Desire: A Temptations Story

The night my father collapsed, I learned some men negotiate with money… but Noah Thorne negotiates with lives. I never planned to marry a billionaire CEO, especially not the man my father owed $50,000 to. But when the hospital demanded an $80,000 deposit before surgery, life made the choice for me. While my mother sobbed in a cold hallway, Noah’s bodyguard arrived with an offer, an arranged marriage, a contract marriage that would clear the debt and cover every medical bill. When I confronted Noah, he presented the terms without cruelty: one year, no intimacy, public appearances only, and freedom after. He believed he was offering mercy but I felt like beautifully packaged captivity. Desperation crushed pride, and I signed. Our “marriage” was a seven-minute formality, no vows, no meaning. Moving into his penthouse was like stepping into a museum built to contain silence. Publicly, we were the perfect romance. Privately, we were strangers navigating a fragile arrangement thick with unspoken tension. Complications followed us: Noah’s elegant, smug ex who treated me like a placeholder, and my own ex-boyfriend, whose sudden reappearance triggered jealousy in Noah he couldn’t hide. Arguments, silences, and late-night moments softened something between us. Slowly, painfully, the man behind the empire emerged, the lonely boy shaped by loss, abandonment, and guarded walls. We began to care. We tried to deny it. Feelings weren’t in the contract but feelings don’t read contracts. Near the end of the year, Noah pulled away. I thought he wanted freedom. He signed the release papers with steady hands and a breaking heart. I was almost gone when he whispered the truth: “Please don’t go.” We tore up the contract. A year later, we married again, this time for love, not survival. This time, I chose him

Amelia Cruz only wanted one thing — success on her own terms. Matapang, driven, at walang inuurungan, she clawed her way into the corporate world armed with nothing but grit and intelligence. Pero hindi niya in-expect na ang biggest challenge niya ay hindi trabaho… kundi si Adrian Blackwood — the cold, insanely powerful CEO who built his billion-dollar empire with ruthless control. From the moment they met, Adrian made it clear: > “You’re mine, Amelia. Whether you fight it or not.” Bound by a contract na hindi lang tungkol sa business, Amelia suddenly finds herself trapped in Adrian’s dangerous world — full of power, obsession, and desire. Habang lumalalim ang relasyon nila, mas nagiging delikado ang laro. May mga inggit na executives na gusto siyang pabagsakin, a powerful family that wants her gone, at isang rival CEO na handang ibigay ang kalayaang hindi maibigay ni Adrian. Pero mas nakakatakot pa sa lahat — ang mga sikreto ng nakaraan nilang dalawa. What started as a battle of wills turns into a war of hearts. Amelia must choose: isusuko ba niya ang sarili sa empire ni Adrian, o ipaglalaban ang kalayaan niya kahit kapalit nito ay siya mismo? At si Adrian — a man who can control everything except love — will have to face one truth: Without Amelia, his empire means nothing. In a world where love can be as dangerous as power, one question remains: Will their desire build an empire… or burn it to the ground?

warning: 🔞 This novel is rated 18+ , and it revolves around adult contents, erotic, smutty and explicit scenes🔞. _____________________________ The heat of the stall was nothing compared to the fire Elias Thorne had ignited—and immediately regretted. He knew Vera was poison; the spoiled, reckless heiress to his biggest client and a crucial business partner. What he didn't know was that a single, desperate encounter on a business trip would threaten to dismantle his entire professional life. Elias is a man who deals in control and rigid ethical boundaries, but Vera doesn't play by the rules. She's used to getting everything she wants, and her desire for him is a clear declaration of war. That war escalates the moment Elias accepts a lucrative new patient assignment only to discover Vera, the daughter of the richest man in the country, sitting across from him. She calls it fate. He calls it an unethical disaster. She's his patient, baiting him with whispered demands and dangerous requests. Vera wasn't going to stop until she had him, and Elias knew the terrible truth: he wasn't sure he wanted her to.

Where this story goes no one knows. Tif a young girl looking for her place in the world. Siron a strong Alpha looking for his mate. Will these two be lovers, will they be truly mated? What the fates have in store for them will become clear as they walk their paths coming ever so close to finding their deepest desires.

