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 6
Raven
"Fuck!" I cursed again,stumbling blindly through the dark. I just wanted to find my way out of here.
After what felt like eternity,my fingers finally brushed the door knob.
" Thank Goodness." I gasped as the door opened and I stepped outside .
Killian can't order me around. I won't sit still while another woman tries to take what's mine.
One way or another , I'll get home to Viktor and see for myself what the fuck Holly is doing in my house.
I can't see a damn thing and it's driving me insane. I don't even know what time it was but judging by how cold it was ,it should be maybe 11pm or 12.
I slipped my hands inside my pockets and brought out my phone. I kept tapping on the screen,praying to God that I hit the right place.
If only I can call Julie to get some help . I kept tapping on the screen,my hands trembling as my eyes watered.
Being blind sucks.
" Umm.... Ma'am are you okay?" I heard a voice say beside me. I was too busy drowning in self pity to hear the footsteps approaching.
"Help me please....I can't see. I'm trying to call someone." I gasped, relief flooding my chest.
" Oh...sure I can help." The lady responded.
" The name is Julie ... .Can you please take me outside?"I asked as I handed the phone to her.
" Yeah....come with me." She grabbed my hands gently and guided me.
The phone started ringing and the lady handed it over to me. I pressed it against my ears as I walked slowly ,careful not to fall.
Julie picked up on the third ring," Hello,Ma'am...."
" Julie, you have to come pick me up right now!" I stuttered. I heard a ding,indicating that we probably entered the elevator.
"Oh.....but it's almost eleven." She replied,her voice sounding like she had just woken up.
I turned to face the nice stranger,not even sure if I was facing the right direction." Can you give me the address of this building, please?"
She replied as she let go of my hand for a brief second and then held it back. "The Whitmore Residences, 1120 Park Avenue."
I repeated the address over the phone and I heard Julie sigh." It's actually late Ma'am. And it's a two hour drive back home,are you sure you want to do this?"
I gritted my teeth." Come pick me up Julie!" I can't breathe knowing Holly is with him.
The cool night breeze hit me as the door opened." Thank you so much."
" You're welcome, make sure to leave soon...it's quite dangerous out here by this time of the night." She stated and I whispered another thank you.
I waited , praying that Killian doesn't show up to stop me.
I waited till my feet began to hurt and soon I heard the roaring of an engine some meters away." Ma'am..." I heard Julie call and I can't help but feel relieved.
I told her about the hospital accident and what Viktor said as she guided me into the car and we hit the road.
" The moment we get home,I want you to be as quiet as possible. I don't want to wake the kids up. " I explained to her as I leaned in on the window.
The drive was long but we got there. Julie had parked the car a block away from my house so the roaring of the engine wouldn't cause too much noise. She led me past the gate and towards the front door.
It was locked but Julie had her own keys so we were able to open it. The living room was quiet at first until I started hearing sounds from upstairs.
" I'll go get Mr Markov." Julie said.
I only nodded as my heart tugged in my chest and pounded violently. The sounds continued,moans echoing all the way from upstairs.
I clenched my fists tightly to stop them from trembling. I wanted to go upstairs,to see what the fuck was causing those sounds even when I already knew.
Some minutes later,the sounds stopped and Julie came back." He's coming downstairs Ma'am."
" What did you see?" I grunted.
" Ma'am,he's coming already ."
" Julie!" I snapped." What did you see?"
" Nothing,I wouldn't dare open the door. I only knocked and they .....he opened it."
"They?" I forced out a breath.
" Yes ma'am,he was with the kid's biological mother."
I was about to ask another question when I heard footsteps rushing down the stairs . " Rave! What are you doing here by this time?"
You know why this hurts even more?
It's because I can't see a damn thing. I can't read his facial expression or see if she's standing beside me.
"What's going on , Viktor?" I said ,trying to mask my emotions.
" What's going on?" He scoffed," I should be asking you that.Shouldn't you be at the hospital or something?"
"This is my home ,you don't have the right to question why I am here!" I sneered.
I felt his presence draw closer and slight movement in front of my face but I couldn't make out the image." How many fingers am I holding up?"
I shook my head." I don't know."
I don't know if I was wrong but the sound that came out from his mouth sounded like a snicker." You have to get yourself treated plus your internship is on the line. This is the third year,you can't let another year go to waste."
My jaw twitched ,he said it like those wasted years were my fault. I worked hard,I spent sleepless nights studying but in the end I failed every entrance exam.
"Where's Holly ?" I asked instead.
" You didn't have to bring Julie back or come here yourself,Maya is being taken care of." He says instead.
I turned to my side."Julie ... .take me upstairs!"
