Hate You as much as I Love You
What would a woman do if one day she is waiting for her husband to tell him the news of her pregnancy but he comes home with another woman who is pregnant with his child?
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Ariadne had a perfect life until her mother died in a car accident and her father remarried, bringing a stepmother and stepsister into her life. Once adored by all, Ariadne became an eyesore to everyone, including her father. Her stepmother and stepsister took everything from her.
However, she lost it when their eyes fell on Xander, the sole heir of the richest family in the country and her childhood love. When rumors of Crystal, her step sister and Xander's dating spread, Ariadne used her everything to force Xander into marrying her.
Despite pouring her heart and soul into the marriage Ariadne failed to make Xander reciprocate her feelings. Their loveless marriage came to an end when Crystal returned in their lives.
With a broken heart, Ariadne left the city with a secret and rebuild her life.
Five years later, she returned as a successful interior designer to design her ex-husband's new mansion. But this time, what she saw in Xander's eyes for herself was not hatred. It was something else.
She came face to face with the same people who had wronged her in the past. They still held resentment towards her. But this time Ariadne vowed to strike back at her bullies.
Many secrets were revealed in the process that made Xander regret his past actions. He determined to win Ariadne back.
BUT Will Ariadne be able to forget their past and get back together with Xander or She will choose someone else?
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Chapter 1
In a garden, a well-dressed and handsome boy was standing in a corner, hiding one of his hands behind his back.
There was a birthday celebration in the middle. His eyes were fixed on a cute girl dressed in a blue princess dress, surrounded by a few kids of her age.
They were chatting and laughing.
The boy didn't approach them as he didn't know anyone except for that little girl.
He was silently watching her with a smiling face and affection reflecting in his eyes.
Suddenly, another little girl, dressed in a pink princess dress, appeared from nowhere and approached the boy.
"Hi, what are you doing here alone?" the girl asked.
She had been watching the boy for some time before she approached him.
The boy felt uncomfortable being seen in such an awkward moment.
The girl peeked behind his back and noticed the gift he was holding.
"OMG. You brought a gift for me!" The girl almost jumped in excitement.
"Thank you." she tried to take the gift from the boy's hand, but he didn't release it and tried to push the girl away.
"Hey, its for her. Today is her birthday." he said rudely, pointing at the first girl in blue in the distance.
The girl stopped immediately, her eyes filled with tears.
"Today is my birthday too." the girl said with a pout.
"Oh..I didn't know that.. I am sorry.. Happy birthday." the boy felt awkward.
The girl didn't budge.
"I will bring your gift next time." he said, seeing the girl looking sad. He tried to consol her.
The girl smiled and said "really? "
"yes, I promise."
"You are her sister, right?"
"Yes , she is my step-sister."
"Oh," the boy cleared his throat.
"Can you give this gift to her on my behalf?" he asked.
The girl stared at him for a moment.
"Sure, but on one condition." she replied.
"What's that?" The boy asked suspiciously.
"You have to play with me. It's a compensation for not bringing any gift for me."
The boy was surprised at her condition.
"Okay, but you make sure to give this to her." the boy agreed after giving it some thought.
"you can trust me." she shoved the gift in her little bag she was holding.
After some time, the first girl, who was wearing blue, finally spotted the boy. She waved her hands before running over to him.
"Hi, what are you doing here? Let's go play." the girl held the boy's hand.
"He is playing with me, he won't go there." the other girl in the pink dress declared.
"Why not?"
"Because he has promised me."
The first girl became angry at this.
All this while, the boy felt very helpless and awkward as the two sisters were fighting over him.
As much as he wanted to play with the first girl, but he couldn't as he promised the other girl.
So he reluctantly played with her throughout the whole party.
.....
After the party ended and everyone went back to their rooms, the little girl in the pink dress sat on her bed, holding the gift that the boy had given her to deliver. She was gawking at it.
"What might have been inside the box?"
After some time, she tore open the gift without any hesitation. There was a beautiful pendant inside.
"Wow, it's so beautiful."
It was a heart-shaped pendant made of blue diamond with gold wings on both sides.
She gazed at it dreamily.
On the back side of the pendant, there was a word engraved on it, 'Angel'.
She thought something in her mind and a devilish smile formed on her lips.
"I will keep it myself " she declared to no one.
A big smile adorned her face.
And this was how it all began. There is a saying, "All is fair in love and war."
