18 Again

My dream was simple: Build a quiet life with the person I adored after college. However, destiny had a different course in mind when my father revealed that I had to rescue my late mother's struggling business by marrying the merciless CEO, Alexander Blake. At first, life with Alexander appeared promising, but as the saying goes, nothing good lasts forever. That was until his childhood sweetheart barged in, shattering everything I held dear and leaving me with a whirlwind of shame, bitterness, and fury. I fled Texas for London, where I spent the next six years rebuilding my life. Now, I’m back in Texas with my son, Franklin, driven by a burning desire for revenge against everyone who has wronged me.

"What's your name?" He asked, making the managers go shut at once. They followed his gaze and it landed on Mallory. Mallory felt her soul being pierced. Did he just ask for her name? Her Wilder didn't even know her name? "Uh... her name is..." "Let her speak for herself, Arlo" Wilder raised his hand at his cousin who zipped up at once. Then, reluctantly, Mallory muttered: "I'm Mallory Harrington." Wilder said nothing, his gaze on her unreadable. Then, she asked. "Don't you... remember me?" "Am I... supposed to know you?" Wilder asked with an unfeigned doubt. This broke Mallory even more. How can her Wilder not recognize her? Her next breath came raggedly, she had to drop her teary gaze to the floor. "How can you not remember me?" She winced. "We were..." ********** What happens when Mallory goes to work one morning and discovers the new CEO who was the soon-to-be heir to one of the richest companies in the world was her ex-husband who had been missing for seven years? How does she tell him she used to be married to him before he went missing? How does she tell him she was still very much in love with him and wanted him back in her life, even if there was someone else? How does she tell him she had twins at home that looked like him? How does she tell him any of these when he couldn't recognize her and acted very cold towards her? What happened to her Wilder?

“Come back to me, Ivy,” the man whom she used to love with all her heart said. “No, no,” Ivy shook her head and backed away from him. Her body trembled as fear consumed her whole being. He was the reason her baby was gone! He was the reason for all her suffering! ---------------------------- Ivy thought she was the luckiest woman in the world - she was married to the man of her dream. But that was just her illusion. On the day she received her pregnancy report, she found her husband in bed with his best friend. Before she had the chance to tell him about her pregnancy, she was forced to divorce and her family was driven to bankruptcy by that one man she loved. Since then, her life went south. She married a governor in another country whom everyone thought was a gentleman. Everyone envied her, but no one knew he was a sadist who loved to abuse her. Five years later, the man she used to love met her by chance and begged her to come back. But would she be able to give her heart again, when all she felt toward him was fear and hatred? Knowing that he was the sole reason her life had turned to be what it was today with endless suffering? Cover art by Rainygraphic.

Axel, handsome, smart, with a secret that hasn't been revealed yet, a secret that could clear up that mess of conflicting feelings that he was just having, that made him feel bad of what he felt for HER. Was it possible to have such strong feelings for someone who was connected to you by blood? But was she? She was the only person who helped him, who got him out of his crisis, who calmed his head when he started thinking too much. Emma was his sleeping pill, and the heartbeat that made his heart live. Ali never let her feelings control her, she didn't want to get hurt, and she never would let anyone get inside that part of her and hurt her. But there was him, Miles, there had always been only him, and he had tried so hard that by now she had become accustomed to his presence, to have him in her bed, but what would have happened if Miles had found something better? Someone who could give him what Ali never did in all those years? Would Alison have understood how important he really was to him or let him fly away from her? Liam had eyes always and only for one person, but that person never looked at him, her attention was focused on someone else, and Liam had done nothing but remain silent, let that love consume him silently until he met her, Ellen. She was everything a man could want in a woman, she consumed him, turned him around in her hands. But what would have happened if that love, that little flash of light had returned when he least expected it? If he had awakened in him that something he thought was lost forever? Who would have chosen Liam?

My husband William came home with another woman and told me a cruel truth-they had a baby. “I can’t believe I loved you!” I cried. I lost everything. My father’s company went bankrupt and I lost my baby because of William’s betrayal. What’s worse, I never thought my life could be so miserable until I heard a doctor say, “She had stomach cancer.” I was overwhelmed with pain. What should I do? Accept it or fight it? Who can give me the answer?

