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The Exchanged Bride

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She was never meant to be his bride. Yet fate exchanged her heart for his fury.

When Elara Cross is forced to marry Adrian Vale, the man once promised to her late sister, she becomes nothing more than an exchange bride-a substitute pawn in a business deal sealed with tragedy. To Adrian, she is a ghost wearing the face of the woman he loved. To her family, she is disposable, an illegitimate daughter raised in cruelty and handed over like property.

But Elara's quiet endurance unsettles Adrian more than defiance ever could. Behind her hollow eyes and malnourished frame lies a survivor who has known only pain, and Adrian's vow to make her life hell begins to fracture under the weight of her scars.

As the secrets of their pasts unravel-and as the ghost of Adrian's lost love lingers between them-hatred twists into obsession, cruelty into protection, and an unwanted marriage into something neither of them expected: a story written not by fate, but by choice.All Rights Reserved

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WHEN BRILLIANT MINDS COLLIDE by TintaNiGelie

Elara Reyes and Adrian Vale have been academic rivals since 7th grade, constantly battling for the top spot in school rankings. Everyone knows them-they're the "perfect enemies": smart, competitive, stubborn, and always one step away from murdering each other academically. But in their final year of senior high school, everything shifts. When the school launches a prestigious national research competition, Elara and Adrian are forced to become partners-the last thing either of them wants. Through long nights, shared failures, and unexpected confessions: They discover the real reasons behind each other's perfectionism Adrian's past with his demanding father Elara's pressure to succeed for her struggling family And the painful truth that both of them have been lonely at the top Academic rivalry becomes friendship. Friendship turns into tension. Tension turns into something neither of them can fight. But when news spreads that only one of them will earn the scholarship they desperately need, they're faced with a brutal choice: Success... or each other. Their once-friendly partnership fractures into heartbreak, misunderstandings, and a final academic showdown. In the end, they learn that brilliance is not about beating others- it's about becoming better together.

Auditing The Heart Of a King by anitachan749

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When the Storm Brought Him

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