When Deep Love Goes Wrong
Coralie Sullivan · Completed · 9.7k Words
Introduction
Until a pink-haired stranger recognized her outside a collectible shop.
"Oh my God, you're M, right? You and your boyfriend are literally the sweetest couple ever!"
Boyfriend? Madison was single.
I opened the account she mentioned, @our_little_world. 47.3K followers. Couple content everywhere. And that hand reaching into frame, that distinctive mole on the palm, I'd know it anywhere.
That was my husband's hand.
Chapter 1
Zoe's POV
The line for the limited edition figurine stretched around the block. Madison shifted her weight from one foot to the other, scrolling through her phone with that bored expression.
"God, this is taking forever," she muttered, not looking up from her screen.
I didn't mind. The weather was perfect. Besides, I'd been looking forward to this drop for weeks. Madison had only agreed to come because I'd promised her brunch afterward at that new place she wanted to try.
"It's moving," I said, watching the line shuffle forward a few feet. "We'll be inside soon."
She hummed in response, thumb still flying across her phone. Probably texting with some guy.
A girl in front of us suddenly whipped around, eyes wide. She couldn't have been more than twenty, with pink streaks in her hair and at least five enamel pins on her denim jacket.
"Oh my God," she breathed, staring at Madison. "You're M, right?"
Madison's head snapped up. Her face went pale. "I—sorry, I think you have the wrong person."
"No way!" The girl bounced on her toes, clutching her phone. "I've watched your streams for three years. You and your boyfriend are like, the sweetest couple ever."
My stomach dropped. Boyfriend?
"I don't know what you're talking about." Madison's voice came out too tight. "I'm not—"
"Wait, I saw the video from last week!" The girl was practically vibrating with excitement now. "The one where you were making breakfast? I totally saw his hand and that mole on his palm. I knew it was him. Oh my God, I'm so happy you guys got back together! When you broke up, I literally cried for days."
Madison's face had gone from pale to almost gray. "I... I need to use the restroom."
She practically ran toward the coffee shop next door.
I stood there, frozen, while the girl bounced excitedly in front of me. What the hell just happened?
"Um." I asked. "What streaming account are you talking about?"
"Oh!" She pulled up her phone immediately. "@our_little_world. They're honestly the best couple content creators. Super wholesome, you know? Even though the boyfriend doesn't show his face, you can just tell how much he loves her. The way he touches her, talks to her..." She sighed. "Total relationship goals."
My hands were shaking as I pulled out my own phone and typed in the handle.
The account loaded. A cute logo of two stick figures holding hands. 47.3k followers. The bio read: College sweethearts sharing our little world ❤️
The most recent video was from two days ago. The thumbnail showed Madison in a familiar yellow sundress. Wait, was that my sundress? She was standing at a stove with her back to the camera.
I pressed play.
"Morning, babe," Madison's voice chirped from my phone. The camera was clearly propped on a counter, showing her stirring something in a pan. "I'm making your favorite."
Then an arm reached into the frame. A man's arm. The hand grabbed her waist, pulled her back slightly. Even through the phone screen, I could see her lean into the touch, that soft smile I'd seen a thousand times.
But I wasn't looking at her face anymore.
I was staring at that hand. At the left hand, specifically. At the palm, where a small brown mole sat just below the base of the thumb.
No.
The wedding ring was gone, but the mole, that distinctive mark I'd traced with my own fingers countless times was unmistakable.
That was like Alex's hand. My husband's hand.
"They're so cute together, right?" The pink-haired girl was still talking. "Some of the longtime fans were worried after the breakup, but I always knew they'd find their way back to each other. True love always does."
Breakup. Back together. True love.
My brain couldn't process the words fast enough. They just kept bouncing around in my head, not connecting to anything real.
"When..." I had to clear my throat. "When did they break up?"
"Oh, like three years ago? It was so sad. She posted this video crying, saying they'd decided to go their separate ways. The account went dark for over a year. But then..." Her face lit up. "...they came back! It was about, I don't know, a year and a half ago? Maybe two years? She did this whole emotional announcement about how they'd found each other again and how love deserves second chances and..." She pressed her hand to her chest. "I'm getting emotional just thinking about it."
