Commander A Luna Chronicles Novel

No Longer Mrs. Cooley: The Architect's Return

Xiao Xiaosu

I went to the City Clerk’s office for a routine copy of my marriage license to finalize a trust fund audit. I expected a simple piece of paper, but the clerk’s pitying look told me my entire life was a lie. "The license was never finalized, Ms. Oliver. In the eyes of the state, you are single." The three-hundred-guest wedding at the Plaza and the Vogue features meant nothing. My husband, Gray Cooley, had intentionally filed the documents with a "procedural defect" so he could discard me without a legal divorce. Moments later, an iCloud invite titled "Our Little Secret" popped up on my screen. It was a photo of my best friend, Brylee, holding a positive pregnancy test at our Hamptons estate. Gray’s text to her was the final blow: "Happy anniversary, babe. This baby is the best gift. Once the trust unlocks today, we’re done with the charade." I soon discovered they were even stealing my career, reassigning my architectural masterpiece to Brylee while preparing my eviction notice. Gray's mother called me a "barren mule" in a leaked recording, mocking the infertility I suffered after saving Gray’s life in a construction accident. I wasn't a wife; I was a three-year placeholder used to secure his inheritance. How could the man I bled for treat me like a disposable prop? How could my best friend carry his child while pretending to comfort me through my darkest moments? The betrayal burned until it turned into a cold, hard stone of fury. I didn't cry. Instead, I walked into the penthouse of the Barretts, the Cooleys' most powerful rivals. I signed a marriage contract with Kane Barrett, the man the tabloids called the "Beast of Wall Street." "I want a wedding," I told his father, my voice steady and lethal. "Bigger than the one I had with Gray." If they wanted me gone, they would have to watch me become the woman who owns their world.

Modern Revenge Divorce

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At about 4 pm, in a cold afternoon,

Hazel came back to hear the bickering of her parents

"When will it end?" She thought to herself.

Ever since she knew how to pronounce her name, she realized that their marriage was a loveless one.

She sighed, she had no say in the marriage, she had tried several attempts to bring her family back together but it was looking like her efforts were not producing fruitful results.

"Why do I have to end up with a beta like you, I knew countless times the Alpha wolves pleaded with me to get married to them, but I rejected their proposal because I was waiting for my mate" Her mother started

Hazel rolled her eyes as she stood by the door, her amber eyes watching the scenario playing out in front of her

"If I had known that the moon goddess would bless me with a useless beta like you, I would have long married the Alpha wolf" She ended

The one who she was speaking to lacked words to say.

Hazel had known a long time ago that her mother was one who nags a lot and her father was the gentle type.

From all angles, they were compatible, the scenario playing in front of her showed her that the marriage would be of two types- Arranged or forced

"How do I go to my room without being noticed?" She thought to herself as she was too lazy to argue with her mother.

The drama was still going on, and she was beginning to lose interest in it, she had found an escape route that led to her room, and she was climbing the staircase when her mother's eyes sighted her.

"Where are you coming from young lady?" Her mother asked her a question stopping her in her tracks

"Where would I come from apart from the outskirts of the town?" She answered the question in her mind, she was afraid to answer her mother on the basis that she did not know what her mother's reaction would be.

"Sophia let the poor girl go," Her father said.

She was relieved by the statement that her father made, she looked at her mother and realized that her mother had kept mute

Hazel took it as a tactic agreement and she ascended the staircase.

"You do not dictate to me what I should do and what I should not do in this house," Sophia said

"You're full of troubles, where is the innocent young wolf?? I agreed to be your mate because of the innocent look or were you pretending??" A deep male voice filled with immense wisdom said.

Sophia rolled her eyes at the statement, Hazel stood at the top of the staircase as tears ran down her cheeks.

Her father was the commander-in-chief of the werewolf army while her mother had a special place in the royal home.

They held high status in the pack which made her to be the envy of all ranks, she sighed to herself.

After her father had rescued her with the words he had said, he restrained himself from talking. The little act of his did not pacify Sophia as she kept on ranting.

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