Dark Romance Romance Web Novels & CEO Face-Slapping Stories

"You’ll sign the divorce papers.” Bella never imagined those words would come from the man she had spent five years calling her husband. Five years ago, Bella married billionaire Adrian Blackridge after the man she loved disappeared just one week before their wedding. Adrian never wanted to be another man's replacement, and he made sure their marriage came with a way out. But five years changed things. They built a family and had a daughter, Aina. While Adrian remained distant, Bella slowly began to believe that perhaps their marriage could become something more. Then Aina is diagnosed with advanced cancer. Desperate to save her daughter, Bella turns to Adrian for help. He agrees to pay for the treatment, but only if she signs the divorce papers. Bella has no choice. She signs away the marriage she spent five years trying to make real and prepares to leave the only home her daughter has ever known. But Adrian's actions don't make sense. If he truly wants freedom from Bella, why has he already arranged everything Aina needs? Why does he continue protecting them even after Bella has agreed to walk away? And just when Bella thinks the past is finally behind her, the man she believed abandoned her five years ago suddenly returns. Damian Carter is alive. Now Bella must face the past she never understood, the marriage she has just ended, and two men whose secrets could change everything she thought she knew about love and betrayal.

She was never his wife , just his family's cover-up. When Elena Marsh discovers her six-year marriage was a lie, she doesn't cry. She takes back her father's empire and walks straight into a new war: an arranged marriage to Damian Cole, the man her ex-family owes a blood debt to. He wants her ruined. She wants him ruined first. But the more he tries to break her, the more he falls and the more she realizes the crown she's chasing might be sitting right beside his throne.

Discarded by her ungrateful husband after three years of devotion, Donna Walter quietly signs the divorce papers and walks away—right into a massive, hidden inheritance left by her late father. To unlock her fortune and avenge her past, she enters a contract marriage with Dwight Lawrence: her ex’s ruthless, deeply feared uncle and the true patriarch of the Lawrence Empire. Returning to high society not as a victim, but as the untouchable matriarch, Donna unleashes her genius for business, sending her ex-husband into a spiral of desperate regret. But as corporate wars break out and long-buried family secrets unravel, the line between fake marriage and real obsession blurs, forcing the ultimate power couple to conquer the business world together.

One week before her wedding, Brielle learns the truth. The man she loved never loved her back. Their relationship was a carefully crafted lie. With everything on the line and no one left to trust, Brielle makes a reckless decision. She goes to the one man she's avoided all along. "Mr. Callahan, I accept your confession. Please marry me." The man smiles mysteriously and says, "What's the catch, Miss Langford?" "It's a contract marriage. I need your power and protection. In return, you'll get the shares I own." And just like that, she marries him, not knowing that he'd been waiting for her all along, watching and planning.

Throughout their five-year marriage, Isla Grace was treated as a wife only when they were in bed. The rest of the time, Leonard Ashford remained cold and distant, his heart still held captive by the memory of his late ex-girlfriend. But when Isla was involved in an accident and no one cared, she finally realized that all her sacrifices had been in vain. Isla decided to find her own happiness and pursue her dream of becoming a singer. Yet, when she asked for a divorce, Leonard refused to let her go. The more Isla tried to pull away, the more Leonard lost control, becoming obsessed with winning her back.

"Look at yourself, Clara. I can't even get turned on by looking at you anymore. What did you expect? That I'd make love to a wall?" Those cruel words shattered Clara's world in an instant. She had given Julian everything—her loyalty, her youth, and every part of herself. But as her body changed and she gained weight, the love of the man who had once vowed to cherish her forever disappeared along with it. Day after day, Clara found herself begging for scraps of affection from a husband who could barely bring himself to acknowledge her existence. Then, a ghost from her past stepped back into her life. "You said yes. That means you're mine, Clara." Damon was not joking about the childhood promise Clara had always dismissed as nothing more than innocent play. Unlike her cold and indifferent husband, Damon looked at Clara as though she were the center of his universe. His gaze burned with a dangerous obsession—an all-consuming possessiveness that refused to accept the word no. Caught between a dying marriage and a man whose unwavering desire threatened to consume everything, Clara faced a perilous choice: remain with the husband who treated her like a shadow, or surrender herself to the man who would gladly set the world ablaze just to make her his.

"Look at you princess, so greedy, so feral, so hungry. You take me so well, baby," he whimpers breathlessly. _ I NEVER THOUGHT I'D FALL FOR MY ARROGANT BOSS!!! _ My life was falling apart when I met my boss, Zeke Knight, the most eligible bachelor in the city and he knows it! The last thing I needed was some arrogant jerk ordering me around. And Zeke Knight is everything they warn women about: flawed, arrogant, stoic, playboy billionaire. He doesn't even date women; he just offers sexual contracts to the unlucky women he draws into his hedonistic world of pain and pleasure. His one major rule is: Do. Not. Fall. In. Love. With. Him! I wanted nothing to do with him but he is so irresistible. And when he offered me a contract to be his BDSM partner, I knew he'd never love me. And that's okay, I'm just here for fun right? I wasn't supposed to fall for him either. Yet, as our partnership deepens, everything starts to change. He wants to dominate me; I want him to dominate me. But more than that, he starts to unravel his true self. Behind the arrogant persona is the real Zeke Knight: wounded, traumatized and full of surprises. A man with many ghosts, he is the wrong man for me but why can't I stop thinking about him? Why am I addicted to Mr. Wrong?

