Charlotte always hoped for forever with her college sweetheart, Jonah, but after their marriage, the man she gave her heart took her freedom and turned her into a shadow of herself. He married another woman for her money and dumped Charlotte to the curb because of his greed. Broken, with no hope from anywhere, her savior comes in form of the man she least expected, her ex’s uncle. Xavier Roman is the wealthiest man in the state, a zillionaire whose income cannot be counted. He proposes a contract marriage to his nephew’s ex-wife in order to silence the ugly rumors surrounding him and she agrees out of desperation. In return, he promises to help her exert her revenge on everyone who wronged her, and spoil her beyond imagination. Driven by hate and jealousy, her ex-husband returns with his family, tarnishing her image in every way they can to get back at her, but she cannot be touched because of the man whose name she is affiliated with. What happens when she starts to want more than just his money? What happens when he realizes that it was never just business for him? How will she ever get over him, when coupled with his money, he shows her in more ways than one, what it means to be truly pleasured by a man…?
View More“You must be mad,” Charlotte scoffed at Matt. She stood up, carried her bag and adjusted her sunglasses to leave the restaurant, but he was right beside her in a second and holding her hand. “You don’t want to cause a scene, do you?” He asked with a chilly voice that let her know he was not afraid to create one. “Be a good girl and sit down, will you?” If looks could kill, Matt would have been a dead man, but unfortunately, they couldn’t. With a heavy heart, Charlotte did as she was told and sat back down. “You’re way too sensitive. I was just playing with you but you had to take it seriously,” he said with a chuckle. “I wonder what the big deal is. You know I’ve always wanted you and now you’re single and free. You’ve always been such an uptight bitch.” Charlotte crossed her arms and stared straight at him with a serious face without saying a word. His hurtful words were the least of her problems right now. She had so much to lose and unfortunately, he had the power to ma
Xavier frowned as he stood by the door, wondering if it would be wiser to walk through or stay back to listen to what his ex-wife had to say. This was what she wanted, to put him in a position where she would be the one to call the shots. She had what he wanted and she planned to use it to her advantage. Shutting his eyes with a sigh, he turned around and walked back to the seat he had just vacated. “Talk,” he said, looking straight at her. She smiled and relaxed in her seat. “Why are you so pressed? I just want us to be comfortable and free with each other while having this conversation. I don’t know why you’re acting like I’m the enemy.” Xavier blinked. The longer he stayed here listening to her bullshit, the more he was tempted to flip out. She was twisting everything on purpose so that he’d try to correct her like before and prolong this more than was necessary. “If the next thing you say isn’t related to what you planned to tell me today, not only will I call the guards
It was just a stupid meeting with his ex-wife, so why was he so nervous? Xavier wondered, rubbing his sweaty palms on a handkerchief. “She’s in,” he heard Carlos say to Laura from outside. Xavier cleared his throat. This was it. He started to straighten his tie, but stopped mid-way and asked himself what the hell he was even doing. He adjusted himself in his chair that was now beginning to hurt in certain spots where it didn’t before. Sighing, he forced himself to stay still. He raised the mug of coffee to his lips, looking as poised as possible when Laura walked in. From an onlooker’s perspective, there was not a thing out of place with him. Laura stopped by the door and regarded him with a smile. Carlos stood watching him with the door open, silently assuring Xavier that he was there in case he needed anything. Laura, who hadn’t heard the sound of the door close turned around to face Carlos. “You may leave now,” she said, practically forcing him out of the room and pu
Xavier had his reservations about meeting Laura, but after seeing things from Jaden’s perspective, he was curious to get to the bottom of it. Why else would Laura want to meet him? Did she want him to invest in her brother's business? Why would anyone do something this extreme just to get him to invest? She had to know that there was no way in hell he would do that after the frustration she had put him through. No. It had to be something else. And that was what he planned to find out.After finding out this specific piece of information from his friend about Laura that would have saved him a lot of stress if he had just asked Private to run a check on her sooner, Xavier gave in and finally enlisted the help of his private detective. So far, Xavier had found out that his ex-wife was now one of the richest women in the country, had been temporarily engaged to the son of the ex-president and had kept her son hidden on purpose until recently. To say that Xavier was unimpressed would b
