The Disguised Heiress And Her Obsessive Tycoon
I joined a brutal wilderness survival reality show, playing the perfect role of a pathetic, uneducated girl from a trailer park.
I needed the five million dollar prize to fund my revenge against the wealthy family that drove my father to his death.
I played everyone flawlessly. I outsmarted the arrogant contestants, ruined a corrupt restaurant owner, and secured enough food to guarantee my absolute victory.
But just as I was dominating the game, a massive black helicopter landed in our camp.
The show's new billionaire sponsor had arrived, and he immediately ordered his tactical guards to confiscate every ounce of food I had earned.
My hard-won advantage was wiped out in seconds. The other contestants cheered, pointing at my empty hands.
"Take that, you greedy bitch!"
But the real nightmare wasn't the stolen food or the sudden rule change. It was the man who stepped out of the chopper.
Glenn Ryan. The ruthless CEO from my past life as an elite heiress.
He took off his sunglasses, his dark eyes locking onto my muddy shoes and frayed flannel shirt with a terrifying, obsessive smirk.
Why was he here? Why did he instantly target me the moment I started winning?
He didn't just know my true identity.
He had bought this entire game just to hunt me down.
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Chapter 10
The sun was bleeding red across the horizon when Anabelle finally walked back into the camp.
Her backpack was light. The straps hung loosely on her shoulders.
The atmosphere in the camp was toxic.
As she dropped the bag onto her cot, every pair of eyes locked onto her. There was no more mockery. There was only raw jealousy and fear.
Kody sat in the dirt near the fire pit. He glared at her empty backpack, his jaw clenching so hard his teeth audibly ground together. He didn't dare say a word.
Camila took a tentative step forward, forcing a weak smile. "Annie... you're back. Maybe we could—"
Anabelle shot her a look so cold it physically stopped Camila in her tracks. Camila swallowed hard and backed away.
Suddenly, a loud, piercing burst of static erupted from the loudspeakers mounted on the trees around the camp.
"Emergency gathering! All contestants to the fire pit immediately!" Trey Vance's voice boomed through the speakers.
Anabelle frowned. Her thumb instinctively went to her index knuckle.
Trey Vance drove into the camp in a dust-covered Jeep. He jumped out, holding a freshly printed clipboard. He looked nervous. Sweaty.
"Listen up," Trey yelled, making sure the drone cameras were positioned perfectly. "Due to the explosive ratings of the last few hours, the network has secured a massive new title sponsor. And with new money, comes new rules."
Kody leaned forward, a desperate hope lighting up his eyes.
"Rule change number one," Trey announced. "To simulate true economic hardship, a fifty percent 'Camp Tax' is now instituted on all private transactions. You sell an egg for fifty bucks, the camp takes twenty-five."
Kody let out a loud, ugly bark of laughter. He pointed right at Anabelle. "Take that, you greedy bitch!"
Anabelle didn't react to Kody. Her mind was spinning. A camp tax? That wasn't a reality TV producer's idea. That was a corporate penalty. Someone who understood high-level economics was pulling the strings.
"Rule change number two," Trey said, his voice dropping. "The new sponsor has sent an executive overseer. He has absolute authority. He can change the rules, and he can eliminate anyone, at any time."
A low, rhythmic thumping sound echoed off the mountains.
The sound grew louder, vibrating in Anabelle's chest. The trees began to whip violently back and forth.
A massive, matte-black AgustaWestland helicopter crested the ridge. It hovered directly over the camp, kicking up a blinding storm of dirt and dead leaves.
Anabelle raised her arm, shielding her eyes from the stinging debris.
The helicopter touched down. The side door slid open.
A pair of polished, handcrafted Italian leather shoes stepped onto the mud.
Glenn Ryan stepped out of the chopper. He wore a perfectly tailored black suit, no tie, the collar of his crisp white shirt unbuttoned. Dark sunglasses shielded his eyes. He moved with the terrifying, effortless grace of an apex predator.
Six massive men in tactical gear fanned out behind him.
The sheer force of his presence sucked the oxygen out of the camp. Kody stumbled backward, his arrogance vanishing instantly.
