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Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival

For the past three years, Ariana Ari Harlow has given her all to her husband. The two of them got married because her sister chose to run away on the night of the wedding, as she believed the rumours that the Nelson Corporation was bankrupt. Ari loved Noah since she was sixteen, she thought it was her dream come true. However, she did not know that her sister had dug a trap for her, and it was not the beginning of her new life, rather it was her new hell. She was forced to give up her training as a doctor because the respectful Mrs Nelson could not have her hands covered in blood. Ari agreed. For the sake of Noah, she became a perfect wife who took care of her in-laws and husband. However, what waited for her was nothing but insults, her husband was ashamed of her and her mother-in-law believed that her sister, Ariel was well-matched for her son. However, Ari persisted. She thought that she would warm the heart of her husband one day. But she caught him kissing her sister! Heartbroken, Ariana decided to divorce her husband, but she somehow found herself entangled with Nicolai. The enemy and rival of her husband. They were not meant to be together. But Nicolai doesn’t seem to care about the odds stacked against them. In fact, he was determined to break into Ari’s life and set everything on fire. In his drunken stupor, he once held her by her throat against the wall of a dingy pub, “You can deny it all you want princess, but you want me.” His eyes raked over her heaving chest and his eyes darkened, the red appearing unhinged, possessive as if he wanted to wrench her soul out of her body and embed it in his own. “Bet if I take a peek, you will be dripping wet for me.” Heat flared up Ariana's cheeks as she snarled, “Shut up.” “Make me,” said Nicolai as he smashed his lips on hers. His kisses burned into her soul, and his warmth seared her skin every time they touched. She thought that her biggest mistake was getting entangled with Nicolai. However, Ari soon realised the hard way, Literally, being wanted by such a beautiful nightmare was much worse than a mistake. And things turn complicated when her husband finds the truth about everything. “Shoot me in the heart, Ari,” said Noah as he brought the gun's nozzle where his heart lay. “Because a life without you is one that I don't want, so either kill me or come back. I beg of you.” Now that Nicolai had given her a choice, would Ari fall in love with him and jump into a life of nothing but danger? Or would she go back to her husband, Noah, whom she loved ever since she was sixteen? And would Ariana avoid the danger that lurks in the dark, waiting for her to make a mistake and lose everything dear to her? Would she find the key to all the secrets that tied her to Noah and Nicolai as well as her twisted fate? ******* Excerpt: “It's all about money, isn’t it? Take it and get lost,” He shouted while throwing the black card at Ariana’s face. Ariana couldn’t believe her ears when she heard her husband or her future ex-husband humiliate her like this. Three years. Ariana Harlow gave Noah Nelson, three years and yet when she caught him kissing her elder sister, Ariel—— this was what he said to her. “I am going to divorce you,” Ari declared and left. She left penniless but Ari stumbled into Nicolai. The enemy and rival of her husband, the Mafia prince of the Lonest City, a notorious bastard known for his violent tendencies. The ill-fated meeting placed her in Nicolai’s path, and just like that he set his eyes on her. The first time they met, Nicolai asked her to invite him to dinner. The second time, when they met, he handed her a million dollars. The third time when they met, he declared, “You will look good in my arms, what do you say princess?” ********

fairytail72 · Urban
Not enough ratings
565 Chs

Known to wreck lives

Who was he even kidding? He was crazy, or at least he was on the path of becoming one. 

Three days later, before his awesome plan could bear the fruit that Nicolai wanted, he was lurking by the entrance of the apartment building where Ari was living currently, at four thirty in the f*cking morning. And he did not do early mornings. 

That should be enough to show how crazy he was going at the moment if the fact that he spent three f*cking days stalking the woman with whom he had no relation while acting like the wannabe number-one detective of the city, did not. 

Believe him, Nicolai had no intention of waking up so early and that to pace around the entrance of the apartment like a f*cking creep. But he couldn't stop himself, he had always been an act first and think later kind of person. So when his heart told him that he wanted to see Ari, he put his mind on hold and came looking for her. 

