The Fickle Heart

After Carl Anderson humiliates Iris by skipping their engagement party to drink with friends, he publicly rejects the idea of ever marrying her. His betrayal seems final when he prepares to wed Angela Moran, even ordering guards to block Iris from the ceremony. However, Iris stuns the wedding party by arriving on the arm of Henry Moran. Instead of a scorned ex-fiancée, she returns with a new status that forces Carl to show her respect as his own aunt.

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I watched as Angela approached Carl and murmured something to him. Immediately, the manner in which Carl carried himself changed entirely. He looked unusually gentle.

I sifted through all the memories I had of Carl throughout the last two decades or so. He had never smiled at me the way he was smiling at Angela now.

Carl and I were childhood friends. We had played with each other since we were children. Being a rather carefree person myself, I often went around climbing trees and scampering outside with Carl.

When others bullied me, he would defend me and beat them up to chase them off. When I cried, he would patiently soothe me.

Even when we had grown up, Carl never bothered to put on any sort of pretense around me. I thought that meant he treated me like his soulmate, but as it was, he was merely treating me as if I were his pet.

When I saw the intimacy he shared with Angela, I finally realized just how worthless my love was to him. I didn't even know when he got so close to Angela, who had only just returned to the country.

Well, when it came to love, it didn't matter who came first. It was a matter of the right person at the right time.

Henry took me to his study before explaining on behalf of Angela, his niece, "Angela doesn't know about your relationship with Carl."

I nodded in response. I knew Angela grew up abroad. Henry only brought her back recently after her parents died in a car accident. Even after returning, she hadn't really mingled with the rest of us in the same social circle.

"Why did you come here to see me?" Henry asked with a puzzled look.

I glanced at him. Then, as I tried my best to stop my heart from pounding, I said, "I heard that Mr. Moran Senior has been urging you to get married. How do you feel about marrying me? I'm single, and so are you. We can easily make a good match."

Once I finished, I closed my eyes and waited for his decision.

When I heard a chuckle ring out beside my ear, I lifted my head and opened my eyes. Henry had walked up to me.

"Sure," Henry replied. "I'm a bit busy right now, but once everything is settled, I'll marry you!"

He gave me a hug before pulling an emerald bracelet out of his desk drawer. "This once belonged to my grandmother. I have one, and Angela was given the other one."

After putting the emerald bracelet on me, he escorted me home.

When I went back downstairs, Carl had already left the Moran residence.

Yet, even when I was lying on my bed that night, I was still a little perplexed. Why had Henry so readily agreed to marry me?

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After her husband’s cold betrayal, a woman finds herself at the helm of a massive corporate empire. Thrust into the high-stakes world of billionaire power plays, she must navigate treachery while reclaiming her dignity. As she transforms from a discarded wife into a formidable leader, she discovers the strength to rule alone. This journey of vengeance and self-discovery explores whether she can protect her legacy while finding a love that is truly earned.

Billionaire Modern Romance

8.2

Betrayed for First Love's Life

8.2

Ivy thought her marriage to billionaire Silas was a dream until his first love returned, needing a life-saving transplant. To save his former flame, Silas heartlessly forces Ivy into a dangerous procedure, betraying her trust and their vows. Surviving the ordeal but broken by his cruelty, Ivy chooses to disappear and start over. However, as secrets emerge, a regretful Silas begins a desperate search for the wife he discarded.

Billionaire Modern Romance

7.2

CEO's Getaway Love

7.2

After a one night stand with the woman whose house Jason broke into, his life has never been the same. Like a siren's call, he can't get the nymphomaniac woman off his mind. Weeks later, while getting intel for the crew's next heist, Jason lays eyes upon the woman and follows her into a secret strip club. She appears to lead a double life. One where she's the CEO of a multimillion company and her father's golden child. The other side of her life is that she owns a strip club and is extremely erotic. Can Jason learn to live with her as she is? Will he put his pride aside to be with the woman? ... especially when his crew is hired to kidnap a woman who turns out to be the love of his life.

Billionaire Modern Romance

7.6

From Jilted Wife To The Tycoon's Queen

7.6

The harsh glare of the spotlight hit Harper's custom wedding dress as she smiled at her groom. But a single phone call from his mistress, Lila, made Chase violently shove his way down the aisle and sprint out of the hotel. He left Harper to face the flashing cameras and the mockery of hundreds of guests. Her mother-in-law dragged her into a hallway and slapped her hard across the face. "You cannot even keep your own man in the room. You are making a mockery of this family." When Harper rushed to the hospital, Chase blamed her for Lila's theatrical, fake miscarriage. He threatened to pull every cent of capital from Harper's investment firm if she dared to walk away. The Young family then used the media to frame Harper, turning her into a public pariah who viciously "killed" an unborn child. Mobbed by ruthless paparazzi, Harper was pushed into the freezing rain, her knees bleeding on the concrete. She couldn't accept that her entire life and career were being destroyed by a mistress's pathetic lie. When Chase later tried to buy her silence with a pink diamond—the exact same one he had just gifted Lila—her remaining love turned to absolute ice. But fate intervened when she was rescued from the mob by Antoni Donovan, the most ruthless billionaire on Wall Street and her biggest corporate rival. Discovering that Antoni was actually her best friend's older brother, a dangerous smile spread across Harper's face. She picked up his gold-lettered business card. She was done being the victim; she was going to use the wolf of Wall Street to crush her ex-husband.

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.4

His Loss Twisted into His Theater

9.4

A toxicologist faces a race against time when her mother-in-law is poisoned, leaving her with only thirty minutes to provide the antidote. Her billionaire husband, mistakenly believing it is his wife's janitor mother who is dying, cruelly blocks her exit to attend a friend's haunted castle opening. Accompanied by a mocking female companion, he dismisses the life-or-death crisis as a lie. This mystery unfolds as his arrogance blinds him to the fact that his own mother's life is at stake.

Action Billionaire Modern Mystery Romance

7.7

My Runaway Groom's Billionaire Cousin

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I stood in a fifty-thousand-dollar Vera Wang gown, waiting to seal the merger of the century between the Singleton and English families. Everything was perfect, fragile, and obscenely expensive. But minutes before the ceremony, my brother burst into the bridal suite looking like he’d seen a ghost. He handed me a crumpled note from Jeffery, the man I was supposed to marry. "I can’t do it," the note read. "I’m choosing love." Jeffery had fled to Paris with another woman, leaving me to face two thousand guests and a family legacy that would plummet forty percent by Monday morning. Harrison Singleton, the family patriarch, didn't offer sympathy; he offered a cold ultimatum. The wedding would happen, with or without Jeffery. He stepped aside to reveal Declan Singleton, the "Wolf of Wall Street" who had spent the last year ruthlessly stripping my father’s companies for parts. To save my family from bankruptcy, I had to walk down the aisle and marry the man I hated most. At the altar, Declan didn’t just say "I do"; he claimed me with a kiss so possessive it felt like a sentencing. The humiliation was physical, a knife twisting in my gut as the world watched the "hostile takeover" of my life. I was a spoil of war, traded to a predator who believed in leverage over love. Then, Jeffery called, weeping about his mistake and begging to come back. I looked at the massive, perfectly-sized diamond Declan had already prepared for me and realized this wasn't a coincidence. I wiped away my tears and straightened my emerald silk. If I had to live in a cage, I was going to make sure I had the sharpest teeth. "Let's go to war," I whispered to my new husband.

Billionaire Modern Romance

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