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Elara Duval lives two lives. By day, she’s the invisible stepdaughter in a family that dismisses her. By night, she’s ShadowByte, the most elusive hacker in the digital underworld. Anonymous. Untouchable. Safe. Or so she thinks. Damon Cross rules his empire with an iron fist. The billionaire CEO of CrossTech is brilliant, arrogant, and mercilessly calculated. His empire thrives on power, but when a cyberattack threatens everything he’s built, he sets his sights on the one ghost who could save him: ShadowByte. When their paths collide, sparks turn to fire. Their battle of wills is as dangerous as it is magnetic. He sees her as a puzzle he must control. She sees him as the kind of man she swore to never bow to. But when a public scandal forces them into a contract marriage, the thin line between hate and desire begins to blur. What happens when the man who never loses falls for the woman who refuses to be owned? And when Elara’s secret identity risks exposure, will the truth destroy them, or set them free? Crossed Lines is a contemporary romance full of drama, badgirl energy, hidden identity tension, and hate-to-love chemistry, where girl power collides with the arrogance of a billionaire CEO, and the stakes are nothing less than love, loyalty, and freedom.

Crossing Lines is a dark, seductive romance where power, obsession, and secrets blur the line between love and control. Lana Reyes, a driven NYU law student with a desperate need to stay afloat, takes a job at Vortex, Manhattan’s most exclusive underground club. She never expects to catch the eye of Nathan Cross—ruthless billionaire, Vortex’s elusive owner, and a man who doesn’t do second encounters. But when their worlds collide, the pull is magnetic. What begins as a dangerous game of dominance and desire spirals into something neither of them can control. As Lana falls deeper into Nathan’s world of power, secrets, and seduction, she must decide how far she's willing to go—and what lines she's willing to cross—to survive it. In a world where love is a weapon and trust is a risk, Crossing Lines is a provocative ride that will leave you breathless and begging for more.

私は学生の頃から付き合っていた久保直樹（くぼ なおき）と、卒業と同時に籍を入れた。 一から直樹が会社を立ち上げるのを、ずっと隣で支えてきた日々は、本当に大変だった。 私たちの子供が白血病にかかった時でさえ、お金が無かった私たちは、ただ見ていることしかできなかった。 それから5年後、私は再び新しい命を授かった。 その時には、直樹も若手実業家として成功していた。 人生これからだと思った矢先、あるメッセージが2通、私の元に届いた。【直樹さんのこと好きになっちゃった】 【いくら欲しい？直樹さんと別れてくれるなら、言い値で払うからさ】 メッセージの送り主は、山田家の甘やかされて育った娘、山田佳奈（やまだ かな）だった。パーティーで直樹に一目惚れしたらしい。 一晩考えた私は、翌日佳奈から送られてきた小切手に金額を書き込んだ。「10億円。これで私と直樹の10年を買い取ってください」

結婚七年目。御堂蒼真は平穏すぎる日々に退屈し、外で倉田結衣という女子大生を囲っていた。 か弱く儚げな結衣は、その身体で彼を骨抜きにし、一ヶ月もの間家に帰らせなかった。私がいくら呼び戻そうとしても、全くの無駄だった。 息子の三歳の誕生日。私は高熱で火のように熱くなった我が子を抱きしめ、別荘の外にひざまずいて蒼真に帰ってきてほしいと泣き叫んだ。 だが蒼真は、ガラス窓の向こう側で、狂ったように何度も結衣の身体を求めていた。 息子は、彼らの甘い嬌声が響く中、私の腕の中で静かに息を引き取ったのだ。 葬儀の日、蒼真は私を抱きしめて号泣し、家庭に戻って私だけを愛し抜くと誓った。 私はそれを受け入れた。 息子の最期の願いが、パパとママに仲直りしてほしいというものだったからだ。 四年後。息子が通うはずだった幼稚園が、ある動画を公開した。 動画の中では、蒼真が美しく着飾った結衣の肩を抱き、その腕には三歳くらいの男の子が抱かれていた。 男の子は満面の笑みでカメラに向かってトロフィーを掲げている。 「パパ、ママ、僕たちって世界で一番幸せな家族だね！」

Hyacinth Faith Segovia hates Argus Sebastian Mediavilla kahit noong nag-aaral pa lang sila. At ngayong nagkrus ulit ang landas nila, hindi bilang magkaklase, kung hindi bilang magkasosyo sa negosyo. As Hya tries to relive her hatred towards Argus, the line that separates Love and Hate becomes thinner and thinner. thus making it easy for her to fall for him!

