Novel Web & Cerita Victim Substitute Bride First-Person POV

"I was supposed to Stay Gone." ...He married me. He gave me a diamond ring with sweet words… and a lie. I thought it was love. But I was just holding her place. The woman whose lies he believed. Now she’s awake. And I don’t know who I am to him anymore. A wife? A stranger? Or just a body keeping what belongs to her  safe? They broke me. But this time, I’m not the same woman they left behind.

I was always the extra daughter, unwanted, unseen, and disposable. While my sister Lia was cherished, I was the one they sold to save everything. On her wedding day, I became the bride instead. Veiled and silent, I was forced into Adrian Laurent’s bed, the cold, ruthless billionaire who had fallen for her picture. That night, he didn’t know it was me. Drunk and burning with lust, he pinned me down, ripped my wedding dress open, and made love to me like a man possessed. The next morning, disgust replaced his hunger. Humiliated and blamed for a crime I didn’t commit, I became his invisible wife, used, ignored, and broken. He only used me to satisfy his cravings for needs , claiming me whenever he sees me in the house. After claiming me like a slave, I would catch him having soft romantic pleasurable moment with my sister like he was a puppy before her. Until the secret growing in my belly gave me the strength to run. Years later, I returned. Rich. Powerful. Untouchable. But the moment Adrian sees me again, and lays eyes on the children who carry his blood, his obsession ignites. He will never let me go again. And this time, he won’t be gentle

Marry one of them in 365 days... or lose everything. The day Lila Sinclair's mother is sentenced to life in prison, she's left with nowhere to go. Until billionaire Sebastian Blackwood offers her a place in his home, with one impossible condition. She has exactly 365 days to marry one of his sons. One house. Two stepbrothers. One dangerous choice. As forbidden attraction blurs every line, Lila finds herself trapped between desire, betrayal, and secrets that could destroy the Blackwood family. But with every passing day, it becomes harder to tell who's protecting her... and who's leading her straight into danger. In a house where nothing is what it seems, falling in love might be the deadliest mistake of all.