After A One-Night Stand with the Billionaire
After getting drunk at a wedding party, Maya had spent a night with a man. She then found herself pregnant after that. She wanted to keep the child, but the man had other plans. She tried to run away but was caught. "If you want to keep the child, marry me. Well divorce after two years, and meanwhile, don't touch me-not even holding hands," the man said, backing her into a corner. She found the man utterly shameless.
"Holding hands? Dream on."
After the marriage, the man said, "I know you are scared. Let's sleep together tonight."
"I'm not scared."
"I saw you in a dream and heard you say you're scared and want to sleep with me."
"Have you no shame, Charles Darwin?"
"Shame? What is shame?"
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Chapter 4
Forced to retreat several steps, she stumbled back, her heart racing.
As the car window rolled down, she was left speechless, shocked to see him again.
Charles glanced at her for a moment before his gaze shifted to Ethan beside him. He parted his lips slightly and coolly commanded, "Get out."
The car door opened, and Ethan stepped out with a smile, making a gentlemanly gesture. "Miss Cooper, please get in. My brother has something to discuss with you."
What could they possibly have to talk about? Maya's heart raced as she glanced at the man inside the car, her voice cautious. "What is it about?"
Ethan gave a sheepish smile and cleared his throat. "It's about my studies."
It seemed she had been too tense. Licking her lips, she replied, "If it's about your studies, we should go to my office."
"My brother's identity is a bit special, and there might already be reporters on their way, so it's better to find a quieter place."
Just as they spoke, the principal hurried over with a flattering smile. "Mr. Darwin, why didn't you give me a heads-up before coming? I would have been ready to welcome you."
Charles nodded slightly. "I'm just here for Ethan's parent-teacher meeting today; I didn't want to disturb you."
"Not at all, Mr. Darwin, it's too kind of you." The principal rubbed his hands nervously, only then noticing Maya standing nearby. He exclaimed in surprise, "Miss Cooper?"
"Principal," she nodded in greeting, surprised that he even acknowledged her presence.
"I'd like to discuss Ethan's academic performance with Miss Cooper," Charles continued.
"Of course," the principal's eyes practically squinted with delight. He turned to Maya and said, "Miss Cooper, you won't need to return to school this afternoon. Take the time to have a good talk with Mr. Darwin. It would be best to come up with a targeted study plan to ease his worries."
Is this really necessary? The principal was acting like she was using Maya as a stepping stone, Maya thought to herself, wanting to decline. "But I have classes this afternoon."
This Miss Cooper is so oblivious, the principal thought, feeling a bit anxious. No matter how many classes she had, she needed to prioritize Mr. Darwin: "Miss Cooper, I'll let Miss Steel cover your classes this afternoon."
Ethan raised an eyebrow at the principal. "Thanks, old man. Now we're taking Miss Cooper away" Before Maya could respond, Ethan opened the back door, pressed down on her shoulder, and shoved her inside. He then slid into the front passenger seat. "Hey, where to?" he asked, tilting his head toward the driver.
"I'm hungry," Charles replied in a low, gravelly voice, leaning back in his seat with his eyes closed, his gaze drifting over Maya. The pressure radiating from him was overwhelming, making her frown and feel restless.
She didn't even dare to move...
Even though Ethan and the driver were in the car as well, the intensity of Charles's presence seemed to grow stronger. Even without moving her eyes, she could still catch him in her peripheral vision.
The car glided smoothly down the road, eventually stopping in front of an upscale restaurant. Inside the elegant and lavish private room, each of them had a plate of medium-well steak in front of them, along with a bottle of red wine.
Ethan had ordered the steak and kept asking Maya what she wanted to eat, pulling out the menu for her to choose from. Maya only wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible, repeatedly declining and making excuses. But her refusals were in vain; Ethan had insisted on ordering her a medium-well steak, which led to the current awkward situation.
The thick red wine slowly dripped into the transparent glass, and its rich aroma immediately filled the private room. Charles' gaze fell on her, studying her for a few seconds before putting down his glass of wine. "Are you sure you want to keep standing, Miss Cooper?"
Both Charles and Ethan were seated, and her standing made the situation feel a bit out of place. Maya had no choice but to awkwardly take a seat. For a moment, the only sound in the room was the slicing of steak.
