Geschieden und außerhalb seiner Liga
Von den zwei Menschen verraten, denen sie am meisten vertraute — ihrem Ehemann und ihrer besten Freundin — verlor sie alles in einem einzigen verheerenden Schlag.
Geschieden, gedemütigt und mit nichts außer zerbrochenen Träumen und brennendem Ehrgeiz zurückgelassen, geht sie fort, entschlossen, ihr Leben von Grund auf neu aufzubauen.
Vier Jahre später kehrt sie stärker zurück als je zuvor — mächtig, erfolgreich und CEO des begehrtesten Innenarchitekturunternehmens des Landes. Die Frau, die einst jeder unterschätzt hatte, ist nun völlig unerreichbar.
Und plötzlich will der Mann, der die Scheidungspapiere so mühelos unterschrieben hat, sie zurück.
Von Reue zerfressen ist er bereit, alles zu tun, um eine zweite Chance zu bekommen und zu beweisen, dass sie zu verlieren der größte Fehler seines Lebens war.
Doch ihr Herz gehört ihm nicht mehr so leicht.
Denn inzwischen gibt es einen anderen Mann in ihrem Leben — einen gefährlich attraktiven Milliardärserben aus Europas mächtigster Familie. Kalt, unnahbar und unmöglich zu durchschauen, bietet er ihr etwas, das ihr Ex ihr nie geben konnte: eine Zukunft ohne Verrat.
Gefangen zwischen einem reumütigen Ex, der entschlossen ist, ihre Liebe zurückzugewinnen, und einem geheimnisvollen Milliardär, der sie immer näher an sich zieht, während er sich weigert, seine wahren Gefühle preiszugeben, muss sie eine unmögliche Entscheidung treffen.
Kann ein zerbrochenes Herz lernen, wieder zu vertrauen … oder wird die Liebe sie ein zweites Mal verraten?
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Chapter: Kapitel 35Kayla’s POVIch hatte nicht erwartet, meine Nacht damit zu verbringen, zum Flughafen zu fahren. Besonders nicht nach einem langen Tag im Büro und einer noch längeren Nacht des Feierns mit meinem Team. Der Anruf meiner Mutter kam aus dem Nichts und sagte mir, ich solle sie am Flughafen in Manhattan abholen.Sie war wochenlang in England im Urlaub gewesen, und jetzt war sie plötzlich zurück? Ohne eine einzige Nachricht oder einen Hinweis? Ich konnte nicht lügen… irgendetwas fühlte sich nicht richtig an.Als ich sie schließlich im Ankunftsbereich entdeckte, war sie da… Evangeline Brooks in all ihrer dramatischen Pracht. Ein Pelzschal um ihren Hals gewickelt, übergroße Sonnenbrillen, die trotz der Nacht die Hälfte ihres Gesichts bedeckten. Sie sah aus wie jemand, der in einem Film aus einem Privatjet steigt, nicht aus einem normalen Flug.„K
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Chapter: Kapitel 34Kayla’s POVDie BedrohungEs war gegen sechs Uhr abends, und der private Saal des Unternehmens erstrahlte bereits in Lichtern, Lachen und Musik. Alle von Brookes Atelier waren dort… Mitarbeiter, Geschäftspartner, Kunden und sogar ein paar Medienvertreter, die nur eingeschränkten Zugang erhalten hatten.Der ganze Ort roch nach Champagner, Erfolg und etwas Süßem… vielleicht waren es die Erdbeertörtchen, die Tessa unbedingt ins Menü aufgenommen hatte.Im Obergeschoss, im kleineren Konferenzraum mit Blick auf den Saal, saß ich mit Maya, Tessa und einigen meiner wichtigsten Geschäftspartner.Durch die breite Glaswand konnten wir die gesamte Feier unten sehen… Menschen, die sich unterhielten, tanzten und Gläser anstießen. Aber hier oben war die Stimmung etwas ernster.Tessa beugte sich vor und stützte ihr Kinn auf ihre Han
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Chapter: Kapitel 33Kayla’s POVDas InterviewDie hellen Studiolichter waren blendend. Sie starrten auf mich herab wie kleine Sonnen und zwangen mich, die Augen zusammenzukneifen, selbst als die Kameras zu laufen begannen. Ich konnte sehen, wie das rote Licht an der Hauptkamera blinkte – das Signal, dass wir live waren. Mein Herz setzte einmal aus und beruhigte sich dann wieder.Die berühmte Journalistin Clara James lächelte mir warm über den eleganten Glastisch hinweg zu. „Willkommen zurück, Miss Kayla Brookes“, begann sie.„Sie waren in den letzten Wochen aus den richtigen Gründen in den Schlagzeilen… Sie haben Korruption aufgedeckt, die Integrität der Association gerettet und zuletzt… Ihre ziemlich reife Reaktion auf die Enthüllung von Saxon Chataway.“Ihr Ton war freundlich, aber forschend. Genau das hatte ich erwartet.
