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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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Forced Marriage With Adored Superstar
"From today onwards, you are my slave. Don't you dare try to escape from my hands. You will live in my control for the rest of your life." For Pearl, marriage was the greatest prison. She would be imprisoned for the rest of her life. But she may have forgotten that there are actually two people in this "prison". Forced to marry by a big star, she couldn't imagine what such a life would be like./0/26291/coverorgin.jpg?v=80c448eae65eb5676ca1dc553e5dee74&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire
Janet was adopted when she was a kid -- a dream come true for orphans. However, her life was anything but happy. Her adoptive mother taunted and bullied her all her life. Janet got the love and affection of a parent from the old maid who raised her. Unfortunately, the old woman fell ill, and Janet had to marry a worthless man in place of her parents' biological daughter to meet the maid's medical expenses. Could this be a Cinderella's tale? But the man was far from a prince, except for his handsome appearance. Ethan was the illegitimate son of a wealthy family who lived a reckless life and barely made ends meet. He got married to fulfill his mother's last wish. However, on his wedding night, he had an inkling that his wife was different from what he had heard about her. Fate had united the two people with deep secrets. Was Ethan truly the man we thought he was? Surprisingly, he bore an uncanny resemblance to the impenetrable wealthiest man in the city. Would he find out that Janet married him in place of her sister? Would their marriage be a romantic tale or an utter disaster? Read on to unravel Janet and Ethan's journey./0/19478/coverorgin.jpg?v=df13c8f43232a2478e3684e175bfd724&imageMogr2/format/webp)
My Ex Double Life
Rake disappeared from Ava's life the day of their anniversary celebration, and after years had passed, he resurfaced at her door asking for her help with a bullet wound on his side. He then left early the next morning and Ava thought he was gone for good, until an incident got her caught up in the o/1/103384/coverorgin.jpg?v=d91eb329a375c13cbcbcc2d434d8e6cd&imageMogr2/format/webp)
My Husband's Deadly Double Life
I was the top financial analyst on the network, my predictions legendary. But one morning, my husband, Augustus, and his intern mistress, Baylee, orchestrated a live-on-air sabotage that vaporized my career. I was forced onto a leave of absence, only to be called back to prep Baylee-the very woman/0/79200/coverorgin.jpg?v=b5b647ef40a8995bd377b1d5b62e3add&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Whispers of a double life
The city's skyline was both stunning and threatening as it shone through the morning mist. Sophia Brown almost appeared to be someone else from the penthouse window of a chic condo in Jersey City-perhaps a corporate consultant or a real estate lawyer with a wine collection and a Pilates routine. Ins/1/108222/coverorgin.jpg?v=4b4b11456c0826b09c4905c42c9446a3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Ghost Heiress: My Dangerous Double Life
I spent ten years living in a rusted trailer in Upstate New York, enduring the stench of stale cigarettes and the Millers' constant abuse. They called me a useless leech and a parasite, never realizing I was simply a top-tier operative known as "Ghost" waiting for the signal to return to my real lif/0/79551/coverorgin.jpg?v=332052013b7b133811818b08399a646c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
My Husband's Double Life
My life with Liam Goldstein was a fairytale, a perfect love story plastered across every magazine and TV screen in Manhattan. He'd even unveiled the "Maya's Horizon" necklace, a multi-million-dollar cascade of sapphires, celebrating our perfect devotion. But fairytales are just that – tales. Then c/0/80945/coverorgin.jpg?v=726c5af24402302c08b6b9ccd9f4732b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Bride's Double life
The Bride's Double Life Where vows collide with secrets, and love wears a mask... Camille Rowe is about to marry into the illustrious Ward family in the quiet elegance of Hollow Creek. To the townspeople, she's the perfect bride: elegant, devoted, reborn. However, beneath the lace and assurances/0/61406/coverorgin.jpg?v=1b0b12a362c5833156c85091325bc063&imageMogr2/format/webp)
DOUBLE LIFE
Victoria is like your everyday Single Nigerian lady struggling to make ends meet and survive, until she turns to suicide,after succeeding successful, she wakes up again to discover she's in the body of Julia Nelson, the daughter of James Nelson the billionaire Ceo and owner of Choco luxe beverages n/0/70632/coverorgin.jpg?v=dcfaa380b959114b4fd2b356667094a1&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A double life
In a world where the past refuses to remain buried, Marc, a man with a troubled past, struggles to rebuild his life with Julie, his found love. Their story begins in darkness, where Marc, formerly involved in criminal activities under the influence of the claim Victor, seeks to redeem himself and pr/0/81359/coverorgin.jpg?v=b342992dc7ad920ff1e483ae2239fa37&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Double Life Exposed
The school admissions office. A new chapter for my son, Leo, a fresh start we hoped for. Then the woman at the desk dropped a bombshell, her voice flat. "Staff Sergeant Mark Johnson already has a child enrolled here." Mark Johnson was my husband, Leo' s father. "His son, Ethan Johnson," she conti/0/6889/coverorgin.jpg?v=f3b9f797224a90f9762edfedd232c245&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant with green leaves and a cluster of queer little brown beans hanging down from them in an old house. The virtue of the beans is that he who eats one shall see nothing, think/0/65241/coverorgin.jpg?v=3bc37d050fc0618f6dac9cabaff64439&imageMogr2/format/webp)
My Perfect Husband Had A Double Life?!
