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Claire’s world shatters overnight when her husband’s ex _ the glamorous actress, Eva Sterling _ returns. Her husband’s affair explodes in the public and a scandal exposes her supposed infertility to the world. Humiliated, betrayed, and abandoned by her husband, Lucian, Claire discovers the truth: Eva forged the reports and faked a pregnancy to destroy her marriage. But when Claire returns, not as the quiet housewife, but as a brilliant attorney in the courtroom, Lucian is the one begging. Fate has other plans and their love story is far from over.

“Calder wanted to divorce. But I got him to agree to something crazy first.” My friend Lena's brows lift. “What is it?” “One last month,” I say. “I am going to really have him… as his real wife.” Her eyes widen and she grins. “He agreed to be your husband… in every way?” Three years ago, my husband Calder was supposed to marry my sister. On the wedding week, she vanished. So, I became the replacement bride. But Calder never saw me as a woman, just Yara’s little sister. We live like roommates while I pine for him. “Mia, you do know what you’re doing? Yes? I’m worried you’re going to get hurt,” Lena says plainly. “I’m not a child anymore, this is my choice.” She searches my face. “And after the month?” “I’ll move forward,” I say. “With or without him.”

On our seventh wedding anniversary, I was straddling my Mafia husband, Lucian, kissing him deeply. My fingers fumbled in the pocket of my expensive silk dress, searching for the pregnancy test I'd hidden there. I wanted to save the news of my unexpected pregnancy for the end of the evening. Lucian's right-hand man, Marco, asked with a suggestive smile in Italian: "Don, your new little canary, Sophia. How does she taste?" Lucian's mocking laughter vibrated through my chest, sending a chill down my spine. He replied, also in Italian: "Like an unripe peach. Fresh and tender." His hand was still caressing my waist, but his gaze was distant. "Just keep this between us. If my Donna finds out, I'm a dead man." His men chuckled knowingly, raising their glasses and swearing their silence. The warmth in my blood turned to ice, inch by inch. The one thing they didn’t know was that my grandmother was from Sicily, so I understood every word. I forced myself to remain calm, keeping the perfect smile of a Donna fixed in place, but the hand holding my champagne flute trembled. Instead of making a scene, I opened my phone, found the invitation I had received a few days ago for a private international medical research project, and tapped "Accept." In three days, I would disappear from Lucian's world completely.

On the night of their third wedding anniversary, Evelyn Hart caught her husband, Damien Sinclair, sleeping with another woman. That night, every piece of love she had spent years protecting shattered completely. Leaving Damien, however, was not as simple as walking away. Evelyn’s father was critically ill and required enormous medical expenses, while the powerful Sinclair family continued pressuring her to maintain the marriage. At the lowest point of her life, Evelyn returned to the world of research she had abandoned for marriage. Instead of finding peace, she became trapped in a cruel game filled with humiliation, betrayal, and accusations that slowly destroyed her even further. Amid all the chaos, Sebastian Sinclair appeared. Cold and dangerous. The greatest rival within the Sinclair family. A man who should never have become involved with her. A man who slowly began protecting her. While Damien started regretting everything and grew increasingly obsessive about winning Evelyn back, Sebastian stepped deeper into her life in ways she could no longer avoid. Caught between an old love filled with pain and a cold man who silently remained by her side, Evelyn must make a choice: Stay trapped inside the golden cage called marriage or destroy everything for the sake of her own freedom.

“Divorce papers? Seriously?” “I was going to have them delivered to your office since you decided not to come home,” she said. “But thankfully, you saved me the trouble.” She gestured toward the documents. “I already signed them. All that's left is your signature. Once you're done, my lawyer will pick them up.” “Lawyer?” Ethan echoed mockingly. “You can't even afford one.” Aurora shrugged. “Don't make decisions you'll regret, Aurora.” “I already did,” she replied flatly. “And he’s looking right at me.” “If I sign these papers,” Ethan warned, “don't come crawling back to me. Because when you do, this door won't be open to you.” Rolling her eyes, Aurora rose to her feet. “Just sign the damn thing. I've already moved all my belongings out of this house, so you don't have to worry about running into me. And please, if by some chance we do cross paths again, let's act like strangers.” ****************** In a desperate attempt to escape the suffocating control of her powerful family, Aurora Wells fakes a humble life and marries a man she believes truly loves her, only to be disowned for choosing him. Five years later, her marriage shatters when she discovers her husband has been having an affair with a man, in exchange for business advancement. When he coldly asks her to look away, Aurora serves him divorce papers and returns to the world she once rejected, where she is not a nobody. Back in her elite life, Aurora crosses paths with the ex-fiancé, the man originally chosen for her by her family. Meanwhile, her husband learns of the return of Wells Heiress and not knowing that she’s his ex-wife, sets out to seduce and maybe marry her for her status and connection.

Jane Williams never dreamed of having a perfect family, but rather, a complete one. At the age of 20, Jane was arranged to marry the son of his father's business partner, Gray Moore. Being married to a man who showed her no interest was keeping her away from her dream, but Jane refused to give up. She bore the burden of her one-sided love marriage for years, and Jane was okay with that—not until an incident happened that would change her course of life.