
Stranded: My Step Uncle’s Secret Obsession
Twenty-year-old Ivy Laurent has built a reputation as a reckless party girl, but her wild behavior hides a secret: she has been deeply in love with her step-uncle, Matthias Thorne, a forty-year-old billionaire. Two years earlier, on her eighteenth birthday, Ivy drunkenly confessed her feelings and kissed him. Matthias rejected her gently, believing their relationship was inappropriate, and has avoided her ever since. Hurt and desperate for attention, Ivy spirals into rebellion until she is expelled from another university. Her parents finally give her an ultimatum: spend six months working with Matthias’s or lose all financial support.
Matthias is furious when Ivy arrives. Determined to keep distance, he assigns her minor tasks assisting the research team developing revolutionary renewable energy technology. Ivy, however, refuses to behave quietly. Through constant teasing and bold confidence, she challenges Matthias’s restraint, while he struggles with feelings he has tried to suppress for years.
Disaster strikes when a massive earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys the island facility. During the evacuation chaos, Matthias and Ivy are left behind and presumed dead. Isolation forces them to confront their long-hidden emotions, and Matthias finally admits he has loved her for years. Their relationship finally becomes passionate.
Working together, Ivy and Matthias escape. Ivy leads them through the jungle until they reach a hidden emergency beacon that finally brings rescue.
Returning to civilization sparks public scandal over their controversial relationship. Families, investors, and Matthias’s ex-fiancée attempt to separate them. Refusing to keep it, Matthias publicly declares his love for Ivy and leaves his corporate role to pursue his research independently. Ivy begins studying environmental science and builds her own career. Despite opposition, they remain united, eventually returning to the island where Matthias proposes, beginning a shared future in love, research, and partnership.
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Chapter: Chapter sevenMatthias’s POV Banggg! Bangggg!The cup made a loud noise as it hit the marbled floor and the warm coffee wasted away. The loud sound of the coffee still didn’t make me jerk back to my senses— instead, my gaze was fixed tightly on the doorway. The shift in the room was immediate and undeniable like something in the room had just shifted. Ivy was standing in the doorway like she knew what she was doing at the moment. Of course she did. She was putting on extremely short skirts and a crop top that exposed her navel. She let her hair down and the long hair that is still slightly damp fell freely on her waist. The top and the skirt she wore clung to her body just enough to reveal her perfect and beautiful shape. She finally moved away from the doorway and I jerked back. My gaze shifted from her in embarrassment and I realized I have been staring for two long minutes. It was now everyone’s turn in the lab to stare at me. “Sorry”, I muttered as I moved away from my spot to get the floor
Last Updated: 2026-05-14
Chapter: Chapter sixMatthias’s POV It was around 8pm at night that particular day and I was alone in the lab because I still had a lot of work to complete before I could call it a day from my own end. After two long hours of work and work, I was finally done with what I had to do for the day. I stood up from the chair I was sitting on and packed my things ready to leave the lab and spend the rest of the night in my room and on my bed. “Hmmmm”, I moaned dramatically at the thought of that. On my way out of the lab, I sighted the door to the storage room where Ivy had worked earlier and as much as I wanted to ignore it, I couldn’t resist the urge to go in and check what she had done. I opened the door to the storage room slowly and it was empty. “Thanks goodness”, I muttered as I entered the room fully. The logbooks and the label containers were placed neatly on the shelves and table when I entered. “She must have done that. Impressive”, I muttered that I could hardly hear myself. I checked the dates on
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Chapter: Chapter fiveIvy’s POV Even after Matthias left the room, I didn’t leave my spot for about two minutes, still replaying the scene in my head over and over again. The way he stopped on his tracks and the way his eyes hovered over my body for five long minutes. He might not approve of it, but I know that scene made him feel something deep. I moved to the closet in the room— I had already arranged my clothes there the day before— and I picked a simple denim skirt and shorts for the day. I walked out of the room after getting dressed and found my way to the lab immediately. The lab went quiet the moment I walked in. It wasn’t really obvious and dramatic, just a subtle shift. The conversations going on didn’t stop but they dipped, like someone lowered the volume on the room the moment I walked through the door. Sofia glanced up from her station with a neutral and sharp expression and Caleb gave me a quick and amusing smile like whatever was about to happen in the lab this morning was about to be en
