The Don's Billion Dollar Rival Bride

The Don's Billion Dollar Rival Bride

Ana_Pen

5.0
Comment(s)
2
View
36
Chapters

"I warned you, Sienna," Nathaniel murmured, his voice a dangerous whisper. "Once you step into my world, there's no going back." Her chin lifted defiantly. "Then maybe it's time you realized I'm not afraid of the dark anymore." Sienna Royce thought she could leave her mistakes in the past-until her wedding day revealed the truth. The man she was bound to marry was one of the three strangers she had shared a fleeting, reckless night with. Julian Castellanos, a charming billionaire with secrets of his own, has no intention of loving his bride. Bound by an arrangement to strengthen their families' empires, Julian hides a scandalous affair with someone Sienna would least expect. But the wedding vows are only the beginning. Nathaniel DeLuca, Julian's rival in the business world and a powerful Mafia Don, steps out of the shadows. He's not just one of the men from Sienna's past. Caught in a web of betrayal, forbidden desires, and dangerous power plays, Sienna must navigate a world where every secret has a price. As Julian fights to win her back Julian's brother, Dominic uses her past to his advantage, Sienna must decide: can she trust the man who holds her heart, or will the truth shatter them all?

The Don's Billion Dollar Rival Bride Chapter 1 The price of duty

(Sienna's POV)

"You're getting married in two weeks."

The words hit me like a slap. My fingers went numb, and the wine glass slipped from my fingers, shattering against the marble floor.

I barely heard the sharp gasp of a maid rushing to clean up the mess. My eyes locked onto my father, Edward Monroe, who sat in his leather chair, completely unfazed.

"You can't be serious," I whispered, my throat tightening.

"I'm always serious when it comes to family matters," he said, lighting a cigar. He exhaled a slow puff, his sharp blue eyes watching me like I was some unruly child throwing a tantrum. "You will marry Julian Castellanos. This alliance will strengthen both our families."

Julian Castellanos. The name alone made my stomach twist. I have heard the name a dozen times. Cold. Ruthless. A man who never smiled.

"I don't even know him," I said, my voice barely above a whisper.

"You'll get to know him after the wedding," my father said, as if it was that simple.

I clenched my fists. "I have a life, Father. Plans. You promised me control of Monroe Enterprises...."

"And you'll still have it. After you're married."

Anger burned in my chest. "And if I refuse?"

His gaze turned ice-cold. "That's not an option."

I sucked in a sharp breath. "I'm not some pawn in your business deals."

"You've always been a pawn, Sienna." His voice was calm, too calm. "You were just too naive to realize it."

A cold chill ran down my spine.

I turned to my mother, Margaret Monroe, who had been silent this whole time. "Mom?" My voice cracked slightly. "You're okay with this?"

She finally spoke, her tone unreadable. "Sienna, sweetheart, it's for the best. Julian is....."

"I don't care who he is!" I snapped. "I won't marry a man I don't love."

My mother's lips thinned. "Love is a luxury, not a necessity."

I let out a bitter laugh. "And you're happy with this life? With him?" I gestured toward my father.

Her expression didn't change. "Happiness is irrelevant. Power is what matters."

The words slammed into me. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

I turned back to my father. "I can't do this."

"You will," he said. "Or you'll lose everything."

My stomach dropped. "What?"

"You heard me." He exhaled another cloud of smoke, his smirk slow and cruel. "Defy me, and I'll strip you of your inheritance and your hard work. You'll have nothing."

My pulse roared in my ears. "You wouldn't."

"Try me."

Silence stretched between us, suffocating and thick.

I felt my world caving in.

I swallowed hard, my fingers trembling. I had spent years working toward taking over Monroe Enterprises, proving myself capable. The life I had built, the dreams I had fought for and now, all of it could be ripped away in an instant.My father knew exactly how to control me.

I forced herself to meet my father's gaze as I found it hard to breathe. I needed time. "Give me time to think."

His smirk didn't fade. "You have until tomorrow," he said. "After that, there's nothing left to discuss."

***********

I stormed out of the estate, barely registering the cold night air as I pulled out my phone.

Harper. I needed Harper.

I dialed her number. "Pick up. Pick up."

Voicemail.

I cursed under my breath. I needed to get out of here.

Flagging down a cab, I rattled off an address without thinking.

I needed to breathe, to think-to drown this anger in something reckless.

The car pulled up outside Celeste, the city's most exclusive nightclub. I didn't hesitate. The moment I stepped inside, the bass pulsed through my veins, and the scent of whiskey and expensive perfume wrapped around me like a drug.

"Sienna?"

I turned toward the bar, spotting Harper, my best friend, in a short red dress, holding a cocktail.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked, brows furrowing.

I slid onto the barstool beside her. "Trying to forget that my father just sold me off like a piece of property."

Harper's eyes widened. "Oh, hell no. Who?"

"Julian Castellanos."

She nearly choked on her drink. "You mean The Julian Castellanos? Ice-cold billionaire, rumored to ruin more companies than he builds?"

I groaned. "Yep."

Harper whistled. "Damn. If you're about to marry a soulless devil, we better make tonight count."