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Chapter: Kapitel 32Kaylas POVDas ist noch nicht vorbei!Für einen Moment verschluckte Stille den Raum… schwere, erstickende Stille.Alle Augen waren auf mich gerichtet, warteten auf meine Reaktion. Das Video hatte seinen Zweck erfüllt; es zeichnete mich als die Böse in dieser sorgfältig gesponnenen Falle von Adrian.Und Gott, er hatte es brillant gemacht.Ein langsames, bitteres Lächeln zog sich über meine Lippen, als ich mich zu ihm umdrehte. „Du hast dir das gut überlegt, nicht wahr?“ sagte ich leise, fast anerkennend. „Du warst schon immer gut darin, der Held in deiner eigenen Geschichte zu sein.“Adrians Augen flackerten… nur einmal… bevor er sein Gesicht wieder in diese gleiche arrogante Ruhe zwang, die ich nur zu gut kannte.Ich erhob mich von meinem Platz, meine Hän
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Chapter: Kapitel 31Kaylas POVInszeniertes TreffenDie Vorbereitung auf mein Treffen mit Ashton Ward fühlte sich an, als stünde ich am Rand von etwas gewaltigem.Selbst für mich… jemand, der bereits Billionäre, CEOs und Regierungsvertreter getroffen hatte — war ein Treffen mit einem Ward nichts Alltägliches.Die Ward Group war nicht nur mächtig; sie war praktisch eine Dynastie.Und obwohl Ashton nur der fünfte Neffe von Lord Barias Ward war, reichte das immer noch aus, um ihn zu einem Mann zu machen, auf den Menschen hörten — und den sie fürchteten.Maya bestand darauf, mich zu dem Resort zu begleiten, in dem das Treffen stattfinden sollte. Es war eines meiner privaten Anwesen… ein ruhiges Stück Land, umgeben von Bäumen, stillen Gewässern und Frieden. Ich wollte das Treffen nach meinen Bedingu
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Chapter: Kapitel 30Kaylas POVDer Ort, den Saxon das „Vault“ seiner Mutter nannte, war ganz anders, als ich ihn mir vorgestellt hatte. Er sah eher wie eine private Festung als wie ein Büro aus. Der hohe Zaun glänzte im schwachen Licht, an jeder Ecke waren Kameras angebracht, und das Wachhäuschen wirkte wie eine stumme Warnung.Saxon hatte mir auf dem Weg hierher alles erzählt … wie seine Mutter das Vault für ihre vertraulichsten Treffen nutzte und wie viele dieser Treffen nicht gerade legal waren. Es überraschte mich nicht. An Mrs. Chataways Reichtum war mir schon immer etwas verdächtig vorgekommen.Ich hatte schon früher Menschen gesehen, die ihren Erfolg nur vortäuschten … Menschen, die ihre Macht durch Manipulation und schmutziges Geld erkauften. Sie passte perfekt in diese Kategorie.Von meinem Versteck hinter einem großen Baum nahe dem Za
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Fractured Hearts: He Left Me, Now He Wants Me Back
Her life was picture-perfect—until the night everything came crashing down.
