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Sold to the Mountain King

My father sold me to settle a gambling debt. I didn’t know until the man I’d been serving coffee to for two months pulled out my chair at a brunch table in Vail. An engagement clause with my name on it, signed eight weeks ago without my knowledge. My father couldn’t look at me. Cole Ashford couldn’t stop looking. Cole is the CEO of Palisade and leader of the 303. He bought my father’s debt in one night. He told him the clause was worthless before the ink dried—and let him sign it anyway. He knows my lease, my coffee, my life. He broke into my apartment while I was in Vail and left a cup of coffee brewed exactly the way I brew it, still warm when I walked through the door. I hated him. I hated more the way my body wouldn’t agree. His voice landed behind my ribs and spread where it had no business spreading. His gaze dropped to my mouth and I felt it on my skin for hours. The most dangerous man in Denver looked at me like I was the only thing his empire couldn’t buy. I wanted to burn the part of me that responded. I built Treeline from three years of tips and a lease in Union Station. Now I’m discovering the ground beneath it was his before I laid the first brick—engineered by a man who doesn’t take what he wants. He builds a world where what he wants walks in on its own. But every touch he takes gives him nothing. Granite and ice. Every touch I choose to give him changes everything. He thinks he claimed me. He’s wrong. The only version of me worth having walks in on her own. And I haven’t decided yet.
MoonCow · 4.3k Views

Reborn for Revenge: The Trillionaire’s Fake Bride

Ashley Hamilton believed she had the perfect life. She was married to a man she loved and trusted, and she carried the child they had dreamed about together. But her world shattered the night she discovered the cruel truth. Her husband had been having an affair with her half sister, the very woman who had always envied her life. The betrayal alone was devastating, but it was only the beginning of Ashley’s nightmare. That same night, the man she trusted with her life murdered her without hesitation. To erase his crime, he framed her for cheating on him and left her to die with the truth buried forever. As Ashley lay on the cold floor in her final moments, she realized she had lost everything, including the life of her unborn child. But fate was not finished with Ashley Hamilton. Instead of death, she wakes up six years in the past, before the marriage that destroyed her life and before the people she trusted turned into her killers. Given a second chance, Ashley vows that this time she will not be the naive woman they once manipulated. This time she will take back everything that was stolen from her. Determined to rewrite her destiny and make those who betrayed her pay, Ashley forms an unexpected alliance with the most powerful and untouchable man in the country, a cold and dangerously influential trillionaire whose wealth and influence dominate the business world. Their relationship begins as nothing more than a calculated agreement, a fake marriage designed to help Ashley infiltrate the elite circles where her enemies thrive. With the power of the trillionaire behind her and revenge burning in her heart, Ashley steps into a dangerous game of secrets, manipulation, and high society scandals. As she carefully dismantles the lives of the people who once destroyed hers, she begins to realize that power comes with a price and that the man beside her may become far more than just an ally in her revenge. In a world where betrayal runs deeper than love and enemies hide behind perfect smiles, Ashley Hamilton is ready to prove that the woman they once killed is the very woman who will rise to destroy them.
Melody_O · 1.9k Views

Betrayed by My Trash Husband, Surrender Myself to the Devil

[Mature Content || Dark Romance || Drama.] What would you do if your husband comes home with a new daughter and your abusive half-sister as his mistress? That is exactly what happens to Claudia Hoffman. She once believes her life with Miles and their daughter, Aurora, is a romance straight out of a novel. Until the night he walks through the door with Clarissa, her half-sister, and the child they share. They push Claudia aside, dismissing her outrage as madness. Then comes the ultimate betrayal: they frame her for attempted murder on that fateful night. Desperate to clear her name and protect her comatose daughter, Claudia is forced to seek help from the psychiatrist assigned to her case—her devil of an ex, Ray Gatlin, the man she left on bitter terms. Ray is cold, calculating, and dangerously powerful, a certified sociopath with immense wealth, influence, and a decade-old grudge against the woman who once humiliated him. He agrees to help her, but only if she signs a “pet contract” that binds her to him, granting the devil complete control, even over her own body. With no other choice, Claudia signs that insane contract . Now trapped in a dangerous bargain with the man she once loved, she must navigate a twisted game of revenge, obsession, and lingering desire. But as old emotions resurface and buried truths unravel, she discovers something far more terrifying: Ray may have had a hand in her downfall. Can she thaw the heart of a devil and prove her innocence,
Or will she lose herself to the contract she signs? * Commissioned cover art by @durudara Follow and contact me on Instagram: @foreverpupa *
ForeverPupa · 8.2k Views

Married to the Invisible Heir: The Boxer’s Contract Bride

"I have someone else. Don't expect a touch, let alone a heart." — Nathan Hayes. "Good. Because you're nothing but a ticket to my freedom." — Elena Brooks. Elena Brooks is the perfect porcelain doll of the elite. To the world, she is the cold, untouchable heiress of the Brooks empire. But behind her designer gowns and "Ice Queen" mask, Elena is a prisoner of her own mind, fighting a crippling anxiety disorder and dreaming of a life far away from her father’s dictatorial shadow. Nathan Hayes is the city’s most dangerous phantom. The invisible heir to a multi-billion-dollar legacy, he prefers the raw violence of the underground boxing rings to the gilded cages of his family’s boardrooms. With ice-blue eyes and a scarred past, he fights not for glory, but to destroy the bloodline that abandoned him. When a high-stakes merger forces them into a one-year contract marriage, the deal is simple: No intimacy. No interference. No feelings. Nathan claims he loves another woman. Elena claims she’ll be bored of him in months. But their architecture of lies begins to crumble when Nathan finds a secret sketch on a basement wall—a flicker of hope in his world of darkness. And Elena realizes that the savage monster who bleeds in the ring is the only person who can see the girl behind the mask. In a world of manipulation and deadly family secrets, can two broken souls survive a marriage built on a lie? Or will the shadows they run from finally tear them apart? "In this game of power, the first one to feel... loses."
burmeser · 300 Views

Bound to the Wolfe Bloodline

She lost everything in a day. Her home. Her future. Her illusion of safety. Mira Hale thought she had finally outrun her past. A thriving career, a man she trusted, a wedding on the horizon—proof that survival had paid off. But betrayal doesn’t knock. It waits. And when it comes, it takes everything with it. Exposed, humiliated, and left with nowhere to go, Mira walks away from the life she built, carrying nothing but wounds she swore she’d never reopen. And just when she has nothing left to lose… he appears. The man she once saved when he was broken. The man she never meant to remember. The one name her heart learned to fear before it learned to forget. Now he is untouchable—calm, commanding, and wrapped in power. His presence is protection and danger all at once. When Mira’s world collapses, he becomes her shelter… and the temptation she knows she shouldn’t want. His attention is steady. His gaze lingers. And every moment near him feels like standing too close to a flame—warm, intoxicating, and impossible to ignore. As secrets surface and past choices tighten their grip, Mira is forced to confront the truth she buried long ago: love doesn’t disappear—it mutates. What was once innocent is now laced with ambition, dominance, and survival. Desire blurs with protection. Safety begins to feel like possession. And the line between rescue and ruin grows dangerously thin. Bound to the Wolfe Bloodline is a contemporary romance drama steeped in emotional tension, power struggles, and forbidden longing. It is a story of betrayal and rebirth—where love can be a sanctuary… or the most beautiful way to lose yourself.
Lala_Scriptz · 19.1k Views