Rena, forced to flee to escape a marriage to a man as old as her father, made a spontaneous decision to marry Kellan, a stranger whose skills in homemaking were only matched by his financial acumen and his gentle demeanor. As their marriage unfolded, it took on a comforting predictability, with Ke/1/126662/coverorgin.jpg?v=eca5c4dcb49f4381868d0004bf22ad70&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Double life of Mrs Sinclair
Hayes Town knows her to be Mrs Sinclair, the elegant wife of billionaire mogul, Richard Sinclair, a successful surgeon. But at midnight she owns the stage, hugs the poles, and she makes every man dance to her rhythm. One night, one careless mistake, one man who could ruin her forever, and her secr/0/73434/coverorgin.jpg?v=d120edfc595220e29f599bab7a546f88&imageMogr2/format/webp)
True Heiress with Double Life
The Tragic Fate of Alex, the Rise of Diana The head of the top US consortium, Alex, met an untimely demise, and all his assets were transferred to Diana. The real heiress of The White Family was found after eighteen years. Yet, everyone mocked her, calling her uncultured, useless, and nothing more t/1/107241/coverorgin.jpg?v=d1f138a007c48802b1d200eecde507cc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price Of His Double Life
After seven years, my fiancé Elias and I were a month away from our wedding. I' d just been laid off from my architecture firm, but he promised to take care of me, calling me his queen. He was my rock, my future. Then, a single Instagram post shattered my world: a picture of a man's hand with a ban/1/124595/coverorgin.jpg?v=2ec93b2e21fbfd269e9a51a55daed15f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
His Unwanted Wife's Secret Double Life
Kate's two-year marriage to billionaire Iverson Russo was nothing but a cold business transaction to save her family from ruin. The fragile illusion shattered when she discovered his lie. While he claimed to be in an urgent board meeting, a leaked photo proved he was actually escorting her "perfect/1/128331/coverorgin.jpg?v=1daf130b22d66d9a832917a77c4acaeb&imageMogr2/format/webp)
His Defiant Omega's Secret Double Life
Three years ago, I was secretly marked by Carson Conley, the most powerful Alpha in the city. But to him, I was just a useless pact. To save our bankrupt pack, my father forced me into Carson's hotel room to secure a business deal. When I walked in, I realized he was heavily drugged. He completely/0/73009/coverorgin.jpg?v=826938fa2d6147a359ff89b8580da6c0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Double Life of Billonaire's Witch Wife
Betty, the eldest daughter of The White family in New York City, was sent to live in a remote countryside for eighteen years due to her parents' divorce. Upon her return, she was labeled with all kinds of nicknames: "country bumpkin," "hillbilly"... Henry, known as Mr. William in New York City, has/1/131138/coverorgin.jpg?v=84653b5d76cad9a7039c0891a0eec8c8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Exiled Wife's Secret Double Life
From her teenage years, Evangelina Winters had always been in love with Douglass West. After becoming his wife, she did everything she could to please him, to make him love her. But in the end, she lost her child because of Chaya. After stabbing her husband, Douglass West, she fled the country. High/0/98977/coverorgin.jpg?v=9528be9b2a94fd6f5eb15a0b08bbc96b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love's Greatest Secret: My Wife's Legendary Double Life
Owen, the wealthy heir once said to be on his last legs, spent a fortune to marry Anna, a girl thought to lack wits. Their social circle loved to joke that the pair made the "perfect" couple. After the wedding, however, Owen's health quickly returned, and Anna shattered every rumor about her b/0/84450/coverorgin.jpg?v=d10556cdb717cc794ef41369a7c94e60&imageMogr2/format/webp)
