Ashley Katchadourian Speech

Growing up, you may have heard stories about magical creatures and other unknown beings that the grownups would tell kids to make them behave and listen better. These stories didn't start out as 'Once Upon a Time' instead would be told as a warning to not go to a place or be out past a certain time or else something would come and take them away. Most of the stories were passed on by the elders over the many generations. There is this one specific story you are about to hear, or I should say read is about a young woman by the name of Ashley who grew up hearing all kinds of these stories. She would come to find out that a certain story that she has heard many times wasn't just some made up fairy tale. Once she turns18, her will change forever.

Her life had been a living hell ever since she had known him. It wasn't every day one gets to know the almighty as human. He was brutal. She was crazy. He was the Country's most handsome womanizer, she was a firecracker. Ashley Crook had never thought her life would be pathetic untill she had no option but to ask help from the very same guy she detested her whole life. She hated him with all her life and there was no certain way, she'd let the monster be the father of her child. But perceiving the antibiotics and antiseptic that wafted in the air she was determined to change her life for good. Poverty was something she was not willing to work with. She hated being poor but she hated the condition he had given her. There was no way, she'd be a surrogate!

"You know I can't talk while you're here", he says. His voice is rough, dangerous and hungry. I swallow, my throat dry. But I don't look away. "Why?" I ask, my fingers trace his jaw, trembling. "I'll be good. Promise". A dark laugh rumbles through his chest. "I don't want good", he says, voice rough. "I want you screaming my name… just not here. Not in front of the president and the damn press". His control slips as he buries his face in my neck. His lips burn where they touch. "Christ", he mutters. "What are you doing to me? I have a speech to deliver. But I can't even remember the first line. I swear I know it, but…" "You're a dirty bastard", I whisper, breathless. "Yours", he says, his teeth grazing my earlobe. "So… what do I tell the president?" –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Aneeka's messy divorce leaves her heartbroken. With her inheritance on the line, outwitting her cheating ex should be her only goal. But fate has other ideas. Just 24 hours after the divorce, she unexpectedly marries Derek Simon, the country's most eligible bachelor. What starts as a wild, prove a point kiss explodes into an undeniable, all consuming passion. The pull between them is real, hot, and impossible to ignore. Is this her second chance at love? Or a disaster waiting to happen?

**This book contains a trigger warning. Mention about rape and torture in this book. Please read with caution** "Our marriage is nothing but a deal," he said looking at the girl, her green eyes met his cold silver eye, and both of them glared at each other. "For any rules you break, I will claim any part of your body," his gaze grew dangerously darker at his word. ************* Ashley Harlow was at the top of the world, living the perfect and luxurious lifestyle as the legitimate daughter of the well-known Daniel Harlow. But sadly, a one-night stand put an end to that and brought her life upside down and that of her family's name to the ground. To restore his family's reputation, she was forced into marrying Damien Albrecht, a young, ruthless, obnoxious, brutal billionaire and the head of a mafia gang in exchange for her father's company.

On the day of the company's annual gala, I quit my job and went back to the countryside, using up all my savings to help my best friend raise her daughter. She had died tragically, swept away by the river while trying to retrieve my hundred-million-dollar gala prize ticket that had fallen into the water. Wracked with guilt, I honored her dying wish and married her husband. After the wedding, I sold my blood and even a kidney just to make ends meet, raising my stepdaughter with everything I had. Eventually, she fulfilled her dream of winning the Best Actress Award and was about to marry the richest man in the country. But just as I was preparing to give a speech at her wedding, I saw my best friend, who had been dead for over a decade. She clutched my stepdaughter's hand and accused me of being a homewrecker who seduced her husband, and even claimed I had been the one who pushed her into the river all those years ago. Only then did I learn the truth—she had faked her death all those years ago, just to steal my prize ticket and travel the world, leaving me behind to raise her family. The shock sent me into a cerebral hemorrhage. When I opened my eyes again, I had gone back to the day she drowned.

