If desire were a blade, their first encounter left him bleeding in silence. He'd built a life on peril and pleasure, armor forged from recklessness, never imagining a woman could make him lower his guard. But even with the truth veiled in lies, he was already in too deep-entangled in the game, and captivated by the player.
Late at night, Rosanna Williams lay in bed, her breathing fast and her cheeks red.
Her husband, Oliver Marshall, had been out drinking during some business gatherings and had come home in an unusually cheerful mood. He had been full of energy and didn't hold back when they got intimate, going at it five times, leaving her completely worn out.
By the fourth round, they had already run out of condoms.
During the final time, Oliver's eyes were burning with desire as he pinned her down. Everything between them became a blur of heat and chaos.
The passion had been thrilling, but once it was over, Rosanna was the only one left to deal with the consequences.
At twenty-eight, Oliver was at his peak-doing well in business and having a strong libido.
Throughout their three-year marriage, he had always been careful about using protection.
In the beginning, Rosanna hadn't thought much about having kids, but over the past six months, something had changed. She found herself longing for a baby with Oliver.
Oliver wasn't just handsome; he also knew exactly what to do in bed. And sometimes, when he whispered those soft, teasing words, it was enough to melt her.
It had been a year since Rosanna realized her feelings toward Oliver had shifted. She had gone from feeling nothing to actually caring for him.
To be precise, she had fallen in love with him.
But Oliver's warmth toward her only showed up in bed. When they were not being intimate, he was just as cold and distant as always.
"Don't forget to take birth control pills," Oliver said in a flat voice, snapping her out of her thoughts. "A pregnancy would just make things messy."
Rosanna just nodded in reply, feeling disheartened.
She knew she was ovulating, but with him being drunk, even if she did get pregnant, she couldn't keep the baby.
Still, his words hurt more than she wanted to admit.
Oliver put on his pajamas and walked into the bathroom.
Rosanna watched him until he was out of sight, then finally looked away.
Just then, a sudden phone ring shattered the quiet in the room.
Rosanna took Oliver's phone and looked at it. The name "Millie" lit up on the screen.
Millie Rogers, Oliver's secretary, was always gentle and graceful. She had a charm that everyone seemed to like.
Word was, Millie had given up a top-paying job in Klenridge six years ago just to work near Oliver. Officially, she was just his secretary, but rumors circulated that they were lovers.
Suddenly, Oliver's hand reached out and grabbed the phone right out of Rosanna's hand.
"Millie," he said warmly to the phone, his voice full of affection and joy.
Rosanna felt as if a knife had pierced straight through her heart.
Oliver never talked to her that way; his tone with her was always cold and clipped, never this affectionate.
"Oliver, someone's harassing me. Please come get me. I'm at the Zero Club..." Millie's distressed voice came through the phone clearly. Rosanna heard every word.
"I'll go there now," Oliver said quickly. "I'll have a friend nearby to go and help you first. You find a safe place and lock the door. Did you call the police?" His face turned serious as he strode into the walk-in closet.
Rosanna sat there, shaking with rage. She didn't even bother putting on her shoes as she followed him inside.
Just a month ago, during an outdoor shoot in the northern suburbs with her TV crew, their van had veered off the road, crashing into a ditch to dodge a dump truck.
Thankfully, no one died, but everyone came out injured.
Her leg had been hurt and bleeding badly. Panicked and in pain, she had called Oliver.
But Oliver had been at some dinner event at that time. Despite hearing her sobs, he had coldly said, "If you can still make a call, then it's not that serious." He had then hung up without a second thought.
Yet now, here he was-ready to rush over to Millie when he was still drunk without hesitation. Rosanna knew it had to be because he loved Millie deeply.
Oliver quickly got dressed, still murmuring comforting words into the phone as he walked towards the front door. Rosanna couldn't hear Millie clearly, but she could hear her sobs.