One scandal. One devastating betrayal. And suddenly, the woman who once had it all is painted as the villain in a story she never got to tell. Humiliated, abandoned by the man who promised forever, and stripped of everything she built, she vanishes without a trace.
But disappearing was never the end of her story.
Years later, she returns as someone entirely different—stronger, untouchable, and fueled by a quiet hunger for justice. No longer the broken woman they left behind, she’s now a ruthless corporate investigator with one mission: expose the corruption hidden beneath her ex-husband’s flawless empire.
She came back for revenge. To ruin him the way he ruined her.
But the closer she gets to the truth, the more cracks begin to show in the story she believed for years. Buried secrets rise to the surface, old wounds reopen, and the man she swore to hate may not be the enemy after all.
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Chapter: Chapter 53Charlotte’s POVI folded the last piece of clothing and placed it neatly inside the travel bag Elena had lent me.She zipped up her own suitcase before looking over at me. “So,” she said, “have you decided what we’re doing?”I looked up before asking, “What do you mean?”She leaned against the dresser. “Do you want us to fly back to Seattle first and report everything to the police there?”I paused as the suggestion made sense. Under normal circumstances, it would have been exactly what I would do.But nothing about my situation was normal anymore so I slowly shook my head. “No.”Elena frowned. “No? Why say no?”“I don’t want to involve the police just yet.”She looked surprised. “Charlotte, after everything you’ve told me—”“I know.” I sighed. “But I don’t know the full extent of what really happened while I was gone.”I sat down on the edge of the bed. “For all I know, the police may already have a completely different version of my disappearance.”Elena remained quiet, allowing me
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Chapter: Chapter 52Charlotte’s POVI lowered my head as people around kept stealing glances at me. Even though the doctor had left , I could still feel eyes on me.Every time I looked up, someone quickly looked away. Others weren’t even trying to hide it at all as they whispered among themselves while glancing in my direction.My stomach tightened because they all obviously know who I am. Or rather…They thought they knew who I was.I couldn’t afford to make any careless decisions. If Victor had truly done everything he promised, then I had no idea who I could trust anymore.So I waited for any chances to get myself out of their glaring gazes.Then suddenly, a distraction came. “Move! Move!”The emergency room doors burst open as a woman screamed in agony. “My baby!”Blood stained the lower half of her dress as several nurses rushed her inside on a stretcher. “She’s hemorrhaging!”“We’re losing too much blood!”“Doctor, now!” Instantly, every nurse, doctor and even the patients’ relatives rushed toward t
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Chapter: Chapter 51Charlotte’s POVA loud bang jolted me awake as My eyes flew open in horrorFor a second, I couldn’t remember where I was. Then the familiar walls, the stale air, and the metal-framed bed reminded me of my reality.I was still in Victor Kane’s Captivity. Another miserable day.Before I could even sit upright, the door burst open and two large men strode into the room.“What are you doing?” I asked, immediately backing away until my back hit the wall.Neither of them answered as one grabbed my arm roughly while the other caught my shoulder as they began dragging me out of the room.“Let go of me!” I struggled, but after a week of poor meals, endless stress, and little sleep, I barely had any strength left.“Where are you taking me?” I asked as I was being dragged but still, I got no answer.They dragged me out of the room and down the hallway as my heart pounded wildly.Was Victor finally done playing games? Was he going to kill me? The thought made my legs feel even weaker.When we rea