I smirked. "That's exactly the plan."

Harper signaled the bartender. "Two shots of your strongest."

I downed the drink without hesitation, the burn trailing down my throat.

And then I saw him.

A man leaned against the VIP section, dressed in a sharp black suit, a glass of whiskey in hand. Dark hair, sharp jawline, piercing blue eyes. He was watching me.

My pulse quickened.

"Who is that?" I murmured.

Harper followed my gaze. "No clue. But damn, he looks dangerous."

Exactly what I needed.

I grabbed my second shot, downed it, and stood.

Harper's eyes widened. "Sienna, wait...."

Too late.

I walked straight toward him, heels clicking against the floor. He didn't look away. Didn't even blink.

I stopped in front of him, tilting my chin up. "You've been staring."

His lips curled slightly. "And you walked right over."

His voice was deep. Smooth. Dangerous.

I arched my brow. "Should I be worried?"

He leaned in, his breath warm against my ear. "That depends. Do you like playing with fire?"

Heat licked down my spine.

"Maybe."

"Good." His gaze dropped to my lips before flicking back to my eyes. "Because I don't do soft, sweetheart."

My heart pounded.

This wasn't me. I wasn't reckless. I wasn't impulsive.

But tonight, I needed to be.

"Dance with me," he murmured.

I didn't think. Didn't hesitate.

He took my hand, pulling me onto the dance floor. His grip was firm, his body close. He moved with effortless confidence, his touch possessive.

"Do I get a name?" I asked, breathless.

A smirk. "Stranger"

"Stranger?". The name rolled off his tongue like a promise of sin.

My pulse thundered.

One night. Just one night before everything changed.

I leaned closer, lips brushing his ear. "Then ruin me, Stranger."

His grip tightened.

"Careful what you wish for, sweetheart."

And then he kissed me-hard, demanding, nothing soft about it.

I let myself get lost in it. In him. In the reckless abandon of this night.

I had no idea that this wasn't just one night. That this hot stranger would turn my world upside down in ways I couldn't begin to imagine.

Continue Reading

You'll also like

Rising From Wreckage: Starfall's Epic Comeback

Rising From Wreckage: Starfall's Epic Comeback

Huo Wuer
4.5

Rain hammered against the asphalt as my sedan spun violently into the guardrail on the I-95. Blood trickled down my temple, stinging my eyes, while the rhythmic slap of the windshield wipers mocked my panic. Trembling, I dialed my husband, Clive. His executive assistant answered instead, his voice professional and utterly cold. "Mr. Wilson says to stop the theatrics. He said, and I quote, 'Hang up. Tell her I don’t have time for her emotional blackmail tonight.'" The line went dead while I was still trapped in the wreckage. At the hospital, I watched the news footage of Clive wrapping his jacket around his "fragile" ex-girlfriend, Angelena, shielding her from the storm I was currently bleeding in. When I returned to our penthouse, I found a prenatal ultrasound in his suit pocket, dated the day he claimed to be on a business trip. Instead of an apology, Clive met me with a sneer. He told me I was nothing but an "expensive decoration" his father bought to make him look stable. He froze my bank accounts and cut off my cards, waiting for the hunger to drive me back to his feet. I stared at the man I had loved for four years, realizing he didn't just want a wife; he wanted a prop he could switch off. He thought he could starve me into submission while he played father to another woman's child. But Clive forgot one thing. Before I was his trophy wife, I was Starfall—the legendary voice actress who vanished at the height of her fame. "I'm not jealous, Clive. I'm done." I grabbed my old microphone and walked out. I’m not just leaving him; I’m taking the lead role in the biggest saga in Hollywood—the one Angelena is desperate for. This time, the "decoration" is going to burn his world down.

One Night With My Billionaire Boss

One Night With My Billionaire Boss

Nathaniel Stone
4.5

I woke up on silk sheets that smelled of expensive cedar and cold sandalwood, a world away from my cramped apartment in Brooklyn. Beside me lay Ezra Gardner—my boss, the billionaire CEO of Gardner Holdings, and the man who could end my career with a snap of his fingers. He didn’t offer an apology for the night before; instead, he looked at me with terrifying clarity and proposed a cold, calculated business arrangement. "Marriage. It stabilizes the board and solves the PR crisis before it begins." He dressed me in archival Chanel and sent me home in his Maybach, but my life was already falling apart. My boyfriend, Irving, claimed he had passed out early, yet his location data placed him at my best friend’s apartment until three in the morning. When I tried to run, I realized Ezra was already ten steps ahead, tracking my movements and uncovering the secret I’d spent twenty years hiding: my connection to the powerful Senator Grimes. I was trapped between a CEO who treated me like a line item on a quarterly report and a boyfriend who had been using me while sleeping with my closest friend. I felt like a pawn in a game I didn't understand, wondering why a man like Ezra would walk up forty flights of stairs on a broken leg just to make sure I was safe. "Showtime, Mrs. Gardner." Standing on the red carpet in a gown that cost more than my life, I watched my cheating ex-boyfriend’s face turn pale as Ezra claimed me in front of the world. I wasn't just an assistant anymore; I was a weapon, and it was time to burn their world down.

