The Billionaire’s Discarded Bride
She was the sacrifice—married off to the city's most ruthless billionaire to save a family that never loved her. But when she discovered his betrayal with her own sister, everything shattered.
Pregnant, penniless, and abandoned, Bella Hart disappeared into the night, vowing never to be powerless again.
Few years later, she returns as the CEO of an international empire, more powerful than anyone imagined possible. Her secret weapon? The little boy with piercing grey eyes who calls her "Mommy, he is the son of the man who destroyed her.
Caleb Black spent years drowning in regret, searching for the wife he threw away. Now she's back, untouchable and unforgiving. He'll do anything to reclaim what he lost his wife, his son, his chance at redemption.
But Bella didn't return to forgive, she returned to conquer.
With enemies circling, old wounds bleeding, and a passion that refuses to die, Bella must decide: Will she let the man who broke her back into her heart? Or will she destroy him the way he once destroyed her? In a world of billion-dollar deals and deadly secrets, love is the most dangerous gamble of all.
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Chapter: Chapter 148: Bachelorette Night 2Bella POVThe evening was loud and warm and genuinely fun. My staff, freed from the architecture of a normal working relationship for one evening, turned out to have opinions and stories and a collective energy I hadn't fully seen before, and I sat in the middle of it and felt the warmth of having built something that people actually wanted to be part of.Someone pressed a drink into my hand at some point. I held it, let the conversation move around me, and when no one was looking I set it down.My stomach had been like this for days. I had been noting it. The nausea that arrived in the morning and occasionally without warning, the appetite that had gone somewhere and not come back. The glass of wine at dinner three nights ago that had smelled fine and tasted wrong, which I had managed by setting it down and talking to Caleb about something else until he didn't notice.My period had been irregular for the better part of a year, which I had attributed to stress and age. That was what
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Chapter: Chapter 147: Bachelorette NightBella POVThe only person missing was Diana. She'd called that morning from somewhere with a bad signal, an important trip she couldn't cut, something she'd been vague about in the way Diana was vague when she didn't want questions.She'd apologised once, which from Diana was the equivalent of a full speech, and promised she was on the first flight back in the morning.I will be there before you walk, she'd said. Don't start without me.You're coming to my party, I'd said.I'm Tom's guardian.I hadn't argued with that.Tom had gone with her, which still surprised me a little when I thought about it. A year ago he hadn't known Diana existed, and now he'd looked at me with his father's grey eyes and said he didn't want her to travel alone. I'd spent time talking him into staying behind, explaining that Mummy needed him at the wedding, that Diana would be back soon, that it wasn't that far. He'd finally agreed with reluctance then immediately started crying anyway because he'd wanted to
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Chapter: Chapter 146: Bachelor NightCaleb POVJames brought it up on a Monday morning, which was either deliberate timing or just James, and with James the two were often the same thing.I was going through the week's schedule when he set a coffee on my desk and said, without preamble, "We need to talk about the bachelor arrangements.""There are no bachelor arrangements," I said."That's what we need to talk about."I looked up. James had the expression he wore when he had already decided something and was now managing the process of bringing me to the same conclusion, I recognised it. I'd been on the receiving end of it for years."I'm not doing a club," I said. "I'm not doing anything that ends with a hangover the morning of my wedding.""I know," he said. "That's not what I'm suggesting.""Strippers""Absolutely not," he said, with a firmness that suggested he'd already considered and rejected this on my behalf. "Nothing that Bella would hear about, nothing that gives anyone a story. Nothing that risks one single th
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Chapter: Chapter 145: The DoubtBella POVI didn't know what to say, so I hugged her, which she'd complained about and then held on to for a long time.So yes. Diana had slotted into Tom's life in a way I hadn't predicted. And Maya had been there from the very beginning in a way I couldn't have survived without. Tom, for his part, seemed to feel no conflict whatsoever about being adored by multiple women simultaneously. He accepted it as entirely appropriate.I watched him now, stealing a piece of Diana's bread without asking, and felt the warm ordinary weight of all of it.When we'd told him Diana would be responsible for him if anything happened to us, he'd said "Like a special aunt?" and Diana had said "Something like that" and he'd said "Cool" and gone back to his pasta.Diana had excused herself to the kitchen for five minutes after that.I didn't follow her. Some things don't need an audience.*******The doubt arrived at three in the morning, eleven days before the wedding.Not a crisis. Just the quiet 3 AM v
