Action Romance 웹소설 & Goodgirl Weak to Strong 스토리

I collapsed at work and rushed to the hospital. When I saw the pregnancy test results, my heart filled with joy. Finally, something to save our loveless marriage. But my billionaire husband Ethan didn't ask if I was okay. He yelled at me for missing work. I noticed a Tiffany box in his car and my hope returned. Maybe he does care. Maybe he bought me something special. That night, his stepsister Mara came home after years abroad. She walked into our dining room wearing the necklace from that box. The one I thought was mine. She smiled at me while touching the diamonds around her neck. Then she took my seat in his car. My project at work. My place at the dinner table. Even my bedroom felt like hers. When the elevator crashed and we both screamed for help, Ethan came running. He pulled her out first. He held her like she was his whole world. He left me bleeding on the floor, begging him to save our baby. I heard them talking through the hospital wall. Mara asked if he loved me. The silence that followed broke something inside me I can never fix. His grandfather kept them apart because they're stepsiblings. Now he's dead. Now she's back. And I'm just the wife standing in her way. I'm pregnant with his child, but I'm starting to realize the truth. I was never his first choice. I was never even his second. I was just someone to fill the space until she came home. The question is, will I stay and watch him choose her over and over again? Or will I finally choose myself?

Six years. No love. No children. No complications. That was the deal Orlena Stewart signed with billionaire Brent Caldwell — a contract marriage to save her dying father, raise his adopted nephew Eli, and disappear quietly when her time was up. She kept every rule. Except one. With only six months left, Orlena discovers she's carrying the child that was never supposed to exist, conceived with a man who is terrified of pregnancy, who never loved her, and who just welcomed his first love back home. She can't tell him. She can't stay. So she vanishes. But Brent Caldwell doesn't let things go, especially things that turn out to matter more than he ever admitted. And when their secret finds its way back to him, every wall he built comes crashing down. Start reading, you won't put it down.

---WARNING: Dark Romance. Mature Audience Only. Contains Sexual Content, Dubious Consent, and Intense Situations.--- He watched her from the shadows, a hidden obsession. She fainted at the slightest fear. He was just a boy then, powerless against the campus kingpin who tormented her, a rival heir to a brutal empire. But empires fall. And obsessions, once set, never die. Years later, on a moonlit beach, Seraphina's world shatters. Her boyfriend, a cruel cheat, humiliates her for a bet and leaves her for dead. She awakens to a familiar face—Alessandro Torricelli, now a ruthless Mexican mafia boss who takes what he wants. He’s back to claim what he believes is his: her. He promises freedom in 365 days if she doesn't fall in love. But Alessandro's world is a gilded cage of raw power, inescapable desire, and dangerous games. As Seraphina navigates his opulent fortress, fighting his possessive touch and the unwanted hunger he ignites, their volatile dynamic sparks a dangerous game of seduction. They keep score, each erotic encounter a win or loss, unknowingly binding them closer with every calculated move. Yet, beyond their sensual battle, a chilling reality looms: her old tormentor, Dino Moretti, still stalks the shadows, and this time, he's coming for them both. With a brewing war threatening to consume his empire, Alessandro vows to protect her, even from herself. But can Seraphina survive his love, escape his enemies, and resist the magnetic pull of the man who sees her fragility as a weakness to conquer, and her defiance as a challenge to possess? In this city of shadows, hearts are collateral, and their game of love is the most dangerous score of all.

Some scars you wear on your skin. Others you hide in your heart. Tessa Morgan never imagined her life would become a cage of hushed apologies and hidden bruises. Once an aspiring artist, now she survives each day under the cruel control of Marcus Reynolds—a man whose love turned to ownership. But when fate throws her into the path of Ryder Bishop, Vice President of the Hellfire MC, she glimpses a chance at freedom she'd thought lost forever. With danger closing in and desire growing stronger, Tessa must decide: stay in the chains she knows, or trust the outlaw who could set her free. But Marcus isn't letting go—and neither are his secrets. In a world where loyalty can kill and love can save, will she find the courage to choose her own path?

Seraphina Vale has always been a survivor. Bullied mercilessly by her affluent college classmates and betrayed by her closest friend, Isla Kensington, Seraphina has spent years hiding behind a quiet, unassuming façade. Her turning point comes when Isla’s ultimate betrayal, she leaked Seraphina’s private journal containing intimate reflections about her deceased mother and that led to a public humiliation so devastating that Seraphina ends up hospitalized. Emotionally shattered and at her lowest point, Seraphina stumbles upon Adrian Montclair, a charismatic yet ruthless Mafia boss who offers her an unexpected lifeline. Adrian, a man haunted by his own dark past, sees something in Seraphina that reminds him of the person he used to be: broken but not irreparable. He offers her a "contract." He will help her rebuild herself, reclaim her life, and exact justice against those who wronged her. In return, she must agree to one favor in the future, the nature of which he will not reveal. Desperate and with nothing to lose, Seraphina accepts, plunging herself into Adrian’s dangerous world.

Throughout his life, Arsen had never known what love was. The father who should have shown him affection instead accused him of killing his mother and younger sister and cast him out. His heart grew cold and unfeeling. That is, until he met Rose, a mysterious, beautiful girl who managed to capture his attention. Their brief encounter left a deep impression on Arsen, but the girl suddenly vanished. While searching for her, he accidentally met Claire, a girl who seemed innocent but bore the same face as the mysterious girl he had been searching for all this time. Amid his confusion, he decided to get close to the innocent girl to ease his longing for the mysterious one. But the more he got to know Claire, the more oddities made him doubt and fear. He never imagined that the girlfriend he thought was so innocent and pure, actually harbored so many secrets. Should he walk away before it’s too late?

Claire Bennett has spent years pretending she has the perfect life. She married her high school sweetheart at nineteen, stood beside him as he became sheriff, and learned exactly how much makeup it takes to hide the bruises he leaves behind. No one knows what Grant Bennett is really like behind closed doors. Until Claire finds a USB hidden beneath his dresser. She has no idea what is on it, but Grant’s reaction tells her one thing—he is willing to kill to get it back. When their five-year-old daughter, Lilly, throws herself between them during his latest attack, Claire finally fights back. She takes Lilly, the USB, and runs to the one man Grant would never expect her to trust. Nick Salazar. President of the Iron Saints MC. Nick knew Claire long before she became Mrs. Bennett. Once, she was the kid he looked out for. Now she is a grown woman standing at his gates with bruises on her skin, fear in her eyes, and a sheriff hunting her down. Nick gives her protection. Then his club discovers what is on the USB. Names. Ages. Motels. Transfers. Payments. Messages clearing county roads and delaying police reports. Evidence of a sex-trafficking operation. And Grant’s name is buried all through it. Claire didn’t just escape an abusive husband. She stole the evidence that could destroy a network of powerful men, and now they all want her silenced. While the Iron Saints fight to keep Claire and Lilly alive, the connection growing between Claire and Nick becomes harder to ignore. Nick refuses to control her. Claire refuses to be owned again. But Grant still believes his wife belongs to him. And if he wants her back, he is going to have to come through him.