Chapter: Conditions~Grayson As I stand around waiting for the spoiled brat to come out of the dressing room, my eyes roam about the store. I have just taken interest in a space sectioned off from the rest by a glass door, with several mannequins displaying clothes either made or lined with furs when a soft, silky voice comes from behind me. “Gray.”I’m startled at first before I turn to meet face-to-face with Renata. Her face is devoid of any makeup and expression as she stares at me. Even her lips which are usually shaded a wine red maintain their natural light pink colour. Born more out of habit than anything else, my eyes flit away from her face and trail down her body. She is dressed in an almost nonexistent strap of fabric that might as well be a gown. It comes as a surprise to me since she only ever steps out in moderate dresses and my eyes are still glued to her body when her voice sends them flying back to her face. “You didn’t come to meet me again.” The way her lips curve down in a frown g
Last Updated: 2024-03-29
Chapter: Ditched~GraysonI sit at reception of the grand hotel, idly thumbing through the pages of one of the guides lying around on the glass table. Two sets of curved leather cushions surround the one I'm currently seated on, giving me some sense of privacy. Maybe it's just me but the space feels less open—not like there are much people in the reception anyways. My feet tap away on black granite floor every once in a while but I stop the moment I become conscious of the action. I glance up every once in a while to see the red haired receptionist staring at me. She disappears behind the large screen of the expensive monitor in front of her whenever our eyes meet. It happens so often, it's almost become disturbing. When I'm done looking through the hotel guide and marvelling at the prizes of each room, I busy myself by looking around the reception area. Unlike most hotels I and Renata had been to in the past, this one has a gloomy feeling. Usually, the hotels she picked went all out with white an
Last Updated: 2023-11-12
Chapter: Compromise~Adeline“What did you just say?”Her voice is stern, her craved brow arched up as her cold stare remains fixed on me, challenging me to repeat myself—to defy her. I take in a deep breath. “I know you don’t understand me now and y-you think you’re doing this for my own good.” I pause, sucking in a lungful of air. “But I can’t just get married because you want me to. This is my life and you should at least let me make the decision myself. It’s not fair that you get to decide what I do with my own life without even letting me have a choice. You’re—”“Not another word from you, Adeline. You will do as I say.”She continues to sway towards the exit. “You’ve lived your life, let me live mine!”My voice halts her in her tracks and she swings around with so much force, I’m almost certain she should have fallen down. “What insolence is this? Since when did you become this disrespectful? You’re getting married and that’s final! As long as you stay under my roof, you have no other choice but
Last Updated: 2023-09-13
Chapter: Bride to be~AdelineMy grip on the dresser tightens as the unwanted tears continue to rain down my cheeks. I release my grip from it and swipe at the tears, willing them to stop. I manage to rid my face of all traces of it for the moment but the hollow in my chest remains. I try to steady my breathing as I stare at my reflection. I can barely recognise the image of the girl staring back at me in the mirror. Her face is swollen from crying for so long, her eyes coated a bright red. Strands of her dark hair stick to her face, her green eyes lacking the glow it usually has. I look away once tears begin to cloud my vision again. I can confidently say I look like a zombie and for the first time, it doesn’t bother me. I sigh, trudging across the room before plopping down on my queen sized bed. I try to distract myself by going through the magazine I had been reading earlier but nothing seems to be working. My mind constantly goes back to the fact that I’m supposed to get married to a total strange
Last Updated: 2023-09-08
Chapter: Contract proposal~GraysonMy heart stops the moment I hear the lawyer's words. It takes a while for me to work through the meaning, even longer for me to digest it. I stare at the girl who seems just as shocked as I am. Her mouth hangs open and she doesn't even bother to close it, her face looking even more drained of color—not that it had any to begin with. I finally get a good view of her face, her green eyes sparkling under the chandelier lights. For a moment, it seems like they aren't really sparkling just because of the lights. They're shinny one minute and the next, they're cloudy? She shakes her head, blinking a bit too much as her fingers curl into fists. Her lips tremble and I can't ignore how her body seems to be shaking too. She pulls her gaze away from the lawyer and anchors it on the ground for a second before they move up, landing straight on my face.Our eyes meet, the intensity of her gaze making me shudder a bit. I look away, trying hard to ignore her glazed eyes. This should be t
