Geschieden und außerhalb seiner Liga
Von den zwei Menschen verraten, denen sie am meisten vertraute — ihrem Ehemann und ihrer besten Freundin — verlor sie alles in einem einzigen verheerenden Schlag.
Geschieden, gedemütigt und mit nichts außer zerbrochenen Träumen und brennendem Ehrgeiz zurückgelassen, geht sie fort, entschlossen, ihr Leben von Grund auf neu aufzubauen.
Vier Jahre später kehrt sie stärker zurück als je zuvor — mächtig, erfolgreich und CEO des begehrtesten Innenarchitekturunternehmens des Landes. Die Frau, die einst jeder unterschätzt hatte, ist nun völlig unerreichbar.
Und plötzlich will der Mann, der die Scheidungspapiere so mühelos unterschrieben hat, sie zurück.
Von Reue zerfressen ist er bereit, alles zu tun, um eine zweite Chance zu bekommen und zu beweisen, dass sie zu verlieren der größte Fehler seines Lebens war.
Doch ihr Herz gehört ihm nicht mehr so leicht.
Denn inzwischen gibt es einen anderen Mann in ihrem Leben — einen gefährlich attraktiven Milliardärserben aus Europas mächtigster Familie. Kalt, unnahbar und unmöglich zu durchschauen, bietet er ihr etwas, das ihr Ex ihr nie geben konnte: eine Zukunft ohne Verrat.
Gefangen zwischen einem reumütigen Ex, der entschlossen ist, ihre Liebe zurückzugewinnen, und einem geheimnisvollen Milliardär, der sie immer näher an sich zieht, während er sich weigert, seine wahren Gefühle preiszugeben, muss sie eine unmögliche Entscheidung treffen.
Kann ein zerbrochenes Herz lernen, wieder zu vertrauen … oder wird die Liebe sie ein zweites Mal verraten?
Read
Chapter: Kapitel 74Stevens POVIch fahre weiter, ohne den Kopf zu drehen, ohne langsamer zu werden, ohne irgendetwas zu tun, das verraten könnte, dass ich die schwarze Limousine hinter mir bemerkt habe.Sie folgt mir nun schon eine ganze Weile. Sie hält stets einen angemessenen Abstand, nie zu nah, nie zu weit entfernt. Wenn ich es nicht besser wüsste, würde ich denken, es sei bloß ein Zufall oder ganz normaler Verkehr.Aber ich weiß es besser.Mein Bauchgefühl schreit mich an, seit ich das Restaurant verlassen habe.Ich trommle leicht mit den Fingern auf das Lenkrad, nur um zu verhindern, dass meine Nerven völlig versagen.Ich versuche, mich auf die Straßenschilder zu konzentrieren, auf die Ampeln, auf die Fußgänger, die in ihrer Mittagspause die Straße überqueren.Normale Dinge.
Last Updated: 2026-08-08
Chapter: Kapitel 73Stevens POVDer Anruf, den ich in Kaylas Wohnzimmer erhielt, fühlte sich an, als würde mich jemand aus einem Traum reißen. Eben noch lagen ihre Lippen auf meinen, und dieses schwerelose Gefühl in meiner Brust ließ alles möglich erscheinen. Dann vibrierte mein Handy und zerschnitt den Moment. Ich warf einen Blick auf den Anrufer und drückte den Anruf sofort weg.Ich sah Kayla mit entschuldigendem Blick an und griff nach der ersten Ausrede, die mir einfiel.„Ich muss noch irgendwo hin. Etwas Dringendes ist dazwischengekommen.“Es klang einstudiert und steif, sogar in meinen eigenen Ohren. Aber ich wartete keine Fragen ab. Ich entschuldigte mich einfach, bedankte mich höflich bei ihrer Mutter und verließ das Haus.In dem Moment, als sich die Tür hinter mir schloss und meine Schuhe den Bürgersteig berührten, r
Last Updated: 2026-08-07