Trey Vance practically bowed as he approached. "Everyone, this is Mr. Glenn Ryan, CEO of the Horizon Group."
Anabelle's heart stopped.
The blood drained from her face. Her lungs seized.
She stared at the tall, broad-shouldered man standing in the dirt. The memories hit her like a physical blow. The country club. The scowls. The boy who always looked angry when she was around. Mr. Grumpy. What was he doing here? A cold spike of dread shot through her veins as she tried to process his impossible presence.
Glenn reached up and slowly pulled off his sunglasses.
His deep, dark eyes swept over the terrified contestants. Then, they locked onto Anabelle.
The air between them crackled.
Glenn's lips twitched. A microscopic, almost imperceptible smirk touched the corner of his mouth.
Anabelle's breath hitched. She immediately dropped her gaze, staring hard at the mud, pretending the wind had blown dirt into her eyes. Panic clawed at her throat. He knows. He knows who I am.
Glenn turned his head away from her. He looked at Trey.
"This camp is too comfortable," Glenn said. His voice was a deep, resonant baritone that sent a shiver down Anabelle's spine. "Confiscate all their food. Every last crumb."
"What?!" Kody screamed.
The tactical guards moved instantly, storming the cots. One of them grabbed Anabelle's bag, rifling through it before tossing it aside with nothing to confiscate.
Kody's hidden snacks were found and dumped into the black bin. Camila's emergency rations were seized. Diego's stash of protein bars was taken.
Anabelle's hands relaxed at her sides. She had nothing to lose. The game had just reset, and she was starting from zero.
Glenn looked back at Anabelle, his eyes burning with a dark, intense challenge.
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The only thing more dangerous than the game is the man guarding the crease.
Lyon Navarro has spent his entire career tearing down the San Diego Stormbreakers. As the city's most ruthless journalist, he's made an art form out of exposing the Alphas' volatile tempers and their scandalous lives off the rink. He's the man they love to hate-until a desperate management team offers him the biggest paycheck of his life to fix their image.
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Rafael Stone, the team's intense, iron-willed captain, has made one thing clear: if Lyon wants to manage the pack, he's going to have to survive them. But between the locker room tension, the high-stakes pressure of the season, and the way the pack's gazes feel like a physical brand on his skin, Lyon realizes he's no longer just reporting the story-he's the one being hunted.
In a world of adrenaline, cold ice, and raw, lupine desire, Lyon is about to discover that the line between enemy and lover is thinner than a skate blade.
Six Alphas. One PR strategist. And a season that's about to get very, very hot.
Beyond the Ice is a high-stakes, slow-burn MM hockey werewolf romance. Expect intense power dynamics, sizzling tension, and a pack that doesn't just want to win the cup-they want to claim their man.
9.3
Born into privilege, Eleanor never imagined her life could shatter in a single night. Then her father disappeared with his mistress, her mother fell from a building and slipped into a coma, and everything she once owned turned to dust.
Determined not to ruin Jonathan's future with her family's disgrace, she ended their relationship and became the bride of a man trapped in a vegetative state.
She believed that was the last time their paths would cross. But two years later, Jonathan pinned her in the dark and whispered, "Long time no see, my sister-in-law."
7.3
Naelis Haldrith is many things, daughter to the South's most strategic Alpha, an Omega with Alpha genes, and an unapologetic misfit. During summer break, she decides to journey to Frostpine and spend her heat cycle with her boyfriend, the golden pea of the Thalric pod.
But during a collared moment, a secret of his is revealed, and Naelis realizes that their relationship was more complex than it seemed. Choosing to return to her pack, she steps outside under a storm, and it is at that moment she crosses paths with a man she had never seen before.
Zoran Vyer Thalric. Uncle to her ex. Member of the Elder's Council. The otherworldly primordial with red-ringed eyes and a wolf barely chained beneath his skin. Desire sparks instantly, and her sights are immediately set on him, but... he is a devotee of the Citadel, celibate, untouched, and unwilling to be the calm to her fury.
She is fire, wild and untamed. He is steel, honed and contained. And for the first time, Naelis is the hunter after her prey, and the line of resistance slowly blurs as he finds his years of enforced self-control and suppression unraveling at the tint of her touches.
