Boating Party Painting

"Since you're a dealer, let's make a deal." That simple statement changed Elaine's life completely. Elaine Jones is a beautiful, young woman who owns a flower shop. Despite her quiet exterior, she has a dark past of being a thief and con artist. Being her young sister's only family, she decides to stop her dealings but when her sister lands in a hospital, she gets desperate. Zack Dobre is the charming CEO of Noble Armour, a popular jewelry brand. Being over his thirties and with a son, his parents are persistent on getting him married. One night, he throws a party to celebrate his new collection and notices a thief in their midst. They're not in love, it's just a marriage of convenience and neither is willing to yield. Or so they thought.

"You’re my wife," he insisted, his words tinged with a sense of ownership that made me shudder. “You signed the contract, remember? It’s binding.” I tried to protest, but every denial was met with the same adamant response: “You’re my wife now." *** After a wild graduation party, Brielle's intoxicated state leads her into trouble and she is rescued by a mysterious man. In her inebriated state, the man confuses her by that she is his fiancée. The next morning, Brielle awakens to the shocking revelation that she is about to get married to the same man who rescued her, billionaire CEO, Andrei Carter, whose life has been tainted and scarred by a tragic past. Out of empathy for his situation, Brielle agrees to marry Andrei and soon discovers a love and devotion that she never imagined possible.

Tara Hayes, a young and ambitious woman, attends a party with her best friend on the night she submits her final project. Little did she know, it was a setup orchestrated by her best friend, Emily Brown, to frame her as a cheater. Emily drugs her drink and hires someone to sleep with her. But Landon Malcolm, a billionaire, who found himself in an intoxicated state after his friends spiked his drink in an attempt to arrange a one-night stand, ends up in her room. Unable to control himself, Landon's impulsive actions lead him to force Tara into his bed, where they spend a passionate and steamy night together. What will happen when Tara re-enters Landon's life as his newly appointed personal assistant and he finds out they have a child from the one night stand?

Beverly just move in Los Angeles with her family. When she first entered school, she meet a boy named Kevin. He invited Beverley to go to a small party and meet some other boy and girl and became good friends. That night, Kevin came sneaking into Beverly's room. He gave a gift that contained a summoning game board called The Ouija Board. While Beverly and Sarra are working on an assignment together, Sarra suggests inviting another of their friends to play the board. It just so happened that there were only the two of them because Beverley's parents weren't home. The catastrophe started after that. One by one they mysteriously disappeared. No one knows where they are. The police also searched but did not produce any clues. Beverly and her remaining friends try to find a way to find their friends.

Estela Bremmer is a young widow, and on her husband's first death anniversary, she met the handsome, wealthy writer Michael Jensen at his book launch. Estela hated him because he was the exact opposite of her deceased spouse. She didn't hide her disgust towards him at the party as she tried to humiliate him with insults and sarcasm. Her publisher friend listened in utter helplessness to her attacks. She was resentful that her pious, gentle, and loyal husband had to die at a very young age while a man like Michael should live a long life. Let alone that her husband's published poetry book sales paled compared to Michaels' best-selling books. Little did she know that Michael would take his sweet revenge that night in her bed.

Do I need to cut off someone’s limbs, little flame?” he growled into my ear. I tilted my head instinctively “He’s nothing you need to worry about,” I whispered. “I’m not worried, baby. I’m annoyed.” His growled. But I barely processed his words. “You called me baby,” I said, stunned. “And?” “I didn’t think wolves used such... terms of endearment.” He chuckled darkly. “We use whatever we want, ‘baby.’ Those words aren’t reserved for other species.” He kissed the side of my neck, slow and possessive. My lips parted in shock and hunger. Hunger for him. For more of his words that seemed to touch not just my heart, but the deepest, most vulnerable parts of me. “You’re in an awfully good mood,” I whispered, biting my lip to stop a moan. “I deserve it. I’ve been in a terrible mood since I left you in that hallway three nights ago. I can’t wait to be done with this damn party so I can kiss you properly.” His voice was thick with want. I felt weightless and boneless. Every nerve in my body tuned to him. He was too much. “Are you finally free?” I asked, my voice shaky from how turned on I was. “I’m not, little flame,” he said, biting my ear and licking the same spot after. “But for tonight? You have me all to yourself.” “Sounds exciting,” I breathed. “It is. Are you wet yet?” he whispered, voice like molten sin. “I am. Very.” “Good,” he murmured. “Stay like that all night. It will get worse but you’ll think of me while we mingle. And then, when this party is over, when you can’t take the ache anymore, I’ll let you come.”

After being abused by the gambler once again, though she was an omega and might get homeless, Violet decisively rejected his mate. But she never expected to meet her second chance on the day of the breakup - Beta of the Blue Moon Pack, and the strange yet charming guy even proposed to her！ Violet agreed to the proposal and suddenly all the troubles around her are solved. But to her surprise, at a grand party, her new mate was identified as an impostor, not Beta at all! Violet chose to stand with her new mate without any hesitation, but the man seemed to be too calm and relaxed. Immediately after she felt the powerful Alpha aura, and everyone in the room saluted the man. Then she realized that her mate was actually the Alpha king! "Well, my Queen, please step up to my side and accept the respect of the Kingdom now."

Rey Jhon Zialcita became a babysitter to a young Gabriella Chan who never experienced breaking an onion and getting everything. No one knew his holiness except that he was caught kissing a man's picture and was able to ask if he was gay or not. Babysitting Gabriella was well on his way until Gabriella's debut party day came. That one night he just succumbed to the temptation. And he thought things were as good as he imagine they would be. Unfortunately, things were perfect. He goes a long way in finding answers to his question. When he found out he returned to Gabriella but that was why he was hurt. He really ought to have realized that there was a snag somewhere. When he found out what it was, he could have lost how big and heartbreaking it was. The question is, will he succeed?

At a company party, Taylor Kennedy plays a game of mouth-to-mouth cookie biting with his female assistant as everyone watches. I blend into the crowd and laugh along. The room instantly falls silent. The assistant bursts into tears and plays the victim. Taylor lets go of her, turns to me, and coldly scolds me in front of the entire company. He berates me for not knowing how to read the room and being a buzzkill. Then, without hesitation, he wraps his arm around the assistant and kisses her deeply as I watch. If this were before, I would've stormed over in a rage and ripped them apart. Then, I would've humiliated her in front of everyone, not caring whose pride I trampled. But now, I feel nothing. Not even as I watch them kiss. Not even though today marks my ten-year anniversary with Taylor.

Andreas Sanders daringly returned to Ashford City in order to escape from his engagement party that was to be held in Paris. He would never accept an arranged marriage that would clearly trap him further in his own family's game. Therefore, he realized that there was only one thing to do now. That is to secure a beneficial marriage. Love and fairy tales were unnecessary. The only thing Andreas needed was an intelligent woman who could engage in mentally stimulating debates with him. Luckily, Andreas found her in the form of his friend's secretary. She was tall and elegant, dressed in a tailored suit with long pants, supported by seven-centimeter-high heels, with wavy hair, red lipstick, and, of course, a sharp tongue. A truly perfect combination. The woman that Andreas desired. Vlora Anderson. * 2nd book of seri 'The CEO'