Romance

Mature (R-18+)
    Three years of marriage.
    Three years of silence, loneliness, no recognition, and now... betrayal.
    Elara Frost thought love meant patience, that one day her husband would finally see her emotions, her love, and her care, and choose her, cherish her as she did.
    But the only thing he gave her was loneliness and indifference.
    And thus, when his affection for his secretary shadowed her entirely, shattered her illusions, and made her realize that she was never anything to him, never more than a pawn, she walked away.
    Everyone who knew them thought she would fade away without him, that she wouldn't survive a day without the luxurious life her husband provided, but did they really know her, the real her?
    She didn't leave to disappear; she went to return as someone untouchable, someone her ex couldn't dare to provoke, and someone every man desired and every family wanted as their daughter-in-law.
    When her real identity was revealed, it left everyone shocked. She returned as the real heiress, with connections to the underworld. She returned as the woman everyone needed to bow to and fear, wrapped in diamonds and draped in the drapes of vengeance.
    After being betrayed once, Elara vowed she would never fall in love again, but the queens aren't safe from love either. She isn't left with much choice when her childhood fiancé returns from abroad, promising her the world she never had.
    Snippet:
    “I would be a fool to fall for a man again after everything that life has made me go through,” Elara confessed, her expression edgy, a solemn hint crossing her eyes.
    “In that case, don't fall for me, Miss Elara. Instead, let me fall for you. Because I know for sure, you are worth fighting for,” Daniel Macros said, his eyes holding nothing but pure obsession, something she had never experienced before.
    Elara thought dealing with one persistent pursuer was hard enough, but what would she do when her ex-husband knelt before the entire world, begging for her to return?
    Will she let the old flame of her love burn again, or will she let Daniel's calm presence sweep her off her feet?
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