Three years ago. Alex and Madison had broken up three years ago.
Madison had "randomly" met me on the subway two years ago.
Oh God.
My fingers moved on autopilot, scrolling to the account's timeline. The videos were organized by date. I scrolled back, back, back—past the recent couple content, past the reunion announcement, until I hit a wall of nothing. A year and a half gap where no videos were posted.
Then I found it. The last video before the silence.
Madison's face filled the screen, eyes red and swollen. "This is really hard for me to say," she said, voice breaking. "But... we've decided to end our relationship."
The date stamp: January 2023. I met Alex at that tech industry mixer three months after this video was posted, and we got married a year later.
I scrolled further back. Video after video of college life. Madison and Alex. Alex, whose face I couldn't see but whose body I knew better than my own, cooking in a tiny dorm kitchen. Studying in the library, his hand absently playing with her hair. Walking through campus, their fingers intertwined.
The comments on those old videos were full of heart emojis and "couple goals" and when are you getting married?
"Are you okay?" The pink-haired girl was looking at me with concern now. "You look kind of pale."
"I'm fine. I just... I need to sit down."
Madison came out of the coffee shop at that exact moment.
"Zoe," she said carefully. "You ready to get out of here?"
"Yeah." I locked my phone. My fingers were still shaking. "Actually, I'm not feeling great. I think I'm going to head home."
"I'll come with you—"
"No. I just need to be alone for a bit. Headache."
"Oh. Okay." She bit her lip, "Text me later? Let me know you're okay?"
I nodded without really seeing her and started walking toward the parking lot.
The drive home was a blur.
Finally, I forced myself out of the car and up to the third floor. The apartment was quiet, Alex was at work, wouldn't be home for hours. I locked the door behind me, walked straight to the bedroom, and sat on the edge of our bed.
Then I opened the account again.
This time, I started from the very beginning. The first video, posted four years ago.
Last Chapters
You Might Like 😍
The Prison Project
Can love tame the untouchable? Or will it only fuel the fire and cause chaos amongst the inmates?
Fresh out of high school and suffocating in her dead-end hometown, Margot longs for her escape. Her reckless best friend, Cara, thinks she's found the perfect way out for them both - The Prisoner Project - a controversial program offering a life-changing sum of money in exchange for time spent with maximum-security inmates.
Without hesitation, Cara rushes to sign them up.
Their reward? A one-way ticket into the depths of a prison ruled by gang leaders, mob bosses, and men the guards wouldn't even dare to cross...
At the centre of it all, meets Coban Santorelli - a man colder than ice, darker than midnight, and as deadly as the fire that fuels his inner rage. He knows that the project may very well be his only ticket to freedom - his only ticket to revenge on the one who managed to lock him up and so he must prove that he can learn to love…
Will Margot be the lucky one chosen to help reform him?
Will Coban be capable of bringing something to the table other than just sex?
What starts off as denial may very well grow in to obsession which could then fester in to becoming true love…
A temperamental romance novel.
Badass in Disguise
"Jade, I need to check your—" the nurse began.
"OUT!" I snarled with enough force that both women backed toward the door.
Once feared by Shadow Organization that drugged me to replicate my abilities into a more controllable version, I had escaped my restraints and detonated their entire facility, ready to die alongside my captors.
Instead, I woke up in a school infirmary with women arguing around me, their voices piercing my skull. My outburst froze them in shock—clearly they hadn't expected such a reaction. One woman threatened as she left, "We'll discuss this attitude when you get home."
The bitter truth? I've been reborn into the body of an overweight, weak, and supposedly dim-witted high school girl. Her life is filled with bullies and tormentors who've made her existence miserable.
But they have no idea who they're dealing with now.
I didn't survive as the world's deadliest assassin by allowing anyone to push me around. And I certainly won't start now.
I Slapped My Fiancé—Then Married His Billionaire Nemesis
Technically, Rhys Granger was my fiancé now—billionaire, devastatingly hot, and a walking Wall Street wet dream. My parents shoved me into the engagement after Catherine disappeared, and honestly? I didn’t mind. I’d crushed on Rhys for years. This was my chance, right? My turn to be the chosen one?
