INICIAR SESIÓNEveryone knew that Aria Jackson had loved Larry Spencer for years. The usually obedient Aria got tattoos for him, broke rules for him, and even moved to a foreign city for him. But when she fell into the lake and he rescued her rival instead, leaving her soaking and miserable, her heart finally shattered completely. The man who came after Larry held her protectively in his arms and suggested with a gentle laugh, "Miss Jackson, have you considered teaching your ex-husband a lesson?" She promptly filed for divorce and married Archer Duncan, the heir to the Duncan empire and the powerful CEO of Duncan Industries. That evening, their marriage certificate was posted on social media. The typically aloof Larry finally showed his desperation, begging her not to marry Archer and then turning to threaten him, "You think she loves you? She's just using the Duncan family's wealth and connections!" Archer simply tightened his arm around her waist and replied calmly, "So what? Fortunately, I have both in abundance." What no one knew was that Aria had been Archer's carefully laid plan all along. He had deeply loved this rose from the beginning—he admired her ambition and was eager to support her boldness and independence.
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"I want a divorce," Archiver said coldly. Silence filled the room. Roxanne was silent and couldn't process what she heard just now. She didn’t know what to feel right now. Mixed emotions—happy because she saw her husband again, or sad because her husband would leave her. She was on the verge of crying. She couldn't control her tears anymore. She did not think that they would reach the point where he would break up with her. Their relationship had only been one and a half years, but she loved her husband so much. Roxanne believed that they loved each other. She thought that love was enough for their relationship to be stronger, but she was wrong about that. The news about him wanting a divorce ruined her perfect dream about their marriage. She loved her husband so much, and his parents witnessed how she worked hard for it just so he could accept her—how she worked hard to get Archiver. And a divorce!? Over her dead body!! She would not agree!! She worked hard to get him to notice her, and now that Archiver was her husband, she would not allow their marriage to end in an instant. Call her selfish or anything, but she didn’t care. The important thing was for her to be with Arch. They were right—people become selfish because of love. And she would not allow him to divorce her. There was no way she would agree to this, especially now that she knew all the reasons why her husband wanted to break up with her so suddenly. "For what? So that you can be with your mistress?" Thank goodness she didn’t stutter; she just bent down and bit her lip to stop the sobs that wanted to come out of her mouth. She refrained from looking into her husband's eyes because she was afraid of drowning in those dark orb-like eyes. She was afraid that in an instant, she would forget everything and agree to her husband's request. She couldn’t quite imagine that Archiver would just throw away their long-time—a year—relationship for a woman; and to make the situation worse, that woman was her best friend. Her very own best friend whom she treasured. She didn't think that the woman she considered a sister would steal her husband from her. "I don't have a mistress, Roxanne. How many times do I have to tell you that?" Nothing? She wanted to laugh, but she was carrying too much weight of emotions to laugh in this situation. He really defended Ella. "Then why? Why do you want to leave me in this marriage all of a sudden?" she asked tearfully. To this day, she still had no idea where she went wrong to make her husband want to divorce her. Because if she knew, she would correct it immediately so that she and the man she loved would not be separated. "Y-You can’t break up with me without a valid reason, Archiver." "I'm sorry, Roxanne. I just fell out of love. That's it," he said coldly. She didn’t know that her heart still had the ability to break again after Arch broke it earlier. She heard her own heart shattering into tiny pieces because of what he said. Her chest felt very heavy. She couldn't breathe because of the pain, and she knew that no one could comfort her during those times. Unless everything happening right now was a dream, but it wasn’t. Destiny liked to hurt her, so even if she wanted to believe that this was just a big scary dream, she couldn’t—because what she saw was clearer than water. Her husband turned his back on her and proceeded to their room without consoling her, not minding that she was sobbing so hard inside from his words. She was not crying out loud, but deep inside her head and heart was in turmoil. Archiver started to pack his things. "You're just giving up? What about me, Arch?" She didn’t know how she was able to speak at that moment without crying in front of him. Arch hated it when she was crying. She even remembered what he said—that he would never make her cry, and if she did cry, it would be because of pure happiness. But it was all just a big lie. "How about me? What about those times when I wanted to give up on you but I didn’t because I love you?" she cried to her husband. Her tears just kept falling from her eyes. Not being able to handle her feelings anymore, she cried so hard. Archiver looked at her with sadness in his eyes. The love that she used to see in his eyes was now gone. And that made her heart shatter into pieces once again. She couldn’t stop herself from remembering her memories with Arch. He used to make sure that she was happy and showered with love. She held on to her husband's words that he would never hurt her. It was funny to think that after being together for so long, everything had changed so quickly. "I'm sorry. I don’t think I can still stay in this marriage after what happened to us," he said sadly. "I don't want to hurt you, so please let me go." “I’m too much? Fine. I’ll be too much,” Shawn snapped. “This is MY welcome party. I don’t want to see the Luther family here. Get out. Walk out on your own, or I’ll have security drag you out.”