Stepbrother's Dangerous Obsession

I lost my hearing three years ago due to an accident. Over these three years, my husband has taken meticulous care of me, and my best friend has been extremely considerate. She often comes to my place to help me deal with work. I often think that having such a wonderful husband and a caring best friend is the greatest happiness in my life. However, one day, I was shocked to find them passionately kissing behind my back! I've made up my mind. They will surely pay for what they've done!

He is power, control, and consequence. She is everything he never planned for. Lucien Blackwell rules his world through silence and precision, dismantling threats before they speak his name. When betrayal from his own family forces him to tighten his grip, the last thing he expects is her-a florist whose calm presence unsettles him more than any enemy ever has. As unseen eyes close in and his shadow stretches across her life, she refuses to be protected through ignorance or distance. Instead, she chooses awareness, agency, and a place beside the danger. Because some things don't survive darkness. They bloom within it. Blooming Under His Shadow is a slow-burn romantic suspense about power, choice, and the risk of loving a man whose world was never built for light.

WARNING ⚠️: This book contains sex scenes and mature contents not fit for readers below 18+. If you love steamy romances and emotional stories, this book is the one. By day, Damon follows her rules in the kitchen: chopping, kneading, burning his fingers, and surviving her sharp mouth. By night, she follows his. Damon Blackwell is a cold, dangerous billionaire who hates Christmas, women, and anything that smells like joy. Haunted by tragedy and trauma, and memories of the girl he once loved and lost, he lives like a machine: money, control, and pleasure without attachment. Then his grandparents and three ruthless brothers dare him to do the impossible: Live like a normal man for 12 days to Christmas: no staff, no luxuries, no protection, no control and no bad temper. He has to change and be easygoing with investors. Fail, and he loses the biggest business deal of his life. Indulgence is over for him. The only place Damon knows he can grab survival? A small-town Christmas cooking competition hosted by that one woman who broke his heart years ago. Merry Steele never expected to see Damon again. The man she left without a word. The man who haunted her dreams after she broke his heart back now stands in her kitchen offering a deal she can't refuse: Cook for him. Sleep with him. Pretend to be his fiancée until the end of the year. The pay is tempting. The temptation is even greater. Before Christmas, can they resist the heat, desire, and lingering love they once shared and keep it strictly business? As family obligations, enemies, and a high-profile Christmas ball close in, Damon and Merry must correct old heartbreak, passion, and dangerous feelings. Will Damon ever forgive his fuckmate? Can Merry resist the billionaire who once stole her heart... or will old flames burn hotter than ever under the snow, the lights, and the Christmas feelings?

To save her family from financial ruin, a young woman enters a cold-blooded marriage contract with the powerful billionaire President Cohen. What begins as a strictly professional arrangement to settle debts soon becomes complicated by unexpected emotions and high-stakes corporate drama. As the lines between their fake union and reality blur, she must navigate the elite world of the Cohens while discovering if her stoic husband is capable of genuine love.

After three years of a cold marriage, my billionaire husband demanded a divorce to care for his dying first love. He abandoned our life together, prioritizing his mistress's final days over our vows. Left devastated by his betrayal, I finally chose to walk away and reclaim my dignity. However, as I began to move on and find my own strength, he suddenly returned to my life, begging for a second chance. Now, I must decide if some broken hearts are meant to stay shattered.

In her past life, Lin Xia sacrificed everything for her husband, only to be betrayed and left for dead. Granted a second chance at life, she sheds her submissive persona to become a ruthless business tycoon. Now a powerful CEO, she seeks vengeance against those who wronged her while navigating the high-stakes world of billionaire elites. As she builds her empire, she must decide if there is any room left for love in her cold heart.