Contractual Obligation

Lauren, a young woman who has been mistreated by her stepmother and sister after her mother's death. She is a hardworking individual who is looking for a peaceful life, away from the chaos and drama of the wealthy. Lauren's life takes an unexpected turn when she goes on vacation and meets Kaizer, a famous bachelor and CEO who is in need of a fake girlfriend to avoid an arranged marriage. Kaizer proposes a deal to Lauren, offering her a way out of her current situation in exchange for pretending to be his girlfriend. Lauren is torn between her desire for a peaceful life and the opportunity to escape her stepmother and sister's mistreatment. She must navigate the complications of a contractual marriage and the challenges of living in the high society world. As Lauren and Kaizer's relationship develops, she must also confront her feelings towards him and decide what she truly wants. The story will explore themes of family, love, and self-discovery as Lauren makes difficult choices and ultimately chooses what is best for herself.

Malaking halaga ang kinakailangan ni Colleen Perez para mabili ang bahay na kanyang nais para sa kanila ng kaniyang kapatid. Ngunit dahil hindi sapat ang kanyang ipon ay pumunta siya sa bangko para kumuha ng loan. At ang housing loan lamang ang available para sa halaga na kinakailangan nya. Hindi naging madali ito dahil hindi pa siya pasado sa kwalipikasyon. May kinakasama o dapat kasal na ang maaaring maka avail lamang ng loan na ito. Dahil dito tinanggap niya ang alok ng kakilala niyang lola na makipag blind-date sa kaniyang apo at pumayag sa alok nitong kasal. Ang hindi niya lang inaasahan ay boss niya sa trabaho ang magiging ka blind-date niya at agad siyang pumayag sa idea na sila ay magkaroon ng isang contractual relationship sa loob lamang ng isang taon.

In a fake engagement with the mob boss, can Kate keep up the ruse? One evening, Kate's Uncle invited her to an engagement dinner for a famous mafia boss --- Lucas Romano but then Lucas pulled her onto the stage and revealed that his new fiancee is none other than Kate! Turns out that her uncle owed the boss a debt, and in order to repay it, he offered his niece up. Luckily, Lucas isn't actually interested in marriage, he just wants a contractual arrangement to secure his position and legacy. Things soon turn dangerous, and Kate realizes she's caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous war for power, caught between her childhood friend, Matteo who's a cop and had a strong distaste towards the Mafia and Lucas, the man who sets her skin ablaze. Forced to move in and play the intimate role of Lucas's fiancee, can they both keep up the ruse until they say, "I Do" would love blossom between them both? can they overcome the obstacles and dangers that threaten their lives? Or will they lose everything in a cruel twist of fate?

Ella Monroe never belonged anywhere. Until she stepped into a house built for kings. Rescuing an old man should have changed nothing. Instead, it brought her into the Blackwood estate—a place where wealth dictates silence, and desire is a weapon. She doesn’t expect the way three men begin to look at her—not as charity, not as obligation, but as temptation. Adrian offers protection that feels like possession. Lucian offers desire that burns and bruises. Julian offers pleasure wrapped in patience and choice. What begins as stolen moments turns into secret nights. What begins as comfort turns into craving. Ella knows she shouldn’t cross those lines. She knows loving one brother would be dangerous. So she does the unthinkable. She gives herself to all three—at different times, under different promises—never realizing that each encounter tightens the knot binding them together. In a house built on power and silence, desire becomes the most dangerous secret of all.

“I thought you wanted to sleep, my Queen,” Lorcan whispered. “I changed my mind,” Niamh kissed Lorcan again, deeply, hungrily. “Besides, you owe me a wedding night.” “I stand reminded,” Lorcan bowed his head. Looking up, he grasped Niamh around the waist and turned to lay her beneath him, kissing her passionately. *** Niamh had dutifully fulfilled her obligation to marry King Lorcan of the Elven Realms, only to watch her new husband ride off to battle the very next day. But he was lost in battle, and she was left to face her new role as Queen among haters, admirers, and potential suitors… and a traitor. Despite the challenges she formed new alliances, treaties, and friends, and, once the King was found, they built an unshakable love while facing turmoil. Once free to leave, what choice will she make? Will the love they formed be strong enough to endure more than time? Rising Storm in the Elven Realms is created by Heather Dilts-Baiano, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

