As Long As I've Got You

Cesare Xandri, the rising gangster of the Nalitan mafia, unexpectedly lost a bet at an elite private casino in Ithel, the kind that smells like cigar smoke and blood money. The penalty was simple, he had to call his hard-to-tame pet. The phone was on speaker. The men circled him, whistling and hooting, waiting to be entertained. He asked what I was up to in a relaxed and amused tone. I replied softly, insinuating he was sinful, hiding my defiance behind innocence and fake devotion. When I finished my insult, the room fell silent, then burst into loud and uncontrollable laughter. The call ended. Less than thirty minutes later, the mansion gates were smashed open. He stormed in smelling of gunpowder, a Beretta still in his hand. He pushed me against the wall furiously beneath the Virgin Mary statue. I leaned into him without hesitation, fingers brushing the heated gun, and I met his gaze without fear. I chose virtue and rejected him in my past life, in return I was thrown into the open sea to die. I intended to be his temptation when I got a second chance at life, I wanted to be a beautiful sin that ends his story under the Cecilian sun.

"What are you doing?" Alpha Albrecht's voice was low, almost a growl. "I… I'm doing what you want," I replied, my voice trembling. "I'm not resisting." He stepped closer, his eyes narrowing. "Why the sudden change, Catriona? You've never been this… obedient." I met his gaze, my heart throbbing aggressively. His eyes scanned my body, lingering on the bruises and marks. His hand reached out, fingers brushing against a particularly dark bruise on my arm. I flinched but held my ground. "You're different," he muttered, more to himself than to me. "Yes, Alpha," I whispered, lowering my gaze. He tilted my chin up, forcing me to look at him. He studied me for a long moment, his expression stern. Finally, he nodded. "Get dressed!" "Huh?" I blinked, surprised by his command. If I remember correctly, he actually forced his way into me on this day. What has changed in 2012? ---------------- Catriona Barclay thought her life was over in Berlin when the ruthless Alpha Albrecht Conrad of the Shadow Pack killed her in 2021. Betrayed by those she trusted most, including her secret lover Finlay, and her best friend Greta, her world ended in tragedy. But, a mysterious force pulls her back in time to 2012, where she awakens nine years younger and armed with a chance to rewrite her fate. Determined to avenge her family's massacre and avoid her doomed future, Catriona devises a cunning plan against everyone who wronged her in the future. In the process, she uncovers truths about her family's true murderers and her rare special ability. She also discovered that Alpha Albrecht, the man she had hated her whole life and swore to bring down, is her fated mate chosen by the moon Goddess. Will she follow her quest for vengeance, or embrace a future she never imagined?

One year ago, Frank Luccasio, the heir to the future Don of Newborough's underworld, saved me when I attempted to commit suicide. He cleared my school debt, admitted my younger sister, Ariana Romano, into rehab, and hired the best doctors in the world to treat my mom's cancer. His only request? I had to become his mistress. I thought Frank was a gift from God—that he was a beam of light illuminating my dark world. When he got ambushed by assassins, I used my body to block the fragments caused by the explosion for him. As Frank scooped my blood-drenched form into his arms, he screamed hysterically, "Isabella!" But… my name was Selena… After I got admitted into the ICU, the real Isabella Messina returned to Frank's life. Knowing that I was just a replacement, I sensibly left Frank, only to be brought back by force. Since then, I became a plaything for the both of them. They humiliated and tormented me incessantly while flaunting their love for each other. Unable to take it anymore, I sent a text to a certain someone and attached a photo to it. "Don Luccasio, the one giving your son head in the photo happens to be your darling wife, Isabella Messina. Those who betray the family must never be forgiven." This time, I would be the one sending Frank and Isabella to hell.

