Pregnant at 40: The CEO's Unexpected Love

An unexpected 1 a.m. notification about a health insurance charge sparks immediate panic, driving a worried woman to rush straight to the hospital. She fears the worst for her sister, Olivia. However, the scene in the emergency room reveals a baffling mystery. Not only is Olivia hospitalized after some late-night trouble, but she is not alone. Standing right by her bedside is Jason Miller—the protagonist's own boyfriend. What secrets are they hiding in the dark?

When Oliver demanded a strictly equal split of all expenses before our marriage, my love for him made me agree. Years later, that love has completely withered, yet he still expects me to bear his child. I will play by his rules. If he wants an heir, we are going to calculate every single expense from pregnancy to postpartum recovery, including my lost wages. If he wants the child to bear the Kensington name, it is going to cost him.

Thursday night, 9:47. A crude new collar sears scar tissue left by Carmen's decade-old wolfsbane-laced suppression device—the one that killed my destined awakening at sixteen. Now I'm chained on a plywood stage, floodlit before twenty Alphas. All male. All watching. The rust-stench of this cheaper metal promises nothing but fear. Yet beneath the silver's burn, something stirs, demanding release. My past is a weapon. My future begins with their bid.

For four years, she poured her heart into her marriage, enduring endless housework and cooking grueling holiday feasts alone. Now pregnant, she expected some consideration when her mother-in-law booked a New Year's Eve dinner. Instead, after finishing her chores and rushing to the restaurant, she arrives to a heartbreaking sight: her family has already started eating without her. With twelve relatives but only eleven seats, she stands forgotten at the door, dismissed with an offer of leftovers.

After her sweetheart proposes to her sister at graduation, Tracy marries the elite billionaire Dennis Malcolm. For five years, his devotion feels like a dream until Tracy discovers the chilling truth: Dennis only married her to protect her sister’s happiness. Realizing her entire marriage was a facade to shield his true love, Tracy orchestrates an elaborate drowning to vanish. By forging a new identity, she ensures they will never cross paths again.

After waking up as Benedict Guerrero, the brutal academy headmaster from his own novel, the author finds himself mid-torture of the hero, Kamari Monroe. Aware that Kamari is destined to skin him alive in revenge, Benedict must find a way to halt the boy's path toward darkness. Trapped by his own cruel subordinates and a lethal plot, he cannot simply beg for mercy. To escape a gruesome fate, he must maintain his villainous facade while secretly protecting his future killer.