Complicated Chords Novels & Stories

A one-night stand with a billionaire was never Celina’s dream. It was her only choice. When Naomi, the arrogant daughter of her mother’s wealthy employer, corners her with an impossible ultimatum, Celina is forced into the arms of Bryan, a man she believes to be a stranger, in exchange for her mother’s freedom. Her mother, a maid who has spent years serving Naomi’s powerful family, is falsely accused of theft, and the price for her release is Celina’s innocence. That night should have ended in silence, buried forever. But fate has other plans. Days later, Celina discovers that the mysterious man from that night is not only Naomi’s fiance but also her new boss. The revelation shatters her world, binding her to a man she should hate but whose presence awakens emotions she cannot control. As whispers, betrayal, and a devastating scandal threaten to destroy her reputation, Celina’s heart is torn between protecting her ailing mother and untangling the complicated bond she now shares with Bryan. Caught between sacrifice and desire, loyalty and love, Celina must face a truth that could change everything: sometimes, the cost of saving the one you love is giving your heart to the last man you ever expected.

TW:VIOLENCE. THERE WILL ALSO BE MM AND MF SEX. Olivia Brown’s life crumbles just before her inauguration as heir when scandalous photos of her with a mysterious man surface online. To make matters worse, her fiancé accuses her of infidelity and breaks off their engagement on the eve of their wedding. Disowned by her family and betrayed by her sister, who takes her place as heir, Olivia is left feeling like a laughingstock. Seeking solace, she leaves her hometown behind when she discovers her fiancee was behind it all. Six years later, Olivia Brown, now the wife of billionaire mafia boss Alessandro Combs, returns home for Christmas Eve to introduce her son to her family—and to seek a little revenge. However, her return complicates her life in unexpected ways. The enigmatic billionaire William Jerkins appears at her doorstep, demanding to see his son. William recognizes Olivia at first glance. He has spent years searching for the woman who captured his heart, and now he discovers she has his child. He proposes a deal: “Marry me since you have my son. Let’s be a happy family.” But how does Olivia explain this to her husband, Alessandro—the very man who sheltered her during her darkest times and with whom she has a complicated past?

At sixteen, Seraphina Thorne watched in silence as her father nearly beat to death the boy who loved her a servant’s son who dared to reach too high. Cast out into a raging storm, eighteen-year-old Elias disappeared that night him… along with her only chance at love. Ten years later, he returns as a ruthless billionaire. And this time, he owns everything. After quietly crushing the Thorne empire under a staggering 10-billion-dollar debt, Elias offers Seraphina one cruel choice: become his contracted surrogate… or watch her family fall. Trapped and humiliated, Seraphina endures his cold control until she discovers she’s carrying twins. But survival has a price. Threatened by his dangerous fiancée, Seraphina makes a devastating choice: she leaves her newborn daughter behind to fulfill the contract… and vanishes into the night with her hidden son. Years later, she returns as Madam S powerful, untouchable, and ready to destroy the man who once broke her. But revenge turns complicated when buried truths surface. Because Elias was never just her tormentor. He was the boy her family destroyed first. Now, with love, hatred, and two children caught between them… Who will break first?

"You are so daring; do you know that? What will I do with you?" He asked, gazing into her sparkling, beautiful eyes. "Permit me to love you, Andy. That's all I want." She answered with so much boldness and honesty that it almost made his stone heart melt. A billionaire who gave up on love even before experiencing it because all that life threw at him were nothing but rejections since birth. Nobody wanted him, and she was a poor and naive girl with family problems weighing her down. She has never been in love, and love is not on her list of priorities. Two extremely different people were brought together by unavoidable circumstances, or perhaps fate. Call it whatever you want. When their worlds collide, their goals get compromised by their undeniable burning desires for each other, and this fire melts down their fears, worries, and beliefs in a blink of an eye. An insecure single father and a naive maid are swimming in the ocean of an unnamed fire that promises to consume them both if they tend to rebel against its power. Call it lust. Call it addiction. Call it obsession. Give it the tag you see as best fitting. But truth be told, theirs is a milestone of a complicated, challenging, but prodigious heart-stirring romance journey like no other.

MAVERICK As a working college student, I struggle to make ends meet until a stranger approaches me with a proposal—to be his employer’s wife for an enormous sum of money. Knowing the cash will help me pay my grandmother’s medical bills, I accept the offer with a demand—just a marriage of convenience, nothing more. It’s too late to realize I’m marrying the gorgeous, to a fault, young Mr. Winston. And there’s this instant fire between us despite my inhibitions. Things get more complicated when our marriage is put to the test by his father, who threatens to expose my dirty little secret. *** LAKE Being a Braddson-Winston heir is sometimes a curse. My father is a real SOB and a pain in my ass. He makes one outrageous demand for me to secure the CEO seat in the company—marriage. So I find a perfect bride— Maverick Bates II, beautiful but in a dire financial situation. I only ask two things. We stay MBA and keep things purely business until the contract ends. As simple as that. It was meant to be a straightforward deal, but each day I get to know her, my position is not the only thing at stake but also my heart. I realize I can’t let her go even if she’s the daughter of the ruthless don of the Sicilianos.