Standing in front of the door to stop Oliver from leaving, Rosanna bit down on her lip and said, "You've had too much to drink. You can't drive like this."
"Are you being jealous, or are you worried about me?" Oliver asked, lifting her chin with a glint in his eyes.
Rosanna looked at him, her eyes soft, her voice steady. "I'm worried about you."
"Save the fake concern," Oliver said, letting go of her face, his voice void of warmth.
Before Rosanna could even respond, he pushed her aside, making her lose her balance and fall to the floor.
Then, without hesitation, he walked past her and left.
The house fell silent, and Rosanna was left alone.
A wave of bitterness washed over her, so strong that it seemed to twist her insides. It hurt everywhere, but she couldn't even cry.
Her face had gone pale, and her eyes were red as she held back tears.
She stayed there, sitting on the floor, until her legs went numb. Then, she finally forced herself to stand.
She didn't want to go back to the bedroom, so she curled up on the sofa instead, closing her eyes, her thoughts a tangled mess.
Suddenly, the sound of her phone ringing broke the silence.
The sharp tone pulled her back to reality. Thinking it might be Oliver calling her, she quickly got up and rushed from the living room to the bedroom, answering the call without a second thought.
"Rosanna! Your husband just caused a huge scene at the Zero Club because of Millie! He smashed a beer bottle over some guy's head; there was blood everywhere. It was insane!"
Rosanna's best friend, Leah Ahmed, was on the line, her voice full of urgency.
Rosanna tried to stay composed and barely managed to mutter, "Oh."
She wasn't shocked. Knowing how far Oliver would go for Millie, she wouldn't have been surprised even if Leah had said he killed someone.
The Zero Club wasn't just any club; it was the most elite private club in Qegan. It was the place where Oliver often partied with his friends.
Leah continued, "Some drunk guy cornered Millie near the bathroom and tried to assault her. One of the witnesses said there were hickeys on her chest and that her underwear had been pulled down. Thank goodness Millie had the sense to lock herself in the women's restroom before things got worse..."
Rosanna didn't hear the rest of Leah's words, her mind drifting elsewhere. Eventually, Leah ended the call.
Leah's call had wiped away any remaining sense of sleep from her, leaving her clutching the phone so tightly that her knuckles went pale.
How could she not be angry about this?
She had forced herself to stay calm during the call, clinging to the last piece of dignity she had.
She tried to distract herself by scrolling through her phone, but the news of Oliver's fight at the Zero Club was already spreading across the internet.
The stories painted Oliver as a passionate lover, a man willing to risk everything for his loved one, portraying him as a bold and hopeless romantic.
The more Rosanna read, the angrier she became. She couldn't take it anymore, so she put her phone away and switched off the bedside lamp.
Surrounded by darkness, she felt her thoughts become sharper.
In the three years of their marriage, Oliver had never once publicly announced their relationship. Instead, he had spent his time mingling with women from different clubs. Millie, confident in his favoritism, had always made sure to rub it in her face.
Right now, she found herself questioning her marriage to Oliver, the one that had already been decaying from the inside out.
The sound of the door opening broke her thoughts. She checked the time; it was half past five in the morning.
Oliver was back, but he didn't return to their bedroom. He walked straight into the study.
Rosanna climbed out of bed, taking a deep breath before walking toward the study and knocking on the door.
There was no answer.
She knocked again, this time turning the handle to open the door and entering.
"Did I let you in?" Oliver's voice was sharp, his expression darkening instantly at the sudden interruption.
Rosanna hesitated for a moment. Then, she gathered all her courage to meet his gaze. "Let's get a divorce."
Anabel found out she was pregnant and dialed her husband's number to share the good news to him. They have been married for two years without a child. Desmond's mother had been accusing her of being barren and unproductive. When the call was picked, she was flabbergasted and broken. She was hearing a loud moan of feminine voice. "Ohh! Yeah! Don't stop fucking me! Fuck me harder baby!" accompanied with sound of skins slapping against the other. She went home to confront her husband and end up receiving a divorce paper. Desmond divorced him for a lady his mother was rooting. Few months later when he found out that his ex-wife is a billionaire heiress and she is pregnant with twins, he went crazy!
