INSATIABLE VOWS
INSATIABLE VOWS
Some vows are never meant to be broken
Chiara Vance gave her fiancé seven years of loyalty, her sharp legal mind, and the empire he built entirely on her back. He repaid her with her own sister, caught together an hour before their wedding. Heartbroken, she runs blindly into the storm with nothing left to lose.
A stranger's car cuts across her path. By midnight, she has married him instead.
Alessio isn't who he claims to be. He didn't stop for Chiara by accident — he found the one weapon capable of destroying his enemy, and he intends to use it without mercy. But within the first hour of their alliance, he says something that stops her cold: a truth about her own mother's inheritance that Chiara has never heard before in her life.
As their marriage of convenience deepens into something neither can control, Chiara realizes the stranger she married knows more about her own family than she does — and every answer he gives her only raises more questions. Beneath both their pasts lies a stolen inheritance, a murder, and a secret that threatens their entire marriage.
He came for revenge. She came for a way out. Neither expected the truth to matter more than either one.
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Chapter: The ultimatumEpisode SixCHIARA"I got married yesterday, Father."Arthur froze, his hand tightening on the thin white bedsheet. "That's not possible. You left yesterday, and Levi has been...""I didn't get married to Levi.""What are you talking about?" my father snapped, his voice suddenly sharp and loud enough to echo off the tiled walls.I grew stiff at the sound. He had never raised his voice at me in a hospital room before."Arthur, please, don't stress yourself," Eleanor murmured instantly, stepping in to press a hand against his shoulder. "I'm sure Chiara just made a mistake, right?" She turned her cool eyes on me, silently commanding me to back down."No, I didn't," I stated clearly.My father looked at me, then down at my left hand. He stared at it in sheer disbelief, and then a new emotion flickered across his face—something that looked dangerously like fear. His breathing turned ragged as his chest heaved under the hospital gown."Have you lost your damn mind, Chiara?" my father shoute
Last Updated: 2026-09-24
Chapter: A ringEpisode FiveCHIARA"Who was that?" Sofia asked, setting her coffee cup down on the table. "Chiara, what's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost."My hand was still shaking as I lowered the phone from my ear. My chest felt tight, the breath catching hard in my throat."It was Lillian," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. "My father had a heart attack."Sofia's eyes widened. "What?""I have to get to the hospital." I was already grabbing my bag off the chair, my brain barely catching up to my hands."I'm coming with you," Sofia said, already reaching for her jacket.We ran out to the car. I got behind the wheel, pulled out into traffic, my knuckles going white around the steering wheel. Every red light felt like an eternity."Chiara, breathe," Sofia said from the passenger seat, one hand braced on the dash. "You're going to get us both killed before we even make it to the hospital, and then who's going to yell at your father for scaring you like this?"I let out a short, humorl
Last Updated: 2026-09-21
Chapter: Not NormalEpisode FourCHIARAThe phone woke me, buzzing itself halfway off the nightstand until I finally grabbed it, still half asleep. The screen lit up with everything I'd been too exhausted to look at last night. Nine missed calls from my father. Fourteen from Levi. Six from Lillian. And Sofia, calling right now, her name flashing across the cracked screen like she'd been trying all night and had just decided to make the phone ring until I answered.I answered."Where are you?" Sofia said, before I'd even gotten a word out. "Are you okay? Chiara, please tell me you're okay.""I'm fine, Sof.""You're fine." A short, disbelieving laugh. "You left your own wedding in the middle of a storm and nobody has seen you since. Where are you? What happened?"I sat up, pressing my palm against my eyes. "It's a lot. I can't do it over the phone.""Then don't do it over the phone. Meet me somewhere.""There's a cafe near Tribeca. Give me thirty minutes.""I'll be there in twenty."I hung up and sat there
Last Updated: 2026-09-21
Chapter: Engraved in liesEpisode ThreeCHIARAThe Maybach pulled back into traffic, rain streaking sideways across the windows. I sat with my hands folded tightly in my lap, my wedding dress ruined beyond saving, and made myself say the one thing that mattered before we went any further."Before we do anything, let us get one thing straight," I said, turning my gaze to him. "This is an alliance, not a takeover. You do not touch Vance Logistics, and you do not touch my mother's shares without my explicit written permission."Alessio didn't hesitate. "Agreed."I blinked, watching his calm profile in the dim light of the car. "That's it? No conditions? No negotiation?""Your terms are fair," he said quietly. "The rest of our conditions can wait. We have somewhere to be tonight.""You keep saying 'tonight,'" I said, my voice rising with frustration. "Like there is some version of this where I get real answers from you tomorrow. Give me one good reason why I should trust anything you say."He glanced out at the st
Last Updated: 2026-09-21
Chapter: An Offer From A StrangerEpisode TwoCHIARA"Who are you?" I asked."Someone who doesn't want you to catch pneumonia," the stranger said."Is this supposed to be a joke? Because it's not funny." I glared back at the gray-eyed stranger, rain running down the back of my neck."Of course not, Miss Vance. Get in, and I'll tell you who I am and how I can help you."I didn't move right away. Somewhere behind me was a hotel full of people who had just watched me run out on my own wedding, and in front of me was a stranger who somehow already knew my name. Neither option felt like the safe one.I had already made the decision of almost getting married to a cheating scumbag who lied to my face for seven years, so I didn't think getting into a car with a good-looking stranger was any worse.The door shut behind me, sealing out the rain. The cabin smelled like cedarwood and leather, warm compared to the storm outside. Water dripped steadily off my veil onto the seat, and I didn't care.He didn't offer me a towel. He did
Last Updated: 2026-09-20
Chapter: Veil of deceitEpisode OneCHIARAThe air inside the bridal suite was thick with the scent of crushed white roses and expensive champagne.I stood in front of the full-length mirror, smoothing the silk skirt of my ivory gown. The trial lawyer in me was used to high-pressure courtrooms and hostile cross-examinations, but my hands were unusually cold. In less than an hour, I was getting married to the love of my life, Levi Moretti. Levi and I had been together for seven good years, and today I was finally going to be his wife."You look extremely breathtaking, Chi." My best friend Sofia hugged me from behind. I smiled, turning around to face her. Sofia's honey-brown eyes were filled with a certain emotion I couldn't quite understand. We had been best friends practically all our lives. After my family and Levi, Sofia is the one person I trusted with my life, and I would do anything for her."What's wrong, Sof, is it the green?" I teased. Sofia hated green, and it didn't help that it was my favorite col
Last Updated: 2026-09-20
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