the predatory marriage

Xavier was Islet's safety pin, he used to be the one protecting her, he was her best friend, and could have been her everything, not until one day, Xavier gave Islet a cold shoulder. She could never understand why. He started treating her indifferently, and that made her lose all her control. Her mind was in turmoil and thought that parties and alcohol is the only way out of her personal issues. Her parents had enough of her and resort to marrying her off to someone, and it turned out to be Xavier! She thought that they were conspiring against her, she was angry, no, she is indeed furious! All she wants was attention, but she is always misunderstood. The marriage was supposed to bring her peace, but she felt lost. She wanted to escape but she was under Xavier's claws. When she finally did, Xavier came chasing after her, declaring his undying love. Will she accept his love or would she rather run away and chase after peace?

When Emma's parents first told her about the arranged marriage, she had hoped the Alpha would like her. It wasn't until their wedding night that the Omega knew the truth. "Don't get too comfortable," Lucus said coldly. "Once everyone leaves the hall, you are going to sleep in guest room." "W-What? Bu-" "What?" The Alpha says, turning to look at her, Emma flinched at the look in Lucus eyes."You thought we'd have some bullshit magical night? Well news flash Omega, I will NEVER want you. I already had someone." "What about me, then?" The Omega asks, with teary eyes. "I don't care. I am going to see my girlfriend." With that the Alpha leave. The night was the beginning of the end. Emma knows the vows they took on their wedding day mean nothing to Lucus. ****** "Give me grandchildren or forget about my wealth." Lucus knows it's not a good idea, but he still did it. He spends Emma heat with her and make her pregnant. He even starts acting like he loves her. But things don't go according to his plan and Emma lost their pup, she keeps calling Alpha for help but Lucus busy with his lover. "You waste my plan and my time." Thats what the Alpha told her. Emma then realizes it's all Alpha plan. Her omega was in pain, and she couldn't take it anymore. Emma packed her things and left. But it's like God is playing with her, she finds out that her one pup is survive and still alive inside her. Emma tries to reach Lucus last time. "Meet me, I want to tell you something." But the Alpha didn't come. Lucus didn't even realise what he lost that day. When he realised, he is already late. 5 years late.

"I don't care what you think of me. I'm not a stripper and I don't know what you did to me to get me on your bed,"I blurted out in anger. "What I did to you? How nice of you to play innocent after throwing yourself at me last night,"Leo retorted. ★★★★★ Just one night, everything changed! All she needed was to drink away her sorrow that night at the club, but she woke up unconsciously in the bed of a heartless but charming Billionaire, Leo Robbins. When the scandal escalates beyond repair, Emily is forced to sign a contract marriage with him to save face in exchange for half a million dollars. With her father's huge debt and her brother's pending hospital bills, she agrees to the marriage which dips her in a pool of misery where she receives unending hatred from her husband who believes she's a stripper The billionaire unexpectedly falls for her only to be forced to terminate her pregnancy later. What would become of Leo and Emily's love and their triplet babies? Why must she terminate her pregnancy? Read this suspenseful tale of hard twists and turns; hate turned love and family turned foe.

"I am gonna make things clear here " He growled with a mean face, walking closer to me while I took a few steps back. "We were forced into this mess together." My back hit the wall as he didn't stop walking closer while I moved back in fright. "You hear me?" he asked with his frown deepening, and I could only nod nervously as his face drew very close to me as if he was about to kiss me, but that would be my wild dreams. He abhors me. "But you're mine. Mine alone. I own you and you belongs to me." His soft lips grazed my left cheek to my ear as he whispered them gently, his voice smoky and deep, sending tingles over my skin. I was shocked to hear those words from him. It surely can't be him saying this. - When Anna was forced to marry her CEO Daren Richardson, she never expected to experience love from the same cold and arrogant man who detested her. Anna knew she was doomed to a loveless marriage after realizing her husband never had interest in falling in love, not to talk of a low-life like her. He was strictly concerned about his business and treated her like she never existed. But why then does he gets jealous seeing her talk with another man? Why did he beat up a man for hugging her? She came into his life like a worthless rag that should be thrown and burnt away, but became the only woman in the world which his heart and soul needed.

