After Betrayal, the CEO Found New Love
Janelle Thomas always knew her boyfriend, Kaleb Gray, the CEO of their company, to be someone who kept business and personal matters strictly separate. Despite dating for five years, their relationship remained a secret at work. But when Cataleya Myers, a childhood friend of his, suddenly joined the company’s secretarial department, Kaleb personally introduced her around and asked everyone to help her settle in. When Janelle confronted him about it, he remained calm and unperturbed. "She's just a friend's sister. Stop imagining problems," he said. Later, Kaleb stood in the pouring rain, watching as Janelle walked by, sharing an umbrella with another man. His eyes were red with emotion as he challenged her, asking who the man was. Janelle simply smiled and replied, "Just a colleague. Don’t create issues where there are none."
After being away on a business trip for over two weeks, Janelle finally returned.
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Chapter 5
When Janelle Thomas first met Kaleb Gray, he wasn't the way he is now.
Janelle came from a less privileged background, having moved from a small rural town to a bustling city, where she often felt left out by tight-knit circles. Kaleb was the one who stood up for her.
He told her that tears wouldn't help and that becoming stronger was what really mattered. Although he was aloof with most people back then, he would discreetly slip his notes into her desk. To preserve her pride, he promised her that if she got into the same university as him, they would give their relationship a chance.
Before Cataleya Myers entered the picture, Janelle always believed Kaleb's affection was just unspoken, not nonexistent. But Cataleya's sudden arrival made Janelle quickly realize how easily Cataleya earned Kaleb's attention. Janelle's share was meager.
Cataleya's presence seemed solely to highlight that Janelle wasn't special to Kaleb, and that he didn't love her as much as she had convinced herself. These were thoughts Janelle couldn't linger on, because if she did, she would have to admit she had been deluding herself all these years.
That evening, when she groggily awoke, it was already dark outside. She half-opened her eyes to find her home empty and dim. Kaleb hadn't come back.
With effort, she grabbed her phone to send him a message, just as a notification popped up. It was a Facebook post from Cataleya:
"Finally proved to the family that I can stand on my own two feet, haha!"
The accompanying photo showed a round dining table with a signed contract prominently displayed. Almost inadvertently, a man's hand was visible in the photo, placing a piece of pulled pork onto her plate.
As Janelle clicked on the picture, the video began to play automatically, with a noisy background from which she heard someone ask, "So, Kaleb, when are you and Cataleya planning to set the wedding date?"
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8.3
The antiseptic smell of the hospital corridor burned my nostrils as I stared at Dr. Harrison Wells, willing his words to change. My father's chart trembled in his hands, the blue folder containing a death sentence unless we found a miracle. "Terminal kidney disease," he repeated, his voice gentle but firm. "We need to find a donor immediately, Mrs. Montgomery."
I gripped Isaac's hand so tightly my knuckles turned white. My husband—my rock for seven years—squeezed back, his thumb tracing soothing circles against my skin. "How long does he have?" Isaac asked the question I couldn't bring myself to voice. "Without a transplant? Three months.
8.1
"Why can't you just leave me alone?" Valentina snarled, breath hitching as she shoved against the bark of the tree behind her.
He stepped closer, eyes glowing with an untamed hunger. In one swift, possessive motion, he pinned her hands above her head, his lips grazing the pulse at her neck-dangerously close to the spot only a mate should touch.
"Because, little wolf," he whispered, his voice dark velvet against her skin, "you belong to me-and I'm done pretending otherwise."
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Stabbed by the man she once loved and betrayed by the friend she trusted most, Valentina was reborn in the ashes of heartbreak. No longer the obedient luna of the Shadow Crust pack, she rises from the shadows to reclaim her life-and her power.
But home is no longer safe. Her pack is in ruins. Her father? Bewitched by a mysterious woman named Carmella. And fate? Cruel, as always. Because waiting for her in the heart of the storm is the man she should never desire-Andres Donovan, the cold and dangerously obsessive Lycan King. and her second-chance mate.
He watches her with eyes full of secrets, speaks in riddles that echo of a past she can't remember, and touches her like he's been starving for centuries. But as enemies close in, alliances fracture, and war brews over the divine blood flowing in her veins, Valentina must decide: Will she fight fate again. Or surrender to the one man who could ruin her-or save her?
