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No Longer Mrs. Cooley: The Architect's Return
I went to the City Clerk’s office for a routine copy of my marriage license to finalize a trust fund audit. I expected a simple piece of paper, but the clerk’s pitying look told me my entire life was a lie. "The license was never finalized, Ms. Oliver. In the eyes of the state, you are single." The three-hundred-guest wedding at the Plaza and the Vogue features meant nothing. My husband, Gray Cooley, had intentionally filed the documents with a "procedural defect" so he could discard me without a legal divorce. Moments later, an iCloud invite titled "Our Little Secret" popped up on my screen. It was a photo of my best friend, Brylee, holding a positive pregnancy test at our Hamptons estate. Gray’s text to her was the final blow: "Happy anniversary, babe. This baby is the best gift. Once the trust unlocks today, we’re done with the charade." I soon discovered they were even stealing my career, reassigning my architectural masterpiece to Brylee while preparing my eviction notice. Gray's mother called me a "barren mule" in a leaked recording, mocking the infertility I suffered after saving Gray’s life in a construction accident. I wasn't a wife; I was a three-year placeholder used to secure his inheritance. How could the man I bled for treat me like a disposable prop? How could my best friend carry his child while pretending to comfort me through my darkest moments? The betrayal burned until it turned into a cold, hard stone of fury. I didn't cry. Instead, I walked into the penthouse of the Barretts, the Cooleys' most powerful rivals. I signed a marriage contract with Kane Barrett, the man the tabloids called the "Beast of Wall Street." "I want a wedding," I told his father, my voice steady and lethal. "Bigger than the one I had with Gray." If they wanted me gone, they would have to watch me become the woman who owns their world.Angela's POV.
Today is a big day for me because today my childhood dream is going to be fulfilled. This is the day when I am going to be a bride. My love !! My Erish's bride..!! From Angela Brown to Mrs. Angela Brooks. I'm so happy today !!
Finally ! We are getting married ! From today I will become his wife..! Only thinking about that my smile widened.
I am already ready in my beautiful white bridal dress and I can see my beautiful reflection in the mirror clearly.
My heart is jumping like a child to see myself. At least thousands of times, from childhood to the present day, I must have imagined myself in the bridal dress. But after seeing myself in bridal clothes today, I am unable to explain my own feelings.
I moved closer to the mirror and touched my own reflection with my hands and my eyes became moist.
If I say that today I am not nervous at all then this would be the biggest lie.
Because right now I'm nervous as hell ! With every second my heart beats faster. And I don't know how to control this emotion. It feels like I should dig a hole and hide myself there! I don't know why I'm feeling like this. But a few days ago, I'm just the opposite of this..! I was excited..! and I don't have any worries at all.
At that time I felt that I knew Erish and his family since childhood and that is why I had not even thought that I would be nervous on my wedding day..! Everyone loves me dearly. So, there is nothing to be feared at all. But everything is different from my thoughts..!! I'm just nervous as hell and it feels like my heart will jump out from my chest.
I am circling around the room in a panic, when the sound comes from my behind. I turned my head to look behind me and I found my mother standing in front of me .
"Oh my, look at yourself..! You look so gorgeous and beautiful my daughter! " she said in an excited tone.
I smiled at her and said in a calm tone - "Thank you , Mom ! "
Seeing my normal reaction, she asked "So how are you feeling today ? "
Hearing her question, I just smiled slightly and said " Not so good! "
Hearing me , she chuckled and I frustratingly raised my eyebrows "Mom!! "
" Sorry ! But seeing your expression, I couldn't control my laugh ! " my mother said in a gentle voice.
I pouted my lips angrily and said " Mom, how can you laugh at your own daughter ?! When she is so nervous ! "
"Silly girl ! It is normal to be nervous ! This is your big day, how can you not be nervous!! " my mother said in a sweet tone holding my hands.
"But Mom, I feel like , I should just run away or hide myself! and I don't know, why am I thinking like that ? " I said in an upset tone.
She held my hand tightly and said emotionally " Sweetheart, don't be upset! this is really normal for a woman to become nervous on her wedding day..! "
" From today your whole life is going to be changed. You will now belong to your husband , not to us anymore ! " she said in an emotional tone.
