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The Forgotten Mother's Vow: Taking Back What's Hers
Isabelle's love for Kolton held flawless for fifteen years-until the day she delivered their children and slipped into a coma. He leaned to her ear and whispered, "Don't wake up. You're worthless to me now." The twins later clutched another woman's hand and chirped, "Mommy," splintering Isabelle's heart. She woke, filed for divorce, and disappeared. Only then did Kolton notice her fingerprints on every habit. They met again: she emerged as the lead medical specialist, radiant and unmoved. But at her engagement gala, she leapt into a tycoon's arms. Jealous, he crushed a glass, blood wetting his palm. He believed as soon as he made a move, Isabelle would return to him. After all, she had loved him deeply."Let's divorce," Kingsley said calmly, placing a set of documents on the coffee table in front of her.
Katherine looked up from where she sat on the couch, her expression unreadable at first until her brows slowly drew together. "What did you just say?"
"I want a divorce," he repeated, his voice low and steady. "I came with the papers. All I need is your signature."
Katherine's lips parted in disbelief. "You're serious?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. "A divorce?"
Kingsley didn't answer. Her confusion gave way to a sharp, bitter laugh. "After all this time... You're asking me for a divorce? Me, the woman who's been in the shadows for you. The one no one even knows you married. The woman you made invisible so you could pretend to the world you were single."
He looked down, jaw clenched.
"You kept me hidden, Kingsley," she went on, her voice gaining strength. "And I let you. I told myself it was temporary, that it was for us, for your career, for your image. But now you're here, handing me a divorce like it's some business transaction?"
"I didn't mean to hurt you," he said quietly. "But this... it's the only way."
Katherine shook her head, heart pounding. "Is this about Beth? Of course, it is. The whole world saw you kissing her on the red carpet last night. The way you held her, smiled at her like she was your everything."
Kingsley hesitated, then nodded. "I love her." A silence fell between them. "I love Beth," he said again. "She's the one I want to spend my life with. The one I can be with openly, without secrets."
"And what was I?" Katherine's voice cracked. "What am I to you, Kingsley?" He took a breath, his eyes softening for the first time.
"You were comforting. Safety. Your eyes... they reminded me of her." Katherine stared at him like he'd lost his mind.
"You married me because I reminded you of Beth?" He nodded slowly. "I was confused. I told myself I could move on, that I could learn to love you the way I needed to. And for a while, I thought I could." "And now?" she asked, rising to her feet. "Now you want to marry her instead?"
"She's always been the one," Kingsley said, you can't understand, we have been together before, our story; it's complicated."
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Beyond A Substitute
After Beth, the love of Kingsley's life, left him, his world fell apart. Drowning in heartbreak, he vanished into obscurity... until Katherine found him and helped him heal. Her familiar aqua-blue eyes brought him peace and, eventually, love but secrets, lies, and the return of his ex-fiancée, Beth,/0/68556/coverorgin.jpg?v=221299bb79e947464f829964398d5d22&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love Beyond the Substitute: A Tale of Survival and Discovery
On the day my boyfriend, whom I had been dating for three years, proposed to me, his long-lost love from a plane crash unexpectedly returned alive. I followed him all the way to the stairway, watching as they embraced each other passionately. Both of them were crying and sobbing, and it was only aft/0/36543/coverorgin.jpg?v=54c9323b9f7299570118ecdecdac8c91&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Bride, Substitute Love
"You're so cheap. And you don't even have a basic sense of shame." "I am not cheap at all. You are my first man. But for her, you aren't." He cupped my neck with his hand directly and asked word by word, "What did you say?" I reached out and pinched his waist gently with my fingers, pretending to be/0/80908/coverorgin.jpg?v=51558a529974c1a02f54eeb50ac32aec&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Love Beyond Revenge
"In the box at the clubhouse, they teased and asked me who I would choose today. I smiled coquettishly, "I'll choose whichever boss is the richest." The bosses competed to see who was richer. The man in the corner who hadn't said anything suddenly spoke, "Sit over here." The voice was not loud, but/0/78009/coverorgin.jpg?v=6f9a1a2fed2e9958b8579f7b608147b3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Yearning Beyond Years
"We...shouldn't be doing this," Stacey moaned as she felt Noah's lips kiss the side of her neck. "Tell me to stop, and I will," he whispered. "I'm twelve years older than you; what would the world say?" "I don't care what the damn world says. The only thing I care about is the woman in front of m/0/19435/coverorgin.jpg?v=0c9bd81b5ebf424e2e7fd157ccfdb1af&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Time Beyond A Dream
"What if you could wake up in your dreams and live out your wildest fantasies, every night? What would you do?" Catherine wishes all her dreams were just like those that everyone has. Yet her dream was different. Her dreams weren't rainbows and sunshine however, her dreams became her reality. Aft/0/80768/coverorgin.jpg?v=dac128c85d64a207cd60f1af7624f19c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Love Beyond Betrayal
