Bought His Love, Lost His Heart

Five years of love—gone the moment my fiancée tasted money. Her family’s run-down trailer became a golden ticket, and suddenly I was just another bidder for her heart. When she demanded $150,000 or five condos to marry her, I realized: I was nothing but a price tag, and the girl I loved was already gone.

He looked like the boy I lost, so I let him break my heart. Rachel Serrano built her empire from nothing, but she can’t let go of the past—or the face that keeps haunting her. When a violent night ties her fate to Grant Whitaker, Chicago’s golden heir, the world sees obsession, but only Rachel knows the truth: Grant is just a stand-in for the boy she could never save. As old wounds reopen and his fiancée returns, Rachel must choose—cling to the ghost of first love, or finally break free from a cycle of longing and loss. But when secrets spill and hearts shatter, who’s really using whom? Is loving a memory better than risking her heart again?

After sacrificing everything for the woman he adores, Derek is left broken when his girlfriend Natalie turns his devotion into humiliation. As betrayal and shame pile up, Derek must decide if loving her is worth losing himself—or if it's finally time to walk away. His heart is on the line, and the next move could shatter it for good.

Mariah spent years chasing Ethan’s passion, only to realize his devotion belonged to someone else. Now, as she faces a new engagement and Ethan’s world unravels, she must choose between longing for what’s lost and embracing a future she never imagined. Betrayal, heartbreak, and forbidden desire collide in this gripping tale of love and letting go.

Some endings are silent, but the ache never is. I thought Eli and I were forever—until a single betrayal tore us apart, leaving me clutching memories and a cheap county fair kite. Years later, I’m called back to his side as his emergency contact, thrown into a whirlwind of old wounds and unfinished business. He’s surrounded by new admirers, but the past still claws at both of us. I want closure, maybe even forgiveness, but Eli only offers distance. My friends say I’m a fool for loving him, but they never saw the sacrifices he made, the debts unpaid. Now, as I watch him slip away for the last time, I’m haunted by one question: Was I the one holding him back—or was he always running from something he could never name? If love is letting go, why does it hurt so much to set him free?

Rachel thought her boyfriend’s love was real—until she overheard him boasting about buying her loyalty with a condo, all while planning a $400,000 wedding to another woman. Forced to plan her own ex’s lavish marriage, Rachel must hide her heartbreak and secrets, even as he tries to keep her on a string. When the final vows are spoken, will she finally break free—or will betrayal claim her future too?

Natalie gave up everything—even her Olympic dreams—to protect Caleb, only to discover years later that he never loved her, only repaid a debt. Betrayed by the boy she trusted most and humiliated by his cruel friends, she finally reads the journal that shatters her last hope. Now, with his first love back in town, Natalie must choose: cling to the ghost of his gratitude, or walk away and reclaim her pride before she loses herself forever.

Noah was always Rachel’s loyal backup, her doormat with a price tag, clinging to scraps of her glittering world. She paid him to be her boyfriend, but his heart broke every time she chased after the boy she truly wanted. When she finally tossed him aside—apartment and all—Noah must decide if he’ll stay her paid shadow or risk everything for a love that won’t leave him behind.

Natalie Parker was paid to break her own heart—accepting five million to leave her college sweetheart, Alex Sutton, for good. Four years later, she returns to a world where she’s the ghost in Alex’s rearview mirror, forced to watch him love a girl who looks just like her. But when old wounds reopen and secrets threaten to explode, Natalie must choose: reclaim her lost love, or finally set herself free.

To save his disgraced family, Caleb Lin marries me—a nobody with nothing but callused hands and a borrowed name. For three years, I played the loyal wife while he pined for his childhood sweetheart, Grace. Now that his father's name is cleared, all that's left is a divorce agreement and a heart that never truly belonged to me.

Natalie knows she’s just a side character destined to lose everything—the boy she loves, her family’s future, even her own dignity. To protect Caleb from a fate worse than heartbreak, she stages a brutal betrayal, forcing him to hate her before destiny tears them apart. But every lie she tells cuts deeper than the truth, and no one can ever know the real reason she let him go.

For three years, I believed Jason was as broke and broken as I was—until a single stormy night shattered everything. Turns out, the man I sacrificed everything for was Chicago’s richest heir, slumming it for his own amusement while I begged, scraped, and planned to propose. Now, drowning in heartbreak and betrayal, I have to decide: walk away from the only love I’ve ever known, or make him pay for every lie he ever told.