Upbringing Novels & Stories

Complete!!!!!! She grew in wealth without the love she needed the most. In a world with customs and traditions, her upbringing was her destruction. She was trained to make men bend their knees at the sight of her smile yet she bores pure innocence. Then, she was sold to the highest bidder for what her family calls an initiation before she turns a woman. What would happen to her? Would she fall in love to the enigmatic prince who bought her? What would happen if she delve herself on her darkest desires? ...... Hot breath tickled my nose and the smell of my favorite vanilla potpourri filled me. I opened my eyes. Gray met me, like a cluster of angry clouds. "Good morning," the guy whispered in my face. His proximity made me hold my breath. The guy won the bidding and I wasn't wrong. His stare held intensity. He backed down, going to his seat, across from mine. My head snapped to the side; the morning lights seeped through the window beside me. White cumulus clouds parted as the plane flew us above the horizon. I must be asleep for too long that they were able to transfer me from the helicopter to the plane. I snapped back my attention to the guy, "What's your name?" I asked the first question that popped in my mind, being able to let go of the building tensions. "I'm An--" A chuckle escaped from the guy. "No need for proper introductions but as you initiated. I am Yulian." He scratched his chin, looking for my reactions, his thick accent indicated Russian descent. "And you, milady is going to be Mi Eliza, my wife." "Wife? But--" I stopped couldn’t able to form the right words to say. "For a year, yes."

Ruby Vale- “The girl abandoned by her world… who rose to rule it”. Ruby Vale grew up as the daughter of the prestigious Vale family. Elegant, compassionate, and quietly strong, Ruby possessed a warmth rare among high society elites. Beneath her gentle personality existed remarkable intelligence and determination, though her sheltered upbringing prevented her from fully discovering her own strength. But everything changed the night of her accident. After spending two years trapped in a coma, Ruby awakens to horrifying truths that destroy her entire reality. As Ruby slowly steps into the cruel world of power, business, betrayal, and revenge, she discovers hidden talents and strength within herself that even she never knew existed. Stefan Ashford- “The man the world fears…and the man who loved her in silence”. Stefan Ashford is the youngest billionaire in the United Kingdom and the sole heir of the globally powerful Ashford legacy. At only thirty years old, he transformed Ashford Group into one of the top three companies in the world, dominating industries with ruthless intelligence and unmatched business instincts. Love was never something he believed belonged in his life until one accidental encounter changed everything. For five years, Stefan silently loved Ruby Vale from afar. She was the heartbeat he never knew he possessed. What makes Stefan terrifying is not only his power, wealth, or intelligence. It is the intensity with which he loves. What happens when a cold billionaire who loved silently for years collides with a woman reborn from betrayal and heartbreak? Will Ruby uncover the truth behind her accident and her hidden past before her enemies destroy her again? Can Stefan protect the woman he loves while hiding dangerous secrets of his own?