Chapter: Chapter 105 A Parting and a New Beginning TWO WEEKS LATERMelanie got discharged from the hospital a week earlier, she has been told by Alfred everything that happened that night and what happened after.She cried bitterly after hearing that her only friend, Kayla lost her life in the fight.Today, she choose to spend her day with her friend and let her know how much she misses her.The car pulls to a halt at the front gate of the police cemetery. Melanie opens the door before Alfred could get the door for her. She adjusts her sunglasses and steps down from the car.She walks over to the back seat and fetches a box. Alfred walks over to her and takes the box from her, guarding her to where Kayla’s body was lying to rest.Getting there, Melanie bursts into tears as she sees the burial stone of her dear friend. She goes on her knees, wailing profusely as she caresses the name on the burial stone with her thumb.“My dear Kayla, is this you?” she grips her chest as more tears roll down her cheeks.“Idiot?!” she sniffs, wiping her
Last Updated: 2023-08-08
Chapter: Chapter 104A MONTH LATERMelanie’s eyes flutter open, slowly adjusting to the bright light of the hospital room. Her sights are groggy and disoriented, trying to make sense of where she is and what had happened. Her body feels heavy and weak, her limbs moving slowly and with difficulty. As her senses return, she becomes aware of the beeping machines around her, the scent of antiseptic in the air, and the bustling activity of the medical machines around her.She turns her head sideways to see Alfred, sitting on a chair beside her bed with his back to the wall. He seemed to be asleep.Melanie smiles, seeing how cute he looks even when he's asleep.“Alfred?” she calls out to him, her voice so low that she could not hear her own voice.Since she finds it hard to talk, she presses a button beside her bed which makes a loud noise.Alfred jerks up and rushed up to her, he seems shocked to see her staring at him with a smile on her face.“Melanie? You're awake?” Alfred gasps, he goes on his knees and w
Last Updated: 2023-08-07
Chapter: Chapter 103“March?!” Kayla laughs wildly, she grabs hold of the pillar and pulls herself up. She staggered and chuckles lightly. She rests her palm on the wall to steady herself.March stands there, watching Kayla like she's in a movie. She doesn't understand why Kayla's laughing so hard, even though she just got shot in her thigh.“You…?” Kayla burst into a pearl of laughter, tears roll down the break of her eyes and she hastily wipes them off. “What is the meaning of this, detective?” she looks everywhere for her gun, but it is too dark that she couldn't see where she had dropped it.March scoff, she find it insulting to be called that title after all she's been doing.“Detective? Yes!” March grin, “Currently? Nope!” she beams as if what she's saying makes any sense to her, she tilts her head and puffs out air.“I got fired!” she whines, rubbing the bottom of the gun on her head. “After all the excellent work that I did, it only took one scheme from my colleagues to get me fired!” she scoffed
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Chapter: Chapter 102Eerie silent take over the room as they stare at Kayla in shock. “What the fuck are you doing here?” Harley gasp, her hold on Granny Vera tighten, piercing her nails into her rough skin.The old woman’s whimpers which make Kayla bite her lips in anger.“Huh, what do you mean by that? you held my friend and her family hostage, it's natural that I should be here to take them, don't you agree with me?” Kayla replies with a shrug, her aim on the trigger tightening as she gives Mia a dark stare from the corner of her eyes.Mia runs her hands through her hair. “Shit, you caused this. Why the hell did you let your little cousin get involved?” She stumps her foot on the floor, sending Harley a death glare. She grabs Melanie from the floor, her palms curling around Melanie's neck and presses her neck until her fingers leave an imprint on her skin. She spits on Melanie’s face and pushes her to the wall.Melanie whimper as soon as her head collided with the wall. She groans in pain and quickly c
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Chapter: Chapter 101“Miss Officer, I think Mom is in danger.” Archie cries out, he hugs Kayla tightly, ruining her shirt with his tears.Kayla put her hand on his back, rubbing her hand on his back, trying to calm him down. “Hey, I don't know how you get to know about this but that's why we’re here, we are here for her and we will do everything to get her out of there.” Kayla exhales heavily, she releases Archie from the brief hug and stares deep into his eyes.“What’s going on, do you know what happened to her?” Archie whispered, his brown eyes staring deep into Kayla’s forest green eyes, searching for an answer from her eyes.“Um, I kind of know what happened and I think I could sort everything out if you quietly stay here and wait here for us.” Kayla clears her throat, she takes a few steps backwards but Archie grabs her hand and she arches her brows. “What? Don't you want to stay here?” she asks, wondering why he's holding her hand when he ought to hop into the car.“I can't stay here, I want to go
