The One Who Got Away

In the modern billionaire romance The One Who Got Away, the protagonist is envied for her engagement to the wealthy and handsome Dominic Cruz. However, the facade of their perfect life crumbles when Dominic vanishes to be with a secret lover on the same day she receives a medical misdiagnosis. Refusing to be the victim, she jilts him and transforms him into a public laughingstock. Now, a broken Dominic scours Marina City, drinking his life away while searching for his missing bride.

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Chapter 1

Everyone is envious of me for having someone like Dominic Cruz, who's love-brained, as a husband-to-be. He's rich, handsome, and highly educated.

I smile without saying anything, but I nod happily.

However, on the day I'm misdiagnosed, he goes missing. He's so engrossed in his secret lover that he forgets all about me.

So, I jilt him before he can do it to me. I turn him into the city's laughingstock.

Later, I hear that he drinks the bar dry every night. He scours Marina City but fails to find his missing bride.

"Ms. Baird, this is the fake death service you booked with us. The time of death is set for three days from now, on your wedding day. The body will be delivered to the wedding venue, and you will be the deceased. Please confirm and sign here."

I nodded and signed the end of the document without hesitation.

On the way from the hospital to Dominic Cruz's company, I opened my phone and happened to come across a video interview of Dominic.

"I owe all my success to my wife, Yvonne Baird. She is my greatest support and motivation."

The barrage of comments kept appearing at the bottom of the screen.

"I heard that when Mr. Cruz was 20 years old, he personally designed a blue diamond tiara for Ms. Baird. He said she was his queen."

"When Ms. Baird was 23 years old, she was trapped under rubble after an earthquake. Mr. Cruz refused to believe she was dead and dug through the debris with his bare hands until his fingers were mangled just to save her."

"We all know how important hands are to a designer, yet Mr. Cruz damaged his hand's muscles and nerves, rendering him unable to work on delicate details ever since."

"At 25 years old, Mr. Cruz proposed to Ms. Baird in a global live broadcast and finally brought her home as his wife."

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Everyone envied our relationship.

I got out of the car and took the CEO's private elevator, but my phone screen suddenly displayed an image of Prestige Entertainment's new spokesperson—Rosa Kerr.

Her innocent and beautiful appearance made it hard to reconcile her with the homewrecker who seduced another woman's husband. The thought of the explicit photos in bed Rosa had sent me made my stomach turn.

Before her brazen provocation, I had never doubted Dominic's love for me. To give me the best life he could, he founded his company and handled everything personally. To secure business deals, he drank with clients until he developed stomach ulcers.

Yet the man who once vowed would love me forever had still cheated.

I wiped away the tears from the corner of my eyes.

Just as I reached for my design portfolio, someone suddenly embraced me from behind.

"Yvonne, didn't we agree to wait until I returned from my business trip to go wedding dress shopping together? Why did you suddenly come to the company?"

He took my hand. "Your hands are so cold, and you're not even wearing a jacket. Your lungs aren't in good shape—how can I possibly not worry about you?"

I looked up at him. His gaze was sincere and ardent. It was precisely because of this that I couldn't understand.

"Why did you hire an amateur as the company's spokesperson?"

Prestige Entertainment was a top global company with countless celebrities under its helm, including A-list international stars and top idols. Yet, they chose an amateur.

Dominic remained unperturbed. "Oh, you mean Rosa? I chose her because she reminds me of you back in college. She fits perfectly with the company's youthful and vibrant culture."

Then, in a teasing tone, he asked, "What's the matter? Are you feeling jealous over me?"

Dominic held me close, burying his face into the crook of my neck. "Yvonne, I'll always have eyes only for you. Everything with anyone else has been completely innocent."

He spoke with such sincerity, a sharp contrast to the bold, glaring marks on his neck.

How ironic and laughable.

I didn't know how to respond to him.

Just then, the assistant knocked on the open door and said respectfully, "Mr. Cruz, the car is ready."

"Got it," Dominic replied. Then, he turned back to me and said, "It'll be our third wedding anniversary soon. How about I put on a grand firework display at Gemini Towers for you?"

