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Clara, an ambitious young woman working in a small fashion company, finds herself on the verge of bankruptcy. As she desperately searches for a solution to save her business, she crosses paths with Alexandre, a charismatic and mysterious billionaire. During a chance meeting at a gala evening, Alexandre proposes a marriage contract to her: he needs a wife for reasons of social appearance and she needs funds to relaunch her career. At first, Clara hesitates, but the promises of financial support and the opportunity to live in a luxurious world encourage her to accept. Over time, their relationship evolves. What begins as a purely contractual arrangement turns into a passionate love story. However, secrets from Alexandre's past threaten to tear them apart. Clara must navigate her growing feelings and the complications their agreement brings. The novel deals with themes such as true love versus material interest, trust and the sacrifices one is willing to make to protect those they love.
Clara's world collapsed before her eyes.
Sitting behind her desk cluttered with folders, she stared at her computer screen where cruel red letters appeared, the verdict of her accountant: ** "Critical situation: risk of imminent bankruptcy" **. His heart was hugging. She blinks several times, as if the simple fact of looking away could erase this harsh reality. But the figures did not lie. His business, his dream, the fruit of several years of sacrifices and white nights, was flowing.
She passed a trembling hand in her brown hair and let go of a long sigh. ** How had she got there? ** Did she still remember the day she had launched her clothing brand, full of hope and ambition. His creation workshop, nestled in a small street in Paris, had started modestly, but with real potential. Its unique designs, a subtle mixture of elegance and modernity, had quickly attracted a faithful clientele. But ruthless competition and the economic crisis had been right for its efforts.
She pushed her chair and got up with a nervous movement, traveling the room long and wide. Unpaid bills piled up on his desk as silent witnesses to his failure. She grabbed an envelope and tore it ragingly. A new formal notice. She clenched her fists. ** If she did not find a solution quickly, she should put the key under the door. **
- Mess...
His voice was shaking under emotion. Panic tied her stomach, but she tried to pull herself up. No, it was not over yet. There must have been a way. It was ** that there was a means.
She grabbed her phone and immediately called her accountant, Jean-Marc.
- Jean-Marc, tell me that there is a solution ...
A heavy silence preceded the response of the old man with a tired voice.
- Clara, I'm sorry. Debts accumulate, creditors become impatient, and sales are no longer enough to cover the charges ...
- I know, I know! she exclaimed, frustrated. But there must be something to do! A loan? Any help?
- I've already went around the possibilities, he sighed. You can always try a last appointment with your bank, but I don't want to give you false hopes ...
False hopes or not, she had no choice.
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The next morning, Clara was sitting in an icy office of the ** Banque de France **, her fingers tense on her handbag. Faced with her, an advisor to the austere face traveled her file by shaking her head.
- Mademoiselle Morel, I'm going to be honest with you ...
Clara felt her breath blocked in her chest. She hated this sentence. Whenever a banker said it, the rest was still a disaster.
- Your business has accumulated too many debts in recent months. We cannot take such a significant risk by granting you an additional loan.
Clara opened her mouth, desperately looking for a distributed.
- I ... Listen, my creations please, I still have loyal customers, and I have innovative in mind projects that could relaunch the activity ... I just need a little more time ...
The banker crossed his fingers on the desk and stared at it with a neutral look.
- I understand your situation, but from a financial point of view, your company no longer offers enough guarantees.
- Can't make an effort? A longer reimbursement period?
- I'm sorry, Mademoiselle Morel.
These words resonated in his head as an irrevocable sentence. She felt a wave of despair overwhelm her.
She got up slowly, her gaze empty.
- Thank you anyway ...
She left the bank with a mechanical step. The cold wind of January whispered her face as she walked unexpectedly in the streets of Paris. She passed an illuminated showcase where a creator dress was exhibited. A deaf rage rose in her. ** Why did some succeed and not? Why was everything to be so complicated? **
She pushed a long sigh. The answer was obvious. ** Money. ** Those who succeeded had capital, investors, connections ... and she had only her ideas and her hard work. But obviously, that was no longer enough.
She jumped while feeling her phone vibrate in her pocket. Léa.
She hesitated for a second before winning.
- Hello ?
- Clara, where are you? I tried to call you several times!
- Sorry ... I went out to take the air.
Léa marked a silence, then resumed in a worried tone:
- It didn't go well, huh?
Clara let go of a bitter laugh.
- No. They refused me the loan. I'm fucked up, Léa.
- No, you are not fucked up, protested her friend with vigor. Listen to me, there is a ** solution **.
Clara arqua a eyebrow.
- What solution?
- Tonight there is a gala evening organized by the ** Duval & Co ** Foundation. This is where all the most influential investors find themselves. If someone can help you, it's there.
Clara sighed.
- Lea, I have neither the energy nor the desire to pretend to smile in a worldly evening.
- And what do you plan to do then? Wait until your creditors come to express you? You no longer have the luxury of moping, Clara. You have to act.
Clara remained silent. Her friend was right. If she wanted to save her business, she had to try everything for everything **.