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Chapter: Chapter 50Alexander’s POVI sat in one of the hard plastic chairs in the hospital reception, my elbows resting on my knees while my hands hung loosely between them.People walked past me, the doctors, the nurses, the patients and different Families but the sounds around me simply blended into meaningless noise.For the first time in years, I felt completely powerless. Across from me, my mother hadn’t stopped talking. “I warned you, Alexander.” Her voice trembled with grief, but every word was sharp enough to cut so deep into my soul where I was seated.“I warned you from the very beginning.” I stared at the polished floor without responding to her. “I told you that woman wasn’t right for you.”Still, I said nothing as I couldn’t even bring myself to go against my mother at this point in time.“You never listened to me! You were blindly in love with a woman who isn’t worth a single drop of your love.” She wiped her tears angrily.“You defended her every single time I tried to challenge her and
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Chapter: Chapter 49Charlotte’s POVI stood silently by the window, my eyes fixed on the gray sky outside. I wasn’t really looking at anything in particular because my mind had become strangely empty.Over the last two days, I had cried until my eyes burned and my head throbbed. I’d worried about Alex, my company, my marriage, and everything that had happened so suddenly that it felt impossible to process. At some point, the tears had simply stopped coming.There was nothing left to cry about. I rested my forehead against the cool glass and let out a long, exhausted breath.“So this is what hopelessness feels like… this is what it feels like to be kept as a prisoner and being fed like some beggar when it is deemed fit for them” I whispered the words to myself.I wondered what Alex was doing at that very moment. Had he found my letter? Did he think I had truly abandoned him?Or… Did he think I had taken my own life? Does he still care about me or is he busy having sex and being sucked by his ex secretary
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Chapter: Chapter 48Alexander’s POVI sat in the passenger seat of my SUV outside the hospital, staring at the stack of files resting on my lap without truly seeing a single word.The afternoon sun reflected against the windshield, warming the leather interior, but I felt nothing.My fingers slowly turned to another page, checking out the blood tests, the medication chart, the daily observations, the Nursing reports and Everything was looking just too ordinary.I rubbed my aching eyes before leaning back against the seat. “This doesn’t make any sense…” The words slipped out quietly.Marilyn hadn’t looked like someone who was about to die all the while I’ve been paying her visits.The other time I’d visited her, she’d smiled despite the pain she was carrying. She had complained about the hospital food. She had teased me for worrying too much.She had even asked when Charlotte and I planned on giving her a nephew to spoil. A lump formed in my throat.No! Something wasn’t adding up. I closed the folder and
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Divorced And Out of His League
Betrayed by the two people she trusted most—her husband and her best friend—she lost everything in a single devastating blow.
Divorced, humiliated, and left with nothing but shattered dreams and burning ambition, she walks away determined to rebuild her life from the ground up.
Four years later, she returns stronger than ever—powerful, successful, and the CEO of the most sought-after interior design company in the country. The woman everyone once underestimated is now completely out of reach.
And suddenly, the man who signed those divorce papers so easily wants her back.
Consumed by regret, he’s willing to do anything to win a second chance, proving that losing her was the biggest mistake of his life.
But her heart is no longer his to claim so easily.
There’s now another man in the picture—a dangerously attractive billionaire heir from Europe’s most powerful family. Cold, unreadable, and impossible to figure out, he offers her something her ex never did: a future untouched by betrayal.
Caught between a remorseful ex determined to earn back her love and a mysterious billionaire who keeps pulling her closer while refusing to reveal his true feelings, she must make an impossible choice.
Can a shattered heart learn to trust again… or will love betray her twice?
