betrayal

"How would you like to get married tonight?" Kai asked out of the blue and immediately got the reaction he was waiting for. "Are you out of your freaking mind?" Ruby whipped her head sideways to face him, anger rising in her raspy voice. "No..." Kai smiled, his deep husky voice wrapping around her like a warm embrace. "We are both dressed for the occasion." Kai gestured at their outfit. "We might as well tie the knot. Marry me, Ruby Angelo." "You are crazy." Ruby spat out. "I know." Kai's smile deepened. ****** Twenty-one-year-old Ruby Angelo thought she had her life set in the right direction. But everything turned upside down on the evening she caught her fiancé, tangled in bed with her cousin, five weeks before their wedding. Shattered, enraged and humiliated, Ruby turns to alcohol to numb her pain. When her path crosses with an infuriating billionaire- Kai Treshvire, Ruby falls prey to her emotions. But she is determined to maintain her good records as the perfect daughter and sweeps all her problems under the rug. Unfortunately for her, fate has other plans, as things take a weird turn on the morning of her wedding, when Ruby discovers that she is pregnant. What would become of Ruby's perfect world when she finally realised that the father of her unborn child is her family's sworn enemy? ****** Disclaimer; The names, places and characters in this novel are not related to anyone dead or alive. It is purely fiction. Enjoy.

“I’m done.” With those two words, top-tier Alpha Emma ended her three-year relationship with Omega perfumer Gu Liang—coldly, decisively, even after marking him during her heat. But the man she abandoned wasn’t a fragile lamb. Beneath Gu Liang’s quiet demeanor slept a lion. He built First Heart Capital from the ground up, and with ruthless precision, brought Emma and her family’s empire to its knees. To survive, Emma was forced to sign a marriage contract with the very man she once discarded. Their union wasn’t built on love—it was a battlefield. As they navigate early labor scares, business storms, and the chaos of daily life, Emma begins to see the depth of Gu Liang’s pain—and the strength he’s always carried. And Gu Liang, in turn, finds himself thawing in the face of Emma’s clumsy but sincere attempts to make amends. When hatred fades and love rekindles, they rebuild a home from the ashes. But just as peace settles in, Emma’s love reaches its most painful, most profound peak—when she learns the truth about Gu Liang’s lonely childhood. So she makes a choice: To travel back in time. Not to change their fate, but to be there for the boy she could never reach.

Aria Sullivan has one goal: survive senior year at Blackwood Academy, keep her scholarship, and get into Stanford. She doesn’t date. She doesn’t do drama. And she definitely doesn’t get involved with boys like Kai Thornton the mysterious bad boy with dead eyes and a reputation for violence. But when Aria witnesses the school’s golden boy Marcus Chen assaulting another student, everything changes. Kai swoops in, claims Aria as his girlfriend in front of everyone, and blackmails her into playing along. Three months of fake dating. That’s the deal. Except nothing is what it seems. Marcus isn’t just a bully he’s obsessed with Aria. Kai isn’t just protecting her he’s using her as bait in a deadly game of revenge against the crime syndicate that killed his father. And the fake relationship? It’s starting to feel dangerously real. Some mistakes you can’t take back. And fake dating Kai Thornton might be the worst and best mistake Aria ever makes.

She wakes beneath the fluorescent lights, broken but alive. Machines hum beside her, but the real wound isn’t her fractured body—it’s her fiancé’s calm confession. They broke up weeks ago, he says. He only came out of duty. And he’s already moved on—with his boss’s daughter. The doctor believes him. The nurses pity her. His best friend nods along, though she catches the hesitation in his eyes—the silent bargain in his glance. Orphaned and alone, she cannot outshout their voices. So she doesn’t. She smiles. She thanks them. She pretends her mind is fogged. But at night, when silence sharpens her loneliness into a blade, she begins to plan. Her revenge will not only cut, but carve: to peel back her fiancé’s lies until his glittering new love sees the truth beneath his ambition, to bend the best friend’s loyalty, and to turn pity into power. Revenge isn’t always cold. Sometimes it’s seductive. And soon, she’ll be the one holding the knife.