They don't know I'm a girl. They all look at me and see a boy. A prince. Their kind purchase humans like me for their lustful desires. And, when they stormed into our kingdom to buy my sister, I intervened to protect her. I made them take me too. The plan was to escape with my sister whenever we found a chance. How was I to know our prison would be the most fortified place in their kingdom? I was supposed to be on the sidelines. The one they had no real use for. The one they never meant to buy. But then, the most important person in their savage land-their ruthless beast king-took an interest in the "pretty little prince." How do we survive in this brutal kingdom, where everyone hates our kind and shows us no mercy? And how does someone, with a secret like mine, become a lust slave? . AUTHOR'S NOTE. This is a dark romance-dark, mature content. Highly rated 18+ Expect triggers, expect hardcore. If you're a seasoned reader of this genre, looking for something different, prepared to go in blindly not knowing what to expect at every turn, but eager to know more anyway, then dive in! . From the author of the international bestselling book: "The Alpha King's Hated Slave."
Elena, once a pampered heiress, suddenly lost everything when the real daughter framed her, her fiancé ridiculed her, and her adoptive parents threw her out. They all wanted to see her fall. But Elena unveiled her true identity: the heiress of a massive fortune, famed hacker, top jewelry designer, secret author, and gifted doctor. Horrified by her glorious comeback, her adoptive parents demanded half her newfound wealth. Elena exposed their cruelty and refused. Her ex pleaded for a second chance, but she scoffed, “Do you think you deserve it?” Then a powerful magnate gently proposed, “Marry me?”
"Mr. Evans, please maintain some dignity. Don't forget I'm your brother's wife!" Having caught her husband and best friend together in the bed, Elena wanted nothing more than to exact revenge on the people she once called family. She refused to be a pitiful divorcee and vowed to make everyone who had once looked down on her beg for forgiveness. And to start with her newfound freedom, Elena indulges in a one-night stand with a stranger. However, what was meant to be a fleeting escape turns into a nightmare when she learns that the stranger is none other than her husband's older brother! Would Elena be free from the shackles of her marriage? Or would the mysterious stranger make her life a living hell since he seemed to have a personal vendetta against his family? [The story is 18+ and involves mature content.]
When Zora was sick during the early days of her pregnancy, Ezrah was with his first love, Piper. When Zora got into an accident and called Ezrah, he said he was busy, when in actual fact, he was buying shoes for Piper. Zora lost her baby because of the accident, and throughout her stay at the hospital, Ezrah never showed up. She already knew that he didn't love her, but that was the last straw for the camel's back, and her fragile heart could not take it anymore. When Ezrah arrived home a few days after Zora was discharged from the hospital, he no longer met the woman who always greeted him with a smile and cared for him. Zora stood at the top of the stairs and yelled with a cold expression, "Good news, Ezrah! Our baby died in a car accident. There is nothing between us anymore, so let's get a divorce." The man who claimed not to have any feelings for Zora, being cold and distant towards her, and having asked her for a divorce twice, instantly panicked.
She was a world-renowned divine doctor, the CEO of a publicly traded company, the most formidable female mercenary, and a top-tier tech genius. Marissa, a titan with a plethora of secret identities, had hidden her true stature to marry a seemingly impoverished young man. However, on the eve of their wedding, her fiance, who was actually the lost heir to a wealthy dynasty, called off the engagement and subjected her to degradation and mockery. Upon the revelation of her concealed identities, her ex-fiance was left stunned and desperately pleaded for her forgiveness. Standing protectively before Marissa, an incredibly influential and fearsome magnate declared, "This is my wife. Who would dare try to claim her?"