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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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Substitute Wife, Destined Lover
"I'm in desperate need of money to pay Grandmother's medical fee. I will marry Charles instead of Yvonne as soon as I get the money." When her sister Yvonne ran away from the wedding, Autumn was forced to pretend to be Yvonne and marry Charles. Her only wish was to get a divorce after a year. Charles is rich and powerful. His name had been linked to innumerable ladies. He had different girlfriends for every day of a year. Neither of them had expected that they would fall in love with each other./0/29270/coverorgin.jpg?v=e985c9390af608fabd2eb9a1c62285b9&imageMogr2/format/webp)
His Substitute Bride
Living a simple life has always been her dream, but her life became a misery after she made the biggest mistake of becoming a substitute bride for the sake of her best friend. Chloe Orlando is a young orphan that lived with her only friend, after the death of her late parent. Her life took another turn when she had to pose as Jeffrey Ramos' bride on his wedding day, in the place of her best friend. She thought it was just a one time thing, but what happens when her life and career is now at stake, and the only way to save herself is to marry the young billionaire for real? Do you think she'll be able to cope in the marriage, especially knowing that his heart still belongs to her best friend?.../0/29764/coverorgin.jpg?v=dfb0778fa19114f286b13ee938a419c9&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Beast’s Substitute Bride
For over a hundred years, the human town has provided the next mate for the reigning beasts and this year, a bride is required. Paisley and Nevaeh are from the family mandated to provide the next bride for the reigning beast. Nevaeh has been selected as the eldest daughter while Paisley is engaged to a man she loves. What happens when Nevaeh runs away the night before her collection and Paisley is asked to go in place of her sister to be the bride of the beast./1/122321/coverorgin.jpg?v=9c2d5ca5bf17ad23363432754e4d55cf&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Bride For The Dying Billionaire
Erin drove her rust-spotted pickup to her childhood home, dragging a heavy chainsaw to the front porch. She cut straight through the expensive oak door, stepping into the living room to demand her late mother's ashes and belongings. But her stepfather, Cletus, and his new wife, Brenda-the woman who married him just a week after the funeral-refused to hand them over. Instead, they saw a twisted opportunity to save their precious daughter, Tiffany. They demanded Erin take Tiffany's place in an arranged marriage to the Floyd family's dying heir. If Erin married the terminally ill man, they promised a million-dollar trust fund and the return of her mother's ashes. If she refused, they would throw the ashes into the county landfill. They sneered at her faded jeans and the scars they had given her, assuming this feral, abused girl would easily fold under the threat of losing her mother's memory. They even planned to secretly pocket the two hundred thousand dollar cash bridal settlement for themselves, leaving Erin to become a doomed, grieving widow. How could they be so brazenly cruel, using a dead woman's remains to sell off a daughter they had tormented for years? But they severely underestimated the monster they had created. Erin didn't cry or break down. "I want one hundred thousand dollars in cash before I leave, or the marriage is off." With a blackmail video of Tiffany secured on her phone and a briefcase full of extorted cash in hand, Erin packed her bags for the Floyd estate. She was going to play the perfect bride, and then she was going to destroy them all./0/60406/coverorgin.jpg?v=ec3a714b1f3b4848a5bfd7d8f4ab321c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute bride
In a twist of fate, Selena Vance steps into a wedding gown meant for her sister, sealing a pact with Aiden Evans, a billionaire bound by debt rather than desire. As secrets and lies weave a tangled web around her, Selena must choose between the chains of duty and the whispers of a forbidden love./0/44105/coverorgin.jpg?v=f0d949203f951777425a8d12b3df2f4b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Bride
He married her to punish her. He didn't expect to fall for the girl he swore to destroy. She was supposed to be his revenge. Instead, she became his obsession. Chloe Adams was forced to marry billionaire Liam Reigns. Not for love. For debt. For the death of his sister Rose. The girl Chlo/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/0/74839/coverorgin.jpg?v=782fa3e70b99d20ce8fbad02d46826fb&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Alpha Substitute Bride
After both of her parents' disappearances, Scarlet Marigold, daughter of an alpha, is forced to live as a servant in the house of her stepmother, who was speculated to have been the cause of her parents' death. As beautiful as she is, Scarlet is regarded as useless and worthless because she is a hum/0/86260/coverorgin.jpg?v=aad1caed3263972bda5b5689069eb53e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Billionaire's Substitute Bride
Karen reflects on her crush for Bryan and decides to go along with her family's plan as she didn't want to disappoint them in any way. She has been someone who cares so much about her family's reputation and didn't see anything wrong in being a substitute bride in place of her twin sister. KarenThe Beast’s Substitute Bride
For over a hundred years, the human town has provided the next mate for the reigning beasts and this year, a bride is required. Paisley and Nevaeh are from the family mandated to provide the next bride for the reigning beast. Nevaeh has been selected as the eldest daughter while Paisley is engaged/0/41080/coverorgin.jpg?v=659695bf2437c5e2212e4e95ef7ab0c8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Vampire's substitute bride
Ella happens to meet a charming and handsome man and she can't stop thinking about him. When a new transfer student arrives at school, Ella discovers that he is the very man she has been yearning for. Meanwhile, the handsome man's allure catches the attention of all the girls in school, especially S/1/111697/coverorgin.jpg?v=3df315b726746c6babd4293df822d4ac&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Cursed Alpha's Substitute Bride
She was never supposed to be the bride. Sera Ashveil was nineteen years old, invisible, and worth nothing to the pack that raised her. Her sister Mira is the beautiful one. The chosen one. The one their father actually looks at when he speaks. Sera is just the spare. So when the most feared Alpha i/0/84462/coverorgin.jpg?v=af19352d73498f3b8ee4242b7d35ac6f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Billionaire's Substitute Bride.
