Checkmate Chapter 1

She woke up every morning with a heavy heart, dreading the inevitable encounter with Mr. Montenegro. She couldn't comprehend why he had such intense hatred towards her, always finding ways to belittle and demean her. She attempted to disregard the hurtful comments and taunts, but it cut her deeply. As time passed, her patience began to wear thin. She could no longer tolerate the constant abuse. One day, she confronted him and asked him why he treated her so terribly. He merely laughed and insulted her, calling her weak and pathetic. However, something inside her snapped that day. She refused to allow him to have control over her any longer. Standing tall, she looked at him in the eye and informed him that she would no longer tolerate the abuse. He was taken aback by her sudden display of strength, and for the first time, he saw her as a person rather than just a target. Over time, his attitude towards her changed. He ceased the insults and began to show her a grudging respect for standing up to him. She learned that sometimes, you have to fight back to be treated with dignity and respect. She was determined to never allow anyone to make her feel small again..

What is it you truly desire? Is it money? Is it power? Fame? Perhaps you lust for passions of the flesh? Well I have all of those and more. Money I could burn, a repertoire that would make me your favorite celebrity green with envy, and an empire that comes with unlimited snatch as a perk. See a guy like me could make a nun get on her knees for far more than just prayer but it comes at a price. A gift and a curse I always say. My name is Jason Sanders better known as “The Sex Doctor”. Now, of course, mines isn’t the life you envision for yourself when they ask you what it is you want to be when you grow up but my life - as seemingly perfect as it was – changed the day I met…. HER.

Ang salitang kasal ay wala pa sa isip ni Olivia dahil inienjoy niya pa ang kanyang buhay. Inuubos niya ang kanyang panahon sa pagta-travel sa ibat ibang bansa. She is enjoying her life. She just turned 22 and yet, hindi pa rin niya natatapos ang kinukuha niyang kursong business management. Not until she found out about her marriage. His father agreed to an arranged marriage with the son of his kumpare years ago. She was dumbfounded with the news and she couldn't believe that his father made a decision like this. "How could I marry a man that I don't love? How could I get into marriage when I am not yet ready?" She asked her parents while crying. Hindi niya matanggap ang lahat kaya isa lamang ang pumasok sa isip niya, ang pagtakas. Can she really runaway to her soon to be husband?

Di tengah keinginan memiliki keturunan, Rudi dan Amanda dihadapkan pada kenyataan pahit. Tiga rumah sakit telah mengkonfirmasi bahwa Rudi tidak mungkin bisa memiliki anak. Tekanan dari orang tua Rudi semakin meningkat, sehingga mereka menyarankan Amanda untuk mencari pria lain yang bisa membuahi dirinya. Awalnya, ide tersebut ditolak oleh Rudi dan Amanda. Namun, setelah pertimbangan panjang, mereka akhirnya setuju untuk melakukan metode tersebut. Mereka mulai mencari sosok pria yang sesuai harapan mereka, hingga akhirnya memutuskan untuk memilih Alex, adik ipar Amanda. Alex awalnya menolak tawaran tersebut, tetapi setelah diimingi uang 2 milyar rupiah, ia akhirnya setuju. Namun, yang tidak terduga adalah bahwa Alex dan Amanda justru saling jatuh cinta. Mereka menjalin hubungan terlarang di belakang Rudi dan adiknya Amanda. Pertanyaan yang menggantung adalah: Akankah hubungan Alex dan Amanda terbongkar oleh Rudi dan istri Alex? Apakah cinta mereka bisa bertahan, ataukah akan hancur oleh kebohongan dan pengkhianatan?

L'amour à sens unique, c'est comme courir après une ombre. On s'épuise à vouloir la toucher, mais elle reste toujours hors de portée, insaisissable et distante. Dans sa quête du lendemain, elle ne désire qu'une chose : être sienne et ce, peu importe ce que cela lui coûtera. Comment avoir cet homme aussi inaccessible et inchangeable ? Est-ce si compliqué d'être aimée en retour ? L'amour est il aussi facile à dompter ? Est il à portée de main comme on le pense ? C'est au cœur de la trahison et de la tromperie que ces deux personnes qui ont une définition de l'amour complètement différente se découvriront.

Eliza is a simple and uncomplicated young woman. She enjoys the outdoors, is good with animals, and, like most young women her age, loves to party and have fun. When she meets a sexy man with an alluring Southern drawl, she has no idea that he is involved in a world that she is yet to know, but is her legacy. Like it or not. "The Awakening" begins the saga of a female shifter named, Eliza.

Sunny Hemelton known as "bomb" of their family. She hate when someone bad talk or hurt within her family. If you do it, she'll explode. But her life change when Jaden Gartello came, the guy who doesn't care about Sunny being a Hemelton.

Rhian Santos, supposed to celebrate their Graduation on a Club but why does it goes wrong? The simple celebration turns to be steamy and intense night that wasn't her intention. That night she met the Business Tycoon Ryker Brown. The man who took her innocent, she just woke up beside him. It didn't end there on what happen between them. He proposed a deal with her, she declined it but her body tells otherwise. Everything was on the right place until her biggest fear happen! She fall inlove with him! And brings her to jeopardize that breaks her heart! Falling inlove with him was the thing she fear the most, cause she know's every part of him. He is heartless, a man who doesn't know how to be serious and always look at things like a business! Is there's still a chance that he would loved her too? Knowing that Ryker Brown the business tycoon has perception that 'Woman are just like contract that have an expiration'

Architect Fire Zendur is known by women as “the Fire that burns women’s hearts.” With his Greek God-looking appearance- well he is a actual Greek, a royal blooded Greecian to be exact, he does really have the power to burn women’s hearts, but after meeting that particular woman- who has a Goddess like beauty named Krissel, it was his heart’s turn to be burnt.

One word to describe the famous full-time and a highest paid model "Rachel Villanueva" A perfect definition of BEAUTY WITH BRAINS every man's wanted. Cevon Francisco Bustamante is a successful businessman at his early age. A Childhood best friend and a childhood sweet heart of rachel. Her feelings for him is never been a secret. She always show affection to cevon and even follow him whenever he go. She received millions of rejection and denial from him. She tried to be desperate, desperate enough to flirt and make the stupid decision in life and do the thing that can lead her for being in pain. "I will make you mine Cevon, by hooked or by Crooked." "Even You Denied Me Many Times, I Still Love You Million Times."