
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 6
Hearing that, Maya snapped back to reality, feeling something was off.
It seemed like... like...
What was happening inside wasn't what she thought it was?
Out of curiosity and confusion, she carefully walked past the entrance and tiptoed forward. As soon as she stepped into the living room, a massive LCD screen on the opposite wall came into view, vividly displaying what was happening on it. Her cheeks flushed, and she lowered her gaze, finally noticing the two people on the sofa.
Ethan was fixated on the screen, sharing his opinions. "Dude, don't you think this woman sounds a bit too seductive? And look at her chest, it's definitely enhanced. But her legs are long and straight."
Charles, who had clearly just taken a shower, had damp hair and was dressed casually in the comfortable loungewear that made him look tall and elegant. In front of him lay a stack of documents that he was reviewing.
Sensing her presence, he paused his pen, looked up, and his deep gaze met hers. There was no surprise nor embarrassment in his eyes. Raising an eyebrow, he smiled slightly and said, "Miss Cooper."
Ethan was intently focused on the screen but when he heard the words "Miss Cooper." Immediately, he turned his head. In an instant, his handsome face flushed red.
Cursing under his breath, he jumped up from the sofa and frantically tried to cover the screen. Realizing it was impossible, he quickly stepped forward and placed his hands over Maya's eyes, blocking her view completely.
After doing all this, he glanced at Charles and awkwardly urged, "Come on, hurry up!"
In contrast to Ethan's embarrassment, Charles was completely at ease. He leaned down, his long arm reaching over the marble coffee table to grab the remote, turning off the screen.
Once the room fell silent, Ethan cleared his throat and said, "I'll go make some coffee." With that, he vanished from sight, leaving no chance for Maya to say a word.
Seeing this, Maya had no choice but to swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue. She sat on the sofa, scanning the surroundings. The room was large and luxurious, with a very monochromatic color scheme of black and white. It was only then that she noticed she could see the sea from where she sat.
While she was still in wonder, Charles' deep voice broke the silence, "What brought Miss Cooper here?"
"Ethan wrote this address in the section for his home address," she replied honestly. At her words, Charles narrowed his eyes, directing a piercing gaze at Ethan, who was walking over with a cup of coffee.
Under that chilling stare, Ethan couldn't help but shiver. His older brother definitely knew he had written this address instead of their actual home.
Maya, not touching her coffee, fixed her gaze on Ethan and said, "The final exams are in three days. What are you planning to do?"
Ethan responded smoothly and naturally, using her earlier words against her: "I have too much to do. I don't have time to go to school."
"Ethan Darwin!" Maya snapped, calling out his full name in frustration.
"Well, if you won't agree to tutor me, I absolutely won't go back to school for the finals. As you know, I always walk the talk."
Having taught him for a year, she was well aware of his stubborn nature. In fact, her presence here today meant she had already compromised. "Alright then, let's talk about what happened just now," she shifted the topic.
"You're now an eighteen-year-old adult, and it's completely normal to feel curious and impulsive about those things. It's not that I don't want you to watch those videos; it's about having the right perspective when you watch."
Maya had never discussed such topics with a man before. Although she tried to appear calm, her cheeks were flushed bright red. Ethan, on the other hand, seemed to have lost his embarrassment, smiling and nodding in response.
Meanwhile, Charles, who was quietly reviewing documents nearby, caught the conversation.
He glanced over at her serious yet blushing face, a playful smirk forming on his lips. Did she really think that Ethan was an innocent kid? He had probably watched dozens of movies like that and might even have some real-life experience.
"And Mr. Darwin." Maya shifted her gaze to him, "As his brother, is this how you indulge him?" It seemed that the criticism had unexpectedly turned toward him.
Charles looked up, his eyes narrowing slightly as he lounged casually on the sofa, exuding a lazy demeanor. "Miss Cooper, didn't you just say that it's normal for him to feel curious and impulsive about those things? I have no reason to stop him from watching those videos, do I?"
Caught off guard and momentarily speechless, she took a deep breath to suppress her rising anger. "But you should at least teach him with the right perspective, shouldn't you?"
She prided herself on not being an easily angered person, yet he always seemed to effortlessly ignite her frustration with just a few words.
With his long fingers resting on his forehead, Charles gently rubbed it while his gaze remained fixed on her. He frowned and said seriously, "What is the right perspective? What position is the best?" Maya's eyes widened in shock, her anger flaring up as her chest rose and fell rapidly, even the fine veins on her neck were visible.
Gritting her teeth, she exclaimed, "Mr. Darwin!"
He was simply...infuriating...unreasonable...
Charles raised an eyebrow slightly, the temperature in the room was warm, and her cheeks flushed. The soft yellow down jacket she wore accentuated her porcelain-like skin, making her look even more radiant.
The absurd scene of that night suddenly flooded his mind. His eyes darkened significantly as his thin lips moved again, his deep voice spilling out once more. "How should a man make a woman happy? Or what kind of approach should he take?"
It was outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! Was this really something a brother should say in front of Ethan? Didn't he care about the bad influence he might have on Ethan? Maya clenched her jaw once more, "Mr. Darwin, is this how you are educated?" Not only could he comprehend her words, but he also twisted their meaning and fueled her anger, making her feel like she was about to explode.
Hearing this, Charles smiled indifferently. "It seems that Miss Cooper's education isn't all that impressive. Hasn't anyone told you that you should ring the doorbell before entering someone else's house?"
"You.." Maya was left speechless with anger. Her hands, which had been hanging by her sides, slowly clenched into fists as she glared at him fiercely.
Still maintaining his elegance, Charles lifted his gaze slightly, casting an indifferent glance in her direction, while his pen continued to dance across the paper, signing his name with flair.
The atmosphere in the room instantly became tense, and Ethan, who was standing nearby, seemed to have been forgotten by both of them, becoming a mere invisible presence.
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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.
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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.