MARRIED TO THE CEO WHO RUINED ME: HIS BRIDE, HIS REVENGE

He shattered her heart to avenge a past that wasn't hers. Now he desires her in his bed-as his wife.

Marceline Valino once believed in love. She gave her heart-and her innocence-to Cross Dejava, the boy who whispered promises in the dark, igniting dreams of a forever that felt so real.

But by morning, her world was left in ruins. Private photos were leaked, her name dragged through the mud, and at the eye of the storm? Cross, smirking, cold, and ruthless.

"You mean nothing to me," he said, delivering a blow that would leave scars. "You're just the bastard daughter of my father's mistress."

His vengeance had never aimed at her heart; it was meant to punish the daughter for her mother's sins-an ex-lover who had torn his family apart.

Pregnant and abandoned, Marceline begged for mercy, but all she received was the echo of his silence. When she lost the child, she lost every last piece of the girl she used to be.

Now, five years later, she's preparing to return-broke, desperate, and willing to do anything to save her ailing mother. Anything... except this.

Because the man extending a lifeline isn't a savior. It's Cross. And he has no desire for her heartfelt apologies; he craves her complete submission.

A contract marriage awaits her. No love. No escape. No mercy.

But Marceline isn't the naive girl he once broke. She's a woman who has risen from the ashes, ready to play his game. And as the pieces of their lives fall into place, she's determining when-exactly-she will ignite a fire that could burn it all down. The future promises a reckoning, and she's preparing to seize it.