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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 HubbardâCara Lewis's boyfriend of three yearsâset 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 herâshe'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 yearsâI 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 throatâthe 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 willinglyâthat 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 bitchâ" 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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Rejected 99 Times, Chosen By The Mafia Don
During our six-year relationship, Lucas called off our wedding 99 times, and every cancellation somehow led back to Bella, his first love. He abandoned me at the altar, left me humiliated before our guests. Each time, he promised the next ceremony would be perfect. But after years of being cho/0/25327/coverorgin.jpg?v=ef8e37117b527cb3fa298554c6874268&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen by the Pack
Kiera's way of life has always been by the book within her tribe. Her arranged marriage to a man she does not love causes issues within her soul. She knows this is not her path but if this isn't, what is? If she is to continue living as a respected member of her tribe, she must not go against her fa/1/107312/coverorgin.jpg?v=589d92be5595f0b65f4e42d30a930b53&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen By The Alpha
Ava's heart was shattered when her mate, the pack leader's son, revealed his true colors. But fate had a surprise in store - Kazeem, a powerful alpha king, and he's got his sights set on her. As she navigates this newfound attraction, Ava's vendetta against her old pack still burns đ„. Can she trust/0/36072/coverorgin.jpg?v=268e027f9c43132130f39f512c2d5877&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen By The Emperor
He Choose Her, Yet He Wants Her Dead. Sevim had always lived a free live while she safely crushed on her brotherâs bestfriend. But there was a change of events when she had to go a different world she had never been to in place of her dead twin brother. She wasnât the one chosen by the Emperor, but/0/58766/coverorgin.jpg?v=3a788f6a65dc5c05b412f7088902e38d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen By The Lycan King
âI want you, Tessa,â He whispered against my neck. Subconsciously, I arched my back into him. He groaned, his hands grabbing my ass. âNo, scratch that, I need you,â He mumbled. âIâm not sureâŠâ I trailed off. âIâm broken. I'm not the right person for you, Zane,â A soft moan escaped my lips as he bi/0/40981/coverorgin.jpg?v=c2f8f46e9a116b6b887e56aac91a0a6f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen By The Lycan Prince
A lycan prince in search of his mate. An abused omega desperate to escape her past demons. A prince who does not know how to love. An omega whose only hope at redemption is finding true love. Prince Draven, first out of the three lycan princes and next in line to the throne is a ruthless, blood-thi/1/125376/coverorgin.jpg?v=c72f185495aef31699e010a76ed6139e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen by the Beast Alpha
"Since the top's learned its manners," he growled, ramming his knee between my thighs and pressing the rigid line of his cock against my soaked core, "this part better start remembering how to greet its master." "Wait-!" I gasped, legs shaking, a rush of hot liquid drenching the lace between us. -/1/120967/coverorgin.jpg?v=71c75c82cbcd4862a5ad1a4da35d9b66&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Unwanted By The Alpha, Chosen By Fate
I was a lowly Omega mated to Caleb, the Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack. I thought I had finally found my harbor. But when our five-year-old daughter, Aria, plunged into a frozen lake and nearly drowned, he was nowhere to be found. He had blocked our mental link to play house with my sister's daught/1/130654/coverorgin.jpg?v=41997379768248328a3de459e24c03cc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen by the Beast King
She was betrayed by her own pack. Now the most feared Alpha in the kingdom says she belongs to him. Wren Calloway never imagined the people she trusted most would condemn her. Falsely accused of betraying her pack, she's stripped of everything she has ever known and exiled into the deadly Blackthorn/1/104099/coverorgin.jpg?v=7d3f8c6871a4c95e2d17d716d4f3898c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Forsaken by the Alpha, Chosen by Fate
I woke up before dawn to slice strawberries for my husband, Gabe, excited to finally tell him I was pregnant. As a "Wolfless" Omega, I had always been looked down upon, but I thought this baby proved I wasn't broken. But Gabe didn't come home alone. He walked in with Harper, a woman wearing the sil/0/21099/coverorgin.jpg?v=e90ae4dc27816807bed534fdc361f300&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen By An Alpha
Grace was a sweet and simple human whose world revolves around her family and their happiness. Everything was perfect in her life until he arrived in her town in search of his enemy. And then nothing remained PERFECT in her life from the moment his eyes landed on her. He wanted her. All of her. Eith/0/75999/coverorgin.jpg?v=30e1fec6f986b5bb4ba0d2481867ec11&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Princess Chosen by the Alpha King
At the age of eighteen, walking through the woods with her pack, they don't expect to stumble upon the most feared pack of all, terrorizing another. The screams, growls, the scent of blood... everything is chaotic, brutal, violent. Their steps stop dead when they recognize the emblem on the dark jac/0/93270/coverorgin.jpg?v=227663535232539c43ccc62a011f266f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chosen By The Cursed Alpha King
They say Alpha King Maximus is a monster - too big, too brutal, too cursed. His bed is a death sentence, and no woman has ever left it alive. So why did he choose me? The fat, unwanted omega. The one my own pack offered up like trash. One night with the merciless King was supposed to end me. Inste/1/109083/coverorgin.jpg?v=880477d6bf21febd9588ba3890bcce37&imageMogr2/format/webp)
REJECTED BY THE ALPHA, CHOSEN BY THE MOON
Abandoned in the forest as a baby and raised by the Dark Light Pack, Elara grows up invisible. Overlooked. Maltreated. Treated like she was never meant to exist. Until the mate bond awakens. Bound to the Alpha, she expects a new beginning. Instead, she is rejected. Broken. Put through cruelty and/1/116513/coverorgin.jpg?v=28edcd030cf5e85e53b4900dbf28a202&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Rejected by the Pack, Chosen by the True Alpha
For three years, a rogue witch named Tanya wore my skin. She drank wolfsbane like fine wineâher dark magic smothering the allergy that should have killed my body within hours. When a lunar eclipse finally frayed her grip, I clawed my way back into my own bones and rushed downstairs, desperate for my/0/24812/coverorgin.jpg?v=242328f0a4264ddebd13407e4ef3fd81&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The chosen
A story of a forbidden land and burnished breed of a rapid wolf clan who were chased out of their motherland. The wolf community lead by their strong leader Damien later try to seek their way back to their motherland. One of the strongest family have their one and only surviving member Edward who i/0/43966/coverorgin.jpg?v=fb37f4d7fd38aeca2c6f73c1632aa8f0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Captured By The Mafia
Nathalia Sarmiento is just one of those ordinary teenagers who wishes to graduate from college in order to help the people she treated as her real parents, who did nothing but love her as their own daughter as well. Everything seems to be perfect in her almost fairy tale story. She had a bunch of g/0/39956/coverorgin.jpg?v=d7171b2af683f40f347732f7d1867025&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Created by the Mafia
In the year 1980, a mafia gainin strength in northern Italy and became increasingly known for its big business, the Veron family quickly dominated the entire region with their ruthless fame, everyone feared their powerful boss, a calculating and cold man known for his merciless sentences. Malcon Ver/0/49832/coverorgin.jpg?v=8c2f15e2d08f19d02de0540cdfad868d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
KIDNAPPED BY THE MAFIA.
Kaia an innocent, brave, and curious law intern finds herself in a lot of trouble with one of the feared drug lords Alphonso Romero, when she's caught filming evidence against him and his syndicate. In an attempt to escape from him, she runs into Aiden, a Mafia lord, and ends up getting kidnapped by/0/89028/coverorgin.jpg?v=b2200a473a44ec0a383ec874d816c42c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
