Chapter: Chapter 77: A Life that I Used to Not Have< Four Years Later >“Mimi!” I immediately stopped what I was doing, took off the mask without hesitation, and turned around. A little girl ran in my direction and hugged my waist when she reached me. “I miss you!” she said while giggling.It was Tanya, Tara’s daughter.I let out a deep sigh and then removed the gloves. “What are you doing here, little one?” I asked as I lowered down my body to level her height. “Mimi is doing dirty work; wouldn’t you mind if you caught that dirt?” she immediately shrugged.“No! I hate dirty, but if I can’t hug you because of that, then I don’t mind getting myself a speck of dirt.” she hissed. How cute! She’s too young to know these kinds of things. I just laughed and then carried her in my arms as I stood.“Just kid
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Chapter: Chapter 76: We've Finally Meet“Good morning, Mom and Aki.” I greeted them when they woke up since I got up first.“Good morning, Miss,” Aki replied while rubbing her eyes.“Good morning too, sweetheart.” my mother mumbled and immediately took herself out of bed. I smiled when she walked over to me and gave me a kiss on the cheeks. “Did you sleep well?” I nodded then she glanced at Aki. “How about you, Aki?”“Yes, Mrs. Alejandro. I had a good sleep. Thank you for asking.” Aki said, then smiled. I was about to speak when someone suddenly knocked on the door.“Breakfast is ready.” I heard Jay say behind the door. “Just come downstairs.” after he said those words, we heard footsteps walking away from our room. I immediately looked at my wristwatch, and it was already eight in the morning.
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Chapter: Chapter 75: The Struggles of the Past“How have you been?” my mother asked Dielo while we were sitting in front of the table, having dinner. “You did not even think about visiting me,” she added, and I could feel the sadness in her voice. I don’t know, but I think they are close to each other in the past and even now.“I’m sorry for that, Andrea. I couldn’t go back to the City because of what happened six years ago. I need to recover from the bomb because I got traumatized when Galeo died in front of me. The explosion was too loud and made me lose my mind for a while. I just got myself back, and the first thing I did was go back to the City and then meet Gandhara. I want to see you, but I do not know where is your home.” after Uncle Dielo’s long litany, he eats while staring directly into my mother’s eyes.The five of us remained silent while eating. I was beside my mother while Aki and Jay were
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Chapter: Chapter 74: My Uncle“Good morning, Mom and Aki.” I greeted my mother, who had just arrived in the living room with Aki. I immediately glanced at Jay, “Get the things to the car, Jay.” I said, and he nodded, then started taking the things out. “How’s your sleep, mom?” I asked as I brought my eyes back to my mother.She sat on the sofa. “I slept well, sweetheart. Thinking about today excites me, so I tried my best to have a good rest so that I won’t be exhausted on the trip.” my mother sat on the sofa with a smile on her face. She’s been waiting for the day to start. I smiled at her because I feel the same way too.When Jay finished carrying the things to the car, my mother instructed the maids again. After that, we immediately take ourselves outside. “Where’s Aki?” my mother said as Jay started the engine.“Oh, right,” Jay said.
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Chapter: Chapter 73: Quality TimeI was currently packing my things because tomorrow is when we will travel out of the City. Alchy, Zygo, Jay, and Aki will also be with us. We plan to stay there for a week, and the place that we will be waiting for is already settled by my father’s former colleague.I can’t help being excited just by thinking that we will visit my father’s rest place; my heart is already hyperventilating. I let out a deep sigh and continued packing my things.“Maybe, this stuffs are enough for a week,” I mumbled to myself after a couple of minutes of packing my things. I let out a deep sigh and turned my gaze to the side when I heard an engine. Because of curiosity, I stood up from sitting on the bed and immediately took myself to the terrace.I quickly peeked outside and saw a black Lamborghini who had just parked in front of our house. I was confused for a couple of seconds, thinking who might
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Chapter: Chapter 72: Tears“Where have you been?” I immediately asked Zygo after getting ourselves to his hotel’s dining area. We are currently at his private part of the area, facing each other while separated with a rounded marble table.Zygo stared at me with a smile forming on his lips. By his reaction, I already knew what was on his mind at this instant. “Why? Did you miss me?” he asked with a grin on his face. I was right, and he never changed.I just raised my left brow. I was about to speak out the words that I used to do, but something was playing inside my mind. Maybe there’s nothing wrong with it since we are already friends.I flashed a smirk. “Am I not allowed to miss you?” I almost burst into laughter when I saw how his expression changed. I know that he has feelings for me, but honestly, I can’t pay it back to him on how he looked at me. “Is my words enough to f
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Mister Billionaire’s Treasure
Ruchee had long forgotten what it meant to live for herself.
