The Abandoned Wife Roxanne And Lucian Novels & Stories

She barely felt Laura’s smirk as she left the room, quietly shutting the door behind her. Laura and Francesca returned later that morning, only to find their plan had backfired in the most unexpected way. They had hoped Luciano would find Rosa trying to seduce him and throw her out in a fit of rage or, better, kill her; they hadn't intended for the marriage to actually be consummated. However, they quickly pivoted, sensing an opportunity in Luciano’s fury. They whispered poison into his ear, convincing him that Rosa had planned this all along—that she was a gold-digger who had trapped him to secure his money and power. They provoked him.

“The edict commanded Lady Rubina to marry Prince Lucian.” I looked at them, my mind reeling, the words "Please tell me it's not true" screaming silently in my head. Rosie didn't need me to speak. She simply nodded, her gaze full of sympathy. “She is the first of the nineteen women who died,” she confirmed the chilling connection. “Why... why did Edward Hawthorne allow his daughter to marry Lucian, despite knowing about the curse?” I whispered, the sheer cruelty of the decision suffocating me.

"Lucian, you promised you'd divorce her and marry me! Why are you backing out now? You're lying to me. You know how much I love you—how could you do this?" "Abbie, I'm not lying to you. It's for the sake of the pack's new alliances." Lucian's tone was calm and detached, offering no further explanation. "Lucian, you've fallen for her, haven't you? You've forgotten that I almost died for you. You're completely obsessed with her now! You're all I have. If you don't want me anymore, I'd rather be dead." Abbie's voice grew faint. Before Lucian could respond, she hung up and drove away from the villa.

I loved my husband, Damian, for fifteen years—from school uniforms to a wedding dress. Everyone said he doted on me down to his bones. Until I saw him with my own eyes, shielding another woman in his arms. All because of one absurd misunderstanding, he chose to cheat on me as payback—and even let his mistress get pregnant without a flicker of guilt. I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene. I just smiled and tricked him into signing the divorce papers, ready to disappear from his world for good. But I never expected that his best friend, Lucian, had been waiting for me in the shadows all along. I used to think he was gloomy, that he hated me. I never knew that he had loved me for fifteen yea

A woman learns which fights she can win tonight and which she has to win later. But I kept the words. Look in his vault. *** Lucien Roux did not sleep. He rode for Bloodpine ahead of his own guard, ahead of the girl, ahead of the questions, and went down alone into the oldest part of his house, where the cold held in every season and the founding records slept in their iron drawers. He told himself he came to disprove a madwoman. Alone, he was honest enough to know that for the lie it was.

he said simply. I nodded "Vivienne... Vivienne Vixen" I said, Lucian turned to look at me, a surprised expression on his face "Vixen? Your last name is Vixen?" He asked amused, I nodded, confused as to where he was going with this. He smirked, before looking back out the window "My little Vixen" he mumbled. • "You all settled in?" I turned to see Lucian in the doorway I was given a room in the Ivanov house

It was clear from the way the rogues looked at Lucianne that their Queen was the target, so the warriors fought ferociously to keep them away from Lucianne. Lucianne herself was still stubbornly trying to pinpoint the source of the Oleander. After sniffing for a few seconds, she sensed the smell coming at lightning speed and a blade was shot in her direction, stabbing her arm as she groaned in pain, making Xandar growl in rage. Lucianne fell on her butt as Clement and Tate ran towards her. They were getting rid of the last of the rogue wolves when they heard her groan. The Lycan warriors were as furious as their King was when their Queen got hurt on their watch. Lucianne took out the blade,

he offered as an excuse, having no other valid one, because while he was entangled with his lover, his wife was giving birth and their child was dying. "And to hell with that, Robert! You have a lover, and that's clear to all of us. Do you think I haven't seen you with her? You kept my sister locked up, while you paraded her around the whole damn country, shamelessly holding her hand. But I swear to everything I hold dear, you will pay for what you've done!" she threatened. "I want to see my wife, where is she?" "Now you have a wife?" she arched an eyebrow and twisted her mouth as she spoke, hearing that ridiculous statement from Robert. "Now she's your wife, isn't she?"

James dutifully provided for the family, but apart from that one incident that resulted in Liana's conception, they were never intimate and slept in different rooms. Quinta had hoped that her daughter's pregnancy would expedite Rich and Megan's divorce, positioning Liana as the rightful Mrs. Wayne. However, after the miscarriage, they needed a new plan. She comforted her daughter as she began to devise a Plan B. ****** Dante pulled his hood up, hiding his face as he walked down the street. He had rented a shabby apartment to use as a hideout while on the run, but his money was running low. Sometimes, he could hear Benny's voice pleading with him to let him go. It was never his intention to h

He completed his sentence and plopped down onto the sofa with a hectic look on his face. Avelina gazed at him, and with her hands balled into a tight fists, she pulled the door open. "I am not your wife, and never will I be!" She declared and stormed out of the room. Lucian pinched between his brows and lowered his head in deep stress. "What a headache!" He complained and lay down on the couch. ———- Across the long table, Lucian's father, Lehalt de' Cole, sat opposite a middle-aged man who appeared to be his age.