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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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Beloved Wife Of The God Of War
My mother in law hated me so much cause I couldn't bear her son a baby eventhough my husband and I have spent six years in marriage. She desperately wants my husband to divorce me so she and my bestfriend set me up to be f*cked by a stranger. When my husband heard of this, he mocked me and divorced me. While painfully dragging my luggage out of his house, I saw my pregnant bestfriend carrying her luggage inside my husband's house. Turns out my husband has impregnated my bestfriend. I cried blood and left the city. Seven years later, I became a popular Surgeon General and now have beautiful triplets by my side. But I was deployed back to my city cause my medical skill was most needed. In a twist of fate, I got married to an handsome solider. Only after I resumed work did I find out that the soldier I just married is the five star General, leader of every military units in the country plus he was by far the wealthiest man in the country. I'm just a single mother trying to create a better life for my three kids, now that I found myself entangled in his cold and ruthless world, how will I survive? And how will I explain to him that I do not know how my triplets bore the same resemblance with him?/1/114364/coverorgin.jpg?v=a69ef0fb80576b07af684aa6bcd54fc5&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Escape From His Dangerous Love
Arlene was the illegitimate daughter of the wealthy Boone family, treated worse than a stray dog. To keep her meager scholarship, she had to swallow her pride and apologize to the frat boy who tormented her. But he didn't just want an apology. He forced her to drink twenty shots of liquor laced wit/0/31958/coverorgin.jpg?v=e6de7f1924f5408af9756cc15aa95a92&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Escape From Mr. CEO's Dangerous Love
Trapped series - Episode I: Trapped with the CEO. Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex. To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him. "As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are/1/133249/coverorgin.jpg?v=511585874e6f4d643779a41c9a69123b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Escape From the Billionare's Contract
Zariel Thorne makes a living helping strangers fake their relationships. When she sends a marriage proposal to the wrong inbox, her billionaire boss becomes the last client she ever wanted. Kaelen Sterling has signed the contract, arranged to clear her family's debts, and decided she will move into/1/119762/coverorgin.jpg?v=c91f944b70129a024c5dd32372cf9fe4&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Escape From Them
I stopped dead in my tracks the exact second the heavy bedroom door slammed shut. Before a scream could even form in my throat, a pair of large, powerful hands wrapped around my waist, tightening like iron bands and knocking the remaining air right out of my chest. "We missed you, princess..." *****/1/110351/coverorgin.jpg?v=85f9d5eead0e33b7f6ce2040765a8972&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Escape from His Gilded Cage
Becoming a bride to settle a debt was never part of my dreams. Yet, my stepbrother's betrayal and a trap party turned my life upside down, shattering my illusions of a joyful marriage. Now, I'm faced with the harsh reality of being married to a ruthless Mafia boss, Alessio Marino. Can I trust his/0/48102/coverorgin.jpg?v=2d336b3aef36ac74414d9ce1addbe625&imageMogr2/format/webp)
C.E.N.T.U.R.Y: No escape
In a world where sinister forces reign, Jake Willson, a 19-year-old from London, finds himself entangled in a horrifying game orchestrated by the notorious C.E.N.T.U.R.Y organization. Little did he know that this wicked game would lead him to form an unlikely alliance with two friends, 18 year old S/1/104421/coverorgin.jpg?v=2d7a75af183d29b68092b57bfbbe96fb&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Escape From Fate
A monotonous, colorless life and dull relationships instantly fade into the background the moment you step into a completely different world-one with its own rules and laws. It looks so much like ours, and yet is radically different, for here live werewolves and countless other incredible beings. Br/0/29951/coverorgin.jpg?v=ac5af87b1698c62fcff3e7f49668defb&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Escape: Her Ex-boyfriend's Love Trap
