Ruthless Chapter 39

"Isabella. In this city, I am the law. I am the judge. And right now... I am your husband." He said. I stared at him, my mouth falling open; I didn’t know if I should laugh. "What?" "The paperwork is already being filed," he said, pulling back and standing tall. "As of tomorrow morning, you are Isabella Moretti. My wife. My property." He said boastfully as I stood there trying to make meaning of his words. ----- Isabella Romano spent ten years trying to be normal. After her father betrayed the mob and disappeared, she and her mother lived in hiding, working hard just to survive. Isabella finally thought the danger was over. She thought she was just a normal girl with a normal life. She was wrong. One night, her door is kicked open. Isabella doesn't find a killer waiting for her. She finds Luca Moretti. He is the most powerful man in the city, and he is as cold as ice. He doesn't want her dead. He wants the fortune her father stole, and he believes Isabella is the only person who can find it. To keep her close and keep her safe from other gangs, Luca forces her to do the one thing she never imagined. He makes her marry him. Living inside Luca’s giant house, Isabella starts to see a different side of the man everyone fears. He has secrets and scars of his own. As his enemies try to burn everything down, she realizes that the man she was forced to marry is the only one who can keep her alive. The world they live in is full of lies and blood. Isabella knows she should run, but she can feel herself falling for a man she is supposed to hate.

"I am your master, I own you. Until your father is able to pay me what he owes, you are just a body for me to fuck and dispose of as soon as you give me an heir" His grip on my chin grew more hurtful as he said those words to me. His menacing scowl made him look like he would want want nothing more than to kill me on the spot. "I am going to pay you back, Tell me how much he owes you right now and I'm going to pay everything back, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" I scream as hard as I can into his face. My hand balling into a fist. His head snapped back as he erupted into a wicked laughter, you think you can pay me what your father owes me?" He released my chin then moved to steps backward. His voice dropped to a whisper, vibrating with restrained anger as he continue to speak, "I dare you to try. Your father owes me half a million dollars, but since you have decided to take on this debt, I give you a month." Rue; Freedom was everything I have ever yearned for, a time when I can finally breathe a breath of relief, a time when I can finally be relieved of the burden of my alcoholic, selfish and gambling addicted father. Until my father sold me to the ruthless mafia Don, Alessandro Vanillin as a payment of five hundred thousand dollars. It was stupid of me to think I was better away from my father.

After losing her job, getting evicted from her apartment, and finding her long-time boyfriend in bed with her cousin, Giselle Saavedra thought her life couldn’t get any worse. Buried in heartbreak and alcohol, she spent the night with a stranger and gave away the one thing she promised to save for marriage. Her virginity. She thought she’d never see him again. A month later, she lands a job as an executive assistant, only to find that her new boss is Jake Johnson, the same man from that night. Cold, ruthless, and extremely powerful, Jake is the country’s most elusive billionaire and also the father of the baby growing inside her. But secrets don’t stay buried for long. Just as love begins to grow between them, dangerous people from their past plot to tear them apart, no matter the cost.

“You are mistaken!” I half-yelled and cupped my mouth before realizing this beast can still rip me into pieces. He took out his large claws and sliced through my arm. I winced in pain. A throbbing pain shot through my arm. “The lycan king never makes mistakes!” “I would rather die than serve you.” I spat. He smirked like a predator who had already won. ***** Rejected by the Alpha and branded weak, Aurora is sold into captivity — a maid for the cursed, ruthless Lycan King. In a world ruled by merciless wolves and ancient beings, survival demands sacrifice… and power comes with a deadly price. When Aurora’s hidden strength is unleashed, the Alpha who once shamed her is filled with regret. But the Lycan King doesn’t release what’s his without a fight. Bound by blood, betrayal, and forbidden Love, Aurora must choose: surrender to the darkness… or become the most dangerous force the realm has ever seen. Will she rise… or be destroyed?