Isobel is an Omega who is mistreated and bullied in her pack and school, one day, she decides to work in a party to earn money. It is during the party, that she meets the most good looking man she has ever seen, and she ends up having a one night stand with him, losing her virginity. However, her life is turned upside down when she finds out that the stranger she had a one night stand with, is not only the godson of her stepmother, the woman her father married, who makes her life hell. But he is also the Alpha King... The Alpha of all Alphas who is known for his ruthlessness and brutality, who has everybody trembling at the mention of his name, Mason Gray. Will Isobel choose the safe side and fight her feelings for the Alpha King or will those feelings take over and overwhelm her? What will happen when she finds herself in the middle of a dangerous power struggle and secrets that has been buried for decades starts to surface?

After my engagement party, my sister and my fiancé drugged me and dumped me into another man’s bed. That night, the cruel truth unraveled before my eyes: My mother’s death was no accident. My sister and my fiancé had been betraying me all along. And my father—hungry for the company’s profits—actually agreed to sell me off to a filthy old man. They thought I would break. They thought I would surrender. But I refused. Even if it shattered me into pieces, I would escape! On the run, I grabbed a dangerously handsome stranger as my antidote. One reckless night later, I walked away broke and secretly “borrowed” six hundred dollars from him. What I didn’t expect was to end up pregnant—with six genius babies. Years later, I returned in glory, determined to take revenge. But while I was busy settling old scores, my six genius kids secretly found their father… the most powerful, untouchable CEO in the country. From then on, the six little matchmakers teamed up to help their CEO daddy win mommy over…

They called me Evelina Hartgrave—the jealous heiress, the scheming villainess, the girl everyone loves to destroy. But I’m not her. I’m Reina Tanaka, a tired college dropout who used to play this stupid dating sim every night just to forget my own life. I killed Evelina hundreds of times—poisoned, exposed, humiliated—all for the heroine’s happy ending. Now I’ve woken up as her. In her penthouse. Wearing her diamond necklace. With a dozen death flags already blinking above my head. One wrong option… and I might die—by my brother’s hand, the male lead’s blade, or even by a bug bite. This whole world is against me. How am I supposed to survive in this game when even the system wants me dead? If I refuse its commands, the system punishes me—and the punishment can be fatal. So tell me… How does a villainess live long enough to change the ending? when both the world and the code are written to destroy her?

She used to dream of college, love, and a normal future. Now she wakes up wondering if she’ll survive the night. Her only safety is the same man she shouldn’t trust — her teacher, the man who once watched her from the shadows… and now risks his life to protect her. Running from an organization that turns children into executioners, Susan is torn between fear and obsession, innocence and darkness, love and survival. But when the person she loves most becomes her greatest threat, one truth stands above all: To live, Susan must become someone no one can control — not even him.

The plan was simple: attend my stepsister, Enor’s wedding, survive the awkward family drama, and maybe ignore the fact that my lifelong crush, Jeremy, guilt-tripped me into coming back to Vale after nearly seven years. But then the twin future Alphas decided to ruin everything by claiming I was their mate. Funny. Right? A human girl. Mated to two Alphas. Seriously? Now my life’s a twisted mix of desire, danger, and one very infuriating Alpha, Hardin who thinks my body’s a trophy he already owns.

A young man dies wishing for eternal rest but is forcibly reincarnated into another world. Raised by his kind aunt Mannisa, he grows up powerless in a mundane land while secretly training with a wooden sword. At eighteen, he learns the truth: he is the son of Daemon Blaze, a legendary cultivator who walked both magic and sword. He is chosen to join the Imperial Academy. At the station, he discovers his friend’s mother Angela is actually a powerful witch, revealing that his quiet life was never ordinary — and his real journey is only beginning.

In the theatre of the living, everyone performs. They wear masks of joy, sorrow, love, desperate to be seen, to be felt, to matter. Ravanya's performance ended at seventeen. After a lifetime of systematic cruelty in a house that was never a home, she didn't break. She simply… stopped. The vibrant tapestry of emotion withered, leaving behind a hollow shell and a gaze that saw the world for what it was: a cruel, unforgiving expanse of patterns and lies. They broke her quietly, systematically, until there was nothing left to break. She died emotionally long before the Void claimed her. In a world of hidden powers and supernatural bloodlines, everyone mistakes her void for strength. They fear the girl with eyes like still water at night. They call her a monster. A cold-hearted prodigy. But they should be terrified of what’s staring back. And when she meets the one girl whose performance of numbness is almost as perfect as her own genuine void, Ravanya is forced to confront the one question that remains: In a world of illusions, is the ultimate freedom becoming the truth… or becoming the monster that truth creates?

