Best Man, Best Choice

When Malcolm Lowell abandons his bride at the altar for Lumi, the Irving family's biological daughter, a wedding becomes a cruel trap. Claiming the abandonment is penance for her years as an adopted child, Malcolm seeks to humiliate her publicly. Instead of breaking, she accepts the best man as her new husband to complete the ceremony. This modern romance follows her defiance against those who sought to use her wedding as a twisted form of entertainment.

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Malcolm suddenly yanked Lumi into his arms, their faces way too close.

He shot me a smirk. "Irene, seriously? You're too old for these drama queen—"

I didn't even let him finish—I stood on my toes and kissed Emmett. No hesitation. Just heat and breath and silence.

For a split second, panic flickered across Malcolm’s face.

Lumi covered her mouth in feigned shock. "Malcolm! She's just upset because of me. Now she's using someone else to make you jealous!"

Malcolm's jaw clenched, veins popping. "Irene, quit acting petty. Lumi's actually decent, and you're still being a brat. Apologize. Now."

I brushed him off. "Mr. Lowell, this is MY wedding with Emmett. Don't embarrass yourself more than you already have."

If he could hand me off to another guy mid-ceremony, he didn't get to whine about saving face.

The crowd erupted—cheers, claps, the whole thing.

Malcolm's face drained, but his eyes lit up with rage. "Get down here. Keep this up, and you can forget about marrying me!"

I laced my fingers with Emmett's and faced the priest. "Let's move on."

Malcolm stormed up the stage, grabbed my wrist, and shot Emmett a dismissive look. "You're really gonna throw yourself at anyone just to spite me?"

I ripped my hand back. "And who says you get a say in who I marry?"

Malcolm froze, then lunged for me again, pissed.

Emmett stepped in.

He smiled, voice ice-cold. "Malcolm, it's my wedding. Try not to harass MY BRIDE."

'My bride.' That one hit hard—Malcolm's face twisted.

They stared each other down, all heat and ego.

Right on cue, Lumi ran up sobbing. "Irene, it's all my fault! You two just looked so perfect together—height, looks, background... I was only joking! I'm sorry! If you'll just forgive Malcolm, I'll leave the Irving family and disappear forever..."

But this time, Malcolm didn't leap to defend her. He just stood there, fists clenched.

"Emmett, what the hell? I told you it was a joke before the wedding. And you're actually going through with this?"

Emmett shrugged. "Looks that way."

Then he laughed, lazy and cool, sliding an arm around my waist.

"She's right. Thanks to you, I got lucky and married an amazing woman."

He leaned in, voice slow and sharp. "What's not yours was never yours. But don't stress, bro—I'll take care of everything you couldn't hold on to."

Malcolm lost it. Threw a punch.

Lumi screamed.

I watched them scuffle for a second, then raised my hand—security knew what to do.

Malcolm got dragged off, still glaring at me.

Under a flood of gasps and whispers, Emmett and I turned to each other.

We said our vows.

The priest smiled.

"You are now husband and wife."

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After years of sacrificing his health and personal life to build his wife's family business into a billionaire empire, the protagonist reaches his breaking point. While he lay hospitalized from exhaustion, his wife was enjoying the company of her childhood sweetheart. Realizing his efforts were unappreciated, he finally presents her with divorce papers to reclaim his life. However, his wife unexpectedly refuses to sign, tearing the documents apart in a desperate attempt to keep him by her side.

Billionaire Modern Romance

8.7

Ex-Husband's Return: Love After Betrayal

8.7

After three years of a cold, one-sided marriage, Clara is devastated when her billionaire husband, Julian, demands a divorce to reunite with his first love. Left with nothing but a broken heart, she disappears to rebuild her life in secret. Five years later, Clara returns as a powerful mogul, only to cross paths with Julian again. Stunned by her transformation, he realizes his mistake and tries to win her back, but Clara is no longer the woman he once discarded.

