Ripples And Hills
Alexa loved him when he was untouchable. Hulio wanted her when it was too late. Now, she’s the woman he never saw coming.
Alexa Hills was always the overlooked one, the awkward girl with plain looks and a heart too tender for a world obsessed with appearances. She was rejected by all. But behind her timid eyes burned the legacy of a dynasty, and the will of a queen in waiting.
Hulio Ripples, one of the heirs to Ripples Investment Firm, was every woman’s dream, charming, arrogant, and hopelessly smitten with Alexa’s glamorous older sister, Ashley. To him, Alexa was a nobody. To him she was a reject. Until his world crashed, quite literally, and she was the only one who stayed.
When tragedy strikes, Alexa gives up everything to care for the man she’s always loved. For a moment, it seems like her devotion will be enough. But when Hulio recovers, he returns to the woman who once broke him—leaving Alexa shattered and pregnant with his child.
Now, she’s back. Not the shy girl he once ignored, but a stunning force of power and poise—CEO of Hills Fusion and a woman with nothing left to lose. With the help of his brother, Helia, she rises from heartbreak to empire, crushing Hulio’s pride and reclaiming her throne.
But in a tangled web of love, betrayal, and revenge… can a heart once broken ever trust again.
A provocative tale of passion, pain, and power, Ripples and Hills is a revenge romance that will leave every reader spell bound and lost in a world of entanglement and revenge and unrequited love.
Baca
Chapter: Chapter 128.Hulio. Friday, 9th January. Two days later… Morning. My alarm blares for what feels like the hundredth time, dragging a groan out of me as I force my eyes open. 8:45 a.m. I don’t want to get up. I don't want to step outside my room, because if I do, I’ll be reminded of New Year’s Eve. Of Prudence’s shattered face when I shoved divorce papers into her hands. Of the child I’ll never claim now. Warm hands slide over my bare skin, Ashley’s hands. I peel them off me, carefully, so I don’t wake her. Last night at the club, I drowned myself in whiskey, and now I’m hungover again. My new best friend, regret, clings to me like rot. Like a stench I can’t wash off. This should be victory. Ashley in my bed. The woman I’ve loved for years is finally mine. But it doesn’t feel like triumph. It feels like loss. Like when I let Prudence go, I carved out a piece of myself. Two pieces, really; her, and the unborn child I’ll never hold. I thought once I had Ashley, I’d slip a ring on her fi
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Chapter: Chapter 127.Elviira Hills. Alexa stares at me as if I’ve uttered blasphemy. The silence is heavy, choking between us. So I break it. “Ta da… This is where you laugh and say, grandma, you’re joking, right?” I try to lighten it, but she shoots to her feet instead, eyes wild. “What are you talking about, Gran? No…NO…that can’t be possible. This shouldn’t even be a joke to begin with.” Her voice cracks, panic spilling from her. I rise, steady, and cross to her. I take her hands, firm, calm. “But I’m not joking, Alexa. It’s the truth. The truth and your true identity. The one I tried to reveal at that party months ago. The same night you chose Hulio instead.” She flinches. I see it pierce her, but I don’t stop. “And now you and Hulio are finished, we can proceed as planned. You will be announced as Alexa Hills, my heiress. The sole owner of everything your grandfather and I worked for. Only this time, not at a party. At a press conference. Here. In your real home.” Her legs give out, and she sin
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Chapter: Chapter 126.Alexa (Prudence) Wednesday, January 7th, 2026. A week later… Noon. Snow falls slowly. Tiny fractals of ice drifting down, just like I’m drifting. Even though I’m lying on the window cushion in Grandma’s room, I still feel like I’m falling. Because the truth is, I am. Tears spill again, unbidden. They’ve been falling for a week, since that awful night Hulio threw divorce papers in my face. Just thinking about it makes the memory slam back, fresh and brutal. ‘How dare you end things with her like this?’ Jon had roared at Hulio. ‘Not even a penny to her name, all because of some fucked up prenup you made her sign? How could you take advantage of such a woman, Hulio?’ Helia had pulled me forward then, placing me before Hulio and my sister. He and Hulio stared each other down in silence. Hulio didn’t even blink. And I, God, I just wanted it to end before the whole night exploded into blood or scandal. I tugged weakly at Helia’s arm, pleading with him to take me home. But he s
