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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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Cruden Tale (Awakening Spin Off)
Leyanne Cruden is a very old yet powerful witch in present day who is dissatisfied with the world as we know it. An immortal who stopped ageing in her late twenties. She has lived through so much and lost so many that it has jaded her personality and she no longer knows if she is good or bad. A vis/0/77454/coverorgin.jpg?v=65d19d6cc8fd19ff0990ac7a6a74b941&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Off Limits
For Charlotte Wyatt, starting her senior year of high school in a new town was bad enough. But when her mom marries the town's wealthy real estate mogul, she suddenly finds herself sharing a house-and a last name-with Patrick Burn, the school's star athlete and every girl's forbidden fantasy. Cold,/0/31882/coverorgin.jpg?v=eb77ced82e59eef19d46ff95a00b27dd&imageMogr2/format/webp)
OFF LIMITS!
Khloe Miller gets out of a relationship with her abusive ex, Dane who she discovers is married. After that, she pronounces married guys off limits. Reuniting with her high school crush and Hollywood's heart throb, Hardin Hall, she starts to fall for him for real as she gets to really know him. Bu/0/12522/coverorgin.jpg?v=476ef6b68426db2b13809ff45bca15da&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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Off Limits.
When Callie returns home for the summer, staying at her best friend Mia's house feels like slipping back into childhood, until she sees Grayson Carter again. Once her best friend's quiet, overworked dad, Grayson is now older, rougher, and dangerously irresistible. He remembers her as a girl with/0/23056/coverorgin.jpg?v=ca1982578059e4dc1ae1cfdc7f33fda3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Spin the Bottle
It all started with a kiss during the game of spin the bottle. * When Stephanie Valentine - a wallflower who only focuses on getting good grades for college - goes to her first high school party in senior year, she hopes nothing crazy happens. But then she somehow ends up in the same room with Ch/0/80118/coverorgin.jpg?v=43b32e7bf8302858dcced3ce9c310639&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Off Limits Daddy
"I was late to my surprise engagement party-but not for the reasons anyone expected. I found a lost child, alone and scared, and I stopped to help. By the time I reached the party, it was already too late. My boyfriend was done. Then the child looked me in the eye and said../0/1143/coverorgin.jpg?v=20171122142645&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Off on a Comet
Among so many effective and artistic tales, it is difficult to give a preference to one over all the rest. Yet, certainly, even amid Verne’s remarkable works, his “Off on a Comet” must be given high rank. Perhaps this story will be remembered when even “Round the World in Eig/1/131356/coverorgin.jpg?v=3206e9603d83bc74c22707aa21521acc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Professor Off-Limits
Aleena Marsh has lost everything. Her boyfriend cheated on her, her humiliation is now campus gossip, and the one person she trusted most may be hiding a betrayal far worse than the scandal itself. So Aleena decides to take back control. She'll seduce the one man Xavier worships. Professor Lorcan St/0/38319/coverorgin.jpg?v=fda1ad2476e447c525b7f6f1b479c516&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Sh! Turn Off the Light
Lindsay Fowler is the adopted daughter of the Fowler family; Francisco Graves is an heir to the Graves Group. Five years ago, they were the couple that others envy. But they broke up because of misunderstandings. Five years later, the Fowler family had fallen on hard times. In order to repay her fo/0/61276/coverorgin.jpg?v=18b35bd6bb8fe01f61d3c7de131ce3fb&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Showing off His Fated Love
I dreamed of my ideal guy, but when I opened my eyes, I found that he was the Christopher I usually can't stand. As I gradually opened my heart, he revealed that he was in a relationship. Furious, I went to catch him cheating, but he cornered me step by step and pushed me onto the bed. "Take a go/1/116984/coverorgin.jpg?v=82d6e5512b2157c080dd65409b855652&imageMogr2/format/webp)
OFF LIMITS MY BEST FRIEND'S
Mia has secretly wanted her best friend's father, Alexander Voss, for years. To him, she was always just a kid. But right after she turns 18, her best friend Lily invites her on a luxury family vacation at a private beach resort. When Alexander steps out of the pool, dripping wet and more attractive/0/51282/coverorgin.jpg?v=f7760b193126c15b01909383c73fff86&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Sold Off To The Billionaire
At twenty-four, Maisse's world collapses. Laid off from her job, she learns her ther workplace has been bought by Bronton, a ruthless, billionaire who rules the corporate world with an iron fist. To make matters worse, her debt-ridden father has sold her to a dangerous underground loan shark. If Ma/0/99646/coverorgin.jpg?v=5e741d75c7b90b3729d4e12473e023c0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
He Called Off Our Forever
Tonight, my boyfriend of seven years, Benjamin Kane, was supposed to propose. Our future was a perfect picture, planned down to the last detail. But a single phone call shattered it all. A mysterious voice convinced him I was a gold digger who would ruin him, and that another woman, Jenna Christian/0/69216/coverorgin.jpg?v=a69b8ca869d8adb0ba3407faff86e8db&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Auctioned Off To Alpha Anton
"Why did you buy me, especially for such a huge amount? There is no way you could possibly want me when I am carrying the child of another man. Wait.... You could not possibly want me because..." the last words remained stuck in Kyra's throat. She swallowed thickly and dread curled in the pit of he/1/123342/coverorgin.jpg?v=a1e48aa2ebc4ae2c4430f757e4d095dc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Off-limits My One-Night Stepbrother
Ariana went to celebrate _him_. What she got instead was betrayal - and not from just anyone. Her boyfriend chose her best friend. Hurt and furious, she did the one thing she'd never done before: she spent the night with a stranger to forget. He was dangerous, possessive, and infuriatingly unforge/0/64890/coverorgin.jpg?v=13cffa63f1230eb2e3f810299dc19f14&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
When a chance encounter brings them together, sparks ignite, leaving both spellbound. He's confident, successful, and undeniably charming; she's grounded, fiercely independent, and not one to easily trust. But as their paths keep crossing, a magnetic pull between them becomes impossible to ignore. A/1/112920/coverorgin.jpg?v=d4c6e7f7d7d93ce812f3fb958a9d47c3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
From Cast-off To The City's Queen
I spent three years making myself small, hiding my sketchbook beneath silk blouses just to keep the peace in a marriage that felt like a museum. Then, Blair came home early, bringing his first love, Keely, into our living room to serve me with divorce papers. He didn't look at me, only at the lega/1/111684/coverorgin.jpg?v=5cade850f83fcfc2af3d94fa1fe16697&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Piss Off, Alpha! You Lost Me Forever
To Alpha Damien, Sophia was never a Luna-merely a breathing womb. For years, she bore the weight of his cold indifference, trapped in a marriage where he only touched her on the "fertility days" his mother decreed. While he flaunted his mistress Tiffany through the kingdom, Sophia was given a brutal/0/18715/coverorgin.jpg?v=064b888bb115456d3cfbf68105b7abcd&imageMogr2/format/webp)
