My boyfriend has been cheating on me with my sister for two years. We locked eyes before my sister smiled. I knew that smile. That was the one she made when something went her way. And I'm sure she wanted me to see them. "Hey, Alma. Merry Christmas", Mila said happily, hugging my boyfriend. They grined at me on my bed - completely naked. "Screw you, Mila." That was my Christmas' present two years ago. The solution? Leave. Far away. Maybe even forever. Out of sight, out of mind. Or so I thought... Until my mother called. My sister and James were getting married. I had to come back home. For better or for worse. Before first ? Let's me get drunk tonight at the club and forget about these painful memories. At least, that's what I thought. . . #1 in Wedding

TRIGGER WARNINGS :- blackmailing :- attempted r@pe :- blood :- child @buse :-de@th :-domestic abuse :-guns :-extreme graphic violence :-graphic sexual situations :-incestuous situation :-kidnapping :-murder :-self-harm :-suicide This is a story of Russian Mafia and indian girl who are forced to get married for peaceful alliance...

cor·ner·stone /ˈkôrnərˌstōn/ noun an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based. Wendy Durant has loved her husband, Atlas, longer than she hasn't. He was her first kiss, her first love, her forever. Together, they built a perfect life - married after high school, raised two beautiful boys together, and were still blissfully in love. Until, slowly, Atlas began to pull away. Wendy did everything she could to keep their marriage from unraveling-juggling the house, the kids, and all the quiet, invisible labor no one thanks her for. But when Atlas fails to show up to their final resort therapy session, Wendy makes a different choice - she stops waiting for him. Determined to take her life back, Wendy gets a job, rediscovering her independence and finding unexpected freedom in a world where she no longer carries the weight for both of them. While she flourishes, Atlas unravels. He watches everything that matters slip through his fingers-his wife, his sons, the family he thought he was protecting by keeping his fear to himself. But to heal their fractured marriage, Atlas will have to face the real reason he pulled away... And what does it have to do with his brother's late wife, Carrie? A marriage-in-trouble second chance romance. No cheating, HEA always.

❥ "She was his wife by duty... not by love." ❥ Cecilia Russo's marriage was decided before she could even walk. A deal made between her father and Mario Russo, to repay a debt that could only be settled in blood and vows. ✦ A husband who doesn't love her. ✧ A mistress who holds his heart. ✦ And a wife who stays silent, because what choice does she have? Cecilia accepts her loveless marriage- until one night changes everything and she collapses and the truth comes out: her heart is failing. Now, with time slipping away, Raven is forced to face the one thing he swore he would never feel for his wife... love. ♡ An arranged marriage. A broken heart. The love she deserves.

Nicolette isn't the type of girl that would be caught dead in a sex club. She wouldn't even have the time between med school, being the perfect daughter, and her dreams of making huge strides in the world of medicine to benefit all of humanity. But even she can admit that all work and no play makes her a dull girl, so she takes her bestie Lauryn up on the offer to attend an exclusive, all expenses paid night at a sex club with hopes of simply hooking up with someone and going home. That someone wasnt supposed to be Jamison. Who is set to marry her sister and mere days away from a week long wedding celebration in his home town, Vegas. Now that she has chosen the worst guy imaginable, and will be stuck in his family home with her family for a week, will she crumble under the pressure of wanting the one man she shouldn't? Will the instant chemistry, heated stares, and his insistence that they belong together send her down a path to romance or ruin?

One lesson I learned very early in life was to be cheerful, to be agreeable, to do as I was told and ask for nothing, and to never ever complain. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't make trouble and maybe they'll love you. I grew into an adult who took care of others and never expected that those I loved would take care of me in return. I gave and never asked, never expected, never demanded. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't make trouble and you'll find someone that will love you. And then one day, a Dragon walked into my workplace and turned my world upside down with a single wink. Having grown up watching his father treat his men like they were disposable, just meat bags to be fed into the grinder, Dragon was determined to be different when he became president of the Dragon's Inferno MC. He cares about his people. He takes care of them. He was upfront with me, taking care of his MC and those he considered to be his would always be his priority. And I agreed to that, I joined him in that mission, throwing myself into becoming the perfect old lady of the prez. Smile Maddie. Act happy Maddie. Take care of them and maybe they'll love you. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't complain and maybe he'll love you. I told myself I was independent. I was strong. And I didn't need my Dragon to take care of me. And I almost believed it. Almost. But now I'm watching him with her. I'm watching him comfort her. I'm watching him listen to her, support her, reassure her. I'm watching him take time from his day to check in with her. I'm watching him worry about her. I'm watching them become closer right in front of my eyes. I'm seeing every thoughtful gesture he does for her. And me? I'm not happy. I'm not smiling. I'm done being agreeable. Fuck not causing trouble. I'm about to set my Dragon's world on fire. And then I'm walking away. She can have him. For the first time in my life, I'm choosing myself.

Four years of hoping. Four years of empty tests and quieter nights. Yara Vale once fought for a living. Until one night in the ring left her body whole but her heart scarred in ways no doctor could fix. Now she fights something worse: sanity. Her husband, Xavier, has built empires from nothing. He can conquer markets, rivals, and men - but not the one thing she wants most. A child. When she starts believing her body has finally given her a miracle, the truth waiting behind their perfect marriage is far darker than infertility. Because someone has been keeping her from the life she's been begging for - and the man she trusts most might be the reason. Love was supposed to heal them. But some wounds never heal - they turn Iridescent in the light.

Obedience kept her alive. Marriage may destroy her. Milan Vescari enters her arranged marriage with a flawless smile and a lifetime of training buried beneath her skin. She has been conditioned to survive, not to love, and certainly not to challenge the man waiting for her at the altar. But Veyron Morozov arrives with another woman on his arm and ice in his eyes. Their vows become a battlefield. And the walls around them begin to crack under the pressure of secrets neither can outrun. As alliances shift and danger coils closer, Milan discovers that the man she married is as fractured as she is, and just as capable of breaking the world around them. Two fractured souls ensnared in the same life. One marriage built to fail. And a fight none of them are prepared to lose.

Bee thinks she has all jocks figured out - until Mason slips past her defences. Mason is flying high as the popular jock until Bee brings him down to earth. When the truth comes out, it shatters everything she thought she knew - including herself. But Mason isn't willing to let go of the girl who changed him and Bee must decide whether love is worth the risk... again.