Novel Web & Cerita Independent Love after Marriage Drama

She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, and he was obsessed with her. Dominic Prescott, a business mogul and heir to the Prescott family empire, coerces the beautiful Ahlia Maxwell, the owner of D'Orleans fashion house, into a marriage of convenienceThe story unfolds as one of mutual obsession and hatred. How can Ahlia believe in his love when his actions suggest otherwise?

Amara Bellrose was never supposed to be Tristan Westbrook’s bride. She only became his wife because of a marriage arrangement that was meant for someone else, but what started as a mistake slowly turned into the only marriage Tristan never wanted to lose. Unfortunately, the woman who was supposed to have his place beside her refuses to let go, and she is willing to destroy Amara’s marriage to take Tristan for herself.

Cleo Marsh never expected her three-year relationship to end without warning. Heartbroken and humiliated, she drowns her sorrows in alcohol and spends the night with a complete stranger. Three weeks later, she comes face to face with Xavier Voss, the man she had a one night stand with and the powerful CEO of the company holding her family’s future in his hands. His offer is simple, pretend to be his girlfriend for six months, and he’ll save her family’s collapsing business. What begins as a business arrangement soon becomes far more complicated than either of them expected, especially when Cleo discovers that the man she’s pretending to love is actually her ex-boyfriend’s half-brother. As buried secrets begin to surface and the lines between pretense and reality begin to blur, Cleo finds herself caught between the heartbreak she thought she’d left behind and a future she never saw coming.

Alcohol is not a good recommendation after a painful heartbreak. I wish someone had told me earlier. I'm Lilian Taylor and my boyfriend of 2 years dumped me painfully over a text. I decided to drown my sorrows in a night of drinks and that lead me to have a one-night stand with a stranger. The morning after, before he would see me as a slut. I paid him for the sex and deeply insulted his ability to satisfy me. I was determined to forget the encounter and move on but this stranger turned out to be my new boss! Now I must decide whether risking my heart again is worth the chance at true love.

Celine Bennett has thirty days to save her late father’s company from bankruptcy, but every investor and bank turns her away. With the company she inherited on the verge of liquidation, she has nowhere left to turn except Nathan Cross, the ruthless billionaire CEO who now controls her father’s debt. Celine storms into Nathan’s office determined to confront the man she believes is destroying her family’s legacy. Instead, Nathan makes her an offer she never expected. “Marry me for one year, and I will save your father’s company.” Celine refuses, determined to prove she can survive without him. But thirty days later, with every other option gone, she returns to Nathan and agrees to his terms. Their marriage is supposed to be nothing more than a contract. No love. No expectations. No interference in each other’s lives. But living under the same roof changes everything. Nathan never expected to become jealous when another man gets too close to his wife. Celine never expected the cold billionaire she married for convenience to become the man she cannot imagine losing. And when their one-year contract begins to expire, they must face the one rule neither of them was supposed to break: They must never fall in love.

"You really think I would do that, Roman?" I searched his eyes for the man I'd fallen in love with. Instead, I found a stranger who believed a lie over his own wife. So I left. No goodbye, no explanation, just an empty side of the bed and a secret I carried out the door with me. Three years later, I walk back into his world as the woman hired to save what he loves most, not as his wife, but as his equal. And when he finally sees the truth standing beside me, wearing his own eyes, there's no undoing what's already done. He broke me once. Now he wants to fix what he shattered. The question is, do I let him?

On the worst morning of her life, Zara Voss walked into Vance Tower looking for a job and walked out with something she never expected. A husband. Caelum Vance — billionaire CEO, cold as marble, dangerously attractive — had exactly nine days before his thirty-third birthday triggered his grandfather's succession clause. Married before thirty-three, or lose the company to his scheming stepmother's son. His fiancée had already been bought off. His options had run out. And then Zara crashed into him in his own lobby. She needed the money. He needed a wife nobody could predict. Six months, a signed contract, separate rooms, and a clean divorce at the end. Simple. Except nothing about Caelum Vance is simple. He leaves oat milk on the counter because she mentioned wanting to cut back on sugar. He sends her job listings through his assistant without being asked. He says I see you on a balcony at midnight and means it in ways that have nothing to do with their arrangement. And Zara is falling. Hard. Fast. Dangerously. But somewhere buried in Vance Industries' history is the truth about what happened to her father's company — the collapse that broke her family, that broke her father — and it leads straight back to the man she is falling in love with. Six months was supposed to be easy. Nothing about this was ever going to be easy.

Elise Hale didn't marry Callum Voss for love. Their marriage was a deal born from the ruins of her family's downfall. For two years, they lived under the same roof like strangers—sharing a name, but never sharing their hearts. When Callum finally announces that he wants a divorce so he can marry the woman he has always loved, Vivienne, Elise doesn't cry or beg him to stay. Instead, she asks for one thing: four more weeks before everything ends. Four weeks to secure the future of the business she built from nothing. Four weeks to experience what it truly feels like to be Callum's wife. But as they begin pretending to be a happily married couple, the line between obligation and genuine feelings starts to blur. Meanwhile, the secret Elise has hidden for years slowly comes to light, forcing Callum to question everything he thought he knew about their marriage. When regret arrives too late, will love still find its way back? Or will it destroy them both for a second time?

