The Surgeon's Revenge: My Ex-Husband's Regret

The view from our twenty-million-dollar penthouse was stunning, but all I could see was the cracked screen of my phone. A single message from a contact named Sienna had just appeared: "Game On." For four years, I had worn the shapeless beige cardigans and played the quiet, submissive wife the elite Rutledge family demanded. "Dorothea is back in the city," my husband Hunter said, refusing to meet my eyes as he pushed the divorce papers toward me. He offered a "generous" settlement, patronizingly claiming that with my felony record and "creative resume," I’d be living on the streets without his charity. He had no idea that while he was rehearsing his breakup speech, I was already zipping up a duffel bag filled with cash and a passport in a name he didn't recognize. His sister Kamala didn't even wait for me to pack before she was in our bedroom, calling me a leech and trying to destroy the only photo I had of my mother. I didn't cry or beg; I simply dropped Hunter’s favorite three-million-dollar Ming vase, watched it shatter, and walked out the door with a cold smile. That night, I traded my sensible flats for a crimson silk dress and lethal heels, leaving Hunter’s jaw on the floor when he saw me at an exclusive club. He watched in horror as I smashed a vodka bottle over a harasser's head, still believing I was a broken woman who needed his protection. He didn't know the truth until his grandmother finally revealed that I was the anonymous investor who had rescued their company from bankruptcy. I had gone to prison to protect his father's reputation, wearing the shame for years so their family name wouldn't implode. Hunter fell to his knees in the driveway, begging for a second chance and promising to dump his mistress, but the anger in my heart had already turned to ice. The man I had sacrificed my life for was now just a stranger I used to know. "The opposite of love isn't hate, Hunter. It's indifference." I climbed into a purple supercar as my phone buzzed with a call from Mount Sinai Hospital. My medical license was reinstated, and a high-profile trauma case was waiting for my hands. Iris the housewife was dead, and Dr. Gutierrez was finally back in play.

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Gigi descended the stairs slowly. Hunter rushed to help her, but she waved him away.

She walked straight to Iris. She took Iris's hands in hers. Her skin was like paper, dry and thin.

"Grandmother," Hunter said. "Iris was just leaving. She was being incredibly rude to Dorothea."

"Shut up, Hunter," Gigi said. She didn't look at him. She kept her eyes on Iris.

"You're finally free, my bird," Gigi whispered.

"Yes, Gigi," Iris said.

"They don't know, do they?" Gigi asked.

"Know what?" Eleanor demanded. "Mother, what are you talking about?"

Gigi turned to face her family. She looked at them with disgust.

"You think Iris is a charity case," Gigi said. "You think she's a burden we've been carrying."

"She is!" Kamala said. "She's a felon with no job!"

"She saved this family!" Gigi shouted. Her voice cracked.

Hunter stepped forward. "What?"

"Four years ago," Gigi said, pointing a shaking finger at Hunter. "When the company was on the brink. When every bank in the city turned you away. You think that anonymous investor who saved us was a miracle?"

"It was a Swiss firm," Hunter said, confused. "The due diligence checked out."

"The diligence was a smokescreen!" Gigi laughed bitterly. "It was Iris. She invested more in this family than just money. She invested her own future. A future none of you were worthy of."

The room spun. Hunter grabbed the back of the sofa.

"Iris...?" he whispered, looking at her. "You... you had that kind of money?"

Iris squeezed Gigi's hand. "It doesn't matter now."

"It matters!" Gigi cried. "And that prison sentence? The 'felony'? You have no idea what she was protecting. The secrets she kept to keep this family from imploding. She went through hell so that your father could keep his reputation, and you all called her a disgrace!"

Hunter looked like he was going to be sick. "Dad said... Dad said it was a clerical error she made."

"Your father told you what you needed to hear," Gigi spat. "And Iris let him. She wore the shame so none of you had to."

Silence. Absolute, suffocating silence.

