When Lucy, a 30-year-old cancer patient, walks in on her husband and best friend, she realizes her whole life has been a lie. What's worse, she dies a tragic and brutal death at the hands of her husband. Fortunately for Lucy, she is given the chance to rewrite her fate. Reincarnated into her younger self, Lucy plots her revenge: marrying off her ex-best friend to her cheating ex- husband and building wealth by mirroring his successful investments. But when she meets a colleague and friend at work facing similar struggles- a cheating husband and cancer diagnosis - Lucy's plans become complicated. She has to choose between her desire for revenge and her need to help her friend, all while keeping her secret safe. Just when she thought she had it all figured out, she unexpectedly fell for her boss, complicating her plans for vengeance even further. Then, out of the blue, her first love reentered her life after years of silence since high school. Now, tangled in a love triangle, she felt more lost than ever. Should she chase the new spark with her boss, or should she try to reignite the flame with the one who once captured her heart? Will her quest for revenge ultimately consume her, or will she find the strength to choose redemption and discover true happiness and closure? Immerse yourself in this captivating story filled with love, betrayal, and the journey of self-discovery.
CHAPTER ONE- WHEN LOVE TURNS ROTTEN
~ LUCY'S POV~
"What the fuck do you want from me, woman!"
Dave demanded, his voice laced with anger.
"I just want us to talk. Can't we have a normal conversation like a couple?" I replied.
"I don't have time for this," he retorted.
"I'm trying to sleep and you're disturbing me."
"But this is important." I insisted "My test results are back, and the doctor said..."
"Are you pregnant?" he interrupted, his tone indifferent. "That's the only thing that matters to me now"
"No I'm not, but the results indicated why I'm struggling to conceive" I responded.
"I'm not interested," he said turning away.
"Really, Dave? You're not interested in listening? Even after the results revealed I have gastric cancer and its stage IV. The doctor warned that getting pregnant would be extremely challenging, if not impossible? And I have less than three months to live." I said, struggling to hold back tears.
"Well that's your problem" he shouted. "If you have cancer, you go fucking treat it and leave me the fuck alone! I don't know why everything about you is so complicated."
I shot back. "And whose fault is it that I have this cancer in the first place? Each time I complain about a stomach ache, your mom always tells me it's because I'm too sensitive. She was the reason I couldn't detect the early signs of the cancer, she's always overreacting when I mention my sym..."
Before I could finish, Dave's expression turned furious, and he slapped me across the face.
"How dare you bring my mother to your problems," he shouted. "You know what? You don't even deserve to be in this room right now. Get out- I've had enough of your rubbish," he said, pushing me off the bed with such force that I fell and collapsed on the floor.
~ DAVE'S POV~
I pushed her off the bed, and a sudden silence fell over the room. Looking down, I saw her lying motionless on the floor. "Did she just collapse?"
I thought to myself, annoyed.
"Why is this woman so fragile?" I kicked her leg, but there was no response. "You'd better not think about dying on me," I muttered.
With no other option, I decided to take her to the hospital. It was probably for the best that she stayed there rather than with me. I lifted her into my arms and carried her to the car, then drove to the hospital.
To ensure her admission, I knew I had to play the concerned partner. "Please, my wife is unconscious – please help!" I exclaimed to the nurses at the reception.
Moments later, a team of nurses rushed in with a stretcher and took her in.
"You're her guardian, correct? I'd like you to fill out this form, please," a nurse said, handing me a paper. I completed the form and turned to leave, but a voice called out to me. I turned to see a male doctor approaching.
"You must be Mr. Dave, Lucy's husband, right?" the doctor asked.
"Yes, that's correct," I replied, maintaining eye contact with the doctor while wondering what he wanted.
"May I speak with you briefly in my office?" he requested, gesturing toward a door.
I followed him inside and took a seat. "It's about your wife, Lucy. I'm sure you're aware of her recent test results," he said. I recalled that he was referring to her cancer diagnosis, a fact that didn't stir any genuine concern in me.
"Yes, I've heard. I've been devastated by the news," I said, forcing back fake tears.
"I'm so sorry, sir. Please take heart. I advise you to spend the time she has left with her, cherishing the moments you share," the doctor counseled.
Memories? What a joke. Honestly, our marriage holds no sentimental value for me. I married her out of pity and to benefit from her professional success. There wasn't any deeper connection. "Thank you, Doctor. I'll take my leave now. I need to go home and pack some clothes for Lucy," I said, standing up and heading toward the door.
After leaving the hospital, I decided I didn't want to spend the night alone, especially since Lucy wouldn't be back tonight anyway. So, I called Suzy-the second woman in my life. She's stunning: curvier than Lucy and incredible in bed.
"Hey, baby girl, you're still awake?"
"Yes, I am," she replied. "But I'm getting ready to sleep. I just got out of the shower."
"Mmm, that sounds so sexy. How about I come pick you up and you spend the night at my place instead?" I suggested.
"What about Lucy?" she asked "Don't worry about her. She's still in the hospital and won't be back tonight. That means we have the night all to ourselves."
