Arthur Morgan Smile Novels & Stories

On the day my daughter is discharged from the hospital after recovering from the flu, I run into my ex-husband, Zachary Levine, whom I have been divorced from for seven years. He is there to pick up his wife, who has just given birth. He looks a little surprised as his gaze moves up and down to take in my clothes, which is still stained from my child's vomit. I had no time to change out of it earlier. "Long time no see. How have you been lately?" he asks. I smile and say I am doing fine. As we are about to part, he grabs my arm. "Alyssa, our son misses you a lot. If you are having any difficulties, don't push yourself. The passcode for the house in the north of the city is still your birthday. You can go there anytime." I politely decline, and he lets out a sigh. "After all these years, you are still as stubborn as you were back then. Don't hate me." I smile but say nothing. There needs to be love for there to be hate. But now, he is just a stranger to me.

Betrayed, broken, and left to die, Elaine Carter thought her story had ended the night her stepsister stole everything—her inheritance, her fiancé, and her future. But fate had other plans. Elaine Carter wakes up years in the past, back to the moment before her life began to unravel. This time, she remembers everything—the lies, the manipulation, and the cruel smile her stepsister wore as she destroyed her. Armed with knowledge of what’s to come, Elaine Carter is no longer the naive girl she once was. With elegance and quiet calculation, she begins to rewrite her destiny. Every move is strategic. Every smile hides a secret. As she builds power, influence, and allies, her stepsister remains unaware that the girl she once toyed with is now her greatest threat. But revenge is a dangerous game. As Elaine Carter gets closer to exposing the truth and reclaiming her life, she begins to question how much she’s willing to lose… and whether justice and vengeance can ever truly be separated. In a world of luxury, deception, and hidden rivalries, one girl gets a second chance—not just to survive, but to win.

My birthday present this year is a written contract titled 'Behavioral Reform Contract'. My fiance, who was the mafia head Matteo Giovanni, and my parents have already signed their names at the bottom. Together, they had me sent to the Behavioral Correction Center. … The windows are always shut, and the sunlight is filtered through the metal window bars. They drug, reprimand, and ostracize me to make me shove my feelings of aggrievement down. Even while I am being humiliated and punished, they teach me to force a smile and maintain a steady breath. It was all done in the name of "treating" me. A year passes, and I go from being a so-called "troublemaker" to their ideal version of me—quiet, elegant, and utterly perfect. Matteo beams at me and says, "You've finally become my perfect wife. We can finally marry." I match his smile, a gesture that they think means obedience from my part. However, it is not true. It is just me bidding my farewell before I leave for good. There's something I don't understand, however. They constantly found me lacking, so now that I am gone from their lives, why are they falling apart?

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT Nora has been used, dumped with scars to show it. Her life has been revolving around her little baby girl until Greg came into the picture. His eyes, his smile, those dimples are all Nora can see. But she is determined not to be a fool again. Will her strength be able to save her from Greg's love and unceasing charm.

All Rina has ever wanted to do was do her research and live a peaceful life, switching places and pretending to be her twin sister wasn't on her agenda. It was just for two days, smile, be pretty and deceive her sister's mate and his family. It wasn't supposed to be hard. But the deception is suddenly becoming serious and Rina must decide what she wants to do with her life.

I witnessed my life from above to the ground, as my head sink at the bathtub floor...a hand reach out to me. "Come with me, I will help you get your place in the society again." I didn't know that was a trap, a smile meant to deceive me. It is too late when I found out the manipulation, I already fall in love with the man who betrayed me.

The 99th time Owen Anderson slides a ring onto my finger, his adopted sister, Monica Morgan, calls again. And just like that, for the 99th time, he ditches me at the altar to be with her, who's having another depressive episode. I'm fed up. I yell after him as he walks away, "Go ahead! Walk out on me, and I swear I'll marry someone else!" He doesn't even flinch. Instead, he snaps, "Can you stop being so unreasonable? We can get married anytime, but Monica's the only sister I've got." Then, he turns and walks away, leaving me standing there like a complete fool. What he doesn't realize is that this time, I mean it. Later, when he gets down on one knee for the 100th time, his older brother, Chris, slips an arm around my waist and says, "Sorry, Owen. She's your sister-in-law now."

Isabella makes a stupid choice on her twenty-third birthday that completely turns her world around. One night with a stranger who bruised her heart and shattered her pride. That stranger is Kieran: callous billionaire, son of Anderson Innovations, and a man who doesn't believe in love. Their worlds shouldn't ever collide again… until Isabella walks into his company as a new employee to find that she will be working for him. Kieran doesn't recognize her. But she does. Bound by a will that requires he wed in order to claim his foster dad's empire, he presents a cold, one-year offer. For Isabella, it's the sole option to be able to fund her mother's treatment. For Kieran, it's business. Nothing more. But secrets never stay secret. Ethan Anderson is out for revenge. Olivia Morgan is not going to lose Kieran without a fight. And when Isabella discovers that she is pregnant with Kieran's baby as the contract is running out, leaving is not so simple. Love was not in the bargain. But it could be their only hope.

Lily Morgan is a 24-year-old woman crushed by her father's suicide and the three million dollar debt he left behind. She lives in a tiny apartment with her disabled younger sister Sophie, working multiple low-wage jobs while loan shark Vincent Shaw threatens them daily. Lily has always been invisible, plain, and suffers from crippling low self-esteem after years of being overlooked and dismissed. She believes she deserves nothing good in life. Alexander Hunt is a 32-year-old hotel magnate, cold and emotionally unavailable after being raised by a stern father who taught him that feelings are weakness. He built his empire through ruthless business decisions and has never let anyone close except his ex-girlfriend Cassandra Vale, who he keeps in his life as his VP and secret lover. His dying grandmother Margaret is his only soft spot, and her final wish is to see him married before she passes.

Olivia Morgan was the daughter her parents sacrificed to save their tech company. Forced to marry Nathan Hayes in her sister's place, humiliated on her wedding night, blamed for a crime she didn't commit—she left with nothing. Seven years later, she returns as a successful CEO with twin children. She wants one thing: a divorce. Nathan Hayes spent seven years watching Jessica's mask slip. Piece by piece, he realized Olivia was never the liar. He started remembering her cooking. Her silence. The way she never begged. When Olivia asks for a divorce, he refuses. He wants redemption. She wants freedom. Jessica wants Olivia destroyed. And the twins have Nathan's eyes. She won't let her children near people who don't understand love. He spent seven years learning what it means. Is that enough to soften her heart or she will embrace the future without him in it?