Last Updated: 2023-09-08
Chapter: Billionaire overnight~GraysonThe first thing I register on waking up are hushed voices around me. I open my eyes slowly, aware of the pain in the side of my head. At first my vision is a blurry mess of figures hovering above me. It becomes clearer with each second until I'm able to make out the faces of Simon and Philip both staring at me. "He's awake," Philip announces, moving away from me. Simon continues staring at me long after that, till the point that I'm spooked. He looks away from me and addresses someone I can't see because of the inclination of my head. "You didn't have to hit him so hard," he says. I try to raise my head, ignoring the pain threatening to tear down my sanity. "He didn't have to hit him at all," Collin Rodriguez says, throwing his son, Clade, a glare. I spare Clade a glance to see a metal rod stained with red lying at his foot. "That's enough!" The female officer says and soon she blocks my view. "Handcuff him," she tells one of the male officers with her and he obliges.
Last Updated: 2023-07-03
THE WIFE HE PUSHED AWAY BUT WANTS BACK NOW
Whenever Ariana heard people describe the first time with someone you love, they described it as something beautiful, intimate, memorable, and not something she had to find out about with other people on a large TV screen. They also never told her that it would be broadcast by the very same person she loved.
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Ariana once believed Salvatore Rossi was her happily ever after until she woke up two days after their wedding with no memory, bruises she couldn’t explain, and a husband who looked at her like a stranger. The truth, when it finally came, came as a public humiliation: her own husband drugged her, slept with her, recorded it and played it for everyone to see.
It became clear that he didn’t want her when he brought another woman into the picture. So she ran. She rebuilt. She became a world renowned doctor and raised a son Salvatore never knew existed.
Twelve years later, he’s back, asking the woman he wronged to save the one person dearest to him: his dying mother. He barely recognizes her now. She’s cold, brilliant, alluring and unmoved by his name or his fortune.
But proximity is dangerous. Old wounds reopen. The desire neither of them buried deeply enough claws its way back to the surface. And as the truth behind who really destroyed their marriage finally comes to light, Ariana has to decide whether revenge tastes sweeter than the love she swore she’d never feel again.
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Chapter: ThirteenThe bullet missed Ariana's head by mere inches and shattered a window behind her. The sound of the gunshot and the window shattering caused her to bend down a bit, her hands flying up to cover her ears but stopping midway. I could tell she was seriously rattled by what I just did. One moment, I thought I saw tears in her eyes. The next, she was marching towards me like a determined warrior. "Are you out of your mind!? Do you know how much that window cost!?" she yelled, still visibly shaken. I blinked. She almost got shot and she was worried about her window? "You're lucky the window got hit instead of you," I said, pointing the muzzle of the gun to her forehead. "If you refuse to treat my mum again, the next bullet will be in your head." She huffed, squaring her shoulders and coming closer to me so the gun was pressing directly against her skin. "I. Dare. You. I fucking dare you, Salvatore. Shoot me!" I was taken aback by how she was acting. And for some reason, I found
Last Updated: 2026-08-29
Chapter: TwelveShe was silent for some time, staring at me unblinking. I began to wonder if I was wrong to think she was Ariana when she spoke. "Salvatore." My name barely made it past her clenched teeth. I didn’t know what surprised me more between the confirmation that she was Ariana or the venom in her voice. I stared at her in disbelief for some time. "You have thirty seconds to explain why you're trespassing before I call the cops," she said, not smiling. Her words broke me out of my disbelief and I was immediately filled with anger. Twelve years ago, she abandoned me. After she left me, I had faulted myself for driving her away. I beat myself up almost every day, thinking that if I had done better, she wouldn't have left. If I hadn’t treated her like shit, surely she would have still been by my side. But I let the anger of what she had done turn me into a monster until my behavior forced her away from me. I stopped eating at a point after she left. That was until my mother told m
