Novel Web & Cerita Rebel Affair Dark Romance

​Vivian Vance 26 An independent art appraiser searching for the truth behind her father’s sudden death. Arthur Pendelton 46 powerful billionaire philanthropist, Vivian's longtime guardian, and her "godfather." Victor Arthur’s security chief and a trusted associate of Vivian’s late father, secretly working for a hostile corporate syndicate. ​Haunted by her father's unexplained death, Vivian Vance arrives at the coastal Blackwood Manor. She has been summoned by her wealthy godfather, Arthur Pendelton, who has recovered her father's encrypted journal. The journal contains details about a high-value art collection, but Vivian quickly discovers the codes actually hide bank routing numbers and coordinates. Amidst the storm outside and the growing mystery, the years of unspoken, taboo attraction between Vivian and her older guardian ignite, culminating in an intense, passionate night in his study. ​The next morning, Vivian overhears a conversation between Arthur and his security chief, Victor. Arthur claims he is "handling" Vivian to find the hidden ledger and "take care of the rest." Heartbroken and believing she is being used to cover up her father's murder. She seduces Arthur in the estate's subterranean thermal pool to distract him while she secretly decodes the coordinates, locating a hidden wall safe in the manor's library. ​Vivian successfully cracks the safe, finding the incriminating ledger and a digital flash drive. Before she can escape, Victor corners her at gunpoint. He reveals the ultimate betrayal: he murdered Vivian's father, and Arthur was actually trying to protect her by hiding the ledger. ​Just as Victor prepares to shoot Vivian, Arthur launches a surprise tactical ambush. A brutal fight ensues, during which Vivian helps overpower Victor. he knew Victor was monitoring the house, so he had to pretend to use her to keep Victor from killing her before he could secure the evidence to dismantle the syndicate.

I thought I understood control. As a respected dermatologist in Paris, I built my life on precision. Every decision calculated, every emotion contained. My daughter lives in excess, untouched by consequence, while I exist in quiet discipline, balancing a reputation that must never crack. But discipline is a fragile thing. Especially when temptation learns your name. Severino Haynes enters my life under the most ordinary pretense—my daughter’s tutor. Young, struggling, disarmingly honest, and entirely inappropriate in ways that cannot be justified. He disrupts the careful silence of my home with laughter, defiance, and a gaze that lingers too long to be accidental. At first, I mistake him for a distraction. Then, for a problem. I do not realize he is something far worse. A man with intent. Behind his careless charm lies a quiet resentment, one rooted in a past I unknowingly helped destroy. What begins as curiosity turns into a dangerous game. One where boundaries blur, roles collapse, and desire becomes indistinguishable from revenge. He wants to break me. And I am beginning to want him enough to let him try. But in a city like Paris, where beauty is currency and secrets are inevitable, nothing stays hidden forever. Not my double life. Not his true intentions. Not the consequences of wanting the wrong person. Especially when the cost is not just my reputation. But my daughter, my past, and everything I have built to survive it.

I have been in love with Jace Hayes since I was fifteen. He was my brother's best friend, the boy next door who swore I was too young for him. For ten years, I waited for him to look at me the way I looked at him. The night he finally does, everything changes. Because his older brother is watching. Ethan Hayes is everything Jace is not. Mature, powerful, untouchable. He is a billionaire CEO who built an empire from nothing, and he has always treated me like a little sister he never wanted. Until now. "You're playing with fire, Aria," Ethan warns me after he finds us. "If you belong to him, you belong to this family. And this family doesn't let go." Suddenly I am caught between two brothers. Jace — my first love, passionate and protective, who holds my hand like he is afraid I will disappear. Ethan — the man I never expected to fall for, whose quiet devotion makes me feel seen in a way no one ever has. One feels like home. The other feels like destiny. They have shared everything since childhood — a name, a company, a past. But they never expected to share their hearts with the same girl. And I never expected to fall in love with both of them. Now I have to make an impossible choice. Or be brave enough not to choose at all.

WARNING MATURE CONTENT🔞 ​"If you're going to let someone touch you like that under my roof, it's going to be me." ​I f**king hate Vance. He’s arrogant, controlling, and he sleeps in my mother’s bed. He plays the perfect stepdad when she's around, but the second her car leaves the driveway, the mask drops. He sets impossible rules just to watch me fight back. His dark eyes track my every move. ​I wanted to prove he was a fraud. I wanted to push him until he snapped, just so I could ruin him and get him kicked out of our house. So, I walked into his office, got right in his face, and kissed him out of pure spite. ​It was the biggest mistake of my life. ​He didn’t panic. He didn't push me away. He grabbed my hips, swallowed my gasp, and completely took over. In a fraction of a second, my hatred turned into a sick, burning need I couldn't stop. He showed me exactly who was in charge. ​Now, I'm trapped in a dangerous, twisted game behind my mother's back, completely addicted to a man I’m supposed to despise. ​But the most terrifying part isn't what happens when we're alone in the dark. It’s the dirty secret he's been hiding since day one. ​Vance never wanted my mother. He married her just to get to me.

I was eighteen when they crowned me heir to the Waldorf empire. I was eighteen when the Mad Devil, or the Bloody Devil, or whatever he's called, ruined me. And by he, I mean Flavian Waldorf. My dearest step-uncle. My family's deadliest weapon. The one man who was never supposed to look at me, and the only one I've never forgotten. I built my reputation on being cold. I learned to rule, to lie, to scheme, and to bury every soft thing about me. I was one step from the throne, and I didn't need anyone. Then, eight years later, he came home. More dangerous than I ever imagined. Now he wants my submission. My loyalty. To him, I'm just the obstacle standing between him and his brother's throne. He wants me in ways he would never admit. And I want him dead. Or maybe I just want him...

Elena Voss was born to be invisible, the spare daughter, the replacement. The girl her family fed to a billionaire to save their crumbling empire. On her wedding night, Adrian Cross drunk, furious, and betrayed took everything from her and called her by her sister's name. When the sun rose, there was a set up meant to end Elena, a crying sister, a family affidavit signed in blood. Adrian gave her six months as a ghost in his mansion but Elena didn't break, she escaped. Five years later, she returns as the CEO of E Rose Holdings, mother to secret twins, and armed with a single goal: burn the contract, bury the past, and make sure the man who destroyed her understands exactly what he threw away. Only Adrian isn't the monster she remembers. He's sober. He's searching and he's realized the woman he married was never the villain, she was the only one who fought back. In a war between two families built on lies, will love cost them everything? Or will the spare finally take the crown?