Wife On Paper

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.

Billionaires

He owns her name. He owns her body. He'll never love her. Alina Rae was never meant to wear the Vale name. But when the billionaire's bride vanishes on their wedding day, she's forced to take her place-sign the contract, wear the ring, and play the perfect wife. To Xander Vale, love is a weakness.

Billionaires

Rania catches her fiancé, Damian, cheating with her best friend Camila at a bar. Heartbroken, she calls off their engagement and walks out of Damian's life. In the midst of her sorrow, Rania meets Kenzo, a young billionaire known as Damian's greatest business rival. Kenzo proposes a two-year contra

Romance

"Lazel Hyrroz," I said her name firmly and coldly. I followed him until we entered his room. He unbuttoned his uniform after collapsing, dropping his backpack on the bed. "I'm tired. Don't bother me now," he told me coldly without looking at me. "That's why I'm asking you why you're here now and

Billionaires

She lost her job, her love, and her home until the man who fired her offered her a lifeline... in the form of a contract marriage.When loyal secretary Natasha Hills is wrongly accused of corporate betrayal, she's cast out by billionaire CEO Bruce Stamford and left broken by the sudden disappearance

Billionaires

Love is not part of why billionaire CEO, Kane Beaumont marries his virgin bride, Emilia Taylor. It was purely a contract deal to him and nothing more. Saving her family's business from the claws of evil loan sharks is Emilia's motive for marrying a man she barely knew. However, she doesn't count on

Romance

Left on their wedding day by her fiancé, Alice finds herself in a contractual union with a wealthy man urgently seeking a bride. Over time, she came to the realization that dealing with the billionaire was no simple task, and being married to this formidable yet merciless man felt like navigating a

Modern

At sixteen, Liz Navarro lost her parents and faced the world alone. Bound by her father's will, she was married at eighteen to a stranger appointed to watch her life-stay wed until twenty-five, earn a law degree, then claim the family empire. Wealth kept her sheltered, and duty kept her caged,

Billionaires

Ella, a determined and resilient young woman, is thrust into a world of challenges and unexpected opportunities after her father's betrayal by his closest friend and business partner. Desperate to restore her family's lost comfort, Ella immerses herself in a high-stakes job at a prestigious company,

Romance

On her first day at work, Evelyn was immediately fired by Byron, the heartless CEO himself. When she realized that she had lost her job even before she started working, she summoned up her courage and looked straight into his eyes. No one had ever dared to point at his nose and confront him, and she

Romance

Lan Chunxia died. She drove down the mountain in a wedding dress, and the car was destroyed. Ye Hansheng thought that Lan Chunxia, whom he hated most, was dead. He should relieve his hate, but when he saw with his own eyes that this cuckold wife had become a pool of mud, he suddenly felt like his he

Modern

My first life ended with a bomb, a cruel joke played by my own husband, Andrew. Then, a blink, and I was back, the bitter taste of betrayal fresh on my tongue. This time, it wasn't me on the bomb, but my mother-in-law, trapped on a pressure plate in a derelict industrial lot. Andrew, an EOD exper

Romance

After being betrayed and discarded despite sacrificing a kidney for an unappreciative lover, Varya finds herself torn between her mother's medical bills and the wreckage of her failed relationship. Determined to prioritize her well-being, she shuns the idea of love altogether. However, when billiona

Literature

Un tros de paper Two Volumes by Various

Literature

THE subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.

Modern

Claiming to have attained some proficiency in horsemanship1 ourselves, as the result of long experience in the field, our wish is to explain, for the benefit of our younger friends, what we conceive to be the most correct method of dealing with horses.

Literature

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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Adventure

He once thought she was just a quiet wife with no big dreams. Now, she's the face on every magazine, the woman the world admires and the one he let slip away. Eunice Ednah had nothing when she walked out of David Richard's mansion: no money, no name, and no support. What she had was determination. A

Literature

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not

Literature

In this influential 1874 essay, Morley asks the question, "How far, and in what way, ought respect either for immediate practical convenience, or for current prejudices, to weigh against respect for truth?" At once philosophical and practical, Morley's essay remains relevant in today's hyper-partisa