He wanted to know what made Ari different from the rest of the women that he f*cked for his mind and heart to be so deeply attracted —— not affected by her. As for why he woke up so early? He may or may not have visited Ari's social site page and saw all the stories that she posted on her account.

It was a damn good thing that her family and Noah never followed her because there was a chance that they might have found her before he could. 

Anyway, Ari like every other perfect wife woke up at four in the morning, prepared her breakfast and then went on a small walk with her pet dog, Timmy. 

F*cking preppy socialite. Everything about her social media page told him that she was not the kind of woman he wanted, she was too proper and sweet. Not at all like those wild women whom he could have no strings attached to.

Ari seemed like a woman who would ask for a twenty-four-carat diamond ring before letting him touch her hand, and yet, his curiosity and that f*cking bug that seemed to have crawled inside his chest the day when he saw Ari for the first time told him that he needed to take another look at her. 

"I am only here to prove to those bastards that I am not f*cking obsessed," Nicolai breathed out as he rubbed his hands on his knees. 

So here he was, waiting like a crazy fan, waiting for Ari to come out of the apartment building. 

Sure enough, he saw a golden mutt with a red leash tied around his neck walk out of the small door within the big iron one. Behind him was, Ariana and——

Nicolai whistled inwardly, he had thought that she would be dressed in one of those preppy sundresses or long ones that she usually wore. At least he had only seen her wear those baggy, unflattering dresses when she was accompanying her husband, in those boring banquets. 

However, Ari seemed to have surpassed herself. She was dressed in a tight sports bra and shorts that clung to her body like a second skin. He had thought that the woman was one of those sweet and gentlewomen who bored the f*ck out of his mind, but as he looked at the flattering ab line and muscles that Ari had hidden underneath those baggy dresses proved him wrong. 

This woman was slender and lithe, unlike those socialites who were terrified of even lifting the lightest weight as they were afraid to gain muscles. 

She was f*cking hot and even if she was married and had a husband for the moment was not enough to change his mind. 

He studied her for a little more and sighed. If only she hadn't tied her hair in a ponytail, then she would look even more sensual. 

He loved his women when they let their hair down, it gave him a better grip while doing a lot of things. 

However, his thoughts came to a sudden halt when he realized that he had categorized Ari Nelson as his woman. She was not his woman! Damn it, was he so high on sleepiness that his thought process had been f*cked up? 

"Damn, is she a dark witch?" Nicolai muttered while nibbling on his thumb as he crouched behind a bush. If she was not a witch, how was he going to explain the things that were happening to him? 

"She must be a witch," Nicolai affirmed his guess as he looked at Ari. Because only witches and those who praised the devil would wake up so early in the morning when even the sun was not up. 

Waking up, so early, what was the point? Was the bed not comfy enough? If so, he was willing to lend his——

Stop. Halt. Pause! 

Nicolai slapped his face with both of his hands to wake himself up. He had to be asleep damn it, if not, what was he doing? Thinking of lending a married woman his bed? His mother would skin him alive if she knew. 

They might be mafias, but his mother drilled a lesson long ago in his head and that was to never cheat on anyone. 

All because of his father. 

"Blegh, I was reminded of something nasty…" Nicolai gagged as he stood up from his hiding spot and then crept behind Ari, who was snapping a picture of her pet dog. Of course, having her life centred around taking care of pets, house, and family… it went well with her perfect image as a proper loving wife. 

Double blegh. 

He took out his phone from the pockets of his pants and sure enough, as he peeped at her account he followed through a dummy account. And sure enough, he found the image of Timmy with his tongue lolling out in a cutesy pose with a hashtag that said 

#LoveLaughLive. 

"F*cking boring," Nicolai remarked as this was the fourth day of her using the same hashtag as if anything different scared the living day out of her. 

Not to mention, this hashtag was like a gazillion years old. 

She could have used something as something wild …but no, she had to use this boring hashtag like a f*cking chant. 

However, now that he was here, he was going to start by changing this boring lifestyle. Because he was known to wreck life. Or lives.