24 Hour Cafe

Dressed in white, rose in hand and waiting for her husband at the aisle for more than an hour was never the kind of scene Stephanie Clark had ever thought about when fantasising what her dream wedding would be like. Hours passed, and unable to bear the murmurings anymore, she strode out of the wedding hall, and went straight to the groom’s prep room, expecting to find her soon to be husband with probably his groom's men. What she would have never expected was finding him deep inside her stepsister. She’s devastated and humiliated. Burning with the ache of rage, she turned around and grabbed the very first man she saw outside. To add to her list of unexpected situations for the day, the moment she pulled away, she realised the man she kissed was none other than her groom’s elder brother who was rumoured to be callously handsome, ruthless to the core, and worse, incapable of fathering children. She goes to a club to drink her sorrows away, only to end up in Zane's bed. Vengeance meets opportunity, Stephanie Clark and Zane Wright make a deal: he’ll give her everything she needs for revenge, wealth enough to vanish and start over but only if she gives him the one thing he wants most, an heir. Zane doesn't make it easy. He sets down five rules. No affection. No questions. No betrayal. No disobedience. No forgetting or deviating from the aim. It was all supposed to be easy. But when desire burns between them, what happens when one of the rules is broken?

It was our wedding anniversary when my husband's high school sweetheart posted a sonogram picture on her social media, with her captioning a public thank-you to my husband: [Thank you to the man who's been there for me for ten years, and for giving me a son.] The room spun, and anger surged through me as I quickly commented: [So, you're proud of being a homewrecker?] Almost immediately, my husband called, his voice full of rage. "How can you think such disgusting things? All I did was help her with IVF, fulfilling her dream of becoming a single mom. "And by the way, Ruby only needed one try to get pregnant, while you’ve been through three rounds with nothing. Your body is useless!" Just three days ago, he told me he was going abroad for business—ignoring my calls and messages the entire time. I thought he was just busy. However, it turned out he was with her, attending her prenatal checkup. Half an hour later, Ruby posted again, showing off a table full of delicious food. [I got tired of French food, so Ash made me all my favorite dishes. He’s the best!] I stared at the pregnancy test in my hand, the joy I had felt earlier now completely gone. After eight years of love and six years of swallowing my pride just to keep the marriage alive, I’m finally ready to let go.

With only an hour left until the concert began, every trending topic across the internet was dominated by a single headline. [Breaking: Rising Star Tiffany Burgess to Propose to Her Manager After Ten Years of Romance, Leaving Fans in Awe.] This proposal was not just a personal milestone; it was the centerpiece of our company's most ambitious PR campaign of the year and the culmination of a love story between Tiffany and me. Then, in the fire escape, I bumped into Tiffany, dressed in her wedding gown, locked in a passionate kiss with a young man. "Wayne, let me explain," she pleaded. "Explain what?" I snorted. "That just before our proposal, you're sneaking around with another man? The proposal is live-streamed to millions, with thousands of media outlets eagerly awaiting the announcement." I slammed the engagement ring down onto the table in front of her. "After the encore tonight, you'll either propose to me on that stage, or you'll be ruined, both in reputation and career!" Her fists clenched, but in the end, she gritted her teeth and grabbed the box. "Fine." Under the spotlight, she stood before me in her wedding dress, pulling out the ring. But instead of turning to me, she held the ring up toward the guest seating area, where her true love sat. "Wayne, thank you for helping me reach the stars," she declared. "But tonight, I'm going to chase my moon." The crowd erupted in shock and confusion. In a single instant, I became the laughingstock—the unwitting prop in her grand romantic gesture. My heart shattered the moment she reached him.

When my family went bankrupt, I was drugged and sent to the bed of my childhood sweetheart, Craig Kennedy. From that night, he brought women home every evening, tossing a divorce agreement in my face. "Beg me, and I won't leave you." He stood above me, watching as I humbled myself to dust, pleading to preserve our marriage. He even ordered me to kneel in his office and massage the feet of his secretary, Lucia Langston. On the day the Moore Group needed ten million to survive, she blocked all my desperate calls for help. I waited 24 hours, watching my family's legacy collapse and my parents take their lives. Craig, with Lucia at his side, entered the house and threw the signed divorce agreement at me again. "You wanted money to save your family, didn't you? Beg me, and as long as I don't divorce you, no one will touch them." But I signed it with calm despair. "Don't bother. We no longer need your help."

When men become murderers... See how these young men will fight fate. “Strange Noises in the Attic” There was a monster locked up in my attic. This monster was my biological brother. He was locked up by my parents for 24 years. My parents told me that my brother was mentally ill and had severely violent tendencies, so he could only be locked up to prevent him from hurting others. However, I once accidentally entered the room. My brother covered my mouth immediately and told me with a fearful look that those two people were not my real parents. “The Spirit House” When I was in college, I met a middle-aged rich woman on social media. She was very kind to me. She always gave me money and intimately called me "little boy". She said that she was born and raised in the countryside just like me. She liked me, and thus she would lead me to fortune after I graduated. I thought she was joking. However, she really came to me in a Porsche Cayenne when I graduated.

