Love in the Headlines
Reign Abbot is a reporter, who is trying to navigate through life while in a toxic work environment with Bethany, who seemed hellbent on making life miserable for her. Driven by ambition and the overwhelming urge to surpass Bethany, she covers a story on the billionaire, CEO, Ivan Hamilton without further verification. The news was later debunked, however Ivan's reputation had already hit rock bottom. All hell breaks loose as Ivan is hellbent on having her pay the price for her actions.
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“ Why? ” he smirked. “ Do you feel wrong? You think it's unfair? ”
I felt tears fill my eyes at his words. I hated how easy it was for me to cry. If I was sad, I would cry. Angry? Cry. Happy? Cry. Overwhelmed? Cry. And I had never hated it as much as I did in that moment, especially when my oppressor looked delighted at the sight of my tears.
I hate this man.
“ What do you want me to do? ” I asked, admitting defeat. There was no need to hold on to hope that was not there. Ivan was not a nice man and it was my mistake for thinking otherwise.
“ Good, that's what I want to hear. ” he said, standing up and burying his hands in his pocket.
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Chapter: Care about each other REIGN'S POV I pushed myself further into the sofa, trying my best to ignore the mass of muscle beside me. After Mel's weird questions, I had snatched my hand away from her and rushed back to the changing room. As I passed, I noticed the confused look on the attendants faces.I guess I was not the only one that found what she said very weird. I mean, what kind of bride asked her groom if her bridesmaid looked like a wife material?Or maybe I was just overthinking, right?Now, I was unfortunately back at the waiting room with Ivan, waiting for Mel to try on her dress and show it to us and we were alone.My biggest nightmare had come to pass. Despite my pleadings with Mel to let me stay with her, she refused and sent me back here.I sighed and turned my face away, to avoid any eye contact. Out of sight, out of mind.“Your dress looked beautiful. You looked beautiful.” Ivan said, startling me.I turned to him, my mouth agape, wondering why on earth he was talking to me. “Eh…thank you. I'
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-06
Chapter: Wife material REIGN'S POV I sighed as I swiped off another notification of a blogger sharing Mel and Ivan’s wedding announcement. It was all everyone could talk about. Everyone was happy and excited for them. I should be too.Just as I closed the house door behind me, my phone rang with the caller ID flashing Mel's name across the screen.“Hi,” I said as I answered the call. “I'm on my way to the hospital so—”“No, no. Don't bother going there. Just come straight to the address I am going to send to you.” Mel said, her voice muffled by the shuffling I could hear in the background.“What do you mean by that? Are you not at the hospital? Are you alright enough to leave? Who authorized it? Mel—”“Don't worry too much, okay?” She cut in. “I'm fine. Just go to the address.”The beeping tone sounded before I could give further arguments. I stared at the dark phone screen, trying to process what she said. My phone vibrated a minute later with a message.My eyebrows furrowed as I read the address, along w
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-05
Chapter: Put on a show IVAN'S POV I looked around the room as I entered, hoping to catch a glimpse of that red hair. I sighed in defeat when it was nowhere to be found.She managed to leave before I arrived again.“Why do you look so disappointed when you are here to see me?” My eyes snapped to Mel who was staring at me while copped up on her bed, phone in hand. I guess she was starting to get real comfortable.“Ah….” I scratched the back of my neck, wondering what excuse to give. “Or are you not here to see me? Are you looking for a certain redhead?” She wriggled her eyebrows suggestively.I rolled my eyes and went to take a seat beside her. “I'm here to see you.”“It does not look like it. Hopefully you catch her next time. I doubt it though seeing as she is putting so much effort into not wanting to run into you.” Mel shrugged, accepting the takeout I handed to her.I sighed. Right, she was avoiding me, preferring to spend her days with Mel in the hospital.I shouldn't blame her when it was my fault.
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-03
Chapter: Small talkREIGN'S POV “Get out.”I rolled my eyes. “No.”“I want you to leave.”“Well, I don't want to leave.”“Are you playing with me right now?” Mel scowled at me, running her hands through her hair in frustration. Her gauze was removed last night. “You need to go home.”“I can't leave you here alone.” I shook my head. “What if something happens when I am gone?”“You must think you are a superhero or something,” she rolled her eyes. “Whatever is bound to happen will happen regardless.”“Mel—”“I want you to go home and rest. I heard you turning and groaning last night. I know how uncomfortable this is for you so go home and sleep on a nice bed.” She pointed at the door. I was not able to sleep because I was worried out of my mind but she didn't need to know that.“Alright, I will but I still can't let you stay here alone so I will call someone to stay with you.” I stood up and grabbed my bag and phone.“Who are you calling?”“You will see.” I smiled and waved at her.“Reign, don't play gam
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-24
Chapter: A terrible, terrible manIVAN'S POV It was official that everyone was upset with me. Maybe that was even an understatement. They were livid and disappointed. However no one was saying anything to me. They didn't shout. They just gave me those glances that made me feel miserable and like a monster. I will take their shouting and yelling over this anytime.Even Reign preferred to give me her fake smile, hiding behind them rather than ask me the questions that were bothering her.She was probably disgusted with me and she had every right to feel that way.What kind of man wooed you one minute and then declared he wanted to get married to another woman the next minute?Me. That was who.What could she possibly say to me anyway?Christian was doing the same thing to me right now, staring blankly at me like he didn't secretly wish to bash me in the head with a plank.I shut the file with a ‘pop’, unable to take it any longer. “Why don't you sit down and let's talk about this?”“We have talked about all the project
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-22
Chapter: How to stop a wedding REIGN'S POV My hands trembled as I took a few steps back, like the distance would protect me from this inevitable conversation. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that Mel would be the first to discover it.I had no idea what to say.“Reign? I need you to tell me the truth. Those things I saw…. what's going on?” Mel urged.“It's nothing… it's a prank someone is pulling…. It doesn't mean anything.” How could I have left my phone in front of her? It was almost like I was begging for someone to see it.Maybe I was, it was becoming too heavy to bear after all.“Don't give me that bullshit.” It was the first time Mel cussed at me. I was not sure how to feel about it. “I didn't check your phone intentionally and I'm sorry if you are offended but I couldn't ignore what I saw. Whoever that bastard is, sent another message and it was on the table in front of me so I saw it.”They sent another message? Who were they using to threaten me again?“Reign, you can't deceive me that th
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-20
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