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Jilted Girlfriend? I Am The Tycoon's Wife
Cara Lewis sat quietly as her boyfriend of three years pushed a plate of dessert across the table, wearing a rehearsed mask of sorrow. He claimed he had to break up with her for her own good, blaming his lack of connections on Wall Street and insisting he couldn't give her the life she deserved. He acted like a martyr making a tragic sacrifice, waiting for her desperate tears and trembling denial. Instead, Cara calmly pulled out a stack of glossy photos and an elegant engagement invitation. She exposed his secret affair with the wealthy Hailie Lewis, completely dismantling his hypocritical social climb. Leaving the cheating narcissist pale and humiliated, Cara paid the bill and walked out, thinking the trash had finally been taken out. But her newly single evening took a chaotic turn when a teenage gaming partner called in a panic. He begged her to crash his elite prep school and pose as his aunt to save him from expulsion. Cara agreed, flawlessly playing the role of the secret new wife to his uncle, a notoriously ruthless Wall Street titan. She was thoroughly dominating the snobby school board when the office doors suddenly swung open. The real billionaire uncle, Beck Greer, walked into the room. Cara's heart dropped into her stomach as his glacial eyes locked onto her, knowing her social existence in New York was about to end. Caught in a terrifying, inescapable lie, Cara made an insane calculation. She stepped forward, firmly hooked her arm through the billionaire's, and smiled sweetly. "Honey, what took you so long? Julian and I were being bullied." She waited for the executioner's axe to fall, but the untouchable tycoon simply covered her hand with his and played along.Across the white tablecloth of Serafina, Bradyn Hubbard—Cara Lewis's boyfriend of three years—set his wine down and leaned forward. He pulled a thick, cream-colored envelope from his jacket and slid it across the table until it rested in front of her.
Cara looked down. The gold foil lettering was fresh from the press.
Engagement Gala
Groom: Bradyn Hubbard
Bride: Hailie Lewis
Venue: The Lewis Estate, Long Island. Next Saturday.
"Cara, let's be realistic," Bradyn said, his voice dropping into a conspiratorial whisper. "Hailie is my ticket to the top. Marrying her is the only shortcut for a guy like me to get a seat on the board. I don't love her—she's just the ladder I have to climb for my career."
Cara stared at the card, then lifted her cold amber eyes to meet his. "So you're proposing what, exactly?"
Bradyn gave a smug, self-satisfied smile.
"We break up publicly. But in private? Nothing has to change. You funded my MBA and paid my rent for three years—I haven't forgotten that. Stay quiet, be my little secret on the side, and once I secure the Lewis assets, I'll make sure you're taken care of in luxury."
Cara stared at his shameless face, her voice dropping into a dangerous, silky calm. "You sold yourself as a kept man to my stepsister, and you expect me to be your dirty little secret?"
"Don't make it sound so ugly, Cara," Bradyn scoffed, waving a dismissive hand. "That's how men get ahead in Manhattan. Be realistic, Cara. You're broke and you have no one. Who else is going to take care of you? Don't be stupid. Just take the deal."
Cara looked at him for one quiet second, her lips curving into a razor-sharp smile.
"In your wildest dreams, Bradyn."
Without a second's hesitation, Cara picked up her crystal tumbler and threw the cold bourbon and ice straight into his face.
The freezing liquor drenched his styled hair and soaked the collar of his designer shirt. Bradyn gasped, shooting up from the velvet booth in sheer shock, frantically wiping his stinging eyes.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" he snarled, glaring at her as neighboring tables turned to stare.
Cara set the empty glass down with a quiet, deliberate tap.
Without breaking eye contact, she reached into her Saint Laurent bag, pulled out a thick manila folder, and dropped it heavily onto his soaked lap.
"Open it, parasite," Cara said calmly.
Bradyn's hands shook as he ripped the folder open.
A thick stack of forensic-grade photographs spilled across the table. His breath caught in his throat—the photos showed him and Hailie completely naked, tangled in the satin sheets of a suite at the Baccarat Hotel.
Taped right behind the prints was a notarized invoice.
Columbia MBA Tuition & Fees: $186,000.00
Tribeca Penthouse Lease Subsidies: $94,000.00
Bespoke Wardrobe & Networking Tabs: $62,000.00
TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT DUE: $342,000.00
Bradyn's face turned an ashen, sickly gray. "You... you tracked me?"
"Three hundred and forty-two grand," Cara said, tapping the total with a manicured nail. "Wire it back to my account by Monday morning. If you don't, these photos go directly to Hailie's father and the Lewis board."
The shock on Bradyn's face instantly curdled into ugly fury. He slammed both hands on the table, leaning in with a desperate hiss. "You crazy bitch! You gave me that money willingly—that was trust money! You can't sue me for gifts!"
"I invested in a partner, Bradyn, not a freeloader," Cara said coldly. "You lived off my money for three years just to become my stepsister's leashed lapdog. Pay back every cent by Monday, or wear the collar in public."
"You fucking bitch—" Bradyn lunged forward, grabbing for her wrist.
Cara smoothly stepped back, out of his reach. She stood tall, smoothing the front of her tailored coat, looking down at him with absolute disgust.