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Chapter: Chapter 125.Alexa (Prudence)Wednesday, December 31st. Six days later…Night…Lights. Music. Cameras. I stand in the middle of the party at my supposed home with Hulio, watching guests mingle on this cold night. Waiters glide past with trays of food and drinks that look divine, but my stomach twists too tightly for appetite. Especially with the news that I discovered yesterday. ‘Congratulations Prudence. You're going to be a mum…’ Those words delivered yesterday by my doctor, were the biggest stunners of my life. Stunned me all the way to the house. Even when Martha asked how my day was at the doctor's. ‘Are you alright, Love? You seem lost.’ She asked, concerned. I snapped out of my shock and I spoke. She was super excited. Hugged me all through. But then again, her face fell.‘Please don't tell me you would have to go back to him now…Please…He doesn't even need to know you're carrying his child.’ But I argued against it. ‘Hulio has the right to know, so that we can both think of a way for
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Chapter: Chapter 124.Alexa (Prudence). Thursday, December 25th. Two weeks later… “Deck the halls with boughs of holly… fa la la la la…” Voices ring out around the fireplace in Grandma’s drawing room, rich and merry. The air smells of cookies, eggnog, roasted chestnuts, home. I even join in the chorus, eggnog in one hand, cookie in the other. We’re all here; me, Martha, Jace, Eve and their kids, Jon, Aunt Annika and Uncle Brian. Grandma beams from her chair, basking in her family. She was insistent this Christmas we would be together. ‘Honey, this is the first Christmas I’ve had with you after two years. Don’t steal it from me,’ she’d said when I’d protested. ‘But Grandma, I’m supposed to be Prudence, remember?’ She only smiled. ‘Who says I can’t invite Prudence to sleep over at the Hills mansion? Ease up, pumpkin. Let’s celebrate your escape from that abusive man, Hulio.’ I’d flinched. ‘But I haven’t left him yet…: ‘Oh? You moved back into the house Helia lended you. You haven’t thought of going
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Chapter: Chapter 123.Hulio. Wednesday, December 10th. Four days later… I sit in my wheelchair, which is parked in front of the door, waiting. Prudence and Martha live here. I’ve never been to this address before the wedding, but I remembered it from her employment file. My heart thunders in my chest. Guilt weighs me down as I wait. Stephan rings the bell again, then glances at me. “Maybe we should go back, Mr. Ripples,” he murmurs. I lower my eyes. Regret gnaws at me. Despite everything I did to her, she had a chance to destroy me and didn’t. She made sure Helia didn’t report me. ‘You should thank your stars Prudence got through to me in time. I would have fucked you up for life.’ Helia’s voice from the morning after that incident still echoes. The door suddenly flies open. I look up and there she is. Prudence. Her eyes wide, unblinking. Afraid. She staggers back, ready to slam the door shut. I stretch my foot forward. Her gaze drops to it, and I know exactly what she’s remembering. The time my fo
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Chapter: Chapter 75.Erianna. Late night… My brother left his room a while ago to handle the pack procedures after the battle. The rules are sacred, bury the fallen in Eliora’s presence before daylight, then give account of their deaths to their families. The warriors already had their funerals, their pyres blazing beneath Eliora’s light. Now, the grief stricken are being told the names. Their anguished tears ripping through the walls of the mansion. Their pain familiar to me. Just like we had felt when dad had died. 'Wake dad up, mum.' I had cried when dad was brought in, dead. Mum had broken down, Gerald had been devastated. And our cries of anguish never brought dad back. Rather our sorrows only dug deep, until they became dull aches over the years. I should have fought by Gerald’s side tonight. I really should have. Instead, I stood with Ephraim. My mate. My true place now. I was tethered by the bond, the instinct to guard him above all else. Stand with your mate, protect your mate. Tha
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Chapter: Chapter 74.Willa Ford. Later… My heart pounds in my throat as I wait. I'm waiting for news, waiting for my son. The rain lashes against the windows, wild and unrelenting. My children are out there, in that storm, in that bloodbath. I haven’t seen Erianna in days, but I know her loyalty, her heart is tied to her brother’s fight. She must have gone long before the first blow was struck. Iris, she must be beside herself. She wasn’t born into this. She wasn’t raised for it. Half wolf, half human, as that DNA report says, yet she only remembers the human half, raised by a foster mother who kept her running from city to city, never rooted, never safe. Their laws were not our laws. She doesn’t carry Silvaton Ridge in her bones the way we do. Earlier she was restless, shaken. I gave her sleeping pills, just to ease her mind, just to give her a moment’s peace. I wonder now if she finally found sleep. I slip beneath the covers, ready to surrender to a few hours of uneasy rest, then I freeze. A
