we were falling in love when we met on our blind date. He showed he was the best man ever, until the wedding, he turned into a very different person.

I heard he had a lover with a daughter.

Am I then the abandoned wife? Will he ever look at me? Or I will have to watch him loving another woman in front of me!

Amelia Barnes, who is a struggling artist in City of New York, reluctantly agrees to a contract marriage with the wealthy businessman William Knight. She wants to pay off her debts in her neck, she sees William as her savior. William Knight who is alsy seeking to secure his inheritance and fulfill his dying grandfather's wishes, sees this arrangement as a mere business deal. The fake marriage, which Amelia and William unexpectedly sign, drawn to each other. Amelia discovers a softer side of William Knight, while William starts to see Amelia as more than just a pawn in his game. However, secrets and lies threaten to unravel the newfound connection. "Will they be able to overcome the obstacles in their path and find true love in their contract marriage?" "Will their arrangement lead to heartbreak and betrayal?" Sit up, as we go into this journey of real love and contracted love together.

Stabbed in the back by the people she called her family, Tinsley William's life ended up in shreds. Her sister called her names and tainted her reputation. She was all over the news as a husband snatcher and desperate jealous bitch which resulted in her having a one night stand with a well known Billionaire at the club she went to drink out her sorrows before leaving the country.
Fast forward seven years later, now a successful anonymous Millionaire author and a mother of three, Tinsley regained her fame and decided to move back to the place she called home.
Little did she know that her sudden appearance would stir up a crisis in the life of her family and everyone around her, including the Triplets father, but her three little genius kids were one step ahead of her.

"This date has been going really while, if I do say so myself, which is why I was wondering if Miss Gold would object to being my wife?" he says so smoothly I almost think I imagined what he said.
"..." I stare at him mouth agap.
"Well, you see we seem to be getting along well and you see I need a wife and I feel that we don't clash in personalities. So, I was wondering if you would be interested in being my wife or at least consider it?" he adds when he saw I was not answering him.
"I don't know. We just met" I say hesitantly.
I could not believe I was even considering his offer. What the hell is wrong with me?
"I know. Do not reject now. Just think about it. Let us see today is Monday I will give until Wednesday." he says as if he knew I was going to say yes.
"Oh. urh okay. I will think about" I say softly looking down at my coffee.
"Thank you, Miss Gold" he says, putting his hand on my own hand.


Zelina Gold meets an extremely handsome man named Niklaus Jacobs, but because she's From New York she's never heard of him... he's the wealthiest man in the world, and voted 6 years in a row the #1 guy to sleep with and to marry... He was what she thought of as her 100th blind date. He proposes marriage to her on their first date. Will Zelina Gold agree to marry the handsome Niklaus Jacobs and become Mrs Jacobs???
This book is a sequel do read love at first sight flash marriage first... This book could be read as a stand-alone novel as well if you do not want to read the first book...

Blaine proposed a contract marriage to Camilla, which was going to hold validity until his real fiancee opened her eyes, and they all could go back to their various lives. 'Party A shouldn't fall in love with party B, and if any of the parties break this clause, they are going to face a huge penalty'. They both knew that wasn't going to happen, or they thought so.

"Why are you messing around with me? Your job is just look pretty, and be my wife!" the cold man rumbled while glaring at Camilla, and a heavy sigh escaped her lips.

"And that is what I have been doing, Mr. Sanders!" she rattled, but the man hissed, not believing it. "No, you have been doing more. You had been seducing me, and snugging into my mind!" he accused.

"Was that a bad thing? So did you mean I should go away?" Camilla asked, meeting the man's fiery gaze, and she sucked in air when the man's hot palm touched her back. "No, even if you do, I am going to find you with my last breath, because you need to take responsibility for me," he says.

"So what happened to the no falling in love rule," Camilla asked with a solemn look. "Trash it!" he says, crashing his lips on hers.

"Wait," she breathed. "We have to stop. This isn’t just conversation."
"It's better than talking," he murmured, kissing her neck.
"No, we need to have a conversation," she insisted. "Get off me, let me get dressed."
"You can't make love while dressed," he replied, playfully biting her earlobe.
"Listen to me," she urged. "I'm trying to be serious, alright? I realize I shouldn’t have fled."
"What’s this about?" he asked, his tone growing cold.
"I simply want to resolve things," she said earnestly, gazing into his eyes.
A flicker of disgust crossed his features, and his lips turned downward, "I see what's going on. You think I'll forget your betrayal if you let me fuck you."

She fled from her wedding, which led to her own downfall and became a lasting nightmare. She chose to elope with another man instead of the one who truly loved her. That man deceived her, coaxing her into abandoning her husband, ultimately driving her to her demise.
She returned to consciousness and found herself lying on their matrimonial bed.
A firm yet gentle grip enclosed her wrist, leading her hand to the front of his pants. She observed her small, pale hand beside his large, tanned fingers, allowing him to press her palm against him.
It would be so simple to let him take control, to surrender to him. She craved it. She yearned to feel his strong hands exploring every part of her body.