The Mute Bride Is The Secret Mastermind

The Mute Bride Is The Secret Mastermind

Jin Yi
5.0

I was the titan of Wall Street until an indictment and an ankle monitor turned my penthouse into a gilded cage. To save face, I was forced into a marriage with Elza, a "mute" girl from the Schmidt family whom I treated as nothing more than a silent piece of furniture while my empire crumbled. The night I was poisoned at a high-society gala, a mysterious server in an oversized uniform saved my life with terrifying, clinical precision. They disappeared into the night, leaving me with a silver cufflink and a burning obsession to find the shadow who held my life in their hands. Back home, I took my frustration out on Elza, telling her she was "exhausting to look at" and "smelled like sickness" after her charity visits. Her own family treated her like a stray dog, trying to humiliate her at the next gala by dressing her in what they claimed was a cheap knockoff while whispering to the press that she was nothing but a high-end escort. "Stay out of my way," I would growl at her, never noticing the steel in her eyes. I sat at my table, watching my rivals' stocks plummet and wondering who "The Zero"—the legendary financial ghost—really was. I never suspected that the woman I ignored was the same one solving the equations that were currently burning Manhattan to the ground. The injustice peaked when Elza stood before the city's elite, not as a victim, but as a queen. She dropped over a hundred million dollars to buy back her family’s legacy, revealing a secret fortune that made my own empire look like pocket change. As I grabbed her wrist and saw the small red mole hidden beneath her watch, the truth hit me like a physical blow. The silent wife I had despised was the savior I had been hunting, and she was finally done playing the victim. "We have a lot to talk about, wife," I whispered, realizing I had been sleeping next to the most dangerous woman in the world.

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book
The Don's Billion Dollar Rival Bride The Don's Billion Dollar Rival Bride Ana_Pen Mafia
“"I warned you, Sienna," Nathaniel murmured, his voice a dangerous whisper. "Once you step into my world, there's no going back." Her chin lifted defiantly. "Then maybe it's time you realized I'm not afraid of the dark anymore." Sienna Royce thought she could leave her mistakes in the past-until her wedding day revealed the truth. The man she was bound to marry was one of the three strangers she had shared a fleeting, reckless night with. Julian Castellanos, a charming billionaire with secrets of his own, has no intention of loving his bride. Bound by an arrangement to strengthen their families' empires, Julian hides a scandalous affair with someone Sienna would least expect. But the wedding vows are only the beginning. Nathaniel DeLuca, Julian's rival in the business world and a powerful Mafia Don, steps out of the shadows. He's not just one of the men from Sienna's past. Caught in a web of betrayal, forbidden desires, and dangerous power plays, Sienna must navigate a world where every secret has a price. As Julian fights to win her back Julian's brother, Dominic uses her past to his advantage, Sienna must decide: can she trust the man who holds her heart, or will the truth shatter them all?”
1

Chapter 1 The price of duty

13/06/2025

2

Chapter 2 The Reckless Nights

13/06/2025

3

Chapter 3 A Wedding of Secrets

13/06/2025

4

Chapter 4 The Game Begins

13/06/2025

5

Chapter 5 The Breaking Point

13/06/2025

6

Chapter 6 FREEDOM, FOR JUST A NIGHT.

13/06/2025

7

Chapter 7 The Stranger's Name

13/06/2025

8

Chapter 8 ACCEPTING FATE.

13/06/2025

9

Chapter 9 CRADLING SECRETS IN THE DARK

13/06/2025

10

Chapter 10 SHATTERED OBEDIENCE

13/06/2025

11

Chapter 11 Eleven

08/08/2025

12

Chapter 12 Twelve

08/08/2025

13

Chapter 13 Thirteen

08/08/2025

14

Chapter 14 Fourteen

08/08/2025

15

Chapter 15 Fifteen

08/08/2025

16

Chapter 16 Sixteen

08/08/2025

17

Chapter 17 Seventeen

08/08/2025

18

Chapter 18 Eighteen

08/08/2025

19

Chapter 19 Nineteen

08/08/2025

20

Chapter 20 Twenty

08/08/2025

21

Chapter 21 Twenty one

08/08/2025

22

Chapter 22 Twenty Two

08/08/2025

23

Chapter 23 Twenty three

08/08/2025

24

Chapter 24 Twenty Four

08/08/2025

25

Chapter 25 Twenty Five

08/08/2025

26

Chapter 26 Twenty Six

08/08/2025

27

Chapter 27 Twenty Seven

08/08/2025

28

Chapter 28 Twenty Eight

08/08/2025

29

Chapter 29 Twenty Nine

08/08/2025

30

Chapter 30 Thirty

08/08/2025

31

Chapter 31 Thirty One

08/08/2025

32

Chapter 32 Thirty Two

08/08/2025

33

Chapter 33 Thirty Three

08/08/2025

34

Chapter 34 Thirty Four

08/08/2025

35

Chapter 35 Thirty Five

08/08/2025

36

Chapter 36 Thirty Six

08/08/2025