Wrong.
One night, he slapped me. Over a mug. A stupid, chipped, ugly mug my sister gave him years ago. That’s when it hit me—he didn’t love me. He didn’t even see me. I was just a warm-bodied placeholder for the woman he actually wanted. And apparently, I wasn’t even worth as much as a glorified coffee cup.
So I slapped him right back, dumped his ass, and prepared for disaster—my parents losing their minds, Rhys throwing a billionaire tantrum, his terrifying family plotting my untimely demise.
Obviously, I needed alcohol. A lot of alcohol.
Enter him.
Tall, dangerous, unfairly hot. The kind of man who makes you want to sin just by existing. I’d met him only once before, and that night, he just happened to be at the same bar as my drunk, self-pitying self. So I did the only logical thing: I dragged him into a hotel room and ripped off his clothes.
It was reckless. It was stupid. It was completely ill-advised.
But it was also: Best. Sex. Of. My. Life.
And, as it turned out, the best decision I’d ever made.
Because my one-night stand isn’t just some random guy. He’s richer than Rhys, more powerful than my entire family, and definitely more dangerous than I should be playing with.
And now, he’s not letting me go.
The mafia princess return
His Mission
Emily is suddenly thrown from one world of danger and uncertainty into another. The two teens ride the rollercoaster of love, unbelievable betrayal and heartache.
Omega Bound
Thane Knight is the alpha of the Midnight Pack of the La Plata Mountain Range, the largest wolf shifter pack in the world. He is an alpha by day and hunts the shifter trafficking ring with his group of mercenaries by night. His hunt for vengeance leads to one raid that changes his life.
Tropes:
Touch her and die/Slow burn romance/Fated Mates/Found family twist/Close circle betrayal/Cinnamon roll for only her/Traumatized heroine/Rare wolf/Hidden powers/Knotting/Nesting/Heats/Luna/Attempted assassination
Mated by Contract to the Alpha
William—my devastatingly handsome, wealthy werewolf fiancé destined to become Delta—was supposed to be mine forever. After five years together, I was ready to walk down the aisle and claim my happily ever after.
Instead, I found him with her. And their son.
Betrayed, jobless, and drowning in my father's medical bills, I hit rock bottom harder than I ever imagined possible. Just when I thought I'd lost everything, salvation came in the form of the most dangerous man I'd ever encountered.
Damien Sterling—future Alpha of the Silver Moon Shadow Pack and ruthless CEO of Sterling Group—slid a contract across his desk with predatory grace.
“Sign this, little doe, and I'll give you everything your heart desires. Wealth. Power. Revenge. But understand this—the moment you put pen to paper, you become mine. Body, soul, and everything in between.”
I should have run. Instead, I signed my name and sealed my fate.
Now I belong to the Alpha. And he's about to show me just how wild love can be.
My Possessive Alpha Twins For Mate
My drunk stepfather remained indifferent, his weight suffocating, making it hard to breathe as my heart raced.
Suddenly, the door slammed open, and two figures burst in.
"Get off her!" a deafening roar echoed.
I didn't expect the twin brothers who'd bullied me at school to come charging in like gods to save me.
After my grandmother passed, I had to move in with my mom and stepdad, who treated me like a servant. I prayed every day for my 18th birthday to come, so l could leave and escape this broken home.
However, on my first day at my new school, l encountered the legendary twins everyone feared.
To make matters worse, the Moon Goddess revealed they were both my mates!
After helping me out with my stepdad, my twin mate cornered me, played with my hair, and whispered possessively, "You belong to us, our little mate..."
Mr. Ryan
He came closer with a dark and hungry expression,
so close,
his hands reached for my face, and he pressed his body against mine.
His mouth took mine eagerly, a little rudely.
His tongue left me breathless.
“If you don't go with me, I'll fuck you right here.” He whispered.
Katherine kept her virginity for years even after she turned 18. But one day, she met an extremely sexual man Nathan Ryan in the club. He had the most seductive blue eyes she has ever seen, a well-defined chin, almost golden blonde hair, full lips, perfectly drawn, and the most amazing smile, with perfect teeth and those damn dimples. Incredibly sexy.