Slowly, deliberately, she raised her hand and flipped him a clean, effortless middle finger.
"Congratulations on the engagement, Bradyn," Cara said softly. "You and Hailie deserve each other."
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The curse of the Moonborn
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The Curse of the Moonborn Lover: Chosen by the Beast with Golden Eyes
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Curse of the Black Moon
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Curse of the Blood Moon
Xiyu was born during a blood moon and harnessed great power. But with such power, love doesn't exist in her dictionary. Hurt by her best friend and companion, she isolates herself from the other residents of the island. Until one day, when a stranger and his companions enter the island magically,/0/75488/coverorgin.jpg?v=8129e08c5be673a953fc32d0071ef17d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Moon bound: the curse of Ashbourne
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Blood moon; the first curse
Damien Grey was born into wealth, privilege... and something far darker. Behind the walls of the elite academy he now attends, Damien hides a secret even his own family fears: a curse rooted in blood, rage, and ancient power. He's cold, brilliant, and utterly untouchable - until she comes along./0/20256/coverorgin.jpg?v=3185c985ea6733751a8f627eb5717791&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Hybrid's Daughter- Red Moon, The Curse
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The Lunar Curse: Bloodline of the Howling Moon
Amelia was born into a family with an ancient Curse and in order to protect her family, she became a guardian of the night. She had a charming encounter with Ethan that led to a relationship. Their relationship was going smoothly until Amelia was forced into marriage with Alpha Ezra, the formidable/0/48969/coverorgin.jpg?v=79664bfecbde8b2358aa8355b9175e0d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
RED MOON: The Breaking Of The Lycanthrope Curse
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The Curse of Kalaan
Egypt - November 7th, 1828 For Kalaan Phoebus, the count of Croz, a surprise encounter with Jean-François Champollion on the outskirts of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna was providence knocking at his door. Champollion, an eminent scholar, was the only person capable of deciphering the h/0/31473/coverorgin.jpg?v=5d7e599a85f5dbfd222533383d6aeb85&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Curse Of Alpha
Legend says that a human girl will be a sacrifice to the king of the wolves, and he is a ruthless king. They say that her body will have great energy. Some say that she will be a victim of him getting twice his strength. Some say it will be his weak point. Some say she is a witch, but she thinks she/0/39619/coverorgin.jpg?v=9e42969bf76624227109e2b06b68a7e6&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Curse of Apollo
Apollo was an artist who has had several muses in his life, so many that he may not even know how to count on his fingers and not even remember more of all that were due to his supposed "curse"; but maybe, just maybe... love would reach him for the first time, near those beautiful eyes of Amazonita/0/50917/coverorgin.jpg?v=877b6132c0836629af1201a8981d912d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Curse Of The Goddess
Book 1 {The curse series} "You are stronger than you think" those words really came as a punch to her especially after everything she has been through... To what would seem like a dream to others was to her a CURSE. A birth of suffering and a life of doom. Luna dares to accept the SECRET of he/0/8148/coverorgin.jpg?v=c95fb194e163bb5f639f61d84de07d61&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Curse of Education
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so th/1/110827/coverorgin.jpg?v=abfb08fd67cfd1d815ea9d3984447720&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Curse of Bones
This is a terrifying memory I'd rather never speak of again. We were just high school students when the town accidentally unearthed a mass grave. That night, Keegan Wilkerson, the most popular senior, showed up at a party with a trophy: a finger bone he had stolen from the site. He passed the bon/0/66446/coverorgin.jpg?v=0c67ff9e6f6a057f1b66a96991f1fba3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Curse of the Beast
In a town where werewolves are nothing more than myths and bedtime stories, dark secrets lurk in the shadows. When mysterious disappearances begin, followed by gruesome deaths in the woods, two rival factions of hunters form Calvary and Shadow, each with their own methods of protection. But nothing/0/84106/coverorgin.jpg?v=c0327466130afe3cf8747610fee29703&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Guardian of the Curse
My family has a secret, a curse: our condemnations come true. To protect everyone, I chose silence, living as a janitor, assumed to be mute. My wife, Nicole, a ruthless pharmaceutical heiress, married me only because her superstitious grandfather believed a "silent man" would protect their fortune/0/37638/coverorgin.jpg?v=1b9d72dde4560f5e846ecc6e14a508e4&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Curse of the Alpha
"So you're a virgin, then." He says it so blatantly it rattles me to the core. "No! I mean, would it matter if I were?" "I suppose not," he muses, his gaze shifting back to me. "But when I look at you, I want to violently fuck you until you cannot move for days." ---- On a hiking trip with a fri/0/68251/coverorgin.jpg?v=c99f8a23b77bf8ce537de4f8cb4e074b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Curse of The Bloodwood
In a world where supernatural creatures secretly coexist with humans, Emily's life changes forever when she reunites with her childhood friend, Louis; a mysterious and handsome vampire. As Emily's feelings for Louis become complicated, she's drawn into a dark world of ancient secrets and supernatura/0/3132/coverorgin.jpg?v=f4c88f11978e52dd2d8e558200d9607a&imageMogr2/format/webp)