My life was always a supporting role to my brother, Caleb – a "spare part" for his childhood illness, my parents' love a finite resource entirely consumed by him. As "E," I finally felt seen, connecting deeply with Olivia after her accident-induced blindness. But my world shattered when Caleb, orch/0/64252/coverorgin.jpg?v=09fd5131c42938e15b2039dc22413407&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Love Beyond Danger
When freelance journalist Cassandra Winters stumbles upon a stolen painting tied to an ancient secret, she is thrust into a world of intrigue and danger. Enter Nicolas-a mysterious man with a shadowy past and a mission of his own. As they race against time to uncover the truth, trust becomes a luxur/0/82626/coverorgin.jpg?v=7ca2136efebebad183b08f7f95da7152&imageMogr2/format/webp)
He Too Is A Substitute
I took out the divorce agreement and said, "Last time you proposed a divorce but I didn't agree. This time I'm the one proposing it. Please sign this." Jiang Xuyao looked very pale. Everyone knows that Jiang Xuyao loves Fu Panfu. I'm just a substitute for Fu Panfu. But no one knew that Jiang Xuya/0/68385/coverorgin.jpg?v=b56209ca1ae26eda6e855fc1c17b9cd9&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Connection beyond Coincidence
"Join Enoch, Iyiola, Chris, and Amaka on their journey from the halls of secondary school to the campuses of university life. From navigating the pressures of SSCE exams to exploring the freedoms of higher education, this group of friends has been through it all together.As they grow and evolve, Iyi/0/97675/coverorgin.jpg?v=39452a808f91f9e37a1d673cc0fc0000&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Substitute No More, A Queen Returns
For five years, I was Jameson Blair's fiancée. For five years, my brothers finally treated me like a sister they loved. Then my twin, Haleigh-the one who left him at the altar-returned with a fake cancer story. In five minutes, he married her. They believed her every lie. When she tried to poison/0/80869/coverorgin.jpg?v=f47671c9cf54d3d38c919919b1abd751&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond Forgiveness: A Husband's Vengeance
My wife, Sarah, and I had a perfect life plan: no kids, just us, travel, and careers. To seal the deal, I underwent a vasectomy. I came home that day, a bag of frozen peas on my groin, feeling a strange mix of relief and finality, ready to celebrate. But Sarah didn't want to celebrate. She sat besi/0/85372/coverorgin.jpg?v=315f9ccb394428bc5fb1a386434512f3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond Repair: A New Beginning
The system overload alarm shrieked, sparks flying, monitors flickering. My own algorithm, my miracle cure, was dying, and it was taking me with it. Liam Thorne, facing me, declared, "Bring her back, Ava! You said your algorithm could heal anything!" His face a mask of cold fury over his lost love,/0/85923/coverorgin.jpg?v=85e750e79649bcb4f9e7aa60547ef7f8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond Biology: A Woman's Revenge
My brother, Kevin, just got the bizarre diagnosis. He had a fully functional uterus. I, a bio-ethicist, saw it as a severe medical condition, but Kevin, fueled by delusion, declared himself the "next step in human evolution." My mother, Eleanor, encouraged his madness, seeing it as a shortcut to/0/85423/coverorgin.jpg?v=6e70c733c99f165bdd0c82ab67737d5c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond Death: A Wife's Return
Chloe Miller and Blake Harrison were husband and wife, a title that masked three years of mutual hatred and separate beds. Then, a gang abducted and brutally murdered Chloe. But instead of peace, she woke to the Grim Reaper' s voice: "Ms. Miller, you have desires you have not resolved. You cannot/0/98450/coverorgin.jpg?v=d8072843166ef8c93edb7e7c92ef8297&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Replaced By A Pregnant Substitute
Five years ago, my fiancé, tech billionaire Jaxon Kent, went missing. When I reported it, I became the laughingstock of Seattle. The police told me his real fiancée was an actress named Kamila. But I was the one living with him, hidden away in his coastal villa. I was his secret, his ghost, while s/0/40928/coverorgin.jpg?v=580399aa048193fd1b3dcc0130d7e0fc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond Darkness: A wolf Divided
"Amid the shadows of a divided pack, a rivalry between wolf brothers intensifies. In 'Beyond Darkness: A Wolf Divided', we are introduced to Lucas and Bruno, two wolves who share the same blood, but have different views on the role of a leader in the pack. Bruno, driven by ambition and the grief of/0/70150/coverorgin.jpg?v=5be1ef609dd0cbfb7523dc34e15f9861&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond Forever: A Love Reborn
When fate brings together two souls, the past fades away, and the future becomes a blank canvas waiting to be painted with the vibrant colors of love. Dive into a world of passion, secrets, and second chances in 'Beyond Forever: A Love Reborn./0/81786/coverorgin.jpg?v=fef8443c3e21f296e4a37e81218b0d59&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond Fair: A Daughter's Escape
My mother, Karen, a high school principal, enforced a chillingly twisted version of "fairness." It demanded that if I, Sarah, her academically gifted twin, received anything, my less-inclined sister, Emily, had to get the exact same. This rigid, oppressive equality dictated every aspect of our lives/0/85422/coverorgin.jpg?v=c8e0a1d3e1f8a67db82ef6c5b8465047&imageMogr2/format/webp)
