Chapter: 76. NOT POSSIBLELUNACan people fake jealousy?I distinctly remembered Sandro explaining, in horrifying detail, the kind of painful death the first man I offered my virginity to would receive. So what had changed in a few hours? How had he gone from being a possessive bastard to an absolute asshole?Now that I thought about it, there had been plenty of instances when Sandro had threatened the male species simply for coming into contact with me. Like the time Marco pulled me into a selfie, or when I'd asked—no, begged—to call Remi, or when I'd told him I would date Marco.Where was that man now?What had happened to that possessive Sandro?And another thing. He didn't even trust Sebastian, who was practically his friend. So how could he trust Remi enough to leave the choice entirely up to me?Something wasn't adding up.Unfortunately, I wasn't a detective. I was a heartbroken idiot with too much time on her hands and a suspicious amount of knowledge about one particular mafia man's jealousy.“Why do y
Huling Na-update: 2026-10-17
Chapter: 75. THE CHOICELUNAI swallowed hard.I couldn't bear to look at him anymore.I turned towards the counter and set my water bottle down. My hands were shaking, so I tightened my fingers around the plastic until they stopped.Behind me, the kettle clicked off.Sandro poured the water into his mug.I waited for him to take out another mug.He didn't.I waited for him to reach for the ramen.He didn't.He stirred his drink, put the spoon in the sink, and walked past me.For a moment, I forgot how to breathe.He was close enough that I could smell his cologne, that familiar clean scent that had once made me feel strangely safe. I remembered being carried against his chest, my cheek pressed to his shoulder. I remembered waking up in his arms, surrounded by warmth, with the pillows scattered around us.I remembered thinking that perhaps I could get used to it.That perhaps, for the first time in my life, I could have something that was mine because I wanted it, not because someone had decided I should hav
Huling Na-update: 2026-10-16
Chapter: 74. PERHAPSLUNAI never thought there would come a day when I would prefer Vin’s brooding presence rather than looking at Marco or thinking about Sandro. I never would have thought that, out of all the men in this world, Vincenzo De Luca would be the first person to give me a rose.“Am I seeing this correctly? You have her a rose?” Marco voiced my exact thoughts.Vin gave one of his blank stares. “She is unfortunate enough to develop feelings for Sandro. She deserves a fucking rose.”Marco looked at me with his mouth hanging open.“I did not.” I protested. “I have no feelings for Sandro or any of the men in this world. I hate your gender except Matias.”“I didn’t—I never thought you would develop feelings for—shit, Luna. What were you thinking?”“I don’t have feelings for anyone,” I yelled as if the sheer volume of my words would act as proof, when they did the opposite.“You disgust me.”I was running again—this time in the right direction.As soon as I came into the mansion’s vicinity, I spott
Huling Na-update: 2026-10-15
Chapter: 73. STUPID JERKLUNA"What the—what happened? Have you been crying?"I tried to walk past Marco, but he caught my arm. His grip was gentle but firm, like we were friends. Like we were close. Like he actually cared."Moon girl? What happened? Did anyone hurt you?"He sounded so serious I almost believed him. Almost thought he was someone I could trust.Liars. All of them.I finally managed to look at him. My tears blurred my vision. All I could see was a haze of blonde hair and tan skin and eyes that looked concerned but probably weren't."Yeah." I had to swallow the lump in my throat. "You did.""What do you mean? What did I do?"I couldn't really see how his face changed. But I could hear it in his voice—the confusion, the worry, the careful control slipping."Those rumours about me—you guys did that."Then, silence.He didn't say anything. Didn't give any explanation. Didn't offer any reason. Didn't deny it.I didn't wait for one.Sandro and Marco have always been the same men. My father's enemies.
