10 000 Hours Malcolm Gladwell

Her sister left just a couple of hours before her wedding, to avoid the chaos that might ensue, she had to brace herself to be the substitute bride instead; little did she know, her life would be even more chaotic after the wedding as truths and lies were slowly being uncovered.

Trigger Warning ⚠️ ‼️ This book contains explicit sexual content, feral dominance, psychological obsession, sadistic control, graphic violence, degradation, and a brutal breeding kink. For mature readers only. Read at your own risk…or give in to the madness. She was just coming off a night shift. Scrubs still on. Exhausted. Bone-deep tired from another fourteen hours in the ER. She wanted food. A hot shower. Silence. What she got was blood. And him. Isadora Bell, twenty..three, top of her med school class and two years into her residency, made one mistake..she took the alley behind the hospital after her shift to avoid the rain. There, under flickering streetlights and the shadow of a gun, she watched a man get executed at close range. And the monster holding the gun? Dominic. Valenzo Head of the Valenzo crime family. Cold. Untouchable. Ruthless. He kills without flinching and fucks like it’s war. No one sees him and lives. No one touches him and breathes. But something about her made him stop. She should’ve screamed. Begged. Run. She just stared. He saw it in her eyes..curiosity. Fear. Heat. So he made a decision. “You’re mine now, little doctor. And the only thing you’ll be saving… is your breath when I’m done with you.” Now she’s trapped in a world of blood, diamonds, and depravity. Torn between what’s right and the man who ruins her every time. Because Dominic doesn’t make love. He claims. He destroys. He fucks until you forget who you were. And every time she swears she’s done, He makes her beg. This isn’t a love story. This is obsession. This is power. This is the kind of dark you don’t come back from.

서로를 사랑한 세월은 어느덧 10년, 부부로 지낸 시간은 6년이 지났다. 주변 모두가 고영훈이 송서윤을 세상 누구보다 아끼고 사랑한다고 믿었다. 그러나 모든 게 산산이 무너진 건, 느닷없이 집으로 애인이라는 여자가 찾아온 그날부터였다. 송서윤은 그제야 그가 보여줬던 깊은 애정도, 한결같았던 다정함도 모두 거짓이었다는 사실을 알아채게 되었다. 고영훈은 지난 5년 동안 다른 여자와 바람을 피웠고 그 여자와 혼외 자식까지 낳았다. 그 여자를 바로 코앞에 두고도, 그는 끝까지 다정한 남편인 척, 완벽한 가장인 척, 모두를 속이며 살아왔다. ‘서윤아, 사랑해. 정말 많이 사랑해.’, 입버릇처럼 내뱉던 그 말은 어쩌면 가장 잔인한 거짓이었다. 그가 맹세했던 사랑은 두터운 가면을 쓰고 지껄인 거짓일 뿐이었고 그 옆의 모든 이들이 그 연극에 동참해 송서윤을 속였다. 심지어 열 달을 뱃속에 품고 죽을 고비를 넘기며 낳은, 그리고 애지중지 키운 아들조차 그녀를 속이며 아빠와 그 여자 편에 섰다. 배신은 그 한 번으로 끝이 아니었다. 남편과 아들, 그리고 가족이라 믿었던 사람들에게서 두 번, 세 번 상처를 받은 그녀는 모든 게 우스꽝스러웠다. 더는 이런 가식적인 삶에 머물 이유가 없었다. 송서윤은 끝내 모든 걸 내려놓고 비밀 조직 ‘데미스’로 복귀하기로 결심했다. 이 지긋지긋한 거짓과 연민의 굴레를 벗어던지고 고영훈의 세상에서 사라지기로 했다. 한 달 뒤, 송서윤은 세상에서 완전히 자취를 감췄다. 그 뒤로 누구도 두 번 다시 그녀의 소식을 들을 수 없었다. 고영훈의 곁에도, 이제 더 이상 그녀는 없었다... 고영훈은 누구보다 송서윤을 사랑했다. 너무 사랑한 나머지, 자격지심이 불러온 화였다. 그녀를 잃을까 두려워 그만 돌이킬 수 없는 실수를 저지르고 말았다. 모든 걸 완벽하게 숨겼다고 믿었다. 겉보기에 두 사람은 여전히 행복한 부부일 것이고 송서윤은 영원히 아무것도 모를 거로 생각했다. 하지만 그 착각은 송서윤이 그의 곁에서 완전히 사라진 순간 무너졌다. 그때야 영훈은 뼈저리게 깨달았다. 가장 소중한 사람을 영영 잃게 되었다는 걸... 미쳐버릴 듯한 후회와 집착 끝에 영훈은 모든 걸 내던진 채, 세상 어디든 그녀가 있을 법한 곳을 찾아 헤맸다. 절박한 마음에 무릎 꿇고 빌었다. 스스로도 비참할 만큼 낮은 목소리로 읊조렸다. “한 번만... 한 번만 더 기회를 줘. 서윤아, 다시 날 사랑해 줄 수 없겠니?” 하지만 뒤늦게 후회가 밀려왔을 때는 이미 모든 게 끝나버린 후였다. 송서윤의 곁에는 새로운 사람이 생겼다. 이제 그와 그의 아들이 설 자리는 남아 있지 않았다.

