Craved By My Husband's Brother
Raven Lopez, the estranged heiress of a powerful family, sacrifices her fortune and her pride to save her husband Viktor's collapsing empire.
She raises his children as her own and builds his success from the ground up only for his former lover to return and her world to fall apart.
Blinded in a hospital accident and abandoned by the man she gave everything to, Raven is forced to depend on an arrogant doctor, Killian....the one man she should never trust. As she regains her sight, she uncovers shattering truths.
Her amnesia, her failed marriage, and even her blindness were all part of a twisted plan set in motion by the two brothers who claimed to love her or rather three brothers.
The last brother had always been a mystery,lurking in the dark and waiting for her to be most vulnerable before he possesses her. Now that she's been divorce,he returns to claim what has always been his.
One brother wanted her wealth. One wanted to own her completely. One loved her, but broke her first to make her his.
Torn between three brothers,Raven must submit to one of them or they all ruin her.
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WARNING ⚠️ ?
For the girls that take interest in books with trigger warnings,May God help us. :-)
This book is not for the faint of heart. It's dark,contains stalking,forced proximity,sexual situations (quite a lot),violence , kidnapping, gory scenes,non/dub con, manipulation etc
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Chapter 2
Raven
" Rave wait....where are you going." Viktor yelled as he ran after me.
I was blinking rapidly to stop the tears from flowing. I wasn't mistaken when I heard a woman's voice over the phone yesterday.
He caught up to me and grabbed my wrist." Rave...please . She just came to see the twins,I can't deny that."
I halted and he came to stand in front of me." Look.....I know you're mad but you have to understand."
I wanted to laugh." How long has she been here and why didn't you tell me?" My jaw tightened as I waited for his answer.
He ran a hand through his hair." She called this morning,and I gave her our address."
I scoffed,I wanted to believe what he's saying but I felt uneasy inside." She suddenly called after five years?" I raised a brow as I stared at him.
He took a step towards me." Do you really think that I'll let her back into my life? After she left me without a word. You're my wife Raven and I love you. Nothing can ever change that, not even her. She's here because she begged me to let her see the twins."
My lips trembled as my eyes watered. I had loved Viktor even when he was still dating Holly and when she got pregnant. I was just a bystander ,watching from afar as they planned to start a life together. I called it fate when she suddenly disappeared after giving birth ,leaving the babies behind.
So I stepped into his life and filled in her space . We've been happy since but now her sudden reappearance was threatening.
He pulled me in for a hug and placed a kiss on my cheek."Chill out , okay . She'll be gone by the afternoon."
I sniffed back the tears that threatened to fall. " I know they are her biological children but I took custody of them a long time ago so let this be the last time she'll ever come here. "I told him, making sure he could read the seriousness in my tone.
I'm going to protect my family because I know the kind of woman Holly was.
He only nodded as we broke apart." Promise me !"
He smiled." I promise ,this will be the last."
I calmed down after that,just a little bit but there was still this lingering uneasiness in my bones. It should go away after some time.
Holly came down stairs ,hand in hand with my daughter's." I didn't mean to intrude ,Raven. I just wanted to see my daughters." She gave me a warm smile.
I didn't return it."Yeah and this would be the last. You can leave now" I pointed towards the door,my expression blank.
I heard Viktor sigh beside me and I noticed how she made a lingering eye contact with my husband.
She remained rooted in place and then opened her mouth to speak."I wanted to make some arrangements on-"
" No" I cut her off . I knew what she was going to say." Leave!"
She shifted on her feet and then her eyes landed on Viktor again. I don't get why she was making eye contact with him. From the corner of my eyes ,I glanced at him.
I'm not stupid, I knew they were talking through their eyes." Leave!" I repeated, finally snapping.
She flinched. " I just wanted to get to see them at least once a week, they are my children."
My jaw ticked in annoyance. I stepped towards her and slapped her hands off my daughter's." So now they are your children? Because from what I remember ,you abandoned them in the hospital because you didn't want to have ties with a broken man!" I yelled in her face.
I watched as her facial muscles twisted in anger and a satisfied feeling washed over me." You can't come here and start claiming them as yours...."
"Raven stop...." Viktor stepped forward.
"No ...let me speak ,Viktor!" I countered." She obviously doesn't know her place."
Holly had her fingers curled up in a fists,and I scoffed. Was she going to punch me?
" get out of my house and don't ever show your face here again." I gnarled .
" She said just once a week,Rave." Viktor interjected and I turned to face him.