But who will win this battle in the end?
..................
15 years later...
A cake sat on a table in a room, in front of a bed. A girl around 22-year-old sat on the bed with a sad face.
The girl was Ariadne Miller and she was waiting for someone for the last two hours but there was no sign of the person.
Suddenly, the tone of an incoming notification drew her attention to her phone.
She picked up the phone, hoping it's a message from the person she was waiting for.
However, it's an unknown ID that sent her a video.
Confused, she hesitantly opened the video and froze in her spot.
It's a video of a birthday celebration party.
There was a woman and standing next to her was a man, the same man she was waiting for at home.
The woman was her step sister, Crystal Miller whereas the man was her husband, Xander Blake who supposed to be with her to celebrate her birthday.
Both Ariadne and Crystal shared the same birthday, but Xander had chosen to attend Crystal's party instead of his own wife's.
She frantically dialed Xander's number, but he didn't answer the call.
Tears streamed down Ariadne's face, ruining her makeup and beautiful doll-like face.
She threw her phone and buried her face in her knees.
She didn't need anyone to tell her that the unknown ID belonged to none other than Crystal.
Crystal had once again shown Ariadne that Xander always preferred her over Ariadne. He never participated in any celebration with Ariadne.
Still she had hoped that maybe it would be different today, but she was wrong. Ariadne cried the whole night and eventually fell asleep at dawn.
.....
The next day Ariadne was drawing designs in her notebook when her cell phone rang. She looked at her phone to find it was her best friend, Jennifer, calling her.
"Aria, have you seen the news?" Jennifer blurted out as soon as Ariadne answered the phone.
"News? what news?" Ariadne was Confused.
"Switch on the TV and watch for yourself."
Ariadne switched on the TV and played the news.
"Crystal Miller has been named the new CEO of Miller group. Businessmen from around the country congratulated her for her achivements at such a young age."
"We are standing outside Miller Group building to have a word with Miss Crystal about her remarkable achievement."
Ariadne watched the news with shock. Crystal had gone abroad for higher studies in business management. She returned recently and had already become the CEO. This was really shocking to Ariadne.
A beautiful woman dressed in business attire appeared on the TV screen, and all the reporters scrambled to record her words.
"How are you feeling, Miss Crystal, about being the youngest female CEO of your generation?"
Crystal smiled politely at the reporters.
"I am very happy to fulfill the expectations of my elders and make them proud of me. I believe in hard work and will do everything in my power to meet the goals of my people and the company."
"Oh, what a lovely lady, we are sure that you will excel your role as CEO."
"I hope the same. Thank you" Crystal replied confidently.
"Now that you have achieved a major milestone in your career, what are your plans for marriage? Your younger sister is already married," asked a reporter.
"As you can see, I have responsibilities on my shoulders, so I am not thinking about marriage right now. I believe that I will get eventually what is meant to be mine. I am not in a hurry. I will wait for the love of my life." she said, looking directly at the camera as if those words were a message to someone.
Ariadne was taken aback by Crystal's words as she recalled how she had become Xander's wife.
When Ariadne was 5 years old, her mother died in a car accident. Her father married Emma and brought her home along with her daughter, Crystal.
In the beginning, everything seemed fine. Both the mother and daughter were nice to Ariadne, but soon she realized that they weren't as nice as they pretended to be.
When Ariadne was 10 years old, William Blake, a family friend and the wealthiest businessman in the country, arranged a marriage between Ariadne and his grandson Xander, whom Ariadne had loved since childhood.
After that, everything changed for Ariadne. Emma and Crystal became rude to her, and soon Ariadne discovered their true nature. Once adored by all, Ariadne became an eyesore to everyone. Everyone started to see her as disrespectful, irresponsible, and spoiled. Even her father became distant from her. The mother-daughter duo took everything from her.
She endured everything silently, but the last blow for her was when Crystal started to get closer to Xander, the only person who mattered to Ariadne.
Though Ariadne loved Xander, they never dated. Xander was a solitary person, so she respected his space and focused on her own studies.
She was confident that they would eventually be together, so she didn't feel the need to cling to him.
However, what she did not realize was that, there were plenty of women who would like to be with Xander if they got the chance.
As Ariadne was working hard to build her career and make everyone proud, especially Xander, she failed to notice that her fiancé was growing closer to another woman. Rumours of their dating spread quickly.