The Royal Academy was considered a dream for everyone, and they would do anything to get selected. It provides the best of the best to the students and a dream future. But Eloise Root had a reason to go to the Royal Academy no one would have ever thought about. Considered an ordinary omega, she was bullied and looked down upon her entire life. However, Eloise was hiding something dangerous. Something that could get her killed. She was born to fulfill a prophecy. She would either save the world or destroy it. To hide her secret from the world, she always remained in the shadows. But despite everything, she continued to draw attention in the academy since her first day. Her life became more complicated when she caught the eyes of the two Lycan princes. Though they believed they hated each other, they couldn’t deny the attraction between them. But they were never prepared for the mate bond that the moon goddess trapped them with. The journey wasn’t going to be easy, with all the dangers lurking in their way. What would the Lycan princes do when Eloise's truth came out and everyone wanted her dead? Would they protect their mate or would they side with their own kind? Would Eloise be able to save everyone, or would she be consumed by the greed for power? Join the journey of Eloise and the two Lycan princes who were destined to change the supernatural world.

Kasumi Azai finds herself at the center of a delicate negotiation to end the longstanding feud between the Red Sun and Blazing Winter packs. Against her wishes, her uncle pressures her into a marriage with Severin de Rosa, son of the Blazing Winter pack's Alpha. But Kasumi's plans are thrown into disarray when she discovers that her Alpha mate, Thaddeus de Rosa, is in fact the Alpha of the Blazing Winter pack and secretly desires her. To further complicate matters, Thaddeus's twin brother, Theodore de Rosa, also claims Kasumi as his mate. And just when she thought things couldn't get any more complicated, Kasumi finds herself attracting the attention of their uncle, Cretheus de Rosa, who could jeopardize her relationships with the twin brothers and her husband. Caught in a tangled web of desire and duty, Kasumi must navigate a precarious path to keep the peace between the packs. How can she avoid conflict when everyone but her Alpha mate's son has designs on her? And how can she prevent the Alpha mate's son from becoming the catalyst for an all-out war between their respective packs? ︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵ Moon Goddess' Daughters series: Kiena, the Goddess of Gallant and Retribution

Behind the Desk, Under the Mask For three years, Winston has been Louis's secretary—the only employee capable of keeping up with the demanding CEO of one of the country's most powerful companies. Their days are filled with arguments, impossible deadlines, and constant clashes that leave everyone wondering how Winston still has a job. What Louis doesn't know is that Winston was never hired by chance. As the son of Vance, Louis's biggest business rival, Winston was planted inside the company to gather information and help bring it down from within. What began as a mission soon becomes complicated as the years pass, and the line between duty and loyalty starts to blur. Then a shocking discovery changes everything. A secret connection reveals a side of Louis that no one else has ever seen, forcing Winston to confront the truth he has spent years avoiding. The man he was sent to betray is no longer just his boss—he has become someone Winston can no longer bring himself to hurt. As hidden agendas come to light and a ruthless corporate war intensifies, Winston finds himself trapped between two worlds: the father who raised him and the man he was sent to destroy. In a game of secrets, loyalty, and betrayal, every mask will eventually fall—and when the truth is exposed, neither of them may walk away unscathed.

On what was supposed to be the beginning of a perfect marriage, everything went wrong. Betrayed by fate and trapped in a family arrangement she could not escape, she walked down the aisle believing she was marrying the man her life had been tied to for years. But the moment the vows were sealed, the truth shattered her world. The man standing before her was not the one she was promised. He was her ex-husband’s brother. Cold, powerful, and dangerously unreadable, he had no intention of correcting the mistake. Instead, he claimed it, binding her to a marriage neither of them had planned, yet neither was willing to walk away from. As buried secrets begin to surface and old wounds are torn open, she finds herself caught between a past that refuses to let her go and a present that is far more complicated than she ever imagined. Her ex-husband, now filled with regret, is determined to win her back, while the man she was never meant to marry proves to be far more possessive, protective, and unpredictable than she expected. What began as a mistake soon becomes something neither of them can control. In a world where love, power, and betrayal collide, she must decide whether to hold on to the life she once knew or risk everything for the man she was never supposed to love.

All Raven Caruso has ever known is blood, bullets, and betrayal. Born into the infamous Caruso crime family, Raven was raised not with dolls or lullabies, but with guns, knives, and a ruthless code of silence. Trained from childhood to be an assassin, she became her father’s most dangerous weapon,and his greatest pride. Jack Caruso doesn’t just want to rule the South. He wants the North, too. But the North belongs to his bitter rival, the Moretti mafia,and standing between Jack and total dominance is one man: Leon Vitali. They call him The Butcher. Cold. Calculated. Lethal. Jack’s solution? A union of blood and power. Raven will marry Leon Vitali. And when she bears his child, the Carusos will strike,wipe out the Vitali bloodline and rule using Ravens child. Raven knows her mission. She's loyal. Deadly. And ready to make her father proud. There’s just one problem. Leon Vitali is supposed to be the enemy. But he’s also devastatingly charming, maddeningly confident, and far more complicated than she expected. With every stolen glance and dangerous kiss, he awakens something in her she doesn’t recognize,something soft. Something real. Now Raven must decide: stay true to her blood... or betray it for love.