Argumentum Ad Consequentiam

"If I touched you, you’d never go back to him." Arden's words rang in my head. My breath caught. Now that I was out of the palace, nothing stood between us. No gilded cages. No cameras in every corner. No Ivana breathing down my neck. Nothing to stop him from making good on those words. And the worst part? A traitorous part of me was curious. What if he was right? Arden was Richard’s brother. The wrong man. The forbidden man. And yet my body betrayed me. My heart beat harder just thinking about him. My lips tingled at the memory of his voice, his smirk, the way his eyes had lingered on me like he saw everything I tried to hide.

On the night Elena Carter discovers she is carrying her husband’s child, she believes her dreams have finally come true. For three years, she has endured Damien Rothschild’s coldness, cherished every fleeting moment of tenderness, and held on to the hope that one day he might love her back. But instead of joy, her secret gift is met with cruelty. A single letter, accusing Elena and her late mother of orchestrating the accident that nearly killed Damien’s parents, shatters everything. Betrayed and blinded by rage, Damien casts her aside, accusing her of lies, greed, and manipulation. Worse, he threatens to destroy her brother’s future unless she signs the divorce papers. Heartbroken but resolute, Elena walks away, pregnant, abandoned, and determined to protect her child from the man she once loved more than life itself. Five years later, Elena has rebuilt her life. She is stronger, successful, and devoted to raising her twins in secret. But Damien Rothschild is a man who never forgets. He never lets go. When he learns that she carried his children, nothing will stop him from claiming back what he lost. Now Elena must face the man who broke her, the father of her children, and the billionaire whose love is as dangerous as his power. Will she let him back into her life, or will she protect her heart and her family from him forever?

“Hands on the wall, and stick your perfect ass out for me,” Cole demands. I lean my sweaty palms against the concrete slab and step my feet apart, bracing myself, as I bend my torso until I’m at a ninety-degree angle with my ass and torso parallel to the floor. Cole lightly slaps one of my redden ass cheeks, and a flame of desire mixed with pain bursts through my body. Everyone is gathered around now, watching. “Fuck her hard, Cole!” Someone yells. “Wreck her little pussy!” “Fill the little slut up!” All the taunts and comments are making me blush with embarrassment while my pussy gets wetter. •°• What begins as a sugar baby deal soon becomes a whirlwind of rough spankings, wicked bondage, and pulse-pounding group encounters, threesomes, foursomes, even gangbangs that leave Jacqueline trembling, breathless, and begging for more. As a top physics student, Jacqueline never expected her reply to a sultry ad would drag her into Cole’s orbit, a cocky financier whose magnetic charm was a trap and whose control was absolute. Every lash of his whip, every ruthless thrust, and every scorching gaze pulls her deeper into his dark world—a world where secrets simmer and desire burns hotter than she ever imagined. Now Jacqueline is caught between the thrill of surrender and the fight for her soul. Will she rise from the ashes of her corruption, or will she give in completely to his iron grip? Content Warning: Packed with BDSM, free-use fantasies, edging, humiliation, tantalizing toys, double/triple penetration, and flashes of F/f heat woven into blazing M/f seduction, Punished by Passion is not for the faint of heart. This is danger, desire, and dark romance at its most addictive, enter only if you dare.

"Mau sampai kapan seperti ini, Ad? Papa tidak menuntut banyak kok. Jadilah anak yang BERGUNAAA! Kamu seharusnya malu sudah 25 tahun, hidup masih menjadi benalu di keluarga!" Kilasan ucapan itu terus muncul dibenak pria berusia 25 tahun bernama Adrian. Kehidupan penuh kegagalan harus ia lewati dengan berbagai tekanan. Hidupnya bagai bertopang pada ranting rapuh yang kapanpun siap terjatuh. “Ya Tuhan, pintaku hanya satu, hidupkan aku saat kehidupanku memiliki takdir yang bahagia.” Ucapan konyol yang Adrian katakan nyatanya bukan bualan semata. Akibat kecelakaan yang hampir merenggut nyawanya, jiwanya tiba-tiba terbangun di kehidupan yang jauh dari apa yang ia bayangkan. “Hahaha.. ini GILA!!! Bagaimana bisa aku terjebak di sini?!” Transmigrasi jiwa? ini memang gila, tapi itulah kenyataannya. Lebih parahnya lagi, Adrian bertransmigrasi ke tubuh seorang anak berusia 18 tahun. Tak jauh berbeda dengan takdirnya dahulu, sosok ini juga memiliki takdir buruk bahkan terancam berakhir dengan kematian tragis. "Jangan bermimpi untuk mendapat penghormatan, Ad. Harusnya kamu sadar mengapa orang diistana membencimu. Seorang pangeran tak seharusnya terlahir dari rahim seorang selir. Kedudukanmu dimata mereka tak lebih seperti rakyat jelata. Kau harus ingat ini, kau hanyalah aib istana!!" Dengan segala ketidakadilan dan bayang-bayang kematian, mampukah Adrian merebut tahta dan membawa akhir bahagia untuk sang protagonis sengsara? “Tak kusangka menjadi Adrian si pangeran terbuang lebih melelahkan dibanding Adrian si pengangguran. Sial! Kalau aku sudah kembali nanti, akan kupatahkan jari-jari laknat milik Kimberly itu. Teganya ia menggunakan namaku untuk novel setragis ini.”