Best British And Irish Literature

On my wedding day, my best friend, Beatrice Hopper, buys a lottery ticket from a convenience store and gives it to me as a wedding gift. I initially believe that she's joking, but when I see the unmistakable disdain in her eyes, I know something is off. "They say it's the thought that counts. This gift is precisely how I show that I care. Besides, I'm pregnant and need money for everything right now. I don't want you to feel bad about taking my money," she says. Honestly, I'm disappointed. But since it's my wedding, I can only stand there and watch as my best friend drags her entire family to the reception for free food and drinks. As expected, the wedding ends on a sour note. The two of us part ways unhappily. What I don't see coming, though, is winning 50 million dollars in the lottery that night. Elated, I tell my husband the news, and we head to the lottery office first thing in the morning to claim the prize. The news quickly spreads among our friends and family. But by the afternoon, Beatrice pounds on my door, demanding I return the lottery ticket. "I should've been the winner!" she screamed. "I was the one who bought it, so why should you take away my prize?" I keep backing away from her, panic flooding my entire body, so much so that I don't even notice she's holding a knife. The last thing I expect is for her to swing it at me in the middle of our struggle. By the time I realize what's happening, the blade is already buried in my husband's chest. I try to call the police, but Beatrice yanks me back. We grapple, stumble, and crash through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Eventually, we fall to our deaths in the courtyard below. The universe must've had mercy on me because when I open my eyes again, I'm back at the moment she hands me that lottery ticket. Here comes my second chance.

Do you believe in love after marriage? The accidental meeting and unexpected love brought Dustin Ibarra and Irish Rebana together. Dustin accidentally hit Irish with his car one rainy day while Irish was running across the road that day. He helped Irish and brought her to the hospital. He paid all her bills and medicines. He also gave Irish enough compensation for what happened. Irish apologized to him. She was the wrong one that day for suddenly running across the road that’s why the accident happened. They meet again accidentally on the road while Dustin is figuring out the solution to his Grandfather’s demand for him to inherit the company by getting married. He offered Irish for a contract marriage and Irish accepted his offer because of her mothers circumstances. They married secretly. She works in Dustin’s company and they live together to fulfill their husband and wife duty and to show to Dustin’s Grandfather that they live happily as a couple. Problem arises and Irish leave Dustin without him knowing where they are. Three years passed and they met again. Their Feelings for each other remained even though they never saw each other for so long.

“You were about to cum in me.” I said and sat up. That’s when I felt a stinging pain across my ear as my hand caressed my face, then the realization hit me— he had slapped me, Lee had just slapped me. #Sex. Lies. Money. Power. ••• Jessie, after finding out her fiance had married another woman, decides to have a one-night stand with his uncle, only to find herself married to him. But despite being married to his uncle, she was still attracted to him, so she started secretly seeing him. Well, the uncle wasn't willing to give her up now, not after he vowed to always be by her side; now she had two men fighting for her. And the woman her ex-fiance married wasn't just going to give up on him. Will Jessie realize old flames can never be and live a peaceful life with her new billionaire husband, or will her ex Jade succeed in winning her back?

Barbara travaille dans un cabinet juridique le jour, mais la nuit… elle vide son sac dans le micro de son téléphone. Sans filtre, sans fioritures, elle enregistre ses pensées les plus crues, ses blessures mal cicatrisées et ses histoires de mecs pas toujours très glorieux. C’est brut, c’est drôle, c’est un peu triste parfois… mais c’est toujours vrai. Bienvenue dans la tête de Barbara Dolce. Attention, ici, on ne joue pas les saintes - on dit tout.

When her father racks up an impossible debt to the Falcone crime family, Camilla becomes the payment. Sold off like property, she’s forced to marry Riccardo Falcone —a cold, calculating mafia boss known as The Devil of New York. But Camilla is no helpless victim. She’s fierce, smart, and determined to find a way out… even if that means taking down the man who owns her. But Riccardo didn’t expect to fall for the fire in her eyes. And Camilla didn’t expect to uncover the truth behind her father’s debt—or the secrets buried beneath Riccardo’s empire.

A young teen genius named Carl gets more than he bargained for when he takes on a job as a lawyer representing spoiled famous teenagers at Ash Cannon Prep, a private academy for the super rich and famous. His first case? Saving his client’s film franchise, Rock Camp from being cancelled. As Carl works more and more on the case, however, he soon learns that being famous isn’t what it’s cracked up to be and the behind the scenes of Ash Cannon Prep is a lot more chaotic and absurd than one could possibly imagine.

My husband is a whore Everyone knows it but only I know how much it costs to keep his secrets. For years, I built his career, silenced his scandals, smiled beside him while he drowned in women and secrets. I gave up my law career, my voice, my life all for Alfred’s political throne. Then I met Theo.My husband’s intern. A boy with eyes too honest for this world and hands that didn’t flinch when they touched my ruin. I told myself I wouldn’t cross that line. Until I did. Until his name became the one thing I couldn’t pray away. Now my husband wants me back for a second chance but I want revenge instead And when I’m done, the world will know what a woman looks like when she burns quietly and beautifully.

Love was never part of Alexandra Reign Sy’s five-year plan. Ang goal lang niya: magtagumpay, umasenso, at huwag maging tanga gaya ng mga babae sa romantic movies. Pero nang pumanaw si Lola, iniwan nito hindi lang yaman—kundi isang terms and conditions na kayang guluhin ang buong buhay niya. “To inherit, Alexandra must be legally married within six months.” And just like that, napilitan siyang maghanap ng lalaking papayag sa fake marriage setup na walang halong feelings, drama, o commitment. Simple lang ‘di ba? Well, not until she said the words... “Then maybe we should get married.” —kay Callisto Maxim, ang tahimik, intimidating CEO na parang embodiment ng Excel sheet at control issues. Pareho silang walang time sa love. Parehong practical. Parehong may dahilan. Pero habang tumatagal ang kasunduan, napapansin ni Alex na hindi lahat ng bagay pwedeng i-manage or i-schedule—lalo na kung heart na ang nagka-crash sa system. In a city where everyone is hustling, can two people built on logic survive the chaos of something they swore to avoid? Or will their perfect plan turn into the biggest disaster of their lives?

แม้จะเจ็บมาหลายครั้ง ผิดหวังมาหลายหน แต่ฉันก็ยังเชื่อว่ารักแท้มีอยู่จริง จะทำไงได้ล่ะ คนนี้ก็หล่อ คนนั้นก็โดนใจนี่นา>⁠.⁠< คาริสา: คุณใต้หล้าหน้าตาคุ้นๆนะคะ หน้าเหมือนเนื้อคู่หนูเลย ใต้หล้า: ...

Aurelia cross was never meant to fall for the one man that held her future in his hands, not when he was her professor at her law school, not when he was the boss and owner of the law firm she had just started to intern at, not when he was the Levi Vale, the infamous billionaire and prolific lawyer who hides too many scars behind his icy blue eyes and stony expression. Should the fact that her brother’s freedom hung loosely in the balance should she choose to give in to her forbidden desires stop her? Probably but what’s life with a little sin right? Levi Vale, the enigma of a lawyer and business mogul however has one too many skeletons in his cupboard, one of them- he is an unfeeling sociopath who is caught by surprise as he watches the talented and confident Aurelia in his class as she dominated every single time. Diagnosed by his therapist, he is declared to have a condition where he feels nothing but the brown skinned sharp mouthed lawyer in his class and office fills his heart and mind with something that feels a lot like……emotion.