Deus Ex Machina Means

My husband brought home another lover! After years of being married to Xavier Lockwood hoping that someday he would love me, I was beyond shocked to see him bringing another woman into our home. "She's just a friend." He claimed, but I knew better. I could tell they did dirty things behind my back. Things my husband never agreed to do with me. I then realised, I was only a placeholder for his true lover. And now that she was here, I meant nothing to him anymore. I finally took charge of my own life, vowing to never beg for his affection. But then, my Ex-husband comes knocking again, threatening to tear down the world I'd built for myself. Would he succeed? Would I easily let him in because of the feelings I once habored for him? Or would I do everything within my power to protect myself from him?

Cassian Thorne played the part of the devoted husband perfectly. He comforted Valerie through the accident that killed her father and mocked the body it left behind. He convinced her the world hated her so he could be the only one to love her. But It was all a game. The marriage? Fake. The kids? His mistress's. The love? Non-existent. When Cassian tosses Valerie into the street to claim her inheritance for himself, he makes one fatal mistake: he leaves her alive.  Five years later, the broken girl is the city’s most ruthless predator. She’s found the truth about the accident, she’s found a new king in Dante Sterling, and she’s found a way to make Cassian crawl.

Vanessa Saxon was once married to Luca Kensington, the cold and distant CEO of K Group. But when she was seven months pregnant, her adopted sister, Beatriz Langley, falsely accused her of having an affair with her best friend, Daxton Radcliffe, and carrying his child. The worst part? Luca believed Beatriz. In a fit of rage, Luca demanded their baby be removed prematurely, leading to a tragic event where Vanessa nearly died from the ordeal. Saved by Daxton, Vanessa disappeared. Now, five years later, she returns—stronger and determined—alongside her daughter, Isla Saxon, to exact her revenge on those who wronged her.

“Please! Jason! Pick up the phone!” Finally, someone picked up, but it wasn’t Jason. “Didn’t Jason tell you that he has no time for you today? He’s busy. Why do you keep calling?” The voice on the other end was Laura, Jason’s ex. The realization that Jason was with her while I and his unborn child were battling for our lives after an accident was a betrayal too painful to bear. If I survive, can I ever forgive him?

"Tell me, what do you want from me?" He asked coldly without an expressio. She smiled faintly and said straightforwardly, "I agree to divorce." "However, I have a condition." Jenna licked her red lips, as if she had made up her mind, "I want 50 million compensation." "As long as you sleep with me for one night, I will agree." He gave her a cold gaze, with a scornful smile on his perfect lips. "Deal! Mr. Richards, no pay no goods. After tonight, we will have no relationship." ******************************************************** Jenna Murphy married Hansen Richards, who she loved from childhood but the one who hated her the most. She believed that he would finally love her back. But before her dream comes true... a car accident brought her father away and led her mother a dying situation in ICU. Her cheeky and greedy uncle even took the chance and robbed every property from her. To get the surgery fee for her mother, Jenna could only agree to divorce Hansen. But Hansen pleaded her present to his grandma's birthday party trying to make up their relationship. However, Jenna found some clues that showed the car accident made her family ruined seemed to have some relation with Hansen...

Sheila and Kane had been together for five years. For half a decade, she believed the only reason he wouldn't marry her was that he was too poor. To build a future for them, she worked herself to the bone, saving every penny just to afford a home of their own. That was until she discovered his secret: Kane was no pauper. He was the "Crown Prince" of a corporate empire, adored by everyone. The only "hardship" he had ever endured was eating instant noodles with her and wearing the "cheap rags" she had scraped together her savings to buy for him. He refused to marry her for one reason only: she wasn't high-born enough to match his status. Sheila cut ties decisively. But after the breakup, a twist of fate led her into the bed of her boss, Killian Ford. Everyone believed Killian was a cold, abstinent man who kept women at arm's length. Only Sheila knew the truth—behind that stoic mask was a cunning, possessive man with a hidden, scorching passion. Night after night of relentless obsession... Sheila finally realized that the longest game she had ever played, and the deepest trap she had ever fallen into, was the one Killian had set for her.

(Nexus Almeradez's story) Annulled si Amara Stephanie sa kanyang asawa. Two years later, nakatanggap siya ng tawag mula sa pamilya nito. Na-aksidente ang dati niyang asawa at tanging siya lang ang naalala nito. Naki-usap sa kanya ang pamilya ng dating asawa na manatili siya sa tabi nito at tulungan itong makaalala. They offer her a big amount of money that she couldn’t resist. Kailangan niya iyon sa expansion ng kanyang business. Tinanggap niya ang offer, nasa isipan na trabaho lamang at walang personalan. Sa perspketibo ng dati niyang asawa, kasal pa sila kaya kung umasta ito ay parang wala itong kasalanan sa kanya. Kung kumilos ito ay parang noong dating mag-asawa pa sila. Nilalambing, binibigyan ng bulaklak at kahit hirap ay inaalala siya nito. Those gestures of him make her weak again. Nexus Almeradez is a walking trouble that she should avoid. Kumakatok na naman ito sa puso niyang nagsisimula na naman mahulog dito. She’s falling for him again and again. Oh no—yes!

I've always lived in the shadow of my husband's ex because he is still in love with her. Things get to a head when he divorces me without warning not long after she comes back into his life and he gets her pregnant. Heartbroken, I decide to put myself first for once in my life, but not long after I make that decision, I find that I'm pregnant with his child as well. Five years later, our paths cross again, and this time around, the tables have turned. Not long after, secrets from five years ago begin to unravel themselves and I find out that things are not what they seemed back then after all.

“What! The groom has changed!” The crowd started murmuring, as they looked at the couple walking down the aisle. ‘The groom should be changed, if needed’ I mulled in my head as I walked down the aisle with my Ex's uncle. *********** Michelle prepared for her upcoming wedding, she was happy to leave the bondage of her family, and she wanted to get married to the man she loved, but her hope of survival was a trap. She caught her husband-to-be cheating on her with her stepsister the night before her wedding, but she refused to stop the wedding. She made a contract to marry his fiance's uncle, and changed the groom on the wedding morning. But Michelle has no idea about the contract clauses, neither did she about the man she signed the contract with. Did you think Michelle can survive in the same household?

  “Liar. Slut. That thing in your belly isn’t mine.” Those were his last words before the door slammed and I hit the floor, shaking, wondering how the man I married had turned into someone who enjoyed watching me fall apart. Love wasn’t supposed to feel like punishment, but with him, it became exactly that. The insults. The bruises. The silence afterward. And the worst part was watching my own cousin the girl I grew up with slide into his life watching mine fall apart. He threw me out like trash. They both did. But I didn’t die out there. I got back up. And the woman who stood again wasn’t the weak one they tried to break. She was someone they should’ve feared from the start. There’s someone new now. He doesn’t see me as a burden but as someone worth fighting for. So when my ex shows up months later, suddenly soft-spoken, suddenly sorry, mumbling, “Emily… please. I messed up,” he expects the old me to crawl back. Instead, I look him in the eye and tell him the truth “You’re not part of my life anymore. You’re just what I had to survive.”