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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 Arranged Bride
" I said you won't be working anymore ." She smirked ," Watch me " Saying that she turned and I watched her till she walked out of the door. ........................................ The thirty-year-old billionaire bachelor Nicholas Carter isn't really fond of the word- love, owing to his past. What happens when he is arranged in marriage to the twenty-seven-year-old sweet and independent Sophia Jones who refuses to bow down in front of him and accept everything he throws her way unlike an usual arranged bride? Oh! Did I mention Nicholas Carter's five-year-old son?/0/20365/coverorgin.jpg?v=6bd7e72563534e66f47e5f3a0e60e10a&imageMogr2/format/webp)
THE HOMELESS BILLIONAIRE
Twenty-year-old Jasamina Rutherford was forced by her parents to marry a politician who's so much years older than she is, because they wanted money and social influence. Ludale McCully is a beast in human form and a psycho. He abused her a lot. But, when she gave birth to her baby and he beat her so badly, Jasamina damned all the consequences and ran away with her new born baby. Out on the cold streets; bruised and battered, no food, money or supplies, and with a baby hidden inside her coat, she was at the end of her rope when she ran into him. ***** Tanner Dantes lost his family in the most brutal way a person would loose a lost one. It was so traumatizing and horrifying that he took to the streets. He drank himself to stupor, just to keep the memories at bay. Sober is not an option, because sober means remembering. Then, a woman ran into him one cold dark night. She was so bruised, there was no part of her body that wasn‘t ‘occupied' with either a fresh or an old wound/bruise/scar. And, she has a baby strapped so protectively inside her clothes. She fainted into his arms. A woman on the run from her powerful psychotic husband and a man who'll drink himself to death than to go sober and let reality in. What's going to happen in here? A lot is gonna happen! So, why don't you go on this mind-blowing ride with me!?/0/26220/coverorgin.jpg?v=34f1937417d81ee04f94c915de4913d6&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Divorced Barren Mother Gives Birth To Six Babies
Amy didn't expect that her husband whom she had loved and trusted earnestly for many years would be cheating on her by having sex with his secretary. When she confronted him, he and his secretary mocked and ridiculed her, they called her barren to her face, afterall, she had not conceived for the past three years that she had been married to her husband, Callan. Terribly Heartbroken, she filed for divorce and left to the club, she picked a random gigolo, had a hot one night stand with him, paid him and dissapeared to a small city. She came back to the country six years later with three identical cute boys and three identical cute girls of the same age. She settled and got a job but soon find out that her CEO was the gigolo she had sex with six years back at the club. Will she be able to hide her six little cuties from her CEO, who happens to be the most powerful man in NorthHill and beleived to be infertile? Can Amy and the most powerful man in NorthHill get along considering the social gap between them./1/106841/coverorgin.jpg?v=6dd6807d03e8964eb1f8d9a50bfcfa25&imageMogr2/format/webp)
My Twin Flame
Sometimes you have to lose your way in the wild to find exactly where you belong. Christina thought she knew what love looked like. It looked like three years in Vancouver with Andrew, a life of polished surfaces, carefully curated social circles, and a love that felt more like a debt than a gift. B/0/96386/coverorgin.jpg?v=a8830003ee69d5343f0b3951d61af690&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Twin Flames, Broken Bonds
I was supposed to be his fated mate. Instead, I became the wife he never wanted. For six months, I watched my Alpha husband fall for my twin sister while I played the perfect, invisible Luna. Then he handed me divorce papers and expected me to disappear quietly. But I'm done being the good girl. I'm/0/99673/coverorgin.jpg?v=a7090afe63cda45f32a985e6416b9d10&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Rejected & Reckoning: Twin Flames
Five years ago, Lysara Veyne was rejected at the altar. Humiliated. Cast aside. Her bond shattered publicly by Kaelen Draven, the cold Alpha heir of the feared Blackthorn Pack. Broken and bleeding inside, Lysara fled into the forest... and into the arms of a masked stranger whose touch awakened her/0/54021/coverorgin.jpg?v=577f3c30b5c194d3127a7068a5bf8a09&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Flame Mistress
She was one of the most powerful beings on the continent. They were called the Yther's Queen. There are four queens who have the power to control elements. Sollel, the art, is the mistress of flames. She loved the human but then the human betrayed her as well as the others. They tortured her and c/1/104741/coverorgin.jpg?v=8eabe48d7b5cb77b1e4e53a8ac2c8764&imageMogr2/format/webp)
THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN FLAME.
