The Vast Milky Way, the Endless Night

As the sole heir to the prestigious Mary family, Mary had broken two cardinal rules. First, she should never have fallen for the man in her marriage of convenience. Second, she should never have handed her heart to Kevin, time and again, only for him to trample it underfoot. The first time, a sudden attack of acute gastroenteritis left her in too much pain to move. Enduring the agony, she called Kevin. His response was dismissive: "If you're sick, see a doctor. I'm busy." The thirty-sixth time, she was in a car accident. Dazed and disoriented, she managed to dial his number. She'd barely gasped, "I've been in an accident," before he cut her off impatiently. "Mary, these pathetic cries for attention are beneath you." Then he hung up. On the fifty-second occasion, she discovered she was pregnant. Elated, she went to tell him—only to overhear him confiding to a friend: "Mary and I? It's just a transaction. You know my heart only has room for Shirley." Five years of marriage, reduced to a transaction. She'd thought that even in a marriage of convenience, if she poured enough of herself into it, some sincerity might reach him. In that moment, her last illusion shattered. Without hesitation, Mary had her assistant book the earliest available appointment for a termination. Her first act after the procedure was to go to the office and reclaim the Northgate Project—the billion-dollar deal she'd just handed over to Kevin. She'd barely begun when he stormed in.

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Before the other side could react, Mary hung up.

Kevin had only caught the part about her giving up the Northgate Project; the rest had been static. He ordered Mary released, then raced desperately toward Shirley. As the car’s engine roared and sped away, the last shred of reluctance in Mary’s heart crumbled to dust.

She didn’t return to the family home that day. Instead, she wandered the streets for hours before finally trudging back to her father’s house.

Seeing his daughter’s haggard appearance, Albert’s heart ached. He pulled her into a tight hug.

“Mary, whatever it is, tell your father. I’ll make it right. Did that Kevin boy bully you again?”

Mary forced a light laugh, nuzzling against his shoulder like she used to as a girl. “For the last time, Dad. I’m divorcing him. We’ll get the papers in a month.”

Albert stiffened. After a long moment, he pinched her cheek gently. “Should’ve done it sooner. Good riddance to bad rubbish. You deserve better.”

After a few more comforting words, he made her a cup of warm milk and sent her off to bed early.

That night, sleep never came.

It was the sound of muffled sobs from downstairs that finally pulled her from her thoughts.

Mary dressed and went down. A woman dripping with jewels was kneeling dramatically on the doorstep of the family villa.

Seeing Mary, the woman immediately prostrated herself, her voice a pitiful whine. “Mary, please… please come home. Don’t be stubborn with Kevin like this. There’s really nothing between me and him, I swear…”

Mary’s gaze swept over her, icy, then abruptly fixed on the ring necklace hanging from her throat. It was the first birthday gift Mary had ever given Kevin. He’d never worn it. Not once. And now it was here, on another woman.

She strode forward, yanked the necklace free with a sharp tug, then brushed her hands together as if she’d touched something filthy.

“What you and Kevin have or don’t have is none of my business. But this necklace? I paid for it. Five million. On you—it’s just a waste of something precious.”

“Mary!”

Shirley’s hands clenched, nails digging deep into her palms, her face contorting with fury. She let out a sharp, grating laugh, shoulders shaking violently as if she’d heard the world’s greatest joke. “A waste? Mary, do you really think a five-million chain could ever hold Kevin? Today he chose me over you. Tomorrow, he’ll hand me everything you’ve ever owned as a bonus! You’re just an old toy he can discard anytime. How dare you stand there and talk to me about what’s ‘worthy’?”

She took a step closer, eyes venomous, voice a low, mocking hiss. “Just wait. It won’t be long. This necklace, the title of Mrs. Kevin, everything you have… it will all be mine. A fool like you, who only knows how to throw money around, is no match for me.”

Shirley’s twisted expression and relentless advance filled Mary with disgust. She couldn’t take it anymore. Summoning all her strength, she shoved Shirley away.

A sly glint flashed in Shirley’s eyes. She let herself fall dramatically to the ground with a jarring thud.

“Shirley!!!”

A frantic voice rang out from behind. Kevin rushed forward, his presence suddenly filling the entryway with a palpable, threatening energy. “Are you hurt?”

“I’m… I’m fine, Kevin. But the baby…” A fragile, heartbreaking smile. “The baby isn’t. It’s so unfair. I wanted to tell you… but I suppose some women just aren’t meant to be mothers. Your mothers. Please, don’t be angry with Mary. This is my fault. I never should have come back.”

With every word Shirley uttered, the hatred in Kevin’s eyes as he looked at Mary intensified. Trembling, he gathered Shirley into his arms. The panic in his eyes was something Mary had never seen before. His voice shook as he yelled toward the door, “Someone! Get a doctor! Get a doctor now!”

He was trembling. He was… afraid. So, Kevin had a weakness after all. So… he could feel fear, too.

After years of his indifferent gaze, seeing the raw love and fear in his eyes for someone else was a blinding, physical pain.

The metal of the necklace bit into her palm as she clenched her fist. Watching Kevin’s frantic retreat, she drew her arm back and hurled it with all her strength into the pond outside. Kevin was tainted. The necklace was tainted.

