His accidental husband
"I can't wait anymore. Make love to me, Damien. I want you. Now!.
After the death of Richard Hale, the fate of the Hale Hotels was left in the hands of Richard’s firstborn son, Adrian Hale. But when Adrian found out about the company’s seemingly unending debts, he was desperate to find ways to pay the debts and keep the company.
Scrambling to save his family’s company, Adrian Hale was shocked when the young billionaire hotel magnate Damien Cross approached him with a deal. It was to buy his company, call off his company’s creditors and let him lead it in exchange for his sister’s hand in marriage. Furious at the deal, Adrian was worried about his sister having a long-time boyfriend and tried to find another way to fight bankruptcy.
Following his grandfather’s request about being married, the billionaire Damien Cross was set to find a perfect wife…or groom. He was gay, and that was the problem. Upon seeing the opportunity in the youngest daughter of Richard Hale, he thought that he could finally be at peace and get married even though it was against his own will. But then everything changed when the oldest son of Richard Hale barged into his office and led him to discover a better deal.
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVENDamien Hale POVThe sound of the door closing was loud. It shook the whole house.“Adrian,” I whispered, but he didn’t answer. Anytime he goes silent it hurts my heart.I looked down at the folder in my hand. I was short of words. Helen has already told him.My chest felt heavy. I should have told Adrian long ago. I should have trusted him. But fear stopped me. Fear of losing him. Fear that he would hate me if he knew everything. So I stayed quiet, thinking I was protecting him. But now… he looked at me like I was a bad person.I stayed by his door for a long time. I hoped he would open it. I hoped he would say my name. But all I could hear was him crying.I leaned my head against the door. My voice came out low.“Adrian, I didn’t want to hurt you. I wanted to keep you safe. I was scared of what the truth would do to you.”He didn’t speak.After a while, I stepped away. I felt as if I betrayed him, my legs weak. I walked downstairs and poured myself a drink.Then I heard the study do
Last Updated: 2025-10-05
Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY SIXAdrian Hale’s POVI opened my eyes when I heard the sound of the door. Then closing quietly. Damien thought I was asleep. But I wasn’t. I lay still on the couch, my body still.“Adrian,” he whispered.I stayed still. I didn’t answer.He walked closer. I felt him near. Then he kissed my forehead, His hand brushed my hair back. I opened my eyes. He was hiding something. I could feel it in the way he touched me, in the way he looked at me these past days. Damien always told me things before. Everything. But now? Now he keeps things for me.I sat up, staring at the door where he had gone.“Why are you lying to me, Damien?”The next morning was so cold Damien sat at the table with a cup of coffee, a newspaper in his hands. He looked like he was pretending too. Like nothing was wrong. But I knew. I always knew. His tie was crooked. Damien never left his tie like that. Not unless his mind was far away.I pulled out a chair and sat across from him.“You came home late,” I said.He didn’t l
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY FIVEDamien Cross POVThe night was so quiet. I sat at the big table in my study. Adrian was upstairs. I hoped he was sleeping. He had not been sleeping well since the day we went to the adoption office. since we can e back from the orphanage everything hasn't been the same. I thought the name "Ward" has left our lives.I poured myself a drink. My hand shook a little when I lifted the glass. Adoption.Long ago, I wanted a child. I dreamed about it once. But life had made my heart hard like stone. Now Adrian wanted to bring a child into this broken world. He said it would give us peace. He said it would fix something in me. But I was scared. What if it broke me instead?I stared at the papers on my desk. The forms from the agency. The pictures of little children waiting for a family. Sweet faces. Innocent eyes. But behind those eyes, too much hurt for someone so small.My hurt started beating fast.Then my phone buzzed. A message. So late at night?I picked it up. The screen glowed. A nam
