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"What happens here, remains here, don't take it outside of this room." *** Vincent Beckham was hellbent on taking revenge from Annalise for breaking his heart in high school. And he gained his chance when she became his P.A, the perfect prey for revenge. He would ensure she regrets why their past is connected in the first place. But, how did Annalise break Vincent's heart when they never loved each other in the place? They were mortal enemies in high school. Not someone one could picture in a book of romance then why feelings are involved to the point where not only their past is ruined- But future too?

Bounce was just right years when his parents and pack was massacred. He was just too young to survive on his own but yet he did. He carried the pains of his parents death for hundreds of years. He made sure to become as deadly as the devil himself. His revenge quest was shakened when Jessy, one of his enemy's daughter was brought to his pack by his pack member. She caused him lot of troubles. Both to his heart and body. It got to the point that he begin to feel that he betrayed his parents for his heart but it seems he couldn't help it.

Gu Jiuci, the daughter of rich parents, was forced into despair: her family was destroyed and she was forsaken by her friends and relatives after being framed by a scheming couple. It was only at the point of death that she realized she had fallen in love with the wrong man and that she had betrayed Huo Mingche, who was willing to give up his life for her. Now, she was reincarnated back as the arrogant and demonic princess of the Gu family, but this time around, things would be different. She would love and work with her husband, Huo Mingche, hand in hand to destroy the vile couple that harmed her in her past life, with his full approval and support.

A young woman, Isla Quinn, at the lowest point in her life, finds herself tangled in a one-night stand with a man whose name she doesn’t even know, Ares Valtieri, a ruthless billionaire. When a scandal threatens everything he’s built, Ares offers Isla a lifeline: a one year marriage contract that could secure his empire and give her a second chance. But every rescue comes at a cost. As they are forced together by circumstance, their world becomes a collision of power, pain, and unwanted vulnerability. Isla must decide: does she fight for her identity, or surrender to a world that’s tried to break her before?

It all started with jealousy. Becca, a possessive woman who wants to take everything from her twin sister, Marga. Her insane jealousy reached its worst point after Marga's marriage with Aldous, an Alpha king whom Becca admired most. Her indiviousness leads her to take an evil plan against Marga through the help of an ugly omega, Farcas who asked for her virginity to grant her wish. Thinking that Marga was dead already, she disguised as the Luna Queen and spent Kong years with Aldous. But, Marga returned for a revenge, this time, she made sure that Becca will suffer the weight of her deeds.

The underprivileged student I've been sponsoring suddenly shows up at my birthday party, swaggering in and waving around a pregnancy report. "Look—Pheebs is pregnant with my baby! You'd better be smart and divorce her already!" I point at the report, stunned and confused. "Are you sure it's Phoebe who's pregnant with your child?" Victor Thompson, my beneficiary, smirks proudly as he fiddles with the pregnancy report. "Duh! We conceived the baby last month on our cruise trip!" The entire room falls into a stunned silence. My ex-wife, Phoebe Jackman, has been dead for three years.

Dara Ameera, 23 tahun, yang semula adalah anak dari keluarga terpandang, tiba-tiba saja kehilangan semuanya. Karena kasus penggelapan dana yang tidak pernah di lakukan oleh ayahnya, menyebabkan sang ayah harus mendekam di balik jeruji besi sesuai dengan hukuman yang di terimanya. Disaat masa-masa buruk seperti ini, Dara terpaksa berhenti kuliah. Sedangkan saudara dan para kerabat mereka tidak ada yang percaya dan menolong mereka, bahkan adik dari ayahnya pun tidak bisa menolong mereka yang telah kehilangan seluruh harta benda mereka. Dara di paksa kuat oleh keadaan, dan harus menerima kenyataan jika saat ini dirinya lah yang bertanggung jawab sebagai tulang punggung keluarga, menggantikan sang ayah. Belum selesai dengan itu, Dara kembali di persulit dalam mencari pekerjaan, karena ia hanya lulusan SLTA dan juga status ayahnya sebagai koruptor. Dara tidak tahu, di balik segala kesulitan hidupnya itu, ada sosok pria yang tengah tertawa melihat penderitaannya. Seorang pria yang pernah terkait dengannya di masa lalu, kini telah berdiri menjadi seorang pria terpandang dan berkuasa di kota ini. Ia datang kembali untuk membalaskan dendamnya kepada Dara yang pernah menghinanya di masa lalu. Pria itu adalah Danu Alfarez, pria paling berkuasa di kota ini. Lalu, bagaimana jika keduanya saling bertemu? Apakah Dara akan baik-baik saja?

