Married To My Arrogant Billionaire Enemy
Brooklyn Carson never planned to marry especially not to a cold, calculating billionaire who treats love like a business transaction. But when her brother’s future is on the line, she signs a one-year marriage contract with Dominic Blackwell, the arrogant CEO who sees emotions as liabilities and appearances as currency. The rules are simple: move into his mansion, play the doting wife in public, and don’t ask questions.
But nothing about Dominic or this arrangement is simple.
Thrown into a world of luxury, secrets, and ruthless expectations, Brooklyn must survive elite family dinners, designer makeovers, and a fabricated love story she’s expected to memorize. Yet as their chemistry turns dangerously real, so does the risk of falling for the man she swore to hate.
And just when she starts to play her role a little too well, Dominic’s ex returns with one goal: to burn everything to the ground.
Lies. Power. Passion. In a house where nothing is what it seems, love might be the most dangerous game of all.
Read
Chapter: Chapter 81- Reflections BROOKLYN The drive back felt like a blur.Flashes of red and blue lights danced across the tinted windows, chasing each other through the darkness as the police cars stayed behind at the hotel. But even with the distance, I could still hear it—the chaos, the shouting, the shrill rise of sirens, and the unmistakable crash of glass when someone dropped a champagne tower in the dark. The world had descended into panic, and yet, here inside the car, everything was too still. Too quiet.And I could still feel his hand around mine.Dominic hadn’t let go once—not when the lights flickered back on, not when the security teams rushed in, not even when the cameras outside tried to capture the picture-perfect image of the calm billionaire couple leaving early. His hand had stayed there, firm and grounding, as if he was anchoring me—or maybe himself.He looked calm on the outside. Every inch of him composed, jaw set, eyes forward, posture straight. But I could feel it—the quiet tension running t
Last Updated: 2025-11-06
Chapter: Chapter 80- Calm and ChaosDOMINICIt had been three days since that night.Three days since she cried in my arms.Three days since she stopped fighting me—but hadn’t quite forgiven me either.We weren’t the same. But we weren’t strangers anymore.Now, the silence between us didn’t feel like ice. It felt… heavy. Careful. Like neither of us wanted to break whatever fragile truce we’d built.She’d stopped avoiding me, though.That was something.We ate breakfast together that morning—quietly, politely, with Elliot filling most of the silence. He’d asked about the gala that night, excited about seeing “famous people” and “fancy clothes,” and Brooklyn had smiled for the first time in days. It wasn’t much. But it was enough to make the room feel a little less cold.By the time afternoon came, the house was alive with motion—stylists, event staff, security teams checking their comms. The gala was supposed to be my company’s statement to the world: a reassurance that Blackwell Industries was unshaken. Untouched.A lie
Last Updated: 2025-11-05
Chapter: Chapter 79- What RemainsDOMINICThe house had gone quiet again after breakfast—too quiet for comfort, too quiet to think.I told myself I was working, staring at the numbers on my laptop until the rows blurred together, but really, I was just hiding. Every file I opened turned into her face in my head; every headline that flashed across my phone felt like another accusation I deserved.I tried coffee. Then whiskey. Neither helped.The guilt sat in my chest like a stone. I’d spent the morning convincing the board that everything was under control, that the leak was exaggerated, that the merger would survive. And maybe it would. The company would recover. It always did.But I wasn’t sure I would.When I finally left the office, the hallway was dim. Evening light bled through the tall windows, painting the marble floors in amber streaks. I passed Elliot’s room—quiet, door half-closed—and kept walking until I heard it.Her voice.Faint, from down the hall.At first, I thought she was talking to herself. Then I h
Last Updated: 2025-11-04
Chapter: Chapter 78- Fault Lines DOMINICMorning came, but it didn’t feel like one.I hadn’t slept. Not really.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her — Brooklyn — standing there last night, her face crumbling in silence after the words I’d thrown at her.You’re nothing without the name I gave you.I’d said worse things in business.But never something that felt like it tore through me the moment it left my mouth.The house was quiet now, unnervingly so. Usually, there’d be the faint hum of the espresso machine, or Elliot’s cartoons playing in the background. But this morning… nothing.I left my office around eight, my head pounding from the whiskey and the guilt I refused to name. The smell of coffee drifted down the hall, pulling me toward the kitchen before I could think twice.And then I stopped at the doorway.Brooklyn was there.Her hair was loose, slightly messy — not in the way it used to be when she cared, but in that defeated, sleepless way that said she hadn’t even tried this morning. She was sitting acros