Dorothea looked terrified. She realized she was standing next to a woman who had sacrificed more for this man than she had ever imagined.

Hunter looked at Iris. His eyes were wet.

"Why?" he croaked. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because you were my husband," Iris said quietly. "I thought we were a team. I thought... I thought you would have done the same for me."

Hunter flinched. He knew he wouldn't have.

"And you treated her like dirt," Gigi hissed at Eleanor. "Because she didn't give you a grandchild."

Eleanor looked down. "Well... that is a wife's duty..."

Iris cut her off, her voice flat and cold. "You should thank God every day that I never allowed another Rutledge to be brought into this world through me."

Hunter looked like she had stabbed him.

Iris let go of Gigi's hand.

"Goodbye, Gigi," she said.

She turned and walked out. The sound of her heels on the marble was the only sound in the world.

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Kaelen Sterling took her fortune, her family's trust, and the military secrets that destroyed House Croft. After using her, he locked her in a manor and burned it down while Jacqueline Byrd wore silks bought with her mother's dowry. But she wakes at twenty, the day Kaelen returns with Jacqueline and demands she accept her. This time, she slaps him and burns the marriage contract. Armed with memories of every betrayal and skills in herbs and alchemy, she must navigate a court where one misstep costs a family its head. She died once as their pawn. This life, she will take back her family, her fortune, and every drop of blood they owe. When she is finished, she will rule the Dragon Court.

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9.5

Doctor vagina's son

9.5

I had no choice but to return for vengeance. That man, who was supposed to be my father, abandoned my mother at the altar in favor of another woman. I despised him. He never bothered to look for me. My mother repeatedly told me that I reminded her of him. She always says, "I am a carbon copy of my father, and possibly worse." "Like a father, like a son," they always say. But this time, I returned to show him that "A son can defeat his father." And to do so, I had to be better. That is why I, Knight Angelo Knight, decided to become a gynecologist. But, in order to break his heart, I had to get my hands on either his wife, Bella, or Julia, the young girl he had raised for years. By the time I realized I wasn't just hurting him, but also her and myself... And it was a second chance that I pleaded for. But would she be able to forgive the man who dragged her to his bed to exact vengeance? And played games with her emotions? And, worst of all, took her virginity?

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9.8

Don't Give Up On Me

9.8

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9.2

Feed Me to the Beasts

9.2

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Action Horror Modern Mystery

8.2

My Alpha Chose His Beta Over Me

8.2

For years, I believed my Alpha and I shared an unbreakable bond, but everything shattered when he chose his Beta's loyalty over our fated connection. Cast aside and betrayed by the man meant to protect me, I am forced to navigate a world where pack politics and hidden agendas reign. As tensions rise and old secrets surface, I must find the strength to forge my own path, proving that a rejected mate is far from powerless in this dangerous game.

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Omega's Rebellion: Shadows Of Power

7.6

Love is the most dangerous act of rebellion in a world where control rules. Lana has learned how to stay alive by being quiet, following the rules, and being careful. Adrian is everything she should be afraid of: strong, protective, and possessive in ways that make it hard to tell the difference between love and control. From the outside, their relationship looks stable. Safety. Even love. But shadows grow where power is not questioned. When Lana finds a message that was never meant for her to read, the illusion breaks. Rumors about her "condition," secret payments, hidden files, and names that have been kept quiet start to come out, showing a truth that is much darker than she thought. The more Adrian tries to keep her safe, the more she understands that protection can be a way of controlling someone. Lana is torn between love and freedom, loyalty and survival. She has to decide if love is worth the cost of her freedom or if the best way to rebel is to choose herself. As secrets come out and enemies get closer, one thing becomes clear: love based on power can either save you or kill you. Omega Rebellion: Shadows of Power is a gripping psychological romance full of obsession, slow-burn tension, emotional manipulation, and the dangerous pull between control and desire. It's perfect for readers who want dark romance with sharp twists and cliffhangers that will stay with them.

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