Chloe Ting

"You either walk away now," Aiden said, his voice sharp and cutting, "or you stay and deal with the consequences." Tristan's chest tightened as he met Aiden's gaze, the challenge blazing in his dark eyes. Every instinct told him to run, to leave before things spiraled out of control, but his feet wouldn’t move. “What’s it gonna be, Tristan?” Aiden’s voice was low, almost taunting. “Because if you stay, there’s no turning back. You won’t just be here. You'll be mine. Every inch of you, every breath, every thought... mine!" ...... Even before they became stepbrothers, Aiden and Tristan had never been on good terms, not since high school. Tristan couldn’t have imagined that the arrogant guy he despised—the same one he hated with passion—would one day become his stepbrother, a fact he refused to acknowledge. But after a drunken night led to an accidental kiss, something shifted in Aiden. He began to see Tristan differently, from an angle far removed from brotherhood. It enraged him. He fought to keep hating him, to remind himself how wrong it was. Yet, the harder he tried, the more he missed him. The more he wanted him.

She had only intended to steal a kiss from him that night when he was drunk, but that act had ruined their entire friendship. Growing up together, Marianne Corelle had loved Alexander Skarsgard all her life. Even though she knew he saw her as nothing more than his best friend, she still secretly hoped for a chance with him—a chance she got, but at the cost of their friendship. Just before she left, she vowed, “I’ll stay away as you want, and I promise to keep myself hidden from you as much as possible.” Alexander thought he could live without her, but her departure broke him. When he saw her again five years later, she was accompanied by a child who looked exactly like him. With a mix of hope and desperation, Alexander asked, “Is he... is he mine?” Marianne's eyes narrowed with resentment as she replied coldly, “No, he's not. And neither am I. Don’t forget, I was never truly your wife.”

She told one little lie… And the most powerful man in the city decided to make it true. When Alina catches her longtime boyfriend cheating—with her stepsister, no less—humiliation burns hotter than heartbreak. So she lies. Boldly. Recklessly. "I'm seeing someone too… Aiden Blackwood." The name alone freezes the room. Aiden Blackwood—the elusive billionaire, the one no one dares to even approach. Alina has never met him. Not even once. But then he appears. He wraps an arm around her waist, kisses her like he owns her, and whispers:"Hey, wifey. Did I keep you waiting too long?" Humiliation flips into shocked silence. Later, away from prying eyes, he makes her an offer she can't refuse. "My grandmother expects me to bring a girlfriend to her birthday next weekend.You just volunteered." It's blackmail wrapped in charm. Aiden will fix her lie. In return, she'll play the role of his perfect girlfriend. Smile. Behave.Say "yes, honey" on command. After that? They'll go back to being strangers. Only… nothing about Aiden Blackwood feels like something she can walk away from. Because lies like this? They don't end quietly. They turn into something dangerously real.