SATU WANITA MEMILIKI DUA SUAMI? BAGAIMANA BISA? Septian Anggara ditetapkan menjadi salah satu korban tewas atas kecelakaan Japan Airlines. Magdalena Akira diminta untuk mengidentifikasi jasad suaminya. Tidak ada satu wanita pun yang mampu menahan kesedihan, ketika harus menerima kenyataan suaminya telah tiada. Dengan keadaan tengah berbadan dua. Namun hal tak terduga dialami Akira, dia harus melahirkan segera bayi yang masih berusia 7 bulan. Dalam keadaan tak sadarkan diri, datanglah seorang pria yang pernah menjadi masa lalu Akira. Argi Rinega merupakan pengusaha sukses yang terkenal dingin dan arogan. Akira adalah cinta pertamanya, dan sampai bertahun-tahun dia memendam dendam pada Akira yang lebih memilih Anggara dibanding dirinya. Meskipun itu sudah lama terjadi, namun Argi kembali datang membawa cinta dan dendam dalam kehidupan Akira. Dia sengaja menggunakan perhatiannya saat kelahiran Ashley, putri pertama Akira dengan Anggara. Membuat hati Akira luluh, karena Ashley selalu bergantung pada Argi. Bahkan menganggapnya sebagai ayahnya sendiri. Akira harus menjalani pernikahan keduanya dengan Argi. Di awal pernikahan semua terasa sangat indah, namun hanya bertahan hingga beberapa hari saja. Selanjutnya pernikahan itu terasa seperti di neraka. Argi begitu menyiksa batinnya. Namun dia sudah terlanjur mengandung anak keduanya, hasil cintanya dengan Argi. Apakah yang terjadi selanjutnya? Ada sesosok pria yang tiba-tiba hadir dalam kehidupan pernikahan mereka. Wajahnya sangat mirip dengan Anggara, namun memiliki nama yang berbeda. Adakah rahasia yang tersembunyi? Dengan kehadiran sosok yang mirip Anggara suami pertamanya, membuat Akira dilema. Akankah dia melanjutkan pernikahannya?

Let's get this over with." Those were the longest words I'd heard him say ever since his entrance to the room. His hoarse voice which held no sign of emotion rumbled like a distant thunder in the large sitting room that was now occupied by his mother, Jane Jordan - the heiress of Jordan Jewelleries, the dark haired judge who sat by an oak table that had been placed in the center of the room for this purpose, Mother, and I , the I-know-nothing-about-this bride dressed in a knee-length lavender gown and silver stiletto heels, nothing befitting for a bride on her big day.  ... "And do you, Ashley, take Alexander to be your lawfully wedded husband?" I sucked in a sharp breath as I closed my eyes. "I do." My fate has been sealed. Just like that, I'm married to a man I know nothing about.

Sampung taon na minahal ni Ashley si Ace ng walang naging tugon mula dito. At nang mamatay ang kanyang anak na isa si Ace ang naging dahilan ay doon na din tuluyang nawala ang pagmamahal niya dito at handa na siyang makipaghiwalay dito. Ngunit kung kailan handa na siyang kalimutan si Ace at magbagong bahay ng malayo dito ay ayaw naman siyang pakawalan nito at pilit siya nitong pinapanatili. At sa tuwing pilit niya itong pinapalayo ay pilit naman itong lumalapit. At minsan ipinaparamdam nito sa kanya na may pagtingin na din ito sa kanya. Maniniwala ba siya sa ipinapahiwatig nitong mahal siya o sadya lamang ginagawa lang nito ang lahat para mapanatili siya?

"I should have killed you the first time I saw you, so I can finally rest. But you're blood is shouting for me to taste it, savor it." Ashley Arevalo lives as a nurse by day and a huntress by night. Ang mga nilalang na sumisipsip ng dugo sa pagsapit ng gabi ang kaniyang tinutugis. When she met Luke Morrison, a handsome young Doctor, who disappears every night, the virginity behind her sexy and daring outfits began rampaging. Sinubukan niyang akitin ito. Ngunit umatras nang malaman niya ang buong pagkatao ng lalaki. Isa itong bampira na kailangan niyang tugisin. Magagawa niya kaya iyon kung maski ito rin ay gusto siyang patayin? Magagawa niya kayang patayin ang napakagandang halimaw na bumihag sa kanyang puso?

Dahil sa kagustuhan ni Xavier Collins na mabigyan ng hustisya ang pagkamatay ng kaniyang kapatid, hinanap at pinilit niyang pinaamin ang babaeng maaaring may kinalaman sa kaso—si Ashley Fate Anderson, isang hindi kilalang manunulat na gustong maibahagi ang kaniyang mga akda sa buong mundo kahit hindi pabor sa kaniya ang tadhana. Matapos mahanap ang kopya ng manuscript ni Fate sa mismong pinangyarihan ng krimen ay naisipan ni Xavier Collins na ipadukot at ikulong ito sa mala palasyo niyang bahay. Noong una ay ginawa lang ito ni Xavier para sa imbestigasyon ng pagkamatay ng kanyang kapatid ngunit habang tumatagal ang pananatili ni Fate sa pamamahay niya ay hindi niya namalayang umiibig na siya sa dalaga.