Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake
"Three billion? You've got to be kidding me, Evelyn, I knew you liked the lifestyle but I didn't think you were this greedy, or maybe you really were just a gold digger this entire time like Rebecca always said," he spat, his voice dripping with sudden contempt.
"You said I could name my price, Arthur, and that is the price for three years of my life that I can never get back, so either you pay it or we can spend the next year fighting this in court and making sure your precious Samantha has to wait even longer to marry you," I said, picking up the pen that was tucked into the envelope.***** Evelyn spent three years playing the part of the perfect, invisible wife to Arthur Hayes, a man who only married her out of a sense of obligation to his father. She endured the cold nights, the silence, and the constant belittling from his family, hoping that one day he would truly see her. But when his first love returns, Arthur doesn't hesitate to throw divorce papers in her face.
After a final, violent confrontation where Arthur chooses a lie over the truth, Evelyn disappears with a secret he was never supposed to know. Five years later, she is back—not as the girl who needed a savior, but as a powerhouse who owns the very debt threatening to sink the Hayes empire. Arthur wants his heir and a second chance, but Evelyn is no longer for sale. This time, if he wants her, he’ll have to survive the wreckage of the lies he once believed.
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Chapter: Exposure riskPOV: EvelynI don’t realize how deep into this mess I already am until Rebecca opens the first file.The moment the document appears on the screen between us, something in the room changes immediately. Nina shifts beside me and Rebecca’s entire expression hardens into something colder and more focused than I’ve ever seen from her before.“These are internal transfer reports,” Rebecca says calmly while turning the laptop slightly toward me. “Most of them were hidden inside redevelopment expense chains.”I stare at the numbers for a second before blinking harder.Because there are a lot of numbers.Too many numbers.“This can’t be real.”“It is.”Nina leans slightly closer beside me while Rebecca scrolls slowly through pages and pages of transactions tied to fake outreach projects, abandoned construction plans and community grants that apparently never existed outside spreadsheets.Jesus Christ.“She moved all this without triggering investigations?” I ask.Rebecca nods once.“Samantha
Last Updated: 2026-05-19
Chapter: DestroyPOV: EvelynI should’ve gone home after the whole thing with Nina but stead, I’m sitting in my car outside Nina’s apartment building twenty minutes later questioning every life decision that led me here.This is exactly how horror movies start.One emotional conversation and suddenly you’re voluntarily walking into another bad situation because apparently trauma removed your survival instincts completely.My phone buzzes again in the cupholder.Malachi.I answer immediately.“What.”“You sound emotionally unstable.”“I am emotionally unstable.”“That’s fair.” There’s a pause. “Where are you?”I stare up at Nina’s building.“Making poor choices.”“…Evelyn.”“I’m meeting Rebecca.”Dead silence.Then, “Absolutely not.”“I already agreed.”“You agreed to meet the woman who helped manipulate your life for months?”“When you say it like that, it sounds dramatic.”“Because it IS dramatic.”I lean back against the seat tiredly.“She has information.”“So does the FBI. Doesn’t mean you invite
Last Updated: 2026-05-18
Chapter: Damage controlPOV: EvelynNina still hasn’t let go of my wrist. She held on with just enough force to stop me from walking away and honestly, I should pull free. I should leave her standing here in this parking garage with all her secrets and guilt and complicated feelings because right now, I genuinely don’t know what hurts more.The fact that she lied or the fact that I understand why.“You have five minutes,” I say finally.Nina exhales shakily like she’s been holding her breath this entire time.“Okay.”Her voice cracks slightly on the word and that immediately pisses me off because I do not want to feel bad for her right now.Unfortunately my emotions have apparently stopped respecting me lately. I pull my wrist out of her grip slowly this time and cross my arms instead.“Talk.”Nina wipes quickly at her face before she can actually start crying and Jesus Christ, she looks terrible. Mascara smudged slightly beneath her eyes. Hair messy and exhausted… She looked horrid.“You weren’t supposed to
Last Updated: 2026-05-17
