REJECTED MATE'S STRUGGLE

REJECTED MATE'S STRUGGLE

Ansa fidelis

5.0
Comment(s)
81
View
40
Chapters

A story of treachery, love, and forgiveness meets a secret world of werewolves and evil technology in the mysterious city of Arleux, France, in the early 21st century. When a young lady learns of her husband's involvement in the evil genetic experiment known as "Project Thorne", she finds herself ensnared in a nightmare. Due to this experiment, werewolves with heightened abilities have been released into the world, posing a threat to everyone. She must face her history and discover the terrible secrets that threaten to devour them all as she fights her husband's rejection and the deadly forces pursuing them. Will she discover real love and survive the betrayal, or will the darkness take her soul?

Chapter 1 TAILS OF REJECTION

I always knew my position in his life. I realized that I was only a piece in his game, a tool to expand his corporate empire, even before the ink on our marriage certificate dried. Knowing the truth, however, did not lessen the hurt as the rejections continued, one after another, leaving my already wounded heart with even more gashes.

It seems like yesterday as I recall our first meeting. The Albrecht Estate was very grandiose, a huge contrast from the humble upbringing I had experienced. The foyer's chandelier glistened like a million stars, illuminating the shining marble flooring with a chilly glow. And there he was, my future husband Lucas Albrecht, the heir apparent to the Albrecht dynasty. I felt my skin crawl as his cold, blue eyes evaluated me with a clinical detachment. This was a purchase, not a case of love at first sight.

"You understand why you're here, don't you?" His words cut through the quiet like a dagger, just as frigid as his gaze.

I nodded, my throat tightening with nervousness such that I could not speak. I got it exactly. This union brought together two influential families via a merger. There was no room for love in our arrangement. However, I was unaware at the time of just how painful that lack of affection would be.

The weeks passed, and then the months, and it became brutally obvious what had happened to me. More unpleasant than obvious abuse was the flippant disdain with which Lucas regarded me. He was never home; he was either on business trips or entertaining guests at opulent events, and I was just his attractive face to nod and smile at. He was aloof and preoccupied with his business dealings and discussions while he was at home. Though even the house staff knew my status in the Albrecht home was precarious at best, they nonetheless treated me with careful regard.

The first serious blow occurred during a dinner gathering we threw for a few of Lucas's business partners. I had devoted hours to getting ready, selecting the ideal outfit, and making sure everything was immaculate. Foolishly, I believed that maybe, just maybe, he would see me for who I was. But as the evening wore on, it was evident that he could not see me. All of his attention was on his guests, and, unsettlingly, all of his attention was on one lady in particular: his ex-girlfriend Sophie.

I saw them laughing together while having a close-knit talk with bowed heads. I saw how his hand would linger on her arm and how he smiled at her, a grin I had never seen aimed toward me, and it caused a terrible knot to grow in my gut. Maybe the visitors didn't notice, but I did. I could feel the electricity between them, and it broke my heart in a way that mixed hopelessness and envy.

I addressed him after the visitors had gone. I was having trouble keeping my voice steady, and my hands were shaking. What are you doing, Lucas? Even though you're married to me, you flirted with Sophie the whole night!"

His eyes narrowed as he spoke, his answer fast and savage. Claire, stop flattering yourself. This marriage is a business arrangement, nothing more. I won't pretend to be anything else.

His remarks resembled a verbal blow to the face. He turned and left, leaving me alone in the large, empty dining room, and I remained there, dumbfounded. It wasn't simply an emotional rejection; it also physically felt like a heavy weight pushing on my chest and restricting my breathing. Never before had I felt so little and unimportant.

Rejections kept coming, each more hurtful than the previous. Without even trying, Lucas had a way of making me feel unworthy. I would worry if he would ever return when he would be silent for days or even weeks at a time. Upon his return, it seemed as if nothing had occurred, as though I were only an item of furniture that could be moved or disregarded at pleasure.

The worst, however, happened when he began to see Sophie more often. I could tell how she continued to want him by the way she looked at him. Why wouldn't she, too? Lucas was rich, powerful, and unreachable-everything she could ever hope for. The fact that he allowed her, however, wounded the most. I was pushed more and farther to the side as he let her into our house and his life.

