Novels by Divine

Ethan's povI slammed the car door shut.The engine roared to life, tires screeching against the slick pavement as I sped through the rain-drenched streets. Neon lights and shadows streaked past in a blur, but my focus was razor-sharp.Lisa sat beside me, strapped in, her face pale but set with quiet determination. She was still weak from the hospital, but she was here. And we weren’t running anymore.Tonight, everything changed.I gripped the wheel tighter. Victoria Lexington.I’d signed the deal. Sold my name. My face. My goddamn soul.And the world ate it up."Ethan Carter: Victoria’s New Boyfriend!"The headlines were everywhere. A media circus, flashing cameras, reporters salivating at the scandal. They thought they had me figured out—a pawn, a desperate man clinging to the strings of a powerful woman.Let them think that.They had no idea what was coming.Lisa exhaled sharply. “Are you sure about this?”I didn’t answer immediately. The truth was, nothing about this felt right—bu

Ethan’s POV I stepped into the hospital corridor with a heavy heart, my mind still reeling from the day's bitter turns. I made my way to Lisa’s room, where I was told she’d finally woken up. When I pushed open the door, I was greeted by the soft beeping of a heart monitor and the sight of my little sister, propped up by pillows and staring at the window. Her eyes, once filled with quiet mischief, now held a weight far beyond her years. Relief washed over me when she smiled weakly upon seeing me.“Ethan,” she said softly, her voice hoarse but steady. “I’m glad you came.”I pulled up a chair and sat beside her bed, taking her hand gently in mine. “Lisa, you have no idea how much I missed you,” I murmured, trying to mask the turmoil swirling inside me.After a few minutes of silence, she squeezed my hand. “I’ve been thinking,” she began, hesitating just for a moment as if choosing her words with care. “Ethan, yo

Zara’s POVI stood in front of the grand mirror in my bedroom, staring at my reflection but not really seeing myself. The engagement ring on my finger felt like a shackle, a reminder of the price I had paid to free Ethan.I had done what I had to do.Now, I just had to live with it.A knock at the door pulled me from my thoughts. I expected one of the maids, or maybe even my father, coming to ensure I was still playing my part.But when I opened the door, my breath caught in my throat.Ethan.He stood there, his dark eyes burning with intensity, his chest rising and falling as if he had just run through hell to get here. His suit was slightly disheveled, his tie loosened, and there was an edge to him, a dangerous kind of energy that made my stomach twist.For a moment, neither of us spoke.Then, without warning, he pushed inside, slamming the door shut behind him.I swallowed hard, my hands were already sweating at my sides. “Ethan, you shouldn’t be here….”“I’m not leaving until you

Ethan’s POVI sat on the hard cot, my elbows resting on my knees, my hands clenched so tightly I could feel my nails digging into my skin. My entire body felt like a live wire, buzzing with frustration, rage, and something else.REGRET AND REJECTIONZara was gone.She had walked out of here, leaving me with nothing but the sound of her voice telling me she was marrying him.Chris Montgomery.I squeezed my eyes shut, but it didn’t help. Her face was burned into my mind, the way she looked at me with silent agony, the way her voice had cracked when she told me she needed me to hate her.Hate her?I let out a bitter laugh, shaking my head.How the hell was I supposed to hate her?Not when every damn thing she did,every reckless, self-sacrificing, infuriating thing, only made me love her more.My hands curled into fists again as my thoughts spiraled, landing on the one decision I couldn’t

Zara’s POVI stood in my father’s office, my hands clenched into fists, my nails digging into my palms so hard I could feel the sting. Leonard Windsor sat behind his massive oak desk, fingers steepled, watching me with the kind of detached amusement that made my blood boil.“You don’t have a choice, Zara,” he said smoothly, his voice calm, unbothered, as if he wasn’t destroying my entire life.I gritted my teeth. “I always have a choice.”His lips curled into a mocking smile. “Do you? Because from where I’m sitting, you have exactly two options. You sign the deal, or your little mistake rots in prison.”My stomach twisted at his words. Ethan.I had spent the past few days pretending like I could fix this. Like I could find a way to undo the damage, to save him without bending to my father’s will. But it was useless. My father had made sure Ethan was buried under a mountain of fabricated evidence, and the only way to free him was to give my father exactly what he wanted.A marriage to

Ethan’s POVI had thought I’d seen the worst of the Windsor family’s cruelty. I thought nothing could break me after what they’d done.But sitting in this cold, gray cell, surrounded by nothing but the distant sound of inmates shouting and the dull flickering of the overhead light, I realized how wrong I was.Betrayal wasn’t just a knife to the back, it was a slow, festering wound that refused to heal.Zara.Her name was like venom on my tongue, yet I couldn’t stop thinking about her.Had she really done this to me?Had she known all along what her father planned?I clenched my fists, my nails digging into my palms. Lisa was in the hospital because of them. And me? I was rotting in a cell for a crime I didn’t commit.I leaned my head against the cold brick wall, exhaling sharply. I wasn’t going to break. I’d gotten this far in life by refusing to let anyone crush me. Not the Windsors and definitely not