Lucian's Regret Chapter 6

"You're... oh," I whispered, my eyes rolling back as his lips found that irresistible spot on my neck. "You’re mated!" I gasped, barely finding my voice. Julian's eyes burned with a golden fire as he nodded. "You’re still mine, Avery. I want to own every inch of your body and soul." His words swept away my senses, rekindling feelings I thought had died three years ago. How could he say that and not make my heart flutter? But I hadn't learned my lesson then and feared I still hadn't. _________ My mate chose another woman, parading their love in front of me and shattering my heart into pieces. The pain was unbearable—I lost our baby and, with it, the last hope that he might one day love me. The harsh truth that he never cherished me cut more profound than any wound, leaving scars that time couldn’t heal. Three years later, fate brought us together again in the most unexpected way. Despite the pain and every warning in my mind, I find myself drawn to him again.

When I married Alpha Damian Blackwood, I believed my love could melt the ice in his eyes. Five years, countless sacrifices, and a son later, I finally learned the truth: to him, I was nothing but a convenient Luna and a free babysitter. I discovered this the day I walked into our home and found him buried inside another woman, our five-year-old son sitting on her lap, calling her "Mommy." The pheromones in the air didn't lie. He'd chosen her. He'd always chosen her. I didn't cry. I didn't beg. I threw my wedding ring at his feet and walked out with nothing but a small suitcase and my shattered pride. What Damian didn't know—what no one knew—was that the "pathetic Luna" he discarded also happened to be the secret tech genius behind a billion-dollar startup, a hacker so skilled that the world's most powerful wolves beg for her services. But when I walked into Thorn Industries looking for a fresh start, I didn't expect to find Kaelen Thorn—the most powerful Alpha in the city, a man whose silver eyes saw right through my walls and claimed something in my soul I thought long dead. He gave me a job. A home. A life. He gave me back myself. Now Damian wants me back. He says he wasn't in his right mind. He says our son needs me. He says he still loves me. But Kaelen stands beside me, his hand on my back, his wolf ready to tear apart anyone who dares hurt me again. The old me would have gone back. The old me would have believed his lies. The old me is dead. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. In my case, what almost destroyed me made me into someone even I never expected.

After my older sister Rachelle came home from dialysis, the atmosphere at home was suffocating. She curled up on the couch, thin as a rail. She was nagging me hard and telling me not to tire myself out too much at work. Dad was by the door smoking. To get money to treat Rachelle’s condition, he had sold our old house and land. Dirty and muddied, my fiance, who had always viewed Rachelle as a sister of his own, brought home his week’s salary. They all lamented how unfair life was to already poor and suffering people who had to suffer even more. I looked at myself in the mirror with my bleeding nose and flushed away the report with my acute leukemia diagnosis. During dinner, Dad suddenly said, “Ryleigh, Rachelle needs a kidney. You’re healthy and young. You might be a match.” I looked at Rachelle’s pleading eyes and coldly put my cutlery down. “I won’t do it. I’ll be a cripple with one less kidney. How am I supposed to find someone to marry then?” Dad slapped me hard, even as my fiance called me ungrateful. I slammed the door shut as I left. I looked for the nearest room to the hospital to rent so that I could wait it out until I died. The room I found was only five blocks away from the organ donation center.

Le jour de notre mariage, Marion Xavier, l'amie d'enfance de Lucien, a menacé de se jeter du toit. Il l'a ignorée et a continué notre cérémonie, jusqu'à ce qu'elle saute dans le vide. C'est seulement à cet instant qu'il a complètement perdu pied. Après ça, Lucien est entré au monastère, devenant ce moine austère dont tout le monde parlait. Soi-disant pour expier ses fautes, il m'a forcée à recopier mille textes sacrés et à gravir à genoux un interminable escalier de pierre, des tortures qui m'ont fait perdre notre bébé. Le jour de ma fausse couche, je lui ai demandé le divorce, mais il m'a répondu : « Nous avons une dette envers Marion, nous devons l'expier ensemble. » Il a tenu ma famille en otage pour me garder près de lui, me brisant jour après jour pendant toute une vie. Puis je me suis réveillée, revenue au jour de notre mariage. Cette fois-ci, j'ai décidé de le pousser dans les bras de Marion. Et moi ? Je serai cette flamme d'enfance qui le conduira à prendre le voile.

