The Spite PlayThe Spite PlayAeliana ThorneLanguage: English18+ 280.9K wordsOngoingIntroductionTen years. That’s how long I erased myself for Brooks Sinclair. I cut my hair, threw away my makeup, and let him lock me away in his shadow, believing that one day, I’d finally be his wife. Instead, on our ten-year anniversary, he dumped me. He called me plain, boring, and "not marriage material." Seven months later, the ultimate humiliation lands in my inbox: a digital invitation to his extravagant, month-long pre-wedding cruise. And my seating assignment? Table 18, squished against the kitchen toilets, publicly labeled as the "unaccompanied seat-filler." Brooks wants to showcase his triumph with his new supermodel fiancée. He thinks I’m still the broken girl crying on my best friend’s couch. He thought wrong. My best friend is a PR genius, and she just handed me the ultimate weapon: Reid Harrington. Reid is the god of the ice, the gorgeous, arrogant captain of the NYC Sentinels—and the exact man Brooks has spent his entire career desperately envying. Reid needs a sweet, wholesome fake girlfriend to rehabilitate his bad-boy image and save his multi-million-dollar endorsements. I need a plus-one who will make Brooks choke on his own tongue. The arrangement is simple: pretend to be madly in love, survive the cruise, and get our mutual revenge. But when Reid pulls me close under the flash of the paparazzi, kissing me like he actually means it, the line between fake and real begins to melt. This isn’t just a game anymore. It's the ultimate upgrade.RomanceRevengeForced ProximityHidden IdentityHeiressAthleteStrong Female LeadRed FlagFake DatingCheatingCleanHeartbreakSlow Burn160 ChaptersOngoingMay You LikeBillion-Dollar Divorce: The Heiress's Ruthless ReturnThirty Days to VanishLethal Vows: The Syndicate Queen's RevengeAshes of Our VowsMarried to the Rival CaptainDrowning the Vow: The Reborn Heiress Strikes BackThe Unseen Bride: Tethered to My BetrayerRuined Silk and Vengeful SparksShattering the UntouchableBeyond Reach: The Supreme Heiress's ReturnRead now