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In my previous life, I was eight months pregnant when my mother-in-law and husband forcibly dragged me to grab decorative gift boxes from the Christmas tree. I told them there was nothing inside, but my mother-in-law slapped me across the face while my husband pulled me into the crowd. A stampede broke out. They clutched their gift boxes and fled to save themselves, while my child and I were trampled to death. They eagerly tore open all the gift boxes with high hopes, only to find exactly nothing, just like I'd warned them. But as I lay dying, I noticed something in the final gift box. A Black Widow spider with an hourglass pattern on its belly crawled onto my mother-in-law's hand. This spider carries deadly venom. Anyone bitten either dies or suffers permanent disability. When I open my eyes again, I'm back on Christmas Day. This time, watching my mother-in-law and husband gear up to fight over those Christmas gift boxes, I won't try to stop them!

He looked at me, his piercing eyes cold and sharp. “What do you want?” he asked, his tone irritated. “Cat got your tongue?” Fear gripped me, but I couldn’t back down. Not when proving my love was on the line. My hands trembled, but I managed to speak. “Hunter Steele...” I swallowed hard, my voice barely above a whisper. “Will you... will you marry me?” His brows furrowed, and he tilted his head slightly. “What?” ANYA BLAKE ____________________________________ I can’t remember the last time I willingly let a woman get so close. To me, they were a necessary evil....useful when needed, and avoided afterward. But when a young woman, trembling yet determined, stepped in front of me and asked the most ridiculous question I’d ever been asked, I felt something I hadn’t felt in years: a spark. And when I kissed her, it awakened something in me—a feeling I hadn’t known existed. Her innocence intrigued me and I wanted to be the one to claim her, to mold her......to make her mine. HUNTER STEELE

I live in my own world since I was young. Or should I say I closed the door from everyone. My family's brand was music, and I hate it. I became a girl who kept everything to herself and never voice out her opinion. Why would I? It's just a waste of breath, they will never listen to her anyway. Until I met a friend who opened my closed heart and let me know that living with someone was happier. My friend, my best friend, Layla. She becomes my light in my dark world. Everything she does, right or wrong, when she cried or laugh, I will always stay by her side. Yes, I'm a loyal friend. So I tried to help a certain good man that really loved her and could make her happier. But turns out I fell to that man. Hard. Head first. I kept it to myself not until I found out that my friend was in love with another man. Oh, how happy I am. But the problem is, this man clung hardly to my best friend. Oh, what will I gonna do? Should I seduce him? However another problem kept popping. This threats... Who made them? **** This is a story of second female lead of a certain love story being in love with the second male lead. It is not only romance, but also with a hint of a thrill.

“Gabrielle, there's something we need to tell you," my dad started. I could feel my heart beating so fast, and I don't know why. But I feel like this was going to be a bad news. "I made a promise with my good friend, while we were in college — We promised each other that our children would get married."

Will Kate ever be able to forgive the man who made her lose her virginity for a one-night stand and caused her to become pregnant? After losing her memory, Kate fell in love with the same man, but when she was able to regain it, the bitterness and hatred she had for him returned. Ken was discovered by the witch while searching for a body to enter since he is attracted to Kate's undeniably attractive figure and wants to get her into bed. Can this sturdy love be stopped by the witch? It contains tales of love, emotion, hatred, betrayal, ungraciousness, and wicked power.

Umuwi si Aliya probinsya nila. Gusto niyang ipahinga muna ang sarili sa toxic na mundo ng trabaho niya ang pagiging call center agent. Lalo na at gusto din ng kanyang ama at kapatid na magbakasyon siya. Doon niya makilala ang binatang mekaniko na si Jayson Fuentebella, na kapit bahay din nila. Madaming babaeng umaaligid dito at mga nagpapalipad hangin. Pero ang labis na ipinagtataka ni Aliya, ay ang pagiging masungit nito sa kanya. Habang, hindi naman nagsusungit sa iba at maayos naman ang pakikitungo nito sa ibang kadalagahan na katulad niya. Kapag bumibili siya sa grocery store nito ay palaging pasinghal, at hindi man lang kakikitahan ng lambing tulad sa iba. May pag-asa pa kayang mapalambot ni Aliya ang matigas at masungit na binata? Kung sa simula pa lang na lalapit siya ay itinataboy na siya nito.

Lucas sat at the far end of the bar he could be seen drinking his sorrows away, as he sat there drinking he kept on thinking of all the terrible things Hazel did to him, he still found it hard to believe that his girlfriend he had planned so long to propose to was cheating on him with another man ........

Zefanya dan Ziona dipertemukan oleh takdir padahal latar belakang mereka sangat berbeda. Zefanya anak yatim piatu dan dibesarkan di panti asuhan, sementara Ziona putri bungsu dari seorang konglomerat ternama di ibu kota. Akankah mereka bisa menyatukan cinta mereka dalam sebuah ikatan pernikahan? atau justru harus berpisah demi kakak sulung Ziona yang sedang sekarat?

21+ 18+ This wasn't right, this experimental relationship probably wouldn't work. An attempted relationship was scary enough, let alone an attempted marriage, it was even scarier. Vanilla did not want to experience domestic failure, she wanted to be like her mother who got married only once in her life.

Minsan ng nasaktan si Axel at nangako na hinding-hindi na siya iibig ulit. Nagiwan ng malaking sugat sa puso ni Axel ang nangyari sa kanyang nakaraan na buong akala niya ay hindi na niya makakalimutan. Sa hindi inaasahan na pagkakataon ay nakilala niya si Althea ang babaeng nagkaroon ng malaking impact sa buhay ni Axel. Simple lang si Althea, ordinaryo, may malambot na puso at gagawin ang lahat para sa mga mahal niya sa buhay na kabaliktaran ni Axel. Nagkaroon ulit ng pagkakataon si Axel na magmahal at magtiwala ulit pero hindi sang-ayon ang Papa niya. Ang tingin kasi ng Papa ni Axel katulad lang din si Althea sa mga babaeng Pera at kapangyarihan ang habol sa anak niya. Gagawin niya ang lahat para paghiwalayin ang dalawa pero hindi makakapayag si Axel na muling manghimasok ang Papa niya kaya naman gagawin din niya ang lahat para protektahan ang taong mahal niya. Ngunit may dumating pa na isang pagsubok sa pagsasama ni Axel at Althea na talagang susubok sa kanilang dalawa. Bumalik ang nawawalang kapatid ni Althea na si Vivian na gusto ng Papa ni Axel para sa kanya. Dumating sa punto na kailangan pumili ni Althea kung ang kaligayahan ng mahal niyang kapatid o ang sarili niyang kaligayahan. Kung noon lagi na lang nagpaubaya si Althea para sa kaligayahan ng ibang tao ngayon hindi siya makakapayag na mawala sa buhay niya ang taong nagparamdam sa kanya kung paano mahalin at pahalagahan. Mahal ni Althea ang pamilya niya pero mas pinili niya ang taong mahal niya na alam niyang hindi siya iiwan kahit ano pang mangyari. Sa kabila ng mga pagsubok sa relasyon ni Axel at Althea ay nagawa nilang lampasan ng magkasama. Pinatunayan nila kung gaano nila kamahal ang isa't isa at mas tumibay pa ang pagmamahalan nilang dalawa.