I started calling my brother "Mr. Quinn" and my childhood friend "Mr. Webb". They frown and ask why I'm being so formal with them. I smile faintly in response. "Because I think you would rather be associated with Vanessa Quinn." They scold me for being unreasonable. "Vanessa is about to marry a man in a coma for you, and her whole life will be ruined. The only reason we treat her so well is because you owe her." But what they don't know is that the one marrying a man in a coma this time isn't Vanessa. It's me—Willow Quinn.

I stopped fighting. The moment I came back, I stepped out of the family spotlight on purpose— no arguments, no expectations, no awkward “let’s bond” moments. And somehow… that’s when my parents lost their minds. They made my little sister the heir? I congratulated them and filed my transfer to the Vegas branch the same afternoon. They threw her a massive coming-of-age gala? I smiled, booked a flight, and left before the invitations were printed. They bought her a limited-edition luxury car? I claimed my “old wrist injury” made driving impossible and insisted she take it. I thought they’d be relieved. I thought they’d finally get their perfect family without me messing up the picture. But instead—my cold, distant parents started calling nonstop. Showing up at my door. Pleading with me to come home. Asking what they did wrong. Why now? Why only when I stopped trying? Because in my last life, I spent decades clawing for their love— only to die bitter, resented, and humiliated. Even my grown son told me I was embarrassing. This time, I came back different. I refused to fight for a place in their world again. I refused to compete with my sister. I refused to beg. But the moment I stepped away… the entire family empire began to crack. And now they’re terrified. Not because I left— but because they finally realized what they lost.

“Kendrick, I want a divorce!!,” she shouted at the top of her voice, attracting the servants around. " Never!!" He yelled, as he stared at her coldly before heading to the living room. Kendrick Madavaski, having impregnated his mistress and ex-girlfriend, Cassandra, adamantly refused to end his marriage with Rosy Brown. However, Rosy's world shattered when she caught Kendrick in an intimate moment with Cassandra, just after he had been intimate with her. She lost the love and trust she had for him and now she is on a journey to make him feel the exact pain she felt. Who truly is Rosy Brown? Why has Kendrick refused to divorce her? How will she make him feel the same pain? Will Kendrick be able to bear the shock when he finds out the true identity of his wife? Will Rosy ever forgive him? Watch out how the dominant CEO and husband became a submissive husband overnight.

Left to die in the street by her husband and son, Krista survives to discover her marriage was a calculated lie, and the child she sacrificed everything for even hated her. She met a mysterious billionaire who wants her heart. But Krista wants revenge served cold on the runway where she'll destroy everyone who underestimated her. What will she do when she discovers her son was not who she thought he was ? What will she do when her husband comes back for her?

Betrayed, beaten, and left for dead in the freezing snow, Jane's world shatters when the man she loved, Chris, cruelly denies her and their unborn child. As darkness threatens to claim her, a stranger, Greg an aloof billionaire forced into an ultimatum by his grandfather stumbles upon her dying body. Desperate to save her, Greg becomes entangled in Jane’s fate, unknowingly setting off series of events that will bind them together in ways neither could have imagined. Will Jane rise from the ashes of her suffering to seek justice? And will Greg, who has sworn off love, find in Jane the woman he never knew he needed? In a world where love and revenge collide, their story is just beginning…

Ava gave up everything for love—her wealth, her family, and even her identity—just to be with Richard, the man she thought would cherish her. But after years of neglect, betrayal, and heartbreak, she finds herself alone, abandoned, and on the brink of despair. On the night she goes into labor, Richard ignores her cries for help, and tragedy strikes. Waking up to the devastating loss of her children, Ava realizes it’s time to reclaim her life. She returns to her family, agreeing to marry the man her father had chosen for her. But she never expected that this man was more than human—he was a powerful werewolf, leader of a secretive and deadly cult… and her destined mate. Now, caught between vengeance and a fate she never imagined, Ava must navigate a world of supernatural power, dark secrets, and a love stronger than she ever thought possible. But will her past let her go, or will Richard’s sins come back to haunt her?