Novel & Cerita Arctic Cold War Chapter 20

BLURB Maya Rossi was the "Ice Princess" until a bone-shattering fall turned her into a punchline. Now, the only way to keep her scholarship is to survive a forced partnership with Julian Thorne—the hockey team’s most violent enforcer. He’s a storm of aggression and secrets; she’s a hollow shell of her former self. But as the fake smiles they put on for the cameras start to feel real, a devastating secret threatens to crack the very ice they’re standing on. When the spotlight returns, will Julian be the one to catch her, or is he the one who’s been waiting for her to fall?

It has been seven years since Havoc Benedict Montemayor was kidnapped and since then, they still haven't heard his voice again. He can’t just talk to anyone, he changes the psychiatrist like how he often changes his clothes. He is determined to not get treated not until Sunshine Claire Mendoza became his psychiatrist. He does not want to heal, she wants him to get better. He keeps a deep secret, she's determined to unfold it. He's a beast... would she be able to calm him down?

Yselle Morel is watching her family's glassworks collapse—unpaid wages, angry suppliers, a bank ready to shut the gates. When Renaud Valois, a feared billionaire financier, offers a rescue, it comes with a cruel condition: marriage. He says it’s business. His eyes say it’s revenge. In Valois’s riverside estate outside Paris, Yselle plays the obedient wife—smiling, thanking staff, acting harmless. She calls it "wife camouflage." Then she finds a locked room behind the library wall: a war room filled with files, photos, and timelines about her father’s life… and a folder stamped with Yselle’s name. Renaud didn’t choose her. He planned her. As “accidents” start closing in—tampered brakes, poisoned tea, a near fall on a dark stairwell—Yselle realizes the marriage isn’t only punishment. It’s protection. Someone wants her silent before the Day 30 board vote that will decide her family’s future. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more she fears the man who raised her. On the eve of the vote, Yselle opens the last drawer in the war room and finds an envelope addressed to her—in her mother’s handwriting. The ink looks fresh. Then the lights go out, and a voice behind her whispers, “Don’t trust your husband.”

"You killed your own sister" his deep voice bellowed in the room. Lisa could literally feel she legs shaking like a jellyfish. Tears welled in her eyes. She definitely didn't expect him to find out the truth so soon but he did. There was no love in his eyes anymore. Just pure hatred.... hatred for her He walked towards her slowly. She wanted to move away from him but she couldn't bring her legs to move. She could feel life leaving her each time he took a step forward to her. His eyes getting redder by the minutes. So many emotions swarm in them. Hatred...anger... darkness... anything and everything bad . Finally he got to her. Before she could say anything, he grabbed her neck in a firm grip. The tears in her eyes finally fell as she struggled to breath. Her legs were no longer on the ground. She was choking to death "I'll make you pay dearly for her death" he vowed. A vow...that she was sure he will keep. ******* Lisa and Lia were twin sisters. They were literally identical. No one could differentiate one from the other not even their family. They were so close and loved each other until Lia was raped on their birthday. She blamed it on her twin sister. She hated her to her guts because she believed her twin sister planned her rape.. Lia died from poison. Who poisoned her? Still unknown Yet Lisa was blamed by everyone for her sister death. She had to serve in prison for it. Lia lover and betrothed comes to marry her as planned. Now she will have to take Lia place and marry him. How will things go for her when her sister lover realizes that she isn't Lia but just her twin sister?

"What are you hiding, Mr. Blackwood?" Julian closed the gap in a heartbeat, leaving no space between them. She gasped, forced to tilt her head to meet his intense stare. "I. Have. Nothing. To hide," he said, voice cold, his gaze never wavering. The air crackled between them, charged and heavy. Anger lingered, but something else—something sharp and undeniable—hung there, too, just beneath the surface. Neither dared to acknowledge it. •°•°•°•°•°•°•° With her father’s health fading fast, struggling artist Leslie Harrison feels trapped, helpless to give him the care he needs. In a desperate twist, she finds herself caught in a marriage of convenience with billionaire Julian Blackwood, a man who thrives on control and keeps his heart locked tight. But Leslie sees through his icy demeanor, sensing there’s more beneath the surface. As emotions get tangled and secrets begin to slip, their bond is tested in ways neither expected. Can Leslie help Julian face the shadows of his past, or will they pull him under?

Kelsey Lieven, a beautiful accountant at Lazardo, was forced to marry the son of her father's friend, Weylin Malachy, a super cold CEO of Malachy Hotel.  Unfortunately, before the wedding was held, Kelsey suddenly disappeared. What really happened to Kelsey? And why was Weylin grateful that his future wife had disappeared?  And what will they do if they are reunited after six years?

She was sold like cattle, rejected by her fated mate, and silenced by a curse that buried her wolf. Elara Moonridge has spent her life shackled in shadows—until the cold, ruthless Alpha Kael Draven buys her at a slave auction with a single word and a dead stare, but what begins as punishment becomes something far more dangerous when sparks ignite between predator and prey... and a long-buried prophecy starts to awaken. As dark enemies close in and secrets unravel, Elara must find her voice, her strength, and her wolf before time runs out. Because in a world where second chances are rare, love might just be the deadliest weapon of all.

Lila Carrington gets the most shocking news from her father at dinner one day, and all he said was a decree that she has to follow through with even though she has her own reservations—she was supposed to tie the knot with Levi Beaumont. The Carrington and Beaumont families have been enemies for decades, and truthfully none of them know the real reason behind the fight because each person seems to have their own side to the story, so Lila did not understand the reason that her father, who taught her never to associate herself with the Beaumont family, was the same one pushing her into marriage with one of them. Levi did not want the relationship either, but the families had to form an alliance so they could both remain in business. It had to be done. Driven with the passion to stay in business, Lila and Levi help their family out, but with the promise to their parents that it would only last a year and they would be done. What happens when they begin to fall for each other? Do the Carringtons and the Beaumonts reunite, or does a war happen? Legacy of Love and War is a romance like you have never seen before.

Anita Baker doesn't expect for the cold heart CEO, Liam Jackson to fall in love with her and choose her over her best friend. After her encounter with him in his office, she ran away, now she must face the consequences. Read more.

Slave to her pack, Delilah Hunt has suffered the worst betrayal from those she considered family. Turning from a Sentinel to a wolfless member of the pack, she has lost all hope. Not until she met General Kane, the executioner. Kane lost all empathy and developed a stony heart years ago when his birth mother was banished by his father. He never bothered to search for his mate, refusing to love or be loved by anyone. He lived closed off from the rest of the world except a few of his pack members. But an encounter with Delilah Hunt, one of his many prisoners, sets off something in him. For how long would he be able to resist their bond?