Elena is betrayed by her boyfriend, Bruno, who steals all her savings and abandons her. Desperate and broken, a twist of fate brings her into the path of Adrián, a wealthy man still haunted by the loss of his first love, Kayla. Following their unexpected encounter, Elena and Adrián enter into a marriage of convenience, but the fake feelings between them slowly turn real. What Elena doesn't realize is that Adrián and his family are hiding a dark secret connected to Kayla—a woman who bears a striking resemblance to her. As their bond deepens, past secrets, Bruno's betrayal, and surrounding intrigue unravel, forcing Elena and Adrián to face the truth and fight for the love they chose.

Five years ago, a devastating betrayal destroyed Valerie Sterling’s life. On the night of her eighteenth birthday, her deceitful best friend, Cassie, drugged her in a cold scheme to steal her wealthy fiancé, Trevor. But the night took an unexpected, feverish turn—leaving Valerie in the arms of a shadowy stranger whose face she couldn't remember, bound only by the faint scent of rain and cedar and the distinct touch of a tattoo on his chest. Shattered, disgraced, and carrying a life-altering secret, Valerie fled the country.​Now, Valerie returns home to a empire on the brink of total collapse. Forced to face her past at a high society gala, she encounters Trevor and Cassie flaunting their stolen power. When cruel taunts threaten to crush her resolve, Valerie impulsively grabs a strikingly handsome stranger and kisses him, brazenly introducing him as her new boyfriend.​She has no idea that the man she just dragged into her web is none other than Christopher Hugh Blackwood—the ruthless, elusive titan ruling the city’s financial empire and her ex-fiancé’s formidable uncle.​To pull her family back from bankruptcy, Valerie is drawn into a high-stakes, one-year contract marriage with the formidable CEO. But behind Christopher’s icy facade lies a sharp mind harboring long-buried secrets and an intense, unwavering focus on Valerie. As corporate rivalries escalate, hidden heirs surface, and the shadows of that dark night five years ago begin to unravel, the boundary between calculated pretense and undeniable passion blurs beyond repair.

Four years of a loveless marriage. A cheating husband. A heartless betrayal by her own adoptive sister. To take revenge on her ex, Olivia made one wild, reckless mistake: she slept with his powerful, dangerously handsome older brother, Ethan—then vanished across the ocean with a secret. Seven years later, Olivia is a successful CEO in Spain, living solely for her jewelry empire and her sickly six-year-old son, Vincent. But when a desperate business crisis forces her into a merger, she comes face-to-face with the new global chairman. It’s Ethan—now going by a new name, more possessive than ever, and determined to claim what’s his. To save her company and fund her son’s medical bills, Olivia is forced to work with the very man she ran from. But as old secrets unravel and a dangerous conspiracy threatens her child, can Olivia guard her heart against the ruthless billionaire who won't let her go twice?

I hated Mike Laurent the moment we met. He was arrogant, cold,and impossible to stand. He was supposed to marry my sister, but betrayed us both by eloping with his brother on her own wedding day, and left me to take her place at the altar. Now I'm married to the man I swore I'd never want. Every argument between us feels like it's hiding something else. Every time he touches me, I forget why I was supposed to hate him in the first place.  My sister wants him back, but Mike isn't looking at her anymore — he's looking at me like I was never the substitute. What happens when the billionaire realizes the woman he was supposed to marry was never the one he was meant to love?

You ever notice how love can feel more like a curse than a blessing? Or maybe that’s just her.She thought love was a weapon. He thought it was a weakness. When fate traps them in a marriage neither wanted, will pain tear them apart—or finally teach them what love really means?

Maevra Sorn has spent years believing Ravaryn’s Alpha, Rhydan Varek, is the enemy responsible for her father’s death. Then Rhydan’s younger brother is murdered, and Maevra is found beside the body with a Thornmere blade at the scene. Everything points to her. Execution should be inevitable. Instead, Rhydan invokes an ancient law that can prevent their two packs from returning to war. He marries the woman he should hate. Their marriage is meant to be nothing more than a political weapon, but someone is determined to make peace fail. Assassination attempts, forged military orders, missing witnesses, and secret payments reveal that the prince’s murder is only one piece of a conspiracy buried beneath sixteen years of bloodshed. Forced to investigate together, Maevra begins discovering that the man she was taught to despise may not have committed the crimes she blamed him for. Rhydan, meanwhile, learns that his dangerous enemy bride is nothing like the monster Ravaryn created in its stories. Trust becomes risky. Attraction becomes impossible to ignore. And the closer they get to the truth, the more powerful enemies begin turning their own packs against them. Someone started the war. Someone murdered Rhydan’s brother. And someone will kill again before allowing Maevra and Rhydan to uncover why.

Amara Quinet has tried everything she can to keep her mother’s restaurant from closing. They had little money left and it wasn’t enough to pay the bills. Her life changes when her cousin Ethan introduces her to Jude Monroe, a billionaire heir who wants to make his grandmother’s last wish come true. He made Amara an offer, They will get married for one year, and in return, he will help her family. Amara had nothing to loose so she agrees thinking it will be easy because they have no feelings for each other. But living together makes it harder not to fall in love. Problems started after they got married. Amara and Jude tried to handle them, but they realize someone is working against them. As they try to find out the truth, they uncover secrets that could change everything.