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Chapter: Chapter 144: The AuntiesCaleb pov I thought about it. "Somewhere that means something." I looked at the city below us. "The house? The garden?"Her house — the one I'd put solely in her name.Something moved across her face. "The garden," she said."Three months from now it'll be ready," I said. "The roses you planted in April will be out."She was quiet for a moment, looking at the city. "Three months," she said."Three months," I agreed.She took my hand, we stayed on the terrace until Tom appeared in the doorway to tell us Diana had taught him a card trick and it worked and she was very good at teaching things, and we both looked at the doorway where Diana was standing behind him with the expression of someone who was not enjoying the credit but was also not correcting it."You're staying for dinner," Bella said to her.The last thing I did that night, after Tom was asleep and Bella was in the study reading and the penthouse had settled into its quiet, I sat for a while with the old therapy notebook.Bel
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Chapter: Chapter 143: Terms and AgreementsCaleb POVBella's conditions arrived in a document. Of course they did. She was Bella Hart, CEO of an international acquisitions firm, and when she told me she had conditions she meant it in the most complete sense of the word which made it difficult to misinterpret.I picked it up and read it, it had six rulesI recognized three of them immediately; she'd said them out loud already.One: No timeline imposed by outside expectation. We move at my pace. This is non-negotiable and not subject to revision based on board optics, media pressure, or anyone else's calendar.She'd said this to my face and I'd agreed without hesitation. Seeing it written down made me understand she'd needed it documented. That there had been enough people in her life who agreed to things verbally and then quietly renegotiated.Two: Weekly couples therapy for the first year minimum, both parties present, non-negotiable. I am not building something on a foundation that hasn't been properly examined.Three: Tom wi
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The Rejected Omega’s Revenge
They called her weak. They called her worthless. They should have called her Wynter.
Beatrice spent twenty years as Silvermist Pack's punching bag, mocked, starved, and worked to the bone. When her fated mate, Alpha heir Eamon Riven, publicly rejected her at her first shift ceremony, she thought her humiliation was complete.
She was wrong.
Because the "pathetic omega" everyone sneered at? She's actually the long-lost daughter of the most powerful Alpha family in the kingdom. And her four overprotective brothers, a ruthless Alpha Lord, a gifted Healer, a cunning Strategist, and a lethal Shadow operative just found her.
Now Beatrice is done being small. Done being sorry. And definitely done letting anyone disrespect her.
But between her groveling ex-mate who suddenly wants her back, a vengeful enemy plotting her destruction, and four brothers who terrify every man who looks at her, reclaiming her power is complicated.
Good thing Darius Veylor, the steadfast Beta with lovely eyes and a heart of gold, isn't afraid of a little chaos. Or four murderous brothers-in-law.
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Chapter: Chapter 169 - The Queen's BeginningBeatrice POV - EPILOGUESix months had passed since Elara's birth. I stood on the Wynterhold balcony overlooking our territory, my daughter in my arms. She was growing fast, already showing her personality. Wild white hair that refused to stay down. Bright grey eyes that took in everything with fierce curiosity.The morning sun rose over the mountains, painting everything gold. A new day, a new beginning.Darius joined me, wrapping his arms around both of us from behind."Good morning, my queen," he said, kissing my temple.Elara babbled happily and reached for him with chubby hands. He took her and tossed her gently in the air. Her giggle was the sweetest sound in the world.I watched my mate with our daughter and felt my heart might burst from how full it was.My brothers emerged one by one onto the terrace for breakfast.Theron arrived with Liora, her belly showing prominently. "We have an announcement," Theron said.Everyone turned to look. "We're expecting twins," Liora said, gri
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Chapter: Chapter 168 - The Heir ArrivesBeatrice POVI woke in the middle of the night to a sharp pain across my abdomen. For a moment, I just lay there, trying to convince myself it was nothing.Then another contraction hit, stronger this time. "Darius," I said quietly, shaking his shoulder. "It's time."He shot upright like he'd been electrocuted. "Time? Time for what? Oh gods. Oh gods. The baby."I would have laughed if another contraction hadn't stolen my breath.Darius exploded into action. He grabbed our prepared bags, dropped all three, ran straight into the door frame, cursed loudly, and tried to put on two boots at once."Breathe, love," I said through gritted teeth."I'm breathing. I'm fine. Everything's fine." He wasn't fine. He looked like he might pass out.He alerted the household by basically screaming down the corridors. Within minutes, my brothers appeared in various states of undress and panic.Theron arrived in full tactical mode, already organizing. "Corin, you're on medical. Kaelen, secure the perimeter