Anna thought her life ended the moment she saw her husband, Daniel Clafford, in the arms of her sister. She had already lost her unborn child something Daniel never even noticed and now, with her last shred of hope shattered, she decided to leave quietly. But fate was cruel. Before she could walk away, she was pushed off the balcony of the Clafford estate. Only… she didn’t die. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day of her wedding, her sister having run away and Anna forced to take her place as the replacement bride. This time, Anna swore things would be different. No love. No expectations. No more foolish devotion to a husband who only brought her heartbreak and cold indifference. Yet something is wrong. The Daniel of this life isn’t the same man she remembers. He refuses to ignore her, refuses to let her go, and most shockingly—refuses to divorce her. “I’m telling you, Anna. Stop bringing divorce into our conversations,” Daniel warned, his voice taut. His heart ached, but seeing her unyielding expression made his resolve crumble. With trembling hands, he cupped her face and whispered: “Please… give me a chance. I promise I’ll love you right this time.” But Anna only laughed bitterly. To her, Daniel Clafford was still the same man—wicked, calculating, dangerous. He married her with a motive. And now he dared beg her to stay? Dream on, Daniel Clafford. Because this time… Anna was determined to make him taste his own medicine.

Nicholas Knight is highly qualified as a businessman and is very well organised. He prefers order and structure in both his personal and professional life. There is Emma Blake, who is studying gastronomy and culinary arts and is still burdened with the task of paying for the house she shares with her friend and sister. Due to her somewhat stubborn and steadfast personality, she tends to have a hard time retaining a job. The two of them are opposite, and when their worlds collide, sparks fly in ways neither of them is ready for. He’s control. She’s chaos.

At Montecello High, a school divided by power, secrets, and supernatural bloodlines heart was Kianna Martin, a Luna student who never wanted attention—until she caught the eyes of two dangerous men: Maddox Bianchi, the possessive and prideful Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack, and Mordred Sinclair, the fearless and magnetic leader of the Black Vipers biker gang. As tensions rise between the wolves and the bikers, the lines between love, loyalty, and destiny blur. Maddox will burn the world to protect her. Mordred will defy his own demons to claim her. And Kianna, caught in the crossfire of two powerful alphas, must uncover the truth about who she really is—and who she was meant to be with.

Burdened by the crushing debt of his parents, Lex never imagined a life beyond endless work and grief. But fate had other plans. One fateful day, an accident ends his mundane existence—only to thrust him into a world of fantasy. Reincarnated as a side character doomed to fail, Lex now inhabits the body of a so-called teacher—a fraud with no real skills, destined for disgrace. Standing at a crossroads, he faces a choice: follow the canon and flee from his inevitable downfall, or defy fate and carve his own path. Just as he considers running… a voice calls out. [Need some help?] Grasping the talent that his predecessor never realized he had, Adrian decided to defy his fate and become a true Runesmith. However, he never expected that once he would start on the path of becoming a Runesmith, he would start gaining so many connections. [Ding!] [Cross-dimension group chat has been activated!] [Hero of World Nebula: Old man, when can I get my sword done?] [The untamed witch: When will you help me with my staff?] [The obsessed one: Darling, when will you do me-I mean, when will you do something about my blades?] ....what the heck is all this? °°°°°°°°° A/N:- Read the first few chapters, before deciding to drop it. English won't be perfect, but it will be readable. Additional tags: Cross-world group chat, possessive characters, sudden strength gain, overpowered MC, broken engagement.