Chapter: Choosing sidesPOV: NinaI know Evelyn hates me now.Not the temporary kind of anger either. Not the kind you fix with space and apologies and enough crying and she has every right to.I sit in my apartment staring at my phone for almost twenty minutes before finally calling Malachi because Evelyn blocked three of my calls already and I know if I show up at her house right now, she’ll either slam the door in my face or actually kill me.Possibly both.Malachi answers on the third ring.“What.”No hello.That’s already a bad sign.“I need to talk to Evelyn.”“That’s unfortunate for you.”I close my eyes briefly. “Malachi.”“No,” he snaps immediately. “Actually let’s start there because what the hell were you thinking?”My chest tightens instantly.“I wasn’t trying to hurt her.”“But you did.”His voice isn’t loud. Somehow that makes it worse.“You stood there while Arthur’s team made her look desperate in public.”“I didn’t know they were going to leak it like that.”“You still stood there.”I grip t
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Chapter: Public spinPOV: EvelynI find out through a headline.Not a call. Not a board email. Not even a warning.Just my name, Arthur’s company name, and the Aureline logo sitting side by side like somebody stitched them together for a story I never agreed to.COLLABORATION CONFIRMED: LAURENT FOUNDATION AND VALE GROUP JOIN FOR NATIONAL CHILD WELFARE INITIATIVEBelow it is a quote from a spokesperson I’ve never spoken to in my life, saying I “welcomed the partnership enthusiastically and pushed for immediate integration.”I stare at the screen until the words stop making sense and start making something else instead.Anger and then, fucking humiliation follows right behind it because this isn’t just misinformation.It’s positioning.They didn’t announce a collaboration.They announced obedience. I scroll further and feel my jaw tighten harder with every line.“Sources close to the project confirm Evelyn Laurent personally advocated for Arthur Vale’s involvement due to shared long-term vision.”Shared lon
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Chapter: Terms and conditions ApplyPOV: EvelynBy noon, my house no longer feels like a house.It feels like a damn war room.There are papers everywhere across the dining table. Contracts. Partnership outlines. Funding projections. Media drafts. Legal disclaimers long enough to make me want to set something on fire. Lilith is sitting cross-legged on one chair with her glasses on now, looking deeply offended by legal language while Malachi leans against the counter drinking coffee like this entire situation isn’t ruining my life in real time.Toby is on the floor drawing dinosaurs in suits.Honestly, he’s handling this better than I am.“This says ‘mutual public accessibility obligations,’” Lilith mutters, glaring at one of the pages. “What the hell does that even mean?”“It means Arthur’s lawyers are annoying,” I reply flatly.Malachi takes another sip of coffee. “That’s actually the nicest thing you’ve said about him.”“I’m growing as a person.”“You’re lying as a person.”I flip him off without looking up from the c
Last Updated: 2026-05-16
His unwanted Luna, his greatest Regret
"I didn't marry you because I wanted a wife, Elara, and I certainly didn't marry you because I loved you. I married you because the elders told me that children born of fated mates are the strongest, and I needed that power for my lineage. It was a genetic transaction, nothing more, and you were just the most convenient vessel available at the time," he said, and his words felt like physical blows.
I felt the tears stinging my eyes, and I pulled the pregnancy test out of my pocket, but my fingers were shaking so much I almost dropped it. "I’m pregnant, Silas. I came here to tell you that we’re having a baby."
"So you finally did your job," Silas said, his voice completely devoid of any warmth or joy. "That’s fine, you’ll carry the heir, and the pack doctors will look after you, but don't think for a second that this changes your status. You are an orphaned rogue with no standing, and you are utterly unworthy of being a Luna, so don't get any ideas about sitting on a throne next to me."
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Three years of marriage to Alpha Silas Blackwood were a living nightmare for Elara. As an orphaned rogue, she was treated as a servant in her own home, a ‘vessel’, married only for the superior power of a fated-mate heir. The night she finally discovered she was pregnant, Silas shattered her heart for the last time, publicly humiliating her in front of his ex-girlfriend and his pack.
But a near-fatal car crash changes everything.