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Chapter: Chapter fourSeven o'clock in the morning, and the main lab already had three people in it, the coffee was made, and every single member of my team who was supposed to be present was present.Every single one except Ivy Laurent.I checked my watch, looked at the empty doorway, and checked it again. I had been explicit yesterday evening. Seven o'clock. Those were the words I had used. Not seven-thirty, not whenever she felt like it—seven. I had even had Caleb relay the message a second time because I had not trusted her to retain information she found inconvenient.I set my coffee down."Has anyone seen her this morning?" I asked the room.Sofia looked up from her workstation with the careful expression of someone who had already correctly assessed the situation and wanted no part of what was about to happen. "I haven't seen her come down."Of course she hadn't come down. She was twenty years old and had spent the last two years treating the entire world as a stage arranged for her personal enterta
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Chapter: Chapter threeNobody had warned me about the silence.I pressed my face closer to the car window as the vehicle wound deeper into the island's interior, watching the landscape roll past in shades of green so vivid they looked almost artificial—dense jungle pressing against both sides of the narrow road, interrupted occasionally by flashes of blue ocean between the trees. It was beautiful in the way that places completely indifferent to human presence tend to be beautiful. Untouched. Unbothered. Utterly, oppressively quiet.I had expected remote. I had not expected this specific brand of stillness that made the inside of my own head feel loud.I leaned back against the seat and crossed my arms. This was fine. Six months in paradise with the man I intended to completely dismantle. There were worse assignments.The car pulled up in front of a structure that was less what I'd imagined as a research facility and more a sprawling, low-built complex of connected buildings that managed to look both functio
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Chapter: Chapter twoThe first thing I registered was warmth.The second was the soft press of lips against my jaw, my neck, the corner of my mouth—slow and deliberate, the kind of waking up that was designed to make a man forget he had anywhere to be.I opened my eyes.Morning light was cutting through the bedroom window at an angle that made me squint, and Violet was propped up on one elbow beside me, grinning with the particular satisfaction of a woman who knew exactly what she looked like and was entirely comfortable with the knowledge. The sheet had pooled at her waist. She made no move to adjust it."Good morning," she said."Morning." I pushed myself upright and dragged a hand through my hair, taking a moment to orient myself—the familiar ceiling of my penthouse, the city noise twenty floors below, the dull ache in my shoulders from the late hours I'd spent hunched over project files before she'd arrived last night.Violet had been in my life for six months, which was longer than any other woman in
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The Beta's Regret: ONCE REJECTED, NOW MY EX'S QUEEN
Sera Voss spent three years shrinking herself.
Growing up as the hidden daughter of Alpha Caden Voss, she had been raised in power—marble halls, guarded doors, and a future carved in certainty. She was meant to lead. Instead, she chose Eli Grant.
They met in a border town where she introduced herself as just Sera—no title, no legacy. Eli was easy, warm, uncomplicated. Loving him felt like freedom. So she gave up everything quietly and followed him into a smaller life, convincing herself she was happy being ordinary.
Then Mila returned.
Eli’s first love came back sharper, stronger, and impossible to ignore. Sera saw the truth long before he said it—that she was second place in a story that had started before her. Still, she stayed. Because leaving meant admitting she had chosen wrong.
Eli ended it simply. Mila was his fated mate. He was sorry.
Four days later, Sera learned she was pregnant.
She told no one. She went home.
The Voss palace received her without questions. Six months later, she stood before the continent—pregnant, composed, untouchable—and reclaimed her title. She gave birth to twin boys and rebuilt herself from the ground up: in law, diplomacy, and power. The girl who left for love returned as something far more dangerous.
Years later, at the Continental Alpha Convention, Eli saw her again.
Not the girl he dismissed—but a leader. A force.
And before he could reach her, another man did.
Alpha Dorian Crest crossed the room, addressed her by her full title, and stood at her side as if he had always belonged there.
Eli spent the rest of the convention trying to find a moment alone with her.
