Novel & Cerita The Five Powerhouses Who Match The Unwilling Bride

"What would you recommend for someone who's... brave, and strong, but also has this soft side she doesn't always show?" The woman's eyes lit up. "Ah, a complex woman. The best kind." She moved through the shop, selecting stems gently. "Peonies for romance and honor, because she's both soft and strong. Sunflowers for adoration and loyalty… these speak of steadfast devotion. And ranunculus for radiant charm, because I suspect she lights up your world." "That's... perfect, actually." She assembled the bouquet with care, her weathered hands moving with artistic precision. "This woman, she knows how you feel?"

The stranger who was somehow going to make all her pain disappear. And it begins.... Raya Bridges stood in the midst of the large crowd completely frozen with a dinner tray in her hand. She was unsure of what to do or say. What was supposed to be just another day at work had gone very unexpectedly. “My dear, please consider my offer, marry my son Raphael.” Fredrick Renolds said again. “Uhm… Uhm… I… I” Raya stuttered. The whole scenario felt so surreal to her, she could not understand why Fredrick Renolds who happened to be the wealthiest man in West Hartford would want her as his daughter in-law.

My voice was low, bitter. She smiled like she’d won. “Good. Then let’s start over. Forget the girl. We’ll plan the wedding, merge the companies, and finally give the board what they want.” My hands curled into fists. “The board doesn’t decide who I marry.” “They don’t have to,” she countered. “You will. Because you always choose power. That’s why you’re Xander BLAKE.” Her confidence made me sick. Maybe once, years ago, that would’ve been true. But then Mia happened, unexpected, uninvited, yet somehow the only thing that felt real in a life built on strategy.

I know no girl won't want to be the bride of a billionaire and I just need to give Cassie a few days for her to succumb to my wish, just like I had succumbed to her mother's.

This one is demanding, menacing, ruthless and smells dangerous. He is so devious, cruel and yet so powerful. "What did you just say?" He laughed. "Do you think you have a choice in this? You know how important this marriage is for both our families. I could refuse and your father will never get his inheritance" Sebastian mocked. Cassandra knew he was right. She had no choice. Her father would have her hunted down and have her killed if she disobeyed his commands. As for her mother, she would disown her and take sides with her father. Both of them would erase her name from the family book and if she gets lucky, she would live.

“Don’t act coy. I know it’s Brandon and you can’t be together because your family forbids it” She scrunched her face in disgust. “Eww Paisley. I will never date Brandon” I frowned. Then who was the W and B? Or is it Brayan? “Did Brayan have a secret lover he couldn’t be with?” She scoffed. “No and even if he did I wouldn’t know about it. He’s too private” Then? “I think I know who owns the letter” “Who?” “Aunt Whitley. She had a man who she was in love with but her family wouldn’t consent to the mating and because she was too obedient and wouldn’t go against their wishes, she had to let him go and she never got mated again”

I turned it off and tried to redirect my father's attention back to me. He gathered himself and continued his story. He explained that Edward got into business with some very bad guys from another country, and everything went sideways. He said that when it was all said and done, Edward owed these people a lot of money that he could not pay back... and they were either going to kill him, or take his young wife, Amanda as payment and regain their money by selling her into the sex trade.

“The king decreed I must witness that the vows are consummated.” “I thought perhaps just the bloody sheet...” she said softly. Padraig’s eyes narrowed. She could not provide a bloody sheet and they both knew it. “One of my brothers is to marry a widow, she can not provide a bloody sheet. It would not be fair if the emissary had to watch them and not us.”

*Constant sex is allowed *" What the hell does Hunter thinks he's doing. I rush to his room. He look up from his laptop and smirk. "What do you want wiffy " he says and i huff. "What's the meaning of this " I say showing him the contract. "Oh that? That's a norms for married couple. Right? " he says and smirk. "Nooo, I want it changed, and besides our marriage is not real " I told him. "Well, it's marked obligatory. It cannot be changed. And also our marriage is real, we are Betrothed remember? The only thing is we are getting divorced after a year "

They believed that in order to chose a bride for the heir, there has to be a series of tests and all sorts before a bride will be chosen. Then three ladies from respectable families will contest and a bride will be chosen from them. And none of the ladies are allowed to have any sexual relations with the groom before hand at all otherwise it'll lead to an automatic engagement. The three families contesting this time are the Jades, the Riollas and the Linos... The tiny weeny problem with this was that I'd already slept with the Riolla girl last week. I didn't know she was a Riolla and I'm pretty sure the bitch did it to hook me down, well jokes on her because I'm not getting married to a fuck