Since the day life stole both parents from her and left a fragile little sister in her trembling hands, she became everything at once, mother, father, shield, and sacrifice. She built her world from sleepless nights, ruthless decisions, and endless risks, caring for no one beyond the thin line of blood that tied her to the only family she had left.
People were distractions. Friendship was unnecessary. Love was a luxury she could never afford.
For Ruchee, survival was simple: keep moving, keep fighting, and never let anyone close enough to become another weakness.
Until one night, everything was ripped away.
Abducted without warning, Ruchee woke up inside a world she never knew existed, a lavish empire drenched in money, sin, and human desperation. There, beneath crystal chandeliers and behind the smiles of monsters dressed in silk, she was no longer a woman.
She was merchandise.
A rare prize.
One of the highest-valued items in the most notorious underground auction where the powerful came not to bid for possessions, but for people.
Men with blood-stained fortunes and godlike influence watched her like hungry predators, each number called dragging her closer to a fate worse than death.
But among them stood one man.
An extraordinary billionaire feared even by the underworld itself. Untouchable. Merciless. A collector of dangerous things.
And the moment his eyes settled on her, Ruchee realized the auction was only the beginning.
Will she find a way to escape before her freedom is sold to the highest bidder?
Or will she become the most prized possession of the one man no one dares to refuse?
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Chapter: Special Chapter: The Night He Put Forever on My FingerThree years had passed, and somewhere between surgeries, sleepless nights, examinations, clan conflicts, and stolen kisses in kitchens and hallways, life had finally settled into something that felt frighteningly close to peace.Not the kind of peace that came from having no storms, because Reign and I were two people born under storms, but the kind that came from surviving enough disasters together that silence no longer felt temporary.Russiana was healthier now, stronger, with color back in her cheeks and enough energy to argue with me daily. Our home, the one Reign and I built two years ago after endless disagreements over wall paint and furniture, no longer felt like a structure of wood and concrete. It felt lived in. Warm. Full of laughter, arguments, footsteps, and the familiar scent of the man I loved.That evening, after the Nursing Licensure Examination results had been officially released and my name appeared among those who passed, I came home later than usual, exhausted fr
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Chapter: Chapter 83: A Birthday Only for Him“Where are you?” Reign’s voice came through the phone in a low murmur threaded with unmistakable impatience, the kind that always surfaced whenever he could not immediately account for my whereabouts. I had my mobile trapped between my ear and shoulder because both of my hands were occupied with shopping bags, and I continued walking through the polished aisles of the department store with a smile threatening to betray me. Around me, the world was moving in ordinary rhythm, customers browsing displays, salesladies greeting people with practiced warmth, children tugging at their mothers’ sleeves, but all of it blurred into the background because the man on the other line sounded as though I had vanished for days instead of a few hours.“I’m at a store,” I replied, pretending innocence.“What store?” he asked so quickly that I almost laughed.I paused beside a section filled with beads and craft supplies, lowered my voice, and allowed a little mischief to color my tone. “That information
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Chapter: Chapter 82: Healing Hearts and Stolen KissesA week had passed since Russiana’s emergency surgery, and ever since then I had become twice as protective as before.“Oh, stop that, sweety,” I said the moment I saw her pulling notebooks and pencils from her school bag. “You just had surgery last week. Your doctor said you need complete rest for three months.”Russiana puffed her cheeks and looked at me pitifully. “But I want to study, Ruru. I’m getting bored.”I sighed and crouched in front of her so we were eye level. Her complexion was still pale, and the thought of what almost happened inside that bathroom still sent chills through me.I cupped her little face between my hands.“There will be plenty of time to study later, okay? Ruru already talked to your teacher. You are officially on leave for five months.”Her eyes widened. “Five months?”“Yes. Because your health matters more than assignments.” I pinched her nose lightly. “Do you want Ruru to get angry?” She shook her head immediately. “That’s my good girl. Then listen to me
