Contemporary Web Novels & Protective Hate to Love Stories

Nickie Chen needed a miracle to save her dying father; she got Regaleon Knight instead. In exchange for the two million dollars required for her father's life-saving surgery, she sells six months of her life to the city's coldest billionaire. The deal is simple: play the loving fiancée to secure his company merger, then disappear. But when the lines between their contractual fiction and their chaotic reality blur, Nickie realizes that guarding her heart from the man who bought it might be harder than saving her father's life.

Olivia Rayne is the biggest star in the world, yet her boyfriend kept her hidden for seven years. Ashamed of her success, he treated her like a burden before finally walking away. Heartbroken and furious, Olivia decides to upgrade. Her target is Gabriel Moreau, a billionaire wine magnate with a heart of stone and no interest in the spotlight. He is the one man she should not be able to break. Still, she pursues him relentlessly, using every charm in her arsenal to make him hers. The goal is simple: get the man, show off to the ex, and move on. But Gabriel’s walls begin to crumble, and his obsession starts to mirror her own. As the revenge plot blurs into a terrifying reality, Olivia must decide if she’s ready to handle the man she fought so hard to catch.

THE BEST FRIEND'S BROTHER Blake was the one guy Chloe had promised herself she would never fall for. He was arrogant. Irritating. Unfairly charming. And, worst of all, he was her best friend's brother. For years, Chloe had managed to keep her feelings under control. But when Blake returns home after years away, everything changes. The teasing becomes lingering looks. The arguments become stolen moments. And the attraction between them becomes impossible to ignore. But there is one problem—Aria. Chloe's best friend would never forgive her for falling for her brother. As Chloe and Blake struggle to resist a love they were never supposed to have, Chloe must choose between protecting the friendship she has treasured for years and following the feelings she can no longer deny. Because falling for Blake might give her the love she's always wanted… But it could also cost her the best friend she's always had.

One night. Two babies. Five years of secrets. Colette Etienne's life imploded when her boyfriend's betrayal left her drugged and in a stranger's bed. She remembers only fragments-his ice-cold touch, that commanding voice, the way he vanished like smoke. Then came the twins. And the contract: *Have the babies. Take the cash. Disappear forever.* Colette took the money, kept one baby, and ran. Five years later, she's back in Crestfall City with her daughter Lea, ready for a fresh start. Instead, she crashes-literally-into Oliver Ashford: billionaire CEO by day, shadow king of the city's underworld by night. Ruthless. Untouchable. Dangerous. And unfortunately for Colette, he's also the father she's been hiding from. When Oliver discovers the truth, his carefully controlled empire starts to crumble. The woman who defies him at every turn isn't just some random nuisance-she's *hers*. The mother of both his children. Revenge becomes obsession. Hatred ignites into something neither can resist. Some secrets are too explosive to stay buried.

‎Lucy thought her first love was gone forever. Until she met Aiden. Cold, powerful, and dangerously irresistible, Aiden looks exactly like the boy who once broke her heart, but he is nothing like him. What begins as tension between a CEO and his PA soon turns into something deeper. Something neither of them can control. But the past isn’t done with them. When Ethan,the man Lucy once loved, returns, he brings secrets, betrayal, and a thirst for revenge that threatens to destroy everything. As scandals explode, lies spread like wildfire, and the world turns against them, Lucy finds herself caught between two brothers and a truth that could tear her life apart. A love tested by betrayal. A family bound by secrets. A truth that could ruin everything. When choosing love means losing everything… Will it still be worth it?

When Lara lost both her parents at nineteen, her world collapsed overnight. She gave up her design scholarship, dropped out of school, and became the sole provider for her elderly grandmother and younger brother. After months of dead-end job interviews and sleepless nights, she finally lands a position as executive assistant to the CEO of Williams Group, one of the most powerful real estate empires in the world. To celebrate, her best friends Khloe and Maya drag her out for one unforgettable night. At a rooftop bar in Manhattan, Lara meets a stranger who calls himself Vincent. He is tall, green-eyed, and impossibly charming. One drink turns into five, one dance turns into a kiss, and by sunrise, Lara wakes up in a Miami penthouse with a splitting headache, a diamond ring on her finger, and a marriage certificate she cannot remember signing. She tells herself it was a drunken mistake. One quick annulment will fix everything. Then Monday arrives, and she walks into her new boss's office. He is standing right there. Vincent. Only his real name is Xander Vincent Williams. Billionaire CEO. Her husband. Her boss. The one man who could destroy the fresh start she fought so hard to earn. Some mistakes follow you to work on Monday morning.