Prologue Nathan sat on the roof with a portrait in his hand. He has been looking at her portrait for the past hours and he is not ready to let go of it. He stared at the picture with a satisfied smile on his face. His Sadie! He just can't stop staring at her. She was really his sweet angel which portray the meaning of her name. Sadie! He hugged the portrait before dropping it. He picked up his drawing paper and pencil ready to sketch her beautiful face again. Every corner of his room has her picture, everything! And almost all his belongings too. His plates were designed with her picture, his phone pouch was her, his wrist band has her name. His private company is in her name, his box has her picture, his closet, just name it. The workers thought he's running mad, no one believed it's love except his family and of course, his personal guard. He smiled at nothing closing his eyes before starting the sketching. He's been stalking her ever since that faithful day they met , that faithful day she became his sweet angel. He knows her every moves, everything she does and how she's being treated in her own home . He turned his hand in a fist and his jaw tightened. The thougt of that does nothing but angers him. He wants to save her, he wants to take her out of that bondage but it's not yet time. She doesn't even recognize him, it will be insane to go ask her out for marriage when she doesn't know him . He's going to make them pay, watching his Sadie from a far distance seeing her in tears, seeing her lonely, seeing her sad and seeing her feeling unloved hurt his heart so much

Anim na taon nang tapat sekretarya si Samantha Hernandez ng CEO – pinagkakatiwalaan, iginagalang at itinuturing na rin na parang isang pamilya. Ngunit isang gabing puno ng kapusukan ang siyang nagbago ng lahat. Sa kanyang paglalasing matapos ang hiwalayan sa pagitan ng kanyang nobyo, natagpuan niya ang sarili sa bisig ni Theo Buendia – ang arogante, mapusok at black sheep na kapatid ng CEO. Ang isang pagkakamaling gustong kalimutan ni Samantha ay naging simula ng pagkahumaling ni Theo sa dalaga. Ngayon ay nagbalik na siya…hindi lamang sa buhay ni Samantha kundi pati na rin sa opisinang pinagtatrabahuhan niya, bilang kanyang temporary boss. Gusto niyang kalimutan ang binata ngunit lubos naman ang paghahangad nito sa kanya. At sa kagustuhan niyang takasan ito ay mas lalong nagiging malinaw na ayaw siya nitong pakawalan pa.

Kyra is a resilient, compassionate, yet quite naive nineteen-year-old girl who lived with her father and stepmother ever since she lost her mother. Her stepmother, driven by greed, was determined to sell her off to an old man for money. Due to this pressure, Kyra sold herself to a ruthless billionaire. Will Kyra's sacrifice lead to her freedom, or will it trap her in a cage she can never escape.

To the world, they are perfection, the billionaire and his elegant wife, the family everyone envies. But behind closed doors, they are strangers bound by a contract and by one secret that could destroy them both. When Alexander and Elena Harrington announce their “divorce,” everyone expects a scandal. But they can’t let the real reason for their separation become public. Their empire is built on illusion, and if the truth gets out, it could destroy everything. Their only son is the fragile thread holding them together, and the same reason they can’t let go. But love was never part of the deal. As society braces for scandal, a rival billionaire shows Elena what affection truly feels like. And the man who never shows emotion begins to unravel, consumed by jealousy and obsession. In a world where loyalty is currency and betrayal comes wrapped in diamonds, some vows are meant to break and others become the only thing worth saving.

Ivy Cruz is broke, desperate, and out of options. With debt collectors closing in and her brother fighting for his life in a hospital bed, she has no choice but to accept a dangerous deal from the gangster she owes everything to. His demand? Pretend to be the wife of Damon Williams—a cold, ruthless billionaire who was believed to have died in a fire. The offer is impossible to resist. If she plays the part, Ivy can take whatever she wants from Damon, enough to pay off her debts and save her brother. Refusing means certain death at the gangster’s hands. But what Ivy never expected… is that Damon would believe her. Two years ago, Damon lost his wife, Selena, in the fire. Her body was never found. Now Ivy stands before him—identical in every way, down to the secret birthmark only he ever knew. Dragged into a dangerous lie, Ivy becomes the shadow of a woman she never met. Damon, consumed by grief and obsession, is convinced fate has returned his wife to him—and he will never let her go. As Ivy steps deeper into his dark, possessive world, she can’t shake the guilt of living another woman’s life. But with secrets about the fire beginning to unravel, one question burns hotter than the rest: What really happened the night Selena died? And when Damon discovers the truth, will Ivy survive his wrath… or his love? Because when love rises from ashes—it can either heal or burn everything to the ground.

Five years down the drain! Clair Green stares at the divorce papers in her hand. Never did she think she would be in this position. Then she thinks back over the last few months of her life with Mike—all the secret phone calls, the whispers in the dark and eventually the pictures that she was not supposed to see. At last, she could put a name to it all. Sienna Whitfield. In pain and ready to forget all of her trouble, she walks tall into the Banquet Hall. It is where the charity event will take place. Then she sees him - a man with so much authority, handsome and older—a man no one can miss. A man who walks like he owns the world, full of confidence. He walks up to her and talks to her, but when he introduces himself, she knows her desire for this man can never be fulfilled. The man who ignited the Flames of Desire in her is no one else but Damon Withfield. He is the uncle of her enemy. He is related to the woman who stole her husband. He is Sienna Whitfield's uncle!