I was the ultimate pick-me girl at the office, and somehow, I ended up inside a horror game before New Year's Eve. Seeing the bloody lady crawling in the dark elevator, I screamed out loud. "Oh my gosh! Where did you get that lipstick? It's perfect! It makes your skin look three shades lighter!" The bloody lady blinked at me in confusion as I helped her up. She even recommended the exact lipstick shade. Then I turned around and came face-to-face with the chainsaw-psycho general manager with multiple personalities, swinging his weapon around. I tied a little bow on his chainsaw. "Everyone else only cares if your chainsaw is sharp. I'm the only one who cares if you're tired from swinging it all day." The monsters in the room looked at each other, all thinking the same thing… Why did this feel weirdly wholesome?

Golden Cuisine owner no. 1: YelA suicidal maniac, Yelsha Oba, seem to always fail in her attempts to end her life. She then decided to join Kyumei, an organization that helps people to save lives by risking their own. Two birds in one stone. She can both save other's lives and fulfill her own desire to die. Along doing the job, she started to run her own business as her mask for her real job. The epitome of her hard work, her home... Golden Cuisine. Warning: R-18 Mature Content

Of all the sketches I have done, there's this thin line that has always been guarding my heart at the edge of my steps. Like love, drawn in the middle of a space, I have been looking for someone to continue the strokes only to realize that love doesn't always lie in the middle. It isn't just on the surface nor in the center. Love is beyond that. It's Beyond The Lines. All I have to do is to let him reach me there.

THIS BOOK IS THE FULL SERIES OF BETWEEN MAFIA LINES. BETWEEN MAFIA LINES SERIES: Between Mafia Lines 1: The Mafia's Pawn(completed). Between Mafia Lines ||: Jasmine's Revenge (ongoing). THE MAFIA'S PAWN(Between Mafia Lines 1): 🥵I remembered the man from last night. Blue eyes, strong nose, hard abs, tanned skin, jet black hair, sweet lips. And a scar by his eyes. A work of art. He was a complete stranger but I couldn't resist him despite the fact that I had a four years relationship going on with my boyfriend, Tyler. But today, I stand before the stranger, he's my new boss. A trillionaire. I thought that was the end of it all and we would act like one night stand never happened, but not until he offered me a contract marriage. Captivated the second time, I accepted, cheating on my boyfriend, Tyler. Here I am, in love with my boss and sharing a passionate moment with him when the door slammed open. "Father, can you believe she cheated on me?!" I heard Tyler's voice. My Secret Contract Husband Is My Boyfriend's Father?!! JASMINE'S REVENGE(Between Mafia Lines ||): What happens when he leaves you for your best friend and humiliates you before the whole college at your birthday party? That same night, you are forced by your parents to give your heart to your sister who is suffering from a heart disease. You think that's the end for you until you wake up in a new body. Will Jasmine start to live a normal life again? Can she navigate her way to revenge in her new body or not? Or will she be defeated once again?

Bestselling romance novelist Emma Chen has built her career writing about passion she's never truly experienced until her new editor turns her perfectly ordered world upside down. Jake Morrison is everything Emma tries to avoid: cocky, unpredictable, and dangerously attractive. When he's assigned to edit her latest manuscript, their professional relationship quickly becomes a battlefield of creative differences and undeniable chemistry.As they clash over every steamy scene Emma has written, Jake challenges her to dig deeper, to write what she really knows about desire. But Emma's carefully constructed walls exist for a reason she's never recovered from a betrayal that left her heart and career in shambles three years ago. When Jake pushes her to experience the passion she writes about, Emma must decide if she's brave enough to let someone past her defenses, or if some risks are too dangerous to take.With a manuscript deadline looming and their attraction reaching a boiling point, Emma and Jake must navigat it the thin line between professional collaboration and personal desire. But when Emma's past threatens to destroy everything she's built, including her growing feelings for Jake, she'll have to choose between the safety of her solitary life and the terrifying possibility of real love.