10 Hours

If I don't get a job in the next forty-eight hours I'm going to be forced to go back home. It isn't an option after what I endured to escape. But with my options increasingly limited by the second, I end up at the mercy of a heartless man who doesn't want me. Brooks I want her. It's why I can't hire her. She's innocent and too damn naive to be in my vicinity. But she is the only one even remotely interested in something more than my name. She is also the first one who makes me want to consider giving it to her...

Betrayed by his fiancée hours before their wedding, CEO Mason Caldwell impulsively finds a last-minute bride, Gianna to spite his ex. Gianna is bound by a contract to Mason, who has vowed to never open up his heart to anyone ever again. But when some unexpected feelings begin to bloom between the two, it seems there might be more danger looming, as well as bitter truths that surface from the past to tear them apart.

All it takes for me to be locked inside a sauna for eight hours is an accidental splash of hot water on Wayne Miller's secretary's hand. Right before I lose consciousness, he finally orders someone to let me out. He hisses, "Consider this a warning. If I ever see you lay a hand on Naomi again, I won't let you off so easily." I lie on a stretcher and answer with quiet composure, "Understood."

Addy Walker once believed love was supposed to be loud—felt in bedtime stories, laughter in the kitchen, and the warmth of arms that made the world feel safe. That’s how it was before her mother died. Before her father changed. Grief hollowed him out. The man who once teased and protected became a shell—quiet, cold, unreachable. Then came the bottles. The slammed doors. The bruises. Addy, now eighteen, has learned to survive in silence—walking lightly, speaking carefully, hiding her pain beneath long sleeves and polite smiles. She works long hours to keep food on the table while her father sinks deeper into debt and addiction. One night, she comes home to a dark, freezing house—again. The electricity is off. Again. And she knows why. She confronts him, her voice sharper than it’s ever been. He denies it at first, but the truth is already spread across the kitchen counter in final notice bills and losing betting slips. He’d gambled away the electric bill money on a horse. The argument erupts. He screams, she stands her ground. When he slaps her, she doesn’t flinch. Something inside her shifts. She’s done waiting for the man he used to be. Addy packs a bag. She’s leaving—for real this time. No plan. No destination. Just freedom. But as she storms out into the rain, a long, black car pulls up to the curb. A man steps out—tall, broad-shouldered, older. His face is hard, almost frightening in the shadows, but he’s striking. Dangerous. And calm.

After dating him for five years, my boyfriend, Jayden Porter, sends me 10 dollars. He asks me to buy our future matrimonial home with that money. That same day, he transfers 3 million dollars to his dream girl, Lina Doux, to buy her a grand detached villa in Centralis. I decided to break up with him out of frustration, but he accuses me of being greedy for money. "Your house is still livable, so why buy another one? When did you become such a gold digger?" "Lina and I are childhood friends, so what's wrong with me giving her money? "On the other hand, you're scheming to get your hands on my wealth despite us not being married yet. I'm so disappointed in you!" He turns around and proposes to Lina. Six years later, we encounter each other again in the werewolf kingdom based in Centralis—the Darkmoon Kingdom. He's about to become Centralis' Beta. Lina is by his side, wearing a haute couture dress. When he sees me covered in mud and rummaging through trash, he mocks me with disgust, "You looked down on 10 dollars back then, Emily Everhart, but now you're digging through trash cans like a beggar. "Do you think you'll be able to earn money by selling scraps? Even if you put on a sorry act in front of me, I won't show you any pity!" I glance coldly at him and continue to search for my pup's favorite ring. I had unknowingly discarded it like common trash. My pup, Cassidy Holstrom, is incredibly upset about it. As such, I have to find it quickly to cheer her up.

Everything that she could remember was that she had dropped dead and fell face first at the grand staircase that she was descending. Cause of death? unknown She thought she will be going straight to the reincarnation pool at the heavens, but who would have thought that she had already used up her 10 lifetimes, and each life ended with her suddenly dying at the same age of 25. And each time, she would have no idea how she died. Aggrieved, wronged, and unwilling! Who wouldn't be? After thousands of years doing missions, leveling up, fighting monsters and kinds of stuff, she finally became a Goddess, excited as to finally, she could take a rest. "Go to these worlds, do tasks, save planets, conquer tribes, build things and etc. Do something, earn respect from the undead, and gather believers among the living."

