99 Days

On the night of our eighth anniversary, I cooked everything Ethan loved. He didn't come home. I sat alone at the table until the food went cold. Then I did what I always did. I opened Selene's profile on the pack network. New post. One hour ago. A photo of Ethan, shirtless, building a fire in her den. Her hand on his shoulder. Her face turned toward the camera with a smile that showed too many teeth. The caption read: Grateful for old friends who drop everything when you need them. Even their marking anniversaries. I stared at it until my eyes burned. Then I liked it. Filed the bond-dissolution request. And started packing the trunk I'd kept ready for months. Ethan didn't believe it when he found out. "She's throwing a fit," I heard he told his packmates. "Give her three days." "I'll crook my finger and she'll come running back." "She always does." What he didn't understand was why I always came back. It was because I loved him. That was gone now.

After a tragic misstep leads to her best friend's death, Bella is exiled from the Rune pack by her alpha father. Her new life with her mother and stepfather, the Alpha of Frost pack is fraught with challenges, not least of which is sharing a room at Howlstone with her stepbrother, Ryder, the Alpha prince, and his twin best friends, Kai and Finn, who are also her biggest bullies. As Bella grapples with her new reality, she discovers that these three are her destined mates who can't seem to recognize her. When they finally do, it is too late, because they have hurt her beyond repair.

離婚して半年、元夫が突然SNSでトレンド入りしていた。 その理由は……「今の奥さんが飛び降り自殺した」から。 しかも、自殺する時に握りしめていたのは、長々とした98ページの「家訓」のプリントアウト。 飛び降りた理由？ 「割引で1本200円になっていた醤油を買えなかったから」だそうだ。 そして記者が押し寄せてきた。 「この家訓、暗記してました？」

付き合っている彼氏・望月舟矢（もちずき　しゅうや）の家が代々伝わるネックレスを探すため、私・杉本雨音（すぎもと　あまね）は40度の高熱をこらえながら雪の中で5時間も探し続けた。 やっと見つけた後、私は彼氏にそれを渡し、家に帰って休もうと思ったが、なんだかまだ気がかりで戻った。 ところが、彼氏が私が見つけたネックレスをゴミ箱に投げ捨て、仲間と哄笑しているのを目撃してしまった。 「舟矢さん、最高だよ！雨音の兄貴を懲らしめるために、妹の雨音をからかうなんてさ。これであいつ、悔しくて仕方なくなるだろうな！」 「雨音も本当にバカだな。90回以上もからかわれてるのに、まだ舟矢さんにベッタリだなんて。佳奈（かな）こそが舟矢さんの一番好きな人だって、まったくわかってないんだよな」 「雨音の兄貴が舟矢に逆らうからだよ。雨音に99回仕返ししたら、すべての動画をその兄貴に送ってやろうぜ。あいつ絶対キレるから！」

加藤翔太（かとう しょうた）は、私のことを愛していない。私たちの娘でさえ、大切に思っていない。 彼の心は、初恋の人にしか向けられていないのだ。 彼女の心の中の理想の男であり続けたいがために、娘にパパと呼ばせることさえ許さず、「おじさん」と呼ばせ続けてきた。 初恋の人が妊娠し、海外に嫁ぐと知ったその夜、翔太は酔い潰れ、初めて夫として、父親としての責任を取ろうと決意した。 家に戻った彼に、娘は百枚の許しチケットを渡した。私は、チケットが一枚もなくなったその日が、娘を連れて永遠に彼の前から消える時だと、静かに告げた。 翔太は私たちを強く抱きしめ、「二度と寂しい思いはさせない」と誓った。 それからの5年間の内緒の婚姻生活では、彼は確かに良き父親となり、良き夫となった。許しチケットは一枚も使われることはなかった。 しかし、そんな平穏は、初恋の人が彼女の娘を連れて戻って来たその日までだった。 翔太がその親子のために、何度も私たちを置き去りにするたび、私は静かに許しチケットを一枚ずつ破り捨てた。 そして今、残された許しチケットは、あと三枚だけ。

結婚式の前日、婚約者は私の本心を試すため、家族全員をクルーズ船に招く。 風が強く波が荒くなる時、彼は突然私の母を海に突き落とし、自らも海に飛び込む。 私は板挟みになり、焦りでいっぱいだ。 母は既にかなり水を飲み込みながらも、弱々しく私を押しのけて叫ぶ。「陽介を先に助けて！彼は泳げないの」 必死で川口陽介（かわぐちようすけ）を岸に引きずり上げ、母の元へ戻ると、彼女は既に息絶えている。 陽介は私が悲しみに泣き崩れるのを冷ややかに見ながら言う。「芝居はやめろ。君の母は若い頃水泳選手だっただろう？死ぬわけがない。 僕を真っ先に助けようとしなかった。佳恵の言う通り、君は僕を愛していない。 結婚式は延期だ。いつ君が反省して、母を連れて謝りに来た時、改めて結婚の話をしよう」 そう言うと、彼は幼なじみの藤原佳恵（ふじはらかえ）を連れて去っていく。 しかし彼は知らない。母が数年前の大病以来、もう水に入れなくなっていたことを。 今の彼の一押しが、直接、母の命を奪うことになったのだ。