She and he had a beautiful and hot one-night stand...
Katherine thought she might not meet the man again.
But fate has another plan
Katherine is about to take on the job of assistant to a billionaire who owns one of the biggest companies in the country and is known to be a conquering, authoritative and completely irresistible man. He is Nathan Ryan!
Will Kate be able to resist the charms of this attractive, powerful and seductive man?
Read to know a relationship torn between anger and the uncontrollable desire for pleasure.
Warning: R18+, Only for mature readers.
The Son of Red Fang
Alpha Cole Redmen is the youngest of six born to Alpha Charles and Luna Sara Mae, leaders of the Red Fang pack. Born prematurely, Alpha Charles rejected him without hesitation as weak and undeserving of his very life. He is reminded daily of his father’s hatred for him paving the way for the rest of his family to become the same.
By adulthood, his father’s hatred and abuse towards him has spilled over into the rest of the pack making him the scapegoat for those with the sadistic need to see him suffer. The rest are simply too afraid to even look his way leaving him little in the way of friends or family to turn to.
Alpha Demetri Black is the leader of a sanctuary pack known as Crimson Dawn. It’s been years since a wolf has made their way to his pack via the warrior’s prospect program but that doesn’t mean he’s not looking for the tell tale signs of a wolf in need of help.
Malnourished and injured upon his arrival, Cole’s anxious and overly submissive demeanor lands him in the very situation he’s desperate to avoid, in the attention of an unknown alpha.
Yet somehow through the darkness of severe illness and injury he runs into the very person he’s been desperate to find since he turned eighteen, his Luna. His one way ticket out of the hell he’s been born into.
Will Cole find the courage needed to leave his pack once and for all, to seek the love and acceptance he’s never had?
Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of mental, physical and sexual abuse that may trigger sensitive readers. This book is intended for adult readers only.
Falling for my boyfriend's Navy brother
"What is wrong with me?
Why does being near him make my skin feel too tight, like I’m wearing a sweater two sizes too small?
It’s just newness, I tell myself firmly.
He’s my boyfirend’s brother.
This is Tyler’s family.
I’m not going to let one cold stare undo that.
**
As a ballet dancer, My life looks perfect—scholarship, starring role, sweet boyfriend Tyler. Until Tyler shows his true colors and his older brother, Asher, comes home.
Asher is a Navy veteran with battle scars and zero patience. He calls me "princess" like it's an insult. I can't stand him.
When My ankle injury forces her to recover at the family lake house, I‘m stuck with both brothers. What starts as mutual hatred slowly turns into something forbidden.
I'm falling for my boyfriend's brother.
**
I hate girls like her.
Entitled.
Delicate.
And still—
Still.
The image of her standing in the doorway, clutching her cardigan tighter around her narrow shoulders, trying to smile through the awkwardness, won’t leave me.
Neither does the memory of Tyler. Leaving her here without a second thought.
I shouldn’t care.
I don’t care.
It’s not my problem if Tyler’s an idiot.
It’s not my business if some spoiled little princess has to walk home in the dark.
I’m not here to rescue anyone.
Especially not her.
Especially not someone like her.
She’s not my problem.
And I’ll make damn sure she never becomes one.
But when my eyes fell on her lips, I wanted her to be mine.
The Alpha Of The Shadow Pack And His Mute Luna
Vanessa, the mute runt of a cursed litter, has only ever known cruelty and abuse. Her voice stolen by a witch’s spell, her freedom crushed by a brutal father, she’s been promised to a monster she doesn’t want. But fate intervenes when she’s left for dead—bleeding, broken, and bound—only to be rescued by Alpha Alfred of the Shadow Pack.
Alfred, fighting against a generational curse that has doomed his brothers to remain wolves forever, never expected his fated mate to be a fragile girl on the brink of death. But the moment he breathes in her scent, everything changes.
Together, they must confront the past, survive betrayal, and uncover the true key to breaking the curses that bind them. Will their bond be strong enough to save them both?