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Chapter: Chapter 100Alfred cries bitterly while listening to the confession Mia and Harley were making, through the bug. Kayla smirked and tighten her grip on the steering wheel. None of them could believe that their closest person was the one behind everything.“Who would think my cousin could do such a thing!” Kayla laughs in amusement. Right now all she's feeling is rage.“Kayla, I trusted her with everything. I've loved and adored her all these years and I never for once had the thought that she might be behind her death. She always talked about Selena with a smile on her face.” Alfred sobs quietly, clutching tight at his phone in his hand.“Mia too?! I never thought someone that I took as my sister would plant my death because of a mere fortune, why?” he ask no one in particular. “If she should have sat me down and narrated everything to me, I would have told my uncle to forget about giving me anything, I've had enough, I don't need any of my father's properties, I should have told them to take eve
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Chapter: Chapter 6FIVE YEARS LATERVALENTINA“Hey, Val, aren't you done yet? Chairman will be sad if you don't make appearance to his birthday party. Everyone are already there and the party have already started.” Cullen, my personal assistant grumbled as he paced back and forth in my office, while I focused on the muffler I was crocheting.“Dear friend, while I appreciate your worries, I must ask you to be patient. I am currently in the process of crocheting a beautiful muffler, and I need to focus on this work. The muffler will be well worth the wait, I assure you. I promise that once it is complete, I will be more than happy to attend the party. But for now, please allow me to concentrate on my craft. Thank you for understanding!” I said in one breath. Cullen grunted and I smirked.He stopped pacing and came to me at where I was sitting. “The chairman told us he has an important announcement to make at his birthday party. If we miss the chairman’s speech, I hope to God you won't make me lie to chair
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Chapter: Chapter 5FIVE YEARS LATERVALENTINA“Hey, Val, aren't you done yet? Chairman will be sad if you don't make appearance to his birthday party. Everyone are already there and the party have already started.” Cullen, my personal assistant grumbled as he paced back and forth in my office, while I focused on the muffler I was crocheting.“Dear friend, while I appreciate your worries, I must ask you to be patient. I am currently in the process of crocheting a beautiful muffler, and I need to focus on this work. The muffler will be well worth the wait, I assure you. I promise that once it is complete, I will be more than happy to attend the party. But for now, please allow me to concentrate on my craft. Thank you for understanding!” I said in one breath. Cullen grunted and I smirked.He stopped pacing and came to me at where I was sitting. “The chairman told us he has an important announcement to make at his birthday party. If we miss the chairman’s speech, I hope to God you won't make me lie to chair
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Chapter: Chapter 4NATHANIEL I let out a muffled grunt as I stared blankly at the system, my eyes were on the report on the flat screen of the system but my mind was somewhere else entirely.The past three days had been hell for me. The movies we watched made divorce looked so simple, but it wasn't. I had been feeling like shit since Val left my life. I couldn't believe we were finally over even though I hadn't sent the paper back to my lawyer.“It sucks. Divorce sucks a lot.” I groaned out, banging my head on my office desk as memories of that night came rushing back in my head.I hate what I did to Val. The thought of hurting her that night scared me to the bone, but I couldn't help wanting to hurt her, knowing she betrayed me. She betrayed my love for her, she fucking broke my heart. I had to send her out that night because knowing the woman I married wasn't entirely mine made me want to do things I would end up regretting.After sending her out that night in that short nightie, I realized the stree