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Chapter: Chapter 73.Gerald. Friday, 4th July. Next day. Night. The moon is out. High and watching. Rain lashes in heavy sheets, drowning the woods in silver and shadow. The night is silent except for our footsteps, steady and deliberate. My swords ride across my back, the leather vest clinging wet to my skin. We are shadows, all of us, moving as one. The rain plasters my hair to my face, running cold rivulets down my eyes. Almost blinding me. ‘Alpha… they’re coming.’ Kelan’s voice slices through the mind link. He’s perched on the ridge above, other scouts at his side. Luke lifts a fist and halts the others. ‘Are they morphed?’ I ask, scanning the black around me. Shapes lurk. Predators hiding in the storm. ‘Not morphed, Alpha.’ Good. ‘We wait,’ I command. And then I hear Simon, stepping into the rain with his warriors. Lightning burns the sky and his face is carved in white light. Hate radiates from him, thick as the storm. Iris flashes through my mind. Her hand on my cheek, lips trembling a
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Chapter: Chapter 72.Luke. Meanwhile… I step into the house and the smell hits me instantly, rich pork roast, crisping potatoes, spices that cling to the air like a promise. My stomach growls. My tongue waters. I'm fucking hungry. “Honey,” I call, kicking my shoes aside. Primrose’s head pops out from the kitchen. “I’m in here.” I smile, wandering in leisurely until I’m standing in the doorway, just watching her. My wife, moving so effortlessly in her space, stirring, turning, seasoning. Graceful even in the small things. “Hey, come chop the onions for the salads.” She calls over her shoulder, without even glancing at me. I chuckle inwardly, grab an onion and a knife, and start methodically slicing. My thoughts drift. Tiny little ones running around this very kitchen. Her laughter mixing with theirs. Our future, close enough to touch. “How was training?” She asks, stirring at the stovetop. “Mhmm…” I blink, pulled back from my reverie. “It was fine, baby. Gerald’s just… worried about Iris.” Primr
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Chapter: Chapter 71.Iris. Later… “Thank you, Mum, for the soup. It was…” I pause, searching for the right word. “Oddly invigorating.” I smile at Willa Ford. She smiles back and waves the maid away. “So, Iris, tell me, what really happened back there? Was it the smell of all that blood and meat? What frightened you?” Her voice is careful, concerned. I frown, trying to recall. The visions. The spasms. The fever. The mirror. “I don’t know… I don’t think it was the coppery smell of blood. I think it was something else. Something…” I swallow, remembering the image that still haunts me. Iris in the mirror. I was Iris in the mirror. Her voice whispered before I blacked out, ‘Welcome home’ The memory shudders through me. “Do you… do you believe in ghosts?” The words tumble out before I can stop them. Willa’s eyes widen briefly, but her expression softens again. “Because I think that house might be haunted by Iris’ spirit,” I confess, grimly. She regards me quietly. Not reproachful. Thoughtful. “I’ve
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Chapter: Chapter 70.Gerald. Thursday, 3rd July. Next day. Morning. I stare at my wife as she sleeps. Her lashes rest against her pale skin, her lips drained of color. She looks fragile, breakable. I don’t know what happened to her yesterday. No one does. One minute she was with my mother at Agnes’ place. The next, she was carried back into the house unconscious, burning with fever. No explanation. No answers. I drag in a heavy breath and rise. Training with the wolves waits for me as it has every morning since the elders forced these rules of engagement down my throat. Since they refused to join me in avoiding this war. ‘Gerald, you either fight, or you face banishment.’ Elder Ryan’s words replay in my mind. That venomous snake. He’d love nothing more than to see me cast out, paving the way for Ephraim to rise. I know where his loyalty lies. I’ve heard his thoughts. I’ve felt his fear of being caught for his involvement in that violent protest that took place in my home, days back. “Is she awake
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