I Refuse to Be a Love-Struck Protagonist

Racing five hundred miles to his sick mother, the protagonist of Three Hundred Miles Too Late discovers a crushing betrayal through a viral video. His fiancée, Vanessa Tomlinson, claimed work kept her from the trip, yet her car is seen escorting her ex-boyfriend for three hundred miles. While online commenters swoon over the devoted ex-lover, the protagonist stares at her license plate in disbelief. Vanessa's deceptive concern reveals a mystery of lingering feelings and hidden priorities.

Hired by Arthur Sterling for her exceptional intellect, she entered a contract marriage with his son, Declan, solely to produce an heir. Yet, seven years passed without a pregnancy, filled only with Declan's constant tabloid scandals and her managing the PR cleanup. Exhausted, she finally demands a divorce. When Declan coldly dismisses her decision as a mere game, she realizes she is truly done. No longer the desperate wife who begged for his affection only to be met with cruel disdain, she is ready to walk away.

Eleanora Reed believed she had a flawless marriage until disturbing revelations surfaced in her third trimester. An anonymous client's boasts about an affair with a married man matched her husband Edward's life with chilling accuracy. When his ex, Krystal, crashed with a newborn, Edward abandoned Eleanora, secretly paying $50,000 for the baby's care while lying about a merger. As Eleanora went into labor, his family intercepted her ambulance, hiding her at their estate to avoid scandal. Just as despair consumed her, Houston Bradford—Edward's supposedly wheelchair-bound older brother—appeared, walking steadily. He seized Eleanora, locked her in his study to deliver, and ordered Edward crippled, revealing a nightmare far darker than betrayal.

Branded a traitor and a villain, I did what was necessary to survive. By seducing Damian Blackwell, the father of my best friend, I maneuvered into his bed and elite social circle. My initial schemes focused on his immense fortune, but unexpected love emerged from my deception. Now his young bride, I am surrounded by a family that hates me. Having clawed my way to this peak, I must face the cost of my ambition and prove that even a villain can find happiness.

Betrayed by her husband for her own stepsister, Luna loses her family and her status in a single moment of abandonment. Destitute and alone, she encounters a mysterious trillionaire who grants her the means to reclaim her life. Now a woman driven by vengeance, she targets those who wronged her. However, as Luna executes her retribution, she discovers hidden truths about her powerful savior that threaten to either set her free or destroy her completely.

On their seventh anniversary, Victor demands a divorce to reunite with his returned first love. Believing his wife is a helpless orphan, he lets her leave with nothing. But he has no clue that her father is the powerful real estate mogul Joshua Henson, who owns most of the city. More importantly, the crucial thirty-million-dollar funding that saved Victor's own business came directly from his ex-wife's billionaire family. Now, the tables are about to turn.