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Chapter: Chapter 3VALENTINAThe whoosh sound of the ceiling fan kept whirring, I lazily dragged my eyes open, meeting with a pair of blurry eyes staring down at me.I shook my head, trying to clear my vision. That was when I saw the clear image of the person staring at me. It was an old man I had never seen before. He looked frightened which made my chest tightened in panic.“Who are you?” I asked in a low voice, gripped the sheet and tried to sit up but the man grabbed my hand and pressed my shoulder back to the mattress.“Hey dear, don't stand up yet.” his voice was a lot calmer than his look and I heaved a sign of relief. At least he wasn't sounding deadly which made me realize he might not be dangerous.But who the heck was this man? Where the fuck was I?“You… Who are you?” I gulped down the nervous lump that had formed in my throat as the man adjusted my IV bag, before taking his sit on the stool beside the bed I laid on.“Oh dear, I was so worried. I thought you wouldn't wake up.” he let out a g
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Chapter: Chapter 2VALENTINA “Natha…” I choked on my saliva, my neck hurt as he tightened his grip on my neck, choking life out of me.“Fuck.” Natt cussed, he let go of me like he just realized what he was doing wasn't okay. He threw a hand to his head, scratching his hair as he paced back and forth.I winced as I moved away from the wall. My neck hurt, my back hurt, my heart ached so much but I wasn't worried about ant of those. I worried about Natt, I worried about my husband. He wasn't himself and it bothered me.“Are you o–okay?” I asked, moving a little closer to him. I made to grab his hand but Natt stepped back, letting my hand dropped to my side.“Do yourself a favor, don't touch me. Don't fucking touch me if you don’t want me to kill you.” he breathed out, his chest rose and fell faster than normal.“Why?” I honestly have no idea as to why Natt would be treating me like his enemy. “Why are you doing this to me?” my heart was racing in my chest and I wondered what I did to my husband that made
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Chapter: Chapter 1VALENTINA“Congratulation, Mrs. Jackson. The test is positive. You're five weeks pregnant.” the family doctor's voice replayed in my head. I squealed happily, bouncing on my feet as I took in the sight on the dining. “Natt would be so happy.” I cried out happily, my hand went to my stomach and I caressed my stomach through my tee. Wishing I could feel my baby's heartbeat already.I and Nathaniel had been married for three years, but unfortunately I was unable to conceive. It wasn't an issue at first because Natt loved me and he didn't bother me to give him a child. But the past two weeks had been different, my husband had been keeping his distance from me and I had been walking on an eggshell around him. It was heart-wrenching to think that my husband would be avoiding me; that was unlike him.“That doesn't matter anymore, right?” I sniffed, tears threatening to fall from my eyes but I didn't let them out. “I’m finally carrying our child, I am going to give him a child and we would g
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The Billionaire’s Fake Wife
Two ladies with striking resemblance cross path. Julianne Crawford is tired of living as a submissive wife in her in-laws house. Her plan to escape coincided with the charity event where Quiva, a typical and cunning pickpocket attended with the aim to steal.
She bumped into Julliane while she was trying to escape. Unknowingly, her phone had fallen and Quiva had picked it up as one of her ‘godsent’ gift to her.
As she tried to leave the event, she met Mrs Crawford who said some derogatory words at her and called her ‘Julliane’. Quiva did not understand what was happening but she played along, thinking another jackpot had been scored, not knowing that something worse was coming for her.
Quiva followed the Crawfords back to their house, assuming her position as their son’s wife, Julliane Crawford.
She pretended to be Julliane to steal money and stymied the lives of the Crawfords until they learned to accept her.
While she thought her dream had finally been fulfilled - a life living in wealth. An enemy from the past was rising to return, ruining her entire plan.
However, as Quiva spends more time living as Julliane, she begins to develop feelings for her husband and struggles with the guilt of lying to everyone around her. Meanwhile, the real Julliane has started a new life, free from the constraints of her old one, but she can't shake the feeling that something is wrong.
As the two women's paths continue to cross, secrets are revealed and loyalties are tested. Will Quiva be able to come clean and confess her deception to the Crawfords and her husband, or will she lose everything she's gained in her new life? And what will happen to Julliane, who has been living in the shadow all along?