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Chapter: Chapter 167 - Peace & PromisesDarius POVI woke before Beatrice every morning now. It had become my ritual in these final weeks of her pregnancy.I watched her sleep, marveling at the miracle beside me. Her belly was round and full with our daughter. Her face, peaceful in the early morning light, she was radiant.Sometimes I still couldn't believe she'd chosen me. This magnificent woman, powerful beyond measure, could have had anyone. But she was mine.The mate bond had deepened to something I couldn't put into words. I could sense her emotions like they were my own. Sometimes we didn't need words at all, just feelings flowing between us through the connection.Her eyes opened and caught me staring. "Creep," she said, but she was smiling."Can't help it." I leaned over to kiss her forehead. "You're carrying my pup. I'm allowed to stare.""You stare every morning.""And I'll stare every morning for the rest of our lives." I helped her sit up carefully. "How are you feeling?""Like I swallowed a melon." She rubbed h
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Chapter: Chapter 166 - Two LunasBeatrice POVLiora's wedding day arrived wrapped in perfect spring sunshine. I woke early despite being six months pregnant and eternally exhausted. Today my best friend became my sister in truth.Darius was already up, helping with last-minute preparations. I found him arguing with Kaelen about flower arrangements."They're fine," Darius was saying."Fine isn't good enough. This is Theron's wedding. It needs to be perfect.""The flowers are perfect," I said. "Everything is perfect. Now both of you stop fussing and help me find Liora."I found her in one of the guest chambers, surrounded by half the female pack members. Everyone was talking at once, offering advice and help and probably making her more nervous."Out," I said firmly. "Everyone except Helena, out now."They scattered. Liora sat in front of the mirror in her ceremonial gown, looking terrified. "I can't do this," she said."Yes you can.""What if I'm not good enough to be Luna?" She turned to face me. "You were born to th
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Chapter: Chapter 165 - Uncle Wars & PreparationsBeatrice POVI woke to the sound of arguing in the courtyard. Rolling over, I found Darius already awake and grinning."Your brothers are at it again," he said.I groaned and buried my face in the pillow. "It's too early for this.""It's nearly noon, love.""Still too early."But curiosity got the better of me. I dragged myself out of bed and to the window. Down in the courtyard, Kaelen was supervising several servants unloading a wagon absolutely packed with packages."What is all that?" I asked."Baby things, I'd imagine." Darius came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "He arrived an hour ago with three wagons.""Three?""The other two are being unloaded at the west entrance."I got dressed quickly and headed downstairs. The entrance hall was chaos. Packages everywhere, servants looking confused, and Kaelen directing traffic like a general commanding troops."Kaelen," I said. "What is all this?""Baby supplies." He beamed at me. "The little one needs options.""I'm o
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Chapter: Chapter 164: Silas love storySilas povHer fingers slid down between us. The second she touched herself she whimpered, body jerking. I kept pounding into her, steady and relentless, watching her face twist with pleasure.“That’s it,” I growled. “Come for me. I’ve got you.”Her fingers moved faster. Her thighs started shaking. Then she broke—back arching, pussy clamping down so tight I could barely move. She cried my name, loud and raw, as she came hard around my cock, pulsing and soaking me.The squeeze, the heat, the sound of her—it ripped my own orgasm out of me. I slammed in one last time and came with a choked groan, spilling deep inside her, pulse after thick pulse until I was empty.We stayed locked together, panting. Her forehead rested against mine. Her fingers drew slow, lazy circles on my back while my cock softened inside her, still twitching with aftershocks.Neither of us moved to pull away."That was..." she started."Yeah," I agreed.She laughed breathlessly. "We destroyed your desk."I looked down
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Chapter: Chapter 37Tate's POV"This is the fourth time I am asking the same question," I said. "When can I see Dr. Carter?"Marlon looked at me with that particular gaze of his."She's reviewing the latest scan data," he said. "She can't be interrupted.""That was last week's answer," I said."It's an ongoing process," Marlon said, pleasantly.I put the pen down. "Mr Marlon.""Yes.""Who is she?"He held my gaze without flinching, most people can barely hold or lock gazes with me, but here he was a mere researcher staring me down. "The most important researcher this institute has produced," he said. "That's who she is.""That's not what I asked.""It's the answer I have," he said."You're protecting her," I said."I'm representing her professional interests," he said. "Which is my job?""From what specifically.""From unnecessary disruption to the protocol," he said. "Your mother is a trial participant, and you are pushing through to see her, she can’t change her standards, because you are an alpha. Now