Huling Na-update: 2026-10-14
Chapter: 72. WHYLUNA"The rumours that started when you were seventeen. The ones people in your town whispered about. The things they said about you."My fingers curled at my sides. I knew exactly which rumours he meant.I had grown up hearing them.At first, they had been whispers. A few women talking outside a shop. Someone laughing when I walked past. A man making a disgusting comment while my father stood beside him, pretending not to hear.Then the whispers had spread.Apparently, I was sleeping with men. Apparently, I was meeting men in secret. Apparently, I had inherited my mother's supposed sins, whatever the hell that meant. Every time someone wanted to insult my father, they used me. Every time someone wanted to hurt me, they made up another story about my body, my behaviour, my supposed lovers.I was seventeen when I first understood that people could hate you for things you had never done.I was eighteen when I stopped trying to defend myself.By nineteen, I had learned to laugh whenever
Huling Na-update: 2026-10-13
Chapter: 71. THAT WAS MELUNAI have officially lost my mind.So has he.Not so subtly, I told him that I wanted him to be my first. And he rejected me. He didn't even stay in the bedroom. He bolted. Like I was something dangerous. Like I was something he needed to escape.Does he really think I was joking?Because I wasn't. I'm not. I—God, why is this so difficult?He's sending me away. He might die in this war. The thought left a sour taste in my mouth, something metallic and cold that settled in my chest and refused to leave.Did I read the room wrong? I knew for a fact that he was interested in me. That he wanted me. That he cared for me. That he was scared of losing me. I'd seen it in his eyes. Felt it in his touch. Tasted it in his kiss.Then how can he act like I don't matter?It's not like I was asking for something grand. We've been intimate before. We've crossed lines that can't be uncrossed. Why the fuck won't he take things forward?Argh! Why did I even ask him?The realization hit me like thunde
Huling Na-update: 2026-10-11
Chapter: EpilogueCelia’s POVTHREE YEARS LATER “I still remember the thirty minutes speech Lillian gave that day.” Sasha and I are watching the wedding album. It’s Cayden who took that out and showing it to his little brother, Ron. Sasha and Xavier married six months after our marriage. They have a kid now. He is one and half year old. Zed and Lilly has a boy. He is two. We all meet every summer. And this summer, we are busy for Ryan and Meg’s wedding. Alex is with all the three kids, he raised his hand. “Then she said, do you have any idea how many bodies this hand pierced and counted each vein—” “They are kids, Alex. They can’t understand that.” Sasha shouted. Of course, he would not listen. He is continuing the story of how I threatened Jonathan. “I think I did a mistake making him god father for my children. He is completely spoiling them.” Xavier hissed. No matter what, the children refuse to stay away from him. Because, he gives them chocolates, won’t let them touch the books, “I
Huling Na-update: 2021-07-29
Chapter: 111. The weddingCelia’s POV It has been ten days since that proposal I did in the street of Gilbert town. I did only the proposal. Alexander has planned this grand destination wedding. We daily talk about it. Every time we talk about it, we will have an argument and we decide we don’t want any marriage at all. We end up shouting and then moaning on bed. At the night, we talk again. I never thought about what kind of wedding I will have. When they ask about dream wedding, I simply shrug. Even Alexander has no idea about it. We are two creatures who thought it would be impossible for us to get married in these lives and end up in marriage somehow. After a week, he fell silent. He hasn’t discussed about the wedding plans. Something is going on in their office. Even Xavier seemed distracted and busy. And one day, my bell rang and I opened the door just to find the two men in my family in blood. They are not bleeding like they are stabbed. There are wounds like someone punched them hardly. I qui
Huling Na-update: 2021-07-29
Chapter: 110. EuphoriaAlexander’s POV I thought they need some privacy, to put out their emotions for their best friend and brother. So, I left them for themselves for five minutes. Five minutes are all they are getting. He is intentionally trying to make me jealous. Fine, with me. I am not punching this man because I have a huge respect for his mom and his best friend. Still, I can’t help but glancing at the room once in a while or should I say, ten or twenty times in a minute. Bertha, (she insisted me to call her by name instead of Mrs. Bennett) came with a tray of cookies. Oh, god. Not again. I did a fake cry without her noticing me and took one cookie. If I don’t, she would take the trouble to put that directly into my mouth. I have eaten a lot since I came here, that my jaws are hurting from all the chewing they did. I am so tall, has a well built body and look like the man in his late twenties. But, she is treating me, in fact, she is treating all of us like seven year old kids.&nbs