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Chapter: The first CrackPOV: SilasI stood at the head of the long dining table and watched the seats fill up with my high-ranking warriors and their mates, but my mind wasn't on the border reports or the upcoming hunt because I couldn't stop thinking about the way Elara had looked at me in her bedroom.I expected her to come downstairs and take her usual spot at the very end of the table, sitting in that small, uncomfortable chair where she used to keep her head down and barely eat a thing, but when the doors opened, she didn't even look toward the foot of the table.She walked in with a steady pace and pulled out a neutral chair right in the middle of the row, sitting down between two of my lead scouts who looked at her like she had just grown a second head."Elara, that isn't where you sit," I said, my voice carrying across the room and causing the clinking of silverware to stop instantly, but she just looked up at me with those calm, hollow eyes."Is there a name card on the table that I missed, Silas
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Chapter: The PastPOV: ElaraI was sitting by the window in my newly emptied room when a sharp knock sounded at the door, and before I could even tell the person to come in, the handle turned and a woman with perfectly styled hair and a smug grin stepped inside.I recognized her from the party, or at least from the brief memory of that night that Silas had described, and she was wearing a dress that looked far too expensive for a casual visit. She walked around the room, trailing her fingers over the bare dresser, and she let out a little hum of disapproval as she looked at the empty spaces where the photos of Silas used to be."I heard you were awake and back at the house, so I thought I should come by and see how the poor little rogue was holding up after such a nasty accident," she said, and she sat down on the edge of my bed without being invited."I'm doing fine, though I don't think we’ve actually met properly, or if we have, I’ve forgotten your name along with everything else," I replied, and
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Chapter: The cold realityPOV: ElaraThe car ride to the pack house was silent and uncomfortable, and I spent the entire time looking out the window at the passing trees because I didn't want to look at Silas, who was driving with a frustrated grip on the steering wheel.When we finally pulled up to a massive stone building that looked more like a fortress than a home, he didn't even offer to help me out of the car, and he just started walking toward the front doors while expecting me to follow behind him like I had done a thousand times before. I walked at my own pace, ignoring the way he kept glancing back with an annoyed expression, and when I stepped into the foyer, several people stopped what they were doing to stare at me."Your room is upstairs, the third door on the right, and don't expect me to come up there and check on you because I have a meeting with the council in ten minutes," Silas said, and he didn't even look at me as he pointed toward the grand staircase."I can find my own way, Silas, an
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Chapter: Strangerin the mirrorPOV: ElaraThe first thing I felt was a dull throbbing behind my eyes, and when I tried to move my hand, it felt like it was weighted down by lead pipes, so I just laid there for a moment listening to the steady beep of a machine nearby. I slowly forced my eyelids open, and the bright fluorescent lights of the hospital room made me wince and shut them again, but eventually, I managed to focus on the ceiling.I turned my head to the side and saw a man sitting in a chair by the window, and he was staring at his phone with a deep scowl on his face, looking like he would rather be anywhere else in the world than in this room."You're finally awake," he said, and his voice was deep and rough, but there wasn't a single drop of relief in it as he stood up and walked toward the bed.I blinked at him, trying to place the face or the voice, but nothing came to me, and my mind felt like a chalkboard that had been wiped completely clean."Who are you?" I asked, and my voice came out as a dry,
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Chapter: Shattered CelebrationsPOV: ElaraThe plastic stick felt heavy in my hand as I stared at the two pink lines, and my heart was racing so fast that I could barely breathe.I had waited three years for this moment, three years of being the "rogue wife" everyone whispered about in the hallways, but I was sure everything would change now.Silas wanted an heir more than anything, and I hurried toward the Alpha suite with the test tucked into my pocket because I wanted to be the one to tell him before the pack doctors found out.I could already imagine the look on his face, and I hoped that for the first time since our wedding, he might actually smile at me or maybe even hold me.As I reached the heavy oak doors of the suite, the sound of loud music and laughter filtered through the wood, and I hesitated for a second.It wasn't a pack meeting, it sounded like a party, so I pushed the door open slowly.The room was filled with high-ranking members of the Blackwood Pack, and right in the center stood Silas with hi
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