7.1
Eleanor Heather enjoys her ordinary life, working as an accountant, repaying student loans, and living in an apartment with her best friend, Lana. However, one night, a strange man attacked and bit her, leaving her traumatized and afraid to go out alone. Little did she know, this incident was just the beginning of a life-altering journey. When she crossed paths with Nicholas Shaw, a lawyer and owner of the firm she audited, her life took a drastic turn. Despite dark secrets surrounding Nicholas, Eleanor couldn't help but be drawn to him, and Nicholas Shaw was determined not to let her go.
8.9
NOT LIKE THIS!!!
Talia Grey never expected to meet the man she abandoned like this! A wife trapped in a marriage where the furniture are of more value than her being.
She used to be the rich kid, he was the pauper! Now he stands before her as heir to a powerful empire - cold, untouchable and dangerously handsome.
Meanwhile Ethan Reed has spent five years drowning himself in work enough to forget about her, not until one meeting shatters it all.
Five years ago, Talia Grey walked away from the only man she ever loved; bound by duty and fear. Now, his grandfather's 80th birthday and retirement celebration has brought him back to her city.
"You're.....rich?" Talia's voice dropped, her hands trembling beneath the table as she recounted the contours of his face, but Ethan scoffed with a clenched fist.
His now cold gaze pierced the eyes of the once naive young lady he'd give his all for....... "why? Are you going to divorce your husband and jump back to me? You're still so crazy over wealth....you disgust me Lia"
She felt an arrow to her chest...
He hates her for breaking him like that.... But what about her?!
Talia has never known love and acceptance till she met him, yet he lied to her!
She can't believe she gave her life to protect a lie.
Their once structured and fated lives become disrupted again. She's married, he's getting engaged....but both hearts have refused to stop aching and yearning for each other.
The question remains.... Is the universe teasing them or are they about to complete the pages of their unfinished love story????
8.7
I woke up in a luxury penthouse with a blinding headache and bruises on my thighs, staring at the man who was about to ruin my life. Cullen Hunter, the most dangerous billionaire in Los Angeles, was stepping out of the shower, ready to discard me with a signed check and a cold look of disdain.
Then the memories hit me like a physical blow. I realized I had woken up in the "Death Flag" scene of a script—this was the exact morning Avery Hall was supposed to be kicked out, humiliated, and started her downward spiral into a tragic death.
The nightmare escalated within minutes. My own brother, Ernest, called to tell me I was no longer a member of the family, freezing my trust fund and evicting me from my apartment. He believed the lies of our "perfect" adopted sister, Cheslie, who had leaked her own private photos and framed me for it just to gain sympathy. Even my fiancé, Preston, couldn't wait to dump me in public, calling me a "crazy bitch" before running straight into Cheslie’s waiting arms.
I was suddenly homeless, bankrupt, and the most hated woman in the city. My family wanted me to crawl back and apologize on my knees for a crime I didn't commit, while the man I had just spent the night with watched my destruction with boredom.
I didn't understand how they could all turn on me so fast, or how I was expected to survive in a world where the script was literally written for my failure.
"Avery, don't make this difficult," Cullen warned, waiting for the tears he thought were coming.
But I refused to play the victim. I pulled three hundred dollars of my last bits of cash, slapped them onto Cullen’s nightstand, and told him the service was mediocre. I wasn't going to beg for love or mercy anymore; I was going to rewrite the ending of this story and become the most dangerous femme fatale Hollywood had ever seen.
7.3
For twelve years, Cora lived in silent agony, loving her boss Bennett Hodges while serving as his perfect, invisible secretary.
But after one night of drunken despair, she woke up in a stranger's penthouse. The man, an indie musician named Callum, showed her viral paparazzi photos of her ripping his shirt off and demanded a fake marriage to save his career.
Cora immediately agreed, desperately needing a legal shield. Bennett had just ordered her to attend a gala as the personal date of a billionaire known for sending women to the ER. When Cora refused and showed Bennett her marriage certificate, he thought it was a pathetic bluff. To force her submission, Bennett froze her entire savings, permanently denied her hard-earned department transfer, and watched with a smug smile as his sister humiliated Cora for being the "maid's daughter." He wanted to completely destroy her life until she crawled back begging.
Looking at her ruined design portfolio scattered on the floor, Cora felt her heart turn to ice. She had dedicated her entire youth to a man who saw her as nothing more than a piece of furniture that knew its place. How could she have blindly loved such a cruel, controlling monster for so long?
The violent shaking in her hands stopped, replaced by a terrifying calm.
"I have documented every single abusive directive from this office."
She flashed the massive diamond her new fake husband had given her, threatened to burn Bennett's pristine reputation to the ground, and finally walked away.