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Marian was not ambitious and the only aspiration she had was to lead an idyllic life in the countryside, like farming and picking flowers. But her grandpa didn’t allow her to do so.
He asked her to come back to the urban area by all means and required her to inherit an enormous fortune, while at the same time arranging her to engage with the son of the richest man.
Thereafter, Marian started her journey to force others to eat humble pies.
She graduated from an Ivy school with a straight-A performance at the age of 16, becoming the youngest graduate in the history of the school, but her sister said she was a poor student?
She was the leader of the league of top-class Hacker elites in the world, but her brother called her a newbie?
She had been on top of the “list of top investors in the stock market” for ten consecutive years, but her mom said it was a waste of money to raise her.
Even the chairmen of five top-level consortiums eagerly wanted her to work as their investment counsellor, but her dad called her a country girl?
She was well versed in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine appreciation, flower arrangement as well as tea!
James said, “Come on, this is the pen. Write down what you can’t achieve.”
Three hours later…
Marian yelled excitedly, “I got an answer.”
James thought to himself triumphantly: Clever girl, you’re finally baffled by something!
Marian looked at him with self-complacence, “I can’t love you.”
James was choked up.
[a bigoted and scheming male lead VS. a capable female lead] Freya Lawson, who grew up in the countryside, married a disabled man from the Austin family. Her husband was not only physically disfigured but also blind.Rumors circulated that he was heartless and had no interest in women.On their wedding night, Freya had had enough of his constant harassment and told him, "Bradley Austin, it's been said that you are incapable in doing that.""Do you want to find out for yourself?" smirked the man.Everyone laughed at them, saying that a mentally challenged person and an ugly monster were a match made in heaven. Bradley Austin, on the other hand, removed his glasses and mask and got out of his wheelchair just as everyone began laughing hysterically at them.Suddenly, all of the city's women fell in love with him.It was surprising for everyone to learn that the man once thought to be disabled and hideous was, in fact, the most desirable man in town."Who said my wife is blind?" Bradley said coldly as he embraced Freya. Freya revealed herself to be a mysterious doctor, a master of hypnosis, a famous singer, and even the leader of a secretive organization.They joined forces as a couple to confront and punish evildoers. Freya fiercely guarded her husband, and Bradley's love for his wife was limitless."Darling," says Freya, "I want to eat candy.""I am sweeter than candy," Bradley replies. "Try a bite of me."And the end result...Freya Lawson couldn't get out of bed and had to clutch her waist all day long. Even the coldest heart would soon grow warm if she kept holding on to it. That was what she believed. That was why she became his unloved placeholder of a wife. Unfortunately, all her devotion only led to a heartless divorce. “She’s awake now,” he told her. “Step down and step away, you miserable knock-off.”Then, he left. When he came back, it was because he needed her to do something only an impostor could do: go to jail for his dream girl’s crime. Deirdre McKinnon was condemned to perdition. She lost her baby before it was born. She lost her face to violence. She lost the ability to see. It was two months of a hell-like nightmare. At last, something died inside her heart. Two years later, she found herself another man, but when Brendan Brighthall met her by pure happenstance, a new feeling was born in his heart: jealousy. There were no means too terrible, no scheme too underhanded—not if it meant he’d possess Deirdre’s heart again. And yet, she simply refused to love him anymore.“What do you want me to do, Deirdre McKinnon?! What must I do to go back to the good old days?” His eyes turned red. “I’ll give you everything I have!”“You gave me a copper trinket two years ago. It was a sorry excuse for a wedding ring, and yet I cared for it as though it was the most precious jewel in the world…“But now? Nothing you can give would be even remotely worthwhile. Not even you.” "Stop, Earthha, stop!"There was a man's deep voice behind him, but Earthha didn't stop, still running fast, away from the man he once desperately wanted.She wants to die!She lost her parents, she lost her home, and now she's about to lose her partner. She has nothing left, nothing to keep her alive.Just two months ago, she was happily in her partner's arms, but she heard him say that he had two partners.It turns out that all love is her wishful thinking, this man is a liar at all!"Eartha." The man moved quickly