10주년 기념일이 되는 날, 나는 한상우가 청혼할 거라고 생각했다. 그러나 그의 휴대전화에서 우연히 메시지를 본 나는 지난 10년간 내가 얼마나 우스웠는지를 알게 되었다. [오늘은 우리 1주년 기념일이잖아. 오빠랑 같이 있고 싶어.] 상대방은 애교 섞인 목소리로, 내가 상우에게 거의 하지 않았던 친밀한 말투로 말했다. [수연에게 수면제 먹이고 갈게.] 나는 이 말을 믿을 수 없었다. 손이 부들부들 떨렸지만 계속해서 아래쪽 대화를 넘겨봤다. [제발 수연 씨와 결혼하지 말고 나랑 결혼해줘!] 곧이어 발랄하고 섹시한 사진이 첨부되어 있었고, 사진 속의 소녀는 아직 학생처럼 보였다. [오늘 밤 네가 얼마나 잘하느냐에 달렸어. 내가 새로 사준 속옷 입고 옆방에서 기다려.] 나는 몸에 맞지 않는 속옷을 입고 침대에 앉아 있었다. 눈이 따갑고 가슴이 찢어질 듯 아팠다. 그 속옷은 다름 아닌 상우가 다른 사람을 위해 준비한 것이었기 때문이다.

Miracle Addison is the only daughter of the well known great agents. She was 10 years old back then when Don Alejandro Salvador and his armed men attacked their safe house. Her parents died, Don Alejandro command Alfredo–(one of his armed man) to also kill Miracle but Alfredo didn't do it. Alfredo on the other hand adopted Miracle. He trained her well cause he know that someday, Miracle will find Don Alejandro to get revenge. When Miracle finally turned 21 her plan already started. She enter the University where Zack Salvador–(Grandchild of Don Alejandro Salvador) are currently studying. She needs to get Zack's attention and trust no matter what, in order to know the information about Don Alejandro. As she get closer to Zack, she didn't know that she's already falling. Will she forget her feelings towards the grandchild of an enemy and stick to the real plan or will she choose to love Zack instead and forget her anger?

父を守るために、私は犯人に10時間も暴行を受けた。 しかし、その時、父は養女の18歳の誕生日を祝っていた。 息絶える直前、私は父に電話をかけた。 「お父さん、今は私も誕生日だよ…おめでとうって言ってくれる？」 「お前みたい奴が、誕生日を祝う資格なんてない！お前のせいで母さんが死んだんだぞ！お前なんて生きている価値はない、死ね！」 そう言い放つと、父はためらいもなく電話を切った。 翌日、私の死体は鉢植えの中に入れられ、警察署の前に置かれた。 父は検死を担当し、死体を見るなり犯人が極めて報復的な心理を持ち、手口が残忍で、警察を軽視していることを見抜いた。 だが、彼はその死体が、自分が最も憎む娘だということには気付かなかった。

The Falcon Ridge Series Book 5 Set two months after the Battle of Black Rock. In an old growth forest east of Aurora, the city of Dragons. Wren Miller: You can sum up the story of my life in three words I. Am. Alone. I was raised by the Falcon Ridge Security Unit after they told me everyone I ever knew and loved was dead. I traveled through life pretending I felt like I had a pack, but in truth I longed for my own. I often wished for death. That all changes when I find out some of my pack was alive. Living like Nomads in the wilderness. I'm elated to find them, but my happiness is crushed when the Alpha is not even remotely happy to see me. As much as it pains me, I don't want to see him either after finding out what he has become. Lucius Drake: For 10 years I survived in the wilderness. I built us back up from the ashes that were left of the attack on us. I was happy to live this way. Living off the land. Taking care of my pack. Then she shows up. Seeing her makes my blood boil. Not only did she abandon her pack. She abandoned me. I don't care what the Alliance told her. I never gave up on the hope she was alive. Apparently, she did. I'm jaded and angry. It also doesn't help that I have the Dragons breathing down my neck. We've been relying on them for protection and trade, but now they want more. They want us to join them permanently, which I will only do if I'm dead.