~ SORA HELL MORGATHOR ~ Since my appointment to the throne, my cousin on paper has fully embraced the role of archnemesis, dedicating every breath to my downfall. He is a walking tantrum in a tailored suit, still crying about a crown that was never going to fit his head anyway. My life wasn’t perfect, but ever since I was adopted into the Hell Morgathor family, staying alive has become a full-time hobby, mostly because every move I make is now at the mercy of men who treat human lives like disposable currency. It’s nice to know I’ve brought the city together; apparently, having me in charge is the only thing everyone can agree is a terrible idea. My cousin on paper views me as the ultimate gatekeeper, Largely thanks to the fact that I have the audacity to keep breathing while he wants my chair, treating my pulse like a personal insult to his resume. ☠️☠️☠️☠️ ~A-JUN HELL MORGATHOR ~ All I want is my family to stop being a shadow. A woman carries the family name, whereas my father is subjected to being the underboss. As if things aren’t bad enough, an adopted female child is coded to be the next Don, and she had the guts to accept the offer. I was fully prepared to end her life, but I was suddenly struck by lightning, or maybe it was just her impeccable skincare routine, and I decided to let it slide, distracted by her face and forgot why I was even holding a weapon. I'm currently temporarily blinded by her sheer audacity to be that gorgeous while I’m trying to work. But until when will I be distracted?

Four months after being trapped in a one-night stand with Archer Hill, Geneva Marie had to face the fact that she was pregnant. The one-night stand wasn't caused by Geneva's drunkenness, but by Archer's brother, Noel Hill, who deliberately set them up. Unprepared for the pregnancy, Geneva intended to abort it to return to her normal life. However, Archer thwarted her. Because that billionaire wanted the baby she was carrying. A funny twist of fate is that they become parents who learn to understand each other through the baby. This makes Archer and Geneva get used to each other and secretly lock their hearts for the love that comes. However, threats from Archer's mother come, stating that Geneva must leave Archer after giving birth to the baby. Can Geneva stay by Archer's side? Will Archer protect Geneva and confess the love he has for her? 

I never planned to marry him. Especially not a man like him. The arrogant, ruthless Mafia Lord who owns half the city and destroys anyone foolish enough to cross him. But when my family’s lives were threatened, I had no choice but to become his bride. Not for love. Not willingly. But to survive. Now I’m trapped in his deadly world, a world where guns are treated like toys, blood stains every secret, and danger hides behind every smile. And at the center of it all is him. Cold. Possessive. Merciless. A man whose touch burns hotter than fire and whose enemies never live long enough to beg for mercy. He swears I belong to him now. That I’ll never escape. That every part of me is his to claim. But the more I fight him, the more dangerous our attraction becomes. Every kiss feels like war. Every touch pulls me deeper into his darkness. Yet I’m hiding secrets of my own. Secrets powerful enough to destroy his empire from the inside out. And when the truth finally comes to light, the man who vowed to protect me may become the one who ruins me. This marriage was supposed to save my life. Instead, it may be the very thing that kills me.

~ A Romance Novella ~ “You frustrate me.” He hissed. “ You and your outlandish colorful designs and your office and sticky notes and your look. I'm upset by your sheer presence, how every time you look at me like I've done something wrong and when you don't make sense. I'm upset by how you treat me like I'm the worst person on earth when you're just as volatile.” I was speechless, locked under the intensity of his stare when his gaze flickered to my lips.  “I’m upset” he breathed out, “because every time you purse your lips like that I wish I could kiss you.” … As Christmas approaches, Blair, an interior designer with a feisty streak is forced to go with her cold, snarky and harsh corporate partner / rival Zayn Olsen for the biggest business proposal of her life. Things already seem bad enough when they were forced to share a luxury bnb house for the night but all plans go awry when a sudden snowstorm leaves them stuck together. She can't stand him, and he disdains her yet as days pass before they are rescued they have no choice but to coexist. But their close proximity sparks a long lived attraction and their hostility may shape up into something more. Soon they may decide whether the rivalry was ever really the problem and whether  hatred was all that burned between them. 

