Her fiancé betrayed her, forcing her into marrying the man who had assaulted her. During her escape, she accidentally crashed a wedding. There, the local mafia boss approached her and said, “Marry me, and I’ll protect you.” Desperate, she agreed to a one-year contract, thinking it was temporary. A year later, he had her pinned against the wall, saying, “You were my wife for one day—you’ll always be mine. Trying to run? Too late.”
Warning 18+ "You want me to fuck you, I know it" "As much as you don't like me, you are my mate and you can't deny me" I stood up behind her, one hand holding her hip, and leaned down, my breath ragged against her neck, my voice husky. "I'll listen to your body... what it wants... and my body... what it needs. You won't feel the pain of correction like you did today... only the pleasure that a little bite of pain can bring." Mated to the cold-hearted Alpha
In her previous life, she loved the wrong people, betrayed by a deceitful man and her so-called best friend. Everyone who cared for her died because of her. Reborn, she vows to take revenge on those who ruined her—and to make amends to the man she once feared and avoided. But when she wakes in the hospital, the first thing she hears is him coldly asking for a divorce. Wait… this isn’t how it happened before. Divorce? She will never agree. Given a second chance at life, she is determined to rewrite her tragic fate. This time, she will change her fate.
Valentina De Luca has always been the quiet one, but when Alecia, her identical twin sister elopes with Valentina’s fiancé, leaving their father’s empire teetering on the brink of a collapse after a deal resulting in debt, Valentina is forced into the position her sister had ran away from and into a nightmare, being offered up as collateral in an arranged marriage that binds her to one of the most dangerous men in Naples, Luca Caruso. Furious at the deception, Luca sees Valentina as nothing more than a pawn in a larger game, a means to control the De Luca family and recover what he’s lost. But as their lives intertwine, Luca discovers a quiet strength in Valentina that defies his expectations, creating an undeniable pull between them. Through thick and thin, the two fight and get closer, but just as it seems like their marriage is evolving to be more than a contractual marriage, Alecia returns to reclaim what she’s lost, and enemies lurk at every turn, leaving Valentina to navigate a world where trust is a luxury and love is a liability. As old secrets resurface and new betrayals come to light, Valentina and Luca must decide whether their growing bond is strong enough to withstand the forces tearing them apart—or if their union will be destroyed before it even begins.
Yeah, no question now. My bastard boyfriend dragged me out here for a vacation, and while I'm out grabbing beer, he's banging some chick on our bed. I can hear everything—rhythmic skin slapping against skin, her over-the-top moans that sound more like a dying animal than passion, and—oh, fuck me—the worst part? The grating sound of what's gotta be her teeth scraping against peni... well, you know. Lorenzo's voice drips with lust, "Ever since I hit you up on that app last month, Lily, I've been hooked. Those bra pics you sent? They set me on fire. You're always teasing, never showing the whole thing. I can't even see your nipples..." My heart sinks straight to the fucking floor. That app. The one I saw pop up on his phone last month. The one he swore was just "an old account" he forgot to delete. Bullshit. My brain reels. 'So this is why Lorenzo picked this miserable town for a getaway,' I think, a sick realization dawning. His skanky online hookup with probable STDs lives here. 'Never thought talking shit about me could be foreplay for a couple.' I raise my fist and slam it against the door, hard enough that splinters of damp wood scatter onto the ratty carpet. "Honey, I'm home!" I call out.
"At twenty-five weeks pregnant, she catches her husband cheating. Once admired and beloved, she is now mocked and discarded. After eight years of silent love and devotion, her heart breaks completely. She gives birth, signs the divorce papers, and vanishes. Five years later, she returns as a glamorous, self-made billionaire—confident, dazzling, and pursued by many. But the man who once abandoned her refuses to let her go. He sabotages her suitors, grows obsessed, and when she announces her engagement, he snaps: You will never marry anyone but me."
