So Not Meant To Be

On my father’s sixtieth birthday, I was overseas, negotiating an energy contract. I deliberately told my wife to throw a huge banquet for him. That day, I watched the mansion’s security footage with a smile. Unexpectedly, I saw my nine adoptive siblings surrounding an unfamiliar old man. That old man wore my dad’s class ring as he happily pulled my wife onto the stage. “Thank you for coming to my birthday banquet. This is my daughter-in-law, the president of the Viapent Group. She’s the absolute best! She spent three million dollars on this banquet! It’s all thanks to my eldest son for finding such a capable wife.” In one corner, my actual father was in tattered clothes, washing dishes with my son. He accidentally splattered some water. One of the guests kicked him in disgust, causing him to cough up blood. The security footage was cut off. How dare these people mistreat my father and son? I called a special number. “I’m putting a stop to the negotiations. My father and son are being abused back home. I am returning to them now.”

I lost everything the night my parents died. What the world called a tragic accident, I know was something far worse. Left with nothing but debts and a younger brother to protect, survival became my only goal. Desperate and out of options, I accepted a job as a secretary at B&S Incorporated, owned by the infamous billionaire, Bryan Smith. Cold, arrogant, and used to getting whatever he wants, he was the last person I ever wanted to work for. But I didn’t have a choice. Then he made me an offer that changed everything. Be his fiancée. Just pretend. In return, he would give me the money I desperately needed. It was supposed to be simple. No feelings. No attachment. Just a contract. But nothing about Bryan Smith was simple. The longer I stayed, the more I realized I wasn’t just trapped in a deal… I was trapped with a man who had no intention of letting me go. “Do you really need this job?” he asked. I swallowed hard, forcing myself to nod. “Yes.” His gaze darkened as he leaned back in his chair. “How desperate are you?”

Phedra Elizabeth - is a girl who loves romantic fairy tales, her job every day is to think of a way to find a good storybook to read, and then she is attracted to a storybook with a mediocre style. When Phedra Elizabeth was on a journey to school, she accidentally had an accident and entered the very book she was immersed in. Here she has to play the role of the third person to enter the story of the original protagonist, and encounter the original male lead - Duncan Hiddleston, Phedra Elizabeth initially contacted the male lead just to get the job done. Duncan Hiddleston could see her lover's figure in her body. The two of them experienced many challenges, especially when the company had an accident and the journey to find the mystery of the male lead's death. Duncan Hiddleston begins to develop feelings - not in the sense of simply missing his ex but because Phedra Elizabeth is Phedra Elizabeth. Although she knew Duncan Hiddleston's feelings, she could not accept them. Later the two came together, Phedra Elizabeth abandoned everything to live with Duncan Hiddleston under one roof.

You know those movies we watch as teens, how the handsome billionaire CEO bachelor falls in love with the average looking Cinderella, who is struggling to make ends meet. How the universe brings them together despite the circumstances of their different worlds. Don't you always wondered how it happens? Or if it actually works in real life? Two people falling in love despite been world's apart. When a child you donated blood to as an infant, identifies you as his mother fours year later. What would you do? Well, that's the beginning of my rollercoaster journey on how I met my very own prince charming, oh I'm sorry he's not that sweet prince charming you're imagining but he is a hot, steaming billionaire. Follow me on my journey on finding my handsome billionaire CEO.

I was the side character, the one destined to be neglected, forgotten, and never chosen. In the novel’s story, I was merely a background existence—the woman fated to marry the male lead, yet never once receive his love. The wife who shared his name but never his attention. Salvatore Mancini. The perfect male lead. Cold, powerful, and admired by everyone. Except me. Because in this story, his heart already belonged to someone else. When I first realized I had transmigrated into this novel, I thought I could change my fate. I tried to avoid the original scenes, tried to step away from the plot. But every time I tried to change something…I returned to the same place. The same moment, the same outcome. As if the unseen author of this story was reminding me again and again: You are only a puppet, and puppets don’t decide their roles. So I stopped resisting. If the story wanted me to be the neglected wife, then I would simply live quietly and let the plot run its course. That was my plan. Until one night, when I finally looked at the man and said casually— “Tell me something, Mr. Mancini. Aren’t you supposed to be my husband?” His cold eyes narrowed slightly, but I simply leaned back and smiled. “Then fulfill your role properly. Let’s see… what kind of man the great Salvatore Mancini is.” For the first time since our marriage he actually looked at me, not through me. At me. I didn’t know what changed after that, but from that night onward. Even when he looked at me with clear irritation. Salvatore Mancini began appearing around me more and more. Which left me with a very unsettling thought. The plot…It didn’t change, right?