Reigna has harbored a deep crush on Lucas since childhood. Lucas, however, is always rude to Reigna and is in love with another girl. Despite Lucas's resistance, their families arrange their marriage. Reigna is ecstatic, hoping that Lucas will eventually reciprocate her feelings. Lucas remains distant, leaving Reigna feeling unloved and unwanted. After their marriage, Reigna discovers her financial instability. Determined to become better, she works hard to improve herself and becomes financially independent. Reigna decides to get a divorce. Soon after, Reigna discovers she is pregnant with Lucas' child. Fearing Lucas's reaction and his possible abandonment, she decides to raise the child alone, hiding the truth from him. Years later, as Reigna's child grows up, Lucas hears rumors about a son he never knew he had. His curiosity grows, leading him to search for Reigna. As their paths cross again, Reigna must decide whether to reveal the truth and risk heartbreak or continue to keep the secret. Lucas learns the truth about his son and is faced with a life-changing decision. Will he choose to reconnect with Reigna and his child, setting aside his past mistakes, or will he allow fear and regret to keep them apart? Reigna wrestles with her feelings, torn between protecting herself and hoping for a reconciliation with Lucas. Will love, lead to a second chance at happiness, or will the pain of their past be too much to overcome?

Ava had her back at Drex, and for the past month, her life had turned from bad to worse. at that moment when she had fallen deeply in love with the ruthless assassin who contributed to making her life miserable, the world began to look beautiful again, she thought things would turn out for the best, only for her to find out that Drex was not protecting her because he loved her. "I hate you with every fiber in me," Ava screamed in tears. Even when she utters those words, her heart still beats for him, She wished he had killed her that night, she wished he had never met him. She wished she had never fallen for him, how can she love someone who wouldn't miss the slightest opportunity to end her life? "if I disappear out of your life, will that make you happy?" Drex asked. "You are a total jerk!" She yell. With rage, Ava stormed toward him and slapped him across his face, she made to slap him again but Drex held her tightly and draw her into his embrace. Her anger dissipated immediately, she melt away in his embrace. She love his smell, his cologne which she was now familiar with give her nothing but comfort. "I love this side of you, so feisty!" he said. ******** Don Drex Mason is well-known to the outer world as a dropped-dead handsome bachelor and a businessman but in the underworld, he was the most feared ruthless mafia assassin. Ava Anderson, a small-time introverted nosy newspaper journalist, the two personalities crossed paths on an unfortunate rainy night, she was his target and a threat to his client, she's to be eliminated at all costs. but their fate was already sealed by lightning which made them share one soul.

Adam Meadows is a ruthless billionaire, with a heart hardened by a relentless thirst for vengeance. Consumed by the brutal murder of his parents, his life's singular goal is to amass wealth and exact retribution. Relationships are a distraction he couldn't afford, and he dismissed them as trivial. But Adam's meticulously controlled world is upended when he is compelled to look after Jazzlene Agatha Hart, his best friends' sister. Resistant at first, Adam's loyalty to his friends forces him to agree. But as he spends more time with Jazzlene, something surprising unfolds. She brings out a side of him he never knew existed.

“How dare you run away with my child? I will fuck you till you can’t think of running from me ever again,” Hades whispered into her ear, wrapping his hand around her waist. Brielle looked at his masked face in fear. It’s been more than five years and so she never expected he would come after her.

Mirabella Taylor was never meant to step foot inside the Windsor Estate. An orphan. A stripper. A mistake. But when a powerful billionaire tears her from the shadows and drops her into a life of luxury and lies, Bella is forced into a world where wealth rules—and the elite bite. Now she’s living under the same roof as the Windsor twins: Kaius and Kaden. Cold. Merciless. Lethal.And fate just made them her mates.They don’t want her.They want to break her. At school, they humiliate her. At home, they ignore her. And in the dark, when no one’s watching… they burn for her. But Mirabella didn’t survive this long just to be anyone’s victim. She’ll play their games. She’ll wear the crown they never wanted her to touch.And when the time is right, she’ll remind the ruthless Alpha heirs exactly who they underestimated. Because she may be fated to them…But she was never meant to bow.

By day, Zandrielle Inara Clemente is a daring reporter who captures the attention of the nation’s most ruthless zillionaire. By night, she becomes his neglected fiancée—trapped in a loveless engagement with the very same man. Arlend Kaizan El Davion adores one woman and despises the other, never realizing they are the same. But when masks fall and secrets begin to burn, love transforms into a dangerous game neither of them can control. And when the truth finally comes to light—will love survive, or will it destroy them both?