Julien Baker Partner

On my way to the bank, I stumbled across a post: [What's the most shameful thing you've done behind your partner's back?] One comment stood out: [I secretly married my first love, and my girlfriend keeps dumping money into our joint account like an idiot. She actually thinks I'm saving for a house. There's already sixty-seven grand in there. Once she hits eighty, I'm taking it all!] The flood of likes made my stomach twist. I pulled up my account balance. Sixty-seven grand. Not a penny more, not a penny less. So, my boyfriend secretly married his ex.

People say you never truly know your partner until you are bounded by marriage, that the person you thought you knew might end up being a total stranger to you. But with Kitty it was different, unlike every damsel in love, Kitty's marriage started in the wrong note, from a simple joke, to a one week contract and then she found herself entrapped. And when love blossoms in the most treacherous place, kitty's life became a rollercoaster as she found herself in the middle of a business feud. With the taste of money and power that she had come to wield- Kitty's heart became a constant battlefield but amidst every chaos naive clueless kitty only grew stronger.

Sally Donne - the sole heir of the Donne family. It is a strong and prestigious bloodline. This is not as shocking as Sally's partner - an Alpha. Sally's parents died early. At the age of 16, her life fell apart, and everything changed in a negative direction. Under the care of her grandparents, Sally becomes a strong girl, not afraid of death, who stands up for justice and fights for her interests. With that in mind, Sally did not give up or care what would happen to her, continuing to fight for her life. Things gradually get worse when the hand of fate intervenes, pushing her down a dark path, especially since she is the heir to the Donne throne and the mate of an Alpha. Everything was arranged perfectly.

I, Taylor Laurent, go to the hospital's emergency department because of severe abdominal pain. When I wake up, my mom, Jocelyn Nord, stares at me in terror and asks, "You are not my daughter. Who are you?" Helpless and regretful, Hank Gibson, the doctor, says to my mom, "She is your daughter, it's just… an accident." My mom can't accept it and jumps off the hospital building, killing herself instantly. Hank is suspended because of this incident and, under my questioning, chooses to kill himself by hitting a wall. When I finally find my life partner and take the premarital medical exam, the staff tells me something that chills me to my bones.

Michelle Henriksson is afraid of men. Something tragic happened, and she hasn't been able to look anyone of the male gender straight in the eye since then. She keeps to herself, hoping college will be quiet.Maddox Daniels isn't interested in relationships—friends and a girlfriend would keep him away from his goal to be taken into the NFL. He is unfriendly and doesn't need anyone. So why can't he get Michelle Henriksson out of his head?They are opposites. They shouldn't get along. Yet chemistry sparks between them after their professor pairs them together, which pisses off the angry football player.How will he survive his project partner?

Kaitlyn Ashenwood faced a choice when she discovered her partner wasn't in love with her. Opting to grant him the freedom he desired, she expressed her decision with the words, "He was in love with someone else, not me." On the other side, Dean Castellan, despite achieving his planned success, found himself at a loss when the woman who brought him happiness that he never appreciated, exited his life. Now grappling with emptiness, he yearns to win her back, questioning the validity of his feelings. As the story unfolds, the 30-year-old businessman must confront the challenge of regaining his ex-wife's affection or accepting the possibility of her finding solace in another's embrace.

Fiona and her three sisters were in line to be the next Fairy Queen of their hemisphere, the chosen one being who found her life partner and started a family first. All things Fiona found completely disinteresting. Instead, Fiona was more concerned with watching over those she swore to protect, and changing the male chauvinistic way of the fairies. That is until the day that Leviathan, the arrogant water dragon deity, came into her life. As she fights her attraction for a man that's the perfect example of everything she despises, lies come to the surface and Fiona must choose which is more important ... something that she swore she never even wanted, or something she spent her entire existence striving for? But what happens when the choice is unknowingly made for her .......

Kiana Ruiz had already marked that getting married would never be a part of her life. In her years of existence, she's aware that she'd entered a relationship for once but it turned out to be a toxic experience. She kept it from everyone, Kiana and Wren Medina hid that fleeting relationship a secret. However, Kiana still accepted the fact that she still loves that guy. Yet she couldn't go back, business was her priority, and she needed to become serious in her career. Unexpectedly, her parents had settled her in a marriage arrangement for business. And Kiana should marry the business partner's son, Wren Medina. Would Kiana accept it or dump the offered marriage with that guy who became her first secret boyfriend?

In a world where possessive and powerful men rule, they can be arrogant, ruthless, and cruel. This world, Emily Greenfield exits in. What can be worst when she finds out that her partner who she has been married to for years only sees her as a blood bank and as a stand-in for someone else? Whom he calls his best friend? When his true love re-turns, will she face the challenge head on, or will she choose to admit defeat? Even when she’s treated like trash, pushed around and cursed at. When everything she owes is taken away from her because she’s weak and doesn’t have enough power to strike? Read along as Emily Greenfield fight her way back to the top!!!

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