I fall in love with my father's friend, an Alpha 20 years my senior. I'm only eight when I first meet him. It happens at a banquet for the upper echelons of the werewolf pack. My father brings me with him. Layson Romanov instantly catches my eye. He stands tall at six feet and two inches, and his toned figure shows through his black suit. He exudes a natural dominance. My father introduces me to him, and he caresses my hair with a smile. Then, he gives me a pink dress adorned with pearls and pink diamonds. "You'll look beautiful when you're old enough to wear this." Back then, I didn't understand what he meant. … Ten years later, I put on that dress and enter his room. He's drugged after falling into someone's trap, and his wolf is out of control. His usually calm eyes are filled with mania. I know that he'll go insane—even lose his life—if he doesn't have an antidote. So, I give him my pure, untainted body. I become his antidote. We later marry, and he loves me as my father would've done. However, when I'm four months pregnant, I discover that his personal secretary, Grace Parker, is also pregnant. "I'm sorry to have put you through this, Grace. Everyone knows I only married Charlotte out of duty. I'll make sure our child is my only heir," he says. It all makes sense now—no wonder Layson refused to mark me despite us being married. Grace is the one he loves. I'm heartbroken. I ingest a large amount of wolfsbane, leading to a miscarriage. I ultimately die of blood loss. Intense regret washes over me as I breathe my last breath. When I open my eyes again, I find that I've been reborn. I'm taken back to the day Layson is drugged…

To help my "destitute" husband pay off his debts, I scavenged for scraps for five years. My son and I survived on expired canned food. That changed on my son's birthday. I saw him in a bespoke suit, spending millions to celebrate the birthday of the woman he truly loved. That was the moment I realized he was actually the most powerful billionaire on Wall Street. To please the love of his life, he let our child be injected with unknown drugs, leaving him on the brink of death. He even forced me to drain my own blood to save her son. Later, I became someone he could no longer reach. I linked arms with a man far more powerful than him and walked away. That once arrogant man ended up kneeling in the Arctic snow, clutching a photo I had burned, weeping like a stray dog.

WARNING 21+ "Kalau kamu tidak bisa mencarikan wanita untuk tidur denganku ... kenapa tidak kamu saja yang menggantikan mereka?" tanya Noel dengan senyum miringnya. Ashley hanya mengepalkan tangan dengan kuat dan berusaha bersabar menghadapi boss brengseknya. Bukan sekali ini saja Noel mengajaknya tidur, tapi berkali-kali. "Maaf, Pak ... saya akan mencarikan perempuan lain untuk anda," jawab Ashley tanpa memutus pandangannya dari wajah Noel. "Aku kaya, tampan dan dealmaker terbaik. Kenapa kamu selalu menolak lelaki sehebat aku, Ash?" tanya Noel dengan dagu terangkat dan senyum superioritasnya. Ashley memberikan senyum sopan lalu menjawab dengan tegas, "Maaf, Pak ... saya tidak seperti mereka." *** Seperti mendapatkan musibah setiap kali Ashley harus pergi ke kantor dan bekerja menjadi sekretaris pribadi Noel. Lelaki itu memiliki hobi terpendam yaitu suka menghabiskan waktu luang untuk bercinta dengan perempuan-perempuan yang dia inginkan. Setiap boss-nya menginginkan hal itu, maka tugas Ashley adalah mencarikan perempuan yang diinginkan Noel kemudian memesan kamar tipe suite memakai atas nama dirinya. Hal seperti itu terus terjadi hingga lima tahun lamanya.

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