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY FOURAdrian Hale POVDamien drove us back from the agency. My hands were still on my lap, I couldn’t calm down.Her face. Lydia Ward’s face. The way she looked at Damien, then at me, like we were already guilty of something.And that name is Ward.I hated it.I looked at Damien’s profile as he drove. his hands gripping the wheel like he wanted to crush it. He was angry too. Angry in that quiet way.“Damien,” I whispered, my throat dry.He didn’t take his eyes off the road. “I know.”“No, listen, what if she isn’t just related to Ethan? What if she knows about my father too?”His eyes flicked to me for a second, then back to the road. “Say it straight, Adrian.”I swallowed, my heart beating fast. “What if she’s part of the same plan? What if Ethan wasn’t working alone? What if she… helped him kill my father?”The drive became quiet.I pressed my forehead against the window. The glass was cold, but my skin was hot. My heart was beating too fast. I thought I had left this fear behind when Eth
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY THREEDamien’s POVThe night was quiet in the penthouse. Adrian sat across from me at the dining table, papers spread on the table. His hair was messy, his eyes tired.He tapped one of the papers with his finger. “This is the agency that said yes. They don’t care about us being… two men. They said they just want a safe home.” His voice was calm.I leaned back in my chair, staring at the file. Child Placement Application.A child.For a long moment, I didn’t say anything. We had fought enemies, survived betrayal, even uncovered my uncle’s sick games. Now we were sitting here, talking about filling our home with laughter, toys, bedtime stories.Adrian lifted his eyes to mine. “Do you want this, Damien? Really want it? Or are you only saying yes because of me?”I reached across the table, covering his hand with mine. His fingers were warm but tense. “Adrian, listen to me. I’ve spent my whole life building empires. But none of that means anything if I don’t have a family to come home to. And w
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVENTY TWOAdrian’s POVThe house felt empty after they left. Inspector Laurent. Aiko Kato. Their words kept ringing inside my head.I sat at the table, staring at the book that had ruined everything and maybe could save everything too. My fingers shook when I touched the cover. It was just paper. I swallowed. “Do you trust them?”“No,” he said, quickly.Neither did I.I thought about Clara sleeping in the next room. About her bruises. About how Ethan had died too fast, too easy. My chest burned. He deserved worse. He deserved to beg. But now he was gone, and my anger had nowhere to go but back into me.I rubbed my face with both hands. My head was full of buzzing. My father’s voice came back, the way he used to say, Protect your sister. Protect the name. I had failed both.Damien turned. His eyes landed on me like knives. “We can’t stay here.”“I know.” My voice cracked. “But where do we go?”He walked closer, slow steps. “Home,” he said. “Not the hotel. Not the boardroom. Somewhere no one exp
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Adored by my ruthless alpha
Zara Garrison has lived her life as the cursed daughter of an Alpha, no wolf, no power, and no place in her pack. But when her father hands her over to the ruthless Lycan King, Andre Harrison, to save her pack, her life shatters in ways she never imagined.
Andre doesn’t want a mate, especially not a weak one. So he breaks her. Humiliates her. Tries to push her away.
But love has other plans between them.
When Zara gives birth to a child with dangerous powers, the witches who killed her mother come for her baby. With no one else to turn to, Zara must return to the very man who destroyed her, begging for his help.
Now the monster who once rejected her will become the father willing to burn the world down to get their daughter back.
But can love survive when trust is already dead?
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY FIVEZara’s POV The arrow still shook in the altar stone. Its silver head caught the light and burned my eyes.No one moved.The rogues froze where they stood. Marcus stood tall again, his body bloody, his claws dripping red. Nicholas’s smile slipped a little, his eyes darting to the trees.Then they came.Shadows at first. Then shapes. Men and women in gray coats, sliding out of the forest like ghosts. Their steps made no sound. They held silver bows, knives, spears, all shining like death. Their faces were hidden by masks, cold and empty.Hunters.My whole body went cold.Marcus growled deep, a sound that rolled like thunder in his chest. “What are they doing here?”The rogue leader spat blood into the dirt, grinning through broken teeth. “The gods want blood today, Alpha. Yours.”The hunters spread wide, moving like a net, circling us in. Me, Marcus, Nicholas, and the rogues we were all caught.One of them stepped forward. He was tall, mask cut sharp, voice flat like steel.“Step away