"You only miss the sun when it starts to snow." Zara Hall was a lover girl, who only had eyes for Scott even though he treated her like trash. After they got married according to their grandmothers' wishes, Zara saw hell at the hands of Scott. He not only refused to show her off to the world as his wife, but also blamed her for his parents' death. To muddy the waters even further, Cora—another childhood friend of theirs—stuck to him like glue. Zara did all she could to win Scott's heart. One day, he asked her for an open marriage. She agreed because she loved him. However, he got angry after he saw her with another man. One thing led to another and Zara had no choice but to ask for a divorce. Surprisingly, Scott was unwilling to let her go. The messy battle soon became messier when she falls pregnant for him. Zara is torn between the devil and the deep blue sea as she works her way to the top to restore her family's lost glory. Meanwhile, Scott realizes that he can't live without her. Cora continued to pose a threat to their happiness. She pulled all the stops just to break them apart, using her child as a pawn. Later, it's discovered that the accident that occurred several years ago was orchestrated. Zara continued to shield her baby from the whole drama, but there was only little she could do as Scott tries everything to win her back. "I'm sorry for not valuing you, Zee. Please, just give me a second chance," he said on his knees in public. Would Zara get back with him for her son's sake? Who's behind their parents' murder? Wanna find out what exactly the future holds for them?

Marriage is for better or worst!!! But what happens when Lisa's contracted marriage to CEO Alvin Fisher, end up being a blood bath, she must stand by him and fight against his wicked stepfather!!! Who gunned after his life.

"Dr. Red. Ambulance is on its way with two incoming. A male and a female. Badly injured. Dr. Orth will be taking over the female, as she is in worse shape. You'll need to prepare a room for the male." That moment altered Rosalind Red's life forever. The man brought into her hospital was none other than James Wood, heir of Wood Industries, and Rosa's father's rival company. Unknowing to Rosa, James was also an Alpha to a pack that had just been destroyed. The woman brought in with him that night was none other than his mate, Marina. Rosalind Red was raised blissfully unaware of the supernatural world. When James awoke from a coma; Rosa was hooked. It was love at first sight. James' grandfather gave him an ultimatum to take over the family company; Get married, settle down, and have kids. The only problem.... His mate lay in a coma and wasn't improving. Rosalind propositioned James in the hopes that time would make him feel the connection that she couldn't explain. But after three years; Marina woke up from her coma, shaking the very ground that Rosalind and James' marriage was built on.

“Hey little brother, wanna get married? Here are nine bucks, it’s on me!”Just like that, Cecelia Shayne gave herself away with nine bucks.Consequently…The random cutie she dragged off the street? He’s a poor good-for-nothing who needs her to tend to his every need.However, there’s nothing she can do.This is a husband she bought, and she needs to swallow this somehow.But… But…Why does his name seem to be the same as the owner of a certain conglomerate…?What?Asset transfer?Cecelia was shocked. “Why’re you giving me all this money?”William Sandler looked her dead in the eye, “Money’s yours, you’re mine!”

After ten years of silence, a call from the Philippines disrupts Katharina Esmeralda Grimaldi’s carefully constructed life. Once treated as a burden by her family, she fled their chains to carve out her destiny in Europe. Now a Duchess of Monaco and a powerhouse in the business world, Katharina has no intention of letting her past taint her success. But when the request comes for her to return, curiosity drives her to face the place she once called home. What could possibly demand her presence after a decade of independence? As she steps back into a world she vowed to leave behind, Katharina finds herself entangled in a shocking twist—a forced marriage to Rome Benjamin Azcárraga, the cold, enigmatic CEO of Asia’s largest shipping empire. Power collides with passion, and the stakes are higher than ever as Katharina navigates a dangerous game of love, revenge, and ambition. Will the Duchess who conquered Europe bow to her past, or will she rise even stronger?

Elena and Holden's story is told in the novel. Two people who are destined to spend their whole lives together aside their differences. Before they are husband and wife, they meet each other. They do not even manage to impress one someone because they're lost in their own worlds.