“As you read, I want you to marry me with a contractual agreement. This is not an offer, but an order. Because, I will return you to Pack Arcanum if you refuse. You might end up in the hands of that pimp again.” Alpha Jayden said firmly to me, undeniable. *************************************** Never in her life did Cassie imagine that she, a Pack Arcanum member who didn't have a wolf inside her, would become Luna after being sold by her father to a pimp in Pack Nexus. That night, on her first day working as a prostitute, she slept with a man she didn't know was Alpha Jayden, the Alpha of Pack Nexus who was cursed to never have offspring. Surprisingly, Cassie became pregnant after that accidental one-night stand. She wanted to ask for responsibility, but after finding out that the man was an Alpha, she chose to leave. But Alpha Jayden searched for Cassie and after finding her, he wanted her to be his Luna. Cassie accepted and agreed to do a contract marriage with Alpha Jayden on condition. Without Cassie knowing, it turns out that by signing the contract, she entered into Alpha Jayden's complicated and mysterious life.

Raine Ellery never imagined her survival would come at a deadly price. Confined in a contractual marriage with the billionaire CEO Cassian Ashcroft to save her late mother's legacy, Raine simply had to escape her crumbling world. But the moment she signs the contract, Cassian collapses at her feet, and by midnight, he's declared dead. The media named her the bride of bad luck. The public thinks she’s cursed, while the Ashcroft board accuses her of murder. And the bargain she thought would be her salvation becomes a trap from which she cannot escape. Imprisoned in a penthouse filled with secrets and haunted by scandals, Raine is forced to play a high-stakes game of silence and survival. But when rumors of Cassian's secret enemies, a hidden inheritance war, and a conspiracy of faked death begin to surface, Raine is drawn into a quest for the truth before the world buries her with it. And just when she believes it's the end, Cassian returns—alive. Now Raine must face the most dangerous twist of all: the man she never truly knew is back… and he is not alone in what he wants.

Morana Greene died loving the wrong man. She built Lancaster Pharmaceuticals beside Xavier, trusted him, defended him, loved him and gave him everything including her blood, her genius and five years of her life. Then she found out the truth. The marriage was fake and the blood he’d been extracting was funding an empire built on illegal trials. When she stopped being useful, he told the doctor to continue anyway and watched the machines drain the last of her life while she lay on a hospital bed. Reborn one month before her death, Morana remembers everything. This time she won’t beg for love and she won’t forgive. Xavier thinks she still belongs to him. He has no idea she’s already planning his downfall. And when the ruthless industry titan Tristan Rothschild offers her a cold contractual marriage to reclaim her stolen empire? Morana doesn’t believe in coincidence anymore. But she’ll use every weapon she has including a billionaire who wants nothing to do with feelings to burn her enemies to the ground.

Clairol Tampson is a teacher and a stand-in-second mother for her students in school. She was already contented from her life. A job that meant for her, a peaceful life despite of receiving a hostility from the people whose hated her for no reason. However, her peacful life was ended when she accidentally committed a big mistake that makes everything hard for her. She got a one night stand with a stranger man and got pregnant. Unfortunately, to make it worst. She found out that the man she was spending that hot night was one of her new transfered student's father! Draven Velasquez, a CEO and a single dad. After losing his other half, he didn't believe in love and even marriage again. His daughter was the only fragments left from his late wife. Not until he will met this woman who looks alike to his deceased wife from a strange encounter. He thought his heart will never beat again and fell from one of the cupid's game. But he just found himself, uncontrollably following this stranger woman. What will happen if this two will be tied up from a contractual relationship?

In a twist of fate, a contractual employee at Ainsley Enterprise, Iliana Davis, finds herself entangled in a one-year contract marriage with Asher Ainsley, the sole heir of the prestigious Ainsley lineage. The arrangement aims to thwart Asher's impending union with Zosia Thornton, granddaughter of the Ainsley Enterprise's long-standing business partners, the Thorntons. The clandestine marriage becomes public after a month, leading to the cancellation of Asher's engagement with Zosia. Unexpectedly, the Ainsley patriarch, Edward, welcomes Iliana into the family, forcing Iliana and Asher to play their part as a couple for two years or until Edward's passing. The patriarch harbors a terminal illness, and they opt to spare him the news of an imminent divorce. Upon Edward's death nearly a year later, the couple moves forward with their planned separation, only to discover an unexpected twist in Edward's will. Iliana received half of the Ainsley family assets as well as a testamentary trust. Iliana, raised in an orphanage, is the real granddaughter of the Ainsleys. The shocking revelation uncovers an accident twenty years ago that led to their current situation, reshaping her destiny in unforeseen ways.