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The Placeholder Bride's Secret Billionaire Revenge
For two years, I was the invisible force behind tech billionaire Kieran Douglas, convinced that our "private" romance was his way of protecting us from the tabloid spotlight. I managed his mergers, warmed his bed, and waited for a future that didn't exist. The illusion shattered at 6:00 AM when a Page Six alert debuted Kieran's "real" romance with socialite Aspen Schneider. Before I could even process the betrayal, Kieran sent me a cold, professional text: "Order flowers for Aspen. Pink peonies. Her favorite." When I tried to walk away, my own mother called me a disgrace and threatened to lock my inheritance forever unless I married a sixty-year-old businessman to save her failing estate. At a high-society gala that same night, Aspen intentionally crushed my burned hand in front of the cameras, while Kieran stood by and dismissed me as a "mediocre assistant" who had overstayed her welcome. I stood in the cold New York rain, drenched in champagne and humiliation, realizing that every sacrifice I made for Kieran was a joke. I was a ghost in a penthouse that was never mine, discarded the moment his "soulmate" returned. To the world, I was just a placeholder whose time had run out. But Kieran forgot one thing: my father's multi-million dollar trust fund unlocks the moment I legally marry. I didn't need love; I needed a signature and a shield. I walked into a discreet law firm and signed a marriage contract with a man I believed was the city's most notorious, scandal-ridden playboy. I thought I was marrying a degenerate "beard" to buy my freedom and secure my revenge. I didn't realize the man who signed that paper wasn't a playboy at all, but Gaston Collins-the most powerful and dangerous man on Wall Street-and he had no intention of letting our fake marriage stay fake.A woman was walking in a dark place and there was no one but only her ,she shouted but she couldn't hear a voice she tried to shout again but she still couldn't hear herself she continue walking in a dark place and she heard a cries of children she was surprised when she saw a woman that they looked alike, she was even more surprised when the other children turned to her and it had no faces.
"help us" the childrens said who were crying over and over again that asking for help ,she covered her ears because her ears are aching from the voices she heard feels like she's going to be deaf.
She just looked at the woman with the same face of her and then it suddenly laughed at her and suddenly looked at her badly at the same time she pulled out a gun and ariadna's eyes widened because it pointed the gun to her and it was smiling at her.
"no" she just whispered to herself and suddenly she was shot.
"NO!" ariadna shouted and opened her eyes ,ariadna was sweating a lot because she thought she was really shot she just swallowed her saliva and sighed
"having bad dream again?" ariadna was surprised who spoke and it was her best friend tatiana, she just nodded and got up to take a bath.
When she came out of the room, the two of them immediately left the house and walked to the parking lot.
"Why are you in formal attire now?" she asked her bestfriend Tatiana while walking
"There will be a trial later" Tatiana said and got into her car
"Good luck, it's good that you were not given the role of a prisoner "She said and started to laugh to tease her best friend
"tsk stop it I don't want to wear a uniform like that lol I'm too pretty they will give me that kind of role like duhh I'll hit their head if they do" Tatiana said and started the engine
"so what is the case?" She ask and look at tatiana waiting to say something
"having affair" tatiana said
"woah that`s interesting so whose side will you defend?" She asks again in a serious face
"the one who's having affair " Tatiana said and looks disappointed
"ohw i see i guess it won`t be easy defending the person who committed the sin" She said and just looked out the window
"are you busy after your class? let's eat with my classmates they said they will eat outside after the trial around 2 pm" -Tatiana said and stopped the car and ariadna got out of her friend's car.
"okay just text me the exact address" -She said and closed the door
Ariadna walked into their school and the students looked at her again as she was used to ,she just ignored it because she was used to it so that wherever she went everyone would look at her and know her.
"Hi ari, good morning" her classmate Maikee greeted her, who smiled at her as she entered their classroom
"good morning" ari greeted her classmate and went to her table
"maikee did you already organize the file i sent to you?" She said and sit down then get her laptop
"yes master i already did" Maikee said and give the papers to ariadna
"By the way, sir sentillas isn't coming today, he said let's just focus on our project" Maikee said
"okay lets go outside and finish this" She said and stood up
"Seriously?" Dhana said, her group mate
"why, don't you like it? then don`t, we can kick you out in the group" ariadna said with a serious face
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The Bad Blood of Innocence
Ariadna Claire Marsella almost had a perfect family but suddenly her mom had an affair so her parents decided to devorce and her mom leave them without hearing any words .It was the saddest part of her life because she never imagine that their family will be like to the others and the someone that s/0/50996/coverorgin.jpg?v=bfdf56d195aa7d12e0bf6086dbb24f5e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Lust
In her previous life, she refused to cater to the tyrant and was tortured by the tyrant on the observation deck, listening to the drums in full view of the public, humiliated to the extreme. After the defeat of her country, she watched her own brother, the crown prince of the Northern Rong, die at t/0/70526/coverorgin.jpg?v=a2eb48fe914cdef7833572980f164684&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price Of Trust
Myla Calloway thought she'd found her forever with Damien Brooks–until her wedding day revealed a soul- crushing betrayal by her mother, Vanessa Calloway. Humiliated and heartbroken, Myla vows never to trust again. In the chaos of heartbreak, she had a one-night stand with her boss, Jaxon Brooks, D/0/80444/coverorgin.jpg?v=f161c6b7aa60883a3225ccab307926b0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price Of Betrayal
