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She never wanted a billionaire. She wanted her father alive. To clear a crushing debt, she was forced to sign a marriage contract with Lucas Thompson, the coldest and most powerful CEO in the city. There was no romance. No wedding celebration. No place for love. To him, she was a transaction worth fifty million, a wife in name only, bought to serve a purpose. He ignored her. Controlled her. Reminded her daily that she belonged to him. But when the contract began to break her… And she finally disappeared… The billionaire who claimed he felt nothing lost everything trying to get her back. A marriage built on money. A love born from cruelty. And a man who learned too late that some things can’t be bought.

Elena Thorn never expected to cross paths with the ruthless and cold CEO, Ryan Redland who got rid of her like some nuisance. She never imagined that her fate would be sealed with him by a contract marriage, forced on them both. She is spoiled, free spirited, and daring. While, he is a man of control, order and silence. Despite the consistent tension, a costly romance simmers. What starts as a reluctant union quickly spirals to something sinister. With a dangerous love triangle, a vengeful, greedy and power-hungry secret rival in play, their union is one filled with love and betrayal. Can their bond survive the endless twists of deceit, pride, lust and betrayal? Will this contract be much more costly than they both bargained for?

The world doesn’t like strong, opinionated women, but Nadine Caruso is bound to change that. — Seduce one DiAngelo… Get three free? — Denied the promotion she already earned and shoved into an arranged marriage by her father, Nadine Caruso is desperate to prove herself in a world ruled by patriarchs. So when the city’s most dangerous, unsolved case opens up—a mission no one else dares take—she grabs it. Her job sounds simple: go undercover, seduce the notorious mafia underboss, and bring down the syndicate from within. The catch? He only wants pretty boys. Disguised and prepared, she steps into a world where one mistake means death. But one reckless night binds her to the wrong man and thrusts her into the deadly orbit of the DiAngelo family—dangerous, powerful men who each hold a piece of the city’s criminal heart. Her job got a lot harder. Now, every step pulls her deeper into temptation, betrayal, and a power struggle where her heart is the last thing she can afford to lose. If she isn’t careful, the city won’t just swallow her ambitions. It’ll swallow her whole. — R18 ✔️ Enemies to lovers ✔️ Grumpy x Sunshine ✔️ Touch her and die ✔️ Forced proximity ✔️ Age gap ✔️ Possessive male lead ✔️ Obsessive male lead ✔️ 

“Adrian,” Raya whispered, voice trembling. “Choose — her or me.” His eyes darkened. “Why should I choose,” he said softly, stepping closer, “when I can have you both?” Her breath caught. “You’re insane,” she whispered. He brushed a thumb over her lips. “No,” he murmured, “i'm yours as you're mine. Whether you want it or not.” ~~~ To save her father, Raya agrees to become the fiancée of a man who could destroy her. She thought she was walking into a simple contract. But when she steps into Adrian Blake’s world, she steps into a maze of power, obsession, and dangerous secrets. Adrian never loved Seraphina, the woman he was supposed to marry. He only needed her family’s influence to seize the Blake empire. But when Seraphina vanishes… Raya becomes the perfect replacement. She’s stubborn, penniless, and nothing like Seraphina. Except for one disturbing detail She looks exactly like her. His terms are everything she should refuse: • Pretend to be his fiancée. • Pay off her father’s impossible debt. • Leave when he says so. Simple. Until she realizes the man behind the cold mask isn’t simple at all. The more she falls for him, the more dangerous he becomes. Because Adrian Blake doesn’t want love. He wants control. And now, he wants her. When the truth about Seraphina begins to unravel, Raya must choose: Run before she’s swallowed by Adrian’s darkness… or stay and risk losing her heart, and her identity, to the man who already owns her.

[18+ | Mature Content | Dark Romance] After slaving away for years as Ares King's sole overworked secretary, Catherine has finally had enough of his domineering and heartless attitude. She wants to quit and use the severance pay to settle her family's debts, and spend more time with her long-term boyfriend. But soon after she hands her resignation letter, she finds out that her long-term boyfriend cheated on her. He claims she's a wreck with no future, and he's better off without her. Heartbroken and devastated, Catherine is grasping at the last straw when her boss, Ares King, proposes a contract out of the blue. "Become my wife for one year." "Why me, Mr. King?" "Because we work, Ms. Lane.” The last thing she wanted was to make a deal with the devil. But this offer is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sell your soul to the devil for one year. How hard can that be? ********** "How many?" I froze. Did he expect me to count? "How. Many?" "I-I don't—Ah!" Ares spanked me again, continuously. My eyes stung, and sweet pain overtook me. I should feel sick from deriving pleasure from this, but strangely, I wasn't. "Two?" I teased, purposely getting the numbers wrong. "You shouldn't have done that." Just as I thought, he started again, but this time he drove each hit with more force until my ass was burning. "Fifteen!" I yelled, shaking. "Wrong." My heart momentarily stopped. "I got it right!" "You missed one." He pressed his hand on my searing bottom, and I moaned. I tried to squirm away, but he trapped my hands behind my back, his voice dark with warning. "Move again, and you'll regret it." ~ A/N: This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental.

