When A Marriage Ends Before The Heart Does

Modern

I spent three years building my husband, Axel Farrell, into Silicon Valley's ultimate "family man." As his lead PR strategist, I carefully managed his public image, making sure the world saw him as a perfect, devoted husband while I worked in the shadows of our estate. The illusion shattered when he came home one night smelling of sandalwood and roses, with three deep fingernail scratches carved into his back. When I tried to check his phone, the passcode we had used for years-our wedding anniversary-had been changed. The betrayal got worse the next morning when his mother called me a "defective product" and tried to force me into a fertility clinic. Axel didn't defend me; instead, he shoved me against a marble bar at a public gala to protect his mistress in front of the world's elite. By the time I tried to leave, Axel had frozen my bank accounts and filed a forged legal petition to have me declared mentally incompetent. He planned to have me legally kidnapped and locked in a private psychiatric ward just to stop me from filing for divorce. He even blocked every major law firm in the city from taking my case, leaving me with no money, no identity, and no one to turn to. I couldn't understand how the man who "saved" me from the mud years ago could be the same monster now trying to legally erase my existence. Was our entire marriage just a grooming process to exploit my genius for his billion-dollar empire? As the deadline for my forced commitment approached, I stopped crying and opened my laptop. I leaked the video of his affair to every tech journalist in the country, watching his stock price crash in real-time. "Axel thinks starving me out will make me crawl back to him," I whispered as I walked into the headquarters of his biggest rival. "But he forgot that the most valuable part of his company is in my head." I was no longer the abandoned wife; I was the one who was going to take his throne and burn it to the ground.

Romance

Brazeal Inayica Viglianco is known as a popular model. She is also famous for her unique beauty. But despite her beauty, other people always bullied her because of her illness. But because of that, she was more loved by her peers around her. But things got confusing for her when she met a wealthy bu

Modern

For five years, I was Liam Walker, a hired husband and father in a grand mansion, my very existence hanging on Victoria Sterling' s whims and my sick mother' s need for life-saving treatment. My days were a relentless cycle of enduring Chloe, Victoria's ten-year-old daughter, who saw me as an intru

Adventure

I’ve been wishing to see the world end… but why do I felt this way now I see it for myself? Running as if my life depends on it, every alley and corner I turned into, I tried my best not to slip and get caught. Hah, it seems like I would pass out due to exhaustion any time soon! Never once in my li

Billionaires

The picture on my phone was a punch to the gut. It showed my husband, Julian Vance, the cold, untouchable tech CEO, smiling genuinely at a young woman I' d never seen before, his hand resting on her shoulder. This wasn't his public, polished smile for the cameras. It was something real, something

Romance

Lavender Del Castillo, is 24 years old and a successful young lady. This lady is sweet, kind, caring and a daddy's girl type. After her father died, he left a perfume company named Atmosphere Perfumes. She loved her father so much, she was eager to manage the company and continue to provide the qu

Billionaires

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Billionaires

For seven years, my life with Marcus, the charismatic tech CEO, was a dazzling performance; our Malibu beach house, the galas, the constant cameras, all painted a picture of the perfect marriage. Then, a small, red lipstick, a brand I recognized as belonging to his ambitious young marketing associa

Literature

Ives's second piano sonata, Concord, Mass., 1845 , stands among the masterpieces of American music. The Essays Before a Sonata was conceived by Ives as a preface of sorts to the composition. Ives's musings also explore the nature of music, discuss the source of a composer's impulses a

Romance

She was a famous bounty hunter, who caught wanted man specially! This time she caught an underworld boss. This underworld boss made a nationwide order to find her! Although she was a cunning fox, she was still controlled by him. He threatened to torture her to death! Since this was the destiny, she

Modern

I had it all – a secured Yale scholarship, a bright future, and a best friend, Scarlett, who seemed genuinely happy for my success. She even convinced me to take the SATs with her, 'just for fun,' like we always did everything together. But that 'fun' was a sinister plot. Scarlett, consumed by

Mafia

The custom-designed logo I created for Dante Mancini’s new company, a gift for my twenty-second birthday and the supposed start of our life together, slipped from my fingers the moment I heard him tell his consigliere he was faking an engagement to get rid of me. It landed with a soft thud on the

Mafia

Dr Isabella's desire to avenge her parents' death lands her T the doorstep of Gabriel Santos, the most dangerous mafia Lord. All in a shocking twist, she ends up forced to marry the man she swore to kill, all thanks to the secret contract signed by her parents five years ago. Now Isabella is forced

Adventure

BEFORE THE SUNSET Sub title: His kiss is my Antidote BY Authoress Vickie Synopsis It's all started by a little hatred... Astrid a beautiful lady who lived 10,000 years ago, a powerful being and the saviour of Melora city. Everyone started hating her because they believed she stole their l

Modern

After my family's sinister plots collapsed, they lashed out at me, taking their rage to a violent level. Cornered and desperate, I married Jaxton—the town's most sought-after bachelor—due to an unplanned pregnancy. Love had no part in this marriage; I assumed he married me purely out of responsib

Literature

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London Before the Conquest by W. R. Lethaby

Werewolf

Dawn is a 18 year old werewolf who lived with her old pack. When she was 14 years old, the Alpha discovered a rogue gene in her, a gene that allowed her to disobey the Alpha Command. Dawn is branded a rogue and is banished from her pack forever. Taking nothing and saying goodbye to no one, Dawn has

Romance

After losing the love she thought she would grow old with, Amara Cole built a life around survival-not hope. Strong, ambitious, and quietly broken, she learns to live with grief by keeping her heart guarded and her world controlled. Love, to her, is a beautiful risk she can no longer afford. Then s

LGBT+

What started as a harmless plan spiraled into something uncontrollable. Something that now owns every part of me. Feelings. Cravings. Desire. I never meant to fall for him. It wasn't supposed to be my love story. But somehow, it became mine...and it's tearing me apart. I should stay away from h

Literature

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