The bridge to myself

Modern

I stood at my mother’s open grave in the freezing rain, my heels sinking into the mud. The space beside me was empty. My husband, Hilliard Holloway, had promised to cherish me in bad times, but apparently, burying my mother didn't fit into his busy schedule. While the priest’s voice droned on, a news alert lit up my phone. It was a livestream of the Metropolitan Charity Gala. There was Hilliard, looking impeccable in a custom tuxedo, with his ex-girlfriend Charla English draped over his arm. The headline read: "Holloway & English: A Power Couple Reunited?" When he finally returned to our penthouse at 2 AM, he didn't come alone—he brought Charla with him. He claimed she’d had a "medical emergency" at the gala and couldn't be left alone. I found a Tiffany diamond necklace on our coffee table meant for her birthday, and a smudge of her signature red lipstick on his collar. When I confronted him, he simply told me to stop being "hysterical" and "acting like a child." He had no idea I was seven months pregnant with his child. He thought so little of my grief that he didn't even bother to craft a convincing lie, laughing with his mistress in our home while I sat in the dark with a shattered heart and a secret life growing inside me. "He doesn't deserve us," I whispered to the darkness. I didn't scream or beg. I simply left a folder on his desk containing signed divorce papers and a forged medical report for a terminated pregnancy. I disappeared into the night, letting him believe he had successfully killed his own legacy through his neglect. Five years later, Hilliard walked into "The Vault," the city's most exclusive underground auction, looking for a broker to manage his estate. He didn't recognize me behind my Venetian mask, but he couldn't ignore the neon pink graffiti on his armored Maybach that read "DEADBEAT." He had no clue that the three brilliant triplets currently hacking his security system were the very children he thought had been erased years ago. This time, I wasn't just a wife in the way; I was the one holding all the cards.

Werewolf

The deal was simple: She would never see his face. She would never know his true identity as the Alpha. She would get pregnant, and after delivery, she would never see her baby again. She would get the money she needed for her father's surgery. "What do I do now?" She wondered. She was a virgin a

Literature

The Bridge of the Gods by Frederic Homer Balch

Horror

"I don't think anyone would try to believe me. The paranormal became too much for my eyes to bear. The blood from the shower? The terrible stench from the old well? Everything went wrong." Renee and her family moved into the house after the fourth bridge. A home of past horrific mysteries and deaths

Billionaires

“You are very handsome, I only wish to get married to you.” “Oh….really, do you think that you meet all the qualifications that I want in my woman?” He asked and then looked her all over from her head to her toes. The guy didn’t even blink his cold eyes as he scanned her body and she started panicki

Others

Bartley Alexander, a construction engineer, is a middle-aged man torn between Winifred, his demanding American wife, and Hilda Burgoyne, his alluring British mistress. Alexander's relationship with Hilda erodes his sense of honor and eventually proves disastrous when a bridge he is constructing begi

Romance

Their love was innocent but touching. She swallowed down all the frustration in life when she was with him. All she wanted was that this love would be last forever, but reality taught her a hard lesson. She thought she made the right choice for each other. However, when they met again, tears welled

Romance

I woke up in a hospital, my head pounding, five years of my life a blank. The last thing I remembered, I was a free-spirited 21-year-old artist, alive and vibrant. Instead, my best friend Chloe told me I was 26, married to a man I didn't know: Ethan Hayes. A cold, impeccably dressed stranger who bar

Mafia

Framed by her husband's mistress and abandoned in a prison cell, Bella is left to die-stabbed in the dark, betrayed by everyone she once loved. But a mysterious man saves her, pulling her from the brink of death. Three years later, she returns as a cold, calculative woman, determined to destroy th

Modern

Failure sometimes teaches us a lesson about life, one that we cannot find even with the best tutors. I failed and couldn't be admitted to my dream school. someone else dream become mine. It was not the world I wanted,but it was the world I found my self in. I don't even plan to have a world. wher

Romance

Ashley Ramos was the real daughter that her family finally brought back, but she didn’t enjoy the glory and wealth she expected. Everything she was supposed to have was brutally taken away by another woman. Losing her last trace of dignity, Ashley decided to disown her family and take revenge on the

Modern

I thought I was the center of Michael’s universe, carrying the heir to his shipping empire. That illusion shattered the day I found his journal. It turned out I was just a "vessel" to launder money, while his "cousin" Selena was his true love. The cruelty peaked at lunch. When a tureen of scalding

Romance

Vanessa felt like the luckiest woman in the whole world when she finally got married to the man she had been in love with secretly for seven years. If only she knew that she had just set herself up for drags and suffering... The elites barraged her with criticism at every chance they got. It was

Romance

Zoe lost everything overnight. Her father was jailed. Her brother ran away and her best friend betrayed her. She was thrown into an abyss of despair. And the one responsible for this was none other than Larry, whose only aim was vengeance. She had tried to run away from him, but there was no way o

Literature

Originally published in 1895. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the orig

Billionaires

Relatable Emotional Struggles: The story explores deeply into themes of personal growth, trust, and forgiveness. Readers can connect with the characters' emotional journeys-whether it's Justin's struggle to redefine his identity, Addison's battle between loyalty and morality, or Katrina's journey to

Romance

When love turned real, it was destined to be guarded for life. The first time Bella met Charles, she was young and innocent. She was a nobody when she fell for him. However, when she finally plucked up the courage to confess her feelings, an unexpected misunderstanding ripped them apart. She wou

Romance

For three years, New York socialite Elara Vance relentlessly pursued ranch foreman Ethan Cole, culminating in her 999th heartbreaking attempt on his remote Wyoming ranch. His brutal, final rejection shattered her, slamming shut any hope for a future with him. Humiliated and utterly heartbroken, Elar

Billionaires

Valeria Vance was married through an arranged marriage, forced by her family to unite two kingdoms. Her husband, Cassian Sterling, a cold and secretive man, never saw her as anything more than a symbol of their union. Not only that, Cassian betrayed Valeria's trust in the cruelest way, cheating on h

Werewolf

Twelve years after the death of her best friend and also future alpha of Eclipse pack, Tiana Aldridge finds herself mated to his twin brother, Jordan Walker, but he doesn’t want her. Her pack hates her and everyone blames her for the death that happened twelve years ago. She grows up an outcast and

Werewolf

Lena's entire pack was wiped away. Her whole family was also killed. It all happened right in front of her eyes. She was saved by Lillian, the Luna of the Blue Moon Pack. She thought her life would be better in the new pack, but not until the Luna died from the internal injury she got while saving h