I Promise Wedding Vows

“One day earlier or later—what’s the difference?” Henry asked calmly. It was my thirtieth birthday. The deadline of the promise he made beside my dying mother’s bed. But that day, he needed to take his pregnant sister-in-law to her prenatal appointment. “She’s carrying my late brother’s only child,” he said. “Why are you fighting her for this?” I wasn’t fighting for a date. I was fighting for the last shred of dignity in a fifteen-year love. The girl who once meant everything to him Had slowly become the unreasonable one. The sister-in-law who used to disgust him Had somehow become the one he needed to protect. So I smiled and said, “Fine.” And I left. Three days later, I turned thirty without him. That was the day Henry Jones began to regret it. Because soon he would learn— The baby wasn’t his brother’s. The betrayal didn’t start with me. And the woman he chose to hurt… was the only one who ever stood by him. But by then—I was already gone. And this time,He would be the one begging.

My fiance, Henry Gordon, was two hours late to our vows on our wedding day. Just as he was catching his breath and about to say ‘I do’, he received a call from his secretary, Yvonne Luther. After hanging up, he looked at me apologetically. “Honey, my useless team can’t handle the personnel appointment of the financial team on their own. They’re insisting that I head back! I’ll make it up to you with another wedding later on.” I told him that I understood though I felt disappointed, because he was at a critical stage in his career. However, the moment he left without hesitation, I tossed the ring on my finger into the venue’s flower bed and announced to everyone that the wedding was cancelled. I had to see for myself who would ask Henry, a mere minority shareholder, to make such a significant decision without consulting me, the chairperson. He did not know that just a few hours earlier, I had taken back the ‘gift’ I gave him and reclaimed my position as the company’s chairperson.

Arranged-marriage, age-gap, Mafia/cartel romance, forbidden Due to my birth order as a child of the Luciano famiglia capo, I’m used to second place. Second son. Second in standing. Never number one. It’s the way my life has always been. Only in the dark alleys, private clubs, and seedy establishments am I respected. Not just as the consigliere to my brother, the new capo of the Kansas City Famiglia, but also for my unmatched skills with a knife and my particular skills of interrogation. This status is as high as I will achieve. First place will forever be out of reach. Camila Ruiz is the younger daughter of Andrés Ruiz, a top lieutenant in the Roríguez cartel. From the first moment I laid eyes on her, I knew I wanted her. She is too young and fragile, though, to be with a man like me, a killer and criminal. I don’t deserve a woman like Camila. Taking her would ruin her. With the newly established alliance between the Luciano famiglia and Roríguez cartel, I ask for the impossible and promise my life. With the blessing of my capo and the Roríguez drug lord, Camila is to be mine. For once, I will be first in another’s eyes. And Camila will always be first to me. What happens when the fragile alliance is tested? Can I keep my promise to my wife and my oath to the famiglia? Have you been Aleatha’d?

The night before our wedding, Edward Fowler's friends gather for a celebration. A full set of sex toys lies in the gift box from his tomboy bestie, Winnie Spencer. I freeze, and Winnie shouts boisterously, "Don't you dare go easy on him, Sarah. That pup might look like someone who's abstaining, but he's actually pretty wild in the sheets. "During the start of the year, he only used three of these, yet he landed me straight in the hospital with injuries that took me half a month to heal!" She then hooks an arm around Edward's neck. "Let me give you a piece of advice as your buddy—you need to learn how to be gentle once you're married. "Sarah looks so delicate, so you'd better not pull the same stunt as last time. I was just recovering, yet you dragged me into it for two whole days. I almost died in bed!" My face darkens. Winnie covers her mouth in exaggerated shock. "It's just us buddies messing around. You're not mad, are you, Sarah?" Everyone is anticipating for me to snap. But instead, I let out a soft chuckle before replying, "Why would I be? I should be thanking you for being a free tutor instead. After all, someone who's in your line of work would charge at least three hundred dollars per night just for the same lesson."