Chapter: Kapitel 72Kaylas POVDas Sonnenlicht fiel durch die Jalousien, grell und unbarmherzig, und stach mir in die Augen, als wollte es mich an die vergangene Nacht erinnern. Mein Kopf hämmerte unerträglich, jeder Pulsschlag fühlte sich an wie ein Hammer, der gegen meinen Schädel schlug.Ich stöhnte, drehte mich auf die Seite und vergrub mein Gesicht im Kissen. Wie war ich überhaupt hier gelandet?Ich zwang mich, mich aufzusetzen, und verzog das Gesicht, als der Schmerz von meinen Schläfen ausstrahlte. Das Zimmer roch schwach nach Desinfektionsmittel und etwas Blumigem. Mein Blick fiel auf die Uhr. Es war bereits mitten am Nachmittag. Von unten konnte ich Stimmen hören, leise, aber deutlich.Neugier und Ärger regten sich in mir. Warum war überhaupt jemand im Haus? Sofort dachte ich an Ashton. War er hier gewesen?Ich schleppte mich aus dem Bett und presste eine Hand gegen meine Stirn, während ich langsam die Treppe hinunterging. Die Stimmen wurden klarer. Die warme, besorgte Stimme meiner Mutter sprac
Last Updated: 2026-08-06
Chapter: Kapitel 71Stevens POVDas Telefon klingelte, noch bevor die Sonne vollständig aufgegangen war. Ich griff sofort nach dem Handy auf dem Nachttisch. Ich wusste bereits, wer anrief.Wie erwartet dröhnte Lord Wades Stimme aus dem Lautsprecher, mit dieser vertrauten Mischung aus Autorität und Gereiztheit.„Steven. Wie laufen die Dinge mit Kayla?“ Sein Ton war scharf und hatte diesen Unterton, der mich jedes Mal die Zähne zusammenbeißen ließ. „Ist es dir gelungen, sie… dazu zu bringen, sich in dich zu verlieben? Du weißt, was passieren muss.“Ich lehnte mich im Stuhl zurück und versuchte, meinen Ärger zu verbergen.„Ja, Vater. Ich kümmere mich darum“, antwortete ich knapp, obwohl sich die Worte wie Asche auf meiner Zunge anfühlten.„Du kümmerst dich darum?“, wiederholte er, als würde er sich über mich lustig machen. „Ich werde kein Versagen dulden. Ich erwarte, dass du meine Anweisungen exakt befolgst. Zeig ihr Fürsorge, Aufmerksamkeit und sorge dafür, dass sie glaubt, du seist unentbehrlich. Taten,
Last Updated: 2026-08-06
Chapter: Kapitel 70Kaylas POVDie Stimmen um mich herum verschwammen, kamen und gingen wie das Rauschen eines Radios. Ich befand mich irgendwo zwischen der Gegenwart und jenem Moment, als der Schuss alles zerstört hatte.Die Lobby, die eben noch voller Musik und höflichem Gelächter gewesen war, war nun mit Absperrband verriegelt, während Polizeibeamte Aussagen aufnahmen. Das helle Licht über mir tat meinen Augen weh, und der scharfe Geruch von verschüttetem Champagner und Schießpulver hing noch immer in der Luft.Ich saß auf einer langen Bank an der Wand, eine Rettungsdecke aus Folie um die Schultern gelegt, obwohl mir nicht kalt war. Einer der Beamten hatte darauf bestanden und erklärt, dass Menschen unter Schock frieren könnten, ohne es zu merken. Ich starrte regungslos auf die glänzenden Falten der Decke.Mels Gesicht ließ mich nicht los. Ihre halb ge&ou
Last Updated: 2026-08-05
Chapter: Kapitel 69Kaylas POVAn diesem Abend wachte ich in Ashtons Armen auf. Sein Arm lag schwer über meiner Taille, und unsere Gesichter waren sich so nah, dass ich jeden warmen Atemzug spüren konnte, der seine Lippen verließ. Einen Moment lang blieb ich einfach still liegen und beobachtete, wie sich sein Brustkorb leicht hob und senkte.Mein Verstand jedoch war alles andere als ruhig.Er wurde von aufdringlichen Gedanken überflutet, die sich wie Wellen an Felsen übereinanderstapelten.Ich machte mir Sorgen.Sorgen darüber, was zwischen uns geschah.Sorgen darüber, wie selbstverständlich es sich anfühlte, neben ihm aufzuwachen.Sorgen darüber, dass unsere Beziehung eine Grenze überschritt, die ich nie wieder rückgängig machen könnte.Vorsichtig hob ich seinen Arm von mir herunter und schlüpfte aus dem Bett. Als meine Füße den kalten Boden berührten, verstärkte sich meine Panik. Ich ging bis an den Rand des Teppichs und lief unruhig hin und her, während ich versuchte, die Gedanken abzuschütteln, die si
Last Updated: 2026-08-04
Divorced And Out of His League
Betrayed by the two people she trusted most—her husband and her best friend—she lost everything in a single devastating blow.