She was never his wife—only his weapon. Alexandra Rossi believed love was enough to save her marriage. She was wrong. Drugged, deceived, and erased from her own life, Alexandra discovers that her husband married her not for love—but for profit. While the world celebrates Tristan Laurent as a visionary tycoon, Alexandra uncovers the truth: a marriage built on lies, hallucinations, and criminal ambition. When betrayal turns lethal, Alexandra crosses paths with Antonio Bianchi—a man who sees her not as a victim, but as a force waiting to awaken. In a world ruled by power, image, and silence, one woman decides to fight back. Marriage was her cage. Revenge will be her freedom.

Seeking Deeper Fantasy is set in Stark city, where Corey Lawson, a 31 years old faces challenges as he discovers that the woman he is in love with, Kisha Prime, is the reason his whole childhood became a nightmare. Driven by resilience, he takes Legacy Woodwork to a greater height. Kisha Prime, a 25 years old, raised by her stepfather Morgan Lawson, the man who abandons his family to be with his one true love, Marla. Sharing deep memories together of life, but unfortunately are not allowed to be together because of the hatred between both families. Robert Prime, deeply in love with Marla orchestrated a wedge between Morgan and Marla by getting married to her against her will. Morgan moves on with life by settling with Theresa Lionel, daughter of a well known business tycoon, but his happiness does not lie in his family with Theresa. Fast forward to the future, Kisha Prime and Corey Lawson are faced with problems emerging from the past as Robert Prime uses Kisha as a pawn to destroy Legacy Woodwork. Mylo Trevor betrays Kisha in the worst way possible, an affair, not just with any man but her father. Kisha realises that her friendship with Mylo is built on lies and deceit. Corey’s world fell apart when his brother, Jethro Lawson, took a bullet for him after his encounter with his father. Morgan Lawson, Faced with reality he realizes how useless he is. So many lives are destroyed because of families built on hatred and revenge. Kisha keeps her pregnancy hidden from Corey as she moves to another country to start her life afresh. The old wounds begin to heal as they embrace each other's pains and let go of their regret, experiencing a deeper fantasy of what love without chaos feels like.

​Betrayed by her fiancé and framed by her half-sister, Sienna Javier loses everything in a single night—including the truth behind her brother's tragic death. Cast out into the rain with nothing but hatred in her heart, she is approached by Ezekiel Vance, the ruthless and feared "Demon CEO" of the Vance Empire. ​Ezekiel needs a wife to secure his inheritance, while Sienna needs power to crush those who destroyed her life. A one-year marriage contract is forged in the dark—no love, no feelings, only mutual vengeance. ​As they step into a world of corporate warfare and dangerous family secrets, the line between fake affection and real passion begins to blur. Can revenge turn into the ultimate love between the two of them?

Sophie accidentally discovers her husband Cassidy's affair with a woman named Angelica through his phone. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a shocking truth: Cassidy faked her pregnancy to force her into marriage and separate her from Collin, her ex-boyfriend, who later marries Angelica after getting her pregnant. Angelica, who despises Sophie, manipulates Cassidy, who has long been in love with her, to destroy Sophie and Collin’s relationship. When Sophie learns the truth, she decides to take revenge before filing for divorce. She turns Cassidy into her pawn, making him fall for her as she plots to ruin Angelica’s marriage and life.

“I could let you run, right now, little tigress…” The heat in his gaze makes my chest ache and my thighs clench. “But that doesn’t mean I won’t chase you… and when I do catch you, I’ll f*ck you so hard, you won’t be able to outrun me with those pretty legs for days.” ~~~~~~ Brooklyn Wheeler is back from the dead—literally. Given a second chance at life, she’s determined to make those who destroyed her family pay. Izaac Armani is a billionaire CEO with a dangerous charm, a body and face built to kill, and a past shadowed in secrets. The same man whose family almost obliterated Brooklyn’s life due to his negligence. When Brooklyn calls off their arranged marriage after she resurrects from the dead, he has no choice but to confront her… and proposes a fake-dating arrangement that’ll favor them both. Then there’s Echo Vellaro: billionaire, rival, and Izaac’s closest friend, who becomes obsessed the moment he lays eyes on her. Handsome, cunning, and willing to do anything to claim her for himself, he’s the storm Brooklyn didn’t see coming. Caught between two powerful men, Brooklyn must navigate fake-dating, high-stakes car and bike races, family betrayals, and deadly secrets. Every glance, every touch, every whispered word drags her deeper into a world where love and vengeance are inseparable. Can Brooklyn survive the pull of a man who once broke her… and now might just own her heart? Can Izaac find redemption without losing everything? Dark, twisted, and irresistibly seductive—this is a story of love, revenge, and second chances you won’t be able to put down.

“His fiancée is at the door. His hand is over my mouth. And he hasn't stopped fucking the soul out of me.” Maeve Whitmore was hired to be invisible. But to a predator like Xavier Greaves, innocence is an invitation to destroy. Xavier doesn’t do just romance; he does transactions. He’s engaged to a socialite to seal a billion dollar merger, but it’s Maeve’s biological betrayal he craves. He doesn't want her heart—he wants her submission and the sound of her breaking on the very desk where he signs his deals. From glass walled boardrooms to the back of moving limos, Xavier marks her where the world can’t see. Maeve hates the man, but her body weeps for the friction of his skin. In this game of forbidden lust, the only rule is silence—and Xavier is determined to hear her scream his name while the world watches from the other side of the glass.