When Ariadne found out, she was devastated.
William Blake also disliked Xander and Crystal's closeness and Ariadne grabbed the opportunity to seek his help, as William loved her like his own granddaughter.
William used the threat of disheritance to force Xander into marrying Ariadne.
Although Xander married Ariadne, he never treated her as his wife. He even chose to live separately in his penthouse.
Ariadne endured all of his mistreatment, hoping that Xander's anger would subside and he would eventually accept her as his wife. She completely devoted herself to the marriage and tried everything to warm Xander's heart.
But all her efforts were in vain, as nothing had changed in the last two years, and Xander still treated her coldly.
Crystal's return made her situation even more miserable. She spends her days in complete restlessness and hated that she can't do anything about it.
.........
A few days had passed since the news.
Ariadne was sitting on the sofa in the hall of their mansion, waiting patiently. She had spent the entire afternoon in the kitchen preparing Xander's favourite food. He had informed the head maid that he would come to the mansion in the evening to have dinner.
When the doorbell rang, Ariadne rushed to open the door. As she opened the door, she saw Xander standing there .
He was 6.2" tall with a perfectly tonned body.
God had not only blessed him with wealth but also with physique that every woman would die for, not to mention his handsome face with a pointed nose, perfect jawline, slightly fuller lips, and blue eyes.
Ariadne smiled at him. One could see the happiness in her eyes. After all, it was very rare for him to visit the mansion.
However, her smile faded when she saw Crystal standing behind him.
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Then, at a gala, he publicly announced his engagement to Aubrey Carroll-the girl who made my high school years a living hell.
He trapped me in his mansion, forcing me to become her personal servant. She tortured me daily, culminating in her brutally killing our dog, Charlie, with a garden trowel.
When her friends arrived, they joined in, stripping me half-naked and live-streaming my panic attack for the world to see.
The man who once promised to protect me watched as they destroyed me.
But as I lay bleeding out on the floor, it wasn't an ambulance that arrived. It was the private security of Alexzander Stevens-my estranged, billionaire grandfather.
He revealed I was his sole heiress, and now, we were going to make them pay for every last tear.
8.9
I sold myself into a loveless marriage for $500,000 just to afford my little niece's life-saving surgery.
But my new husband, Kash, despised me, completely convinced I was a shameless gold-digger after his assets.
At 2:00 AM, he called to demand I fulfill my end of our twisted bargain: giving him an heir.
He forced me to sign a supplementary agreement surrendering all custody rights before I was even pregnant, treating me like a rented womb he bought at auction.
When my niece's condition suddenly worsened and I desperately begged him for a $50,000 advance, he hurled a black credit card directly at my face, leaving a stinging red welt.
"Take the money and get out," he sneered, his eyes filled with absolute disgust.
He immediately set up real-time transaction alerts to track my every purchase, waiting to catch me on a selfish shopping spree.
He thought I was a parasite, completely unaware that every single penny went straight to the pediatric intensive care unit.
Even my abusive former guardians cornered me at the fertility clinic, loudly mocking me for selling my body while my niece was dying.
I endured the degrading contracts, the cold IVF appointments, and Kash's relentless contempt, suffocating under the weight of his cruel assumptions.
Why did he have to strip away my dignity when he already owned my life on paper?
But as I clutched the hospital receipt that finally secured my niece's surgery, the fear inside me died.
With a new career starting tomorrow and a high-powered lawyer suddenly stepping in to audit my stolen inheritance, I was done playing the helpless victim.
I was going to show my arrogant husband exactly what happens when you push a desperate woman too far.
8.0
Finley's stepfather gave her a sickening ultimatum: marry her predatory stepbrother Shane tonight, or he would throw her fragile mother out on the street.
To escape this hell, she used a matchmaking agency and hastily married a complete stranger. Garrison Strickland claimed to be an ordinary data analyst making $95,000 a year, driving a beat-up Honda Civic, and needing a wife in name only. They got their marriage license at City Hall that very afternoon.
But when Finley returned home to pack her bags and threw the certificate on the table, her family just laughed. Dozier ordered Shane to drag her into the bedroom to "teach her a lesson" and trap her forever.
"Come on, little sister," Shane crooned, lunging at her. "Don't fight it."
Finley's own mother just stared at the floor, blaming Finley for ruining the family, watching blindly as Shane cornered her.