and grabbed her shoulder.She was forced to turn to face him, tears in her eyes...She will never forgive him again. I looked at the child in my arms and heard the growl of the wolf inside me. For the sake of my child, I had to get out of this snow. I felt my heavy legs and aching arms. When I was desperate, I heard the engine of a car behind me.I turned around and looked at it. It was an old black SUV that could probably give me a lift.But as the car drew closer and pulled up in front of me, I knew I was wrong......When I woke up, I heard a roar coming from the stairway and a huge brown wolf hovering over me.He looked at me warmly for three seconds, and the man next to him was scared off. He knocked the bastard to the ground with one punch, "Get off my property today or I'll kill you."He was the Alpha. I could feel the power radiating from the Alpha who was standing only a few feet away from me."Why are you on my turf?" He asked in a cold voice. I flinched slightly from his tone, then straightened up and raised my eyes to look at him."I didn't know this was your territory, and I'm sorry for trespassing. Thank you for saving me, I'll be out of here in a minute." I said truthfully. The Alpha looked at me for a moment, then clasped his hands to his chest and said, "Did I say you could leave?" After three years of marriage, Layla's feelings for her ex-husband, Ashton, fade away. He hands her the divorce papers, and she responds with a cold attitude and leaves. To honor her mother's wish, Layla strikes a deal with a handsome and caring male model to have a child without getting attached. But things take an unexpected turn when she realizes the model looks strangely familiar. The startling truth emerges when she realizes that the man she has been seeing is Tristan, one of Ashton's closest friends and the city's wealthiest, most influential figure.She attempts to escape in a moment of panic, but Tristan catches her. Pinning her against a wall, he asks, "Where do you think you're going?"***Despite his immense wealth and power over the city's economy, Tristan remains romantically isolated despite the numerous women seeking his attention. Everyone thinks he will end up lonely and alone. In fact, what he truly craves is the captivating closeness he finds with Layla during their late-night rendezvous.When Layla finally confronts the reality of the situation, she makes a decisive choice to leave. On a rainy evening, he kneels before her with tears in his eyes, softly begging, "I'll do anything you ask. Please, don't leave me." He pressed me against the car door, his scent enveloping me.“If you were mine, I’d take much better care of you,” Matias growled.I wiped away my tears. “Who says I’m not yours?” I whispered. “You bought me.”Matias’s lips were a hairsbreadth from mine. “I want you to want me, as I want you.”I looked up into those swirling, captivating eyes of his. “Who says I don’t?”His lips swooped downward, then, and captured mine.My whole body caught fire.***Catalina’s whole world shattered when her father sold her to Efrain. Her instincts told her he was her mate, but the womanizing a*shole didn’t want her - rejected her. Now, with a rejected “R” on her neck, Catalina must navigate the world alone. Or maybe not. The tall, mysterious Matias Castaneda who bought her might just also capture her heart. But he has a darkness all his own. Is there a second chance for them?Bought by the Daddy Alpha Don is created by Caricia Dulce, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author. Introduction:She was the daughter of a plutocrat, an elite with multiple identities, known and respected by everyone; she was a young girl from a rich family, who was peacocky and shameless, loathed by all.After being reborn as her, she defeated the bad man and the angelic bitch, took revenge on the bad guy who killed her, married the most noble man, got into the sweetest relationship, and stunned the world!Reporter, "Mr. Leach, what is your favorite thing in the world?"Benson, "Jill."Reporter, "Mr. Leach, what do you like to do most every day?"Benson smiled, "Sleeping with Jill in my arms at night."Juliana: ... In the quiet corners of life, Flora's journey reveals a flow of emotions—love, loss, and unyielding resilience. Estranged from her parents, step sisters and fiance who had horrible plans for her she finds comfort in the care of her grandmother, Melissa, and her guardian, Aunt Celia. Through trials and challenges, Flora carves her path, finding solace in the nurturing love of her grandmother. With gentle strength, she embraces the sudden and almost shameful motherhood and faces the future with unspoken fears leaving behind the town that held her worst nightmare to start anew. Over time, Flora's life takes a turn for the better. She becomes a top jewelry designer and gets a job as the main designer. She buys a nice house in a calm area. Her house becomes a lovely place for her twins, Kayden