Flinn was never meant to fall for her. The plan was simple: a fake engagement to help him seal a billion-dollar deal and protect Rosemary from the dangerous ex who won't let her breathe. She's his best friend's baby sister. Off-limits. A single mom with fire in her veins and walls around her heart. But from the moment she walks back into his life, everything changes. One kiss turns into a night. One lie turns into longing. And one fake ring sparks something real-raw, messy, and so damn forbidden. Flinn is a billionaire with a bad rep and a closet full of secrets. Rosemary is a survivor, too strong to beg, too broken to trust. But their chemistry? It's explosive. Now lines are blurred. Rules are shattered. Hearts are on the line. And when the truth comes out... it just might burn everything down. Enemies-to-lovers. Fake fiancés. Real heat. One brutal truth: nothing about this was ever pretend.

注＿♡の付くタイトルには、エロ描写ありです。 現代日本で引きこもり生活を送っていた高校生「ユウ」は、不慮の事故で命を落とし、剣と魔法の世界に転生する。森の奥で暮らす育ての父「トリスタン」に狩りや武術、暗殺術を学び、逞しく育ったユウ。しかし、10歳で父を失い、天涯孤独の身となる。 ある日、ユウは森で出会った少女「エリー」を助け、自宅に連れ帰る。彼女はなんと、この国の王女だった！ 閉鎖的な環境で育った朴訥なユウと、世間知らずな王女エリー。正反対の二人の共同生活が、今、始まる。

結婚式を挙げてから三年、パイロットの夫・斎藤智也（さいとうともや）は十八回も私・田中美優（たなかみゆう）との入籍をキャンセルした。 一度目は、彼の女の弟子・清水花音（しみずかのん）が試験飛行をすると言い出し、私は戸籍課の前で一日中待ち続けた。 二度目は、道中で彼が女の弟子から電話を受け、慌ただしく引き返し、私を道路脇に置き去りにした。 それからというもの、私が彼と入籍の約束をするたびに、彼の女の弟子が必ず何かしらの問題を起こした。 やがて、私は彼のもとを離れる決意をした。 だが白嶺国へ向かう飛行機に乗った時、彼は狂ったように私を追って白嶺国までやって来た。

第十八回目の体外受精のとき、私は偶然、夫と秘書の会話を耳にしてしまった。 「ねぇ、本当にあの人と子供を作るの？もし子供ができたら、私どうすればいいの？」 「心配しなくていいさ。もう卵子は君のものに差し替えてある。だから霞が産むのは俺たち二人の子供ってわけだ。君は出産の苦労を味わわなくて済むし、子供が大きくなれば、星川家の財産は全部その子のものになるんだよ！」 私はあえて聞かなかったふりをした。そして、自分の全てを注ぎ込んで産んだ息子を、精一杯の愛情で育て上げた。 十八年後―― 「コンピュータの天才」と呼ばれるまでに成長した息子は博士号を取得し、帰国してきた。 私は自分名義の株式も不動産もすべて息子に譲渡した後、夫からついに本音を突きつけられる。 「霞、あの子は実は俺と彩乃の子なんだ。 だから、離婚しよう。あの子には本当の母親と暮らしてもらうべきだろう？」 彼の言葉を聞いて、私は微かに笑っただけだった。 「いいわ、離婚しましょう」 編んできた網を広げて十八年……もう片付けるときだわ。

結婚式挙げてから3年。パイロットの妻・小林遥（こばやし はるか）は、俺・高梨蓮也（たかなし れんや）との入籍を18回もキャンセルした。 最初は、彼女の男性の後輩・九条恭弥（くじょう きょうや）のテスト飛行があると言われ、俺は役所の前で一日中待たされた。 二度目は、道中でその後輩から電話が入り、彼女は慌てて引き返し、俺を路上に置き去りにした。 それ以降、入籍の約束をするたびに、必ず彼女の後輩にトラブルが起こった。 そして、俺はついに彼女のもとを離れる決意をする。 だが、パリ行きの飛行機に乗り込んだ俺を、彼女は狂ったように追いかけてきた――