Ambelyn did something terrible six years ago. She willingly gave her virginity to the college bully who had been tormenting her because she was forced in an arranged marriage by her family to marry the son of their biggest investor. Now stuck in a loveless marriage, where she watches her husband parade his first love and their second child hurting her and her miracle baby. Her husband hated her after divorcing she wasn't a virgin, which was the main requirement for their marriage and decided to show her how worthless she was. She swallows the insult for the sake of their child, but when her husband refuses to sign the papers for their son to get surgery or loses his life, and their second child bullying her and his elder brother and wishing for a new mummy, she decides to do what she never thought and divorce her husband, granting him slow custody of the second child, while she takes sole custody of the first child. The only issue was, she started working for the Heartless Cruel CEO who returned back home after six years abroad and it was the same man who pinned her against a library shelf and deflowered her. Would Ambelyn be able to survive working under the bully who once made her life a living hell, or would she be able to find her happily ever after in the hands of someone unexpected.

La vie d'Ava LOPEZ était une toile de couleurs vibrantes, remplie de rires et de promesses, elle était une douce jeune âme insouciante avec des objectifs jusqu'à une nuit fatidique. L'obscurité qui s'est abattu sur elle était impitoyable, laissant des cicatrices qui refusaient de guérir. À 23 ans, son monde et ses objectifs ont été brisés par un acte de violence dégoûtant, une agression sexuelle brutale sur son lieu de travail. Les souvenirs de cette nuit-là hante, un rappel constant de la terreur qu'elle a enduré. L'Ava jadis insouciante et joviale était maintenant l'ombre de son ancien elle, son esprit consumé par le traumatisme. Les cauchemars l'ont tourmentée, et la peur d'être seule l'a étouffée, au point où elle est a développé l'androphobie. Sa famille, autrefois source de réconfort, l'a rejetée, incapable d'accepter la vérité de son calvaire. N'ayant nulle part où se tourner, Ava sentait son espoir s'échapper. Juste au moment où elle était sur le point d'abandonner sa vie, un test de grossesse a confirmé l'impensable, une nouvelle vie grandie en elle. Non pas une mais deux. ***** EXTRAIT : " Tu paieras pour avoir joué avec mes sentiments Stella " Une voix rauque a surgit derrière les épaules d'Ava la faisant frissonner. La pièce était vraiment sombre au point où elle ne pouvait rien voir même pas son visage. ___" Mais monsieur, je ne suis pas Stella... S'il vous plaît, laissez-moi partir " Elle a essayé de se libérer de son emprise mais il l'a serrée plus fort.... À cause de cet événement, elle a développé l'androphobie (Elle déteste être touchée par les hommes). Des années plus tard, Ava est devenue une femme indépendante. Elle a juré de ne jamais laisser personne entrer dans sa vie et celle de ses enfants. Jusqu'à ce qu'il arrive…

Jake Storm always knew that he was different, he was faster, smarter, and good in a fight, he always saw things that others didn't think were real or ever existed. He felt like a freak of nature in his own family until his father sat him down and told him that he came from a long line of monster hunters. When a new family made their way into his home town and strange things begin to occur all fingers point to a set of siblings but things were not as they seemed and the monster lurking in the shadows did not seem so monstrous and those thought to be saints were the true predators lying in wait.