Wedcuffed by Ruby

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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Chapter 1✔️

Sophia's POV

"I'll be honest with all of you, I do not like her." Frustration in his speech

I was outside his room, right behind his door, when I heard what he had just told his friends about no one else but me, or did I presume wrongly.

My hands were stretched forward, ready to knock on the door, frozen in mid-air as I heard those words from Abel, my mate.

I had prepared some snacks for him and his friends , snacks his mother had told me were their favorites. I had hoped to surprise them, but now I was the surprised one.

I held onto the plate tightly, my trembling fingers on it, I knew they were talking about me now after hearing their replies.

My heart broke the more, the words Abel said echoed in my mind. This wasn't the first time I had heard him speak of me in such a manner.

He was never happy with the idea of us being together, always questioning why I was his mate out of all the women in our pack, the moon goddess had paired us and from what I heard the moon goddess was the perfect matchmaker but I guess she had made a mistake with us.

"She is a weak child, constantly in need of protection. I refuse to have someone so weak as my partner. I despise her very existence," he uttered.

With a forced smile now replaced by my sadness, I bit my lower lip, willing my emotions to stay in check.

Deep down, I knew that he would never truly accept me as his future mate. I had tried and worked hard to meet his standards, but I was never good enough, and I doubt I would ever be.

He would soon become the Alpha of the crescent moon pack, and for me to be a worthy Luna, he expected me to match the strength of his mother. Those were the words he frequently said to me whenever the topic of marriage came up. But as a mere human, how could I ever become like his mother? I lacked every trace of werewolf blood in my DNA.

I had always felt like a burden to my adoptive parents, though they loved me despite not being their biological child, I still felt like I was a problem to them.

Sadly, my presence brought them shame and disappointment. They suffered because of me, and I couldn't escape the sense that I was unwanted in our pack. Everyone questioned why they decided to adopt a weak human to be their child.

Though each hurtful word wounded me deeply, I bore it all, wanting to prove myself worthy. But this time, I couldn't hold back the tears welling in my eyes.

Abel's words to his friends struck at the core of my soul, leaving a mark. How could I ignore his hurtful words when they came from the person I loved the most? He was someone I liked before he found out we were mates which made me happy but I am not the mate he wants.

Was I not worthy?

"I will be the happiest person when that pathetic weak girl disappears. I don't want to see her anymore.”

I can’t listen to them anymore

I put down the food and ran while my tears finally came down freely from my eyes. I loved him, but I knew in myself he would never feel the same as long as he saw me as someone who couldn't match his mother's power.

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