She didn’t like dirty things.

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Georgina loses her job, her only means of survival due to distraction in her workplace from the offers her a job and an education but to get this, he demands for her V-card. Georgina, being a modest girl, is reluctant to give him what he wants, but when she thinks of going back to her poor status which he threatens of if she doesn't comply with him. She gives him and he assures her it's only for once, she determines deep inside her not to have anything to do with the Lord as he is a married man. What will she do when she discovers that after giving him her innocence, she becomes open to a new world of unbreakable emotional connection with him and he also gets extremely obsessed with her? What about his wife? What will happen to both of them in the end?

Billionaire Romance Werewolf

9.3

Becoming Mrs. Blackwood

9.3

Lena Martinez never imagined that her desperate need to save her younger sister's life would land her in billionaire Nathan Blackwood's world. When Julian, Nathan's loyal cousin and right-hand man, offers her a contract for a life-changing sum of money she cannot refuse-impersonate Nathan's fiancée and marry him-Lena has no choice but to agree. With the clock ticking and her eleven-year-old sister's life on the line, she steps into a life of wealth, power and secrets she never asked for. But playing the role of the glamorous Kimberly Hayes is only the beginning of her nightmare. Lena must contend with a man who is kind, loving, and yet haunted by past heartbreak, while hiding the truth that could destroy them both. In a world of lies, secrets and danger, can Lena survive as Mrs. Blackwood-without losing her heart to the man she was never meant to love?

Billionaire Horror Romance

9.7

Billionaire Contract Wife: Eight Months in His Cage

9.7

"Be my wife for eight months and I will save you from this hell. But if you fall in love with me? I will destroy you." She wasn't sold for a price. She was lost in a bet. A dark deal made in the shadows between a father who sold his own daughter without thinking twice and the man who runs the Blackwood empire. The CEO who doesn't just own money. He owns the city. He owns the law. He owns the men and their fates. She was just a normal designer until she became his wife on paper. A wife to a man who knows no mercy. A man who never loses a deal. A man who refuses to let the woman carrying his name be weak. Eight months. A marriage with no love. Strict rules. Forbidden feelings. But what happens when the deal turns into a deep hunger? What happens when the contract becomes a cage? What happens when she finds out that running away from her father put her in the trap of a man who is a thousand times more dangerous? Her father sold her in a bet. And her only escape was the man who owns the city.

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.4

Billionaire In Disguise

9.4

Refusing to go on a blind date set up by her parents, Grace agrees to a man to be her hired lover, not knowing that he is the CEO of a large corporation, which ends up pushing her further into marriage as her father approves of their relationship. Cody is initially opposed, but after doubting what is happening and finding out who Grace's adoptive father is, he accepts the marriage between them with an agreement between the two, who agree that their marriage will only last for a few years.

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.7

Fiancé's Secret Affair Unveiled

9.7

The crystal glasses clinked as I arranged them in perfect alignment on the dining table. Tonight was special—our first official family dinner since Preston and I had announced our engagement. My father had flown in from Chicago specifically for this occasion, and Preston's parents were driving up from their estate in the Hamptons. "Perfect timing," I murmured, adjusting the white orchids in the centerpiece. "Everything's ready." Preston appeared behind me, his cologne—Tom Ford, always Tom Ford—reaching me before he did. "You've outdone yourself, Sara." His hands settled on my shoulders, fingers brushing my collarbone in that possessive way that once made me melt. "No one would guess you ran a board meeting this afternoon." I turned to face him, taking in his perfectly pressed shirt and practiced smile. "Your parents will be here any minute. Is everything prepared in the kitchen?" "Everything's under control." He kissed my forehead, but his eyes darted to his phone when it buzzed. "Just a quick message from work." My father arrived first, bearing his usual gift of rare vintage wine.

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.8

Incubator No More: The Billionaire's Secret Heir

9.8

I sat in the VIP waiting room of the fertility clinic, clutching the report that confirmed my implantation was a success. After years of struggling, I finally had a reason to make my marriage with Garnett work. But when I went to find him in the lounge, I heard a woman’s laughter coming from behind the door. It was his mistress, Alison. I froze as I heard Garnett’s cold, dismissive voice. "She’s just an incubator." "Once the heir is born, we kick her out. The trust fund only requires a legitimate heir born to my wife. It doesn't require the wife to stick around afterwards." The betrayal went deeper than I could have imagined. I soon discovered the clinic had botched the procedure—the baby I was carrying wasn't even Garnett’s. It was donor sperm from Sterling Sharp, the most powerful tech mogul in the world. When my in-laws forced me to move into their estate for "monitoring," I realized I was entering a cage. Garnett and his mistress were paying the family doctor to inject me with hallucinogens to mimic a mental breakdown. They planned to declare me legally incompetent and commit me to an asylum the second I gave birth. I stood in the shadows of the East Wing, realizing my husband wasn't just stealing my child—he was trying to delete my mind. The people I called family were poisoning me daily, waiting for me to break so they could claim a legacy that wasn't even theirs. They wanted a madwoman, so I decided to give them one. I turned the doctor into my double agent, faked every symptom of a breakdown, and began building a secret empire from the shadows. Garnett thinks he’s trapped an incubator, but he’s actually locked himself in with a nuclear weapon.

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