"I like the sound of that. Okay, come pick me up."
"I'm on my way, baby." I jumped in the car and headed straight to Suzy's place.
She was already outside waiting, dressed in nothing but some incredibly seductive lingerie. Damn-she looked amazing. Way hotter than my cold, ugly wife. I couldn't help but kiss her and give her a playful smack.
We got in the car and drove home. We couldn't even wait until we got to the bedroom-we were already kissing and stripping as we walked through the door. By the time we made it to the bed, we lost ourselves in each other and had incredible sex until we both passed out.
P-please, I beg you. Come let's go tell Christian I had no hand in whatever happened, p-please." I clutched the lapel of his jacket desperately. "Let's go. You need to tell my husband you were paid." "Young lady, you're harassing me." His tone was cold and his stare granite. But I could care less. "You harassed me first! You had sex with me without my consent, my husband knows and now I'm pregnant with this child he doesn't want. You ruined my marriage! I-I hate you!" ************************************ Caught by her husband with another man on their matrimonial bed the morning after her birthday, Hailey Codza could not defend herself. As though it's not enough, she gets pregnant. Her enraged husband decides to pay her back for her infidelity by having an affair with his ex-girlfriend - Denise Kellers, the family Hailey never knew she had. Losing her family's wealth and company to her husband and his ex (now girlfriend), she is devastated, homeless and penniless as all her credit cards are blocked by her husband. She sees the man who is responsible for her pregnancy. The man she has no idea how he'd found his way to her matrimonial bed - Jared Johnson. Jared is annoyed when this strange woman disrupts his meeting and accuses him of ruining her life, marriage and impregnating her. It affects his business deals and having no choice, he marries her to calm the public whilst engaged to someone else. But he loathes her and allows his family treats her badly. Hailey who has fallen in love with Jared is broken when she can no longer take the humiliation. She signs the divorce papers and leaves, only to arrive six years later to the country as a self-made, secret billionaire and a mother of twins. Now her two ex-husbands are begging to have her back...
Brenna lived with her adoptive parents for twenty years, enduring their exploitation. When their real daughter appeared, they sent Brenna back to her true parents, thinking they were broke. In reality, her birth parents belonged to a top circle that her adoptive family could never reach. Hoping Brenna would fail, they gasped at her status: a global finance expert, a gifted engineer, the fastest racer... Was there any end to the identities she kept hidden? After her fiancé ended their engagement, Brenna met his twin brother. Unexpectedly, her ex-fiancé showed up, confessing his love...
"Please trust me, I didn't do anything." "I don't believe you. I am rejecting you as my Queen and giving you the punishment of death." Alina was living outside her pack for five years. Her parents didn't try to contact her and always ignored her. Her best friend convinced her to go back to their pack and she agreed. But she had never imagined what was waiting there for her. She never thought she would meet her mate and had to face betrayal from everywhere. She had to pay for the crime which she never committed. Aaron Robertson is the king of Lycans. He is a very dominant and powerful King who not only rules Lycans but also rules other ranks of werewolves. Everyone is afraid of Lycans and he is the king of them. But who knew that he would get a mate who was just a simple Omega with no powers and strengths? He called her weak all the time but little did he know that his weak Omega would give him the biggest betrayal of his life for which he had to give her the sentence of death.
Blurb "Part your legs for me, princess" Alpha Damian humored huskily like he was intoxicated, I whimpered as he voice sents a jolts of emotions round my body. An emotion that I wasn't supposed to feel. Selene was 18 years old when she found out that Alpha Jasper of the Silver Crescent pack was her mate at her Awakening ceremony. Being a reject with no parents she lived with him for over one year as a slave and he never acknowledged her as his mate because he couldn't accept a reject as his mate. On her 20th birthday, her mate not only rejected her and chose her best friend; Imogen, as his new mate, but he also sold Selene to the most feared Alpha; Alpha Damian of the Crimson Moon pack whom everyone referred to as a beast. Not knowing why Alpha Damian chose to buy her, she can only resign herself to fate. What has the moon goddess installed for me again? Is this the freedom she solely crave for? Will she be tied down with the shackles of the unknown?
Rachel used to think that her devotion would win Brian over one day, but she was proven wrong when his true love returned. Rachel had endured it all—from standing alone at the altar to dragging herself to the hospital for an emergency treatment. Everyone thought she was crazy to give up so much of herself for someone who didn’t return her feelings. But when Brian received news of Rachel’s terminal illness and realized she didn’t have long to live, he completely broke down. "I forbid you to die!" Rachel just smiled. She no longer needed him. "I will finally be free."
June Rivera was divorced by her husband after three years of marriage because he wanted to be with her sister who was pregnant for him. Kicked to the curb with a divorce and rejected by her parents,she struggles to make ends meet and get a job until she saves Luis Ambrose from an accident - the only child of Rafael Ambrose, a widowed man and the CEO of Ambrose Corporation. When little Luis asks to have her as a nanny, and Rafael's mother pressures him to get married, they draw a contract. To be Luis's nanny and his fake wife for one year in exchange for 50 million dollars!