Once the Love Was Dead

When a scandalous video with her husband's rival plays at her wedding, the bride expects chaos. Instead, Donovan calmly finishes the ceremony, only to immediately cast her aside for her stepsister, Blair. For three agonizing years, the pair flaunts their bond, making her the laughingstock of New York. Despite the public humiliation, she tries to win him back—until a devastating miscarriage shatters her world. With her child gone and her love dead, she finally walks away.

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Blair melted into Donovan's embrace, flashing me a sickly sweet, triumphant smile.

"Juliet has always been so bold. Donovan, this gift is perfect for her."

"But since you've been with me, you haven't laid a finger on her. It's no wonder she's so desperate and pathetic, the poor sexually starved thing."

"I'm not a petty woman. She is your wife in name, after all. Why don't you find a day to satisfy her? Otherwise, with you tormenting me all the time, my body can barely handle your intense demands."

At her words, Donovan's gaze on me instantly curdled with disgust.

"Touch her? The thought makes me want to puke."

He turned and affectionately nuzzled Blair's nose.

"Baby, I only like pure, self-respecting women like you. After the gala, I'll buy you that new yacht."

Watching their sickeningly sweet display, I closed my eyes as tears streamed down my face, finally consumed by a profound despair.

"Donovan," I said, my voice slow and hollow, "let's get a divorce."

Hearing this, Donovan glanced at me and burst out laughing.

"Juliet, what right do you have to ask for a divorce?"

He rose, leaning over me to savor the pain on my face. He swiped a tear from my cheek with his thumb, the touch rough and dismissive.

"Have you forgotten our prenup? You'll get nothing if you leave me. I plan to torture you for a lifetime, Juliet. This is just the beginning."

"As long as I say no, you can forget about a divorce. Not in this lifetime."

And so, to punish me for my "disobedience," Donovan gave Blair an access card to our penthouse.

The living room, the kitchen, the study, the walk-in closet.

Everywhere I had been, the next day I would find traces of their intimacy deliberately left behind.

I started suffering from insomnia, spending night after night wide awake. I began seeing a therapist and taking various anti-anxiety medications.

Until one day, Blair burst into my room, holding a tablet.

"Juliet, I can't believe after all these years, you're still so useless."

"Seeing you live like a dog every day… even I, your dear little sister, am starting to feel sorry for you."

"Fine, I'll be merciful and let you die knowing the truth! I was the one who drugged you and Jasper."

On the tablet she was holding, a surveillance video clearly showed her pouring a white powder into my drink.

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For thirteen years, I worked myself to the bone for my boyfriend, Angel. We were just $500 shy of our $100,000 goal for a house and a wedding. Then came the frantic late-night call. His aunt needed $50,000 for life-saving surgery. I sent our entire life savings without a second thought. But when I fell and injured myself rushing to the hospital, he told me he was busy and hung up. I found him there, not in an ER, but in a private wing, coddling his influencer mistress over her sprained ankle. My money was for her. He wasn't a struggling artist; he was a secret millionaire who'd used me as his personal ATM for over a decade. When I confronted him, he leaked my private photos to the world, painting me as an unstable ex to protect his new life. He left me broke, humiliated, and physically injured on the street. He thought he had won. But he forgot who I was. I picked up the phone and called my mother, the CEO of Mayli Tech. "Mom," I said, my voice steady. "I'm ready to take you up on that offer."

Billionaire Modern Romance

7.2

He Killed Love, She Killed His Empire

7.2

I was securing the diamond clasp of my necklace when the security monitor blinked to life, revealing my husband burying his face between his assistant's thighs. Just an hour later, Dante Moretti stood by my side at the Gala, playing the part of the devoted Capo, while his mistress smirked at me from across the room in a dress that screamed for attention. I wanted to leave. I had packed my bags, ready to disappear. But then the doctor told me the news: I was six weeks pregnant with the Vitiello-Moretti heir. I thought the baby might save us. I thought it would stop the madness. I was wrong. When his mistress accused me of betrayal to cover her own tracks, Dante didn't listen to his wife. He listened to the woman warming his bed. In a blind rage, the man who swore to protect me struck me down. I felt the sharp, tearing pain in my abdomen before I even hit the stone floor. As blood stained my pristine white dress, I realized he hadn't just broken his vows. He had killed our unborn son. So, when the opportunity came to detonate the gas line and fake my own death, I didn't hesitate. I let the world believe Seraphina Moretti died in that explosion. Ten years later, I returned to a city that thought I was a ghost. I dismantled his supply lines, froze his assets, and watched his empire crumble piece by piece. And when he was finally on his knees in the rain, broken and destitute, I stepped out of the shadows. I didn't come back for his money. I came back to hand him the ultrasound photo of the child he murdered. "Hello, Dante."

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.6

My Ex’s Jealousy and My Six Perfect Kids

9.6

Once scorned and divorced by her ex-husband over her alleged infertility, Elara Vance shocks everyone three years later by becoming a mother to six children, supposedly from different fathers. While her furious ex-husband fumes with jealousy and envious acquaintances plot to expose her supposed scandalous lifestyle, Elara's fiercely loyal kids unite to defend her. This modern romance novel follows a mother's battle against malicious gossip to protect her family.

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8.6

My Husband’s Mistress Visited Our Home

8.6

Lainey thought marrying billionaire Aries Wilson would rescue her family, but she was merely a tool for his revenge. Falling for him despite his cruelty, she was ultimately forced to flee abroad, pregnant and shattered. Now a celebrated pianist, her return to the spotlight brings her face-to-face with her past. The arrogant CEO who once discarded her is now desperate to reclaim the only woman he ever truly desired, sparking a high-tension pursuit of forbidden longing and second chances.

Billionaire Modern Romance

7.1

Sweet Revenge: Marrying My Ex's Ruthless Nemesis

7.1

I worked eighty-hour weeks on Wall Street just to keep my sick brother alive, enduring endless humiliation from the wealthy family that adopted us. But when I went to surprise my boyfriend of three years, I found him kissing my spoiled adoptive sister, Tatum. They were celebrating their engagement to merge their powerful families. To keep me quiet, my adoptive mother, Eleanor, threatened to freeze my brother's medical trust fund unless I attended the party to play the supportive sister. Instead, I discovered Eleanor had been embezzling from my brother's life-saving fund to cover her own bad investments. The nightmare worsened when a drunken Ryder cornered me in my apartment stairwell. "Once I marry Tatum, Eleanor is giving me control of Liam's trust fund to buy out my father's board members." He planned to drain my brother's medical money, dump Tatum, and keep me as his mistress. For a decade, I suffered their abuse hoping for a shred of decency, only to realize they were plotting to leave my brother to die on the streets for corporate greed. Calling the police wouldn't stop these billionaires. I needed absolute power. Remembering the dark, predatory gaze of Jaren Jarvis—the ruthless billionaire who had watched me fight back at the party—I canceled my call to 911. If they wanted to destroy my only family, I was going to use the devil himself to crush theirs.

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9.2

The Billionaire’s Regret

9.2

Alessa once believed her devotion could sustain a loveless marriage, but her world collapses when her husband’s former flame reappears carrying the Hart family heir. Brutally discarded and humiliated by her in-laws, Alessa signs the divorce papers and vanishes into exile. Six years later, she resurfaces in the city as a self-made billionaire with a cold heart. As she initiates her plan for revenge, her ex-husband finds himself desperately chasing the woman he once threw away.

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