I felt him grip my hand the next second,stopping me from moving." Hey.....stop it.I already told you that Holly is here because Maya's sick."
I slapped his hands off." Julie is here now,so she can leave!"
" Rave...."
I finally snapped." It's either she leaves or I take my kids and leave! Make your choice !"
He turned silent for a couple of seconds."Fine!"
I heard his footsteps leaving and then after a minute he came back with her. Her unfamiliar scent filled my nostrils and I held back the urge to curse at her.
" I apologise, Raven. I only wanted to check up on Maya." Her sly voice rang in my ears.
Fucking bitch ! I know her type and over my dead body will I let her take what's mine." This is the last warning I'm giving you....stay away from my house,my kids and my husband.The next time I won't be this lenient"
She didn't say anything in return but I heard the door shut." Take me to the bedroom, Julie."
I'm not going back to my dorm tonight. Tomorrow I'll decide how I'm going to walk through my internship blind. I'm not wasting another year.
Viktor's voice roared behind me." Are you satisfied now? Throwing a helpless woman out in the middle of the night!"
"Helpless?" I spat. "I'm blind, Viktor! I'm the one helpless,and you're worried about her?"I yelled ,my fingers tightened into fists.
He was quiet at first and I was about to continue walking upstairs when he spoke." I'm sorry."
He came up behind me and held my hand,pushing Julie aside." I should have come to pick you up. I had a lot of things on my mind,the kids ,work ,and then Maya got sick."
I faked a smile as Killian's words rang in my head.'If he loved you,he would have come running down immediately'
He's making excuses again." Yeah...." My voice was a low whisper.
He slide his hands around me from behind." I love you Raven...always."
I was breaking again even though the doubt had been there all along. It's just so hard to accept that Viktor would let Holly come back.
I had witnessed how much she broke him. I had held him when he cried in my arms the day Holly left him with the twins.
I stayed with him,comforted him and healed him. So right now, I just hope I'm not proving Killian right.
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9.6
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But moments later, a security alert shattered everything: data breach traced to Haylie's terminal. Chester's fury exploded. He saw her brush past a Logan Group rival on footage and dumped her in the rain, firing her as a corporate spy.
Bryan answered her desperate call with ice: "It's over." Reporters swarmed her door, branding her a traitor. Arrested at the office by FBI agents, she watched smug coworker Erin wave goodbye.
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.
But a single phone call from his mistress, Lila, made Chase violently shove his way down the aisle and sprint out of the hotel.
He left Harper to face the flashing cameras and the mockery of hundreds of guests.
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."
When Harper rushed to the hospital, Chase blamed her for Lila's theatrical, fake miscarriage.
He threatened to pull every cent of capital from Harper's investment firm if she dared to walk away.
The Young family then used the media to frame Harper, turning her into a public pariah who viciously "killed" an unborn child.
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.
Discovering that Antoni was actually her best friend's older brother, a dangerous smile spread across Harper's face.
She picked up his gold-lettered business card.
She was done being the victim; she was going to use the wolf of Wall Street to crush her ex-husband.
7.9
Eileen Goff was a nobody, scrubbing diner tables to survive while her greedy family bled her dry.
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.
At their first high-society gala, Harrison's stepmother and the fiancée locked Eileen in an empty room, plotting to humiliate her and prove she was just cheap trash.
Eileen was terrified and confused. Men like Harrison Butler didn't just accept federal matches with girls who smelled like fried onions.
But instead of abandoning her, Harrison smashed the door open, publicly banished his own family, and kissed her in front of the entire city's elite.
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.
He didn't love her; he just needed a powerless, state-mandated wife to lock his parasitic family out of his empire.
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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Emily's life was already planned-obedient daughter, perfect fiancée, quiet future.
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One night changes everything.
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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.
And she had just executed the most pathetic plot in the book: hiding in the closet to seduce her cold, ruthless legal guardian, Hayward.
It was the exact move that got the original Helena thrown out on the street to die.
"Helena, your time is up. Get out."
Hayward's freezing voice came from the other side of the door.
He didn't just reject her. He threatened to strip her of her trust fund and permanently lock her in a psychiatric ward.
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.
At the same time, her innocent step-sister, the novel's female lead, was being cornered and harassed by a predatory manager.
Helena was suffocating under the original owner's ruined reputation.
She was surrounded by hostile eyes, everyone just waiting for her to throw a tantrum and completely self-destruct.
Why should she be forced to pay the ultimate price for the original villain's deadly mistakes?
Instead of screaming or begging, Helena wrapped herself in an oversized coat and played the perfect, submissive lunatic to survive.
She completely flipped the script and took the terrified female lead under her wing.
When that manager tried to lay a hand on her new sister, Helena didn't hesitate to crush his foot with her stiletto.