We re just Eighteen

Modern

I went to the City Clerk’s office for a routine copy of my marriage license to finalize a trust fund audit. I expected a simple piece of paper, but the clerk’s pitying look told me my entire life was a lie. "The license was never finalized, Ms. Oliver. In the eyes of the state, you are single." The three-hundred-guest wedding at the Plaza and the Vogue features meant nothing. My husband, Gray Cooley, had intentionally filed the documents with a "procedural defect" so he could discard me without a legal divorce. Moments later, an iCloud invite titled "Our Little Secret" popped up on my screen. It was a photo of my best friend, Brylee, holding a positive pregnancy test at our Hamptons estate. Gray’s text to her was the final blow: "Happy anniversary, babe. This baby is the best gift. Once the trust unlocks today, we’re done with the charade." I soon discovered they were even stealing my career, reassigning my architectural masterpiece to Brylee while preparing my eviction notice. Gray's mother called me a "barren mule" in a leaked recording, mocking the infertility I suffered after saving Gray’s life in a construction accident. I wasn't a wife; I was a three-year placeholder used to secure his inheritance. How could the man I bled for treat me like a disposable prop? How could my best friend carry his child while pretending to comfort me through my darkest moments? The betrayal burned until it turned into a cold, hard stone of fury. I didn't cry. Instead, I walked into the penthouse of the Barretts, the Cooleys' most powerful rivals. I signed a marriage contract with Kane Barrett, the man the tabloids called the "Beast of Wall Street." "I want a wedding," I told his father, my voice steady and lethal. "Bigger than the one I had with Gray." If they wanted me gone, they would have to watch me become the woman who owns their world.

Romance

“Presenting my best friend, Amy Waters.” Leone's eyes widened at the female, surprised at the glow-up compared to what she used to be. She never kept in touch with Amy, despite what they used to be those years, and she wondered if Amy still remembered her and what she had done. Not realizing when s

Literature

Il Re prega by Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina

Literature

Il re dei re, vol. 3 (di 4) by Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina

Modern

For eighteen years, I’ve been told a lie. My husband, Mark, my doctors, even my own parents, convinced me I suffered from a delusional disorder, that my deep ache for a daughter named Emily was just a symptom. They said I only had one child, my sweet son Ethan. Yet, I always felt a part of me was mi

Modern

The acrid smell of smoke choked Sarah Miller, her leg a searing agony as flames licked at her home. Just moments ago, her husband, Rick, had shoved her down the stairs, breaking her leg, then watched calmly as the faulty wiring he ignored ignited their house. Trapped and engulfed by the roaring fi

Literature

"Eleanor Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. Born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Eleanor Hodgman was trained as a singer but later turned to writing. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and moved to Massachusetts. Porter mainly wrote children's literature, in

Modern

Eighteen days after giving up on Jarrett Sheppard, Alayna Dickerson cut off her waist-length hair and called her father, announcing her decision to move to California and attend the UC Berkeley College of Music. Her father, Samuel Dickerson, surprised, asked about the sudden change, reminding her

Young Adult

Just Patty is the prequel to When Patty Went to College, which was Webster's first novel. We see the same lovable prankster at school, causing just as much havoc as ever and delighting her fellow students with her scornful disregard for rules and etiquette.

Adventure

A quiet life and last year was all Ryan wanted, tormented by the same people since the fifth year of elementary school, Ryan isolates himself and becomes a very depressed boy, but what he didn't expect is that he would fall in love with her again. , Emily Harrison. That passion will awaken Ryan's wo

Adventure

The unexpected death of Rose’s beloved aunt ends up being a driving force in her uneventful life. She gives up her lonely, unfulfilled big city existence for the country home and life from cherished childhood memories. But can it live up to them? All she wants is to find her place in the world; th

Romance

Charlotte's parents announced that she was getting married one night at a gathering with her brother's friends. The wedding took place despite the fact that they did not love each other. After getting pregnant, Charlotte started to develop feelings for her husband, Elijah. However, she soon discover

Literature

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright

Young Adult

A wave of fear washed over me, paralyzing every ounce of my being. The accusation seeped into my wounded soul, and the weight of guilt consumed me. Tears cascaded down my cheeks as i listened to Claudia's bloodshot eyes bore into my own, terrifying me to my core. "AND WE WON'T REST UNTIL YOU JOIN H

Literature

"[...] For each five minutes of the day and night, one girl comes to New York to make her life; or so the compilers of statistics claim. This was Kedzie Thropp's five minutes. She did not know it, and the two highly important, because extremely wealthy, beings in the same Pullman car never suspected

Modern

Thanksgiving. The smell of roast turkey usually fills me with warmth, but not this year. My seven-year-old daughter, Lily, wasn't at the table. She was supposedly at my sister-in-law Jess' s mother' s house for a spontaneous sleepover with Jess' s son, Kyle - a plan that immediately set my mater

Romance

After the death of his first wife, Matteo Marino, a wealthy CEO and powerful mafia boss behind the scenes, he was forced to remarry the daughter of one of his father's most trusted friend. Aria Barone, a young girl who witnessed her beloved mother murdered and burned alive by one of her father's r

Romance

Falling in love is easy, but keep that love is not that easy. Karan: an entrepreneur, hard working. After his heart break, he dedicated himself to his work and never looked back after that. After successfully becoming a billionaire on his own, he decided to get married. But the girl he was married

Billionaires

looked down at my reddish elbows which were hurting so much. "I'm really sorry… I didn't mean to, I just don't want anything to happen between us at least not yet… if you understand what I mean" he helped me get up as he made me sit comfortably on the couch. The rain had begun to pour and I thought

Romance

"Faya.." hearing his soft voice from behind made me feel a tinge of guilt. Is he an asshole or what? I looked at him like he was nothing where I stood. "Do you remember what happened before the accident?" He now sat beside me. I gulped a glass of wine. "Of course I do.." I giggled. "It's fucked up"

Fantasy

She met him when she least expected during a time when her only focus was to get into college. It was an instant connection. Although it was silence at first but it grew into something more. Late night drives and stolen kisses but love was never enough. She has a past she struggles to let go of, an