Years ago, Isabella eloped with her secret lover after getting pregnant. Not only did this ruin her reputation, but it also made her then-boyfriend, Claud, the city's laughingstock. Five years passed. Claud was declared the powerful successor of his family's company, the GL Group. The day he return/1/105654/coverorgin.jpg?v=80d180e8824307000e4363f307624cfc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Escape: The Billionaire Won't Sign
I returned to New York with two scuffed suitcases and a broken heart, ready to end my three-year exile as a ghost wife. All I wanted was to sign the divorce papers, move my dying mother to hospice, and vanish from the billionaire Spears family forever. But the moment I stepped into the penthouse, I/1/108025/coverorgin.jpg?v=5f171f6f70774540d29add80f59ae093&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The CEO's Pregnant Genius: No Escape
I spent six years as a "shadow asset" for the Holmes family, a brilliant scholar living in a cramped Queens apartment on a secret scholarship. I was their silent investment, a ghost in their machine, until the day a fluorescent orange eviction notice appeared on my door. The legal documents from Ho/1/122715/coverorgin.jpg?v=da8cd474f9ad6ed45b25d367ffeda163&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Scent, No Escape: The Alpha's Fated Prey
To escape a political marriage, I disguised myself as a scentless male Omega and snuck into the Northern Alpha's territory, aiming to force him to call off the engagement on his own. But a murder broke out the very night I arrived, and he was framed and sentenced to death. I immediately posed as a d/1/112917/coverorgin.jpg?v=6d71f0565a47930857a63cc114e6373c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Dangerous Temptation: No Escape From My Brother-In-Law's Obsession
Born into privilege, Eleanor never imagined her life could shatter in a single night. Then her father disappeared with his mistress, her mother fell from a building and slipped into a coma, and everything she once owned turned to dust. Determined not to ruin Jonathan's future with her family's di/0/81014/coverorgin.jpg?v=20260106194611&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No More Chains: The Wife's Escape
My tenth wedding anniversary gala at our lavish Napa Valley estate should have been a dream, but for ten years I’d lived a gilded nightmare crafted by Julian Thorne. Tonight, my tech mogul husband took his public humiliation ritual to new depths, introducing his barely-out-of-her-teens mistress on s/0/84496/coverorgin.jpg?v=211e77bc25fe6c21ede39a8292d3afc0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Unwanted No More: The Heiress's Ultimate Escape
My biological parents, the Duncans, finally threw me out, discarding me like trash onto the wet Chicago pavement. Minutes later, trapped in a kidnapper's van, I heard my own brother Andrew on speaker, coldly telling them to do whatever they wanted with me – they didn't care. Stella, the perfect da/0/49537/coverorgin.jpg?v=f6ac2fe61ad878e41c9997192d500457&imageMogr2/format/webp)
No Way To Escape, Substitute Bride
The man continued to touch her all over. He reached for her waist and grabbed it closer to his body. Charlotte got hold of his hand and flung it away. “You disgust me huh? Stop pretending to be so pure when in fact you’re not. Tell me, are you a virgin?” The man yelled at her. Still lying on th/0/20789/coverorgin.jpg?v=49b1613a3d597026d5bdadd1ab95f968&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Beautiful Escape
Valentino is a high-ranking intelligence agent working in NICA, and there is an order from a higher command that he cannot refuse. He must romantically pursue Einille, a Police Inspector, for a very classified reason. For a drop-dead gorgeous man like Valentino, it would have been an effortless task/0/46881/coverorgin.jpg?v=3aff9fbd3fe8f94afef119e811c6ff67&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Escape
Isabella is the future of the Outpost. Living in the Outpost was all she knew. The Outpost is a cult made up of a group of brainwashed people ruled by Gaius, but to Isabella, it was more than a home. That is, until a chain of events culminated in her escape. If only fate hadn't been so mean as to/0/59128/coverorgin.jpg?v=34b394ab6b2ac6fda6fbd9a6d4937490&imageMogr2/format/webp)
FATED ESCAPE
Finding her mate was supposed to be the best day of Aerin Boone's life, but it turned into a nightmare. Fleeing from an abusive relationship with her alpha, Shane Dacre, Aerin seeks refuge in the tranquil town of Winter Lake. Unbeknownst to her, Winter Lake harbors another shifter pack. Injured and/0/56224/coverorgin.jpg?v=5723e477015f495d3dbb417a28191bf3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