and Kendra, to play in the yard. However, despite her successes, there's something missing—Kayden and Kendra's father. Who is their farther and where has he gone? Scarlett had it all - a dream job as a high ranking secretary in Miami, a luxurious penthouse overlooking the glittering cityscape, a sleek Ferrari in the driveway, and a handsome millionaire boyfriend. Her perfectly curated life was the envy of everyone around her. But in the blink of an eye, her world came crashing down in a devastating turn of events.As Scarlett navigates the fallout, her life takes an unexpected series of twists and turns. Betrayals, scandals, and dark secrets emerge from the shadows, testing her resilience to the limits. Through it all, her closest friends and loved ones rally around her, providing an anchor of support amidst the swirling chaos.Will Scarlett emerge victorious, or will the forces conspiring against her prove too powerful?Get ready for a page-turning thrill ride through the high-stakes world of power, greed, and redemption. After getting drunk at a wedding party, Summer Hart had spent a night with a man. She then found herself pregnant after that. She wanted to keep the child, but the man had other plans. She tried to run away but was caught. "If you want to keep the child, marry me. We'll divorce after two years, and meanwhile, don't touch me—not even holding hands," the man said, backing her into a corner. She found the man utterly shameless. 'Holding hands? Dream on.' After the marriage, the man said, "I know you are scared. Let's sleep together tonight." "I'm not scared." "I saw you in a dream and heard you say you're scared and want to sleep with me." "Have you no shame, Mark Valentine?" "Shame? What is shame?" Jolene Adkins grew up in the countryside. Her father has passed away, and her mother has remarried. When she's old enough, her heartless mother takes her to the city so she can marry someone on her stepsister's behalf.She's forced to marry Steven Welsh, the worthless second son of the Welsh family who's crippled. Steven looks at her the day after their wedding and says, "I'll give you two options—divorce or life like a divorcée."Jolene says, "I choose option three!"Later, she works her medical magic and cures Steven. He turns out to be a secret billionaire and even gets her pregnant!Countless rich and powerful people want Jolene to treat them, and the people who once mistreated her fall to their knees before her, begging her to forgive them.A rich woman even comes knocking on Jolene's door, her eyes red as she claims to be Jolene's mother.It turns out Jolene should've grown up like a princess. Everything was changed because someone stole her life.Steven is happy to see how things turn out. His wife is a treasure, and he knows it best! Yohan Morris, the CEO of Morris Corporation, is a handsome man. He's already 30, yet he remains unmarried. His grandmother urges him to marry, and he huffily drives to the courthouse to wait for a bride to descend from the heavens.He thinks this is enough for his grandmother to get off his back, but there's a plot twist when a young woman he doesn't know knocks on his window and asks, "Are you waiting for the heavens to give you a wife?"Before he can answer, she smiles and continues, "It just so happens that I'm waiting for the heavens to bring me a husband. I'm willing to marry you, and I have all the necessary identification with me. Should we head inside to get that marriage certificate?"After marriage, he thinks his wife is insane. She constantly talks to the air, yet she can occasionally save people from danger.One day, he can't help asking, "Why do you keep talking to the air?"She says, "I'm not talking to anyone.""What, are you talking to ghosts, then?""Yeah, I am. I can see ghosts, so I might not just see humans on a daily basis. They might be ghosts, too."Yohan is lost for words. Alora Dennison is an orphaned child from a shamed bloodline surviving in her families old pack. On the dawn of her transition pushing her into adulthood she imprints on the mate she will be bonded to for an eternity, in an unexpected turn of fate.
Only he isn't the man of her dreams. He is the only one in the entire state she would never have wanted to bond too.
Colton Santo is the arrogant, dominant son of the Alpha from a rival pack which is set to unite the packs and reign in one kingdom. In years gone by his disdain for her and any from her bloodline has been prominent. Her treatment by his pack has pushed her to live in near isolation, fearful for her existence and now before all assembled, on the dawn of her awakening, they all just saw her imprint on their future leader.
Fate has decreed it, but everyone around her is about to try and stop it.
Fate isn't about to make it easy on her either, as a long forgotten war erupts in their lands, bringing an age old enemy with a thirst for blood back into the forefront of lycanthrope life.