I heard them one evening in the library; their voices were quiet but distinct. With a racing heart, I stood still at the entrance. My feet wouldn't move, even though I wanted to turn aside and act as if I hadn't seen them. I had to hear what they had to say.

Whispering, "I miss you, Lucas," Sophie put her hand on his arm. "We were so good together."

Lucas did not back down. Rather, he let forth a frustrated, yearning sigh. It's not easy, Sophie. You are aware of it.

As I was listening to them, a tear started to fall on my face. Whatever had happened between them was not completely over, and I was only a roadblock in their path.

At last, I made myself go, withdrawing to my room and collapsing into the bed while weeping. Never before had I felt so abandoned and so alone. I was being torn apart by Lucas's behavior, but what could I do? I was shackled to a guy who didn't give a damn if I lived or died, and I was stuck in a phony marriage.

While I was lying there, letting my tears seep into the pillow, a notion started to cross my mind. I have to stop doing this. There has to be a change. However, what? Furthermore, how?

One thing was certain-I couldn't continue to live in the shadow of rejection even while the answer wasn't quite apparent. Even if it meant leaving all I had ever known, I had to find a way out.

But could I? Could I truly walk away from Lucas, the guy who had turned into my torturer and my one true love?

As the night went on, I silently vowed to myself, even though I didn't yet know the answer. I would figure out a way to get my life back, to emerge from the darkness and into the light. And maybe it was time for me to give up trying to have Lucas see me for who I was if he couldn't.

However, I knew in my heart that the journey ahead wouldn't be simple. There would be more suffering, grief, and rejection. However, I was resolved to confront it, regardless of the consequences. Because I was ultimately entitled to better than this. I was worthy of affection, recognition, and importance.

And if it meant losing all else, I would discover that love.

I decided to meet Lucas one final time as the sun rose, but as I walked into his study, I discovered something that completely turned my plans: a letter from Sophie, and not just any letter. It was a confession that had the potential to end us a

Continue Reading

Other books by Ansa fidelis

More

You'll also like

The Billionaire's Secret Twins: Her Revenge

The Billionaire's Secret Twins: Her Revenge

Shearwater
4.5

I was four months pregnant, weighing over two hundred pounds, and my heart was failing from experimental treatments forced on me as a child. My doctor looked at me with clinical detachment and told me I was in a death sentence: if I kept the baby, I would die, and if I tried to remove it, I would die. Desperate for a lifeline, I called my father, Francis Acosta, to tell him I was sick and pregnant. I expected a father's love, but all I got was a cold, sharp blade of a voice. "Then do it quietly," he said. "Don't embarrass Candi. Her debutante ball is coming up." He didn't just reject me; he erased me. My trust fund was frozen, and I was told I was no longer an Acosta. My fiancé, Auston, had already discarded me, calling me a "bloated whale" while he looked for a thinner, wealthier replacement. I left New York on a Greyhound bus, weeping into a bag of chips, a broken woman the world considered a mistake. I couldn't understand how my own father could tell me to die "quietly" just to save face for a party. I didn't know why I had been a lab rat for my family’s pharmaceutical ambitions, or how they could sleep at night while I was left to rot in the gray drizzle of the city. Five years later, the doors of JFK International Airport slid open. I stepped onto the marble floor in red-soled stilettos, my body lean, lethal, and carved from years of blood and sweat. I wasn't the "whale" anymore; I was a ghost coming back to haunt them. With my daughter by my side and a medical reputation that terrified the global elite, I was ready to dismantle the Acosta empire piece by piece. "Tell Francis to wash his neck," I whispered to the skyline. "I'm home."