" Are you serious,right now?" I sneered,my nostrils flaring. Did he just forget the promise he made roughly thirty seconds ago
He didn't answer me but instead walked towards Holly." Please leave for now. I'll talk with her." He muttered,placing his hands on her shoulders. Their gazes lingered a little longer than they should,I gritted my teeth.
For now? And that hand placement ?
I was fuming as she bent to one knee and placed a kiss on the twins temple,giving them a hug before finally leaving.
She glanced at me one last time before she shut the door.
" Daddy,when is she coming back?" Maya asked ,looking up to Viktor.
He ruffled her hair." Soon,now go to your rooms."
I closed my eyes,saying a brief prayer to calm myself down. As soon as the twins were out of earshot,he turned to face me.
" Soon?" I raised a brow as I let out a mocking laughter.
" Just Fridays,two hours." He stated.
I shook my head."No...I refuse."
I walked past him but he grabbed my wrist." Rave,put yourself in her shoes. Yes,she made a mistake but she wants to make it up to her children. She asked for just one day, I'm not even home on Fridays so she's going to be with Julie and the kids if you're worried about us being together."
He was right,Fridays are for staff meetings at the company. He won't be around till almost midnight but still;I don't want her anywhere near my family especially since I would be two hours drive away from home.
I can't put myself in her shoes because I can never abandon my kids or even the father just because he was going through a rough patch at that time.
" Please....not for her but the kids. They at least deserve to know their real mother." He continued,spooning me from behind.
The anger I had melted as his warmth engulfed me." Then what about me?"
He placed a kiss on my nape." You'll forever be the mother of my kids and my wife but let's have pity and give Holly a chance to own up to her mistakes."
I contemplated even as the uneasiness in my bones grew but I'm also a woman with a heart. I took a deep breath." Just two hours,nothing more."
His hands tightened around me." This is why I love you. I promise nothing more."
He snuggled against my neck and I forced a smile. I feel like I just made a grave mistake but I could only hope that I was wrong.
I love Viktor and he loves me.
That's all that matters ,right?
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9.6
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Thrown in a cell, chained and grilled with fake evidence—offshore accounts in her name—Haylie learned the worst: charges now included her sick father, Ernest, framed for laundering the leak money. Plead guilty or he dies in prison.
Innocent and raging, she couldn't fathom who planted it all—the gala bump, the logs, the forgeries. Why her? Who hated her enough to destroy her life?
Chester burst in, posting unlimited bail but forcing her signature on a slave contract: live in his penthouse, serve him 24/7. As she collapsed in his arms, trapped in his gilded cage, Haylie vowed silently—she'd uncover the real traitor and make them pay.
7.6
The harsh glare of the spotlight hit Harper's custom wedding dress as she smiled at her groom.
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Her mother-in-law dragged her into a hallway and slapped her hard across the face.
"You cannot even keep your own man in the room. You are making a mockery of this family."
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Mobbed by ruthless paparazzi, Harper was pushed into the freezing rain, her knees bleeding on the concrete.
She couldn't accept that her entire life and career were being destroyed by a mistress's pathetic lie.
When Chase later tried to buy her silence with a pink diamond—the exact same one he had just gifted Lila—her remaining love turned to absolute ice.
But fate intervened when she was rescued from the mob by Antoni Donovan, the most ruthless billionaire on Wall Street and her biggest corporate rival.
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She picked up his gold-lettered business card.
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7.9
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On the eve of her twentieth birthday, the government's mandatory marriage algorithm matched her with a spouse.
It wasn't a plumber or a teacher. It was Harrison Butler, the ruthless, untouchable billionaire king of Butler Industries.
At the registry, Harrison's glamorous intended fiancée threw a half-million-dollar check at her.
"Take the money, get out of here, and never show your face again."
The registry supervisor even offered her a million dollars to sign a cancellation agreement, trying to erase her from the system.
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Eileen was terrified and confused. Men like Harrison Butler didn't just accept federal matches with girls who smelled like fried onions.
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Why was this billionaire going to such extreme lengths to protect a complete stranger?
Then she overheard his assistant talking about a marriage clause in his grandfather's trust fund.
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Realizing she was a highly valuable pawn, Eileen stopped trembling, looked the billionaire in the eye, and spoke.
"I believe we can have more than just a legal relationship. We can have a business arrangement."
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7.4
Helena woke up in a sheer silk slip, trapped inside the romance novel she had read the night before.
She was the doomed villainess.
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Hayward's freezing voice came from the other side of the door.
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Everyone in the massive estate despised her, treating her like trash.
To force her to break, Hayward exiled her to the company's worst design department, a graveyard for corporate failures.
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