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Bought for One Night, Married for a Throne

One night was all it took to shatter Elara Moore’s carefully planned future. Fresh out of college, hopeful and naïve, she gives herself in a one night stand to a stranger who is unexpectedly gentle and caring. He left that morning leaving nothing behind but silence and $10,000 she never asked for. This stranger is Adrian Blackwood, a billionaire CEO born into a ruthless dynasty, power is his inheritance and control is his language. Elara tells herself it was just a mistake, one night she can bury and forget easily. Until weeks later, when she discovers she’s pregnant. When Elara confronts him, he refuses to accept, he shuts her out, reminding her she has already been paid. Worse, he soon realizes she works in a subsidiary of his own empire, and without hesitation, he erases her from his world once again, by terminating her appointment. But fate is not finished with them. When the Blackwood dynasty demands a successor, Adrian finds himself trapped by an ancient condition: the heir must have a wife and a legitimate child. With enemies circling and his throne at risk, Adrian makes a choice as cold as it is calculated, he binds Elara to him in a contract marriage. No love. No affection. No expectations beyond duty. Through a loveless marriage and a lonely pregnancy, Elara endures a man who offers her protection but not his heart, Adrian remains distant and controlled. Yet when their son is born, something in Adrian begins to fracture. Small gestures replace indifference. Silence softens. The walls around him begin to crack. Just as hope starts to bloom, everything shatters. A DNA test claims the child is not his. Betrayed and broken, Adrian turns his rage on Elara, unaware that the truth has been manipulated by a rival lurking within his own bloodline, one willing to destroy them all to claim the throne. As assassination plots emerge and danger closes in, Adrian uncovers the truth too late: the child is his. The family he almost destroyed is the one thing worth fighting for. Torn between power and love, Adrian must fight for his throne while protecting the woman and child who changed him forever.
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The Duke's Unwanted Second Wife

Eilika Wolanski is the eldest daughter of one of Varos’ most respected merchants, but respect has never brought her kindness. A childhood accident left a scar across her cheek, and with it, a cruel label she can never escape. The “Unwanted Woman” of Varos. Mocked in public, pitied in private, and treated like a blemish to be hidden, Eilika grows up learning one painful truth, beauty matters more than character in high society. So when an unexpected marriage proposal arrives from the powerful House of Kingsley, no one believes it is real. The groom is Damian Van Kingsley, the widowed duke of Varos, feared for his cold temperament and admired for his unmatched looks and wealth. Rumors follow him like shadows. He has a secret mistress, a broken heart drowned in alcohol, and worst of all… A son he barely acknowledges. For Eilika, marrying Damian isn’t a dream. It’s the only option left for survival. Damian, once the kingdom’s most desirable nobleman, has been nothing but a hollow man since the death of his first wife. He has abandoned his responsibilities, pushed away his child, and lived with one vow burning in his chest. He will never replace his first wife. To force him back into duty, his mother arranges a second marriage, one he never asked for, and one he refuses to accept. Damian swears he will never touch her , will never look at her and will never treat her as his wife. But Eilika isn’t the greedy noblewoman he expected. She doesn’t ask for his affection. She doesn’t crave his title. She doesn’t even want his love. What Eilika wants… is something far more dangerous. A family. And perhaps that is the very thing Damian has been starving for all along. ~~~~ “This bed will remain cold until your last breath.” Damian’s voice boomed through the dark chamber. Eilika didn’t flinch at his words. Instead she replied gracefully, “I don’t seek love, Duke. You can visit your secret mistress every night… Just don’t come near me.” This marriage was never meant to become real, until the Duke's heart begins to betray its own rules.
Kn_star8 · 6.5k Views