Sera never gave him one.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 103Dr Kade’s POVThe message from Logan stayed on my screen long after I finished reading it because even after everything that had happened over the past few weeks, after the bloodline resurfaced, after the twins transformed, after the palace exploded into chaos, a part of me still wanted one thing above everything else.I leaned back slowly in my chair while staring at the message again and the smile spreading across my face came naturally because for days I had convinced myself that he was avoiding me intentionally after the call I made to him earlier, especially since he neither called back nor sent a message afterward, but now this changed everything because if Logan said Dorian wanted to see me then it meant he was finally ready.My fingers tightened slightly around the phone as excitement settled heavily inside my chest because despite the state of the palace, despite the investigations, despite the tension surrounding everyone connected to Alpha Caden, the only thing that truly m
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Chapter: CHAPTER 102Sera’s POV Spending the night with him again felt surreal and I didn’t believe it at first. When I left his office that night after Valthera told me he is the father of my children, a part of me was happy that at least that position did not belong to some stranger or someone I didn’t know and I was also annoyed that I didn’t hear the truth from him. Hearing the truth from him would have been better but he had to let that funny woman have the spotlight. “Hmmm”, I moaned silently, stretching my body lazily and opening my eyes slowly to see Dorian seated on the bed and staring at me with a wide smile on his face. “Good morning”, I muttered happily trying to hide the wide smile that was forming on my face but I couldn’t. “Did you sleep well?”, I asked, sitting up on the bed and rubbing my eyes slowly. “Good morning mama and yes I slept well…”, he replied, “...I can see you slept well too”, he added. “You don’t have to jump to conclusions. What if I didn’t sleep well because you were pu
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Chapter: CHAPTER 101Dorian’s POVThe rain had stopped before I returned to the palace but the heaviness sitting inside my chest remained because no matter how many reports I signed or how many guards I commanded, my mind kept returning to Sera and the argument we had two nights ago, the look in her eyes when she discovered the truth about the twins had unsettled me more than any threat currently surrounding the palace because for the first time since everything began collapsing around us, I genuinely thought I had lost her.The corridors were quieter than usual as I walked back toward my chamber and even the guards stationed around the palace carried tension on their faces because the explosion weeks ago had changed everything, people no longer moved with certainty anymore and trust had become something fragile inside these walls.I loosened the collar of my shirt slightly while stepping into my room and the second the door shut behind me I froze because Sera was there. She stood near the balcony with he
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Chapter: CHAPTER 100Dorian’s POVTwo days had passed since Sera walked out of my room after discovering the truth about the twins and the silence she left behind had settled over the palace like a punishment I could not escape because every corridor reminded me of her, every report I signed carried the weight of the look she gave me before she left, and every hour that passed without seeing her only made the distance between us feel more dangerous.I had imagined many outcomes over the years whenever I thought about the truth finally coming out but none of those thoughts prepared me for the coldness in her eyes that night because anger I could survive, hatred I could endure, but disappointment from Sera felt like something far worse.The stack of reports sitting on my desk remained untouched as I leaned back slightly in my chair and stared at the rain hitting the glass windows of my office because concentrating on palace matters had become almost impossible since the argument, especially after the last t
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Chapter: CHAPTER NINETY-NINEDorian's POV " And who is—”, my statement was cut shut when I saw who just entered the office. My heart slammed against my chest hardly and I turned back to see that Sera was already on her feet. " You should have been expecting me, Alpha Dorian”, she said with a devilish smile on her face. “What are you doing here?"Sera asked as she moved closer to me and stood right beside me. “Hmmm", the woman chuckled and moved further into the office. “That is not the right way to welcome your mother, Sera", she said and sat down on one of the chairs in the room and had her legs crossed like she owns the whole place. “You should learn to be more accommodating", she added with a disturbing smile on her face. “I don't care about whatever you have to say ma'am. Why….. are …..you…here?", Sera replied, making sure she stressed her last words intentionally and moving closer to her. “Ma'am", she scoffed, “you don't even know the name of your mother", she added. “Well……my name is Valthera”, she said an
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Chapter: CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHTDorian's POVLogan spent the whole day with me in the office while we discussed a few palace matters. It has been over four hours since we've been working and discussing issues going on in the palace when we were interrupted by the noise coming from my stomach. " Hmmmm”, Logan laughed. " You're disturbing the peace of this office”. " Whatever”, I muttered and dropped the files in my hand to be able to reach the land phone beside me. I picked the phone up and dialed the line that is connected to the palace kitchen. “What would you like to have?", I asked pointing my hand at Logan. “Anything is good. As long as it's delicious", he replied. “Prepare a suitable lunch for two people and bring it to my office. Make it snappy", I said immediately the call connected. “Yes my lord. We'll do that now", the voice at the other end of the call said and the call ended immediately. “When are you planning to tell Sera about that night? It's better you tell her now before she finds out herself again