Maya believed seven years of love meant safety, commitment, a future. So when she flies across the country to surprise her boyfriend on their anniversary, she expects joy, not betrayal. Instead, she walks into the moment that shatters everything, Jacob, the man she planned her life around, in bed with her best friend. Numb and unraveling, Maya flees into the night and crashes straight into Ryan Blackwood, her brother’s best friend, a billionaire with a dangerous reputation and a past she’s never dared to touch.

Six years ago, Princess Lyanna Graves publicly rejected the vampire king at their wedding altar calling him a soulless monster unworthy of love, and walked away, leaving Azrael Thornfield humiliated in front of his entire court. Now, six years later, her kingdom has fallen. Her family is dead and the only person who is offering her shelter is the vampire king she once refused. But Azrael is not doing this out for mercy. “I’ll grant you safety, and in return I want everything that belongs to you, including your body, and your pride. I’ll break you into pieces until you forget what it was like to reject a king.” Lyanna is left with only two choices: accept his cruel proposal or die. She chooses survival. Their revenge marriage is filled with games of dominance and possession which slowly transforms into something far more dangerous. Azrael who married her for revenge is suddenly terrified of losing her, and Lyanna who married him to survive realizes she’s falling for the monster she once created.

She signs a contract thinking it will save her. Cassandra Stone never imagined she would belong to a man like Lucien Blackwood—cold, powerful, and feared. Six months as his fake fiancée was supposed to be simple. Public appearances. No emotions. No attachment. But Lucien doesn’t fake possession. As enemies circle closer and secrets surface, Cassandra becomes more than a cover—she becomes a weakness. And in Lucien’s world, weaknesses are either destroyed… or protected at any cost.

I didn't get a wedding ring. I got a deadline. On our wedding night, Alpha Nolan didn't touch me. He didn't even look at me. He just slid a contract and gave me a choice: provide him with an male heir within three months, or be his prisoner for life instead. They say he is a monster who murdered his last lover. They say he is cursed by an ancient pact that demands a blood sacrifice. He treats me like a slave, a broken doll to be used and discarded. But I am not just a bride anymore. I am a secret. I am standing in the hall of his manor, watching him walk away, while my fingers curl around the divorce papers he just handed me. He wants me gone. He thinks he is done with me. What he doesn't know is that the heir the Tomb wants, the one he thinks he failed to bring to the world, is already growing inside me.

In the quaint mill town of Havenbrook, Pennsylvania, circa 1905, young heir Theodore Whitaker is thrust into a forced marriage with Eleanor Thompson, the humble daughter of his family’s cleaner, to secure a dubious family alliance amid whispers of financial ruin. What begins as a union of resentment and class divide slowly blossoms into genuine affection, tested by the scheming Vivian Langford—a spoiled rival favored by Theodore’s mother—who sows chaos through jealousy-fueled betrayals and manipulations. As family secrets unravel in a web of inheritance plots and scandals, Theodore and Eleanor must navigate societal scorn and personal doubts to forge a love that defies their worlds.

She signed a contract to save her mother’s life… but unknowingly sealed her fate. In a desperate bid to afford her mother’s surgery, Elena Hart signs a contract she doesn’t bother to read, until it’s too late. What she thought was a business agreement turns out to be a marriage contract with cold, calculating billionaire Alexander Reyes, a man who doesn’t believe in love… only business. Her mother lives, but Elena’s freedom dies. Trapped in a loveless arrangement, Elena begins to fall for the man she was never supposed to care about. But Alex has built walls around his heart that seem impossible to break. Then comes Nathan, Alex’s best friend, warm, affectionate, and everything Alex is not. Just as Elena starts questioning her emotions, a shocking secret about Nathan’s identity threatens to shatter everything. Meanwhile, Isabelle watches from the sidelines, quiet, observant, and harboring feelings she hides carefully. Her presence complicates the tangled web of love and loyalty in ways no one expects. As old flames rekindle and hidden truths emerge, Elena must navigate a world of passion, betrayal, and treacherous love.