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.4

Fired By The Father Of My Child

9.4

Six years ago, Breanna was shoved into a pitch-black hotel suite by her own uncle. She was forced to endure a brutal night with a drugged stranger just to keep her grandmother's ventilator running. Nine months later, she gave birth in a cold underground clinic. But her uncle immediately snatched the crying newborn from her trembling hands, coldly announcing the baby had died. For six years, Breanna lived in agonizing grief, working as a lowly hotel cleaner just to survive. But a cruel setup threw her directly into the path of Elliot Finch, the arrogant billionaire from that dark night. He did not recognize the woman whose life he had completely ruined. Instead, he looked at her like she was rotting garbage, had his guards drag her into a wet alley, and mercilessly got her fired. "If I ever see your face again, I will make sure you cannot get a job cleaning toilets." Breanna was suffocating from the injustice, stripped of her dignity and her family's only lifeline. Yet, when she instinctively protected a traumatized little boy from bullies, she discovered he was Elliot's son. The boy clung to her neck, crying and desperately begging his father to let her stay. But Elliot just threw a massive check at her chest, violently accusing her of brainwashing a sick child for a meal ticket. Looking at the toxic disgust in his eyes, something inside Breanna finally broke. She picked up the check, ripped the millions into tiny shreds, and let them rain down on his expensive shoes. "Keep your dirty money." She turned her back on the crying boy and the stunned billionaire, deciding she would no longer be their victim.

Billionaire Modern

9.7

He Went to Hell for Me, But I Let Him Go

9.7

Celia Quinn sits alone in the silence of an empty villa, waiting for a husband who no longer seems to care. When Lucas Shaw finally arrives, there is no warmth in his homecoming. Instead, he metes out cold indifference, immediately questioning why Celia persisted in calling him. His concern lies elsewhere, focused entirely on Yvonne's sudden fever. This modern novel captures the painful friction and emotional distance growing within a billionaire's broken marriage.

Billionaire Modern Romance

8.6

Take My Fiancé, I Take The Empire

8.6

Eleanor Sinclair always knew her stepmother and stepsister were leeches, but she never expected their betrayal to reach into her private study. In the dead of night, she caught the family's trusted nanny of twelve years photographing confidential trust documents. The mastermind paying her off was Lillian, Eleanor's stepmother, who had been secretly embezzling estate funds and bribing tutors to deliberately ruin the academic future of Eleanor's younger brother, the only legitimate heir. Emboldened by their deceit, the parasites grew arrogant. Her stepsister, Isabelle, deliberately flaunted her secret affair with Eleanor’s billionaire fiancé, sobbing fake tears while waiting for Eleanor to suffer a humiliating nervous breakdown. When the tension finally peaked, Lillian played the victim so perfectly that Eleanor's own father, a powerful U.S. Senator, stormed into the room with a raised hand, ready to strike his own daughter. "You will apologize to your stepsister immediately! I will not have this family harmony destroyed by your petty jealousy!" They actually expected her to be a weeping, heartbroken girl. They thought cheap hotel affairs and stolen pennies could outsmart the true Sinclair bloodline. Did they really believe a few fake tears and a weak-willed father could strip her of her empire? Eleanor didn't feel anger; she felt the cold, detached fascination of a biologist observing doomed insects. She calmly pulled out the forensic audits, locked down the estate's exits, and prepared her stepmother's psychiatric commitment papers. The merciless purge of her family had officially begun.

Billionaire Modern Romance

7.8

The Billionaire Refuses To Divorce Me

7.8

Iris Weaver works as a quiet surgeon at St. Jude's, concealing two identities: heir to a medical dynasty and the underground legend known as "Nil." Her cover cracks when she's forced to treat actress Kelsey Mcknight—and finds billionaire Adler Pope, her estranged husband of four years, at the bedside. Their marriage has existed only on paper, yet Adler refuses to sign the divorce papers. He traps her, rages, and even fakes a heart condition to corner her. As his obsession turns dangerous, Iris stops hiding. With her elite Zurich team inbound, the legendary Nil prepares to show him exactly who holds the scalpel.

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