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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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Blackwood Academy
When Eli is forced to enroll at Blackwood Academy, he thinks it is just another remote boarding school. But on his first night, he realizes the terrifying truth. This school is a prison. Trapped in endless, deadly time loops, students are forced to complete cruel, supernatural trials. Ghosts, cursed/0/55917/coverorgin.jpg?v=22532312abb581bb0af87ccc4a8b6038&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Blackwood legacy
To access his trust fund and save his family's company, Derrick must marry. Hope, a young woman burdened by debt fits the bill perfectly. Their contract is straightforward; marriage, cohabitation, no emotions involved. Yet, as they play the perfect couple for the world, their staged affection begins/1/133141/coverorgin.jpg?v=8937b9379cf8b6a0c9c0761ec5d7d87d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
BLACKWOOD ACADEMY'S FORBIDDEN LUNA
At Blackwood Academy, strength is everything, and poor orphans like Vespera Vane are meant to stay at the bottom. Transferred to the elite shifter institution under mysterious circumstances, Vespera immediately becomes the target of arrogant heir shifters who despise her presence. Leading the hara/1/110638/coverorgin.jpg?v=4aa9dcf15c44f52d5de3f3e16ed42c3d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Becoming Mrs. Blackwood
Lena Martinez never imagined that her desperate need to save her younger sister's life would land her in billionaire Nathan Blackwood's world. When Julian, Nathan's loyal cousin and right-hand man, offers her a contract for a life-changing sum of money she cannot refuse-impersonate Nathan's fiancée/0/66115/coverorgin.jpg?v=5bbfff1971c337685673f08b6c72357a&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Shadow Of The Blackwood
Ashwood is a small, isolated town with a great history of werewolf legends. Bonnie Blackwood discovers she's the last living heir of an earliest werewolf lineage. As she journeys through her newfound identity, she falls in love with Asher Fell, the Alpha heir of the Lunar Pack. But their love is for/0/46673/coverorgin.jpg?v=407fcebbdb60c513f82f3c7ff91044cf&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Plaything For CEO Blackwood
An innocent small town girl, desperate to get a job, Annabel finds herself torn between the devil and the deep blue sea. But there is no sweeter devil than Maxwell Blackwood; the CEO of Blackwood precious stones and jewelries. One of the biggest jewelry manufacturing and marketing company in the st/1/101301/coverorgin.jpg?v=5cfd2ec5352c835dc083fca3335b3b34&imageMogr2/format/webp)
BOUND TO THE BLACKWOOD BILLIONAIRE
Lila Hart never meant to fall for her boss. Especially not Aiden Blackwood-the cold, untouchable billionaire who trusts no one. But long nights, stolen glances, and a connection neither can ignore pull them into a dangerous, forbidden romance. When Lila discovers her estranged father was the man ac/1/122936/coverorgin.jpg?v=918321b0a99c6219c1bef1cdd81847f8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Shadows of the blackwood contract
Judith never imagined her desperate escape from poverty would lead her straight into the arms of a ruthless billionaire. Trapped in a loveless contract marriage to Ethan Blackwood to save her sick mother and siblings, she thought she could endure a year of cold transactions and icy distance. Until t/1/115066/coverorgin.jpg?v=7dfb9a79805537a817dd2ca46c322b09&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Second Chance With Mr. Blackwood
In the roaring flames of the abandoned warehouse, my skin blistered and peeled. Through the crackling fire, my sister Elara's malicious voice echoed. She told me my husband, Damien, was dead, and it was all my fault. For years, I had treated Damien like a monster. I fought him, threw tantrums, and/0/81002/coverorgin.jpg?v=5bd8505727642c785ff232d89195bf36&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Chains of Fortune: Beneath the Blackwood Name
Ivy Sinclair never expected her father's last desperate move to be selling her off like a pawn-to the coldest billionaire in Manhattan. Lucien Blackwood doesn't believe in love. But he believes in power, and marrying Ivy gives him just that-until the fire in her eyes threatens to melt the ice arou/1/123193/coverorgin.jpg?v=796ac251272f3fb25dc3143b6095a3a4&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Falling for my greatest Nemesis, Killian Blackwood
My wish was to get through college without being noticed, as a scholarship student who did not fit into the elite and flashy lifestyles of students here. That was my one goal, but I guess we don't always get what we want. I always wanted to fall in love with the hero, but instead, I got the villain,/0/81850/coverorgin.jpg?v=e4e92e9025a3452250a734aad831b38e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Blackwood Heiress Bows To No One
The Alliance Summit, a high-stakes gathering where powerful families declared their allegiances, hummed with electric tension as I, Aurora Blackwood, stood poised to make the fateful pronouncement that would bind my ancestral legacy to Caleb Vance.It was the day I once proudly, fatally, linked our f/1/117374/coverorgin.jpg?v=13199ef58fb1281710bb1a162434bdc9&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The blackwood heir , the Alpha's stolen legacy
She was born in secret, raised in hiding, and crowned in blood. Mira Blackwood should have died as a baby. Instead, she survived the purge, tore her pack from the old Alpha's grip, and became the fiercest leader Blackwood has ever known. But peace is fragile when old enemies remember what was sto/1/109079/coverorgin.jpg?v=568ce70041cad51c5d30352e0850ef92&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The $500 Million Contracted Bride: Bound to Mr. Blackwood
Maya Sullivan was trying to save her father. She never imagined he would repay her loyalty by signing her away. Five hundred million dollars. That was the price of his debt. And Maya was the collateral. Silas Blackwood doesn't want a mistress. He wants an image. With the public watching Blackwoo/0/18974/coverorgin.jpg?v=4b0d4e51cb0f0f0fb1cf54967c3a7dda&imageMogr2/format/webp)
My Candy Girl: Lost In Your Sweetness
"She was an average student at the university. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. They lived in two different worlds, but destiny connected them together. Until a car accident happened, their love suffered from a critical strike. Four years late, he came back and met her again. However,/0/15991/coverorgin.jpg?v=2e9405ebe90c87806f5c904b4c98ad30&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest
The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest by Lillian Garis/0/4836/coverorgin.jpg?v=f1f083e958b77e6b1bcf5af19c4989be&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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The Lycan King's Pampered Bride
Trapped in a loveless engagement, I played the quiet, dutiful Omega for six long years. Until my stepsister "accidentally" texted me a photo of my fiancé naked in her arms-wearing my birthday necklace. My pack told me to swallow the humiliation. Instead, I wiretapped his secret love nest. I watc/1/113280/coverorgin.jpg?v=c6260f844448e5d23e964129b447b73f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Alpha's Curse, The Mafia's Queen
Selena has spent her life as an outcast. Born a hybrid in a world that values strength and pure blood, she was never meant to belong. Rejected by her own pack and abandoned by the one man fate tied her to, she is forced to rebuild her life far from everything she once knew. In the human world, Sel/0/11931/coverorgin.jpg?v=13abdd468ad129fe7b00482ba1435718&imageMogr2/format/webp)
