Kachi Lucy

What if the life you're living was never yours? Eloise Ashton has spent twenty-five years believing she's the unwanted daughter of a ruthless billionaire. She's been used, manipulated, and treated as a pawn in her father's empire—until the day she walks into the office of Zev Castor, the cold and terrifying CEO of Aether Global. Zev is everything she should fear: calculating, dangerous, and hiding secrets behind every calculated glance. But when he offers her a job, Eloise doesn't realize she's stepping into a web that's been twenty-two years in the making. Zev didn't hire her by accident. He's been waiting for her—because Eloise isn't just Harold Ashton's daughter. She's the heir to an empire stolen from her murdered parents. And Zev? He's the son of the man who died alongside them, a boy who grew up on a single promise: revenge. What begins as a cold game of manipulation—spying, seduction, and impossible choices—slowly unravels into something neither of them expected. As Eloise uncovers the truth about who she really is, she discovers the man she was sent to destroy may be the only one who can save her. Was any of it real? Or was she always just a part of his plan?

"I hope you're not serving that dirty maid my food!" Eliora—the woman Adrian truly loved and the one who acted as if she already owned the house—snapped with a sharp, venomous voice from the staircase. "I wasn't planning to eat it anyway," I said calmly, rubbing my stomach. "I have better taste than that. And I don't want anything, or anyone, that might harm my child." ****** She loved him in silence. He denied her without remorse. Alvara was forced into a marriage with the billionaire who took her innocence, only to discover it was a nine-month trap. Forced into a marriage built on cold rules and public lies, Alvara quickly learns that being a wife does not mean being wanted. Every kindness has conditions. Every smile hides control. And every mistake is hers to bear alone. When the marriage ends, Alvara walks away with nothing but scars and a vow never to be weak again. Years later, she returns...changed, guarded, and no longer willing to beg for what she deserves. But the man who once denied her isn't ready to let go. In a world ruled by power, pride, and regret, can love survive after divorce… or is denial the one thing that never truly ends?

For three years, Elaris believed love was enough. Enough to survive the whispers about her past. Enough to build a future together. Enough to keep every promise he ever made. She was wrong. The man who swore to marry her became another woman's husband overnight. When she demanded an explanation, he begged her to wait, insisting it was only an arrangement to save his family's empire. Then, just days later, he looked into a camera and denied she had ever meant anything to him. That was the day Elaris disappeared. Years later, the woman he abandoned has built a life no one expected her to have. She wants nothing from the man who broke her, not his apologies, not his regrets, and certainly not his love. But some secrets refuse to stay buried. As the past comes crashing back into her carefully rebuilt world, Elaris must decide whether she will keep running from the life that once shattered her... or finally embrace the one waiting to choose her without hesitation. Because sometimes, love was never enough.