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Chapter: I Kissed Him, Then My World CrashedThree days had passed since the night Reign dragged me out of the river and carried me back from death, and in those three days he had transformed into the most impossible version of himself. He refused to let me walk without assistance, refused to let me touch anything remotely heavy, refused to let me skip medicine, and refused, most annoyingly, to let me eat in peace.He was currently standing in front of the freezer with the concentration of a scientist trying to cure a global disease.“Vanilla?” he asked.I shook my head from the bed.He bent lower and searched again. “Strawberry?”“I hate strawberries.”He slowly turned to me, looking personally offended. “Who hates strawberries?”“I do. They taste too cheerful.”A look crossed his face that said he was reconsidering every life decision that led him to loving me. “You are difficult.”“And yet here you are.”He clicked his tongue and pulled out another tub. “Chocolate?”I considered it for dramatic effect. “That one can stay.”He
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Chapter: Chapter 80: Forgiven in His ArmsReign sank down onto the wet ground without loosening his hold on me, as if even for a second he did not trust the world to keep me safe unless I was inside his arms. He settled with his back against the cold earth and drew me carefully across his lap, one arm wrapped tightly around my waist while the other rose to cradle my face. We were both drenched from the river. Water dripped from his hair onto my cheeks, mingling with my tears, but the only thing I could truly register was the frantic pounding of his heart beneath my ear and the trembling in the fingers touching me.His forehead pressed against mine.“I’m sorry,” he whispered.The words came out broken, not like a simple apology, but like something dragged painfully out of his soul. I kept my eyes closed because I was too weak to open them for long. My hand throbbed, my ribs screamed every time I breathed, and my body still shook from cold and fear, yet despite all that, being in his lap felt like stepping into the only place le
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Chapter: Chapter 79: The Devil Came When I Screamed His NameMy heart pounded so violently that it felt ready to tear through my ribs, but before I could wrench free, Sharmon’s fist buried itself in my hair and snapped my head backward with such vicious force that a scream ripped out of me. Fire spread across my scalp. My hands flew to her wrist, nails digging desperately into flesh, but the instant I twisted enough to see her face, dread hollowed me out... whatever humanity she once possessed had been burned away. Her eyes shone with a feverish delight that made her look less like a woman and more like something that had crawled out of a nightmare.She bent close enough that I could smell the bitterness on her breath and laughed, shaking with excitement. “I have imagined this over and over,” she whispered. “Your blood, your tears, your face when you finally understand no one is coming to save you. I wanted to hear you scream my name before you die.”She hurled me forward. My face smashed into gravel. My lip split. Before I could drag in enough
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The Wicked Empress and her Possessive Beast
Feared by the world and worshipped by none, Empress Halrem Vaelith has spent ten glittering years ruling the Silver Empire with unmatched brilliance, merciless vanity, and a cruelty sharp enough to ruin men without ever staining her hands with blood.
Then the Beast Emperor came for her.
Draevor Kaine, the war-born sovereign of the Black Dominion, has crushed kingdoms beneath his boots, slaughtered monsters with his bare hands, and bowed to no living soul. Yet the moment he stood before Halrem’s throne, he did the impossible.
He knelt.
What should have been a scandal soon becomes the continent’s most dangerous legend. He lays empires, victories, and treasures at her feet. She answers him with cold disdain. He worships her with a devotion that borders on madness, and Halrem finds herself intoxicated by the one man powerful enough to destroy the world and foolish enough to love only her.
But long before he ever touched her hand, Draevor was cursed.
The day he willingly kneels for love, the woman he worships will die.
Now Halrem is slowly dying, Draevor is unraveling before two empires, and a love built on pride, obsession, and ruthless devotion is forced into a battle against fate itself.
For the Beast Emperor can burn kingdoms to ash. But he would sooner set heaven on fire than lose his wicked empress.