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Chapter: Chapter 4CHAPTER 4 - CULLEN’S POV - Walking down the corridor and into the garden, with my hands tucked inside my pants pocket. After a long day at work and getting home to meet none of my family at home, I choose to spend the rest of my day in the garden, to get some fresh air. A thought flashed through my mind like a bolt of lightning, causing my stomach to clench with sudden dread. Could it be that I had missed the event? I racked my brain, trying to remember if there was anything I was supposed to do if Mom might not be able to cover up. As my anxiety mounted, I felt a bit relaxed to know that there was nothing Mom could not do.There was no time to waste - if I could still make it to the event, I needed to know right away. I brought out my hand from my pocket to check the time from my wristwatch and the time read five O'Clock. Meaning, the event must have ended an hour ago."I know my mom must have found a reason to cover up for me, even though I wasn't there when I was supposed to b
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Chapter: Chapter 3QUIVA’S POV - I kept eyeing the gold watch on the supposed Mrs. Crawford's wrist as I quietly trailed behind her. She kept making gesture as she speak and I can't help the blush that creeped up my face, I almost cried at the thought of the gold watch that's going to be mine soon.“You’ll have to explain to me what made you did that once we get to the mansion.” the old hag kept nagging as we made our way out of the hall.I was still eyeing the thousands of dollars that the old hag wrapped on her wrist in the name of watch, that I didn't know when she had stopped walking.“You give a reply when I'm talking to you, where the hell is your manner, Julianne?” the old hag snapped at me, interrupting my fantasy.“Okay, I'll do as you said, Mrs. Crawford.” I groaned angrily, why can't she just leave the fuck me alone? “Can't she just take a clue that I'm not in the mood to exchange words with her” I mumbled to myself.“Really?” I was too angry that I didn't notice the fury in her eyes. “Mrs.
Last Updated: 2023-06-13
Chapter: Chapter 2QUIVA’S POVI took a deep breath and steeped into the grand hall, my heels clicking against the marble floor. The room was already filled with people dressed in designer gowns and tuxedos, sipping wine and nibbling on different chops watering snacks.I glanced around the hall, searching for a spot to seat and my gaze landed on an empty table at the far end of the hall. I stylishly made my way to the table and took a sit on one of the decorated stool that surrounded the table. I called out to a server as soon as I settled down and she walked up to me in no time. She handed me a glass of drink with a smile on her face.“Thank you,” I flashed out a nervous smile to the server who wouldn't stop eyeing my hair, I understand that my red curls stood out among the crowd but did she need to make it seems obvious? “Is there something on my head?” I scoffed, obviously getting irritated by her gaze.The server shook her head negatively with an annoying smile on her face. I dismissed her with a wa
Last Updated: 2023-06-13
Chapter: Chapter 1QUIVA’S POV My red curls dangled on my back as I scurried out of the store with a package bag in my hand. “That’s the Lady, don't let her get away with that bag.” I heard the shopkeeper yell from the shop which made me halt on my track.“Wait, did she see me!” I half yelled as I saw some men in uniforms trotting out of the store with their heavy boots hitting hard against the tiled floor.“Shit!” I clenched tight at the package and hastily hide my slender figure behind a parked car in the front yard of the building next to the store. I had no time to survey the building and I was greatly appreciative that no one was in the yard.Upon getting outside, I peeked from my hidden spot and saw the men looking everywhere but not at my side and I sighed with relief. I stood on my toes and tried to find a route of escape. After I had found a walkway that leads to outside I moved my gaze back to the compound, looking for the men but they were nowhere to be found.“Guess who got tired and retur
Last Updated: 2023-06-13
Chapter: Prologue Julianne Crawford stood by the window, staring at the tickets in her hand. She sighed for the nth time and then shoved the tickets inside her cloth pocket which was tightly guarded by the flare dress she was wearing. She muttered some prayers, and then gazed at her room for a while, feeling nostalgic all of a sudden. Tears brewed in her eyes as she recounted the fact that today will be the last day she would be living in it. Why is she leaving? Well, Julianne Crawford recounted her life story. She was a submissive wife, with a husband whom she didn't love and vice versa and she was tired of living in Crawford mansion that was filled with hatred. The marriage with Cullen Crawford was not one of love, instead, it was some sort of arrangement between her family and Crawford as she was sold into the family without her consent. Her duty was to be the perfect wife and give birth (she has not given birth to any child luckily for her), and she was tired of all this. Today is the day she was
