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When Evelyn Foster brought a man home for the ninety-eighth time, I still thoughtfully placed two cups of tea on the nightstand along with three boxes of condoms in different flavors. Seeing how meek I looked, the man let out a scornful snort. "No wonder women all want to marry men like you. Only men like you can put up with this kind of humiliation." I smiled and said nothing. I lowered my head and looked at the message my foster sister Claire had sent five minutes ago. [The family's financial crisis has been resolved. You don't need to sacrifice yourself anymore. Once you divorce Evelyn, we'll get married.] I replied with a single word. [Alright.] Then I had my lawyer draft a divorce agreement and send it to where Evelyn and I lived. I just forgot to tell my foster sister one thing. I would divorce Evelyn. But I would not marry her, either.

Just as the saying always goes, 'Every disappointment is a blessing'. Skyler just found out that her groom had been cheating on her on her wedding day right in her wedding venue. Feeling heartbroken, she ran off thinking life was over until she bumped into a strange man. "Let's get married. I will help you get back at your ex and you will help me get my family's company in return" He said to her. Getting married to Mason Delgado - a man from one of the richest families in the US - within minutes of being betrayed by her groom seemed okay at first, an unknown love began to blossom between them and Skyler thought things would stay that way, until an old family friend returns with the sole purpose of stealing Mason from Skyler. With the internet prying on Skyler's private life and haters at large, the greatest of all being Mason's mother all against their marriage, will their love grow stronger or will they fall apart?

Everyone in the pack knew I was in love with the Alpha, Luther Pauley. I had done whatever it took to win him over, even sneaking into his bed more than once. When I turned 18, the pack's seer predicted that Luther was my destined mate. But I refused the marking ceremony and chose to leave the pack instead. Luther looked stunned as he blocked my way out. "If you walk away now, don't ever come back." No one in the pack believed I would really go. They were even making bets about how soon I'd crawl back. "I'm calling three days!" "You're giving her too much credit. I'll wager a bottle of healing tonic that she'll be running back here in three minutes!" I ignored them and went straight to Sawyer Dunn, the Alpha of Graymoon Pack. This time, I swore I would never look back again.

Due to my outstanding work performance, my boss grants me special permission to have flexible working hours. I am out until very late last night meeting a client, and I have only been asleep for a while when a call from my colleague wakes me up. "It's already 9:30 am! Why are you late again today?" I explain to her patiently that I worked overtime last night to finalize things with a client and have them sign the contract, so I won't be going into the office in the morning. My colleague snickers. "You'd better not think that you can skip work whenever you like just because you've achieved top sales in our department. "Today is our boss' son, Mr. Hammond's first day in the office. He might just tell you to pack your things and leave if you were to upset him in any way!" Despite the splitting headache I'm having, I try to recall it in my head. Alex Hammond, the man she's just mentioned, sounds very much like that fiance of mine, who desperately wants to tie the knot with me.

Isang milyon kapalit ng isang sayaw. Isang gabi kapalit ng limang taong pag-iisa. Sa main stage ng Crimson Cloud 9, walang CEO at walang bar dancer—tanging dalawang katawang nagliliyab sa poot at pagnanasa. Akala ni Kikay ay kaya niyang tiisin ang bawat haplos ni Rhamesis para sa perang kailangan niya, pero nang maramdaman ang init ng hininga nito at ang agresibong pag-indayog ng katawan ng lalaki, alam niyang talo na siya. "You miss it? Kung paano ako umindayog sa katawan mo?" Si Rhamesis Wilton—ang lalaking nang-iwan sa kanya noon, ay bumalik para humingi ng tawad, sa pamamgitan ng mapaglarong paraan,gamit ang kanyang katawan ay muling susubukang angkinin ang babaeng tanging siya lang ang nakakagalaw. Sa muling pagtatagpo ng kanilang mga balat sa dilim, mauuwi ba ito sa matamis na second chance, o isa lamang itong mapaglarong hakbang na muling wawasak sa puso ni Kikay?