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Chapter: Chapter 80: The Thing Beneath the RootsThe nightmares grew worse after that, though they never arrived with enough consistency to become predictable.Had they come every night, Halrem could have studied them more easily, but instead they appeared without warning, transforming ordinary evenings into quiet exercises in concealed tension. On some nights, Draevor slept soundly with one arm securely around her, as though her presence anchored him safely to the world. On others, she woke to find him standing beside the windows, staring into the darkness with the rigid stillness of a man listening for footsteps no one else could hear.He never admitted when the dreams returned. Eventually, Halrem stopped asking.Instead, she observed him with the same discipline she brought to every dangerous illness she had ever treated, recording each subtle change until patterns gradually revealed themselves. The nightmares came most often after moments of emotional vulnerability, after evenings filled with genuine happiness, and after thos
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Chapter: Chapter 79: The Emperor Who Began Watching Her SleepAfter their conversation in the archive chamber, Draevor changed in ways so subtle that no one except Halrem could have noticed them. To the rest of Silverhall, he remained the same formidable northern emperor who strode through palace corridors with unwavering confidence and treated their marriage as unquestionable permission to remain at her side. Halrem, however, had spent months becoming familiar with the smallest habits that defined his presence, and she recognized almost immediately that something within him had shifted.His hand lingered at her waist longer whenever they appeared together before the court, as though reassuring himself that she was truly beside him had become an instinct he could no longer suppress. His gaze found her constantly, even while he stood in the middle of diplomatic negotiations, and she caught him watching her across crowded halls with quiet intensity. Without informing her, he also doubled the northern guard stationed outside her physician’s win
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Chapter: Chapter 78: The Cost of WorshipThe word lingered inside the archive chamber like something that had awakened after centuries of silence.It was worship.Not love, not attachment, and certainly not simple devotion. It was something far older, deeper, and infinitely more dangerous.Halrem stood motionless beside the massive oak table while rain traced quiet rhythms against the tall stone windows. The lanterns suspended from wrought iron hooks swayed gently in the evening breeze, their warm light spilling across brittle manuscripts and shelves crowded with forgotten histories. The chamber seemed untouched by time, yet the silence between them carried a weight that made even the ancient walls feel fragile.Draevor did not look away and that frightened her more than the confession itself.His unwavering gaze forced her to recognize a truth she had never considered. For months he had carried this burden without speaking of it. He had feared it every waking moment, yet he had still chosen to remain beside her. He had c
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Chapter: Chapter 77: The Thing That Waited in the ForestThe archive chamber remained silent long after Halrem asked her question. Rain whispered against the high stone windows while lantern light flickered across ancient records and shelves filled with the forgotten histories of dead emperors.Draevor did not answer immediately.That alone unsettled her. He was never a man who hesitated. Whether in war councils, political negotiations, or while enduring fever beneath her care, he always spoke with unwavering certainty. Now, however, he stood motionless beside the archive table, his gaze fixed on the old illustration as though deciding which truth would hurt her least.Halrem already knew there would be no comforting answer. “Draevor.”He lowered his eyes to the ancient page before quietly saying, “The Verdant Abyss is older than kingdoms.”The words settled heavily between them.“The northern tribes believed the forest hunted men,” he continued. “Not as a legend, but as reality. Entire villages disappeared without a trace. Hunting parties
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Chapter: Chapter 76: The Histories the North BuriedHalrem stopped sleeping properly after what they had discovered inside the archive chamber. No one else would have noticed the change. She still attended every imperial council with impeccable composure, dismantled incompetent ministers before breakfast without raising her voice, and oversaw the preparations for her wedding with the same precision she might have used to organize a military campaign. To everyone around her, she remained perfectly composed.Only she knew something inside her had shifted. A crack had appeared in everything she believed about Draevor Kaine, and once she had seen it, she could no longer ignore it.The problem was never the beast itself. It was the fear she had seen in Draevor’s eyes. A man who faced armies without hesitation had looked genuinely afraid, not for his own life, but for hers, and that realization lingered in her mind long after they left the archive chamber.Draevor was a man who feared almost nothing. She had watched him face assassins, nobl
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Chapter: Chapter 75: The Fang in the Iron CofferHalrem had never been the sort of woman who let unanswered questions remain unanswered, a quality that made her both one of Silverhall’s greatest strengths and, according to more than a few exhausted officials, one of the kingdom’s most persistent national problems.For three days after the incident in the fitting chamber, she watched Draevor with carefully sharpened attention while pretending otherwise. Unfortunately for him, Halrem Vaelith approached suspicion the same way she practiced medicine, with methodical precision, quiet observation, and terrifying patience.“You have stared at my collarbone through four separate meetings today.”Without looking up from the treaty revision she was signing, Halrem answered calmly.“Your posture has deteriorated.”“You questioned two northern advisors about mountain hunting rituals.”“I enjoy regional anthropology.”“You threatened one of them with surgical experimentation.”“He became evasive.”The corner of Draevor’s mouth almost curved int
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