Substitute

Lawrence Hale has been Julia Ware's assistant and lover for seven years, but she's now getting engaged to someone else. She calls off their engagement during an auction, and he thinks she wants to propose to him. It's only when a face that looks almost identical to him shows up that he realizes he's never been more than a replacement.

In exchange for a modeling career and wanting to chase her dreams, Beauty Acuesta agreed to substitute her sister as a secretary at Monde Corporation. However, she soon realizes the job is not as easy as she thought, and the office work is quite chaotic. Fresh from a cheating breakup, Beauty realizes she missed out on many opportunities due to her ex. Beauty then unexpectedly encounters Drew Mondragon, the man who rescued her from hell that night, not realizing his true identity as her sister's boss, the CEO, and owner of Monde Corporation. Drew Mondragon, a member of the Royal Mondragon family, is a billionaire known for his short temper and perfectionism, tempered by his kind heart. When his secretary filed for an extended leave, a substitute was provided, and her name was Beauty. Drew had met Beauty before, and that night was unforgettable. Beauty had captured Drew's heart. Shockingly, Beauty is a headache! She's obviously out of Drew's standard, but somehow, Drew wants to keep and protect her. And whenever they get close together at work, the intense attraction between them escalates like fireworks. Beauty dreams of becoming a supermodel, and Drew wants Beauty to be his wife. One heart desires to chase a dream, while the other craves a family. Can love conquer ambition? Or will the Billionaire be able to keep his Beauty forever? Matured content 18+ This is under The Mondragon Billionaire's Boys Club, a stand-alone series. C.M. LOUDEN

Astrid Jones had just gotten into college and was juggling studies and her part time waitering job at the popular Queens House, when she met Robin DeMarco, the well known billionaire. Robin's fiancé had just jilted him just few weeks to their wedding, so he was in desperate need for a substitute bride he would pay handsomely, to go down the aisle with him and they would get divorced after three months. Astrid had accepted the proposal because of the pay and had went on with the fake marriage. However, fate had other plans for her, when she started budding feelings for Robin towards the end of their contract term. Would he ever love her back, especially when his ex fiancé was back in his life? Astrid was forced to choose, either to fight for her love or leave like the contract had stated.

Irene's life crumbles before her when she is used as a substitute for her father's enormous debt and she is forced to get married to a man she doesn't want to get married to because of her father's debt. Irene develops immense hatred for Xavier because he didn't only force her to get married to him but he was also a beast and a werewolf! Alpha Xavier who is cursed by the moon goddess and deprived of having a mate for years, forces Irene to get married to him because he must have Luna by his side before becoming the Supreme Alpha. In a bid to become the supreme Alpha, Alpha Xavier deceives the Supreme Alpha and the other pack that his mate is a werewolf and his curse has been waded off. He also develops sudden hatred for Irene after she almost ruined his chance of becoming the Supreme Alpha. What would happen when the current Supreme Alpha finds out that Xavier tried to deceive him? What would happen when different forces tried to stop him from mounting the throne of the supreme Alpha? What would happen when Xavier realizes that his curse has truly been waded off and Irene was his destined mate and Luna?How will the immense hate between Xavier and Irene vanish when they realize that they are destined for each other?

Lexus Rodriguez, 29, is a successful businessman who was abandoned by his brideーSteffy Drechsler, on their wedding day. He was even more furious when he found out that the Drechsler family had swapped their twins to take Steffy's place as a substitute brideーStella Drechsler. "The farther you are, the closer I'll be. When you fall, I'll reach out my hand for you. And when you stand tall, I'll always stand up to support you." Lexus Rodriguez. "When I almost impossible to achieve something, you come to offer love and happiness." Stella Drechsler. He was the bad boy with an incomprehensible personality. She was the good girl, who is always being bullied in her family, and she was his. Not only that, Steffy also wanted to return to Lexus when she felt that her life was unlucky living with her mistress. === Genre: [Romance] [R-18] [Rich] [Billionaire] [Handsome Male Lead] [Twins] [Arranged Marriage] [Revenge] [Mature Content] === Note: Hy, Candyliciouz! English is not my primary language. Thanks for understanding.

 : Ashley was forced to marry a crippled old man to save her mom's life. When she woke up the next day, she saw a stunning man beside her, she clutched onto him tightly and his forehead. "I want to continue living in this dreamland, there is a handsome Man here! She murmured half sleep. She touched his   " oh my God, he has broad shoulders and chocolate abs, she thought and momentarily licked her lips. " Holy heavens, don't let me wake up, I'm just going to stay married to him here in my dream! All those thoughts were going on in her head. Ashley opened her eyes slowly and saw a man beside her, he wasn't the man she married. "Hey beautiful" his hoarse and deep voice came through. Ashley shoved him and he stumbled to the floor. " Ouch…. my waist" he in pain. "Help!. There is an intruder here!

"I will give you $80,000, but only if you substitute your sister to marry Alexander Knight," Graham told his eldest daughter, Claire Jhonson. Claire was forced to substitute her stepsister, Alice, to marry a bankrupt and ugly billionaire's son named Alexander Knight. In desperate need of money for her mother's medical expenses, Claire is forced to agree. However, no one knows that the ugly billionaire's son Claire is about to marry owns his own business. A business that would make him the most influential businessman in his country.

"Fine, I’ll do it, but only on the condition that my grandma gets proper treatment. If you don’t hold your end of the bargain,” Sandra said as her tone quieted down before adding, “even the stars won’t save you from me.” ******* He wanted a bride, and unknown to him, he’d married the wrong bride. Aztec Marshall was cruel, and toxic for a powerful alpha, but that was how he reigned. Many who knew him were too scared to even look in his direction. Women who loved his dangerous aura wanted him, but all he needed was for his pack to be strong. She was a simple human, with simple desires, though her greatest challenge was to finance her sickling grandma, the only family that truly cared about her. Adopted into a werewolf family, Sandra Franzel didn't know that she was just a contingency plan for them, until the dreaded day came, when she had to fit herself into a damn gown, thanks to her sister, Scarlet who had made a run for it on her wedding day. However, for the sake of her grandma, Sandra wasn't scared to be the devil’s wife. Bound by a marriage of convenience, they both have to learn to live with each other, even though the longer they stay married, the more secrets come to the surface.

“If I understand you perfectly, you mean Malcolm is in a wedding hall filled with guests, waiting for his bride to arrive but there is really no bride coming?” I recounted. F*ck! ...... To save her Family name, Noelle had no choice but to get married to Malcolm after his bride bailed on him. Malcolm does not seem to appreciate that fact as he feels that Noelle took his love, Emery away from him. She is no longer the girl he used to adore and love, but the girl he now despise. Will Malcolm ever be able to forgive Noelle and what happens when he supposed wife is found dead?

My boyfriend was both poor and mute, yet we were deeply in love. When the earthquake struck, he clawed at the rubble with his bare hands to save me. His ten fingers were reduced to raw, bloody stumps. I worked three jobs just to support him, often pushing myself to the brink of exhaustion. Most days, I was so hungry I fainted. But I never imagined the truth—he had only pretended to be mute to deceive me. And he wasn’t poor at all. In fact, he was the wealthiest man in the city. He could casually order a Ferrari worth millions for his first love, without so much as a second thought. Yet he spent the 10,000 dollars I had painstakingly saved on a handbag for her, leaving me unable to pay for my grandmother’s surgery. She died, helpless and in agony.