HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY
DramaFirst-Person POVGirl PowerGoodgirlHero/HeroinBullyDivorceRegretReject
For six years, Catherine Kingsley has been invisible.
She married Ryan Brook to repay a debt her blood saved the life of the woman he truly loved. But gratitude doesn't warm a marriage bed. Ryan has never touched her. His mother and brother have treated her as a servant. And now, after half a decade of silence and cruelty, Ryan is bringing Sarah home.
He wants Catherine out.
But for the first time in six years, Catherine doesn't bow her head. She doesn't beg. She doesn't cry.
She signs the divorce papers, takes nothing, and walks away with her dignity intact.
What Ryan doesn't know is that Catherine is done being invisible. With the help of an old friend Michael and a young artist whose life she once changed, Catherine begins the painful, powerful journey of remembering who she was before she became Mrs. Brook.
But as Catherine rises, Ryan begins to fall. The cold, distant husband who never looked twice at his wife suddenly can't stop seeing her everywhere. And Sarah the woman for whom he destroyed his marriage may not be the innocent victim he always believed.
Dignity Over Devotion is a raw, emotional story about what happens when a woman who gave everything finally decides to take herself back.
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENCATHERINE'S POVI sat in my office for a long time, staring at the photo on my phone. Ryan's face stared back at me sharp, unmistakable, impossible to deny.It was him. All along.The stranger in my bed. The man who carried me to his room. The one who sent me that cryptic message.Ryan.My stomach churned. I had paid him. Eight hundred and eighty dollars. I had told him to forget it. I had tried to erase the whole night like it was nothing.And he had let me.Why?I scrolled back through our messages. His responses were short. Deliberate. Almost cold."Okay.""880 isn't enough.""You'll find out.""Now you know.""What are you going to do about it?"He was baiting me. Testing me. Watching to see how I would react.I typed: "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"Three dots appeared. Then disappeared. Then appeared again.Unknown: "More
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXCATHERINE'S POVI stared at the screen until it went dark, my reflection staring back at me like a stranger."You'll find out."The words echoed in my head, cold and deliberate. Whoever this man was, he wasn't done with me.I set the phone down on the nightstand and lay back against the pillows. My heart was still racing. My mind was a hurricane.What did I do last night?The memories refused to come. Fragments, nothing more. The club. The bathroom. The water. Then nothing. A void where hours should have been.I pressed my palms against my eyes.Focus. Think. What do you remember?A face. Vague, blurred. A voice, low and amused. "880 isn't enough."Who was he? A stranger? Someone I knew?I reached for my phone again. Opened my messages. Scrolled to the chat.No profile picture. No name. Just the string of digits I'd torn from the notepad.I typed: "Who are you?"
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Chapter: Chapter 35 - The Line Between UsCATHERINE'S POVMy phone buzzed on my office desk. I looked down at the screen."Okay."It came from the man I met that night. He'd accepted my payment without another word.I leaned back in my chair, staring at the screen. What kind of man just takes the money and says nothing?At least he wasn't the type to bother me.Still, what had even happened that night? My head ached just thinking about it. The memory was hazy, blurred like fog over glass. I tried piecing it together: the club lights, the bathroom, the bottle of water the waiter handed me. Then nothing. A gap.Something wasn't right.After a long pause, I opened my contact list and scrolled to Jason Carter's number. He picked up after two rings, his voice lazy as usual."President Clark? What's up?""I need a favor," I said, tapping my pen on the desk. "You co-own The Celestial Lounge, right? I think something weird happened there last
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Chapter: Chapter 34 - morning after chaosCATHERINE'S POVMy head throbbed as I rubbed my temples. The headache from last night's drinking was intense. As I moved, my blanket slipped, leaving me shivering in just a thin camisole.I frowned. What happened last night?I was about to pull the blanket back when something caught my eye. A man lying next to my pillow. He was topless, asleep, his hair messy, but his features strikingly handsome.I froze. My mind raced.Did I sleep with a stranger? Last night was a blur. I remember drinking too much, feeling upset, and then... Ryan? No, it wasn't him. Did I really just...Panic surged. I couldn't look at him anymore. I scrambled for my clothes, hurriedly dressing, my hands shaking. When I reached for my purse, it was gone. Not on the floor, not on the chair. I searched again, my heart hammering.Then I noticed the notepad on the desk. A string of digits was already written down someone had left their number, probably wo