Grace desperately needed funds for her mother's Whipple surgery but found no support anywhere. Her mother refused to let her sell the precious golden necklace given by her estranged husband to pay for her surgery. Determined to save her mother, Grace approached her boss, Victor, for a loan. However, Victor imposed an unusual condition — she must marry him for eleven months to receive the money. Victor harbors a disdain for women and is also trying to fulfill his father's dying wish to see him married. They entered into a contractual marriage, agreeing to abstain from any form of intimacy. But one fateful night, Victor returned home drunk and, in a moment of weakness, forced himself on Grace. Now, Grace is weary of the marriage due to Victor's harsh behavior. Will Grace be able to endure the marriage till the stipulated time? Will Victor let her go, especially after discovering she’s pregnant with twins?

Tyler died tragically in her first life. A worthless human wife horribly abused by her human husband no matter how hard she tried for him. She hoped her days to get better, only to meet the worst fate a married woman could ever imagine. Her life was lost, but she was given a second chance. She was back as a seventeen-year-old Tyler, before she had done the bad choices that had sent her to a life so miserable. Then she met him...

"I object to this marriage!" These words shattered Kaitlyn Peterson and threw her into an abyss that she couldn't escape from. To save her late father's reputation and business, Kaitlyn grants her stepmother her greatest heart desire to leave the man she loves for the ruthless Mafia Lord. Pledged to be his bride for 365 days, Kaitlyn seeks revenge on everyone who tore her apart from the man she is destined to spend the rest of her life with, and that includes her stepmother, stepsister, and of course, the Mafia Lord. But the question is; Will she survive him for 365 days? Will she be able to tame the ruthless king of the underworld? Can she destroy him and go back to the man she loves?

After being framed, betrayed, and sentenced to life imprisonment by the man she loved and the sister she trusted, Ava Reed dies alone in a prison cell. But fate grants her an impossible second chance. She awakens three days before her wedding—the very event that once marked the beginning of her destruction. This time, Ava refuses to be a victim. Instead of escaping her doomed fate, she walks straight into it… and changes the ending. Ava enters a contract marriage with Lucas Kane, a cold and ruthless billionaire CEO who needs a wife to secure his inheritance. Their union is purely transactional—no love, no emotions, no interference. Or so they believe. Behind her calm smile, Ava secretly begins weaving a deadly web of revenge. Every lie will be exposed. Every betrayal will be repaid. As her enemies fall one by one, Ava transforms from a discarded heiress into a powerful woman feared by all. But when a fake marriage starts turning real, Ava must face a new danger—falling in love with the one man she never planned for. In a world of lies, power, and hidden intentions, Ava must decide: Is revenge her only destiny… or can she fight for love too?

Issei changed from his old self to the new him, its a semi-NTR at the start meaning Rias etc doesn't have s*x with their new boyfriend. After Issei went missing Rias etc started to realize what have they done and regretting their action but when they reunited once more Issei is not the same as he used to be, a pervert lucky go around changed to the badass Issei now. Lori will be traveling to different worlds to meet new girls, the 1st girl is Mukathri, then Sinech, Jalter, and Jeanne.

When Gwyneth opened her eyes, she found herself in a webnovel she had just binge-read, and she wasn’t just a random character—she was the villain’s mother! In the story, after the tragic death of her first husband, the original owner of her body had swiftly moved on and snagged a perfect new partner, only to heartlessly cast aside her son from the first marriage, worrying he would become a burden. Now armed with knowledge of the impending plot twists and the looming shadows of her future villain son, Gwyneth glanced at her surprisingly alive first husband and groaned. With the script she had been dealt, she'd rather face a dragon than revamp this narrative! She was determined to rewrite her destiny, but how could she escape this villainous fate?

On her eighteenth birthday, Lily found out that she was mated to the twin Alphas and thought her worries had come to an end. What she never knew was that those two Alphas were the ones to put an end to her life. Death had been her friend and companion, someone that she had been wanting to come and knock on her door until now. An incident led to another and a beaten up Lily took her last breath after praying to be given a second chance, to avenge all that was done to her and prove people wrong. The question is, will she be able to have her mission accomplished or will she let her desires wash over her and mislead her? The choice is hers to make, with the key in her hand.