He Helped Me Fail 99 Times

After an explosion claims her parents and their legacy, Emma is left with nothing but untapped patents. Billionaire Alex Ross steps in as her savior and husband, yet five years later, the truth emerges. Emma discovers Alex has intentionally sabotaged ninety-nine of her business filings to steal her intellectual property for his former flame, Lily. Caught in a web of corporate theft and cold-blooded revenge against his own father, Emma realizes her marriage was merely a trap to strip her of her brilliance.

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I opened the door and just stood there.

Right on the wall: a giant oil painting. Chestnut hair. Green eyes. Lily.

The frame was worn—like someone kept touching it.

The shelves? Packed with framed photos. All her.

So every time he said he had "urgent work" in here... he was just "mourning" his ex.

In the center sat a small safe. I typed in Lily's birthday. Click.

No cash. No jewelry. Just piles of printed emails.

My hands shook as I flipped through them. All from her:

[Alex, got the stent design. It's perfect.]

[The valve idea is brilliant. Thank you, love.]

[Patent #73 approved! Love you!]

He stole everything—my work, my research—and I fell for the whole act.

At the bottom, an unsent draft:

[Dear Lily, once patent #100 is yours, I'll propose. Legally, I'm married, but my heart's always been yours. I'll give you that dream wedding. Love you forever, Alex.]

My hands wouldn't stop shaking.

Five years ago, Alex said a big wedding felt "off" after my parents died. So we hit the County Clerk's office. No ring. No honeymoon. No nothing.

I let out a cold smile and snapped pics of everything.

These emails didn't just prove he betrayed me—they nailed Lily for stealing my work, too.

I put everything back exactly how I found it, shut the door, and made the call.

"Ms. Ellington, have you made your decision?"

"Yes. I'll transfer all the technical data to your team. But the release timing? That's mine to call."

"Of course. We'll follow your lead."

I'd just hung up when Alex's voice cut in behind me.

"Emma? Who were you talking to?"

My heart jumped. He was standing at the top of the stairs.

"Oh, just someone from the lab." I kept it light.

He walked over, wrapped his arms around me. "That dinner ended early."

My skin crawled.

Then he said, "Emma, let's have a baby."

Every muscle in me locked up.

"It's been five years. It's time," he added, eyes soft, voice sweet and fake. "Let's start tonight."

I faked a smile. "I... I need to finish something first."

"You've got all weekend." He grabbed my hand, started leading me upstairs. "But we shouldn't wait too long."

Every time I started pulling away, he dangled the dream—family, babies, everything I used to want. Like a leash.

"I just remembered—I left the incubator on at the lab." I jerked my hand free. "Gotta check it."

"Now? It's ten o'clock."

"Cell cultures don't care what time it is." I grabbed my bag. "I won't be long."

I was out the door before he could say a word.

I drove to a hotel downtown and spent the night staring out the window.

By sunrise, the divorce papers were drafted. I booked a one-way to Switzerland. Three days.

Alex's family ran half of New York. If I lit the match now, I'd lose.

But in three days, Lily was dropping her 100th patent at the global medical summit.

And with the whole world watching, their lies didn't stand a chance.

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8.9

Destroyer of the Dao

8.9

The Divine Dao has manipulated the universe for eons, enforcing cycles of rebirth and ruin to prevent a prophesied threat. This celestial tyranny ignores the lives of trillions, all to stop a single man from the lower realm. Jhi Chen is that man. Armed with a blade capable of piercing the heavens and splitting the earth, he declares war on the heavens. Whether facing gods, demons, or the Dao itself, Jhi Chen vows to bring justice to all living beings by destroying the very fabric of the established order.

Action Adventure Fantasy

8.1

He Called Off Our Forever

8.1

Tonight, my boyfriend of seven years, Benjamin Kane, was supposed to propose. Our future was a perfect picture, planned down to the last detail. But a single phone call shattered it all. A mysterious voice convinced him I was a gold digger who would ruin him, and that another woman, Jenna Christian, was his true soulmate. He called off our engagement on the spot. That was only the beginning of my nightmare. I was stalked by a man obsessed with Jenna, a confrontation that ended with me falling from a rooftop and shattering my arm. Then, I was kidnapped by a shady agency, trapped by a contract Jenna had signed in my name. I was living the horrific fate that was meant for her. Benjamin, the man who promised me forever, abandoned me to suffer while defending the very woman who orchestrated my torment. Lying in a hospital bed, I received an acceptance letter for a design scholarship in Paris. It was my only escape. I took it, leaving behind the man who broke me and the life he destroyed.

Action Modern Romance

8.9

HOW TO TRAP A MAFIA BOSS

8.9

In the dangerous underworld of organized crime, a cunning protagonist embarks on a high-stakes mission to ensnare a powerful mafia leader. This intense romantic action story follows a calculated game of deception where every move could be fatal. As the pursuit intensifies, the lines between the hunter and the prey blur, leading to a volatile collision of passion and betrayal. Survival depends on wit in this gripping tale of love and power.

Action Mafia Romance

9.2

Just A Placeholder: Dying For His Mistress

9.2

I stood on the tarmac clutching white magnolias, watching the man I loved hand his loyalty to the woman born to destroy me. Dante Cavallaro, the Ruthless Underboss, didn't just leave me for Sofia Moretti. He revealed that for two years, I wasn't his lover. I was a human shield. The heavy iron bangle he forced me to wear wasn't a gift for my protection. "It's a Malocchio anchor," he sneered as I lay paralyzed on the floor. "It drains the wearer's luck to keep Sofia healthy. You are just the filter." My body began to rot from the inside out, my nerves dying one by one. When I was finally on my deathbed, unable to move or speak, Dante didn't cry for me. He cried because his tool was broken. He forced the cursed bangle onto his own wrist, begging the universe to keep me alive so I could continue to suffer in Sofia's place. "Please," he sobbed into my sheets. "Don't leave me alone with the bad luck." I used my last breath to make a wish—not for him, but for my freedom. I closed my eyes and died. Exactly one hour later, Dante's phone rang. It was his father. "Sofia just collapsed," he said. "Her heart just stopped." I was the vessel. And now that I was gone, the poison had come home to the King.

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Just A Vessel: The Surrogate's Escape

7.2

I went to the bank to set up a trust fund for my twins, only to have the manager look at me with pity. "Mrs. Dunlap, the trust requires the *biological* mother's signature." I froze. I *was* their mother. Or so I thought. That day, I learned my husband, the most powerful Mafia Don on the coast, had used his ex-lover’s frozen eggs. For six years, I wasn't his wife. I was just the incubator. When his "true love," Iliana, returned from exile, my life disintegrated. My children, poisoned by her lies, pushed me down the stairs and called me "just the nanny." Gavyn didn't help me up. He stepped over my bleeding body to take his "real family" out for ice cream. But the ultimate betrayal happened on a windswept cliff. Staged by Iliana, we were both tied up, allegedly rigged to explode. Forced to choose who to save, Gavyn didn't hesitate. He cut Iliana loose. "You did this to yourself, Alex," he said, driving away with the children, leaving me to die. He thought he was leaving behind a corpse. He didn't know I had skimmed ten million dollars from the household accounts. "Cut me loose," I told the hitman, transferring the money. "And tell him the ocean took me." Two years later, the Don is on his knees in my garden, begging for a second chance. Too bad he has to get through my new fiancé first—the head of the rival cartel.

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He Helped Me Fail 99 Times

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