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Chapter: Chapter 45Kayla’s POVA soft beep echoed near my ear as my eyes fluttered open. The ceiling above me looked white and blurry for a few seconds before my vision cleared. The faint smell of disinfectant filled the room, mixing with the quiet hum of machines.I turned my head slowly and saw my mother sitting right beside me, her hand gently holding mine. She looked exhausted but relieved. Her hair was a little messy, her eyes red from lack of sleep. When she noticed I was awake, she sat up immediately.“Kayla,” she whispered, her voice trembling. “Thank God, you’re awake.”I blinked a few times, still trying to adjust. My throat was dry. “Mom? What… what happened?”Before she could answer, the door opened, and a doctor walked in with a clipboard in hand. He smiled as he came closer. “Good morning, Miss Brooke. How are you feeling?”I cleared my throat weakly. “Tired. And a little di
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Chapter: Chapter 44Steven’s POVThe road ahead was quiet and lonely. The van bounced roughly over uneven ground, the dim light from outside barely reaching through the tinted windows.The four men in the vehicle were all armed. Their guns were trained on me, their eyes cold and sharp. One of them sat directly across from me, his finger twitching near the trigger.They needed the guns.I’d made sure of that.My jaw tightened as I stared at them in silence. The air inside the van was heavy with tension. I could almost hear their hearts beating fast under their tough expressions.As the engine rumbled, my mind drifted back to the moment they first caught me.FlashbackI’d been dragged into the back of another van, my head covered with a rough black bag. The stench of gasoline filled my nostrils. The ropes around my wrists burned my skin as I twisted against them. I could hear them talking in low tones, laugh
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Chapter: Chapter 43Adrian’s POVThe sound of the metal gate screeched through my head as the warders dragged me down the narrow passage. My wrists hurt from the cuffs, but they didn’t care. I tried to resist, planting my feet firmly on the floor, but two of them pushed me hard from behind.“Move!” one barked.I lost balance and stumbled into the cell. The door slammed behind me with a loud clang that echoed in my chest.I turned around slowly, breathing hard. The cell stank of sweat, cigarettes, and damp walls. There was one man inside… tall, with messy brown hair and a grin that didn’t sit well on his face.“New roommate, huh?” he said, chuckling.I ignored him and sat on the cold metal bed. My hands trembled slightly as I pressed them against my knees. My thoughts were loud and ugly.Kayla.That woman had ruined me.If she had just agreed to come back to me, I wouldn’t have done any
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Chapter: Chapter 42Kayla’s POVI sat up in bed, the morning light slipping through the blinds, hitting my eyes like tiny knives. My phone was already ringing beside me. It was Maya.“Kayla, they’re on the line,” she said quickly.The screen split into two as the officer in charge of Steven’s case appeared. He looked tired, his voice dry from too many nights without sleep.“I understand your concerns, Miss Brooks,” he said, “but the media already caught wind of this. It’s a public case, and Steven Wade is not just anyone. The moment we got that sketch confirmed, things started spreading.”I tried to stay calm. “Then stop it,” I said softly, rubbing my temple. “You can’t let this go public yet. It’ll destroy everything. People already think I had something to do with Steven’s kidnap.”The officer shook his head. “We can’t control everything, Miss Bro
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Chapter: Chapter 41Kayla’s POVThe room was quiet except for the faint hum of the air conditioner. Maya sat on a chair beside my bed with a notepad in her hand. Across from her were a police officer and a young man with pencils and sheets of paper spread out in front of him. He was a sketch artist.“Alright, Miss Brooks,” the officer said calmly. “Can you describe him again… the man you saw outside the orchestra hall?”I took a deep breath, rubbing my temples. My head still throbbed lightly, but I forced myself to remember. “He was tall… maybe six feet or a little less. He had dark brown hair, not too long, just above his ears. His face was sharp… like someone who doesn’t smile often. He wore a grey jacket and black jeans. And he kept looking at us… like he was waiting for something.”The sketcher’s pencil scratched quickly on paper. Every now and then, he’d glance up at me and adjust a
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Chapter: Chapter 40Kayla’s POVThe hospital room was unusually crowded that morning. The blinds were half-drawn, letting in streaks of pale sunlight, and the air smelled faintly of disinfectant.I sat upright on my bed, a pillow tucked behind me for support, while Maya stood by the window, scrolling through her tablet. My mother sat beside me, holding a cup of warm tea that had already gone cold.Across from us sat a man in a gray suit with slicked-back hair… the media expert Maya had brought in. His name was Mr. Halpern, and his calm yet serious expression told me this wasn’t going to be an easy discussion.“The situation online is escalating quickly,” he began in a firm but polite tone. “The longer we stay silent, the more power the rumours gain. Right now, the main narrative is that you planned Steven’s kidnap to gain publicity and sympathy. Some even claim you wanted revenge on him for a failed deal.”I felt
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