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GOLDEN by thatgirl_Zoe
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He had never known comfort. Never known warmth. No lullabies, no gentle hands, no safety. His father's anger filled every corner of his childhood, and the women his father brought left scars deeper than anyone could see. Sleep never came easily. It was a stranger that avoided him night after night, no matter how many pills he tried, no matter how tired his body grew. He learned early that the world offered nothing but pain and trust was a luxury he could not afford. But deep inside, buried beneath the anger, the fear, and the walls he built, a small part of him still ached for something he had never known. Someone to hold him, someone to soothe the chaos inside, someone to make him feel safe. A part of him whispered that it was possible. That one day, he might find it. That maybe, just maybe, someone would come and quiet the storm within him. And then she arrived. Not as a savior, not as a miracle, but as a presence that slowly began to unravel the walls around him. She became the only place he could lay his head and feel peace. The only warmth that let him sleep. The only comfort that let him finally let go of his past, if only for a moment. This is their story of pain, of trust, and of an intimacy that heals and binds them in ways the world could never understand. A story of how love can be found in the most unexpected of places and how two broken souls can find solace in each other.
His Silent wife  by mariaeyison
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His Silent Wife In a world where power decides everything... she has none. Liora Vale does not speak. Not because she has nothing to say- but because her voice was taken from her long before she became his wife. When she is forced into a marriage with Adrian Blackwood, a cold, ruthless billionaire who rules his world without mercy, she expects only one thing: to be invisible. And at first, she is. A contract wife. A silent presence in a mansion full of rules. A woman he barely acknowledges. But silence is never empty. Because the more Adrian watches her... the more he realizes she is not what she seems. She doesn't cry. She doesn't beg. She doesn't break. And that is what disturbs him the most. Until one question changes everything- "Why don't you react?" Now, the man who never cared... starts noticing. And the woman who never spoke... becomes the only thing he cannot ignore. But some silences are not safe. Some pasts are not buried. And some women... are not meant to be owned. 🔥 GENRE: Dark Romance • Forced Marriage • Billionaire Romance • Slow Burn • Emotional Trauma • Possessive Male Lead 💔 WARNING: This story contains emotional trauma, dark themes, psychological tension, and intense character development. ⭐ READ IF YOU LIKE: Silent / strong female leads Cold, obsessed male leads Forced marriage tropes Emotional slow-burn romance Dark secrets + past trauma Addictive cliffhangers 💬 One rule in his house was simple... She exists. But she must not be seen. Until he starts seeing her too much.
The Art Of Loving You Quietly by AisharyaMukherjee
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Maya fell for Ethan the moment he walked into her bookshop. Ethan was kind, loyal, and completely in love with someone else. When a marriage of convenience forces them together, Maya decides to win his heart-with warmth, laughter, and a thousand small kindnesses he never notices. She makes his coffee, learns his mother's recipes, and fills their glass house by the sea with hope. But Ethan's eyes are fixed elsewhere. Day by day, her light dims. Until one day, he finally looks up-and the woman who tried so hard is already gone. Now, winning her back will take more than a grand gesture. It will take a fight. A slow-burn romance about unrequited love, quiet heartbreak, and the long road to redemption.
𝐕 𝐎 𝐖 𝐒   𝐎 𝐅   𝐕 𝐄 𝐍 𝐆 𝐄 𝐀 𝐍 𝐂 𝐄 by Suxllbc
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In the ruthless world of the Ultra Houben MC, broken president Adelio finds forbidden love with kind nurse Thalia. But when past betrayals and a deadly accident shatter their bond, Adelio's desperate fight for redemption may either heal them... or destroy everything forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( Not Edited )
The Remains of Us ✓ by YourTemptationx
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When a rich CEO is caught between his first love that got away and his wife, he loses the woman he truly loves. Now, he must fight for her trust, or is there something darker going on?
The Sunflower's Shadow by KindlingVerse
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To her family, she was selfish. To his, a schemer. To Alexander Hale, she was a wife he never wanted, met only with glacial contempt. They crafted a villain from the only innocent among them, blind to the devastating truth of her sacrifice. Some debts of the heart are paid in secret, and some secrets demand a price no one saw coming.
While You're Gone by Emalin123
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Fifteen years of marriage taught Hannah Hayes that love wasn't always loud. Sometimes it was found in shared coffee, quiet mornings, and the comfort of knowing someone would always come home. Until one day... he didn't. When Travis walks away after a devastating argument, Hannah believes he just needs time. She has no idea that a single accident will erase the life they built together. Miles away, a stranger arrives at his hospital bedside. Beautiful. Caring. Convincing. When Travis wakes with no memory of his past, she claims to be the woman he loves. While Hannah searches for the husband who never came home, another woman is rewriting his future-one lie at a time. How do you fight for someone who doesn't remember you? And when the truth finally surfaces, will love be enough... or has the life they built already slipped away?
An Unwise Attachment by Canderpdx
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Jane Sinclair runs the family bookshop, lives above it in contented independence, and has spent the past year building a careful conviction: that the newly arrived village doctor - starchy and correct with everyone else - is entirely different with her, and that the difference means something. Dr. Thomas Langley likes Jane enormously. He simply hasn't worked out yet what enormously actually means. She's warm, outgoing, and likes to argue - nothing at all like the composed, correct sort of woman he's always assumed he was meant to end up with. So when a beautiful, well-connected socialite arrives in the village for the summer, looking like everything he supposedly wants, Thomas is intrigued -- and Jane begins to think she may have misjudged her handsome village doctor.
The Romano Woman by Gunj40
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She was nineteen. He was twenty-four. She had no business being at that party. She knew it the moment she walked in , the marble floors, the lake glittering outside, the people who wore money like a second skin. But she stayed. And he noticed her. Rafael Don Vitelli, with his dark eyes and his easy smile, found her standing alone at the edge of the water and decided she was interesting. For seven days he made her feel like she was the only person in the world. On the seventh night she gave him everything she had never given anyone, her heart and her virginity . On the eighth morning, he was gone. No message. No explanation. No goodbye. Just an empty pillow and a silence that would follow her for the next five years. She cried. She broke. And then she got up. She built a life so beautiful and full that, eventually, Rafael Don Vitelli became nothing more than a memory she refused to revisit. But she built something else too. A little boy with dark hair, her eyes, and a laugh that reminded her of a night she had spent years trying to forget. His name was Matteo. He was four years old. And he was the one secret Rafael had never known. Until now. Because after five years, fate was bringing Rafael Don Vitelli back into her life. No
Vengeance in His Hands: Wife's Deception, Husband's Retribution by Trishatells8771
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She shattered our marriage in the bed we built together. While I was closing million-dollar deals to give her the world, Elena was giving her body and my secrets to my biggest rival. The moment I caught them, something inside me died. The loving husband I once was? Gone. Now, Adrian Voss ,self-made billionaire and king of the tech empire ,is reborn in ice and fury. I will strip her of everything she loves. Her money. Her reputation. Her lover. Her future. I will make Victor Kane beg for mercy. But the deeper I sink into vengeance, the more dangerous the game becomes. A brilliant woman challenges the monster I'm becoming, old secrets surface, and one devastating truth about Elena's betrayal threatens to break even my unbreakable will. Revenge was supposed to be simple. It never is. Some flames don't just burn, they consume everything.