Flash Marriage To My Best Friend's Father

Flash Marriage To My Best Friend's Father

Madel Cerda
5.0

I was once the heiress to the Solomon empire, but after it crumbled, I became the "charity case" ward of the wealthy Hyde family. For years, I lived in their shadows, clinging to the promise that Anson Hyde would always be my protector. That promise shattered when Anson walked into the ballroom with Claudine Chapman on his arm. Claudine was the girl who had spent years making my life a living hell, and now Anson was announcing their engagement to the world. The humiliation was instant. Guests sneered at my cheap dress, and a waiter intentionally sloshed champagne over me, knowing I was a nobody. Anson didn't even look my way; he was too busy whispering possessively to his new fiancée. I was a ghost in my own home, watching my protector celebrate with my tormentor. The betrayal burned. I realized I wasn't a ward; I was a pawn Anson had kept on a shelf until he found a better trade. I had no money, no allies, and a legal trust fund that Anson controlled with a flick of his wrist. Fleeing to the library, I stumbled into Dallas Koch—a titan of industry and my best friend’s father. He was a wall of cold, absolute power that even the Hydes feared. "Marry me," I blurted out, desperate to find a shield Anson couldn't climb. Dallas didn't laugh. He pulled out a marriage agreement and a heavy fountain pen. "Sign," he commanded, his voice a low rumble. "But if you walk out that door with me, you never go back." I signed my name, trading my life for the only man dangerous enough to keep me safe.

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book
REJECTED MATE'S STRUGGLE
1

Chapter 1 TAILS OF REJECTION

26/08/2024

2

Chapter 2 THE DISCLOSURE

26/08/2024

3

Chapter 3 THE VERY THIN LINE

26/08/2024

4

Chapter 4 THE UNEXPECTED VISITOR

26/08/2024

5

Chapter 5 BROKEN TRUST

26/08/2024

6

Chapter 6 UNRAVELING THE PAST

26/08/2024

7

Chapter 7 A BROKEN HEART

26/08/2024

8

Chapter 8 THE SIGNIFICANCE

26/08/2024

9

Chapter 9 HIDDEN MEMORIES

26/08/2024

10

Chapter 10 REPERCUSSIONS OF DECEIT

26/08/2024

11

Chapter 11 THE HUNTER'S GAME

26/08/2024

12

Chapter 12 INSIDER INFORMATION

26/08/2024

13

Chapter 13 THE CONSEQUENCES OF DECEPTION

26/08/2024

14

Chapter 14 HIDDEN MEMORIES OF THE PAST

26/08/2024

15

Chapter 15 THE CHASE IS STILL ON

04/09/2024

16

Chapter 16 REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST

04/09/2024

17

Chapter 17 DARKNESS IN THE LIGHT

04/09/2024

18

Chapter 18 THE BROKEN HEART

04/09/2024

19

Chapter 19 DIGGING BELOW THE SURFACE

04/09/2024

20

Chapter 20 A LAST-DITCH BET

04/09/2024

21

Chapter 21 DESPAIRING AT THE EDGE

04/09/2024

22

Chapter 22 THE STORM BREAKS

04/09/2024

23

Chapter 23 THE BREAKING POINT

04/09/2024

24

Chapter 24 THE SECRETS OF THE FOREST

04/09/2024

25

Chapter 25 THE AWAKENING

04/09/2024

26

Chapter 26 THE PURSUIT BEGAN

04/09/2024

27

Chapter 27 THE PRICE OF BETRAYAL

04/09/2024

28

Chapter 28 A HEAVY STILLNESS

04/09/2024

29

Chapter 29 THE DARKNESS THAT LOOMS

04/09/2024

30

Chapter 30 THE MYSTERIES OF THE SHADE

04/09/2024

31

Chapter 31 THE CHASE BEGINS AGAIN

04/09/2024

32

Chapter 32 THE COST OF FREEDOM

04/09/2024

33

Chapter 33 THE GHOST OF PAST DECISION

04/09/2024

34

Chapter 34 REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST

04/09/2024

35

Chapter 35 CRYSTAL SHADOWS

04/09/2024

36

Chapter 36 THE SECRET REFUGE

04/09/2024

37

Chapter 37 THE GATHERING STORM

04/09/2024

38

Chapter 38 THE STRONGHOLD'S HEART

04/09/2024

39

Chapter 39 REFLECTIONS OF THE DARKNESS

04/09/2024

40

Chapter 40 THE START OF A NEW ERA

04/09/2024