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 8
"Please," Gus begged, his eyes darting nervously toward the camera lens. "Let's step into my private office. We can sort this out like adults."
Anabelle's stomach tightened. A closed room meant no witnesses. It meant he could spin the narrative.
"No," Anabelle said flatly. She pointed to a semi-circular booth in the corner of the dining room. "We sit there. In the open."
Gus swallowed hard and nodded. He practically ran to the booth, sliding into the leather seat.
Anabelle followed slowly. She sat opposite him.
The cameraman was a professional. He didn't follow them into the booth. Instead, he positioned himself a few feet away, zooming the lens in tight on their hands and faces, ensuring the boom mic hanging above them caught every single breath.
Gus signaled a waiter, who rushed over with a glass of sparkling water on a silver tray. He placed it gently in front of Anabelle.
She didn't touch it. She kept her hands folded in her lap, her spine rigid.
Gus reached into his pocket. His hands were shaking. He pulled out a crisp ten-dollar bill and three singles. He slid the thirteen dollars across the polished wood table.
"Here is your refund," Gus said, forcing a tight smile. "A complete misunderstanding."
Anabelle stared at the money. She didn't reach for it.
Gus's smile cracked. He reached into his breast pocket and pulled out a thick stack of glossy VIP meal vouchers.
"And here," he said, his voice dropping an octave. "Free meals for a month. Bring your friends. On the house."
"I don't want your coupons," Anabelle said, her voice carrying clearly into the microphone. "You committed systemic fraud."
Gus's eyes darkened. The desperation morphed into something ugly. He looked at her frayed clothes, the dirt on her face. He made a massive miscalculation. He assumed she was a hustler looking for a payday.
He leaned forward, his chest pressing against the edge of the table. He lowered his voice to a harsh whisper, unaware of the hyper-sensitive boom mic above them.
"I know why you're on that show," Gus hissed. "You need cash. Let's help each other out."
Anabelle's right thumb began to rub her index knuckle. She tilted her head slightly, feigning interest. "Go on."
Gus took the bait. He reached into his inner jacket pocket and pulled out a blank, unmarked white envelope.
He kept his hand low, sliding the envelope across the table, hiding it from the rest of the dining room.
"There is five thousand dollars in untraceable cash in this envelope," Gus whispered, his eyes wide with desperate pleading. "You take it. You go on camera, you say the system made an error, and you drop the complaints. We both win. I'll wire you another twenty thousand when the cameras leave."
The live chat went absolutely feral. Millions of viewers were witnessing a felony bribe in real-time.
Anabelle looked at the white envelope. Her heart hammered against her ribs. Twenty-five thousand total could buy enough survival gear to guarantee her victory in the game.
But her mind was a steel trap. Accepting undeclared funds violated the core rule of the show. It would mean instant disqualification. Worse, it crossed the legal line into extortion.
Gus saw her looking at the envelope. He thought she was negotiating.
"I'll wire you another thousand when the cameras leave," he added desperately.
Anabelle let out a laugh. It wasn't a happy sound. It was sharp, cold, and entirely devoid of humor.
She didn't touch the envelope. Instead, she brought her fist down hard on the table.
Bang.
The silverware rattled.
"Mr. Schmidt," Anabelle said, her voice booming across the silent restaurant. "Are you attempting to bribe me with five thousand dollars in cash to cover up your illegal business practices?"
The words hit the room like a bomb. Diners gasped.
Gus's face turned a violent shade of purple. Panic seized his chest. He lunged forward, his hands clawing at the table to snatch the envelope back.
Anabelle was faster.
Her hand shot out, slamming down on top of the envelope. She pinned it to the wood. With a vicious swipe, she slid the envelope directly to the edge of the table, holding it up perfectly into the camera's frame.
"Look closely," Anabelle said, staring dead into the lens. "This is how a thief tries to buy his way out of a crime."
Gus collapsed back into his booth. He buried his face in his hands. He was ruined.
"You set me up!" Gus screamed, his voice cracking. "You're a monster!"
Anabelle stood up. She picked up the thirteen dollars in cash-her legal refund. She left the white envelope sitting on the table.
She looked down at Gus, her expression completely empty.
"I don't want your dirty money," Anabelle said. "I want you to bleed."
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8.8
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.
The assignment? Tame the six most notorious werewolves in the league.
But Lyon isn't just dealing with professional athletes; he's stepping into a den of apex predators who have been waiting for him to cross their territory. And they have no intention of playing nice.
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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