- Okay, she finally gave in. But I have nothing to put myself ...
- Don't worry, I have the dress you need. I go get you in two hours.
Léa hung up before Clara could protest more.
She stayed for a few moments standing on the sidewalk, fixing the screen on her phone, hesitant. This gala was perhaps his last chance to find an investor ... or maybe just another disillusionment.
But she no longer had a choice.
Tonight, everything was going to be played.
In a world dominated by money, Clara, an ambitious young woman, falls under the spell of Alexander, a seductive alpha who promises her a life of luxury. But once married, she discovers that he is a possessive manipulator, keeping her prisoner in an opulent palace. Isolated and watched, Clara realizes she has lost her freedom and engages in a daring fight to escape this stifling existence. By forming secret alliances with other oppressed women, she discovers an inner strength she never knew existed. In an explosive confrontation with Alexander, Clara must choose between the illusory love of a powerful man and her unwavering quest to regain her independence.
Maximilian "The Titan" Moretti is the respected billionaire at the head of the Moretti empire, a company known for its power and influence in the business world. At a lavish gala evening celebrating the year's achievements, Maximilian meets Sofia Blackwood, a young woman newly inducted into the exclusive business circle, but whose origins remain a mystery. Maximilian, famous for being a fiercely hardened bachelor, hides a secret that no one dares to guess: he has sworn never to get attached to anyone to protect his heart from a devastating betrayal in the past. Intrigued by Sofia and her quiet determination, he proposes an unexpected pact: a purely physical relationship, without emotions or commitments. In exchange, Maximilian promises to watch over her and offer her the security she has never known in the cutthroat world of business. Sofia, hesitant at first, reluctantly agrees, thinking she can keep her feelings at bay. But can anyone really resist the magnetic pull of a Titan? As their affair blossoms in the luxurious suites of five-star hotels and glamorous parties where money and power reign supreme, dark forces begin to manifest. A former rival of Maximilian's, hungry for revenge and intent on destroying his empire, discovers their secret relationship. Armed with compromising information about Sofia, he threatens to reveal everything to ruin Maximilian's reputation. Meanwhile, Sofia discovers she has a hidden talent for negotiation that could upset the balance of power in the business world. As danger draws near and secrets begin to come to light, Maximilian must confront his own demons while protecting Sofia. Their forbidden relationship could be the key to overthrowing his rival or the cause of his downfall. Who will crack first? In this dance between power and passion, is the heart strong enough to triumph over all-consuming ambitions?
Aria, a young human girl with a broken destiny, is forced to marry Kael, a feared and domineering Alpha, to replace her runaway sister. But this is no simple arranged marriage-it is a pact of domination, an oath imposed by the ancestral law of the wolves. Kael, Supreme Alpha of the Shadowclan, tolerates neither weakness nor disobedience. At first revolted by her condition, Aria tries to rebel, but each challenge she throws at Kael only fuels his desire to bend her to his will. Between merciless punishments and power plays, an electric tension builds between them, transforming each confrontation into a dangerous dance between submission and passion. But in the shadows, a much more menacing force lurks. Kael's old enemies resurface, and Aria discovers that she is more than just an offering: she is the key to a forgotten prophecy, one that could either destroy the Alpha or make him invincible. In a spiral of intrigue, betrayal, and unspoken desires, Aria must choose between total submission... or becoming the Alpha herself.
To save her pack from famine and war, Elyara is sold by her father to the most feared Alpha in the territory: Ravenn, the Lord of Ash. Feared and respected, Ravenn does not take a wife out of love, but out of duty. To him, Elyara is just an offering, one more piece in his kingdom of ice and blood. Torn between her father's betrayal and fear of her future, Elyara swears never to submit. But Ravenn is a ruthless Alpha, a king among beasts, and he has never tolerated disobedience. In an isolated castle, surrounded by wolves who do not all want her well, Elyara discovers a world much darker and crueler than she had imagined. Yet, beneath the tyrant's armor, she glimpses flaws... and a burning desire that consumes her as much as it terrifies her. Over the moons, fear turns into fascination, hatred into passion. But can you love a monster without becoming its own? When an old enemy resurfaces, Elyara will have to choose: flee and regain her freedom... or embrace her destiny alongside the Alpha.
Lena, a 23-year-old woman, finds herself married to a much older man, Henri, in circumstances beyond her control. Despite the luxury and privileges she obtains, Henri, cold and distant, seems incapable of offering the love and attention she seeks. Little by little, Lena loses the affection she had for him, feeling more and more alone in this marriage. The situation becomes complicated when Léna falls in love with Maxime, Henri's son, a charming and ambitious young man. Maxime, although married and engaged in another relationship, also lets himself be drawn into this dangerous game of forbidden passion. They find themselves caught in a whirlwind of desires and lies, fighting against their contradictory feelings. Their impossible love story, filled with sacrifices, leads them towards a fatal outcome where love and betrayal mix forever.
