Predatory Marriage Light Novels & Stories

Real. It had to come from me. I stared at the camera lens Wren set up, feeling the weight of the moment. “When I married Adrian Bellington,” I began, “I thought I was stepping into luxury. Power. A family legacy. I didn’t know I was marrying into a nightmare.” I told it all. The arranged marriage. The threats. The lies. I told them about Black Orchid, about the children trafficked like commodities, about the power men like Gregory held.

Beverly told me. I scoffed. She wasn't joking. I just realised that I had an intercourse with a gold digger. "You must be out of your senses," I replied. I leaned backwards and rested my back and head on the chair. "I am not," she responded and moved closer. "You have to." I grabbed my chair and tightened my grip on it. "Why wouldn't you marry me when I'm pregnant for you?" Berverly asked me. "I am not a preacher of polygamy," I replied without blinking. "Polygamy is not my thing."

“This is typical behavior. Men react strongly when they think something they own is being taken from them. But now he knows you are not a piece of property.” In that moment, Hailey felt something between fear and determination. She knew this was a risk—her life had been built around reaching for more than what was handed to her. “You are right. Marriage isn't about ownership, it’s about… It’s about loving freely.” Jake nodded in agreement as they looked one another in the eyes. The night wore on, each slamming door echoing through the silence that followed. Hours felt like years, Rome’s ranting continuing unabated. "If I can't sleep! No one is going to sleep!"

"You can't tell me this…this life with him is what you want. You were supposed to be with me, Zara. You know it." I stepped backward, my heart pounding through my body, the panic bubbling just under my skin. "Liam, stop. I am married now and I'm going to have Kai's child. That isn't fair." Liam's eyes seemed to deepen to black. "Fair? You think Kai married you because he loves you? He only did it for the baby, Zara. He doesn't care about you, not the way I do. You know that? I opened my mouth to protest, the words catching in my throat. I knew the reason for our marriage was the baby, but it's different now, right? My mind darted to Kai's warmth, his reassuring presence, then to the uncertai

“And I need something...” “I have a condition to “help you,” he says, cutting me off, I tell him to continue.” Don't get married, if she is in love it will help in the process of softening her image to her parents, and she will have me to confront and justify it. Then calmly think about marriage. Nego shook his head. “She could be pregnant” I speak of my suspicions. Lorenzo snorted and smacked my forehead. Pregnancy before marriage is punishable. "Certainty?" question.

I accept out of spite, drinking it while Lucien works on his laptop like I'm not there. Thirty minutes in, I break the silence. "How many couples will be there?" "Eight, including us." "Do they all have real marriages?" His fingers pause on the keyboard. "Define real." "Marriages that started without contracts." "Most marriages are contracts, Mara. Some are just more honest about it." "That's bleak." "That's reality." He returns to typing. "James and Victoria Worthington married to merge family fortunes. Oliver Grant married his assistant to avoid a sexual harassment lawsuit. The Pattersons have an arrangement where he keeps a mistress and she keeps his credit cards."

"Marrying from all these tribes will not make you vulnerable to them. They would know that you have one of their own and they will be forced to live peacefully with you. They will not come to prey on you when you have an affiliation with them. Marriage will create bonds with different packs and they would stop fighting you.” He seemed to think the idea was absurd as he looked at me intently before laughing. "Do you think so? Have you not seen packs who have affiliation with fight each other? Surely you have, Lady. Some packs do not care about whatever affiliation they have with another pack, once they sense a weakness in another pack, they quickly move to prey on them. That is why I had emph

I questioned, wanting his opinion. “Can’t you live not caring about your grandma’s fortune taking away from her?” he bit back, consuming the coffee. And I smile, showing my teeth. “Fair play. We don’t have any other way than this. What an ill fate!” I commented, and he nodded in agreement. “I had four bargains for this marriage,” I began. “One, I can do what I want as long as it doesn’t ruin our families.” “Fair, so am I,” he said, revealing his drop-gorgeous smile. The pleasures in his countenance, pondering for a second. “That’s a new one, huh.”

She turned and went up the stairs, vanishing into the sanctum of her and Dad's room, leaving us in a thick silence. The sound of her footsteps had hardly dissipated when Josh, the eternal opportunist, made his move. "Fixed marriage? Man, you're seriously getting the bad end of the deal. Your marriage is like a subscription package, you understand? Limited-time offer," he said, attempting a joke, which fell on deaf ears amidst the charged air. He caught a sharp backhand from me, the blow making him jump. "Ouch!" he exclaimed, rubbing the back of his head, his eyes widening in mock outrage.

she sneered, I frowned, she passed me, entering the house, while I stood there, still holding the door. It took me a moment or so to realize she had entered, I turned to look at her, “what do you want Chloe?” I asked, she smirked, “I’m here to take what is mine, Harris” she crossed her arms over her chest, calling out his name. “He’s my husband now, don’t you dare talk about him like that, and he’s not here!” I said, she smiled, “your husband?” she laughed sarcastically. “He was never you husband, Harris told me everything about the marriage contract, everything was fake…” she said, I felt like someone just stabbed me with a dagger, “what?” I asked, feeling shocked, and broken. her words cut