Terrified and desperate, Finley smashed an ashtray over Shane's head and frantically dialed her new husband's number. Shane snatched the phone, mocking the "imaginary husband" before the line went dead. Finley felt a bottomless despair. Garrison was just a normal guy; he would never risk his life against her violent family. She was completely on her own, waiting for the end.
Suddenly, deafening bangs echoed through the house, and Garrison stepped into the living room radiating a cold, terrifying fury. This supposedly "frugal data analyst" effortlessly snapped Shane's wrist, leveled a ruthless death threat that made Dozier tremble, and whisked Finley away in a waiting Bentley. Looking at the powerful man beside her, Finley's heart raced: just who exactly had she married today?
8.2
My wedding to Ethan Reed was just weeks away.
After seven years, I was certain of our perfect future.
Then, Ethan claimed "selective amnesia" from a head injury, forgetting only me.
I tried to make him remember, until I overheard his video call.
"Total genius move," he boasted to friends.
His amnesia was a fake "hall pass" to pursue influencer Chloe Vance before our wedding.
Heartbroken, I feigned belief.
I endured his open flirting with Chloe and their taunting selfies.
He mocked my distress, prioritizing Chloe's fake emergency.
After an accident he caused, he abandoned me, injured, choosing to send Chloe to the hospital first.
He even tried to cut me off financially.
How could my fiancé be this cruel, calculating monster?
His betrayal poisoned every memory.
I felt like a fool for trusting such boundless cruelty.
His audacity left me reeling.
But I wouldn’t be his victim.
Instead of breaking, a cold plan formed.
I would shed my identity, become Olivia Carter.
I would disappear, leaving him, my past, and his engagement ring behind forever, claiming my freedom.
7.5
To survive a lethal genetic breakdown, Holden, a legendary mercenary known as "Ghost," was forced into an arranged marriage with the wealthy heiress Julia Ramsey.
But the moment he stepped into the lavish estate wearing an oil-stained jacket, he was treated like absolute garbage.
Julia accused him of being a perverted stalker, pulling a gun on him and demanding he be thrown out. Even after Holden used a forbidden kinetic strike to save her grandfather from a fatal heart attack, the family still looked at him with pure disgust. Julia confined him to a cramped guest room, warning him to stay out of her life. To make matters worse, his other estranged fiancée, an elite military commander, barged into the penthouse just to throw an annulment in his face.
"You are a pathetic, bottom-feeding parasite! You have no ambition. You hide in this woman's apartment like a stray dog. You are entirely beneath me."
She mocked him in front of Julia, completely blind to the fact that Holden had just effortlessly incapacitated her Tier-1 operative with a single strike. They all thought he was just a greedy, low-class thug clinging to their wealth. They had no idea they were mocking an apex predator who commanded the city's underground and hunted mutant monsters for sport.
When Julia forced him to attend a high-society yacht party as part of a trap to publicly humiliate him, Holden just smirked and took a sip of his cheap beer.
He was more than happy to play along, already calculating exactly how he was going to tear their arrogant little world apart.
7.7
Jaclyn woke up in the sterile hospital room after falling down the stairs. The nurse delivered the devastating news: she had bled heavily and lost her baby.
But before she could even cry, her trusted cousins, Katelyn and Cherri, locked the door and revealed the horrifying truth.
"It wasn't an accident," Katelyn smirked, pinning Jaclyn's arm down. "The lubricant on the top step was a very deliberate choice."
They needed her broken and unstable. They had forged her signature, draining her massive trust fund to save their uncle's bankrupt business.
What shattered Jaclyn's world was the fresh hickey on Cherri's neck. Her lover, Bradford, had helped plan the entire murder.
When Jaclyn tried to scream, they smothered her with a pillow, framing her as a lunatic having a mental breakdown.
Two weeks later, when she confronted them, Bradford violently shoved her through a second-story glass window to silence her forever.
As she fell to her death, the husband she had spent her life hating—the ruthless billionaire Gaines—burst through the doors.
He threw himself forward, his face filled with pure terror, desperately trying to catch her.
When her body hit the stone patio, Gaines fell to his knees in her blood, weeping and begging her not to close her eyes.
Until her last breath, Jaclyn was consumed by suffocating regret. Why did she trust the monsters who killed her, and hate the only man who truly loved her?
Opening her eyes again, she was back in the penthouse, exactly one month into her marriage with Gaines.