Hearing her, I said in a scolding tone , hugging her tightly "Mom! Don't say those things again! I will always belong to you and Dad!! No one can snatch me from you and Dad!! "
Hearing this she chuckled hardly and said "Silly girl !!! "
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My Substitute Husband
Since childhood, he is the one she loved dearly and her dream came true when he proposed to her. A few years later, the wedding finally took place and she became a wife to him legally. By marrying him she felt like she had achieved everything. Now she needs nothing from this world. But her life did/0/67514/coverorgin.jpg?v=20241231163604&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Her Substitute Husband
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My Substitute Husband Is A Billionaire
Lies, betrayal, sweet sweet revenge... Laura was betrayed by her best friend after she was being set up with an anonymous bar attendant. A day to her wedding, her fiance broke all ties with her after knowing the truth. She looked for the anonymous bar attendant within twenty four hours and forced h/0/37634/coverorgin.jpg?v=076f8e7e8bae15eab81a6c6c296bb0fd&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Marriage: My Mysterious Husband Is A Magnate
Meagan took her sister's place and married someone without a penny to his name. Thinking that her husband was nothing more than a poor man, she figured she'd have to live the rest of her life humbly. Little did she know that her new husband, Zayden, was actually the most powerful and mysterious bu/0/24959/coverorgin.jpg?v=5ccfa25278d327b769d5495bd225c678&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Best Thing I Never Had
Victoria Lewis was twenty-one years old, kind-heated, smart, and beautiful, her father and her late mother promised her that they will never interfere in her love life. However, when Victoria found her father trying to commit suicide, she agreed to an arranged marriage to James Johnson to save her f/0/18931/coverorgin.jpg?v=883c02340f25e97b2880b9dab08a7a17&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Bride: My Perfect CEO Husband
William did not expect that the one thing he would not have on his wedding day was his own bride. The woman he had loved for ten years was missing on their wedding day. Amelia, the adopted daughter, married him as a substitute to spare the awkwardness between the two families. What he didn’t know w/0/18434/coverorgin.jpg?v=153a801add4196c21ef4e55cff227729&imageMogr2/format/webp)
IM BACK BITCHES
Emily was the quiet, ugly nerd who everyone bullied. even her twin brother Alex bullied her, and of course her parents did nothing to stop this. Alex was always the favourite child, he got all the love and was treated like a king and Emily was just forgotten. When something happens that pushes her o/0/57867/coverorgin.jpg?v=20240702120620&imageMogr2/format/webp)
IM SETTING YOU FREE
"Sign this papers and your free" he said coldly to me and laid the folder in front of me I asked him. "Is he back? And is he taking you?" I asked her even though I knew the answer to my question. "Yes she back now with our child" she answered I smiled at her and took the ballpen and signed our ann/0/91308/coverorgin.jpg?v=abaf29b6cc5691be3f4865a17f541688&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beyond A Substitute
After Beth, the love of Kingsley's life, left him, his world fell apart. Drowning in heartbreak, he vanished into obscurity... until Katherine found him and helped him heal. Her familiar aqua-blue eyes brought him peace and, eventually, love but secrets, lies, and the return of his ex-fiancée, Beth,/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 h/0/3287/coverorgin.jpg?v=b042b9c09f76fe90d4754106a3043412&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Der Mann im Nebel
Gustav Falke machte ab 1868 in Hamburg eine Lehre als Buchhändler. Lieber wäre ihm ein Studium der Musik und Literatur gewesen, diesen Wunsch schlug ihm sein Stiefvater jedoch aus. Ab 1903 konnte Falke sich ganz der Schriftstellerei widmen, da ihm die Stadt fortan ein Gehalt auszahlte, um seine schr/0/25288/coverorgin.jpg?v=123f87abcb3b155ae6079433cdefe593&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Captured For The Sultan's Pleasure
Warning: Mature content! He let his hand squeeze her breast gently through the gown she wore, then he applied a little bit of force. He heard her make a whimpering sound into his mouth and he swallowed it up. He released her hands and pushed her to himself with his hand while caressing her breast/0/36543/coverorgin.jpg?v=54c9323b9f7299570118ecdecdac8c91&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Bride, Substitute Love
"You're so cheap. And you don't even have a basic sense of shame." "I am not cheap at all. You are my first man. But for her, you aren't." He cupped my neck with his hand directly and asked word by word, "What did you say?" I reached out and pinched his waist gently with my fingers, pretending to be/0/97675/coverorgin.jpg?v=39452a808f91f9e37a1d673cc0fc0000&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Substitute No More, A Queen Returns
For five years, I was Jameson Blair's fiancée. For five years, my brothers finally treated me like a sister they loved. Then my twin, Haleigh-the one who left him at the altar-returned with a fake cancer story. In five minutes, he married her. They believed her every lie. When she tried to poison/0/98450/coverorgin.jpg?v=d8072843166ef8c93edb7e7c92ef8297&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Replaced By A Pregnant Substitute
Five years ago, my fiancé, tech billionaire Jaxon Kent, went missing. When I reported it, I became the laughingstock of Seattle. The police told me his real fiancée was an actress named Kamila. But I was the one living with him, hidden away in his coastal villa. I was his secret, his ghost, while s/0/70669/coverorgin.jpg?v=361a57cec3eee86acaeb77acf94fcff4&imageMogr2/format/webp)
DEVIL FOR A HUSBAND
Dr. William Smith's career is on the line-his anger issues and playboy reputation threaten his chance of becoming CEO. To fix his image, he hires Olivia Star, a struggling musician, to be his fake girlfriend. Olivia needs the money, and William needs the perfect partner. It's strictly business-un/0/17597/coverorgin.jpg?v=eb8052c4ceaf0d4a953599eb1ee37b8b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Wanted: A Husband
This serious, yet witty and hilarious, romantic comedy by Samuel Hopkins Adams is a must read/listen! From the very beginning it intrigues you with the troubles and feminine woes of young Miss Darcy Cole. Being a dowdy, unkempt fledgling lady, she finds herself in a mirthful fix after telling a whop/0/88209/coverorgin.jpg?v=bfea6b2b43108aa387bef162992a5597&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A stranger called husband
Lucien needs a bride. Not for love, but to secure a billion-dollar merger and dethrone his corrupt father. Amara, with her soft eyes and unshakable pride, is the perfect pawn. But Amara refuses to be anyone's toy. As sparks ignite and secrets unravel, Amara discovers the truth about Lucien's past,/0/11733/coverorgin.jpg?v=602c8216e7a03938ca9245a8127eadf6&imageMogr2/format/webp)