Huling Na-update: 2021-07-28
Chapter: 109. The old homeCelia’s POV I was so habituated to seeing him in Black and greys and that too, they are sophisticatedly tailored shirts and suits. Now, watching him wear shorts, kaki or white T- shirts with half sleeves, loose shirts and printed trousers making me stare at him more often. They are making him look like a teenager. He knows that I have been staring at him. I didn’t try to shift my gaze when he caught me doing that. Its my right. I am confined to fit and flare crepe dresses. I can’t wear more. The climate is warm just like my life. “So, what are we going to do next?” There is a genuine interest in his voice with an added excitement. He looks careless, less worried and totally overjoyed about everything we have been doing. While we are walking, he attended few calls and that’s it. “Hakuna Matata.” He says. If that two words has a human form, it is Alexander King. I took the chance to go to a shop by excusing myself for washr
Huling Na-update: 2021-07-27
Chapter: 108. New planCelia's POV I apologized Meg for what Alex did. Ryan is so sure that she is going to be one of his constants. I am on the road where I am no more cutting the threads with the people who cared for me. I wanted to keep them all in my life like a family. Yes. I am making a family of friends. Alex would never apologize for what he did. At least, I should do that instead. "It's fine. I can understand." She said after a lot of explaining our situations. "He really seemed to like you and I am happy for you both as long as your husband doesn't misunderstand anything and keeps his hands to himself." I wanna say, 'I highly doubt that.' But, I nodded my head in approval. She smiled and I know. It's not that friendly but she doesn't resent me either. We walked back to the house in silence. The only noise we heard after in the house is that of plates and other utensils either slipped or thrown, glasses smashing to some kind of solid things- either floor or
Huling Na-update: 2021-07-26
Chapter: 107. At LAAlexander’s POV I know this feeling of drawing someone’s picture when you miss them the most. We drew the curves as if we are touching them. We shade the corner of lips as if they are smiling for us and especially, we live in the moment of our past as if it is playing before us. We draw to stay close, to feel home, to feel safe, to feel their warmth and finally to feel them. I did it once after the death of that woman, after pushing Celia successfully because of my arrogant ass, nonsense judgment and baseless assumptions. I drew how she laughed after running away from the thugs. That was the first ever time I saw her laughing and giving a reaction like that. Back then or the other seconds before this instant, I never know that someone would miss me this much, that someone would love me this much and adore my laugh, cherish my little achievements, be proud of what I do and especially makes me feel that I am beautiful. Many said that before. But, feeling it without having to
Huling Na-update: 2021-07-25
A TWENTY SOMETHING
**Strictly for adults**
HANA
You don't fall in love with your enemy. If you do, then, be prepared to embrace their dark side and welcome their secrets. Because you don't know them like you know your friends.
I left a man at the altar just to fall in love with his brother. We have nothing in common but our damaged soul. It is cruel how you can love a person like that only to find out that it was forbidden, all the way long, and you were forced to fall apart by fate. Our tragic pasts paved way for our beautiful future until his secrets were revealed. I never fit in his world, no one could ever; for he was born to kill, to bring death.
From enemies to lovers, hating to loving, strangers to family, then to complete strangers, Hana and Bash are all you need. Their love will make your heart warm, they make you laugh, and their distance makes you cry. Find out more about their forbidden romance.
**No incest**
Basahin
Chapter: EPILOGUE - IIBASH Celia is not due until next month. But that little shit can't wait for any longer. He came out earlier than expected, and if you are asking me why I am calling a one-hour-old baby, little shit, wait until I finish the full story. I didn't let Hana step out of our room for another five days. She has stitches, and what was she thinking, trying to sit in a wheelchair? Not under my watch. My Rose yawned in my arms and went back to sleep, her tiny hand wrapped around my finger. A few days back, if someone had told me that I would call another human being cute other than my wife, I would have laughed at them. Now, looking at Rose's sleeping form, that's all I can think - cute, delicate. She needs to be protected from all the ugliness of the world. I will make sure she is untouched. When my wife and daughter were being discharged, we visited Celia and Alex. Three-year-old Willow ran to me, hugging my leg. "Hey, sweetheart." I smile at her. "Mommy birth me a brother." S
Huling Na-update: 2025-02-27