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Chapter: Chapter 33 - Shadows of The NightTHIRTYRYAN'S POV"You're really going too far, Michael," Melody said, her voice sharp. "Do you think Sarah and the rest of us are blind? It's obvious you're going after her! She's down to her camisole! What else do you want?"Michael tilted his head, calm. "I won. That means she should take off her clothes, right? Since when is that too much? If you want, you can help her out."Melody stood, speechless. The heat had made the room hot, and she was wearing a thin spaghetti strap dress. No way was she going to make herself look foolish to help Sarah.I stepped forward, placing my coat over Sarah's shoulders. "It's late. Let's call it a night." My tone was flat, almost bored.Michael glanced at me. Without looking at him, I added, "I'll ask my accountants to transfer thirty million dollars to you tomorrow morning. The Brooks Group will drop the Snowite deal. I'll have my team help you acquire it instead."Michael smirked sl
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Chapter: Chapter 32 - The Game of PrideCATHERINE'S POVI was already irritated, but receiving a gift from Caleb who was in Palmont surprised me in a way that lifted my mood. I opened the message, smiled, and slipped the small ring onto my finger. It covered the faint mark from my old wedding ring perfectly. The delicate diamond glimmered under the club's lights, and for a moment, I forgot all my worries.Then I felt Ryan's gaze. He noticed the shift instantly. My light smile made his eyes darken, and I could feel a cold weight settle over him.Cynthia, standing nearby, had not expected such an extravagant present. Her lips pressed into a thin line as jealousy and irritation swirled together. She leaned forward, her voice raised just enough to grab attention."Catherine Clark, didn't you say your boyfriend is Michael? You even used his name to get into this club. And Mr. Caleb, the male model people have been gossiping about he's sending you gifts now? You two must be more than friends
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IN LOVE WITH HIS ENEMY
First-Person POVDark RomanceDramaCEOAffairBetrayalTwisted
For three years, Eliza Sterling has lived with a quiet grief. After giving her husband, Scott, her entire fortune and her father's company, her only regret is the child they've been unable to conceive. On the morning of their third anniversary, she discovers Scott’s real betrayal: a secret plan to sell her father's empire out from under her, confiding in his CFO that his wife is “a soft spot” to be managed.
But the real devastation waits in his office. There, she finds Scott with her stepsister, Chloe—a betrayal made monstrous when Chloe reveals the truth: their infertility is Scott’s choice, a cold strategy to prevent a true heir. Eliza is left utterly ruined, her heart, her home, and her legacy stolen.
Her only offer of help comes from Adam Thorne, Scott’s rival, who presents not condolences but a partnership. In exchange for his legal and strategic might to destroy Scott, he wants a piece of the company. Eliza accepts, forging a bond built on revenge and a sharp, growing respect. As Scott watches the wife he took for granted become his most dangerous enemy, he is consumed by a regret that may be too late. Eliza must navigate a war on two fronts: a corporate battle to reclaim her power, and a personal war for her future, caught between the husband who shattered her and the rival who challenges her to rebuild herself from the ashes.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 107 — The IntegrationEliza's POV Two weeks passed. The children began to settle. Slowly, tentatively, they started to trust. They ate meals without flinching. They slept through the night without nightmares. They spoke in full sentences, asked questions, laughed at things that were funny. Maya was the first to truly open up. She followed Clara everywhere, learning to fold paper cranes, learning to garden, learning to be a child again. She was twelve, but she'd never had a childhood. Clara was determined to give her one. "Can I help with the planting?" Maya asked one morning. Clara smiled. "You can help with everything." They worked together in the garden, side by side, the sun warming their faces. I watched from the porch. "She's going to be okay," Adam said. "They all are." "Because of you." "Because of all of us."
