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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When I got out of bed and went downstairs the next morning, I saw Carl sitting in the living room.

"Things were a bit hectic yesterday, Iris, so I wanted to have a proper talk with you today," he said.

He didn't look too good. With how heavy his dark undereye circles were, it seemed like he hadn't slept a wink last night.

I nodded before taking a seat across from him.

Previously, whenever Carl and I were together, I was always the one who had an endless stream of things to say. Whenever he got annoyed, he would use his hand to cover my mouth.

My heart would pound whenever my lips made contact with his hand. I would turn bright red and sit beside him in silence.

But now, I no longer wanted to revolve my life around him.

My love for Carl was over.

"I'll give you a sum of money. Consider it a token of my apology. Let's call off the engagement. Even if you refuse, yesterday's situation will just keep happening. Nothing can make me show up to get engaged to you," Carl declared before transferring a million dollars to me.

He even took my phone out and tapped in the password with great familiarity to confirm that the transaction had been completed.

Then, he exhaled deeply before flashing me a relieved smile.

"Fine," I said.

Carl was just about to continue speaking when his phone started ringing. The ringtone was unique—it was his cover of a love song.

He was a great singer. I once wanted to make his cover of this song as my dedicated ringtone on his phone, but he adamantly refused to oblige.

Now, when I saw Angela's name flashing on his screen, my heart filled with bitterness that couldn't be put into words.

His refusal hadn't been because he didn't want to do it. He simply didn't think I deserved it.

Carl took the call and answered in an exceptionally gentle voice.

"I accidentally burned myself while I was making breakfast, Carl. Can you take me to the hospital to get it checked?" Angela asked. Her voice was sweet, and she sounded a little teary.

"I'll be right there! Wait for me. Don't let your wound come into contact with anything!" Carl cried out.

He shot up anxiously and ran for the door. Just as he approached the door, he remembered me.

"We're even now, Iris," he said in an extremely curt tone. Without even waiting for my response, he walked out.

It was just as well. It was time for me to give up on him anyway.

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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

The Fickle Heart

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