親友の桐山彩（きりやま あや）の結婚式で、ブーケが私・白河雪乃（しらかわ ゆきの）の手に飛び込んできた。 彩がにやにやしながら近づいてきた。 「霧島誠（きりしま まこと）を付き添いに呼ぶの、どれだけ大変だったか知ってる？ 七年間ずっと片想いしてたんだから、そのブーケ持って告白してよ！」 私はブーケを抱えたまま、呆然として固まった。 彩は知らない。私と誠は、もうすでに一年間こっそり付き合っていたことを。 片想いがついに実ったと思っていた。苦労の末に手に入れた幸せだと。 でも、彼に別れを突きつけて家から来た見合いの申し出を断らせようとしたあの日。 彼は気だるげに笑って、ひとつも気にした様子もなく言った。 「雪乃、七年も俺に片想いしてたくせに、本当に俺から離れられるのか？」 我に返った瞬間、誠が真っすぐ歩いてきて、私の腕からブーケを抜き取り、隣にいた先輩に何気なく手渡した。 固まった私の顔を見て、眉を上げながら、確信と侮蔑が混じった目で言った。 「雪乃、やっぱりそうだろ。お前は俺から離れられない」

Pagkatapos ng pag-aaral sa isang sikat na unibersidad sa Amerika, bumalik si Aricella Vermillion sa Pilipinas para magbukas ng isang financial company kasama ang kanyang matalik na kaibigan. Siya ay parehong shareholder at direktor. Siya ay kinidnap noong isang taon at iniligtas ni Igneel Mauro, isang pulubi. Upang mabayaran ang kanyang kabaitan ni Igneel, inalok niya si Igneel na maging asawa niya. - Ang tagapagmana ng pamilyang Rubinacci ay pinaalis sa pamilya 10 taon na ang nakakaraan para sa isang pagsubok na ibinigay ng pamilya. Naging pulubi sa loob ng 9 na taon sa ilalim ng interbensyon ng pamilya hanggang natagumpayan niya ang pagsubok. Matapos siyang mailigtas ay pumasok siya sa buhay ni Aricella at naging manugang ng pamilya ni Aricella. Ano nga bang mangyayari sa buhay ni Igneel sa puder ng bagong pamilya o pamilya nga ba ang turing sa kanya? Alamin ang kuwento ni Igneel at ni Aricella .

Jason Trujilo employs Cara Thompson as a worker in his exclusive club in order to pay back the money her father owed. Once she paid off the debt, Jason tells Cara that she is free to go. Six months later, Cara is doing well for herself, until Jason comes crashing back into her life, demanding that she leave with him. Cara refuses to leave her new life, and Jason is hell bent on having Cara under his control. So how will this story end? ------------------------------------------------- SNEAK PEEK: Thirty minutes prior to lunchtime, Cara knocked on Jason's office, and after given permission, she entered the office with a stapled packet. Jason looked at Cara swiftly before focusing back on the blank screen of his laptop. She sat on one of the chairs, and stared at him from behind her glasses, waiting to be acknowledged. A princess she was, but Jason didn't care to be her knight in shining armor. No. He would rather be the villain who trapped her in a tower and punished her for being so innocent and yet spoiled and self-centered and confident.

"Within two minutes, if my men don't hear anything back from me, they'll be pulling out your parents' life support." "Y-You can't do that!" I shouted at him. "You can try me, little kitten." He smirked at me. "It's either you sign it or your parents will die." *** Schuyler Savannah was in desperate need of money, she would do everything just to earn it. She doesn't care how she'll have it as long as she can use it to pay for her parent's finances, but never in her wildest dreams did she ever see selling herself in marriage just to have what she needed. For her, it was the lowest of the low and she'd never stoop that far. Not until she was forced into a marriage she wouldn't be able to escape after witnessing that night. Ezekiel Riego is beyond her reach, so for him to come to her must've meant something, but would Schuyler even be ready to know everything? Or would she decide to leave as more lies surround her?

The last thing Vaelora Hugo expected, was to find her mate in bed with another woman. Heartbroken and furious, she rejects him on the spot, only to find her second chance mate just minutes later! But fate has a cruel sense of humor. Her second chance mate is none other than Alpha King Draekon Noir. The cold and ruthless ruler of the werewolf kingdom. A living myth, feared by all. Worse still, Draekon happens to be the older brother of the mate she just rejected. But Vaelora HATES Draekon. He was the man who murdered her father. The monster she swore to hate forever. A DragonBorn-Werewolf hybrid, the first and only one of his kind. Draekon is just as feared, as he is untouchable. After the death of his first mate, he descended into MADNESS. He never expected to find another mate, because DragonBorns only got one soulbound in a lifetime. Until her. Vaelora Hugo. Will Vaelora reject him too? Or will her hatred for him give way to something far more dangerous? Like the irresistible pull towards the same man she swore to despise.