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHT“I didn’t initiate that this time…. That’s the confirmation that none of us will be able to stay away from this bond”, he said and walked away slowly but then he stopped again and turned back like he wanted to say something but I spoke even before he opened his mouth to say anything. “My body reacted before my mind did and we both know it’s because of the bond”, I said hurriedly. “This meant nothing”, I concluded, still avoiding his gaze. “Do you still think the mate bond is something you can run away from? He paused. “You don’t have a choice here”, he muttered. I didn’t say anything and he didn’t even say anything either. We both stood there staring at each other like we were deciding which version of truth we wanted to say. “I will do all I can to make you understand that any of this is not what can be controlled. We don’t have a choice here, we have to do what the moon goddess wants”, he concluded. “No”, I said when I finally found my voice. “There’s a way to go about this”, I p
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVEN“Hmmm”, I moaned as the light ray from the sun slipped in through the window and hit my face brutally. I squeezed my face as I stood up and stretched lazily. “Oh my God! What time is it ?”, I screamed as I spranged up picking up my phone from the bedstand hurriedly. “Shit”, I muttered when I remembered I lost my job the day before and I’m now living with my mother’s husband and my supposed mate. Fuck Mr Gerald. I moved away from the bedstand and on my way to the bathroom to have my mouth rinsed, the same pain I had felt the day before came back and it felt like my heart was getting ripped out of my chest that moment. I grabbed my chest and held the chair in the room for immediate support so that I won’t fall. Before I opened my eyes earlier, I felt him and I knew he was awake already. Even though I haven’t set my eyes on him at all, I could still feel him like he was in the room with me and that made me tense. I continued my walk to the bathroom regardless and at that moment, I ma
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Chapter: CHAPTER SIXI should not have had that feeling when Damien kissed me in the kitchen earlier but I guess I have no control over it. I came back from the kitchen a few minutes ago and I have been pacing around my room since then as the scene kept replaying in my head uninvited and somehow unavoidable. I needed to calm myself down “Arrggghh! I screamed as I bounced on the queen sized bed in the room holding my head tightly and squeezing my face like I could perceive a very offensive and disgusting odour. “This is not right”, I muttered. “It doesn’t make sense that the moon goddess activated a mate bond with someone that can easily pass as the person I hate most in this city”. As I laid on the bed, staring at the well decorated ceiling, I traced my hands on the faint but still present scars on my wrist as the painful memories of when I was subjected to Damien’s bullying and maltreatment rushed through my head. “You don’t deserve to be in the same space as I am. You worthless human being”. That wa
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIVEI could not stop crying.That was the part that humiliated me most — not the firing, not the twenty-four hour deadline, not the image of Gerald Watts' cold, satisfied expression as I walked out of his office. It was the crying. I had spent years training myself out of it, years teaching myself that tears were something you saved for the truly private moments, and here I was, sitting on Priya's bed with my knees pulled to my chest and my face completely falling apart while she rubbed circles on my back and said nothing because there was nothing to say.Eventually she handed me a tissue and I pressed it against my eyes and breathed."We will figure this out," she said quietly. "I promise you, Nora — we will figure it out.""How?" I pulled the tissue away and looked at her, and I knew my face was a mess and I could not bring myself to care. "I have no savings, Priya. Every spare cent I have made for the past three years has gone toward paying off the debt I accumulated getting through sc
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Chapter: CHAPTER FOURHe did not move from the spot where I had left him.I had taken maybe ten steps toward the gate when his voice reached me again, and something in the steadiness of it made my feet slow before my brain had given them permission to."I have no interest in hurting you again, Nora." He was not calling after me — his voice was measured and quiet, as though he was simply finishing a thought. "I want you to know that. Whatever you believe about me, that part is true."I stopped but I did not turn around."Today is not about me," he continued. "And it is not about the bond, or the academy, or any of the history sitting between us. Today is about your mother." A pause. "She has been preparing for your visit since yesterday morning. I watched her. She rearranged the flowers on the dining table three times because she could not decide which arrangement looked more welcoming. She changed the menu twice because she wanted to make sure she cooked something you liked." Another pause, quieter this ti
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Chapter: CHAPTER THREEI could not move.I stood in the middle of my mother's living room with my feet rooted to the floor and my mind completely blank, staring at Damien Hale standing at the bottom of the staircase as though the universe had not already exhausted its entire quota of cruelty on me before noon.He looked just as frozen as I felt. Just for a second. Just long enough for me to know that he had not known either — that whatever this was, it had blindsided us both in equal measure.My mother stepped forward with a warm, oblivious smile, gesturing between us with the easy confidence of a woman who believed she was about to do something lovely."Nora, this is Damien — my stepson." She rested her hand briefly on my arm. "And Damien, this is my daughter. I have told you so much about her."The silence that followed that introduction was the loudest I had ever stood inside.Damien said nothing. I said nothing. My mother looked between us with the beginning of a small, uncertain frown forming at the ed
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