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY FOURZara’s POVMy heart stopped. My blood turned cold. He said it. The rogue leader said it. He knew me. He saw me. The thing I feared most stepped out of the dark and spoke out loud.Marcus growled so deep it made the ground under me shake. His arm came in front of me, strong, hard, like a wall. He was ready to fight. But I could feel his heart racing. He was shocked. He wanted answers.Nicholas stood there, only a few steps away. His mouth curved like a devil. His eyes scanned between me and Marcus, like he enjoyed cutting us open. “Runaway?” he said. His voice was harsh. “Now that is… interesting.”“Shut your mouth,” Marcus snapped. His body shook with anger. But his hand gripped me like a feather, like if he let go, I’d vanish like a smoke.The rogues moved closer, forming a circle. Their eyes glowed, so many of them, watching like wolves ready to bite. The leader walked forward. His face was cruel.“You thought you could hide, little wolf?” His voice was loud. “Pretend to be clean? P
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY THREEZara’s POVMarcus’s words would not leave me. “You’re already losing me.”I pressed my hands to my ears like a child, but it didn’t matter. His voice kept on ringing in my head.the way his hand had almost touched me but pulled back at the last second.The bed felt too big, too hot without him. My body ached from crying. The secret inside me burned like fire. If I told him, I might lose him forever. If I stayed quiet, Nicholas would destroy us.I couldn’t tell which was worse.The door opened. My head shot up.Marcus.He filled the doorway, his broad shoulders filling the door. His eyes were shadowed, like he hadn’t slept all night either.“Get dressed,” he said. His voice was calm.I was so scared. “Where are we going?”His gaze locked on mine. “Somewhere you can’t run from me.”The ride felt endless. Marcus didn’t say a single word. His hands gripped the wheel so tight. His jaw was clenched.I leaned my head against the window, staring at the trees. My palms were damp. My wolf whined
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY TWOZara’s POVMarcus’s words would not leave me.“Tomorrow, you and I will speak. And you will tell me everything.”I had lied before. Dodged his questions. Smiled when I wanted to scream. But tomorrow… Tomorrow I will have no place to hide.If I told him the truth, I would lose him.If I lied again, he might tear it out of me himself.There was no way to win.I didn’t sleep. I stared at the ceiling until my eyes burned. My body shook all night.By morning, I felt empty. My legs were weak, my head heavy. Around me, the pack carried on warriors in the yard, servants rushing past but I barely noticed.All I saw was him.Marcus.He stood at the end of the hall, tall, dark, unshakable. His eyes locked on me.“Come,” he said.I followed. My hands were wet with sweat. My knees almost gave way. He led me into a quiet chamber in the west wing. No one else could hear us there.The door closed. The air turned heavy.Marcus faced me, arms crossed, jaw set like stone.“No excuses,” he said. “Today y
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY ONEZara’s POVMarcus’s words wouldn’t leave me.“You may think you can hide. But I will find the truth. Whether you tell me or not.”He hadn’t shouted. He hadn’t even raised his voice. That calm, steady tone was worse than anger.Because he meant it.I hugged myself, staring at the moon outside my window. My heart twisted. I had worked so hard to keep my secret safe. But every day, with every question and every sharp look, Marcus was breaking through it.He was pulling me apart piece by piece. And when he finally reached the truth…I shut my eyes, shaking. It wouldn’t just ruin me. It would destroy him too.A knock snapped me back. My chest tightened. I already knew who it was.Nicholas.I hesitated, then cracked the door open.“What do you want?” I whispered.He leaned against the frame, smirking. His cold eyes moved over me like he could read my thoughts.“Such a warm welcome,” he said. “Restless tonight?”“Go away.”He laughed softly. “Why would I? Watching you squirm is too much fun.