Divorced, humiliated, and left with nothing but shattered dreams and burning ambition, she walks away determined to rebuild her life from the ground up.
Four years later, she returns stronger than ever—powerful, successful, and the CEO of the most sought-after interior design company in the country. The woman everyone once underestimated is now completely out of reach.
And suddenly, the man who signed those divorce papers so easily wants her back.
Consumed by regret, he’s willing to do anything to win a second chance, proving that losing her was the biggest mistake of his life.
But her heart is no longer his to claim so easily.
There’s now another man in the picture—a dangerously attractive billionaire heir from Europe’s most powerful family. Cold, unreadable, and impossible to figure out, he offers her something her ex never did: a future untouched by betrayal.
Caught between a remorseful ex determined to earn back her love and a mysterious billionaire who keeps pulling her closer while refusing to reveal his true feelings, she must make an impossible choice.
Can a shattered heart learn to trust again… or will love betray her twice?
Read
Chapter: Chapter 77Steven’s POVThe water hit my back in steady streams, warm enough to sting slightly where my skin was still tender. I stood there longer than necessary, eyes closed, forehead resting against the tile, letting the sound drown out my thoughts even though it never really worked.Time did not dull what had happened. It sharpened it.Twenty four hours ago, someone had tried to erase me from the world like I was a mistake on paper. And when the phone rang afterward, when that calm feminine voice asked if it was done, I had felt something colder than fear settle in my chest.I had not answered her.I listened, I breathed deeply, and then I ended the call.The silence afterward had been worse than any threat.I shut off the water and stepped out, the room fogged and quiet. My reflection looked unfamiliar. The stitches at my hairline were clean, but the bruises beneath my eyes had darkened. Pain was there if I went looking for it, but it
Last Updated: 2026-08-08
Chapter: Chapter 76Kayla’s POVThe bar was dim, the low hum of music and chatter around me barely registering. I hadn’t spoken a word since Ashton had led me to the booth. My thoughts were elsewhere, spinning around the woman who had been killed—Mel.I tried to narrow down who could have done it by ruling out those who weren’t at the hotel inauguration that night. A few names immediately came off the list. They should have been there, yet weren’t.And then there was Vivian. Of course, she was on my radar. She had been all over the racing fundraiser, posting about me online, stirring whispers and gossip. Every action of hers seemed like a calculated push against me, trying to make me stumble, to make me look guilty in the public eye.I barely noticed Ashton leaning across the table, his brows furrowed, watching me.“You okay?” he asked, voice careful.“I’m fine,” I said quickly, forcing a smile.
