Don T Be Sick

Forced Marriage| Ruthless Don| Age Gap| Enemies to Lovers| Substitute Groom| Strong Female Lead| Dangerous Love I was supposed to marry his nephew. That was the agreement meant to end twenty years of war between our families. As the Valente family’s unwanted daughter, I was the sacrificial lamb and I didn’t have a choice. But on my wedding day, the groom disappeared and before anyone could react, his uncle stepped forward. Don Maxton Retroferd, the most feared man in the underworld. Cold, ruthless and Untouchable. And in front of everyone, he claimed me as his wife. I expected him to break me or treat me like nothing more than a pawn in his dangerous world and I prepared myself to survive a man with no heart. But the Don who was supposed to ruin me became the only one who protected me and truly saw me for who I am. Now I’m trapped in a marriage I never wanted… with a man I was never meant to love and the more I tried to resist him, the more I realized that the ruthless Don didn’t just marry me...He claimed me.

Amaka Richard fell pregnant out of wedlock and was sent away from her parents' home. Five years later, she met her baby daddy, but he denied knowing her. "Joseph, my child is yours, the same face, nose, and mouth," she confronted him, but he refused to acknowledge her or his child. Amaka moved on, now, Joseph is back at her doorstep, begging for forgiveness. Should she forgive him and accept him back? Find out.

My mate is the bravest patrol chief of the Sundara Pack. When the rogue straps a bomb laced with wolfsbane to me, I try to reach him through our mind-link. Once, twice... He blocks me 99 times. The rogue forces me to call for help, and when Aiden Campbell finally answers, his first words come blazing with anger. "Lina Rutherford! You're risking your life over jealousy again? Kate's pet snow wolf has been stuck in a tree for three days! "She loves that wolf like her own child—if I'm late to save it, that's on you! You'll be a murderer!" I laugh so hard that tears stream down my face. That so-called "trapped" snow wolf? It's simply climbed onto a slanted pine tree in the yard so it can lazily sunbathe on the branches. No one trapped it—it just doesn't feel like coming down. "Thank you, Aiden. You're amazing!" There comes a soft, delicate voice through the phone. It's Kate Summers—Aiden's late brother's widow and also his childhood sweetheart. The bomb's countdown ticks down to three minutes. With a calm heart, I send my final message. "In the name of the Moon Goddess, I sever our mate bond." And then, I cut the mind-link.

"Just help me out this once, man. I just made it to the final round, and I can't leave the game. Help your little brother out for a change? You're the best, J." It was 2:00 a.m. Chad asked me to go downstairs and pick up his takeout. I wanted to refuse because I was still recovering from a broken foot, but he did not look capable of tearing his eyes from the screen for even a second. Thus, I agreed and stepped outside. Without warning, something like a stream of comments flashed across my mind. [No! Somebody stop him!] [That delivery guy is your brother's roommate! He's got a knife!!!] [Lil' Bro knows that already, J! He's using you as a human shield to buy himself time!] I froze. I turned to go back inside. The door would not budge. Chad had already locked it. The elevator chimed down the hall. The comments in my head spiraled into chaos. [The killer is here! Get out of there, Big Bro!]

When 18-year-old Sienna's dad remarries, she ends up living with 19-year-old Jaxon; her new stepbrother. He's broody, quiet, and always seems one step ahead. They clash right away, turning every little thing into a battle. But as tension builds, their rivalry starts to blur into something else. Something neither of them expected or are supposed to feel. And once that line is crossed... there's no going back.

Three days before our wedding, my fiancé, Raphael Russo, was killed in a gang shootout. They didn't even find a body. As I was drowning in grief, comments suddenly flashed before my eyes: 【Wake up, girl! the coffin's empty! He faked his death! The scumbag ran off to be with that scheming bitch chloe, the one pretending to be sick!】 【While you're crying your eyes out at the funeral, Raphael is fucking Chloe’s brains out in a hotel bed.】 【When he comes back, he'll claim he has amnesia. You won't know a thing and you'll forgive him. You poor thing…】 A month later, news of my marriage to Mafia Don Marcello Falcone spread through New York. Raphael’s right-hand man cornered me, furious. “How could you betray the Boss?” I tightened my grip on Marcello’s arm and smiled. “A girl can’t mourn forever, can she? I’m sure Raphael, in spirit, would be happy for me.”