Ariana Mason lives with her Uncle and Aunt. She is a 21-year-old student who knows nothing about her actual parents. Her day starts like any other day except for one thing. Her aunt Helen sold her to a 40 years old businessman. His goons were chasing her for their boss as she was running in an abandoned place for her life. Ryan Walter, 24 years old, thinks that life is perfect because he has everything. His family, business, mansion, and a good-looking sweetheart, his soon-to-be wife. Until his wedding day, his lover runs with the other man. In agony and rage, he is going home when he walks on Ariana, running away from the goons. He saves her from them, but she has to marry him and stay with him for at least five years. Can she stay married to a man who already has someone in his heart? A man who saves her but in return wants everything except for love. A man who has dark desires in corners for his lover, but now she has to bear them.

Bagi Liora, bos besar mafia seperti Gavriel tak ada bedanya dengan para kriminal licik berdasi, tetapi kali ini begitu tampan, bermata biru indah, dan memiliki suara paling seksi yang pernah Liora dengar. Celakanya, pria itu berhasil membuat penawaran kerja sama bisnis yang tak mungkin untuk Liora tolak dan berujung membuat pertemuan keduanya semakin intens. Di waktu yang bersamaan, Liora kembali dipertemukan dengan seseorang yang selama 24 tahun ini memberikan sentuhan pada kenangan masa kecilnya, Hunter. Kini pria itu telah menjadi pengacara tampan nan manis yang memiliki julukan Malaikat Pelindung di masyarakat luas. Mustahil bagi para wanita untuk tak mencintai pria itu, termasuk Liora. Namun, bagaimana jika ternyata ketiganya memiliki benang merah kehidupan yang saling terhubung dengan rahasia kelam yang tak pernah Liora bayangkan? Pada siapa Liora akhirnya akan berpihak? “He is a villain, but also a gentleman and I love him too much to be the judge of this gray world."

A billionaire who hides his bleeding heart with a tough exterior and a soft, family oriented 24 year old woman. Who would have ever thought? Vanessa Higgins lives in constant reminder of how indebted she is to her aunt for taking she and her sister in when they lost their mum. But the ultimate favour was asked of her when she was asked to marry a man she barely knew to enable the family business. In an unexpected turn of events, she ends up marrying another man on that same day, a cold hearted billionaire who is willing to go to any length to have the debt he's owed paid back. Damien De Luca never imagined he'd be getting married when he woke up that morning. But after a look at Vanessa, he had to keep her around him, even if that meant entrapping her with her family's debt. He has married her alright, but not for the reason everyone thinks. What happens when his true reason dares to burst out? A marriage based on a contract might not be so bad after all, but what of a marriage based on lies, warped truths and secrets?

Camelia Zahra adalah seorang violinist yang sangat popular dikalangan masyarakat, Selain dia begitu piawai menggesek biolanya dengan sangat indah, wajahnya pun begitu rupawan. Diluaran sana dia memiliki banyak penggemar dan pengagum rahasia baik tua maupun muda. Suatu hari Camelia kabur setelah selesai menyelenggarakan konser tunggalnya, hanya untuk menikmati beberapa menit kebebasan dari penatnya pertanyaan para wartawan, cahaya kamera, bodyguard dan manager cerewetnya. Namun dalam pelariannya secara tak sengaja dia bertemu dengan seorang pemuda bernama Giovanni Curtis. Giovanni adalah seorang pianis amatir yang bekerja paruh waktu di Cafe Hotel dimana itu adalah tempat konser sang pemain Biola tersebut digelar. Cita-cita terbesarnya adalah bisa bertemu dan berkolaborasi dengan violinist idolanya itu. Meskipun khayalanya itu bak bumi merindukan matahari, tetapi sang pencipta beberapa kali mempertemukan mereka secara tak sengaja, hingga akhirnya hubungan mereka pun menjadi hubungan rahasia dan hanya mereka berdua yang mengetahuinya. Tetapi semua itu tidak berlangsung lama karena hubungan mereka akhirnya terkuak hingga media gempar dibuatnya. Lalu, bisakah mereka tetap bersama? Meskipun hubungan mereka terhalang oleh status? *** Mohon maaf apabila penulisannya masih banyak kekurangan, tapi jangan berhenti untuk mendukung juga karya saya ini. Terima kasih reader :) Follow saya disini juga di IG @authorparadista

Blurb: Anna never believed in fairy tales. Orphaned young and raised by cruel relatives, She learned that love was fleeting and trust was dangerous. The only thing she could count on was herself until a chance encounter at a cafe changed everything. It started with a clash, a spilled cup of tea, an an arrogant, wealthy man who seemed world's apart from her. Yet fate had its own designs. Against all odds, their paths crossed again, and what began has indifference turned into something deeper and something real. But love built on fragile trust can shatter in an instant. Betrayed by her best friend, humiliated by the man She loved, Anna was left with nothing but heartbreak. He dismissed her, pushed her away , only to realise too late that he had lost The one thing money could not buy. When his perfect world crumbles, he comes crawling back, offering grand gestures and desperate apologies but Anna is no longer the same girl who once loved him blindly.Just as She dares to open her heart again, a devastating sickness comes to light - A hidden wife, locked away in the shadows of his past. With lies and betrayal threatening to consume her once more , Anna must decide : Will she risk everything for a second chance at love ,or will she walk away and reclaim the life she fought so hard to build? A story of heartbreak,redemption and Loves ultimate test. Broken vows mended hearts is an unforgettable journey of resilience, sacrifice , and the courage to choose oneself , even when the heart begs otherwise.