a business proposal chapter 1

Emma and Luca have spent the past six years apart, during which time their mutual trust has progressively diminished. However, a significant life event has brought them together once more: their parents have orchestrated their marriage. This matrimonial union is strategically devised to unite their opposing mafia families, presenting itself as the most formidable business arrangement of the century. Conscious of the ramifications of defying their parents' mandates, both Emma and Luca acquiesce to the matrimonial contract with apprehension. Yet, beneath the facade of compliance, they each harbor profound sentiments for one another, emotions that have remained suppressed over the years. Will they succeed in transcending their animosity and rekindling their affection before external forces orchestrate their separation? Only time will unveil the outcome.

"Uang satu miliar akan kuberikan padamu asal kau melahirkan anak untuk kami. Tapi ingat, kau hanyalah wanita sekali pakai, Aleena!" Aleena Pandora membutuhkan uang untuk pengobatan ayahnya yang sakit keras. Niat hati ingin meminta bantuan pada sang calon suami, Aleena malah diminta untuk menyewakan rahimnya pada sepasang suami istri yang akan memberinya imbalan besar. Aleena marah dan sakit hati. Bagaimana mungkin, calon suaminya meminta hal seperti itu?! Namun, pria yang Aleena pikir mencintainya dengan tulus ternyata tak lebih dari bajingan ulung yang hanya ingin memanfaatkan dirinya! Terbakar amarah, Aleena pun menerima tawaran untuk menyewakan rahimnya dan hamil anak dari seorang laki-laki yang sudah beristri, yaitu Asher Benedict—seorang CEO yang terkenal dingin dan tak tersentuh. Akankah Aleena bertahan di saat Asher memperlakukannya seperti wanita murahan yang rela menjual tubuh demi uang?

Aria lives her life according to her own choices. She's like a mighty wave- unrestrained and unruly. The only thing she doesn't have control over, is the power to choose whom to marry. But circumstances turned her life upside-down. It left her no choice but to take the path she never imagined to walk on, for the sake of his only brother. It was a matter of life and death, and the only choice she has is to live with the man she betrayed on the past. Meanwhile, Raeden was eager to get even. He did everything to avenge his younger self and his family. He was betrayed by someone he never imagined would deceive him. He promised himself to do everything to avenge to the detriment of Aria's life. How does it take to forgive and forget the remnants of the past? Is love stronger than the will to revenge? Or is hatred enough for loath to preclude love and forgiveness?

There's a girl who named Inabelle Kaye Arnandez. she's has the beauty that everyone could ask for, But she's just a poor one. In order save her sister from death,she need to sale herself. She's sleeped with the man named Zarko Lein Draxler. ——— THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Hatred, sacrifices, family's love and hell. 'Yon ang naging definition ni Erica Dhana Hermés sa buhay niya. Matapos s'yang ipakasal ng magulang niya sa lalaking kinaiinisan niya. Noon paman isa na itong bully, na mayabang na antipatiko na walang ibang ginawa kun'di ang saktan ang damdamin niya. Ngunit ng muli niya itong makita sa araw ng engagement party nila, hanggang sa makasal sila at magsama sa iisang bobong ay ibang Axel Charles Hill na ito. A stranged one a dangerous one. But who is she? She is not just Erica Hermés. May happy ending kaya sa kanilang dalawa? May puwang pa ba ang pag-ibig sa dalawang tigreng puso nila? LET'S THE WAR BEGGIN! SexyBeast series 2: The Gay doctor Desperada na kung desperadang tawagin ang kahibangan ni Cathy kay Edward Alcantara. Dahil kahit siya ay hindi kayang labanan ang sariling puso na nagwawala sa tuwing nakikita niya ito. Simula pa lang alam na niyang bakla si Edward, na malabong masuklian ang pagmamahal niya para rito. Doon pa lang sa isiping iyon parang hinahalukay na ng kutsilyo ang puso niya. Sinubukan niyang kalimutan ito, ngunit sa nakalipas na sampung taon at sa muli nilang pagkikita ay mas lalo lang lumala ang nararamdaman niya para sa isang bakla na ngayon ay doctor na. Na mas lalo pang sumusigaw at nang-aakit ang kamachohan at ang pagka-strikto nito. Kung guwapo ito noon ay mas umaangat ang kaguwapuhan nito ngayon. Nagsimula na siyang mabaliw ulit rito, nagsimula na siyang habul-habulin si Edward. Pero kahit anong paganda at pasexy ang gawin niya gaya lang rin ng inaasahan walang epekto ito sa isang bakla. Mas lalo lang siyang binalewala nito. Hanggang saan siya maghahabol? Hanggang kailan siya lalaban sa pag-ibig na walang kasiguraduhan? O susuko na lang ba siya at kakalimutan ang baklang doctor na kinabaliwan niya…

Farrel Juancho is the first born child of the new generation of Marcelo Clan. The one and only heritor of the Hacienda de Marcelo. He got the looks, money and all but there is one thing he's been dreaming for. To find the woman who will love him endlessly and with loyalty despite of what he have. That's when Eana Beatrix Gonzales came in to the picture. A single mom and a very hardworking woman that will do everything just to provide the needs of her son as well as family. She dreamt of finding the man that will accept her past together with her son. The man who will love them truthfully and without judgements. Two different worlds will clash and for the first time, Eana Beatrix is now Owned by Farrel Juancho.

This is the first book in an 8 book series of hockey romances. All 8 books have an underlying theme of ‘life after loss’. My first book is about Natasha, a librarian in her 40s who lost a sibling as a teenager and never healed, preventing her from ever finding/committing to love…and the hockey coach who is twice divorced and has given up his dreams of ever finding his match and having a family-until he meets Natasha…. Will Coach Alex's love (along with his superior skills in the sack) be enough to break down the walls Natasha has held firm for over two decades? The 8 books go through the different players of the team, all having their own versions of loss to overcome, with the captain (Adam) being married to a woman (who happens to be a teacher at Natasha's school) who has a terminal illness and will eventually commit suicide in book 6 and the series ends with Adam's own second chance love story….

Elise has never thought she could be someone special until she is warped into the past—to the Land of Magic—in Ancient Egypt. She finds herself including her brother and a couple of friends in the middle of the battle, between the Scorpion King and the Cobra King. She needs to choose to forge an alliance with to be able to survive in this ancient time and place and figure out how they can go back to their present time and be reunited with their parents.

Hannah Nicole Villareal, a Grade 7 Student, but she's not a normal student to begin with. She will work as a spy to watch and capture the Ten Traitors, who will try to destroy their school. And their first step? Making the Principal resign. They would do anything just to stop that from happening, but the big question is... Can they?

Being in an arranged marriage at the age of 18 and being married at the age of 23, what will be the life of Arkeila Zeiphyr Alontes at the hands of the cold self centered Damian Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy: Young Billionaires Series #1