And with a maniac on their radar, this summer break will demand blood, sacrifice, and passion that howls to the moon.
7.4
Clara Davis was trained to seduce, deceive, and destroy.
Her mission is simple: infiltrate billionaire Jeffery Rothwell's life, gain his trust, and help seize his empire in exchange for the freedom she has always craved.
But the deeper she slips into his dangerous world, the more the lines between mission and desire begin to blur. Falling for him was never part of the plan and neither was discovering that the man she was sent to manipulate may not be the real Jeffery at all.
Now trapped in a deadly web of obsession, power, and hidden identities. Clara is caught between the organization that owns her, the monster who remade her, and a love that has turned into vengeance. Clara must survive a man who sees everything, controls everything, and may be far more dangerous than the organization that created her.
Because in this game of seduction and revenge, love might be the deadliest trap of all.
9.2
When Alma's father stood in front of the bulldozers to protest, the energy company's thugs beat him half to death in the mud.
Instead of arresting the attackers, the police handcuffed her bleeding father and threw him into a cruiser.
"Stay back, kid," the officer barked, shoving Alma away.
Her father was denied bail and framed for assaulting an officer. The corrupt mayor just smiled and told her not to cause a scene. Meanwhile, the company mailed her weeping mother a severance check that barely covered a month of groceries.
Alma was forced to watch her family be completely destroyed by men with money and power.
Kneeling in the cold dirt where her father's blood had spilled, she didn't shed a single tear. The panic in her chest died, replaced by a cold, absolute hatred.
She realized that crying wouldn't do anything. In this world, justice didn't exist for the weak.
Years later, Alma stepped onto a prestigious Ivy League campus, her cheap backpack slung over her shoulder.
She was surrounded by the arrogant children of the very executives who ruined her life.
She lowered her head, hiding her dead eyes, and put on the perfect mask of a timid, helpless charity case.
Undergrad was just a training ground, and these elite kids were just her practice dummies. The hunt was officially on.
9.5
He was born from the void between stars - a being of immense power, forged from cosmic origins.
For thousands of years, he walked among humanity, protecting them and keeping his true strength hidden. After losing the only family he had, grief led him to seek his own end... only to wake up in a world entirely unlike his own.
Here, cultivation is the main path to power. Those who master spirit qi gain superhuman strength, speed, and abilities that place them far above ordinary people. Four great sects rule the land, competing for resources, secrets, and dominance over each other.
Icaros joined the Li Sect, where he found companions he came to trust and care for: the capable and easygoing Li Han, the sharp and composed Su Yan, and the spirited Nelly. For a time, he felt he had found a place to belong, even as he kept his true nature hidden and wondered whether he could ever learn to cultivate like those around him.
Everything changed when their voyage was suddenly attacked. A powerful figure floating in the sky cut their ship apart with sharp, devastating energy strikes, leaving only destruction in his wake. Believing his friends had been lost in the disaster, Icaros chose to stop holding back any longer.
> "I am done hiding!"
He unleashed his full power: golden light blazed from his eyes, he flew at incredible speed, and he broke through every barrier and enemy in his way. On the shores ahead, he tore through hordes of powerful jade monsters, destroying them completely before flying deep into the interior of the island.
Meanwhile, survivors washed up scattered and alone. One young cultivator found himself on the shores of Jade Island - a place most cultivators avoid, as it holds no treasures or useful materials, only danger and endless deposits of ordinary jade. Yet despite the risks, ordinary people have built settlements here, finding safety from the conflicts and power struggles of the outside world.
This island works by different rules. Spirit qi is scarce and unstable, making cultivation far less effective than elsewhere. Instead, the people here rely on advanced technology - weapons and explosives that can injure or even defeat those with great physical strength. Here, skill and preparation can be just as powerful as raw strength, and even the strongest cultivators must move with caution.
Now, Icaros has vanished deep into the island. His companions are lost somewhere across this dangerous land. And the mysterious swordsman who destroyed their ship has already arrived here, searching for an ancient map said to lead to the legacy of a being from another world.
Will they find each other again? And can anyone survive in a place where the usual rules of power no longer hold true?
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