Nyx Draven is the daughter of the Alpha of the Blood Twilight Pack, a feared and untamable clan. But Nyx refuses to be a simple obedient heiress. She defies tradition, despises arranged marriages, and prefers clandestine fights to royal balls. However, when she reaches the age of eighteen, the law requires her to choose a mate. She selects one... but three years later, he betrays and abandons her. Now a single mother, Nyx is summoned to the Royal Ball of Destinies, where she will discover the identity of her true destined mate. Dante Vörhees is the newly crowned king of the werewolf kingdom, a ruthless Alpha marked by an ancient curse. He must find his queen before the next blood moon, or see his throne reduced to ashes. When he discovers that his destined mate is Nyx, an untamable rebel with a tumultuous past, he refuses to believe it. She is everything he doesn't want... and everything he needs. But an unforgivable mistake threatens to shatter their bond before it can blossom. Betrayals, pack wars, and conspiracies stand between them. Can the rebel Alpha and the cursed king love each other without destroying the kingdom?
"Mr. Evans, please maintain some dignity. Don't forget I'm your brother's wife!" Having caught her husband and best friend together in the bed, Elena wanted nothing more than to exact revenge on the people she once called family. She refused to be a pitiful divorcee and vowed to make everyone who had once looked down on her beg for forgiveness. And to start with her newfound freedom, Elena indulges in a one-night stand with a stranger. However, what was meant to be a fleeting escape turns into a nightmare when she learns that the stranger is none other than her husband's older brother! Would Elena be free from the shackles of her marriage? Or would the mysterious stranger make her life a living hell since he seemed to have a personal vendetta against his family? [The story is 18+ and involves mature content.]
Veronica is an eighteen-year-old omega who falls into an emotional breakdown when her Mate, who was soon to be the Alpha of the Sun crest pack, turns against her, hurls hurtful words at her, and rejects her on the night of the full moon festival because he and everyone in the pack, including her, thinks she is an omega. As if the pain of rejection, helplessness, and worthlessness wasn't enough, she lost her best and only friend to the cold hands of death when rogue wolves attacked their pack. Right in the presence of her mate, she was tagged as someone who always attracted problems and calamities anywhere she went and he turned a blind eye and watched as she was banished from the pack. With hatred for her life, she runs deep into the woods that were off-limits and jumps off to end her life, but in a turn of events, something else happens. What would her mate do when he finds out that Veronica is not who he thinks she is? Will she be able to forgive him? What fate lies ahead for them?
The dream of everyone with regards to marriage is to be able to find that special someone and settle down with them. Even arranged marriages grant you an opportunity to meet your partner briefly before the wedding. How will you feel about waking up in the morning with someone sleeping next to you who is not just anyone but your legally married partner yet with no memory of how that had happened in just a few hours of going out the previous day? This is the story of Jason Haward and Julia Harrison, two strangers trapped in a marriage they never planned. The quest to find out why led to the unfolding of a mystery which made them realize they are both living a lie. To find out more, read this amazing story of love, betrayal, revenge and murder.
Elena, once a pampered heiress, suddenly lost everything when the real daughter framed her, her fiancé ridiculed her, and her adoptive parents threw her out. They all wanted to see her fall. But Elena unveiled her true identity: the heiress of a massive fortune, famed hacker, top jewelry designer, secret author, and gifted doctor. Horrified by her glorious comeback, her adoptive parents demanded half her newfound wealth. Elena exposed their cruelty and refused. Her ex pleaded for a second chance, but she scoffed, “Do you think you deserve it?” Then a powerful magnate gently proposed, “Marry me?”
"I heard you're going to marry Marcelo. Is this perhaps your revenge against me? It's very laughable, Renee. That man can barely function." Her foster family, her cheating ex, everyone thought Renee was going to live in pure hell after getting married to a disabled and cruel man. She didn't know if anything good would ever come out of it after all, she had always thought it would be hard for anyone to love her but this cruel man with dark secrets is never going to grant her a divorce because she makes him forget how to breathe.
"I'm going to tell you what I have in mind," he murmured. "First you're going to strip down until you're completely naked," he whispered against her ear. "Then I'm going to tie you up so you're completely powerless and subject to my every whim." "Mmm, sounds good so far," she murmured. "Then I'm going to insert a plug to prepare you for me. After that I'm going to spank that sweet ass of yours until it's rosy with my marks." She shivered uncontrollably, her mind exploding with the images he evoked. She let out a small whimper as he sucked the lobe of her ear into his mouth. God, she could cum with just his words. She was already aching with need. Her nipples tingled and hardened to painful points. Her clit pulsed and twitched between her legs until she clamped her thighs together to alleviate the burn. "And then I'm going to f**k your mouth. But I won't cum. Not yet. When I'm close, I'll flog you again until your ass is burning and you're on fire with the need for relief. And then I'm going to f**k that ass. I'm going to take you hard and rough, to the very limits of what you can withstand. I won't be gentle. Not tonight. I'm going to take you as roughly as you can stand. And then I'm going to cum all over your ass. Are you ready to be completely and utterly dominated?"