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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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His Forbidden Mate
Vampires and wolves were created as mortal enemies against each other more than a hundred years ago, and neither has felt anything but pure hatred for the other, and an encounter between the two is chaos and utter destruction, so they've lived apart for so long and had plans to keep it that way, unt/0/74079/coverorgin.jpg?v=4f72b99084243fe62ba73d7e825d89c0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Rogue Promises: His Forbidden Mate
"The thing they don't understand about us, Emmalee, is that we're bound by more than fate-we're bound by fire, by scars that only recognize each other, and by a love that rages against all reason. We are the storm no one can control. I am yours, and you are mine, in a way that no law, no enemy, or f/0/46960/coverorgin.jpg?v=91b7c49599ac5884b3a432644ea02a8b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
His Forbidden Hybrid Mate
Selene's life was shattered on her 16th birthday when her mother's deep secret was exposed and the whole pack found out about the abomination she committed. Her mother died for this and her father abandoned her. She was then taken to the royal pack as slave. Suffering, Pain, Fear, and regret was a/0/51176/coverorgin.jpg?v=380731dc6a20543f3593d36f3e9c9aac&imageMogr2/format/webp)
His Forbidden Human Mate
"Leave," I ordered, proud that my voice didn't sound half as shaky as I felt. "Is that what you really want, Keera?" He asked in a whisper. Before I could muster a response, his hand raised mine, slowly bringing my fingers to his nose. The same fingers that had been moving inside of me only minutes/0/68917/coverorgin.jpg?v=af01ed6c5ab9299413eb663cbbdb99b5&imageMogr2/format/webp)
MATE FORBIDDEN
Imogen is a lady on the brink. Due to her mother's therapeutic condition, she's been constrained to live out of her car, in her workplace's car carport, no less. She can scarcely make closes meet, and her as it were center is how to survive fair one more day. Tobias and Theo are her bosses, and it/0/67235/coverorgin.jpg?v=6ef202404e81ce97e4ee9e7488d451bc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Forbidden Mate
"You think you can push me away?" he murmured, leaning in so close that his lips brushed her ear. "I won't let you." Her pulse quickened as his body pressed against hers, heat radiating between them. "Lucas..." she breathed, torn between desire and the danger of it all. "What's stopping us?"/0/92077/coverorgin.jpg?v=3bf19d86e8502ca6d91a6c62820b3088&imageMogr2/format/webp)
His Unwanted Mate, Her Forbidden Magic
For five years, I was the Alpha's mate, but my husband, Mark, saved all his affection for another woman. At a grand pack gala, our fragile charade came crashing down when a massive crystal chandelier tore from the ceiling, plummeting towards the three of us. In that horrifying second, Mark made hi/1/100904/coverorgin.jpg?v=51ee406160ae17c9e23649b7d9d3aa00&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Billionaire's Forbidden Mate
If you touch me again," she whispered, breath trembling, "I won't be able to stop myself." Adrian Black freezes because he can't stop himself either. He shouldn't feel her pulse. He shouldn't smell her emotions. He shouldn't hear her heartbeat calling to him like a lover returning home. Because he's/0/84428/coverorgin.jpg?v=b9d460799428681c42e12cf53e584653&imageMogr2/format/webp)
My Forbidden Mate
BLURB Alaana, daughter of the strongest Alpha King of the Green Moon Pack, has been searching for her mate for years. At 20, with no mate in sight, her father arranges a marriage with Rylan, the Beta's son-a man loyal to the pack and her childhood best friend. With a sense of duty, Alaana prepares/1/110979/coverorgin.jpg?v=de6e3e4076e9df63001c0a9a417197c1&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Forbidden Alpha's Mate
Five years of war, three peace summits. One rule that never changed. Ray Carter and Levi Morgan stay on opposite sides, until the night fate decides otherwise. Ray feels nothing, rules everything and answers to no one. He built his empire on control and his reputation on fear, and he has never once/0/93862/coverorgin.jpg?v=6f561e0359b14bb35218c707c451787a&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Harbinger's Forbidden Mate
17 was the year everything shattered. My parents divorced. My lover cheated. My best friend deceived me. Now, all I want is to survive senior year in silence. But silence isn't possible when your skin suddenly glows with weird runes, the world freezes in arithmetic class, and a recruiter pulls you/0/94283/coverorgin.jpg?v=330d2df9064ce2f0e1f5f84ab5a59ead&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Alpha's Forbidden Mate.
Selene spent ten years as a rogue after she was accused of her sister's death. On her 18th birthday, a forbidden mate bond with Alpha Kael Blackthorn, the very man who exiled her, was awakened. He claimed her not with love but dominance. Mocked by the pack, tormented by Kael's possessive touch, and/0/56184/coverorgin.jpg?v=262262a5b6d998c9a5f8f501b11053f8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Her Forbidden Alpha Mate
In the midst of their war preparations, the Demon Lord is on the hunt for Melissa; yet, she is in the dark about the true motivation for his wicked actions. When Melissa finds out that her father, the pack's alpha, is not her biological father, her whole world falls apart. The cruel Demon Lord is he/0/60171/coverorgin.jpg?v=d120edfc595220e29f599bab7a546f88&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Alpha’s Forbidden Mate
When Kowa moves to the secluded village of Wolfpine, she’s searching for explanations about her dreadful past. What she sees is an obsolete portent, a bunch of powerful werewolves, and a brooding Alpha called Eldrin who swirls emotions she’s never learned. As Kowa discloses secrets about her ancest/0/52770/coverorgin.jpg?v=49d8fa2423b75e99acb9535f3ef40ee2&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Forbidden Mate
Selene Russel was just an abused Girl, seeking a normal life, after running away from her past. That is until the arrogant Alpha sets his sights on her. Their lives take a turn as theirs is a forbidden love, destined to ignite a war in the almost peaceful werewolf community. As the last of an exti/0/72209/coverorgin.jpg?v=bbff91bc1557ad34b6921025732d4e5a&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Alpha's forbidden mate
"She was meant to be a slave. A human. A nobody. So why did the Moon Goddess tie her to him?" Agnes is captured and sold to the savage Alpha Cyrus where she prepares to live as his servant instead of being claimed as his mate. But in a world where humans exist below werewolves, Cyrus does the unthi/1/106855/coverorgin.jpg?v=f1cd91d196195c1e6abe7dd001fb7c75&imageMogr2/format/webp)
THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN MATE
They called her cursed. A slave. The daughter of a traitor. Stripped of everything after her father's execution, Elara never imagined the ruthless Alpha King would see her as anything more than broken. But when their eyes meet, he recognizes what no one else can,she's his fated mate. And she's far/0/25982/coverorgin.jpg?v=20220728175529&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Alpha's Forbidden Mate
I can't wait to rip your heart out of your soul,shred you into pieces and throw your remains into the ocean", he threatened with venom in his voice. Rose, a sweet and naive girl moved into Frost Town with her father to have a peaceful life but to her greatest surprise she slowly discovers hersel/0/25792/coverorgin.jpg?v=ccb913bd2ac52b99e68932fce44fc712&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Alpha's Forbidden Mate
"You are Mine" he muttered coherently. "Yes yes" she stuttered back unsure of what she had said, he had hurt her countless times and broken her yet she didn't think even for a second about the mistake she was making by giving herself to him. *** Ash, son of the Alpha of Peachmoon pack fell in love/0/45614/coverorgin.jpg?v=ad943aca3dff14d12f584bb7bd8c7f9b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
