Married to the Man I Secretly Loved

I thought I had the perfect marriage, until a haunting dream revealed my husband’s betrayal—with another man. Now every touch, every whisper, makes me question if I’m just the extra in my own love story. How do you fight for a husband whose heart was never yours to begin with?

I married Chicago’s most coveted bachelor in my sister’s place, only to become a ghost in my own marriage—unwanted, untouched, and tormented by suspicion. Every night, Jake shuts me out, his body close but his heart locked away, leaving me desperate and humiliated. But when I discover his secret online confessions—and the twisted truth behind his distance—I realize our cold war is just the beginning of a forbidden, addictive game neither of us knows how to win.

She came home on our anniversary with another man’s mark—and I didn’t even ask why. For three years, I played the perfect husband, a stand-in for the man she truly loved. Now, with only seven days left until my assignment ends and I can finally leave this world, every lie, every bitter silence, and every leftover gift is one step closer to my freedom. But when Rachel tries to pull me back with guilt and old routines, I realize I’m done being her lapdog. If she wants Lucas, why not go to him? The clock is ticking, the portal is opening, and our marriage is about to shatter. But will walking away finally set me free—or will the truth I’ve hidden destroy us both?

He sold his house a month before our wedding—and didn’t even tell me until it was done. At first, I tried to brush off the unease, but a lawyer’s question made me wonder if I knew the man I was about to marry at all. Every text, every excuse, every strange suggestion—renting, investing, splitting everything fifty-fifty—only made things murkier. When I tested him with a lie of my own, his mask slipped, and what I found at his supposed house shocked me. Now, with the wedding looming, I have to decide: is Lucas hiding a harmless secret, or am I about to walk down the aisle with a stranger? What else has he been keeping from me?

I was the husband everyone envied—until my secret affair with the girl I once worshipped shattered everything. While my wife braved the snow for my health and waited up with a birthday feast, I was tangled in another woman's arms, convincing myself guilt was love. Now, in the freezing silence, my wife stares through the glass, and I know the truth is about to destroy the only warmth I have left.

Banished from the city and betrayed by her own family, Aubrey is forced into a marriage with Derek—a rugged stranger who barely looks at her. But as secrets unravel in a drafty Ohio farmhouse, every touch, every glance, and every hidden drawer threatens to ignite a passion neither of them saw coming. Will Aubrey risk her heart on the man she was never meant to love?

After a passionless marriage, Savannah socialite Caroline discovers her ex-husband Caleb’s heart has always belonged to someone else—Lillian, the quiet girl from their past. When old secrets resurface and a scandalous photo threatens to destroy their careful facades, Caroline must decide where her true loyalties lie. In a world of whispered betrayals and forbidden longing, one moment will change everything.

Once a senator’s pampered daughter, I was forced to marry a ruthless Army captain after my family was branded traitors. Now I endure humiliation, cold nights, and whispers that he’ll pass me off to his men once he’s bored. But when I finally fight back—and call him 'babe'—I discover the man I fear might be the only one desperate to protect me, and the only one who knows where my missing parents are.

Marriage was supposed to be Mia’s happily-ever-after, but six months in, her husband Julian is still the world’s most untouchable workaholic. For years, Mia’s secret crush burned quietly—but now, after another humiliating rejection, she’s ready to walk away. One impulsive divorce text later, everything unravels: friends take sides, secrets spill, and a single message from Julian threatens to upend everything she thought she knew. As Mia flees across continents and Julian’s cool façade cracks, the truth about their feelings—and the pain of holding back—finally comes to light. But when love has been silent for so long, can a marriage born of arrangement become one built on truth? Or will Mia’s confession come too late to save them both?

For six years, Natalie was Derek's hidden wife—never acknowledged, always in the shadows. Now he's trading her for a public love, demanding their marriage vanish like it never happened. But as Natalie walks away, divorce papers in hand and heartbreak burning in her chest, she wonders: will erasing their past really set her free, or is Derek about to realize he just destroyed the only woman who ever truly loved him?

Three years of marriage, and Carter Whitman has never touched me—not once. I was always just the substitute, the shadow in his perfect life. But when the loneliness grows too heavy to bear, I hatch a reckless plan: a single, scandalous text and a photo meant to blow up everything. What I don’t expect is Carter’s reaction—his cold fury, his sudden return, and the dangerous, magnetic tension that erupts between us. Now, I’m trapped in a house where trust is a weapon and every glance could be a threat or a plea. He says he believes me—but why now, after all this time? When a single whispered word can tip our fragile balance, how far will I go to force him to let me go—or will I finally make him see me? If love was never part of the deal, why does my heart race every time he draws near? What happens when the woman who wanted out becomes the only thing he can’t let go?

Emma’s world unravels when she discovers her perfect husband’s evening shave is the first clue to a double life—one that hides forbidden passion, betrayal, and a child with another woman. As Emma’s suspicions spiral, the truth will shatter everything she thought she knew about love and loyalty. Will she confront the devastating secret, or be destroyed by it?