'สัญญารักที่ทั้งคู่ไม่ได้ก่อมันขึ้นมา เเต่กลับต้องมาทำตามสัญญาอย่างหลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้ เเล้วเขากับเธอดันมาเป็นคู่กัดที่ชอบตีกันซะด้วยสิ' เธอเเละเขาที่เป็นดั่งคู่กัดกันต้องมาเเต่งงานกันตามสัญญาของตระกูลที่คุณปู่ของทั้งสองได้ทำสัญญากันเอาไว้เมื่อ 20 ปี ก่อน เเละเมื่อเธออายุครบ 25 ปีบริบูรณ์เมื่อไหร่ ถัดมาอีก 1 เดือน ทั้งคู่ต้องเข้าสู่ประตูวิวาห์เป็นสามีภรรยากันทันทีทำให้ต้องมาอาศัยอยู่ด้วยกันทั้งที่เจอหน้ากันทีไรเป็นต้องกัดกันทุกครั้งไป คอลิน คาร์ลอส รอซเซ่ เขาคือ หนึ่งในมาเฟียผู้ทรงอิทธิพลที่รักในการทำธุรกิจสีเทาเป็นชีวิตจิตใจ เขาเจ้าเล่ห์ เขามันไอ้คนโฉด เเละที่สำคัญเสือผู้หญิงที่สุดในกลุ่ม ดวงตาสีน้ำตาลอ่อนคู่สวยมีพลังทำลายล้างสูง โดยเฉพาะผู้หญิงที่ได้สบตาคู่นั้นของเขา ทว่าใช้ไม่ได้กับเธอคนนี้ วีนัส ฟรายเดย์ ไทเพนต์เซอร์ เธอคือ ผู้หญิงที่รักในการทำขนมเบเกอรี่เป็นชีวิตจิตใจ ฟังดูเเล้วเป็นคนอ่อนโยน ทว่าต่างจากนิสัยที่เป็นอยู่ เธอมีความมั่นใจในตัวเองสูง สวย เก่ง เเสบ ซ่า สู้มาสู้กลับไม่โกง เเละที่สำคัญไม่เคยยอมใครหน้าไหน โดยเฉพาะเขา

My family has this outdated tradition. On my twenty-second birthday, whoever gets my heirloom bracelet first becomes my wife. For the past eighteen years, my childhood sweetheart, Madison Young, teased that she’d be the one to claim them. However, when I opened the box, the beads snapped and spilled across the floor, right in front of a blind girl passing by, Grace Bellamy. She bent down and picked them up. Madison made a scene, urging me to marry her instead, just to please my father’s illegitimate son, Connor Vaughn. Watching Grace stand there, flustered and surrounded, I stepped forward, shielding her with my body. "Fine," I said. "I’ll marry her."

Unfortunately, Carly’s father was executed for treason few days to her 21st birthday. Shattered and heartbroken she vowed to revenge on the people who had a hand in killing him. As if that was not enough, she was maltreated and starved. On one of the scariest day of her life, her wolf finally came and she was also lucky to meet her mate Derek, the most feared Alpha, rumored to have killed his former mate. And also, the one who ordered her father’s death. Would she be able to avenge her father's death since the king is her mate? Would her relationship with the Alpha king bring misfortune instead of happiness? What will become of her burning hate if she falls in love the Alpha king?

When Clark gets saved by an Alpha's mother she never knew that her life would have changed so drastically. She made a promise to the Alpha's mother that she would help her son by bearing his children and therefore ensuring that the bloodline continues. Once the promise was set in motion, Clark discovers many things she never sighed up for. She never wanted to be just a side piece. Once she gives birth to twins, Clark and the Alpha decide that the boy would stay with his father and the girl would go with Clark. Clark moved to the city and created a life that she deserved. A few years later, she kept getting calls from the Alpha, he wanted her back. What will she do? Will she take him back after all the horrors that he inflicted on her?

Scarlett Pierce had spent her entire life living as a shadow within her own family, constantly yielding to her pampered stepsister, Penelope. The breaking point arrived on her own wedding day, when her fiancé, Arthur Sterling, halted the ceremony to declare his love for Penelope instead.

Three days before my wedding, I found out that Shane Dawson had changed the venue from Grandma Mae’s home in the South to Castillo de Sol, the Spanish castle that Tania Collins, his childhood sweetheart, adored. I confronted him, only to overhear him complaining to his friend, "Thank God Tania has taste. Otherwise, I’d be laughed at for life." His friend reminded him, "Didn’t you promise her you’d hold the ceremony at her grandmother’s house? Aren’t you afraid she’ll get angry and refuse to marry you?" Shane just laughed, sharp and dismissive. "The Quinns are on the verge of bankruptcy. Marrying me is her only way out. She can’t afford to gamble. I’ve already asked the planner to call her. She’s probably scrambling to change her flight right now." Anger and humiliation burned in my chest. I bit down on my lip and, in the end, turned away. Three days later, the castle wedding went on as scheduled, but I didn’t reschedule my flight. I didn’t show up. Instead, I stood in Grandma Mae’s old courtyard and exchanged rings with another man. To this day, Shane doesn’t understand. I never married him for some so-called escape route. I married him for a love that lasted ten years. However, once the dream was over, it was time for me to choose a different path.