Fidgeting with her fingers, she broke the suffocating silence. "Is there something you want to discuss about Ethan's studies, Mr. Darwin?"
As soon as his name was mentioned, Ethan abandoned his wine, making an excuse. "I need to use the restroom." As he left the room, he even winked at Charles on purpose.
Charles elegantly continued cutting his steak, then turned his attention back to her. "What do you think about hiring a tutor, Miss Cooper?"
Seeing his businesslike demeanor, she felt her guard drop and nodded in agreement, "I think that's a great idea."
Then, his voice cut through the air, "It seems that you have agreed to be Ethan's tutor."
Maya's eyes widened involuntarily as she straightened up. "When did I agree to that?"
Setting down his knife and fork, Charles picked up his glass and took a slow sip. "What's your answer now, Miss Cooper?"
"I'm sorry, but I don't have the time," she replied without a second thought.
"You won't need too much of your time, just two hours a day."
"Mr. Darwin, it's not about how long it is; I truly don't have any spare time," she mustered the courage to meet his gaze.
However, Charles seemed to ignore her words entirely, his lips curling into a slight smile as he continued, "How about I double your pay?"
Maya's tone turned icy. "It's not about the money, Mr. Darwin. You should find someone else." She was determined to erase all memories of that night, not wanting any further entanglement with him. Because the moment she saw him, the memories of that night would flood back like a tidal wave.
Gently swirling the red wine in his glass, Charles remained calm and relaxed. "What do you think about discussing this matter with the principal of your school?" There was undoubtedly a hint of threat in his words. Given the principal's earlier behavior, she was 100% sure that he would hand her over to him without a second thought! The anger inside her finally ignited.
Her chest rose and fell slightly as she abruptly stood up from her seat. "Why do you insist on me?" Countless people wanted to be a tutor; why did he have to force her? What were his true intentions?
"Miss Cooper, you must have misunderstood my intentions," Charles replied, a light smile dancing in his eyes. He chuckled softly, "It's not that I insist on you, but rather that someone else did."
Maya froze, staring at him in shock as the word escaped her lips: "Ethan?"
"Yes..." Charles replied lazily. So it turned out she had overthought it. A sense of embarrassment rose from deep within her, and her face involuntarily flushed red. Taking a deep breath, she apologized, "I'm sorry, I got a bit carried away just now.
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For three years, Avery Woods lived a lie. Trapped in a high-stakes psychological "simulation" designed by her own father, she was forced to endure the life of a discarded trophy wife, scrubbing floors and suffering in silence to temper her mind into a weapon.
When the simulation shattered, Avery emerged as the Sovereign-the most experienced CEO in human history, having lived twenty years of strategic warfare in a matter of months. She tore down her father's global conglomerate, erased the world's digital memories, and sought a quiet life in the shadows.
But you cannot delete a god.
Now, a year after the "Great Erasure," the world has gone dark, but the connection remains. Four hundred million people are syncing up through a biological "Chorus," using their own neural pathways to rebuild a decentralized, inescapable Hive Mind. At its center is Mila, a child who is more code than flesh, and the only anchor strong enough to stabilize a new reality.
From the high-tech bunkers of Moscow to the hallucination-filled "Dead Zone" of the Sahara, Avery and her protector-assassin, Julian Vane, must race to stop the Chorus before it rewrites the physical world.
The satellites are dead. The servers are gone. But the Silence is screaming.
7.4
Forced into an unwanted marriage, quiet schoolteacher Delina Brooks is bound to Andrew Kingsley.He is a ruthless billionaire musician, cold and arrogant, and he hates Delina from the moment they wed.
But Andrew's world is not just his own. His glamorous ex-girlfriend, Camilla Laurent, and his manipulative sister, Veronica, are determined to destroy Delina-and reclaim Andrew for themselves. Surrounded by lies, secrets, and relentless enemies, Delina must fight for her dignity, her family, and her future.
As fate twists and turns, one question remains: Will the woman he despised become the only one he can't live without?
8.7
Ada was eight months pregnant, sitting peacefully in her husband's Manhattan estate, looking at a baby nursery catalog.
Suddenly, her husband's mistress, Jacklyn, walked in, threw an ultrasound photo on the table, and locked the door.