Will she survive long enough to ever find out why she has borne a black mark on her lineage her entire life? And why exactly, Colton's father is just so eager to see her dead.
Will Colton step up and honour the bond, or will he be the one to deliver the final blow? “Genesis. Your eyes, they just glowed right now,” Killian spoke, his hands cupping my cheeks, his hands felt gentle almost as if he was holding a flower, I wouldn’t mind being a flower. Flowers are beautiful. My mind wandered off again, and I heard the voice in my mind let out a small snicker.“What about my eyes?”“They changed…” He let go of my face, and I felt like I had been deprived of the sweetest feeling. I wanted it back. But I had to soldier on.“Don’t yours when you communicate with your wolf,” I asked tucking the small strand of hair behind my ear, his eyes following my movements intently, tensioned filled the air.********************************************************************************************************************************************Genesis was a loner living as a slave in a pack that killed her family; some people didn't even know she existed. She believed that her future was bleak and is doomed to forever be a slave for a pack she hates with all of her might.what happens when she meets meets her fated mate who turns out to the the Alpha King Kilian a thousand year old Lycan who has a fierce and cruel reputation and who has publicly announced to the supernatural world countless of times that he did not wish for a mate.Will he reject her?And what will happen when Genesis finds out just how powerful she really is, and who her parents really were. *18+ only. Contains mature themes*Adeline’s world gets flipped upside down when a neighbouring Alpha takes over her pack. He’s ruthless, rumors being said that he even killed his father for the Alpha position, yet Adeline can’t help but drop to her knees whenever he’s nearby.Convinced that Alpha Jaxon has been cursed by the Moon Goddess to never have a true mate due to his violent history, he takes a compatible mate of choice instead, a woman who's strong enough to help lead the pack, unlike Adeline who looks meek at the first sight. However, Adeline discovers there’s more than lust pulling her to Alpha Jaxon. How will she be able to resist?****“I’m not sure if that’s how one should greet their Alpha”, he uttered inches away from my lips.I paused for a second in an attempt to compose myself, adrenaline free flowing, as my wolf and I took in the comfort of being so close to him again. “Hmm, that may be true except you aren’t my Alpha yet”, I challenged him back in a seductive tone that came off naturally. Our faces were so close together that the warmth of our breaths was clashing, I so badly wanted him to give in and close the distance between us.“You feel that, don’t you? Your wolf is squealing inside to have me mark you… right… here…”, Jaxon nipped at my neck ever so lightly. I felt as if my legs were about to let out under me at any second.He moved his hand just under my sweater on my back pulling me closer into his hardness while his other hand glided across the side of my face, caressing my jaw softly. Crisp electric sparks shot through my body at his touch, “Shh Adeline, soon I’ll have you completely submitting to me. You’ll be begging your Alpha to stretch that tight, wet pussy and fill it entirely”, lowering his hand and lightly swiping between my legs. Overwhelmed by hatred and distress, the young Alpha Kaiden swears to make his brother pay the price of his betrayal...When her lover defected the King without any warning, the vengeful new Alpha had already come to the poor human girl Ophelia , claiming that she should pay the debt.***“You will beg me to fuck you if you want your lover to live," Alpha King Kaiden had lost all his humanity.“How dare you do this? I'm your brother's mate!” Ophelia whimpered, holding her hands to her breasts.“That brother who wanted my crown and my life? Fuck him and fuck you!” The furious Alpha didn't care about it anymore.He wanted revenge!He grasped her hands and pinned them over her head. Her beautiful body appeared as the silk cloth quickly slid down.She's damn gorgeous when she was completely naked!“Well, no wonder my brother wanted to fuck you,” Kaiden taunted with a smirk, “but now it's I who will be the one to steal your virginity.” Kaiden claimed as he tighten her waist, making her approaching to his d*ck.“Pl----ease do------nt,” her voice was drowned out while his wild kiss fell on her lips.At this moment, Ophelia knew her life now became a disaster... When Iris was a child, she discovered an earth-shattering secret. Ever since then, her relationship with Hugh had taken a turn.After a fire, the woman he pined for suffered severe burns and his identity was exposed. Overnight, the man who once adored his sister had made her his enemy and threw her into prison!After five gruesome years behind bars, the wounded girl who had fallen from grace no longer loved him.However, she ran into him yet again after her release from prison!The truth of the incident was then brought to light. With knees on the ground, he was beyond remorseful when he said, “Iris! Lock me up for five years too, would that be enough to win your heart again?”Her rejection was firm and vicious, “I will never love you again!”He had her locked up and begged her to give him one more chance but she had forsaken all affection for him. She only had escape on her mind.The turning point was when he saw her soaked in a bloody bathtub and that was when he finally let go.Victorious, she vanished shortly after. As for him, he went mad… The sound of the gurneys almost deafen my ears, and the light from these doctors' torches is blinding me but I keep running towards the scene. It is 12 o' clock. In the midnight, I know even though I don't look at the clock over my head. With sweaty palms and terrific faces, five gurneys are wheeled towards the emergency rooms by the late night doctors. Even though their mouths are shut tight, I can hear millions of inaudible sounds coming out of them. Each of the gurneys are being wheeled by two personnels, and each time they pass me by, i peer into them to see the victims' faces clearly because I can not see them from where I am.