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7.2

Her Icy Comeback: A Vengeful Heiress

7.2

Five years ago, my guardian, Fitzgerald Kirk, sent me a video of my childhood horse being led to a slaughterhouse. Then he cast me out, broken and penniless. Tonight, I returned to his family' s annual gala, no longer a helpless ward but a powerful woman ready for my revenge. But he and his fiancée, Cassondra, still saw me as the trash they threw away. She taunted me, asking if I' d run out of money, before "tripping" and drenching my white silk gown in red wine. She looked at me with glee, expecting the broken girl from five years ago to cry. Fitzgerald just watched, a bored smirk on his face as he told me to crawl back to whatever gutter I came from. They wanted a reaction. They wanted the hysterical girl they had destroyed. They had no idea that the memory of my horse' s death had frozen everything inside me, fueling a cold rage that had simmered for half a decade. I didn' t even glance at the stain. Instead, I calmly picked up a full bottle of champagne from a passing waiter' s tray. "Don' t worry," I said, my voice dangerously soft. "Accidents happen." Then I swung the bottle and smashed it against her head.

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7.8

I Went Back and Set Him Free

7.8

After Russ Williams dies saving her from a fire, his final words reveal a decade of hidden hatred. He blames her for a past tragedy involving his childhood sweetheart’s exile. When his family’s grief turns into vitriol, she ends her life, only to wake up on the day he first proposed. Given a second chance, she resolves to honor his dying wish. By refusing his hand, she intends to prevent their miserable future and release them from a cycle of regret and blame.

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9.7

Love Was Never in the Contract

9.7

Isla Hart has one priority: survival. Drowning in bills and personal struggles, she needs money, fast. So when Lucien Cross, a powerful and emotionally distant CEO, offers her a lucrative deal to pose as his fiancée, she accepts. The rules are clear: no emotions, no attachments, and no complications. It's strictly business. Lucien Cross has built his life on control. Wealth, power, and influence are effortless to him-but love is a liability he refuses to entertain. With a critical merger at stake, a fake engagement is just another calculated move. Isla is meant to be temporary, a convincing presence by his side until the deal is secured. But proximity has consequences. As Isla steps into Lucien's world, she begins to see beyond the cold exterior, the loneliness, the pressure of his empire, and the past he keeps buried. And Lucien, despite himself, finds his carefully ordered life unraveling. Isla isn't just playing a role anymore. She challenges him, softens him, and awakens feelings he never planned to have. When the truth behind their engagement starts to surface and old secrets threaten Lucien's empire, the line between contract and reality shatters. Isla is forced to face the one thing she promised herself she'd avoid: love. Now, with everything on the line, reputations, power, and hearts, Isla must decide whether love is worth the risk. Because this time, love was never in the contract. And the fallout could cost them both everything.

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8.3

My Wedding, His Breakdown

8.3

After three years together, Dylan Lane shocks Vee by asking her to design a wedding ring for his arranged fiancée. He cruelly dismisses their relationship as a temporary fling, claiming people of their status must prioritize family interests over love. Heartbroken, Vee decides to move on and accepts her own family's marriage proposal. On her wedding day, a desperate Dylan reappears to beg for another chance, but Vee chooses to embrace her new life.

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9.7

One Dollar For Pity: The Surgeon Returns

9.7

For three years, I played the role of a devoted, naive wife to billionaire Conrad Whitney. I hid my true identity and foolishly believed in our fairy tale. Then he handed me a harsh divorce agreement, ordering me to sign and walk away with absolutely nothing. He was leaving me to marry Cindy, the fragile woman he claimed had saved him from a fire. He expected me to cry and beg. Instead, he watched coldly as Cindy and her family illegally transferred my father's trust fund. When I confronted them at the hospital, Conrad shielded her, calling me a greedy, toxic viper. He mocked me, completely blind to the fact that Cindy was a fraud. He truly believed I was just a pathetic, useless housewife who would be utterly destroyed without his money and status. I looked at the man I had actually dragged out of that burning debris with my own soot-covered hands. My trauma, my sacrifices, and my love had all been reduced to a joke by his sheer arrogance and a few fake tears from a manipulative liar. I didn't shed a single tear. I calmly signed the papers, drugged his wine, and left a crumpled one-dollar bill on his unconscious chest with a sticky note mocking his terrible service. Then, I picked up my encrypted phone. It was time for the world's top surgeon, Dr. Hades, to return, and for Conrad to finally see the god he had just thrown away.

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The One Who Got Away

Chapter 1

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