Dumped Bride, Dangerous Upgrade
After five years of ride-or-die love, Meredith Martinez got left at the altar—Alden Ashford bailed mid-ceremony to run after the girl who'd pulled the suicide card, like, 99 times.
That was the moment it clicked: she was never gonna melt that ice block he called a heart.
So she cut the cord. Ghosted the past. Moved on.
What she didn't plan on? A wild, tipsy hookup with the one guy she should've never touched—her brother's sworn enemy, Hayden Harrington.
At sunrise, she tried to sneak out. One ankle grab later, she was back in bed with his voice all low and dangerous against her skin, fingers brushing a bite mark on his neck.
"Meredith, you hit it and quit it? Left this mark and just gonna dip?"
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Hayden Harrington was basically elite royalty—icy, ruthless, totally off-limits.
What nobody knew? He'd been secretly obsessed with his rival's little sister for years.
After that night? Dude snapped. Full-blown obsession mode.
He even bought out an entire town just to keep her close. His shirt wide open, abs out, arms holding a tipsy Meredith.
"Meredith," he breathed, voice low, "wanna touch? Feels really good."
She blinked. Speechless.
Where'd Mr. Ice King go?
He smirked. "That guy's for show. You get the real me."