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Chapter: Chapter 106- The First DayEliza's POVThe morning after the rescue was the quietest I'd ever known.Not the silence of fear or waiting the silence of exhaustion. Twentybthree children slept in the annex, their bodies finally still, their dreams finally peaceful. I walked through the halls at dawn, checking each room, counting each face.They were so young. Some of them were younger than Clara. They'd been taken from their families, raised in isolation, told the world was their enemy. And now they were here, in a place they'd never imagined existed.Clara was already awake. She sat in the garden, a paper crane in her hands, watching the sun rise."Couldn't sleep?" I asked."Didn't want to."I sat beside her. "What are you thinking?""About them. About what they've been through. About what comes next.""They'll heal. It'll take time, but they'll heal.""How do you know?"I looked at the garden, the tree, the plaq
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Chapter: CHAPTER 105 — The CompoundEliza's POV Dmitri had been with us for three weeks when he asked to speak with me alone. I found him in the garden, kneeling beside the sapling he'd planted with Clara. His hands were in the dirt, his face turned toward the morning sun. He looked peaceful. Almost like he belonged. "Eliza." He stood, brushing the earth from his knees. "I need to tell you something. Something I should have told you the day I arrived." I sat on the bench beneath the tree. "I'm listening." He crossed to me, but didn't sit. He stood like a man waiting for judgment. "There's a compound. In the mountains north of here. It's where Vera trained her operatives. Where she kept children she'd taken from their families." My blood went cold. "Children?" "Not infants. Older children. Teenagers. She was building an army. A new generation of Collective soldiers." He met my eyes. "Some of them are still there." "How many?" "Two dozen, maybe more. They're being held against their will. Trained to fig
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Chapter: Chapter 103 - The VaultEliza's POV The plane touched down at JFK at noon. New York was gray, cold, the sky pressing down like a weight. Adam sat beside me, his hand on my knee. Across the aisle, Marcus stared out the window, his reflection tense. Reyes had stayed behind to handle Vera's interrogation, but she'd sent two agents to meet us at the bank. The vault was in a building on Wall Street. Old stone, brass doors, the kind of place where wealth had been hiding for centuries. I stood on the sidewalk, the key in my pocket, and tried to remember how to breathe. "You don't have to do this," Adam said. "I do." He took my hand. "Then let's go." The Bank The lobby was marble and silence. A woman in a tailored suit met us at the desk. "Ms. Sterling. We've been expecting you. Please follow me." She led us through a series of doors, each one heavier than the last.
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Chapter: Chapter 104 - The FalloutEliza's POV The first name dropped three days later. Senator Elizabeth Crane, a fifty year old grandmother from Ohio, was arrested at her home. The charges: bribery, conspiracy, and accessory to human trafficking. The evidence from the vault had been enough to hold her without bail. I watched the news on the kitchen television, Clara beside me, Adam standing in the doorway. The senator's face was pale, her eyes hollow. She didn't look like a monster. She looked like someone's mother. "Are you okay?" Clara asked. "I don't know." "You did the right thing." "I know." But knowing didn't make it easier. The Calls My phone started ringing immediately. Reporters, lawyers, strangers who'd somehow gotten my number. Reyes had warned me this would happen. "The names in that vault are connected to powerful people. They'll come after you. Not with guns with words. With lawsuits. With public opinion." I let the calls go to voicemail. Adam handled security. Marcus handled th
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Chapter: Chapter 102 - The GraveEliza's POVThe cemetery was quiet.We came at dusk, when the shadows were long and the gates were about to close. Adam drove. Marcus sat in the back, silent. Reyes had a team hidden in the trees, watching for anyone who might be following.I hadn't been here since my mother's funeral. The headstone was simple, weathered by decades of rain and wind.Clara Sterling. Beloved mother. Rest in peace.I knelt in front of it. Touched the cold stone."I'm sorry," I whispered. "I should have come sooner."Marcus stood behind me. "The key is buried beneath the headstone. My father dug a small compartment. He said it was the only place the Collective would never look."Adam brought a small shovel. I didn't let him dig. This was my mother. My penance. I took the shovel and started to dig.The earth was soft. The work was hard. My hands blistered, but I didn't stop.Ruth watched from the car, her daughter a
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