“I’ll pay you the one hundred million right now,” Charlotte said once she was sitting across from Matt in the unpopular restaurant he had picked out for them to meet. There was no exchange of pleasantries between them, just straight to business. Charlotte started digging inside her bag for her phone to make the transfer, as she tried to hide her fear. “You can stop that now,” he said quietly. “It’s too late for any of that.” “What are you talking about…?”Matt shrugged. “I don’t want your money anymore. I’m no longer interested.” Charlotte’s lips trembled. Xavier had been right. You can never pay a blackmailer enough. As long as he still had proof, Charlotte would never be free from him no matter how much she promised or gave him.“Then what do you want?” She stared to ask. He reclined in the restaurant chair and smirked at her. “I love seeing you riled up. It turns me on.” Charlotte bit her lips so she wouldn’t say something she would regret. Of all the people who could have be
It was no surprise when less than an hour after Xavier went to play golf after days of staying cooped up at the house, the golf course was filled with several people. It was as if these people had nothing better to do than wait until news about where he was spread, just for them to go there and see him. There was so much attention being paid to him since practically everyone in the state had been waiting to hear news from him. Since he knew that would happen, he had asked Carlos to come with other bodyguards. Xavier personally hated having bodyguards, but extreme scenarios called for extreme measures. As the people watched him from a distance, no one daring to take a step closer to his direction for fear of being rough-handled by the fierce-looking guards, Xavier carried on playing his golf like nothing was happening. Since it was the day he and his other business ‘friends’ usually paid golf, they were all there with him. Xavier almost regretted choosing that day out of ot
It had been weeks since Charlotte left and Xavier couldn’t blame her. His life was a mess, he saw it now. It had always been but this time, it was so clear. Unable to withhold himself any longer, Xavier opened his laptop and searched his name. Several articles popped up, and just as he expected, most of them were recent and had something to do with Laura. He found the video with the most views and clicked on it. It was not an interview, but a video posted from Laura’s personal page. She was crying, and her son was right beside her, trying to stop her from shedding what he didn’t know were crocodile tears. In the video, she talked about her relationship with Xavier and how he had been emotionally distant from her after some years during their marriage. He frowned when she implied that he had been distracted by his nephew’s wife, Charlotte, even though that wasn’t what had happened at all. She talked about many other things like how he had blocked her everywhere after the divorce a
Charlotte always had to prepare her mind days before she left the house. There was no telling which random guy on the road was actually an undercover reporter who wanted to use her to shine. One would tnink that after leaving Xavier, her life would return back to normal, but Charlotte didn't even know what normal was. Her life had never really been normal. She groaned when she looked into her empty fridge. She was tired of having strangers do her grocery shopping for her online. They always managed to get the orders wrong and the last person that had delivered to her house seemed to recognize her. If she actually wanted anything done, she would have to do it herself. How was she even supposed to move on with her life like this? It had been a whole week, yet people's interest in this case did not wane like she had hoped. How could it, when Laura had made it her life's mission to keep adding fuel to the fire? Sometimes Charlotte wondered how jobless people could be. She couldn't
“How is she?” Xavier asked Private, who he had invited into his home office. Private always came whenever his boss required his presence. In some weird way, Xavier considered him a friend even though he was too proud to admit it. “She’s fine,” he answered and reclined in his seat, showing that was all he planned to say on the matter. Xavier sighed. “You know what I mean. What is she doing these days? Where is she staying? How is she coping?” He knew the response Private would give even before he answered. “Remember you asked me not to tell you no matter how much you asked. She said she wants to move on. You promised to give her space,” he said. Xavier placed his hands on the table in defeat and shut his eyes. What had he been thinking when he made such an odd request? “It’s been almost two weeks. I’ve changed my mind. I want to know now.” “You made me swear not to tell you anything no matter how much you asked,” Private reminded him again. “Since when do you do everyt
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