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Chapter: Chapter 36Nicole's POVIt started at dinner on Tuesday. Maple had been eating his rice then he looked up and said, completely unprompted, "Is the tall man still here?"I kept my fork moving. "Eat your dinner.""I am eating," he said, demonstrating. "Is he still here?""Yes," I said. "He's here for his mother's treatment. You know that."He considered this, chewing. "Does he eat dinner?""I imagine so.""Where?""In the guest dining room, probably," I said. "Maple""Does he have a favourite colour?"Rosy, across the table, turned a page of the book she was not supposed to have at dinner and said nothing."I don't know his favourite colour," I said."You could ask him," Maple said. "I don't ask patients' family members about their favourite colours," I said. "That's not what I'm there for."Maple seemed to find this unreasonable as he ate another spoonful of rice. "I think it's blue," he said. "Or black, he wears a lot of black.""Maple.""Mum I’m just saying," he said. "You could find out.""I'
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Chapter: Chapter 35Nicole's POVI should have seen it coming. In hindsight the signs were there — Tracy's evening medication had been adjusted a few days prior, the new protocol requiring a witness signature on the administration log, and when I arrived for the evening round the room was not empty the way it usually was at that hour.Tate was there, standing near the window with his arms loosely crossed. He looked up when I came in. "Evening round," I said."Yes," Tracy said, from the chair. She had the expression of someone who had not engineered this situation but was not displeased by it.I moved to the medication tray. Behind me I was acutely aware of Tate not leaving."The new dosage requires a witness signature," he said. "I'll sign it.""I can call the duty nurse," I said."I'm already here," he said.I kept my hands moving on the tray, he was already here. I had done the calculation before I finished the sentence and already knew I had no way out of it that didn't draw more attention than sim
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Chapter: Chapter 34Tate's POVTracy was in a decent mood when I arrived, which was rare enough that I noticed it before I sat down.She was at the window with her tea, actually drinking it instead of letting it go cold. While she complained about its temperature, I noticed a drawing was on the side table as I leaned forward and picked it up.At the bottom, in large careful letters, were the words:to the sad lady. I don't want you to be sad. always be happy. rosy.I looked at it for a moment then I looked at Tracy."Who left this?" I asked."The attendant's daughter," Tracy said. "How old do you think she is?" I asked."Four at most," Tracy said. "Maybe younger." She sipped her tea. "The attendant didn't even know that her daughter slipped out to come here until I told her.""How did she take it?""About as well as you'd expect," Tracy said. "Apologized, said it wouldn't happen again." She set her cup down. "Though if you ask me, a child that age wandering corridors alone means the mother isn't watchin
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Chapter: Chapter 33Nicole's POVTracy mentioned it at the end of Thursday's session, almost as an afterthought."Your daughter came by this morning," Tracy said.I stopped writing, my heart did something loud. I turned around slowly. "What did you say?"Tracy looked at me with a long flat stare. "I said your daughter came by this morning. Do you need me to say it a third time or are we going to pretend you didn't hear me the first two?""I — are you sure it was her?"Tracy's expression shifted into something that was almost amused and not kindly so. "Am I sure." She repeated it slowly. "You think I'm confused, you think I sat here and invented a small child with those very special specific eyes who knocked on my door and left a drawing signed with her own name." She tilted her head. "Is that what you think is happening to me?""No," I said. "I didn't mean""You absolutely meant it," Tracy said. "You looked at me the way everyone looks at me now. Like I might be making things up. Like I can't be trusted
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Chapter: Chapter 32Nicole's POVI heard his voice before I saw him. I was moving through the east corridor toward the archive room, tablet under my arm, half my attention on a notation I needed to add before the afternoon session, when Tate's voice came through the half-open reading room door and I stopped walking without meaning to."Anything at all?" Tate asked."The registration documents trace back to a filing service that dissolved years ago," Jonathan said. "The photograph request came back empty. Her name isn't attached to anything public prior to her first publication.""She's cited in alliance journals.""Her work is. She isn't. No conference appearances, no interviews, no institutional photography. Every formal record traces back to the institute's internal registry and they don't provide personnel records without a judicial order.""What about the staff registry?""Internal only," Jonathan said. "I tried that angle through the administrative office. They said all personnel inquiries go throug
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