Last Updated: 2025-11-01
Chapter: Chapter 77- The Quiet Between UsBROOKLYNI left the room before he could decide whether to stop me or let me go.The sound of the door clicking shut behind me felt louder than it should have.And just like that, the silence was his — thick, heavy, and familiar.The kind that lingers in this house long after the fighting stops.I kept walking, even though my legs felt weak. Anger, exhaustion, sadness — they all tangled together until I couldn’t tell which one hurt more.He’d apologized.But apologies don’t fix the things you said when you meant them. They don’t unbreak what’s already cracked.By the time I reached the stairs, my throat was burning, but I didn’t look back.I went upstairs, though I couldn’t bring myself to pass his wing.Instead, I stopped outside my room…in the east wingThe one with neatly folded sheets and too much space.The one that doesn’t smell like him.I sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the phone on the nightstand for a long time before finally picking it up.Riley.My thumb hovered o
Last Updated: 2025-10-31
Chapter: Chapter 76- The Power You Had DOMINICShe turned her face away, but not before I saw the tears gathering in her eyes — and the fury underneath them.For the first time since this morning, she didn’t look broken.She looked done.“You don’t get to tell me not to disappear,” she said quietly, the words shaking, but there was steel underneath. “You already made me invisible the moment you opened your mouth.”“Brooklyn—”“No.” Her voice cracked, but she pushed through it. “Don’t say my name like that. You don’t get to sound soft now.”The words hit harder than any headline ever could.I swallowed, my throat burning. “You don’t understand—”“I do understand,” she snapped, cutting me off for the first time. “You thought I did it. You thought I embarrassed you, leaked your precious secrets, flirted with another man just to make you look small. You didn’t even ask me what happened. You just decided.”She took a step closer, her eyes locking on mine. “So tell me, Dominic—what exactly made you think I was capable of that?”
Last Updated: 2025-10-29
BILLIONAIRE’s REGRET : I MARRIED EX- HUSBAND ENEMY
“I’ll give you one chance, Li,” he spat. “Prove it’s mine. Prove you didn’t cheat—right here. Right now.”
My stomach dropped. Gasps swallowed the room.
“Bastard,” I whispered.
Then came the final blow. Uniformed officers stepped forward. “Mrs. Hale, you’re under arrest for corporate espionage.”
Five years ago, Cassian Hale destroyed my life, divorcing me publicly, framing me for crimes I didn’t commit, all while cheating with his manipulative secretary, Scarlett Reed. I survived. I thrived. I married his greatest rival, Tristan Valenti.
Now I’m back. A ruthless CEO with a secret son he never knew existed, I have one mission: revenge. And I won’t stop until he pays—for the betrayal, the lies, and the life he tried to steal from me.
Once I'm done with his cheating ass and his sorry excuse of a side chick, they will wish I was dead.
Read
Chapter: Chapter 30- I’d burn for you-TRISTAN-It doesn’t scream. It hums — low, constant, like the growl of a machine that won’t shut off.That’s what I woke to.A steady, dull hum under my skin, as though fire had melted its way into my veins and refused to leave.My first breath tore through my lungs like glass. My throat was raw, every inhale sharp and metallic. For a long moment, I didn’t remember where I was — only that the ceiling above me was too white, the lights too dim, the air too sterile.Then came the scent.Antiseptic. Burn cream. Saline. Hospitals.Memory came in pieces.Liana’s face.The crowd.The burn.The sound of her screaming my name.“Tristan!”My body jerked, and immediately, agony answered. A groan tore from my chest before I could stop it. I felt the pull of bandages across my back, skin tightening like it had been stitched with fire.“Easy,” I rasped to no one, half to myself. My voice came out like sandpaper, dry and broken.The room was quiet.No beeping monitors — just the soft hiss of oxyge
Last Updated: 2025-11-06