The first face I see is badly disfigured. It's got a big mark from the forehead down to her upper eyelid, her lips are charred and her jaw is almost totally detached from the rest of her face. Hot drops of blood trickle down her head to her chest and her dress is soiled. She looks like she is no longer breathing and just as the ambulance pass by me, I see something in her hands-A red neck piece. She is clutching it tightly like it is her whole life. My red neck piece. Yes, this victim is my only sister, Jamie but I do not cry. I mean, I always want to cry but I can't. So my face is firm and peaceful, but I am screaming inside me. My legs are hitting the air and I'm ripping my hair inside of me, but outside? I am standing tall. Somehow, with all the swiftness as they pass by me, her hands shake and she loses hold of the red neck piece. As thick and shiny as my hair, our hair(hers blonde and mine black). It falls from her hands and drops at my feet just as soon as the second ambulance approaches me. I bend to pick up my red neckpiece-the one thing that binds my sister and I together but whoosh...it is air. I can see it on the cold tiled floor but when I try to pick it up, it is not there. I fall and shiver with the noise in my head but I cannot cry. I get up quickly to take a look at the second victim but I can't see 'its' face-the whole body is wrapped in a blue satin material that looks and smells like death. I wait for the third but it moves so fast I can't get a proper picture of her, but I do know it is a female.
The fourth has blood dropping from his nose and his eyes are shut tight like he is in another world. The fifth body is wheeled upstairs and I hurriedly follow it. As I climb the staircase after them, I see a woman descending it; her countenance looks disheveled but her heart is dancing. She is jumping and laughing inside of her. When I look into her eyes, that's what I see but she does not see me pass. I stop staring at her and follow the ambulance which is now being rolled into the theatre with calculated moves. I want to see who the victim is, but they are so fast that they enter and lock the door before I can catch up.
I sigh and hesitate for three minutes and then I remember the red neckpiece-the one that fell from Jamie's hands. "Jamie!" I scream in my head. Then my feet begin to move very fast down the stairs. I do not have the power to stop them from moving and they only stop at Emergency Ward 1 and I suddenly and supernaturally find myself inside without using the door.
The neck piece still lay there, close to the reception. There on the bed in the emergency Ward lay my sister Jamie with her pale face and bloody body. Her left eyebrow is now gone and her nose and ears are bleeding. Her lips are still charred and a man in white coveralls keep wiping blood off her face and body every now and then. There are three men around her, plus a woman, pushing and pulling some strange machines on the wall and on the floor, to save her.
The woman is placing a stethoscope on Jamie's chest. I watch her from the corner I am standing. She does it three times and then she stops, placing her head on the side of the bed which isn't bloodstained and I see, from her eyes two drops of tears fall into the soft bloodstained bed where Jamie lay. Just then, the three men stop pushing and pulling the machines, they shake their heads from side to side as if on cue and one of them proceeds to cover my sister's body with a long blue satin cloth- the same one the second victim has on his whole body. I shiver, seeing this cloth because I know it is used to wrap corpses in readiness for cremation. Suddenly I find my voice.