Last Updated: 2026-08-07
Chapter: Chapter 75Kayla’s POVThe driver pulled into the parking lot of the media building and my heart already felt too heavy for my chest. As soon as the car stopped, I stared out at the tall glass doors and the bold logo above them. Cameras. Reporters. Bright lights. Questions that feel like bullets.I closed my eyes for a second.I should not be here. I knew that. Anyone with common sense would tell me to go home, sit quietly, and wait for the internet to move on. But how could I? How could I sit back and stay silent while Vivian, of all people, used her platform to spit poison about me?No. Not today.I opened the door and stepped out. The cold air brushed against my skin and snapped me fully awake. A few staff members outside looked startled when they recognized me. One whispered to another before rushing inside. I already knew what that meant.By the time I entered the building, the entire hallway was buzzing. A tall man in a headset practically flew in my direction.“Miss Brooks. My God. We had
Last Updated: 2026-08-06
Chapter: Chapter 74Steven’s POVI keep driving without turning my head, without slowing down, without doing anything that makes it obvious that I have noticed the black sedan behind me. It has been shadowing me for a while now, keeping a respectful distance, never too close, never too far. If I did not know better, I would think it was a coincidence or just regular traffic flow. But I do know better. My gut has been screaming at me since I left the restaurant.I tap my fingers lightly on the steering wheel just to keep my nerves from locking up. I try to focus on the road signs, on the lights, on pedestrians crossing for lunch runs. Normal things. Safe things. The kind of things that keep me from taking a turn that might get me boxed into an alley or an empty road where someone like that could make me disappear without witnesses.“Think,” I mutter under my breath. “Think.”I am good with hand-to-hand combat. I am decent with weapons. But I am not trained for car chases. And there is a huge difference b
Last Updated: 2026-08-06
Chapter: Chapter 73Steven’s POVThe call I received in Kayla’s living room felt like a pull out of a dream. One moment her lips were on mine and there was that weightless sensation in my chest that made everything feel possible. Then my phone vibrated, slicing through everything. I checked the caller and hung up immediately.I looked at Kayla with an apologetic expression and said the first excuse that came to mind. “I have to be somewhere. Something urgent just came up.” It sounded rehearsed and stiff, even to my own ears, but I did not wait for questions. I simply excused myself, thanked her mother politely, and left her house.The second the door shut behind me and my shoes hit the curb outside, I called Ives back.I had called him the night before, right after the masked driver rammed into me. I had been sitting in my car after the collision, bleeding from the temple and trying not to pass out. There were too many questions and my head was in too
Last Updated: 2026-08-02
Chapter: Chapter 72Kayla’s POVThe sunlight streamed through the blinds, harsh and unforgiving, stabbing at my eyes as if reminding me of the night before. My head throbbed violently, each pulse a hammer against my skull.I groaned, rolling onto my side and burying my face in the pillow. How had I ended up here?I forced myself upright, wincing at the pain radiating from my temples. The room smelled faintly of antiseptic and something floral. My eyes fell on the clock. It was mid-afternoon. I could hear voices downstairs, faint but distinct.Curiosity and irritation tugged at me. Why was there someone at the house? My thoughts immediately went to Ashton—had he been here?I dragged myself out of bed, pressing a hand to my forehead as I made my way downstairs. The voices grew clearer. My mother’s voice, warm and anxious, was speaking to someone else.The moment I entered the living room, my irritation flared. Steven was
Last Updated: 2026-08-01
Chapter: Chapter 87Charlotte’s POVI stood beside the security officer as the CCTV footage played on the monitor. “Pause it there,” I said.The officer did as I requested. “There.”Anna appeared on the screen, stepping out of the BlueGrid building just a few minutes after Ryan and I had left for dinner the previous day.“Can you continue?”He nodded as the footage resumed while I watched closely, refusing to blink.Anna walked down the company steps without looking around suspiciously. She crossed the road at an unhurried pace before raising her hand to stop a taxi.I leaned closer to the screen as the taxi drove away.The security officer switched to another camera positioned outside the building.The same cab appeared again but only this time, I could clearly see its direction.It wasn’t following Ryan’s car. It wasn’t even heading toward the restaurant. It drove in the complete opposite direction.I stared at the screen for another few seconds before letting out a quiet breath.“So…” I murmured under
Last Updated: 2026-08-06