私には、大好きな夫がいる。 だけど、結婚してからもその夫は私の義妹・胡桃（こもも）ばかりを優先して、喧嘩になることもしばしば。 口論になると、夫の誠司（せいじ）はいつだって【離婚】を切り出してくる。 私は誠司が大好きだから、いつも離婚を切り出されるとすぐに泣いて謝ってきた。 だけど、誠司が胡桃を優先する度に、喧嘩になる度に【離婚】と言う言葉を口にする度に──。 あれだけ大好きだった気持ちが冷めていく。 夫からの99回目の【離婚】の言葉。 99回目が、最後と決めていた。 私は夫と本当に離婚した。 もう、夫誠司には何の未練も、愛情も残っていない。 これからは、自分で一人で、生きていく──。 そう思っていた私の目の前に現れたのは、容姿端麗で、とても背の高い男性。 その男性は、私に告げた。 「もみじさん。俺と結婚を前提にお付き合いしてくれませんか？あなたが好きです」 その男性は、ただの会社員だと思っていたのに、大企業の社長で──。 全てを知った前夫の誠司が、私に泣きながら謝罪をし、離婚を取り消して欲しいと言ったけど。 私はもう既に大好きな旦那様がいるのだ。

James Salvatore, a crazed high-end drug lord, known for his coldness finds himself falling head over heels in love with a barmaid due to her striking resemblance to his late wife who had been murdered by his rival, Bethel Sawyer. Out of lust, he kidnaps her and tries to rape her; but her cries and pleas made him stop and instead he makes a deal with her. She had to live with him for 30 days. If she catches no feelings for him even after the 30 days are over, then he will let her return to her family and normal life. Left with no other choice, she agrees. After being together for a while; they both start to develop feelings for each other but Alicia refuses to admit it and leaves James on the 30th day. Unable to stay away from her; he tries all he can to bring her back, but she pushes him away everytime. His frequent visits to her apartment caught the eye of one of his rival's and she ends up getting captured by Bethel's men and gets in a life threatening situation. While in Bethel's custody, she finds that she was pregnant and Bethel relates the news to James with her parents lifeless bodies to wreck him more. Will James be able to rescue Alicia in time? Or will she and their unborn child; face the same fate as his late wife? Find out in this intriguing story of betrayal and trust, love and war, revenge and forgiveness.

Everyone has their dark side but some— like Ruby Fridays, have the darkest. High school can be tough for many teenagers, but for her, it was peculiarly hellish. Clever as evil and twice as pretty, Ruby's beauty was both dangerous and lethal. Trouble always follows her, and strangely enough—she's familiar with the feeling of blood on her hands, and the glimmer of naked secrets and truths that keep her enemies up until sunsets and dawns. But when she got enrolled in a prestigious institution—the infamous, "Rosbite Lustro Academy," despite her tainted school records, she realizes that her ruined fate is already sealed by the almost perfect image of the school— that is nothing but a façade to masked the darkness that lurks within its vicinity. Like a twisted fate, as if reflecting Ruby's name, the Academy holds a sinister game of Truth or Dare every Friday Nights. And the official rules are simple yet sinister. Choose truth? You must reveal your deepest, darkest and most hideous secret. Choose dare? Well, that could be even more dangerous—even deadly. When the game takes an even darker turn with her appearance, suddenly no one at the Academy knows who to turn to and trust with the day by day murders in the broken mists. Yet in the darkness, Killian Wilde, a disguised angel who's surprisingly Ruby's counterpart, decides to interfere with her ruined path. Together with him, they will try to venture into the unknown, to understand the world created on their own. Together, they will look for the missing pieces and connect them. Together, they will unravel the cases and reveal the secrets beyond the broken glasses of their hearts. But with them versus the twisted game, can they win against it, even if it's their own secrets and lives at stake?

On New Year's Eve, I waited at home with a box of sparklers, hoping Jake Thompson would come. Instead, an earthquake struck. Trapped under fallen debris, I prayed for his safety. Little did I know, Jake was putting on a grand fireworks display across the city for his high school sweetheart who had just returned from abroad. The whole town buzzed with excitement, wishing them a lifetime of happiness together. Meanwhile, I had lost my hearing in the disaster, with no hope of recovery. When I tried to break off our engagement and leave town, Jake stood before me, his eyes red-rimmed and pleading. I couldn't understand a word he said. I simply wished him, “May you always have a day like today, year after year.”