Sophia never expected her investigative work to lead to the altar. When her stepsister vanishes under suspicious circumstances, Sophia is thrust into an arranged marriage with Ricci Russo-a billionaire, as ruthless as he is mysterious. Ironically, he also happens to be the subject of her next exposHis Substitute Bride
Living a simple life has always been her dream, but her life became a misery after she made the biggest mistake of becoming a substitute bride for the sake of her best friend. Chloe Orlando is a young orphan that lived with her only friend, after the death of her late parent. Her life took anothe/0/86255/coverorgin.jpg?v=a3d5f920b09dcc32bb992c6991ce66bc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Billionaires Substitute Bride
Blurb: Mia's life turns around when she eavesdrops on a billionaire conversation and dents his car. Allen makes Mia his substitute bride when he finds out his fiance has been cheating on him. Mia turns from a girl with debts to a billionaire's wife in just a day. After she signs a contract to be thSubstitute Bride For The Dying Billionaire
Erin drove her rust-spotted pickup to her childhood home, dragging a heavy chainsaw to the front porch. She cut straight through the expensive oak door, stepping into the living room to demand her late mother's ashes and belongings. But her stepfather, Cletus, and his new wife, Brenda-the woman wh/1/114233/coverorgin.jpg?v=b6841aed326aba40895c341369018fec&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Bride: Marrying The Hidden Lycan King
I was the crippled joke of the Silver Ridge Pack, while my cousin Elara was the perfect future Luna. When a seemingly weak rogue named Dravon arrived to claim Elara as his fated mate with a bouquet of withered flowers, she publicly humiliated and rejected him. To save the pack's face, I stepped up a/1/121561/coverorgin.jpg?v=0d8a57be6346660832284cd711b4ca93&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Cursed Regent's Fearless Substitute Bride
I woke up in a strange body, only to find myself being violently laced into a blood-red wedding dress. The Ashford family had finally remembered their abandoned daughter, but only to use me as a disposable substitute. They were forcing me to marry the terrifying Prince Regent in place of their pre/1/121512/coverorgin.jpg?v=f72de783bdee8f5f10d24d4d25a891a4&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Bride: Taming The Masked Mafia Don
I was dragged back from the countryside by my father for one purpose: to be a sacrificial lamb. He ordered me to marry the mafia Don Damien Valachi in place of my sister. Everyone in the underworld knew that this Don's brides never saw the light of the next day. My stepmother put on a fake smile an/0/70999/coverorgin.jpg?v=5fe00e708e421dbd0b3f8152aec0e333&imageMogr2/format/webp)
SUBSTITUTE BRIDE I WANT YOU BACK LILA
BLURB ."Ever have that feeling nothing you ever do matters?" This is Lila Vitale's story, being overshadowed by her elder sister all her life no matter the efforts she puts in. Finally, she is put in the spotlight when her elder sister, Lily, abandons her husband because he went blind, and she ( L/0/90116/coverorgin.jpg?v=baa2b377d4008bc286d5e0e83941094c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Substitute Bride Of The Retarded Billionaire
Gillian Arison had been envisioning her engagement day for long. But... She was shocked to realize that she woke up in the evening of her engagement day. As if that wasn't enough, she realizes that her sister and long-term boyfriend had also gotten engaged when she was asleep. To make it w/0/58532/coverorgin.jpg?v=d2b5ea1576405018b8c2a6398c0524da&imageMogr2/format/webp)
SUBSTITUTE BRIDE TO THE PARALYZED BILLIONAIRE
When Emma Parker is summoned from her humble rural life to the glittering world of Brooklyn’s elite, she never expects the price of her family's generosity. Her uncle and aunt, desperate to secure a lucrative business alliance, compel her to impersonate her glamorous, rebellious cousin Isabella in a/0/99273/coverorgin.jpg?v=1ce2b3a28f1c1967dc8d5465900a8767&imageMogr2/format/webp)
