Madeline “Maddie” Brownwood is a nineteen-year-old college student juggling part-time jobs and the weight of unpaid debts. After losing her mother to illness, she lives with her aunt—the only family she has left—unaware that the father who abandoned her long ago still watches from a distance. That is, until the day a mysterious man appears, turning her world upside down with a shocking request: Come to the Divenson Mansion and prepare for your wedding.

Hunter Divenson, the enigmatic and strikingly handsome CEO of Divenson Mining Corporation, is a brilliant engineer—and a man who always honors his promises. When his longtime driver dies tragically in a car crash caused by a drunk driver, Hunter is left with the man’s final wish: to take responsibility for his estranged daughter, Maddie… by marrying her.

“I’m sorry, Maddie,” her aunt tearfully explains, “Mr. Divenson paid off all our debts. You know I couldn’t afford everything after taking you and your mother in. You should go with them—you’ll have a better life.”

Left with no other choice, Maddie is swept away to the world of the elite—a world she doesn’t belong to. At the Divenson mansion, she is met not with kindness, but cold, judgmental stares from Hunter’s parents, who make it clear she is not welcome. Her future sister-in-law despises her. Her future brother-in-law’s eyes make her skin crawl. The only warmth she finds comes from a sweet twelve-year-old girl in the household who clings to Maddie like a little sister and makes the overwhelming luxury a little more bearable.

Then she meets Hunter.

He’s everything she didn’t expect—charming in front of others, but distant and cold when they are alone. Maddie falls for him despite herself. How could she not? His presence commands attention, and his rare moments of gentleness feel like stolen sunshine. But her heart shatters when he finally speaks his truth.

“We’re married on paper, nothing more. I don’t have time for love—and I can’t love someone like you. Don’t expect that just because we share a bed, I’ll ever love you. All I need is an heir to my empire.”

The words cut deeper than she thought possible.

Humiliated. Heartbroken. Trapped.

Maddie makes a decision: she asks for a divorce.

But her request jolts something inside Hunter he didn’t know he could feel, fear. As she begins pulling away from him, he realizes the truth he’d been too blind to see: he loves his wife.

Can Hunter win back the woman he once dismissed?

Has Maddie’s love for him truly faded… or is she simply trying to forget what she can’t let go?

Will she give her cold, distant husband one last chance or walk away from the only man who ever made her feel something real?

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(Warning: This novel contains mature themes in the later chapters.)
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Book 2-The Hot Chef and The Wicked Sister

Jack Morigan was in love with Madeline, but too bad, she was engaged to Hunter Divenson. Jack made Maddie’s best friend his girlfriend, but deep in his heart, he was still hung up on Maddie. When Gina broke up with him, he knew it was all his fault.

Charlotte Divenson was called the wicked sister of Hunter Divenson. She was always envious of her brother because Hunter was the apple of her dad’s eyes and the golden son of her parents.

She was known as the wicked brat, but deep inside, she was only a lonely child who wanted recognition from her parents.

Charlotte got angry with everyone and shut off the world when her father and younger brother died; she blamed herself and Madeline for their death, and she wanted to hide.

Hunter offered Jack a job to make his wife safe, that is, to be the chef cook of his wicked sister Charlotte. Jack yearned to refuse since he hated her, but the money at stake was too high to resist.

Charlotte’s money was running out that she could no longer afford to pay her maids, and her supplies were getting low. She was shocked to find Jack on her doorstep, asking he

I had dinner with my husband, and we eat and laughed. I have a good time that I don't want to ruin the mood of the evening, we went home and made love until dawn, and I don't know how I will tell him about her. He reports to the office the following day, and I am shocked to find he came home before lunchtime.


"Hey! are you finished with your work?" I asked.


"No, I am not yet done, but I asked Cal to continue where I left off, and he is the best assistant ever, and I can trust him." He replied.


"Why do you come home so early? Are you not feeling well?" I asked, and I can't stop myself from feeling so worried, and he laughed.


"Relax, Madeline, I am fine. I know all my life I dedicated my time to my work, and now that you came into my life, I realized I should find time to be with you. I want to spend more time with you, Madeline." He said, and I can't stop the butterflies on my stomach as he moves closer to me, and he put his arms around my waist.


Chapter 99 - Have Faith