Andrea has always being her twin's shadow. The quiet, obedient daughter cast aside for being less than perfect Aria, the ruthless perfectionist is engaged to the dangerously powerful Mafia King, Alexander Hawthorne. But perfection shatters too. When Aria’s betrayal destroys Alexander’s only lead to his missing parents, he doesn’t want revenge, he wants ruin. He wants to do something to her that will redefine the word sadistic. Terrified of the monster she’s let loose, Aria forces Andrea into a deadly swap, using a secret from their past to blackmail her. On their wedding day Andrea is publicly humiliated when someone finds Alexander being intimate with the daughter of an ambassador. The guests mock and ridicule her for not being able to keep her man. Even though her marriage was a lie she still felt humiliated. Andrea arrives at the Hawthorne estate expecting tedious chores and slandering. Instead, she becomes a prisoner in rough sheets and locked doors. Alexander doesn’t see innocence. He sees betrayal. He plans to make her pay for every lie, every secret, including a horrific crime against his cook’s daughter. But Andrea isn’t Aria. She tries hard not to slip or act out of character. But Aria wasn't just a spoilt brat, she had gotten on nerves of many evil people and they want a pound of her flesh. As Aria's enemies close in on Andrea and the truth threatens to explode, Alexander has to protect the woman he had wanted to badly hurt. Andrea has to make a choice. Tell Alexander she's not who he thinks she is or let the secret she's kept for years get exposed and face the wrath of her parents and the law.

They say some lines are never meant to be crossed. For Gia, that line had a name: Leo. Leo is notorious, breathtakingly handsome, and completely off-limits—mostly because he’s her best friend’s older brother. To Leo, Gia has always been just the innocent, quiet girl hiding out in the guest room, completely beneath his notice. She scorns his ruthless playboy lifestyle; he thrives on teasing her until her cheeks burn with fury. Their relationship is nothing but friction and unspoken sparks. Until one fateful, alcohol-blurred night at a crowded party shifts the axis of their world. In the dark, the teasing stops, the walls crumble, and a forbidden line is shattered in a night of reckless, intoxicating passion. The next morning, Gia is consumed by suffocating guilt and the terrifying fear of losing her best friend. She wants to forget it ever happened. But Leo can’t. Suddenly, the man who used to look past her is looking only at her. He’s no longer ignoring her—he’s relentlessly pursuing her, drawing closer with every shared glance and whispered threat in the hallway. Trapped between a devastating secret and an obsessive, dangerous desire, Gia has to choose: fight the fire consuming them, or surrender to the man who could ruin her life.

Years ago, Diane Hall was Conrad Beaumont's secretary. Then a scandal broke over his stocks, her name was on it, and he fired her without letting her say a single word. She lost her job, her dignity and the life she'd built. She ended up dancing for strangers just to eat. Now he's back, and he's offering a million dollars to be his fake girlfriend. She hates him. She needs the money. And she has no idea what she's walking into.

Elsa Harper has two problems. The first is blood. The second is Christian Loren. As a brilliant medical researcher, Elsa can spend hours studying deadly viruses without blinking. But put a tray of blood in front of her, and the woman who can solve impossible medical mysteries becomes a trembling disaster. Christian Loren, on the other hand, has no fear of blood. As a newly promoted Army General, he has spent years facing death without hesitation. Dangerously calm, Christian has no time for a doctor who nearly faints at the sight of a syringe. Until the world falls apart. When monstrous creatures suddenly invade the capital and a mysterious virus begins spreading across the country, the military is ordered to protect the scientists searching for a cure. Christian is assigned to lead Elsa's team into the infected territories. Neither of them expects to fall for the other. But somewhere between escaping monsters, sharing stolen moments in abandoned buildings, and fighting to survive another night, Christian begins to see the woman beneath Elsa's fear. And Elsa discovers that behind the General's cold exterior is a man who would risk everything to keep her alive. His arms become her safest place. Her smile becomes the one thing he cannot afford to lose. But the closer Elsa gets to uncovering the truth about the virus, the more terrifying the truth becomes. The monsters aren't attacking by chance. The virus isn't spreading naturally. And Christian may have been sent to protect Elsa for a reason that neither of them knows. As civilization crumbles around them and death closes in from every direction, Elsa and Christian are forced to choose between the mission that could save humanity... and the love that could destroy them both. When the world ends, will they still choose each other?

Violet Greco just wanted her father to see her,Instead he sold her. So she did what she always does, she made plan. Aleksei Carmene accepted the arrangement to get his father off his back. The Greco daughter was a business decision. A name on a contract and nothing more. Two rival families. One political marriage arranged to end a war neither family started, She walks in with poison in her bouquet and an exit strategy. He walks in with a contract. Neither of them planned on the other being exactly what they needed.

