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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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The Queen And The Freak
Blair is a vampire who just moved from Transylvania to experience human life with her foster mother in America. She met a human girl named Pryce, who hates her so much, or that's what she just thought because of their rough first encounter. Then Blair's life turned into something she never expected/0/23762/coverorgin.jpg?v=7833f728ac05cc2e351ccbe40faae6ee&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Price Of Pryce (The Queen And The Freak Sequel)
(The Queen And The Freak Sequel, BUT... Can be read in your comfort.) *** The hybrid mates, Blair and Pryce, have just woken up from sleeping and are surprised to know that thirty years have passed since the last time they were awake. Things were about to change in their lives as they had to cope/0/84256/coverorgin.jpg?v=389f4cc36ff1207cee55095274e64862&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Homecoming Queen and the Home-Wrecker
Eleven years. I dedicated them all to Wesley Scott, sacrificing my architect dreams to support his political ambitions. After a decade of being his unassuming small-town Texas girl, he finally proposed, not out of love, I suspected, but for his political image. Then, an anonymous email arrived wit/0/46550/coverorgin.jpg?v=9d8bec23669b9c5e4b6e8b4d93a7395f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Oath and the true queen
"Why do you think this ugly woman is my queen, Annalise?" he blurted out, his tone indifferent. Instantly, a pang of regret coursed through him, but he refused to retract his words. His petty side took over, and he couldn't bring himself to admit how her beauty enchanted him. Marilyn remained silent/1/120404/coverorgin.jpg?v=e67a7beac081ca4738ac606aa035eabe&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Cold Queen And Her Weeping Don
I was the wife of the city's most ruthless mafia boss, bound to him by a sacred blood oath. For six years, I stood beside Lorenzo Falcone as he built his empire from blood and ash. I believed our bond was unbreakable—until the night I unlocked his private safe. Inside, hidden beneath a false bottom/0/1829/coverorgin.jpg?v=20171122134407&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Queen of Spades and other stories
Alexander Sergueievitch Pushkin came of a noble family, so ancient that it was traced back to that Alexander Nevsky who, in the thirteenth century, gained a great victory over the Swedes upon the ice of the River Neva, in token whereof he was surnamed "Nevsky" of the Neva./0/47933/coverorgin.jpg?v=6964335094a418de3b31b34c50f8363c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The CEO and His Royal Queen
"Heavy lies the head that wears the crown, just so happened that ours were cursed." Deyanira Valen was born into divine greatness destined to rule beside her husband. But tragedy struck when she found herself a widow on the receiving end of an axe. But she is given another shot at life when she i/0/80397/coverorgin.jpg?v=54e542c80916385fd4ef4963f612ebb8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Heir and His False Queen
I was the heir to a tech and real estate empire, living a life most only dreamed of. Yet, I felt a constant ache, a longing for something pure. My father’s “Vanguard Program” was supposed to find me a wife, and I was infatuated with Ava Moreau, the ice queen he picked as a frontrunner. I thought she/1/120762/coverorgin.jpg?v=60a73b2b255f50cd8e5014e366a4395a&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Coldhearted Don And His Powerful Queen
For five years, I bled for my fiancée, Elena. I drained my personal accounts to settle her family's ruinous debts and built a fortified estate to keep her safe from rival mafia families. But as I stood at the altar, she video-called me from a hotel in Iceland, demanding I cancel the ceremony. She/1/128317/coverorgin.jpg?v=856925b11ab40730270ed059b480efcc&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Reborn And Remade: The Mind Reading Queen
In my past life, my family's bankruptcy destroyed everything, and I ended up dying on a cold metal table as a test subject for the Chimera Project. It all started when my father's company was framed for a magical artifact leak, forcing him to pay a ruinous compensation. When we begged for help, hi/1/101417/coverorgin.jpg?v=72f4505b5c072d10d57289451a0cb88b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Reborn: The Alpha's Regret and the Serpent's Queen
It was the Mating Ceremony, the most important day for our pack, but for me, it felt like walking to the gallows. I stood on the velvet carpet, waiting for Jacob, the Alpha heir, to claim me. Suddenly, my younger sister Bella threw herself at the Elder's feet, screaming that she and Jacob were in l/0/45468/coverorgin.jpg?v=6f83867f9a9d8aa98f57ee2d90719019&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Downfall Of The Queen
Emerald did not want anything to do with Harry Allen again. He broke her heart when she was young. But, when he offered for her to make a crown for the Queen of England, she immediately accepted. The Queen's crown would be the highlight in her first jewelry exhibit. But things did not turn out ac/0/28302/coverorgin.jpg?v=c354cb3198e9bd7c01692c639d013a25&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The queen of the Moon
Anna loses her parents and brother to the greed of her uncle. She runs away and lives as a rogue until she stumbles upon the land of the King. She is brought to the king and kept in the castle as a slave for trespassing. While working as a maid, she plots an escape so she can go back for revenge on/0/47763/coverorgin.jpg?v=59a5867a09b691cefbe9e64b91912bf6&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Queen in the Kingdom
Nikki Bell or should one say Nikki Udall is the wife of Mario Udall, the king of the Netherworld where he rules with an iron fist he develops a crude interest in Nikki and makes her fall for him there after establishing his dominance over her and locking her off from the world like in a cage he the/0/83462/coverorgin.jpg?v=c340c65c15e35feae874fba8ea339886&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Firm's New Queen
I was Evelyn Reed, a senior litigator, standing in my office. Everything felt chillingly familiar, as if I' d lived this exact moment before. Because I had. Just moments ago, I recalled the cold New York air, the city lights blurring in betrayal, as my husband Damien pushed me from our penthouse/0/84559/coverorgin.jpg?v=e576daa4f711906fd05b2fe4394dda25&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Comeback Queen
For three years, I' d been Noah' s on-again, off-again girlfriend, believing his rare kindness was love and his frequent dismissals just tests of my devotion. This constant cycle of heartbreak always ended with me patching things up, swallowing my pride, and showing up with apologies I didn' t unde/0/72096/coverorgin.jpg?v=73954bb6efe424c7e64d09c4e51e3605&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Luna Queen
Leah's world shatters when her fated mate, Alpha Kayden, rejects her for another. Heartbroken, she discovers that she is not just an ordinary wolf-she is the last heir to a powerful bloodline. As dark forces rise and her hidden powers awaken, Leah must face the truth about her past and the dangerous/0/66134/coverorgin.jpg?v=bc099ff4c63a0fd162d80524bcdd993b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Tyrant King's Queen.
"Look at me properly and try to remember." He implored her, his silvery eyes boring into hers. Maya raised her nervous eyes to meet his. Searching her head, she tried to remember where she may have met this man before. As she stared at him, a sense of familiarity began to settle. Those eyes... she/0/74966/coverorgin.jpg?v=20250908104059&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Reincarnated Queen
Carla's ordinary and manageable life began to fall apart after she got assigned to investigate the missing case of a hiker in the dark wood Forest. She clashes with Rhys, a mysterious man from the forest fitting into all descriptions from the reports but is in another surprise when things spiral out/0/56559/coverorgin.jpg?v=ee1814d998b7e211f81f982ae32d6128&imageMogr2/format/webp)