Chapter: Chapter 86Charlotte PovThe impact sent me stumbling backward but before I could steady myself, Derrick’s hand shot out and clamped around my arm.“What are you doing here?” His voice was low, but there was nothing calm about it.I looked up at him, my heart pounding so violently that it hurt. “D-Derrick…” I stuttered out.His eyes narrowed. “What are you doing in my house?”“I…” The words caught in my throat. “I was just…”“You were just what?”His grip tightened until I winced. “I asked you a question.” He growled into my face.“I came to—”His expression suddenly darkened as he cut me off sharply. “It was Elena, wasn’t it?”I blinked, taken aback. “What?”“She sent you to spy on me, right?” He growled out the question like he was going to chop my head off if I made a mistake.“No.” I shook my head immediately. “She didn’t.”“Don’t lie to me!” His voice rose, echoing through the hallway. “She definitely sent you here to spy on me.”“No.” I tried pulling my arm free. “You’re mistaken.”“I said
Last Updated: 2026-08-03
Chapter: Chapter 85Charlotte PovI stared at my phone for several long seconds after the call ended. “Elena?”Silence met my words… I pulled the phone away from my ear and looked at the screen. The call had already disconnected.I sighed deeply and rubbed my temple. “She didn’t even let me respond.”My instinct told me not to jump to conclusions. Derrick mouthing another woman’s name during such an intimate moment certainly sounded alarming, but it still wasn’t enough to conclude that he was cheating. People misspoke under stress, exhaustion, or distraction. It was possible there was another explanation.I wanted to call Elena back and tell her she might be overthinking the situation.Unfortunately, she wasn’t giving me the chance so I lowered the phone onto my desk and leaned back in my chair.There were still two hours before closing time. Under normal circumstances, I would never consider leaving work because of someone else’s relationship problems.BlueGrid had entrusted me with enormous responsibil
Last Updated: 2026-08-02
Chapter: Chapter 84Charlotte Pov.I remained outside Ryan’s office, my fingers hovering over the door handle as voices drifted through the wood.“I already told you that excuse isn’t acceptable.” Ryan’s voice was firm, carrying the authority that made every employee in BlueGrid take him seriously.The man on the other side sounded nervous. “Sir, the supplier changed the schedule without informing us. We only found out this morning.”“And whose responsibility is it to make sure these things don’t happen?” Ryan asked. “If we keep making room for mistakes, they’ll become habits.”“I’m sorry, sir. We’ve already contacted another supplier. The replacement shipment should arrive before noon.”“It had better. I don’t want a delay affecting the clients. This company has spent years building its reputation. I won’t allow carelessness to chip away at it.”“It won’t happen again, Sir.”There was a brief silence before Ryan finally answered. “Fine. Go and fix it. Then make sure this never happens ever again else, I
Last Updated: 2026-07-31
Chapter: Chapter 83Charlotte’s POV.I stared at the anonymous text for so long that my phone screen dimmed and automatically, it locked itself but I unlocked it again.The message was still there… it hadn’t magically disappeared and neither had the photographs.My fingers tightened around the phone until my knuckles turned white. For several seconds, I couldn’t even breathe properly.‘Looks like you’ve started chasing another rich man already.’ The words replayed in my head over and over again.A lump formed in my throat. “No…” I whispered it to myself, almost like a prayer. “No…”With trembling fingers, I opened the first photograph again where Ryan was pulling out a chair for me inside the restaurant.Anyone looking at the picture without context would assume we were on a date.I swiped to the next one and we were laughing together. Another swipe was Ryan pouring water into my glass. Another was we both walked out of the restaurant side by side.The final photographs were taken outside with Ryan openi
Last Updated: 2026-07-31
Chapter: Chapter 82Charlotte’s POVI regretted saying yes the moment Ryan and I stepped into the restaurant.It wasn’t because I didn’t want to be there. The restaurant was elegant without being overly luxurious, and the atmosphere was calm enough to hold a conversation without raising our voices.It was because I suddenly became aware of how this looked.Ryan was my boss and I was his employee. If someone from the company happened to see us, they would undoubtedly assume there was something more between us.I slowed my steps unconsciously, my eyes briefly scanning the room.Ryan noticed immediately as he chuckled before speaking. “I knew you’d start overthinking the moment we walked in.”I looked at him awkwardly. “Is it that obvious?”“A little.” He admitted.I sighed, “I just don’t want people getting the wrong impression of us.”He pulled out a chair for me before taking the seat opposite mine. “I figured so I should probably clear something up before we even order.”I raised an eyebrow as he starte
Last Updated: 2026-07-30
LOGIN