Before Ada could process the betrayal, Jacklyn dragged her to the top of the marble staircase and threw herself backward just as Desmond walked through the front doors.
"She pushed me, Desmond! She tried to kill our baby!"
Desmond looked at Ada with absolute hatred.
He ignored Ada's breaking water and her agonizing screams for help, leaving her to miscarry on the freezing floor while he rushed Jacklyn to the hospital.
He sent Ada to a brutal federal prison for three years, where she was tortured and left with a body covered in horrific scars, mourning the baby she was told died at birth.
When Ada was finally released, Desmond destroyed her cousin's company to force her back to his estate as a lowly maid.
But when Ada saw Jacklyn's three-year-old son, her world stopped.
Right in the center of the little boy's palm was a faint crescent moon birthmark.
It was the exact same mark Ada had kissed on her own lifeless baby's tiny hand before the doctors took his body away.
How did her dead child become Jacklyn's little prince?
Looking at the woman who stole her life and the husband who threw her in hell, Ada clenched her scarred hands and swore she would tear their world apart to get her son back.
8.9
She wanted stability. She found Adrian Blackwell. Dominant, dangerous, and determined to make her his.
After catching her boyfriend of three years cheating, Elena Carter swore never to fall in love again. On a reckless whim, she walked into a blind date arranged by her family and impulsively proposed a flash marriage.
All she wanted was a quiet, dependable man.
What she got was Adrian Blackwell-a ruthless billionaire known for crushing rivals with a single glance. Cold to the world, dangerously charming behind closed doors, Adrian doesn't ask. He takes.
From the moment she slips on his ring, Adrian makes one thing clear:
"You're mine, Elena. No man touches what belongs to me."
But as whispers of his past lovers surface, Elena's heart twists with emotions she swore she'd buried-jealousy, heartbreak... longing. Then, a brutal accident unearths a forgotten memory: a reckless one-night stand years ago... with the same face as her husband's.
Everything falls into place.
Every twist, every detour
It was always Adrian.
9.7
For three years, I was the dutiful wife of billionaire Ervin Valdez.
On our third wedding anniversary, he came home smelling of his mistress's perfume, pinned me down, and brutally mocked me.
His mistress, Sylvia, had even sent me a fake ultrasound report to force me out of the picture.
In Ervin's eyes, I was just a vicious, calculating liar who used a pregnancy to trap him into marriage.
He didn't care that I had actually lost that baby, nor did he know the trauma of my gambling father selling me to a dark club where I was assaulted by a stranger.
When I finally handed him the signed divorce papers, giving up all assets, and left the penthouse with nothing but an old suitcase, he just sneered.
"She is playing a game of hard to get. She won't last three days before she comes crying back."
He froze all my bank accounts, let his mistress humiliate me in public, and waited coldly for me to starve and beg.
He thought my entire existence relied on his wealth, completely confident that I would inevitably surrender to his control.
But he was wrong.
I calmly opened my old laptop, bypassed the complex encryptions, and looked at the dozens of unread emails from top-tier global brands begging for my return.
I resurrected my hidden identity as the legendary jewelry designer "R," and walked straight into the top design firm in Manhattan.
"It is time to find myself again."
7.6
Bridget caught her fiancé tangled in the sheets with another woman. She left the engagement ring behind and, in a moment of reckless defiance, had a one-night stand with Damond Oneill, the most terrifying billionaire on Wall Street.
But her nightmare was far from over. Her biological father threatened to destroy her mother's company if she didn't crawl back to her cheating ex to secure a business merger.
Worse, she found her mother coughing up bright red blood, secretly hiding a fatal illness. Desperate to save her family, Bridget attended a high-society gala, only for her ex and her legitimate half-sister to slip a powerful drug into her champagne. Trapped on a locked balcony, her body burning and paralyzed, she watched her ex approach to assault and film her.
"Let's see how arrogant you are when the drugs kick in."
She didn't understand why her own blood treated her like disposable trash. Why was she always the pawn while her mother suffered in secret? The absolute despair almost broke her.
Just as he grabbed her dress, a deafening explosion shattered the glass door.
Damond stepped through the ruin, brutally crippled her ex, and claimed her as his own. But when Damond's team traced her mother's secret medical funds to a highly classified Swiss clinic, Bridget realized the real war had just begun.