Cinco anos depois de me casar com o Don, Ives Moretti, ele me deixou para morrer durante um tiroteio para garantir a segurança da amante dele, Isabella. Acordei três dias depois, em um quarto de hospital particular. Nenhum pedido de desculpas. Ives foi frio. — Você é minha esposa. Sabia dos riscos. Pare de fazer drama. Então ele acrescentou: — A Isabella é diferente. Ela é frágil. Precisava de mim. Depois disso vieram três meses de silêncio absoluto. Como sempre, ele esperava que eu cedesse primeiro, que voltasse rastejando, implorando por perdão. Três meses depois, entreguei o acordo com os irlandeses de bandeja para Isabella. O grande negócio em que eu havia trabalhado sozinha por meio ano. Ives achou que era uma oferta de paz. Ele sorriu, algo raro e genuíno nos últimos tempos. — Eu sabia que você acabaria cedendo. Como recompensa, vamos para Vegas. Sei que você sempre quis ir. No dia seguinte, Isabella falou que estava entediada e ele quebrou a promessa. Levou ela para Vegas no meu lugar. Disse que era — assunto urgente de família. Dessa vez, eu não chorei. Não fiz escândalo. Ives ficou satisfeito ao ver como eu estava sendo compreensiva. Ele não fazia ideia de que eu já estava cortando todos os laços com a família Moretti. Nem que ele já tinha assinado os papéis do divórcio. Eu estava livre.

Après le départ de ma petite sœur à l'étranger, j'ai épousé le Don de la mafia à sa place. Cinq ans après notre mariage, nous sommes devenus les plus grands ennemis l'un de l'autre. Il me détestait pour avoir chassé ma sœur et avoir manigancé mon mariage avec lui. Je le détestais pour m'avoir toujours traitée comme une remplaçante, sans jamais me reconnaître devant le monde entier. Mon manque de statut social humiliait mes parents vaniteux, et à partir de ce moment-là, leur amour pour moi s'est transformé en haine. Finalement, lui et mes parents m'ont abandonnée dans une montagne enneigée alors qu'ils fêtaient Noël avec ma sœur. Dans le froid intense, je suis morte avec mon enfant à naître. Pendant ce temps, ma sœur baignait dans l'amour de tous et passait le Noël le plus heureux de sa vie. Lorsque j'ai rouvert les yeux, je me suis retrouvée le jour où ma sœur est revenue de l'étranger. Cette fois-ci, je n'allais plus supplier Gideon ni mes parents de m'aimer.

My fiancé of three years, Julius, sold me. To a black market auction in Vegas. I was sold to another man for five million dollars. Julius was begging me. "I owe five million," he pleaded. "If I don't pay up, they're gonna dump me in the river." "You're a dead ringer for the Don of the Norling family's late wife. All you have to do is keep him happy, and my debt gets wiped clean." "Don't worry," he said. "When he gets tired of you, I won't think any less of you. We'll still get married." So they drugged me and delivered me to an estate that was all too familiar. But here’s what he didn't know. The Don of the Norling family would kill for his daughter. And I'm that daughter. The one he’s kept hidden all these years.

Before the day of my husband's succession as the Don, my stepsister personally tattooed the "Inverted Angel's Eye"—the mark of a traitor—onto my back. My husband didn't just turn a blind eye; when the family vendetta broke out, he withdrew all the elite guards to protect my "pregnant" stepsister, leaving me alone in a defenseless city to face the slaughter.  "Elena, you are strong enough to protect yourself. But Sophia is fragile, and she is carrying my firstborn. She needs the protection more than you." Facing a siege of heavy firepower, I survived by the skin of my teeth. He thought I would swallow the insult for the sake of the family's reputation. He didn't expect that I would kick open the doors of his coronation ceremony wearing mourning weeds, flanked by the FBI and the Commission, and personally strip him of his title. "Goodbye, Lorenzo. This time, I choose to be the Don."