"Don't! She's not dead! Don't cover her up!" I scream. My lips shiver as reality dawns on me. My whole body utter a yelp but they do not even look at me
"Hey Doctors! Jamie's my sister, she cannot die! Please save her" I mutter under my breath because raising my voice doesn't help.
"Pack her up quickly, the poor girl has given up" one of the men say to another and I try to cry but tears do not come. My eyes sting badly. I watch one of them roll her body like a burrito and wheel it out of the theatre. My feet scurry after him but it is all hopeless, so I soon stop going after him.
I go up the stairs towards the fifth accident victim like a defeated warrior and lay my head on the door of the ward like a wounded child. For some reason, I do not want to see any more of these gory sights. So I turn to go, but, I hear a voice
"Hello" I hear someone say to me. I turn around swiftly to face a tall man in white coveralls. His head has hair as black as coal and his voice sounds like several elephants trumpeting. I think he is a doctor here but I am shocked because he can see me, hear me. When he opens his mouth, I see that his teeth are very long and that his eyes shine in the dark. Dark red eyes, and with fingers that look like claws.
"Please sir, I need you to save my little sister. Please stop that man from taking her there. I do not want her to go there" my voice is breaking but my eyes are as dry as a tree in summer.
He moves his head from side to side and opens his mouth to talk. "You're a spirit", he says, "I have noticed you roaming about in the past hour and that's why I have come up to you. I am no doctor. I am here to save you" he raises his arms and... On their engagement day, her fiancé cheated with her sister, and pushed her down the stairs even though she was pregnant!Five years later, Charmine Jiang made an impactful return, rooted with a deep hatred for scumbags. She was cold-hearted, ready to fight for the family money, eyed to become a supermodel. She was ready to stun the world.Although she was determined to make her own money for revenge, hordes of men still insisted on helping her, spoiling her.“Who offended my lady? Get the gears ready!”“AK999 ready, I’ve got the scumbags! Dad, Mom, please bring me a little sister!” He kissed me breathless, senseless—he had me wanting, shamelessly panting against the cool glass of the courtyard, open for anyone.“We can’t! Someone could see—!”“Let them," he husked against my neck. "I want them to see.”My name is Ayda Sabine, once the princess to the illustrious Emerald Lake pack, now a single mother living a life of destitution in Eventide City. My status has been stripped from me, banished by my parents for my digression of falling outside my betrothal agreement. To make matters worse, I don't remember who the father of my son is. All I can recall are his golden eyes. However, when the opportunity arises for me and my son to ascend the social ladder as the personal stylist to Narcissa Onasis of the Diamond Spring clan, I finally get the opportunity to find the man who could be my true mate. If Narcissa's fiance, Prince Sebastian of the Obsidian Moon doesn't stop me. Alpha's Secret Mate is created by Claire Wilkins, an eGlobal Creative Published author. He's a Playboy
He's a heartbreaker
He's cute, hot and Arrogant
He's a prince Charming
Chases everything under skirts and he's just nineteen years old .
He's the only son of the popular multi billionaire and as a result, he's treated like an egg.
He's Xavier Maddox
His mum has tried all she could to make him fall in love and live a decent love life instead of jumping from one lady to another and causing heartbreaks, but he wouldn't listen and claims he's too young to settle with one woman.
He wouldn't fall in love with anyone – not even his childhood friend that's been crushing on him.
He's stubborn and arrogant and feels he can do whatever he likes.
But, what happens when he meets Delaney – an extremely pretty lady who ran away from her planet after they tried to kill her?
Yes – she isn't from earth.
She grew up in a different planet which consisted of just females. She's never set her eyes on a boy before and didn't even know they exist.
Something happened and she was sentenced to death by the Queen – unjustly, but luckily, she was able to escape and out of anger and revenge, she ran away with the Kingdom's most Valuable treasure which Was connected to the throne.
She had to go far away and found herself in a different planet – earth where she gets saved by Mr Arrogant's mum.
Mr Arrogant gets to be the first handsome boy she's seen and she's shocked to know an opposite gender existed.
There is romance, comedy and war in the house as Mr Arrogant gets angry at his mom for bringing a stranger home.
He's determined to make Delaney leave, but naïve Delaney is scared to leave because earth is completely new and strange to her.
