The World Played Chess Novels & Stories

The night before my wedding, I stumbled upon his old chat logs with his friends. "I've never met anyone so easy to fool." "You know she comes from a single-parent home, right? She’s desperate for love." "So, all I have to do is be a little nice to her, and she throws herself at me." I used to believed he had saved me from the depths of despair, but in the end, he played me for a fool. I thought I’d found love, but in the end, my sincerity was worth less than dirt.

When struggling waitress Elira Cruz was forced into entering a contract marriage with cold, ruthless billionaire Caelan Ferrer, she thought she was sealing just another business deal: one year, no emotions, no strings. But behind that icy stare lay hurtful memories Elira unknowingly played a part in. Snowed in by her messy kindness, the man who swore never to love again slowly began to thaw. Secrets begin to unfold underneath. A hidden link ties them much closer than either one would have imagined. Will their fake marriage survive the truth...or will love become the price of revenge?

Due to the famine in their pack, Anna Blackwood is given out as the substitute bride to the prince of the prosperous Lycan Blood Moon Pack, Xavier Octavian. Anna accepts to be his substitute bride because she wants revenge against Xavier and the Blood Moon Pack, for the role they played in the disappearance of her mother. Xavier is angry when his uncle, Lartes tells him about his new arranged bride, Anna and he does everything in his power to chase her away. Would Anna keep on fighting to know the truth? Or would a new web of love develop amongst the duo? Find out

For six years Lila has played the perfect invisible daughter. Plain, quiet, worthless. Just to survive her cruel, status-obsessed family. While her golden sister shines in the spotlight, Lila secretly thrives as rising actress Liora Vale. No one knows the woman she really is. Starved for even a scrap of love, she has learned to disappear so completely that she almost believes the lie herself. When her sister refuses to marry the broken heir Damien Blackthorn, Lila is sacrificed in her place. Everyone expects her to become the silent, obedient wife to a man the world pities. But the moment she accidentally falls into Damien's lap, he sees straight through her mask. And he chooses her. Trapped in his estate, Lila discovers Damien isn't broken at all. He is being slowly poisoned by his own uncle and he is far more dangerous than anyone realises. Two people who have spent their entire lives performing are now bound together, each hiding lethal secrets, while Lila's family and Damien's uncle close in from both sides. In a house full of cameras and carefully constructed warmth, they begin, slowly and dangerously, to stop performing. But his uncle has been running this operation for over a decade. And he did not choose Lila by accident.

In my last life, the System let my parents swap my SAT scores with my twin's. I was always top of my class—until I magically bombed with a 640. Amelia Everton? Scored a perfect 1520, like she'd earned it. The internet went nuts. Everyone called me a fraud. My parents played innocent on TV, said I'd been cheating for years. Every college ghosted me. Then they kicked me out. I froze to death alone. Not this time. I'm taking it all back—every last thing they stole.

"How bad do you want it? Is it strong enough for you to become my pet." His hands wrapped around her neck, and his voice a low growl as a deadly smile played on his lips. *** Bella knew the Mystery Cafeteria Boy was trouble from the first time she saw him. He was the one that was going to blow up her cover and uncover her past. Stuck in the same grade she had no other choice but to make a deal to become his pet. Could he bully his pet? Yes. Fall in love with his pet? Hell no.

Her :Life is perfect atleast thats what I thought until I met him.. My Brother-in-law My sisters's husband. He is something you want to spend a night with but not a life with. My perfect and beautiful life messed up once he wanted Me as his bed partner. Him :I was played , broken , betrayed..I suffered more than i deserved. I was the victim. Now it's time for their suffering. I expected everything but what i never expected is to become dangerously obsessed with her. Everything was going through My plan but My feelings for her is stronger than My hatred for them..

Emile Burke was your classic happy-go-lucky girl till she fell in love .... fell in love with someone who didn't love her. Emile fell in love with Daniel at first sight but Daniel had someone he liked. She knew she was destined for disappointment till fate played a trick which bound her to her first love by marriage. Despite fate's intervention and the marrying her dream lover, Emile's life went from miserable to more miserable.... Will Daniel see her devotion and love for him? Or Will Emile wake from her obsession of holding on to her first love?

Escaping from the captive of her terrible boyfriend, Jane presumed she could start afresh. Be happy and forget about the past. Little did she know that escaping from her boyfriend would lead to the beginning of disaster. She was the price to pay for her father's debts, but instead she was auctioned to a Mafia. Alexander, the ruthless Mafia Lord, always played his cards right. Killing two birds with one stone. 80 million dollars was worth risking to acquire the club and the unexpected lot. But what if innocent Jane wasn't just an auctioned item but also the price for a debt owned to the Mafia Lord.

After going bankrupt, I was given away as a gift by my former nemesis, Colt Reyes. My former lover, Emerson Snyder, the one I had played with the most ruthlessly before, now traced his fingers along my face, his hands roaming every inch of my body. "You sure had a lot of lovers," he said. I provoked him defiantly, telling him he was the most despicable among all my lovers. He gave my face a light pat, his suggestive tone dripping with amusement. "That's okay. Now you only need to serve me."