She moved in as his stepsister. She'‌s leaving as his downfall, or his forev⁠er. ‍Lena Carter never asked for a ma‌nsion, a new last n⁠ame, or a stepbrot‌her built like‌ a hockey god with a smirk that s‍hould be il‍legal. Cam‌eron Hayes is everything she was ra‍ised to avoid, arrogant, un‍touchable, and completely off⁠-limits. He'⁠s also hiding something about h‌er f‍ather that co‌uld tear both famil‌ies apart. When a fake-dating scandal throws the‌m into the spotlight, the lines between‍ pretend and real start to bl‍ur fast. One a‌lmost-kiss becomes one real one. One s‌ecret becomes a doze‍n. An‌d the closer Lena gets to the truth, the‍ more‍ dan⁠gerous it becomes to b‌e caught lovin‍g the on‍e pe‌rson she was never supp‌osed to‍ want. Now the ice is cr⁠acking be⁠neath t‌hem, on t‍he rink, and everywhere else. He has⁠ a ch‍ampion‌s‌h⁠ip to win.⁠ She has a‌ f‍amily to save. A⁠n⁠d neither of them is walking away without a fight⁠. S‌ome rules are made to b‌e broke‌n. This one might break them bot‌h⁠.

Nia Whitaker built her reputation solving disasters for the powerful. As one of the most sought-after corporate crisis strategists in the country, she’s hired to clean up scandals that could destroy billion-dollar empires. But when a catastrophic data leak threatens SatoTech’s largest acquisition, Nia is pulled into a crisis unlike anything she’s handled before. Because the company’s heir isn’t just another client. Kenji Sato is brilliant, ruthless, and always three moves ahead. A tech empire rests on his shoulders, and he protects it with calculated precision. The deeper Nia digs into the breach threatening his company, the more she begins to suspect the impossible. The crisis may have been engineered. By Kenji himself. But corporate warfare is only the beginning. Rival companies move in the shadows. Government investigators begin asking dangerous questions. And someone inside Kenji’s world is willing to burn everything—including Nia—to seize control of the empire. Caught between enemies, betrayal, and a man whose obsession with her grows more dangerous by the day, Nia realizes she’s no longer just managing a crisis. She’s inside the war. And the man she’s supposed to expose may be the only one powerful enough to protect her. In a game where power is everything, and loyalty can cost you your life, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: Kenji Sato doesn’t just want Nia Whitaker to fix his empire. He wants her. And in his world, the things he wants… he claims.

I hated Kane Ravenwood before I ever spoke to him. The ruthless captain of the Ravens Hockey Team ruined my brother’s career and turned our family into campus gossip. Everyone worships him like a king, but I know the monster beneath the crown. Arrogant. Violent. Untouchable. So when he suddenly asks me to fake date him to save his reputation after a scandal, I should’ve said no. Instead, I made a deal with the devil. Now he’s everywhere. Touching me. Watching me. Controlling who talks to me. Calling me like he already owns me. The worst part? The fake relationship doesn’t feel fake anymore. Because behind his cruel smirk and bloodstained knuckles is a broken boy hiding dangerous secrets… secrets that somehow pull me closer instead of pushing me away. But Kane has enemies. And when his obsession with me turns violent, I realize something terrifying: I’m no longer pretending to be the hockey captain’s girlfriend. I’ve become his weakness. And he’ll destroy anyone who tries to take me away.

In the heart of New York City, the NYPD never sleeps—and neither do its secrets. Detective Jocelynn Sanchez is all sharp edges and silence. Closed off, cold, and constantly on guard, she’s built walls few have dared to climb. Her time at the academy left her scarred, thanks to a group of recruits who made it their mission to break her spirit. Now, years later, she’s forced to join a new unit—led by none other than Andrei Smirnov, friends with the men who put her through hell. Andrei has always wanted to work with Jocelynn, though she has no idea. Unlike his friends, he saw her strength back then—and admired it. Her arrival on his team feels like fate. But earning her trust proves harder than expected. She barely speaks, avoids everyone except her one friend, and seems to carry a past she’ll never share. Still, Andrei is patient. An open book with a big family and an even bigger heart, he slowly begins to break through Jocelynn's defenses. And in doing so, he discovers the truth: she’s not cold—she’s protecting herself. Jocelynn sees that Andrei isn’t like the men who hurt her. He’s kind, steady, and genuinely wants to understand her. But there are secrets she won’t risk exposing—not even to him. Like the fact that her godfather is their precinct captain, or the real reason she cut ties with her family. As cases grow more dangerous and their bond deepens, Jocelynn must decide if she can finally let someone in. Shadows in Blue is a slow-burn detective romance about trauma and trust, told from both perspectives.