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Chapter: War at your doorstep "Why are you here? Haven't you said you will let us be for tonight?" Zelda queried."I did," He sighed. "People change, sweetheart. I just changed my mind. No night lovey dovey, you're coming with me." He insisted."No, I am not going any where until I spend the night with my husband.""Oh please. Can some one help me talk to this woman that he is not her husband!" He calms himself down. "Take her out of here." He said, not minding her decision.Victor tries to save her but he is knocked down by the wolves. They made sure he had passed out before they let go of him. Zelda screamed on top of her voice, but it felt as if no one was around to save her.He curls his fingers on her cheek. "Maybe, having you as a mate isn't a bad idea after all." He orders them to take her to the car. When he got to the car, she had dozed off.While his men took Zelda to his pack house, he drove to her home to remind her parents of their agreement. Forty eight hours had elapsed and he wanted his mate or the
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Chapter: You can run but cannot hideEven till the following day, Zelda and Victor couldn't be found. They had talked with the church priest about wedding them but he insisted that they needed a witness for the union.They also explained to him that their parents had no idea about this since they were against their relationship. The priest urged them to get at least a witness before he could proceed with the union.Zelda called her best friend Jessy to stand as a witness to her wedding. Jessy came a few minutes to seven since the wedding would be taking place by seven."What happened?" She asked Zelda while they make her up. "You guys were supposed to get married two nights ago.""It's my parents. They had already arranged my marriage with another lunatic behind my back.""Hold on. That means, they have no idea about this wedding?" Jessy asked."They have no idea of my whereabouts either. Well, that suits them, I'm done looking like an eggshell to them. I need to live my life the way I want, they can't just control my fe
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Chapter: The pack’s at stakeThey waited for her to show up, but she never did. They tried calling her number but it wasn't reachable. Luna looked at her husband, blaming him for hurting their daughter.It was his fault. His idea to marry Zelda off. She had talked to him about going behind her to arrange her marriage but he didn't listen. He was very interested in saving the pack for himself."She's not picking my calls." She said, folding her arms around her chest. "And it's your fault, Mason, you caused this." She blamed it on him."Why am I the one receiving the blame? I ain't in this alone, okay? You agreed we should give her off to Alpha Kent, remember?""No, you forced me to see reasons why I have to believe you.""Fine, you agreed.""Yeah, that's because I thought it would help but now I see that you only hurt her. Now she is picking her calls, all thanks to you." She angrily left for her room.Meanwhile, Zelda had driven to Victor's home to find out why he didn't show up on the supposed night of their wed
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Chapter: Running from the shadowLuna Zeta followed her while she walked out of the hall to her room. She ignored her calls even as she yelled her name."Zelda, please stop. You can't just cancel this union, you don't know how important it is to every single one of us."Zelda wasn't listening. She was sure she had fully entered her room, she slammed it hard."Zelda?""Just go! Go away, mom, I don't wanna talk to you.""Please, sweetheart, I can explain.""I don't need your explanation." She covered her ears with her pillow, not wanting to listen to whatever her mother's got to say.When Luna Zeta noticed she wasn't going to listen to her, she left back to the ceremonial hall but it was already empty. Every one had gone home disappointed.She went to ask the guards where the Alpha king was. "Where is the alpha?""He left with Alpha Kent to his office." Replied the guard.She left for Alpha Mason's office and met him with Alpha Kent discussing. From the look on their faces, their conversation wasn't going pretty well.
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Chapter: Betrothed to anotherToday is Friday! The most exciting day of Zelda's life. A day she had marked as the best day ever because she was going to get married to her soulmate, the one who had never ceased to make her heart ache.His name is victor.Zelda sat by the edge of her bed, admiring her bridal gown which hung on the dummy stand. It was so beautiful that she couldn't stop staring at it.She has longed to wear a bridal gown. For years, Zelda watched her friends get mated while hers never showed up. She felt the moon goddess hates her so much for not giving her a mate at the initial stage.But after Victor called her his mate, it's like she had kissed the feet of the moon goddess. And right now, she just can't wait for night to come."Isn't it beautiful?" She asked her maid, Stephanie, who was also admiring the gown."Of course, it is. I'm so happy for you, princess. Finally you have some one to call your own." She said with happiness.Zelda heaved, the smile never leaving her face."I believe Victor wi
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