The Trophy Wife's Ruthless Revenge
Keely returned to her Manhattan penthouse a day early, expecting the loving billionaire husband who had just told her how much he missed her.
Instead, the scent of cheap vanilla perfume led her to the guest room, where she found Haden tangled in the sheets with his timid, soft-spoken secretary.
To the world, Haden was the flawless, devoted partner. He would even beat a man to a bloody pulp at a high-society gala just for insulting her, violently claiming he was protecting his wife.
But behind his golden-retriever facade lay a narcissistic monster. While begging for her affection and making her breakfast, he was secretly draining their marital assets into offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands.
Keely had to swallow her disgust, forcing a perfect smile as she played the clueless, dependent trophy wife he wanted her to be.
It made her physically sick. She couldn't understand how the man who looked into the camera with eyes full of love just last night could be the same thief plotting to leave her with nothing. Was his violent, suffocating obsession with her just a sick cover for his betrayal?
But Haden didn't know his "helpless" wife was actually the ruthless CTO of a tech empire. She had already hacked the home surveillance and traced the missing funds, ready to make him bleed. Then, her private investigator called with a medical report that pushed her revenge to the edge.
"Mrs. Jones, Darlene Sutton is six weeks pregnant."
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Chapter 3
Veronica slammed her red marker against the whiteboard.
"He plays the perfect husband on TV, and then he does this in your own house. He makes me sick."
She leaned both hands on her desk and stared at Keely. "Who is she? That Russian model from the gala who kept touching his arm?"
Keely set her glass of club soda down. "Darlene Sutton."
Veronica froze. The red marker slipped from her fingers and hit the desk with a loud clack.
"Darlene?" Veronica gasped. "The secretary who cries when the printer jams? She looks like a terrified mouse."
Keely let out a cold laugh. "Exactly. Haden is a narcissist. He needs someone who is completely dependent on him to feel powerful."
Veronica took a deep breath. She forced herself back into lawyer mode.
She pointed to the whiteboard. "New York is a no-fault state. But the rules change for billionaires. There is a hidden morality clause in your prenup."
Veronica tapped the board. "If we can prove Haden transferred a massive amount of marital assets to his mistress, we can pierce the trust fund firewall."
She sat down and hacked into the public financial reports of the Jones family subsidiaries.
"Let's see what he bought her," Veronica muttered. The screen filled with endless rows of numbers and charts.
Keely stood up. She walked behind Veronica's chair. Her eyes scanned the data.
Her Wharton dual-degree kicked in. Her brain processed the numbers faster than the computer could load them.
Less than two minutes later, Keely pointed to a small line of text in the bottom right corner. Her eyes hadn't been reading line-by-line; instead, her brain was rapidly scanning the data structures for pattern recognition. She was looking for a specific anomaly her Wharton professor used to call a 'financial black hole'-a microscopic, illogical shift in cash flow. She caught that familiar signal almost instantly.
"There," Keely said. "Line 47. Market research fees. The cash flow is wrong."
She moved her finger across the screen. "And here. These two accounts are cross-invoicing to hide the deficit."
Veronica jerked her head up. She looked at Keely like she was a stranger.
"How did you spot that?" Veronica asked. "Did you take an accounting class while getting your nails done?"
Keely kept her face blank. "Call it intuition."
She tapped the screen again. "Follow the money. Where does it end up?"
Veronica typed furiously. She traced the routed funds.
"Cayman Islands," Veronica whispered. "It's an offshore account."
Keely narrowed her eyes at the registration details.
This was not about buying a girl a diamond necklace. This was a systematic drain of assets.
Haden was not just a cheating husband. He was a thief.
The air in the room dropped ten degrees. Keely's eyes turned to ice.
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As Crescent Falls begins to fracture, Ember experiences unsettling visions that hint her bloodline is far more entangled with Sariyah than anyone ever suspected. Strange new powers awaken within her, blurring the line between protector and destroyer, while enemies gather and old loyalties are tested.
With the city on the brink of collapse and unseen forces moving in the shadows, Ember must decide how far she is willing to go to save Bastion-and whether becoming something darker is the only way to stop an evil that has ruled unchallenged for centuries.
Because some thrones are not inherited.
They are taken.
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."
7.9
He tilted her chin up, his touch deceptively gentle.
"You're trembling," he whispered, brushing his thumb over her lips, slow enough to make her shiver.
"Is it fear..." His gaze lingered on her mouth. "Or me?"
Her pulse stuttered, betraying her. He was too close, and her body didn't seem to remember which feeling came first, terror or desire.
****
Elena Castellano never thought her father would trade her freedom to keep her safe. But after a violent attack changes everything, she is forced to marry the one man she has every reason to be afraid of, Stefano Bernardo, the ruthless heir to one of Milan's most dangerous families.
To the world, it's a union between two powerful families.
To Stefano, it's the sweetest revenge.
Stuck in a marriage built on deceit and danger, Elena must fight not only for her freedom but also for her life, because Stefano's revenge runs deeper than she ever imagined.
And if she truly wants to live, she must face the truth: the real danger isn't her husband's revenge; it's falling for him.
He married her to destroy her family.
But she might become the death of him - literally.
8.5
Five years ago, Nina Hale lost everything... her family, her reputation, and the man she once loved. Betrayed by her own sister and abandoned by those she trusted most, she disappeared without a trace.
Now she's back.
With a new identity and a burning determination, Nina is ready to reclaim her life and chase the dream she once gave up: becoming a star actress. But her return awakens old enemies, and her scheming sister Lydia is determined to ruin her again.
Just when Nina thinks things can't get worse, she's caught in another trap... and unexpectedly crosses paths with a quiet, lonely little boy.
Ethan Grant hasn't spoken in years.
Feeling responsible for him, Nina agrees to stay and help the child come out of his shell. But she didn't expect Ethan's dangerously charming father, Lucas Grant, to enter the picture.
Cold, powerful, and impossible to read, Lucas slowly finds himself drawn to the woman who brightens his son's world.
What begins as a simple act of kindness soon turns into something far more complicated, because Nina came back for revenge.
She never planned to fall in love.
**********
"I saw you with him," Lucas said quietly, but the tension in his jaw gave him away.
Nina exhaled, crossing her arms. "You don't get to care."
"Don't I?" He stepped in, close enough that she had to tilt her head back to meet his eyes.
"This is just a contract."
"Then why does it bother me?" His hand hovered near her waist, not touching-yet.
"It shouldn't." Her breath faltered.
His gaze darkened, "And yet it does."
9.1
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Six years later, she's survived. Rebuilt. Moved on.
Then Chase Knight walks back into her life, and the mate bond that should've died? It's very much alive. He still makes her feel things she thought died years ago.
There's just one problem: he's engaged to Kylie and Kiara has a secret she'd rather die than let any one of them find out about.
And Chase? He's about to find out that the woman he rejected six years ago is the only one he's ever really wanted.
9.5
Smoke and silence rule the ruins of the Mantle pack. Lyra, once a fierce warrior-wakes shackled and ritual-silenced, her wolf buried but not dead, a living emblem of everything Lucius, the cruel Alpha of Onyx Crest, used to cement his power. Brian, the heir raised to obey, is taught to deny the bond he never wanted; one whispered word from Lyra cracks that obedience and sparks a secret, dangerous connection.
As their flickering bond strengthens, Lyra's wolf claws back to life and Brian's loyalties split, igniting a rebellion against a family built on sacrifice and fear. When Asher seizes the crest and brands them fugitives, what begins as escape becomes a fight for more than revenge-it's a war to remake the packs into something kinder and just, and to claim a throne built on unity rather than domination.