Iren Hale signs the contract because he has no choice. Drowning in debt and facing consequences he can’t escape, he accepts a deal offered by Kael Ardent a powerful man who doesn’t explain much and doesn’t ask twice. The terms are simple on paper stability, protection, discretion. What the contract doesn’t say is how completely it will rearrange Iren’s life. Kael doesn’t demand affection. He doesn’t force intimacy. He only assumes obedience. Control comes quietly through routines, rules framed as care, and choices that stop feeling like choices at all. Iren tells himself it’s temporary. That he’s trading time for safety. That this isn’t ownership. But when the contract begins to feel safer than freedom, and walking away hurts more than staying, Iren realizes the real danger was never the paper he signed. It was the man who believed consent, once given, never expires.

The mistake her father made when he was young forced her to marry him. Handsome and wealthy, yet full of danger, she knew she must never be entangled with him. But after two years of married life, his indulgence and tenderness gradually seeped into her heart... * Just when she innocently thought they were heading for a perfect ending, He brought up divorce at her lowest and most heartbroken moment, when her father died and she lost their child... Since then, she has been poor and downcast, never able to enter his world again... * After four years, they met again. He was still as spirited, with his wedding to his fiancée approaching. With tears in her eyes, she finally realized all her struggles in finding a job over the past four years were because of him... * It turns out their marriage was nothing more than a scheme he devised with her father for the woman he deeply loved... All this time, he had never said those three words to her because he never loved her... * Who would have thought that she would bear his child again, even though they now belonged to separate worlds?... Only to discover in the end that his revenge on her had just begun...

She, the second daughter of the Bluen consortium, a figure of envy among the rich second generation. No matter who she mentioned, they were all figures that others flocked towards. However, her boyfriend was getting married, but she was not the bride. She, who had always been so noble and lofty, was cruelly abandoned. He, the CEO of Valence Group, the intimidating young master of the Horne family and a prime example of the rich second generation. Little did people know, his bride ran away on the day he planned to register for marriage. He too, was cruelly abandoned. Laughably so, He was her soon-to-be brother-in-law. Seeing her angry and lonely future brother-in-law, she suddenly jeered, "We both have been abandoned. We would make a perfect pair." He pursed his lips in silence. The next day, he took her to the Civil Affairs Office to go through the marriage registration process, having her replace her runaway sister as his bride. (Declaration of Ownership Chapter) "Julia, I now realize that I have always loved you. Do you know that I think of you all the time? I married her just so I could have a secure footing in the company." Her ex-boyfriend, gripping her hand, whispered this soft confession of his misguided actions in the past. Before she could react, a strong hand appeared out of nowhere, fiercely grasping her ex-boyfriend's wrist. He cried out in pain, causing a stir among the guests at the wine party. He stood by her side, one arm draped across her shoulders, gently and passionately smiling while saying, "Wife, tell him, who am I to you?" Gazing at his handsome appearance, noble aura, and two bodyguards following him, her ex-boyfriend's face quickly drained of color, as if he had just realized something. (Cherishing Her Chapter) "Young master, the young mistress said something strange today." The housekeeper, trailing behind him, was reporting her daily activities. "What did she say?" "The young mistress said she wonders if snow flying in June would be beautiful." The housekeeper finished his report and carefully observed his reaction. After all, how could it be possible for there to be falling snow in the scorching heat of June? Once again, he pursed his lips in silence, then silently went upstairs. The next day. As soon as she stepped out of the main house, she was stunned. The sunrise filled the high sky while the expansive courtyard was covered in white snow. It was a vast expanse of white, as if it were midwinter, and countless snowflakes were dancing in the sky. The snowstorm was of extreme beauty.

