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Love in the shadow  by vilocity
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He was the world's golden boy, and I was the girl he couldn't show. Four years of stolen moments, promises of tomorrow... until I realized some love is meant to stay hidden.
Make Me Yours by MissusEvolve
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Laura is a modest college graduate juggling multiple jobs while also assisting as a part-time fashion designer during the evenings. She shoulders the responsibility of caring for her younger brother independently. Unexpectedly, her life takes a drastic turn when her stepmother orchestrates a distressing situation-Laura is bartered to marry the CEO of Sullivan Holdings Inc., a dominant and influential business magnate reigning over the entire continent of Eurica. Despite his enigmatic absence from the public eye and the lack of online imagery, the CEO was previously perceived as aged, ineffective, and unattractive. However, as events unfold, this perception undergoes a transformation. #1 in Fix Marriage #3 in Billionaire Husband
The Years We Lost by Emalin123
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Eight years ago, Bailey ran from the small town that broke her heart. She left behind a love that once felt unbreakable, a boy who chose rumors over trust, and a town that turned its back on her when lies painted her as a sinner. Now she's back-pulled home by a will she never expected and a past she tried to forget. Ashton, the mayor's golden son, has moved on. He's successful. Respected. And engaged to the best friend who betrayed her. What no one knows is the secret Bailey carried with her when she left. A child. Ashton's child. In a town where gossip never dies and forgiveness comes at a cost, Bailey must face old wounds, buried truths, and the question she's been avoiding for years. Can first love survive betrayal... or is some damage permanent? Some love stories don't end...they wait.
For the Record by esardeel
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Eight years of love. One engagement. A betrayal that shattered everything. Sofia Reyes thought she had finally escaped the ghost of Jake Sanders - the man she loved through college, med school, and heartbreak. The man whose mother forced her out of his life, one cruel threat at a time. But fate isn't finished. When Sofia, now a trauma surgeon, finds Jake on her operating table after a high-profile accident, the past she buried starts bleeding through every wound. Jake doesn't remember why she left. Sofia won't tell him. And the daughter she raised in secret? She's about to ask questions no one's ready to answer. He's a medical celebrity. She's the woman who disappeared. What happens when closure knocks in a tuxedo - and asks to be a father? - 💔 A slow-burn, second-chance romance about the love we let go, the truths we hide, and the wounds that still remember. #secondchance #secretbaby #slowburn #heartbreak #hospitalromance #FilipinoRomance
The Discarded Wife: His Biggest Mistake by Tugame
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She rebuilt herself from his betrayal. Now he's begging for her mercy. After six years of sacrifice, Emma's CEO husband left her for his "more ambitious" assistant. Two years later, Emma is a tech mogul-and his company is dying. The only person who can save him? The wife he threw away. He wanted someone ambitious. He got his wish. Now she owns him. Revenge. Redemption. And a second chance neither of them saw coming. The glow-up story you've been dreaming about. The forgiveness journey you didn't know you needed.
When Hell Freezes Over by catherineosei
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I have a story to tell you. One about love-- the kind that swears forever under starlight... And the kind that leaves you waiting at 2:00 a.m. in a dress he'll never come home to see. Once, he kissed me like I was the only thing that made sense. Now he won't even look at me. The vows were real. The silence is louder. The bed is cold. I keep telling myself it's just another rough patch. But the candles burn out. The food goes cold. And his green eyes aren't soft anymore- just angry. One day, he stops coming home. One day, the doctor says words I can't unhear. One day, a stranger with hazel eyes asks if I'm okay. And I wish they were green. For a while. But this isn't a story about waiting. It's a story about finally walking away. About the woman who stayed too long- and the one she chose to become after. Live it with me. Won't you?
Work In Progress: Lamebrain #6: Flawed Mercy by AJBishopWrites
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Rachel's heart broke ten years ago. The man she wanted never saw her. She was never on his radar. So she moved on--or tried to. He was her best friend's brother, after all; escaping him was impossible. Instead, she built a life. Married another man who promised her the kind of love she'd stopped waiting for. But promises shatter easily. When Rachel discovers her husband's infidelity, the illusion of her happy ending crumbles. Mark was never the man who saw her. And the miserable truth is--the only man who ever did, abandoned her while her world fell apart. Now she's a new mother to her cheating, abusive husband's daughter, surrounded by friends who refuse to let her break... including him. Roy. Leroy. The man she weaved fantasies around since she was thirteen. So when he finally looks at her--really looks at her--and promises the kind of love she once dreamed about, Rachel lets herself fall. Completely. Only to learn she was never going to be his first choice. He had twenty years to hear her. Five months to claim her. And one night was all it took--for him to destroy her instead.
UNTOLD by daphnewritesforyou
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Delilah Monroe has spent two years trapped in a marriage that was never meant for love. Born into wealth and bound by duty, she plays the role of the perfect wife in public-graceful, elegant, untouchable. But behind closed doors, her husband is nothing more than a stranger, cold and distant, as if she were just another business acquisition. Adrian Lennox has everything: power, fortune, control. But the one thing he truly wants-the woman he secretly loves-must never know the depth of his feelings. Love is a weakness, and in their world, weaknesses are exploited. He keeps her at arm's length, not realizing that in doing so, he's slowly losing her. Their marriage is a lie. Their love is untold. But when a spark of jealousy ignites old desires, and a whispered secret threatens to shatter their fragile façade, Adrian is forced to make a choice: keep hiding in the shadows or risk everything to claim what was always his. Because love may be dangerous, but letting her go might be deadly.
What was Ours by Lovecrafttragics
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I was never a woman who believed in promises. They always felt like wishes, soft things people made when they didn't know how else to hold on. Judas Mercer made them anyway. And somehow, he kept every single one. He waited for me when the world didn't. Built a life while I was still learning how to belong to one. Loved me in a way that I could finally trust. What I didn't realize was how much of our life already existed beyond me. How some bonds didn't begin with us but were already settled and familiar. She was a presence that had always been there. The woman from our past and our present woven into the spaces I thought were ours alone, standing there with us all along. Because Judas kept his promises. He just kept his secrets too. ~S~S~R~A~Y~N~E 🦋Perceived cheating 🦋Possessive MMC 🦋Dark romance themes 🦋high spice content
BLOOMING BLISS by SloaneFranklin
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Dumped by her fiance for his old love at their engagement party, Lilja must navigate the stinging wreckage of her life and a heart brutally blindsided.