What happens when she can't even use a spoon and has to be taught like a baby? ????
What happens when she enters into people's rooms without knocking because she had no idea the door was meant to be knocked at?????????????
What happens when she breaks a Television the first day she saw people in it? ????????????
She had no idea it was a movie ????
And the whole time, the people from her planets were seriously looking for her because of the treasure.
What about her parents whom she's never set her eyes on?
Could they be on earth?
Find out Tanner Rosenbloom is a poor student and my one true love who I've never managed to have.I feel bad when I see how skinny he is, so I leave class early daily to get his favorite pork chops. He's always cold and distant with me, but he's gentle when he speaks to Maisie Sanders. "It's time to eat, Maisie!"When he can't pay his tuition and is ordered to drop out, I beg my father to sponsor him. Tanner is reluctant to accept. "I can take your money, but you have to stay away from me. Don't even think about making me fall for you!"He wears the limited-edition sports shoes and the expensive watch I bought for him so he can go on dates with Maisie. Everyone on campus thinks he's rich; I don't reveal the truth because I worry it'll hurt his ego.He spends a fortune treating his classmates to meals. When he travels with Maisie, he calls me to tell me off when he realizes I've only given him a card to a bank account with 200 thousand dollars inside. "You didn't have to do this even if you were scornful of me, Pearl!"I love him more than life itself and beg my father to establish a company for him immediately after graduation. He becomes a CEO who's admired by all. Then, he turns and spends 200 million dollars on a dream wedding for Maisie.He forces me onto the roof. "You have no idea how disgusted I feel whenever you give me money, Pearl Rosenbloom. You don't understand me—insulting me with money is all you know! I thank the heavens every day that Maisie has been by my side this whole time. I wouldn't have made it this far without her!"I'm devastated and filled with despair. Tanner pushes me off the roof…When I open my eyes again, I see Tanner's impatient face up close. "What took you so long to get me my lunch? Hurry up and give it to me!"I overturn the tray on his head. "Are you a beggar? Is begging others for food all you can do? Go to your mother if you want good food! Stop acting like a dog over something to eat!" Elodie took a deep breath and knocked, the sound echoing in the quiet corridor.A moment of silence passed, broken only by the pounding of her heart.Finally, the door snicked open, revealing a surprised Dashiell. ‘Can’t you see the Do Not Disturb sign? We don’t want—’His initial frown quickly morphed into confusion at the sight of his wife. ‘What are you doing here?’ he demanded.‘Your girlfriend invited me,’ Elodie replied, her voice laced with icy calm.She tried to peer past him, but his broad frame blocked the view.A saccharine voice chimed in from within the room. ‘Elodie? Oh dear, we didn’t mean for you to find out this way. It’s just that—’Elodie cut her short. ‘Oh please, Selene. Spare me the fake apologies. You wouldn’t have sent me all those texts if you didn’t want me to know.’Dashiell shifted uncomfortably, his face a mask of annoyance. ‘What texts?’Elodie stepped past him, taking in the luxurious suite with a sardonic smile.The king-sized bed, the scattered rose petals, the lingering scent of sex – it all painted a vivid picture of their betrayal.She looked up at Dashiell, her gaze unwavering. ‘I want a divorce.’******Dashiell lived a life of luxury, surrounded by the best things money could buy. But when a car accident left him vulnerable, he met Elodie, a seemingly ordinary woman who nursed him back to health. Mistaking her for just another employee, Dashiell entered into a loveless marriage with her solely for convenience.However, fate had a different script in store. Elodie, the ‘ordinary nurse,’ held a secret more precious than any diamond: she was the sole heiress to Northstar, a vast and powerful enterprise. Unaware of her true identity, Dashiell cast her aside when his ex-girlfriend returned, leaving Elodie humiliated.But Elodie was not one to be easily broken. She shed the facade of the meek nurse, reclaiming her rightful inheritance and stepping into the role of Northstar’s CEO. Now, the woman Dashiell discarded was the one holding the reins of power.As Elodie thrives in her new role, Dashiell is consumed by regret. He finally sees Elodie for the extraordinary woman she truly is, realising the depth of his mistake. But will his remorse be enough to win back the heart he so carelessly discarded?