Last Updated: 2026-08-28
Chapter: Eleven~Salvatore I hated flying, no matter how comfortable the flight was. And after spending almost 14hours on the air, I was just about as pissed as I could get. To top it all off, I went straight to Elena's house only to not be able to get in. I had been sitting outside for the past thirty minutes. I spent the first ten minutes trying to see if there was any security around but I saw no one. There was no bell either or anything I could use to inform anyone inside the house of my presence. All I could see was a large gate and a stretch of road that ran as far as my eyes could go. I couldn't even see the house from where I was seated on the curbs. I eventually got tired of waiting and called my right hand man. The moment he picked, I asked him, "Are you sure Elena is around?" "I'm not exactly sure but it's very likely. She usually spends her Saturdays at home." "Do you have any idea how I can get in?" "Through the gate?" "I know that," I gritted out. "Then what's the p
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Chapter: TenAllegra walked in slowly, carrying her usual aura with her. When the doctor finally noticed her, an awkward smile spread across her lips. "Mrs. Rossi!" she greeted. Allegra spared her a single glance and a curt nod before speaking, “I would like to have a conversation with my daughter-in-law.” The doctor nodded. “In private,” Allegra added. The doctor nodded furiously. “Right, right.” Her eyes darted to my direction and I could see that she was worried. “I’m alright now, doc. You can continue with the check-up later,” I said with a forced smile. "Alright!" she said and finally left. Allegra walked closer to my bed but still kept a safe distance. “Whose child is it?” she asked after glaring at me for some time. “What!?” I said, like I didn’t get her question. “Whose child is it?” she repeated. I clenched my teeth. “I heard you the first time.” “And?” The way she raised the corner of her brow irked me more. “I don’t have a response for you.” “What do you
Last Updated: 2026-08-21
Chapter: Nine~Ariana “Wonderful,” Salvatore said, walking into the room. “You wanted me to leave but you don’t mind being comforted by my best friend. Since you guys were okay with snuggling in a hospital room, God knows what you would have done if it were somewhere else. Seems like faithfulness was the one thing you just couldn’t inherit from your father.” I snorted, ignoring the pain that rose in my chest as I did so. “Rich coming from someone who couldn’t stop flaunting his mistress in public. Isn’t that against the rules, Salvatore? The least you can do is respect your wife in public.” He clenched his jaw. “But what if the said wife doesn’t deserve the respect.” I sighed, placing my ventilator mask back on when I realized I was running out of breath. “This is exactly why I asked you to leave earlier. It’s hopeless talking to you.” “You’re calling me hopeless?” I didn’t respond. I closed my eyes and started counting in my head as I waited for him to leave. I heard his footsteps but
Last Updated: 2026-07-31
Chapter: Eight~Ariana "Hey," Milo said, walking towards my bed. In his right hand was a bouquet of flowers. He dropped it on the bedside cabinet and settled on the chair next to my bed. "I remembered you loved delphiniums, and I just happened to be near a florist shop when I heard what happened, so I grabbed a bunch." His nice gesture gave me the confidence I needed to ask him what I wanted to. I sat up, wincing a bit, before pulling off my ventilator mask. "What are you doin—" "I need your help," I said, cutting him off. "Okay. But can you please put on your mask. You're literally gasping for breath." I nodded and placed the mask back on my face. Once it was securely placed, I started talking. "I want to leave this place." Milo's brows furrowed as he stared at me. "I understand but you haven't fully recovered." I shook my head vigorously. "Not just this hospital. I want to leave Salvatore and this life behind. I'm tired." He blinked, opened his mouth to speak and closed it
Last Updated: 2026-07-30
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