For years she has endured the harassment of her stepmother and stepsister because of her father. She endured all kinds of injustices for the benefit of her family. She was too stupid and naive. Now she won't allow herself to be considered a fool anymore! She will take back all that belongs to her! A few weeks after her wedding her vegetative husband wakes up from comma. and the 1st thing he says to her is... "If you are pregnant with my child, ill kill it with my own hands! ... " Years later she comes back to Sedona with twins warning them to stay away from that man, who was their biological father saying that... "That man swore to kill you! You need to stay away from him!"
It was the wedding day for Sedona influencer Maria Baker, but the groom wasn't there. Groom Zane Knight has been dormant since a car accident six months ago. Doctors said he wouldn't live until the end of the year.
Zane's grieving mother decided to get her son married before her son's untimely death. The Order was one of the richest families in Sedona, but no sane influencer would want to marry a man who knocks on death's door.
Maria was elegantly dressed in a white wedding dress and was sitting on the dresser in a slender figure. She gave off a delicate impression like a budding red rose with elegant makeup that emphasized the elegance of her fair complexion. Still, she was uneasy about her almond-shaped eyes.
With her 10 minutes remaining until the ceremony, Ms. Maria frantically moved her fingers across the screen of her cell phone, waiting impatiently for her texts and her messages. She had a boyfriend before she was forced to marry Zayn, who just so happened to be Zayn's nephew, James Knight, by a terrible coincidence.
However, they never made their relationship public. Maria had texted James the night before, hoping they would run away from Sedona together and elope. She stayed up all night waiting and got no reply. She couldn't wait any longer. Maria got up from her seat, clutched her cell phone, and considered an excuse to leave her room. She hurried down the corridor, past one of the rooms, and froze.
Through the slightly open door of the room, Maria heard her sister Katherine giggle with joy and she laughed.
"Maybe my stupid sister is still waiting for you to go to her, James! Maybe you should grease it up a little more. If she changes her mind and declines the wedding what are we going to do if we decide to do it?"
"Do you think she has a choice now?" James said, holding Katherine in his arms and pressing his thin lips. her neck. "The guards will drag her head off the altar, even if she tries to pull back from now on!"
Maria felt a loud noise rings out in her head. She took a step back and nearly lost her balance. She clenched her fists around her dress and held back tears in her eyes. Her father was hospitalized because his company went bankrupt.
Her stepmother Selina Baker rebelled against Maria and forced her to marry into the Knight family for her benefit. She had given the impression that this marriage was for the benefit of the Baker family, but Maria knew that was how Selina wanted to get rid of her!
It was the fact that the boyfriend who said he loved her turned around and betrayed her! No wonder James encouraged her to go ahead with her wedding. He said he would marry her when Zayn died, but that was all a big lie! All her hopes and dreams were shattered and she couldn't breathe. Maria clenched her fists and her eyes froze as the voices in her room grew louder.
For years she has endured the harassment of her stepmother and stepsister because of her father. She endured all kinds of injustices for the benefit of her family. She was too stupid and naive. Now she won't allow herself to be considered a fool anymore! She will take back all that belongs to her! The wedding started soon after that.
Wearing her wedding dress and holding a bouquet of flowers, Maria walked down the aisle with soft, romantic music playing in the background. She made her vows and put on her wedding ring. The crowd gave her a confused look, but she ignored them.
From now on she was Mrs. Knight, and she was untouchable. But her new husband, who held Sedona in his hands, was not to live long. That night, Maria was sent to Zayn's mansion.
Located in the heart of the city's affluent neighborhood, the mansion costed over $150 million. Before Maria could get the mansion's arrangement right, Mrs. Fischer dragged her into her master bedroom. Her gaze was immediately drawn to the man on the large bed.
She walked over slowly and stared into his face. Zane's chiseled features stood out against his chiseled face, exuding an aura of dignity and nobility. He had been indoors all this time, so his skin was unusually pale, but his handsome features caught her eyes. If he had not been ill, Maria would never have become his wife.
Before he was bedridden in a car accident, Zayn was an influential figure in Sedona. His Sephora Group was one of the ten largest companies in the country. He was rumored to be ruthless and domineering, and he traded with the underworld as well as legitimate business. Anyone who stood in his way had to pay a high price.
Maria never expected to marry a man like Zayn. As she lost herself in thought, her bedroom door opened. It was James! "I'm sorry, Maria! I've been too busy to meet you today," James said, approaching Maria with a false sincerity on her face. "I just married your uncle," Maria said coldly. "Do I have to teach you how to call me?"