Zain Yan is one of Shenzhen most powerful and ruthless business tycoons. To the world, he is a flawless CEO. But inside him lives a heartless wolf—trapped in a cage of hatred and revenge. Years ago, on a blood-soaked night, Zain lost his mother and his younger sister. The man responsible for their deaths was none other than Uncle Lu Kang— the same man Anya once trusted like family. That night turned Zain’s heart into stone. Now fate brings Anya into Zain’s life— a simple, hardworking, and innocent girl with no idea about the sins of her past. Zain gives her an important project, pushes her talent forward, and keeps her close… but his intentions are far from pure. To Zain, Anya is supposed to be a pawn— someone he can use to get closer to Lu Kang and destroy him completely. But destiny plays its own cruel game. Anya’s brilliance attracts dangerous attention, and the underworld ruler known as the Dragon King discovers who she really is. To eliminate a future threat, he orders her death. The girl Zain meant to use… becomes the girl he risks his life to protect. Caught between bullets, blood, and betrayal, Zain makes a shocking decision that changes everything— A forced contract marriage. In front of the world, and especially in front of Uncle Lu Kang, Zain declares Anya as his wife. The man who killed his family… and the girl who now carries his name— are tied together by a marriage built on revenge. Is this marriage merely a weapon? Or is Anya the only weakness of the Heartless Wolf? When buried truths begin to surface, when the real connection between Dragon King and Lu Kang is revealed, and when Anya finally learns why Zain chose her— It won’t be just a relationship that breaks… but the very cage imprisoning a wounded heart.

Sold by her family to pay a debt, Evelyn Vance was expected to be a sacrificial lamb. Her groom? Silas Nightwood, a man rumors described as a crippled monster with a heart of ice. Every socialite in New York laughed at the "fallen princess" entering a gilded cage. But they didn't know that Evelyn was no ordinary victim. Behind her submissive mask, she was "V"—the world's most elusive shadow investor, holding the very patents Silas’s empire desperately needed to survive. In a mansion shrouded in secrets, the hunter becomes the hunted. Silas thinks he bought a toy; Evelyn knows she’s found her perfect cover. But when a midnight confrontation reveals Silas’s true, dangerous strength, Evelyn realizes the "cripple" she married is far more lethal than she ever imagined. When the masks fall off, will they destroy each other, or will they burn the world together?

Ten million dollars. That’s the price of Lyra Sinclair’s soul. When her brother embezzles a fortune from Thorne Logistics, Lyra is forced into a corner by the man she once thought was a kindred spirit. Elias Thorne isn't looking for a refund; he’s looking for a wife. The deal is simple: Two years of a fake marriage to save her brother from twenty years in prison. But in a world made of glass and charcoal, Lyra must decide if she can paint her way out of a gilded cage, or if she’ll be swallowed by the man who owns the void.

She lived as Zhao Mei, the forgotten girl no one wanted, an invisible shadow in a foster home that used her more than they raised her. Poor. Powerless. Unseen. One leaked clip changes everything. Overnight, she becomes the girl at the center of a national scandal linked to Zhang Wei, the cold, untouchable heir to one of China's most feared dynasties. To silence the chaos threatening his empire, he's forced into a marriage contract with the last girl he ever expected to protect. But fate was never finished with her. A near-fatal accident pulls them out of the public eye and shattered memories begin to return. She is not Zhao Mei. She is Liu Mei, the long-lost heiress of a tech dynasty that was erased by the family of the man she ever loved. Her past was buried. Her name stolen. Her bloodline hunted. Now she rises with a vengeance. With enemies closing in, with a mastermind desperate to finish what he started, and with Zhang Wei torn between the truth and the legacy he was born into Mei must decide what she stands for: Her grief. Her revenge. Or the man fate tied her soul to. In a world ruled by power, secrets, and dynasties a hidden wife will rise, an empire will tremble, and a forgotten heiress will reclaim the throne written in her blood. Get ready for a story of power, secrets, identity, and a love that should've never existed. If you enjoy slow-burn intensity, dynasty drama, and unstoppable character growth, welcome to The Billionaire's Hidden Wife.

I never planned to sell my body, just my time. Poverty pushed me into that brothel, but I didn’t know it was a human-trafficking ring until they loaded us into a bus… and it crashed. Dozens died. I survived. Bleeding and terrified, I ran into the road and straight into the car of Raisem Hargrave, the youngest billionaire in the country, silently battling a deadly illness. He should’ve left me there. Instead, he took me into his cold, quiet world of wealth and secrets… and made me an offer no sane girl would accept. Carry his child. Give his grandmother an heir. Walk away after the birth. No strings. No emotions. No future. It was supposed to be a simple contract between a dying billionaire and a girl with nothing left— until the way he looked at me stopped feeling like business… and started feeling like danger.

Bound by a Lie She was never looking for power—only survival. Broke, burdened, and desperate to keep her family afloat, she learns early that the world doesn’t reward honesty—it rewards leverage. When a single decision pulls her into the orbit of a man who controls everything money can buy, she makes a choice that can never be undone. A lie binds them together. A contract rewrites her future. And love was never part of the deal. In a world where wealth decides who gets protected and who gets crushed, she must decide how much of herself she’s willing to lose to save the people she loves. Because some bargains don’t just change your life— they own it.