Chapter: Chapter 29- Under my skin-LIANA-The siren screamed so loud it swallowed my thoughts.I sat rigid beside Tristan as the paramedics worked, the world flashing red and white outside the ambulance windows.He was half-conscious, jaw locked in pain, his breath coming out in ragged bursts. The smell of burned fabric and flesh clung to the air like smoke.“Stay with me,” I said, gripping his hand as they checked his vitals. “We’re almost there.”His fingers twitched, just once.“BP’s dropping,” one of the medics shouted. “We need IV access now!”Another tore open a packet, slipping a line into his arm. A saline bag swung above us, the tube glinting faintly in the strobe of the siren lights.The ride lasted only minutes, but it felt like hours — every second stretching out, clawing at my chest.When the ambulance doors burst open, cold hospital air hit me like a slap.“Move, move!” a nurse yelled, running alongside as they wheeled Tristan inside.I stumbled after them, my heels slick with adrenaline. “I’m with him—”
Last Updated: 2025-11-05
Chapter: Chapter 28- Burns beneath the skin-LIANA-The morning sunlight poured softly through the tall curtains, slicing through the faint haze of steam drifting out from the bathroom.“Mommy, it’s too hot!” Elias’s voice rang out, followed by the sound of splashing water.I laughed under my breath, kneeling beside the tub. “That’s because you keep turning the tap like a little scientist. Sit still, Mr. Genius.”He grinned, his wet curls sticking to his forehead, tiny hands slapping the water just enough to splash me. “You’re wet now!”I sighed, mock-dramatic. “Oh no, whatever will I do?”He giggled, and the sound softened something inside me — something the world hadn’t touched in a long time. These small moments were my only peace left, my reminder that there was still something untainted by the chaos outside those glass towers.When I finished rinsing the soap from his shoulders, I wrapped him in a towel and kissed his cheek. “Go change, sweetheart. Maya’s making breakfast.”Elias nodded and ran off, leaving tiny wet footpr
Last Updated: 2025-11-04
Chapter: Chapter 27- Fire into the glass-LIANA-By the time I tucked Elias into bed, my mind was already spinning in loops I couldn’t escape.The world outside our home was burning with speculation — every media outlet dissecting the HaleTech breach, every rumor conveniently aimed at me. I didn’t need confirmation to know who orchestrated it. Scarlett wanted me gone. And Cassian? He’d let her destroy me if it meant proving his own loyalty.I had been silently waiting. He went out while I was with Elias and didn’t even give me a heads up.The clock read 10:04 p.m. when I finally heard the front door open.Tristan didn’t call my name. He never did when he was angry. He just appeared — dark suit loosened at the collar, eyes storming with restrained fury.I straightened from the couch. “Where were you?”“Putting out fires you didn’t start,” he said, shutting the door behind him. His voice was sharp, clipped, the kind of tone that usually preceded bad news.My stomach tightened. “So they’re blaming me officially now?”He tossed a
Last Updated: 2025-11-01
Chapter: Chapter 26- The enemy’s boardroom -LIANA-By the time I stepped into the Hale Tower again, the city had already chosen its villain.And it wasn’t Scarlett.It was me.The news cycle hadn’t stopped since that damned party. Every headline was the same variation of the same truth they’d built for me: the bitter ex-wife, the jealous mother, the woman who couldn’t let go.They could make me out to be anything they wanted.But what they couldn’t erase was that I was still the one person Cassian Hale couldn’t ignore.The elevator doors opened with a soft chime, and the world I’d left behind years ago came back in one cold rush—glass walls, marble floors, the faint scent of money and ambition.“Ms. Halenti?”I turned. The receptionist smiled too politely. “Mr. Hale and Mr. Halenti are expecting you in Conference Room Twelve.”Of course they were.This wasn’t just another corporate meeting—it was the meeting. The Hale Corporation had decided to join forces with Tristan’s firm for an international tech expansion deal, something
Last Updated: 2025-10-30
Chapter: Chapter 25- Smoke in the mirror -SCARLETT-Morning came too bright.The curtains couldn’t keep the sun out, and neither could I.I’d barely slept—too many flashes, too many voices replaying the night before. Cassian’s voice. Liana’s smirk. The reporters screaming her name and mine like we were two sides of the same coin.And now, the tabloids had decided to turn it into blood sport.“Is the Hale engagement already breaking? Sources say Cassian’s ex confronted Scarlett over the pregnancy at last night’s gala…”“Was it planned?”“Was it revenge?”“Who really owns Cassian Hale’s heart?”The words blurred together until they just looked like noise. But the photos—those were knives.One of me, hand over my stomach, my smile too tight.One of Liana, watching from across the room, looking like ice sculpted into a woman.And one—God help the photographer—of Cassian between us, eyes locked on her instead of me.Every outlet ran the same caption.“A triangle reborn.”I threw the tablet across the bed. It hit the floor with a
Last Updated: 2025-10-29
LOGIN