“I wish that, in your next life, you would spend 16 hours a day with your true love—just being together, even if in silence.” – Kate Leslie “I hope in your next life, you’ll only be able to work for someone else—never a boss, never in control. May you feel what it’s like to be commanded, even oppressed, in your job.” – Rex Leslie “I wish that in your next life, every single one of your companions would be from the underworld—no decent people, no respectable connections at all. May you experience the pain of having to interact with the very people you despise, and may you even lower yourself to fear them and obey, trapped by your own fears and prejudice.” – Max Leslie “I hope that in your next life, you’ll be gay—and not just any gay man, but the kind who is submissive, the kind who finds himself under another man. Not just one, either—let’s make two, no, three or maybe four. I want you to experience what it feels like to be completely dominated.” – Kix Leslie ...... Noah Leslie was a self-made successful businessman who unexpectedly got a chance to reborn. However, his new life was not determined by him, but shaped by his family. At first, he had confidence in his family's view of him, but when he heard their true wishes, he was shocked and unable to accept them: to fall in love and nothing but love, never to be a boss, interact with the mafia, and love men. Faced with these unbelievable wishes he could not agree with, Noah had no chance to argue. His new identity filled him with helplessness and rejection, but with no other choice, he had to accept this strange and oppressive second life.

Sabarku telah habis, 10 tahun mengemis cinta padanya. Kini, aku memutuskan untuk berpisah, tepat di anniversary kami. Aku akan buat kenangan yang tidak bisa dia lupakan.

Starting from the story of a teenage girl named Amayra Catra who fell in love with an adult man who was 10 years older than her. The man who was her father's business partner made her fall in love and was determined to win her heart. That man is Indra Mahendra. Then what about Inder's feelings for Amayra? Will Amayra's love be reciprocated?

Jonathan dan Theresia telah mengarungi biduk rumah tangga selama 10 tahun. Selama setahun terakhir Theresia mengalami depresi karena dinyatakan mandul oleh dokter-dokter kandungan yang ditemuinya. Jonathan sering dijadikan bulan-bulanan atas kekecewaannya, baik itu dibentak-bentak, dimaki-maki, maupun dipukuli. Suami yang sebenarnya sangat mencintainya itu lambat-laun merasa tidak tahan menghadapi kelakuan istrinya dan menggugat cerai. Di tengah-tengah proses perceraiannya, laki-laki itu menjalin hubungan dengan Karin, sekretarisnya yang manis, naif, dan lemah lembut. Jonathan benar-benar jatuh cinta dengan gadis yang kepribadiannya sungguh bertolak-belakang dengan istrinya. Apakah Jonathan akan berhasil menceraikan istrinya dan bersatu dengan kekasihnya? Cara-cara apa sajakah yang dilakukan Theresia demi mempertahankan perkawinannya? Apakah Karin sungguh-sungguh mencintai Jonathan ataukah mempunyai maksud-maksud tertentu?

Doctor said that Anna have some mental problem. Also she is being treated badly by her family member except her brother. there is 10 year gap between her and Her brother. Her brother "Daniel Li " is the CEO of Li group. he is young Batcholer of 27,28 year old. Very handsome strong character, prince charming of many girl specially of his young childhood friend Emily. She had crush on him and is planning to marry him by convincing her and his family. Daniel knew about her feeling but he hadn't shown any interest or respond to her. Anna who is literally Daniel's sister also have crush no it can't be said it as a crush but had been in love with her own brother since long time. daniel love her very much but as sister but anna had romantic feeling for daniel. let's see what role destiny play that one day daniel introduce anna as her fiancee. will they both end together ? if yes how? can anna express her feeling? how Will daniel react to it?

I was madly in love with James Gates for 10 years. So mad that everyone in the Imperium said that I was addicted to him. How far did it go? I wouldn't allow any woman to get close to him. I wanted to eliminate every woman around him. In the end, James sent me to rehab. While others quit smoking, drinking, or gaming, I was quitting James. But later, I truly moved on from him. Yet, he regretted it and, in the pouring rain, begged me to love him again.

Aiden Grey is a 10 year old boy who lives in the orphanage. His parents were abusive and get arrested for child abuse and he was sent to the orphanage at the age of 8. He was very shy and introvert and got scared easily so none of the couple's wanted to adopt him. Even the kids at the orphanage bullied him. Dylan Hunt is a 12 year old boy who lives with his billionaire parents. He is the only son and his parents love him a lot and can do anything for him. He asks for a little brother whom he can order around and do all his work, his personal server boy. His parents adopt Aiden and he is happy on finally getting a loving family but he did not expect to be the server boy for his brother. *** This book contains mentions of abuse and topics which can be offensive to some. Nothing was intentional and is only written with respect to the requirements of the characters and the plot ***