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTYMarcus’s POVI didn’t sleep that night.Her silence haunted me.Zara had always been fiery, stubborn, quick to fight back when challenged. But in that library, with the record laid bare between us, she had been silent. Not defiant. Not apologetic. Just silent.And silence was the loudest answer of all.I paced the length of my chambers, the firelight casting restless shadows against the stone walls. My wolf pressed beneath my skin, snarling, restless, desperate to tear away the mask she wore and demand the truth.But I held him back.Not yet.Zara wasn’t a stranger to me, every instinct screamed that she was mine. My mate. My bond. The only one who had ever steadied the storm inside me.And yet…The lies were there. I could taste them in the way her scent shifted when I pressed too close, in the way her pulse stuttered when my questions cut too near.She was hiding something.And if I ripped it out of her too soon, I feared I would destroy not only her but us.Dawn came, gray and cold
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIVEAria Bennett PovA gasp escaped my lips when I heard what my so-called mother just said. I refused to believe that she would do this to me."What ?" Ethan shouted, making Mason jump from his seat."Calm down", I hissed at him gesturing to my son "you're scaring him"I was surprised when he looked and his features softened visibly. He seemed to have taken a liking to Mason and I didn't think that was such a good idea. Not wanting Mason to hear more about my disastrous life I nudged Talia who was awfully silent and motioned to Mason."Could you take him out please?", I asked "I don't want him to hear this.She smiled sadly at me as she knew that things were just getting started."Sure"I pulled Mason to me, hugging him quickly. Pulling away I pushed him towards Talia."I'll see you in a bit Mas"He smiled a toothy grin at me "okay mommy"I watched as they left the room then I turned back around to face the two other persons in the room. There was complete silence for what felt like the
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Chapter: CHAPTER FOURETHAN CARTER POVShe's here.She's here.“What the fuck is she doing here?” I whispered to myself When Vivian told me that there was someone I just had to meet. I became very curious which resulted in me coming over here.Vivian and I aren't friends we never were and never will be. She never treated Aria like a daughter and even though Aria tried to hide it everyone knew how her mother treated her.They were never close either so to see her here now it's truly something."Aria", I sighed a little happy to see her.It's been over four years and I still miss seeing her everyday."Ethan", she snapped.I didn't flinch, I didn't break eye contact, I just stared at her. The longer I stared at her the more I realized that she had changed. She didn't look away from me as if she's daring me to do the same."Okay......that's enough"I turned to the voice to find that Harper, Aria’s best friend was standing there and glaring at me."I'm tired, hungry and my phone is about to die", she hissed lo
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Chapter: CHAPTER THREEThe clouds drifted past the window as the plane dipped inside, the skyline of the city slowly unfolding beneath us. My stomach knot, not from the landing but from everything that waited for me down there.Yesterday felt like a movie. After leaving with Mason, I found myself back at the house, relieved to see my mother wasn’t around. I don’t think I would have had the strength to face her questions or her judgment. Mason had fallen asleep in the car, his small head tilted against my shoulder as I carried him upstairs. I tucked him into his bed carefully, making sure he was comfortable, smoothing the blanket over his tiny body. He didn’t stir not even once.I stood in his doorway for a moment longer than I should have, just watching him breathe. My little boy was always my anchor, even when the rest of the world felt like it was falling apart.Then I forced myself into motion. I dragged two suitcases out of Mason’s walk-in closet and started packing his things clothes, shoes, his favori
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWOAria Bennett – POVThe silence between us stretched for what felt like forever. We sat across from each other in my living room, sipping the wine I had opened earlier, while she talked on about everything that had changed back home.New businesses opening. People getting married. Scandals in the neighborhood. Gossip I hadn’t asked for and didn’t care to know.I nodded now and then, but the truth? I wasn’t listening. Not even a little. Every word she said only grated on my nerves, reminding me that this so-called “bonding” was happening here, in my home. Not in hers. Not in the place I once called home.And honestly? That was fine with me. Because I had no desire, no reason, no strength to ever step foot back there again. That town was nothing but poison for me.The memories slammed into me before I could stop them. Memories of the day everything shattered.The day Ethan looked me dead in the eyes and accused me of being unfaithful. The day he called me a slut like I was trash, like I
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE“Mummy!”“Mummy!”“Mummy!”A Little hands shook me as a small voice filled the quiet of the room.“Wake up! Wake up! It’s my first day of school!”My eyes flew open at his words.I blinked several times, rubbing the sleep from my eyes before glancing down at the little boy grinning at me. Mason stood at the side of the bed, his lips curved into a mischievous smile, as if he already knew how to tug me out of dreamland.I couldn’t help but smile back. “Come here, Mas,” I said softly, calling him by the nickname I’d given him the day he was born.He immediately scrambled to climb onto the bed, his small legs kicking with determination. He always tried, even though he never quite managed it on his own. That stubborn grit in him, the same grit that made him refuse help until the last second reminded me so painfully of his father.Swallowing down the lump rising in my throat, I leaned forward, caught his little arms, and pulled him up into my lap.“Are you ready for your first day of school,
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