Lucinda Delos Santos spent her childhood obsessed with Smallville: rooting for Clark, swooning over Lana, and secretly sympathizing with a brooding Lex Luthor...until the DVDs ran out and her favorite story ended… prematurely. Years later, during a torrential rainstorm and a questionable internet binge, a bolt of lightning gives her more than a wet hair day—but there’s no way things were going to end like that—how else would I get to write and utterly, gloriously wreck the DC universe? Suddenly, Lucinda’s fangirl fantasies collide with reality. She has no idea how she got there, can barely stop gawking at Lex's smirk, and is definitely not asking the right questions. Now she faces a cosmic dilemma: Will she step into the spotlight as Clark Kent’s new leading lady, or attempt the impossible—taming Lex Luthor before he ruins Clark and Lana’s perfect love story? Either way, Lucinda’s life just became the ultimate crossover episode… with herself as the star. DISCLAIMER: If you're a fan of Smallville, this book is best for you since I have included detailed scenes from early episodes that you might remember. Slowest among the slowburns hahaha. I'm going by episodes so~

Alex Nightshade was born to command Alpha of one of the most feared and powerful werewolf packs, heir to a kingdom of strength, dominance, and legacy, and has always commanded power, respect, and unwavering loyalty. But his world unravels when the Moon Goddess reveals his fated mate Adriel at the mating ceremony. She’s everything he never expected and never wanted. Adriel is an orphaned omega, quiet and unassuming, the lowest in pack society. And yet, the mating bond is undeniable. In front of the entire pack, Alex rejects her cruelly, definitively. "You are a mistake,” he said". Shattered and humiliated, Adriel disappears into the human world. But what the Alpha didn’t know is that she carries a rare, ancient power, and the kind that could tip the scales of an age-old war. In the glittering chaos of New York City, Adriel finds unexpected refuge with Mason Sharp, a guarded billionaire with secrets of his own. A fake engagement offers her protection, but emotions grow dangerously real. Now Alex wants her back not just for the prophecy, but for something deeper he can’t admit. But claiming her means facing Mason, the truth behind the lies that bound them, and a war that could destroy both realms. Adriel must choose: the wolf who shattered her or the man who sheltered her. Her heart is torn. Her powers are awakening. And the fate of two worlds rests in the hands of the one woman both men would die to protect or possess.

Amelia Gao was born with a powerful, noble fate — a destiny so strong that fortune-tellers called her “untouchable.” But her father had other plans. Wanting to save his sickly illegitimate daughter, Clara, he gave Amelia a cursed fate-swapping necklace from Southeast Asia. The moment she put it on, her life spiraled into ruin — misfortune, illness, and finally, death. But Amelia’s soul never left. She witnessed her father bring his mistress and their daughter into her home. She heard them admit everything — the curse, the betrayal, the plan to kill her. She watched her grieving mother burn the house down in revenge. And then… She woke up. Back in her 18-year-old body. On the same morning. With the same necklace. This time, Amelia is ready. She switches the cursed necklace with a replica, places the original on Clara, and begins a quiet war of revenge. But the curse runs deeper than she imagined — someone else is pulling the strings, and her past life’s death was only the beginning. With the help of a powerful spiritual master, a reborn mother who also remembers everything, and her own sharpened instincts, Amelia begins dismantling her father’s entire plan. Piece by piece. Lie by lie. Life by life. When Clara’s fate collapses, when the world discovers the truth of her father’s crimes, and when the mistress falls into despair… Only then will Amelia finally reclaim the destiny that was stolen from her.

Jasmine is in an arranged marriage with billionaire Keith Acland set up by their parents as a business deal. Their marriage was loveless which is to be expected under such circumstances however Jasmine didn’t mind. She was just focused on being the best socialite’s wife and raising their son to become the heir. However, things take a turn when Keith’s lover from before they married returns with a son claiming Keith to be the father. What follows is a nightmare about whose son should be the successor. Soon the life Jasmine built as Keith’s wife is flipped upside down as his lover takes everything away from her. Her husband, her friends, and her title. Jasmine has to fight for her place in her own house. Throughout all this, the one thing Jasmine is focused on is protecting her son.

Alya Corginei was raised to survive anything—until the day she’s captured by the one man even her father warned her about. James Carrizo. Italy’s most feared crime king. Brilliant. Deranged. Addicted to control… and now fixated on her. He should’ve killed her. He doesn’t. He keeps her. And the longer Alya is trapped in his blood-stained empire, the more she realizes two things: 1. James knows things about her past she was never meant to hear. 2. The most dangerous part of this captivity isn’t his violence. It’s his obsession. Every threat sharpens her. Every power play binds them tighter. And every secret drags her deeper into a war she never chose, but might not survive without him. When the truth finally hits, Alya has one choice left: Destroy the monster who took her… or join him.