Chapter: EPILOGUE- IHANA"What are we doing in Japan?" I asked, glancing around at the sea of cherry blossoms, their delicate petals drifting through the air like whispered dreams.Bash smirked. "I told you that's exactly what you would ask."It took me a moment to understand. Then, I remembered—the night we spoke of impossible dreams in Istanbul, the ones we knew would never come true. Anniversaries we’d never celebrate, trips we’d never take, a life we’d never have.Yet, here we were."It happened," I whispered, as a pink petal landed softly on my cheek.Bash's eyes held mine, warm and unwavering. "We made it, Mrs. Merrick."And then he kissed me beneath the cherry blossom trees.Ahmet always said we were just two lovesick fools wandering the world, celebrating life. He wasn’t wrong. For three months, that’s exactly what we did—travelling with no destination, doing nothing but making love, laughing, and getting lost in each other.Then, we returned to Istanbul.Bash wanted to rewrite the memories. What
Huling Na-update: 2025-02-26
Chapter: 121. MR & MRS. MERRICK HANA"Can I disown him?" Sandro muttered behind me. I followed his gaze to Matias sitting in the front row and wiping his tears with a tissue. "Fuck." Another hiss from Sandro. Matias is sniffling-- hard.Bash is scowling at the kid. I nudged him gently so that he would change his expression. My attempt is futile."I will disown him." "No," It's Vin this time.I like how the guys tried to blend in. But they failed miserably. With their tattooed body, hidden arms, and bulky personality, there's no way Sandro and his crew can blend in. But I can give ten out of ten for the attempt. Though Bash and Sandro still joke about killing each other (sometimes it doesn't sound like a joke at all), they are there for each other. They formed a bond. Bash is not part of the outfit anymore, but they have each other back in their own way."Where is Luna?" I questioned Bash while posing for the photo."Avoiding me," Sandro answered.As the night came alive, we danced. Bash glared at everyone who dan
Huling Na-update: 2025-02-24
Chapter: 120. THE RUNAWAY-BRIDEHANA || THREE MONTHS LATER "Are you fucking someone else?" Bash gasped, turning around. "Jeez, babe. What are you doing up so late?" It is almost one o clock in the night. According to my fiance, it is the ideal time to come home. At first, I didn't give it much thought. There are a lot of things to take care of with Sandro taking over and Bash cleaning the mess Elio left in his export and import businesses. It has been three months since I almost lost my life. For the first few weeks, Bash didn't leave my side. He nursed me back to health, accompanied me to the hospitals, and made sure I had a perfect diet and sleep. Once he started going to work, he seemed distant. I thought he was busy. I thought he was feeling guilty for what happened. I can understand how his mind works. He is fiercely protective of me. He thinks he failed me. Still, that doesn't explain the growing distance between us. I took a threatening step forward. "Are you fucking someone else? Are you
Huling Na-update: 2025-02-22
Chapter: 119. NEW BEGINNINGBASHThe world narrows to the rhythmic sound of Hana's laboured breathing. Her blood stains my hands, her pulse weak beneath my fingertips. "Sandro," I command, my voice steady despite the storm inside me. "Take care of Colton and his men. I'll take Hana to the hospital."He came to my side, and for the first time, his eyes softened at Hana in my arms. "Take care of her. Luna won't like it if something happens to her sister."At this moment, I don't even care why Luna's likes matter to him anymore."Do you want Colton alive?" He asked me.A gun fired in the distance, and someone screamed.I gently lift Hana, cradling her against me. Her eyes flutter open, and she offers a faint, reassuring smile."I'm here," I whisper, brushing a strand of hair from her face."I don't care what you do with him. It doesn't matter anymore."Sandro nods, understanding the gravity of my decision.With urgency, I carry her to the car, my mind racing. The nearest hospital is miles away, and every second co
Huling Na-update: 2025-02-18
Chapter: 118. FAILEDBASH The tension in the room was palpable. Colton stood across from me, a smug grin playing on his lips as he held Hana captive. Her eyes met mine, filled with a mix of fear and determination. I looked for any visible wounds on her body. I swear if he touched her, I'd make Colton's death ten times more painful. I'll do the same even if he doesn't touch her. Hana looked terrified. Her eyes filled with unshed tears find mine. She would have pressed her knuckles to her eyes if her hands weren't tied. That must have hurt. She has no pain threshold when it comes to physical wounds. Emotionally, she fought many battles. Her wrists will have marks from that rope and I imagined choking Colton's neck with the same. Her eyes zeroed on my clenched fists and she shook her head. She is trying to be brave —For me. She is asking me not to lose my patience. "Finally." Colton opened his filthy mouth, "The son of Xavier and Rose. We had a history we need to settle." I unclenched my
Huling Na-update: 2025-02-17
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