“The Xanders don’t need your so-called partnership anyway!”He didn’t spare them a shred of dignity. Michael sipped his drink slowly on the sidelines, watching with a faintly amused expression as his brother let loose.When it looked like things might really blow up, Michael finally stepped forward. “Shawn, don’t get too worked up.”Shawn’s temper flared hotter. And who could blame him? The Luthers had the audacity to think he was the type who could be matched with Wendy. The sheer insult of it made his blood boil.He sneered at Michael. “Oh, so now you step in to play the good guy? Where were you while I was tearing into them? Didn’t you hear these lunatics trying to dump their radioactive waste on me? You’re calm because they didn’t try to stick Wendy on you!”His voice cut like ice. “Th
“This isn’t good faith,” Michael said coolly, the smile wiped clean from his face. “This is you deliberately trying to dump trouble on our family.” His words dripped with scorn.For a split second, Patrick felt like he was right back in that room being mocked by the entire Duncan family.No, he told himself. He was overthinking it. His daughter was perfect. There was no way the Xanders would reject her.Even if Michael turned up his nose, what about Shawn?“Michael, you don’t need to say such harsh things. I’m not here to arrange a match for you, I’m here for Shawn. If anyone has the right to refuse, it should be him—not you stepping in and making decisions on his behalf.”He straightened, pressing on. “Shawn’s been abroad for years. His personality is open, free-spirited—just like my daughter Wendy. They’re a perfect match. Bring him here. He’ll like her, I’m certain of it.”Patrick’s tone all but implied that Michael wasn’t worthy to speak on his brother’s behalf.Micheal gave
Patrick really went ahead and said it out loud.It wasn’t that the Xanders had been careless. They simply didn’t know the full story. Their ties with the Luthers weren’t nearly as close as the Luthers liked to pretend, and certainly not close enough for Marianne to be calling them with complaints about the Luther family’s antics. If the Xanders had known how many times the Luthers had harassed the Duncans with marriage proposals—showing up at their door, calling nonstop—they wouldn’t have entertained Patrick and Lila for even a moment tonight.The moment the words left Patrick’s mouth, Shawn’s grandfather felt the blood drain from his head. Surely he had misheard. Surely no one could be this shameless, this absurd.“What did you just say?” he asked slowly. “I must not have heard clearly.”It wasn’t a question. It was a warning. Think twice before you repeat yourself.Unfortunately, Patrick didn’t catch the hint. He leaned closer, eager to clarify.“I said your grandson has reache
Shawn’s looks weren’t just handsome—they were striking. Rugged and masculine, yet with a streak of wildness that refused to be tamed. With his close-cropped haircut, that rebellious edge only stood out more.Anyone who saw him would immediately think: full of fire and youth.Patrick and Lila exchanged a quick glance. Both were clearly impressed.While Patrick kept chatting politely with Shawn’s grandfather, Lila tugged Wendy aside and whispered, “That was Shawn just now. What do you think?”“You saw him yourself. He’s incredibly good-looking, tall, long-legged, easygoing. And with the Xander family name behind him, you’d never have to worry about society rules and etiquette. Shawn doesn’t care about that. You’d still get to live freely, without him trying to hold you back.”Wendy was still a little dazed, struggling to catch up with everything.When her parents first introduced her, she had only managed a fleeting glance at Shawn. But even that single look left her heart flutte
That was the thing about art students—they didn’t care much about gender. They just loved beauty, wherever they found it.Sean often thanked his parents for his face. Without it, Christina probably would’ve limited herself to dragging him to doctor’s appointments back in college, instead of proposi
In that moment, Ben hated Stevie Wimmerman with everything in him.Hadn’t he brought enough women already? Why did he have to provoke Archer’s wife of all people? It was Stevie’s fault he’d ended up in this mess.No longer holding anything back, Ben spat out the truth, his voice laced with bit
A madman… this was a madman!Larry felt like he had just clawed his way out of hell itself. His body was drenched in sweat, his strength completely gone. Yet burned into his eyes was the sight of Shawn, crimson shirt clinging to his frame like the garb of the devil.“Shawn. I’m giving you three se
“Have you ever heard of someone named Shawn Xander?” Christina asked the moment Sean sat down.She just couldn’t let it go. He didn’t look like some random nobody, no matter how many times Aria insisted he came from an ordinary family. Christina wasn’t blind. She’d met plenty of people in this circ












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