When Trust Is Gone - The Quarterback's Regret Novels & Stories

I was born in the slums with nothing to my name, yet somehow, I once saved the most dangerous man in all of Sicile. In a crumbling shack, I treated his wounds while he patched the leaks in my roof whenever it rained. Later, he pulled me out of that miserable life and brought me into the heavily guarded estate of a mafia family. Together, we even had a son. However, seven years had passed, and he still had never publicly acknowledged either our child or me, all because my background was too lowly. Gabriele Carlos once told me that as long as our son proved himself exceptional enough, the family would eventually accept him. So even at only seven years old, my son pushed himself desperately

I gave my full support when my father decided to set aside $2.1 billion in trust funds for his three illegitimate kids. Things had been very different in my previous life. At the time, the company urgently needed capital for a new project, and I had convinced my father to postpone setting up the trusts. I never imagined the three of them would take it as an attempt to seize the family fortune for myself. Furious, they went street racing to vent their anger. The result was a fatal crash. The car was destroyed, and none of them survived. Under my leadership, the company continued to grow at an astonishing pace and eventually secured a place on the Fortune Global 500 list. Yet on the very d

HE ASKED ME TO DIE FOR THE WOMAN HE LOVED. SO I DID His grandfather forced him to marry me after one terrible night, But he brought his lover into our home and made me invisible in my own marriage. I thought if I loved him hard enough, he'd finally see me. Then I got pregnant. The same night I planned to tell him about our baby, Jeff came home with a request that shattered my world: Irene needed a heart transplant, and he expected me to donate mine. He was asking me to die. To sacrifice myself and our unborn child for a woman who'd stolen my story and his heart. That night, Claire Anderson disappeared forever. Five years later, I returned as Amber Sterling…a powerful CEO

On Christmas Eve, Ophelia Ursa Hyacinth planned to surprise her husband with the news of her pregnancy. Instead, she caught him in bed with her own sister. In one night, Lia lost everything—her marriage, her family, and the child she had waited five years for. But the betrayal ran deeper than she ever imagined. Her husband had secretly given her birth control for years, and the nephew she loved was actually their child. Broken and alone, Lia accepts a dangerous offer from the cold and powerful billionaire Phoenix Vega Alioth, a contract marriage in exchange for revenge. But Lia doesn’t know the truth. The man who promised to save her…. is the very man who believes she murdered his broth

My brother and childhood sweetheart both fall in love with my adopted sister who is about to marry someplace afar in my stead. One of them has forgotten about me, and the other has broken his vow to always be by my side. To win back Mona Pierce—who has learned the truth—they join forces to push me down the stairs on my birthday. I lose all hope in them and agree to the arranged marriage. Five days later, I leave the Greer family for good. Yet, after my departure, they regret everything.

After ten years together, Aiden, my Alpha, my first and only love, finally promised to hold the mating ceremony with me during the Spring Hunt Festival. I was overjoyed. That night, at the festival party, I downed a few extra glasses of wine. However, Aiden, who had always been so gentle with me, suddenly became someone I didn't recognize. He scolded me, said I was unfit to be the future Luna if I couldn’t even follow the rules, and shoved me out of the car. Drunk and dazed, I was left alone in the dangerous Shadow Forest. Terrified but unwilling to break, I walked through that forest for five hours in the dead of night. When I finally made it back to our home, I heard him in the other r

On the very first day I'm welcomed back into the Morcant family, my grandfather announces to the public that I am the future successor of Morcant Group. My father handpicks three potential marriage candidates for me, but all of them only have eyes for the fake heiress, Eliana Morcant. The three of them go out of their way to isolate and embarrass me in public—except for Keanu Strathmore, who always comes to my defense. Somewhere along the way, I fall for him and decide to choose him. Before our engagement, Eliana threatens to jump off a building. I rush to the scene, only to find Keanu kneeling before her, vowing, "You're the only one I love. Once I help you take back your family's inher

On the evening of her wedding anniversary, Diana walks into her own home carrying groceries and hope, only to realise she has already been replaced. Replaced by her daughter’s school teacher – Lauren Johnson. “You threw her a birthday party in my house?” Diana asked, her voice shaking. “On our wedding anniversary?” She’s rejected not only by her husband, but by her own daughter too. “Miss Lauren, can you please be my Mommy?” Selena cried. “I hate her!” She pointed at her mother, her little eight-years-old voice betraying her age. Every sacrifice finally reveals itself for what it was: slow erasure. When Diana places a file in Henry’s hand and says, “Sign this,” she is done begging. She

On the very day I underwent a vasectomy, Susan bought the designer tuxedo I had been eyeing for months. However, her next words struck me like a bolt of lightning. “Tomorrow is my baby’s sip-and-see. I need you looking your best.” The IV needle snapped right out of the back of my hand. With bloodshot eyes, I begged her to stop playing around. However, her face remained dead serious. “Choosing to be childfree back then was just a compromise because we were struggling. But now, I’m sitting on a multi-million dollar estate. I need an heir to inherit my fortune. My child will be your child, too. From now on, you will be the baby’s godfather.” In that exact moment, my vision blurred. “So, yo

She buried Elara Cooper to become no one. He fell in love with a waitress who didn't exist. Isla Sterling built a new life out of nothing , no father's empire, no family name, just a job, a studio apartment, and the man who made her believe she deserved it: Jaxon Devoss, billionaire CEO, husband, and the one mistake that nearly killed her. When a kidnapper's ultimatum forced Jaxon to choose between his pregnant ex and his wife, he chose wrong , and Isla paid for it with an explosion, a $10 million bribe, and a life she had to erase all over again. Years later, Elara Cooper runs an empire of her own, raising the son Jaxon doesn't know he has. When his company comes crawling to her boardro