" I wanted to run off with you because I didn't want you to have a hard life. Uncle Zane is effectively a dead man, so you doesn't have to do anything while you're married to him. When he dies, I'll get you a good lawyer and make sure you gets all his fortune!" James eagerly grabbed Maria's hand and continued, "Then all he has will be ours!"
Maria then as she recalled the earlier scene that she was spotted between James and Katherine, and she was disgusted. "Let go!" she shouted, shaking his hand violently. Her sudden scream startled James. Was it the Maria he knew? Maria was always calm and kind, and she never raised her voice to him. did she find out something?
Feeling guilty, James approached Maria to explain her situation. The next moment his eyes shifted to something behind Maria. His eyes widened in disbelief as if he had seen a ghost.
"He...he..." James muttered. Zayn lay on his bed and slowly began to open his eyes...
On the day of their wedding anniversary, Joshua's mistress drugged Alicia, and she ended up in a stranger's bed. In one night, Alicia lost her innocence, while Joshua's mistress carried his child in her womb. Heartbroken and humiliated, Alicia demanded a divorce, but Joshua saw it as yet another tantrum. When they finally parted ways, she went on to become a renowned artist, sought out and admired by everyone. Consumed by regret, Joshua darkened her doorstep in hopes of reconciliation, only to find her in the arms of a powerful tycoon. "Say hello to your sister-in-law."
Elin spent twenty years deeply loving her husband, finally marrying him just as she'd always dreamed. But reality shattered her illusions—he wasn't the man she believed. Instead, he callously destroyed her family, crushing her heart beyond repair. At her lowest point, Ruben, equally betrayed that night, approached her steadily. "Marry me, Elin. I'll help you take revenge." Yet, after their wedding, she quickly discovered he was dangerously unpredictable. "I made a mistake. Let's divorce..." Ruben slid his arm possessively around her waist, whispering a chilling promise, "Only in death."
Corinne devoted three years of her life to her boyfriend, only for it to all go to waste. He saw her as nothing more than a country bumpkin and left her at the altar to be with his true love. After getting jilted, Corinne reclaimed her identity as the granddaughter of the town’s richest man, inherited a billion-dollar fortune, and ultimately rose to the top. But her success attracted the envy of others, and people constantly tried to bring her down. As she dealt with these troublemakers one by one, Mr. Hopkins, notorious for his ruthlessness, stood by and cheered her on. “Way to go, honey!”
"I heard you're going to marry Marcelo. Is this perhaps your revenge against me? It's very laughable, Renee. That man can barely function." Her foster family, her cheating ex, everyone thought Renee was going to live in pure hell after getting married to a disabled and cruel man. She didn't know if anything good would ever come out of it after all, she had always thought it would be hard for anyone to love her but this cruel man with dark secrets is never going to grant her a divorce because she makes him forget how to breathe.
There was only one man in Raegan's heart, and it was Mitchel. In the second year of her marriage to him, she got pregnant. Raegan's joy knew no bounds. But before she could break the news to her husband, he served her divorce papers because he wanted to marry his first love. After an accident, Raegan lay in the pool of her own blood and called out to Mitchel for help. Unfortunately, he left with his first love in his arms. Raegan escaped death by the whiskers. Afterward, she decided to get her life back on track. Her name was everywhere years later. Mitchel became very uncomfortable. For some reason, he began to miss her. His heart ached when he saw her all smiles with another man. He crashed her wedding and fell to his knees while she was at the altar. With bloodshot eyes, he queried, "I thought you said your love for me is unbreakable? How come you are getting married to someone else? Come back to me!"
They don't know I'm a girl. They all look at me and see a boy. A prince. Their kind purchase humans like me for their lustful desires. And, when they stormed into our kingdom to buy my sister, I intervened to protect her. I made them take me too. The plan was to escape with my sister whenever we found a chance. How was I to know our prison would be the most fortified place in their kingdom? I was supposed to be on the sidelines. The one they had no real use for. The one they never meant to buy. But then, the most important person in their savage land-their ruthless beast king-took an interest in the "pretty little prince." How do we survive in this brutal kingdom, where everyone hates our kind and shows us no mercy? And how does someone, with a secret like mine, become a lust slave? . AUTHOR'S NOTE. This is a dark romance-dark, mature content. Highly rated 18+ Expect triggers, expect hardcore. If you're a seasoned reader of this genre, looking for something different, prepared to go in blindly not knowing what to expect at every turn, but eager to know more anyway, then dive in! . From the author of the international bestselling book: "The Alpha King's Hated Slave."