The Man I Married Novels & Stories

His tall frame cast a long shadow over me. "I, Chris Anderson, am stepping up to the plate. I'll take Owen's spot and marry you." I stared up at him. After a long beat, all I could manage was a single word. "Sure." And so, under the stunned and confused stares of the crowd, I married Chris. The second the marriage certificate landed in my hands, it hit me that my ten years with Owen had been nothing but a joke. I had poured every last drop of love I had into him, only to be abandoned time and time again whenever Monica called.

Then he walked away, not even glancing back. I exhaled slowly, watching the man I’d just married disappear like I didn’t even exist. “What the hell,” I muttered under my breath. “I know this is clearly a contract marriage, but how could he be so cold to me like that?” Julian smiled, one hand in his pocket. “So I still have my chances then.” “What do you mean?” “You married him for money, to bear his child, right?” “Yes,” I said, trying to sound stronger than I felt.

"Unbelievable. If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe a woman like this actually existed. She stuck it out through the hard years, and now that the money's rolling in, she wants a divorce?" "She obviously has another man. She probably couldn't keep it in her pants after the pregnancy, and her husband wasn't enough anymore." "You know what, that actually makes sense. I feel sorry for the guy. Imagine when that kid grows up and finds out what kind of mother he has. It'll be humiliating." I was drowning in the noise when my parents arrived with Adam. He looked nothing like he had the day before. The anger was gone, replaced by something raw and urgent. He pushed through the

She kept those promises, but with someone else. I grabbed a pair of scissors. Without hesitation, I cut the photo in half and carefully packed my half away. Since I was leaving, I wasn't going to leave even the smallest trace of myself behind. Once everything was done, I placed the signed separation agreement right on the coffee table. We never registered our marriage, but with all our finances mixed together over the years, it felt right to leave something in writing. I picked up my luggage and walked out the door without a single glance back.

"It was wrong of me, Ella. I made a huge mistake. I was always true to you in the past four years, but I was too materialistic. I shouldn't have looked down on you because I thought you were just an ordinary woman. Let's get married, alright?" I looked down at him coldly. "It's too late, Grayson. I'm already married to Edwin." "You're lying!" Grayson said through clenched teeth. "Even if you did grow up with him, you lost contact for four years, and he only just returned from overseas. How could your relationship develop so fast?"

"That would make my job easier for about ten minutes." For the first time that morning, I relaxed. Severin called while I was leaving the office. "How did it go?" I stopped beside my car. "Complicated." "How complicated?" "Apparently, marriage comes with paperwork. Who knew?" He didn't laugh. "What happened?" "Some of my investments are mixed with joint funds. The house is jointly owned, and there are company payments that need to be examined before I can separate everything." "Do you need help?" I looked at the traffic moving along the road.

​Valerie sat on the sofa, blinking in absolute astonishment as she watched the formidable CEO aggressively furiously typing on his keyboard while scowling at his monitor. ​Do grown men actually have mood swings like this? she thought to herself, fighting off a sudden, quiet urge to laugh at his sulking behavior. ​At five o'clock sharply, Christopher and Valerie clocked out early and took the private car straight to the Blackwood family’s ancestral estate. ​As the car pulled up the winding, grand driveway of the sprawling estate, Christopher turned to Valerie in the backseat. ​“Don't forget what I warned you about,” Christopher reminded her quietly, his voice serious. “Do not mention a single

“The rumors are exaggerated. Don’t give them the satisfaction of watching us fight.” “I’m not going to spend the rest of this engagement pretending your betrayal never happened just so your reputation stays clean.” He exhaled hard. “The wedding is close, Camilla. We both have a lot to lose if this falls apart.” I heard the pressure under the words. For the first time I wondered whether he wanted to marry me because he loved me or because the alternative would be public embarrassment he could not stomach. A woman in a navy dress appeared and pulled him toward a group of senior partners. He kissed my cheek and left me standing alone.

Standing beneath the spotlight, facing an audience packed with prominent business figures and cameras flashing from every direction, he brought up his personal life. “I'd like to take this opportunity to clear something up. “I never wanted my marriage to Ms. Zoe Lincoln to end. There were serious misunderstandings involved.” The room fell deathly silent. Countless stunned, curious, and disbelieving eyes turned toward him. Aiden met their gazes and continued, each word firm and deliberate. “I want to make one thing absolutely clear. Zoe Lincoln is the only woman I will ever call my wife. “I'm doing everything I can to make up for my mistakes.”

THE HUSBAND I NEVER MARRIED She doesn't remember marrying him. He remembers every moment of their marriage. And someone is determined to keep it that way. Amelia Carter has always believed she knows everything about her life. She has a job she enjoys, a best friend she trusts and a future she is determined to build. Until a mysterious package arrives at her apartment containing a wedding photograph. In the picture, Amelia is wearing a beautiful white wedding gown, standing beside a handsome stranger with his arms wrapped around her waist. The date on the photograph is three years earlier. The problem? Amelia has never been married. When a mysterious man calls her, claiming