One night in the forest changes everything. When human healer Talia Shire helps a wounded stranger, she unknowingly binds herself to Ramon Sincarra,the feared Alpha of the Sincarra Claw Pack. A single touch of blood triggers an ancient mating bond she never chose, dragging her into a dangerous wor/0/89740/coverorgin.jpg?v=864db09429a391fe07b9fe9cbc8f8959&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Forbidden flame
"You're playing a dangerous game" he whispered, coming close to me and pinning me to the wall. "You're playing with fire Little one, so don't blame me if you get burned" he teased, biting my ear. Ellie Lane has been in love with Axel Creed for as long as she can remember. Axel is handsome, cold and/0/69900/coverorgin.jpg?v=0a90eeabebb7fff8cfc5a83e4629a60e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Billionaire's Captive Flame
She's a girl from New York City, living a life of misery and submission. When the wealthy and ruthless mafia boss, Alexander Rossi, crosses her path, everything she thought she knew about love, power, and survival begins to unravel. But in a world where trust is a luxury, can she truly escape the da/0/5283/coverorgin.jpg?v=b42e5f02534790e9662edb975c79b08b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Vehement Flame
In this gripping romantic drama from Margaret Deland, a misbegotten marriage between an older woman and a much younger man gradually poisons the hearts and minds of the couple. Will the "vehement flame" of jealousy destroy their union, or do they have a fighting chance?/0/82019/coverorgin.jpg?v=dde43c6aef83a2a3a9e458aa85574443&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond the Flame
I was Sarah Miller, a decorated SWAT captain who took a bullet for my partner, Mark, leaving me paralyzed. He swore to protect me, to cherish me. I believed him, even as I fought to recover in a rehab center. Then, flames erupted. Trapped in my room, I called Mark, expecting salvation. But his voic/0/84654/coverorgin.jpg?v=0c73af2848fc4fc1382f66bc8efe05d8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Our Enduring Flame
The crystal chandeliers glittered over the ballroom, a cold parody of joy as I stood in the shadows, a forgotten daughter at my father' s company anniversary. Then, the announcement shattered my carefully constructed composure: my stepsister, Clara, was engaged to Julian Croft, the only man who had/0/69693/coverorgin.jpg?v=1c1635d4c12eeabf5c9a4673f7f5db1b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Bound Flame
When a struggling artist Sophia Bennett agrees to a year-long contract with cold, enigmatic billionaire Julian Blackwell, all she has to do is sign the contract; play the part of the perfect wife, and keep her emotions locked away, it's purely business; or so she thinks. But for Julian, it's a strat/0/43335/coverorgin.jpg?v=dd203e88a350e4c79a97356ae187754f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Twin Billionaires
Twin Billionaires: Sex Is Just A Word... Story line... One thing is love, another is Sex. Makin Tony, a dreamboat that leaves every lady breathless, seeks pleasure without attachment. The ladies dub him the "Sex God" for his legendary one-night stands and mind-blowing parties. On the other hand is/0/72312/coverorgin.jpg?v=4ee4bfc09845672b3fe68b447027e0e5&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Billionaire's Lost Flame
"I left him once to protect him. Now, he holds the power to destroy me." Katherine Anderson has four days to save her father's museum from demolition. She desperately reaches out to the CEO, only to find out it was someone she never expected to see again-Damien Sullivan, the boy she once loved and/0/7886/coverorgin.jpg?v=512dc39808fb7d2f492592b7e0a51f46&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Pippin; A Wandering Flame
Pippin; A Wandering Flame by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards/0/59234/coverorgin.jpg?v=9e9d74297a870fa887b0e17393db580c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Twin Dilemma
Mia Thompson, a strong-willed woman is forced into a contract marriage with a man she has never met in order to clear a debt her family has. Afraid of the rumors about him being an ugly disabled man she runs away on the day of the wedding. Afraid of the consequences of breaching the marriage contrac/1/133569/coverorgin.jpg?v=e574224e38924f033ac59a24bc001427&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Twin Sacrifice
She was a pawn in their game. Now she's the prize they'll kill to keep. Seraphina lived a quiet life with her dying grandmother until a wealthy couple appeared with a deal she couldn't refuse. They claimed to be her parents. They offered to pay for her grandmother's treatment. All she had to do was/1/110342/coverorgin.jpg?v=94120594fff63b4e170a673a32cac2e2&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Crowned in Flame and Shadow
In a kingdom ruled by shadow magic, elemental fire wielders were slaughtered decades ago after a devastating rebellion. Christabel is the last surviving Flamebound. Prince William is the heir to the throne that ordered her people's execution. When an ancient magic awakens one older than bot/0/21633/coverorgin.jpg?v=30f2128e5b5f8e130eedfd4d3d6f8bc8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Her Raging Flame (R-18)
Femella Alcantara is a woman of mission. She is an alpha female who never lets any man dominate her. She knows what her assets are and she uses them to her own advantage. That's why their worlds clashed when another alpha male in the delectable form of Maverick Fuentebella tried to subjugate her./0/74683/coverorgin.jpg?v=db9cc326eab66f9a29b4d60674b27c8f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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