Life in the Blake family was a nightmare for Crystal. Despite being married to Christian Blake, the powerful CEO, for three years, she couldn't conceive, becoming the target of endless scorn and humiliation. When Crystal finally found out about Christian affair with his mistress, Ilda, the woman he/0/84132/coverorgin.jpg?v=d8b47db37932a20a8e7b628613fd2dc7&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Disownment
My father, Rufus Scott, paraded Ethan Lester around our grand ranch, praising him as the "son he always wanted" instead of me, Wesley, his actual son. I watched from the sidelines as Ethan, my father' s new favorite, subtly poisoned the minds of Scott Oil & Gas board members against me. Then, in f/0/82933/coverorgin.jpg?v=6a89f068ad4757dfeb28fd17f119b579&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Perfection
It was my birthday, marking ten silent years I' d lived inside Marcus Thorne' s gilded mansion. I was his late wife' s eerie look-alike, tasked with raising his son, Leo, in a life of unimaginable luxury and suffocating expectation. Then, a seemingly innocent smoothie led to a violent miscarriage,/0/84651/coverorgin.jpg?v=e87eb374c27013b5b67251bf67bd661e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Trust
Ava Reed was at the pinnacle of her career, overseeing the groundbreaking Nexus Tower, a testament to her vision and her late father' s legacy. Then, the blueprint for her dream project, her future-and her trust-shattered into a million pieces. Her live-in assistant, Liam Stone, the man who shared/0/84606/coverorgin.jpg?v=acb454e2e587c3f6bae7ad0821322e41&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Redemption
The biting wind was a familiar friend, a stark contrast to the burning rage that had consumed me before I died. I remembered the lavish coming-out party for Chloe, the daughter I had poured eighteen years of love and wealth into. She stood on stage, under glittering chandeliers, and pointed to a fa/0/82271/coverorgin.jpg?v=2b2dd84f375ac45885ef9ed7fb7baffc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Ambition
Seraphina Vance, a brilliant CEO, seemingly had it all: a thriving biotech AI company, Aethelred Innovations, and a profound partnership, personal and professional, with Elias Thorne, her innovative CTO. They were Silicon Valley' s golden couple, their shared dream, "Project Chimera," almost like th/0/84331/coverorgin.jpg?v=ffe0ef0f935e9b22fd4f4ab2f8b13184&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Compassion
My world shattered in the sterile hallway of the city hospital. Director Anderson told me the permanent nursing position, my dream job, went to Nicole Chavez. Why? Because my husband, Matthew, had advocated for Nicole, a "struggling single mother," on compassionate grounds. The cold dread that/0/59247/coverorgin.jpg?v=91ae016100852860cd3d7cf4151001d0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Passion
Billionaire and heir to the West Enterprises, Damien West, got one of America's top model, Stella Knightley, pregnant. In a bid of them not wanting the media to find out about her pregnancy, he suggested that she lives with him till she is ready to deliver the baby. Although at first they hated l/0/84583/coverorgin.jpg?v=dcf14e9247b3af12907e8c9a147e8994&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Control
The hospital room reeked of disinfectant, a scent that couldn't mask the sickness or the despair. Rain lashed against the window, mirroring the storm inside me. I had just undergone an induced abortion, the end of a life and, I thought, the end of my marriage. Then my phone lit up with a news alert/1/103177/coverorgin.jpg?v=d6e4705838fddd3569ec47788420e68c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price Of Forever
Gigi Jasmine swore never to love a man who wore wealth like armor. The ruthless games of billionaires destroyed her family, and she learned the hard way: power is poison. Then came Jason Jae. Magnetic. Untouchable. Dangerous. The kind of man every woman wanted-and the very man she should have hate/0/83470/coverorgin.jpg?v=eab2f2752e13cc14c70bf75ac1f77a29&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of His Betrayal
I once thought my love for Julian Croft was everything, willingly sacrificing my entire identity and unique art to fit his "pious" world. I even became pregnant, convinced his child would finally make me permanent in his life. But his sister, Claire, violently attacked me, kicking my stomach and c/0/85055/coverorgin.jpg?v=8621dafed2b02fb4fbed9ef8d60c5a22&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of His Deception
The soft glow of three monitors was my world, lines of code and complex algorithms my language. Tomorrow was the IPO, the culmination of years of tireless work building Nexus from the ground up with my live-in boyfriend, Mark Davis, CEO of ConnectCorp. But then, the office door hissed open, reveal/1/102828/coverorgin.jpg?v=f99d41d60fcb5d05be337702fee78bde&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price Of His Choice
My husband Elliott and I were expecting our first child. Then his ex, Kenya, showed up, claiming she was dying and had his secret son. He chose her. I watched him play happy family with her while I sat alone at our baby' s ultrasound. Later, her son pushed me so hard I nearly miscarried. In the ho/0/90991/coverorgin.jpg?v=e5251a2d4923b49c6dc59a4aa5272acd&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price Of Us (MM)
Bruises. That's all Louis has ever known. At twenty-seven, you'd think he'd have escaped the violent grip of his abusive father-but breaking free from the man who raised you, no matter how monstrous, is never simple. Life has never gone easy on Louis, and now, he carries a secret that'll finally g/0/84022/coverorgin.jpg?v=283a97c9bd2fc836db0a78c98fb2f179&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of Stolen Genius
My phone screen was the only light in the suffocating darkness, casting a sickly blue glow on the corrugated steel walls closing in around me. A notification popped up with Nicole' s latest livestream, her face triumphant, showing a thumbnail of me, huddled and sketching on a dirty cardboard box./0/84854/coverorgin.jpg?v=5c7e687a5bc54e8742d06926aa64f415&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Price of His Deceit
The dull ache in my belly was a constant reminder: our baby was gone. I was still reeling from the loss when I caught the scent of another woman' s perfume on my fiancé, Liam, in my hospital room. It was "Amour Infini," Clara' s signature scent, clinging to his expensive suit. Clara, our biggest/0/85913/coverorgin.jpg?v=ffd2efb4ea4794c1364c1511a0935c3e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
