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Vernon Huxley is an orphan when his youngest sister and his parents died when he was ten years old. He witnessed the gruesome death of his family on the rooftop of the hotel. Since that night, he has sworn to himself that he will find and torture until death the person who killed his family. Until he met his father's friend. He adopted him and treated him like a real son. And when his father's friend died, everything was bequeathed to him because his father's friend has no family. He became a CEO of her company and was recognized as a good businessman. But despite everything he has a secret. Vernon met Avyanna Scott. When Avyanna applied to him, as a secretary. He accepted it with a reason. Avyanna prefers to work for another company rather than their own company. Avyanna is a talented person. She is smart, kind, loving, but she has a weakness. Avyanna has a boyfriend. But her twin likes her boyfriend. Avyanna is afraid that her twin will steal the man she loves. One day, she was invited to her friend's birthday party at an expensive hotel. His boyfriend was with her, but what she didn't know was that his boss, Vernon Huxley, was also there. Avyanna had no idea that her twin's had framed her. Instead of going to his boyfriend's hotel room, she ended up in another room. Because she was so drunk, she didn't know that she had sex that night with his boss. She can still afford to work in Vernon's company as Secretary? Will Avyanna discover Vernon Huxley's hidden secret?

Perfection was the curse. I was born into wealth, beauty, influence, and a family empire that stretched across continents. People envied my life, not knowing it was nothing more than a gilded prison. The only thing that ever felt real was ballet, the passion my parents forbade because it brought them no power, no profit, no leverage. My parents; greedy, ambitious, unfillable, hid their cruelty beneath luxury. And on my eighteenth birthday, they revealed the ultimate betrayal. I was engaged to a powerful man twice. . . no, three times my age. A man feared across Europe. A man whose hands were stained with secrets the world pretended not to see. They sold me to strengthen an alliance. So I ran. Barefoot, shaking, heartbroken. I stole one of our visitor's chopper and fled to Sicily, thinking distance could save me. I thought I escaped the monsters who owned my life. But I only ran into a darker one. Because Sicily is his territory; Aldrick Moretti, the shadow king of the Italian underworld. Cold. Untouchable. Beautiful in the most devastating way. The man people whisper about as if speaking his name is a sin. A man with eyes that see through lies. . . including mine. And the moment he found me trespassing on his land, bleeding, terrified, and wearing the remnants of a runaway bride. . . He didn’t return me. He didn’t free me. He claimed me. Not as a business deal. Not as an alliance. But as something far more dangerous. He became my captor, my protector, my obsession, and the forbidden flame I should never have touched. Because in his world, love is not tender. It’s a weapon. And I am the sacrifice wrapped in a veil he refuses to let go.

Ythaniel delos Reyes is the campus heartthrob. Tahimik, seryoso, at laging inuuna ang pamilya at pag-aaral. He rarely talks, but he has a soft spot for one person: his step-sister, Ashannah Zacharias. Ashannah is his total opposite, magulo, masayahin, at tila laging sinusundan ng malas. Trouble seems to find her, kahit anong iwas niya. Mabait siya, pero parang may sumpa. And every time may gulo, si Ythaniel ang laging sumasalo. Hindi sila tunay na magkapatid, pero may natural na koneksyon sa pagitan nila. He’s always there for her, whether it’s a late-night rescue, school drama, or family conflict. At si Ashannah? Sa kahit maliit na bagay, si Ythaniel agad ang takbuhan niya. Hanggang sa dumating ang puntong hindi na lang “kuya” ang tingin niya sa kanya. At si Ythaniel? Hindi na lang basta “kapatid” ang turing niya kay Ashannah. They didn’t plan it. They didn’t want it. But they fell in love. Mali sa paningin ng iba. Bawal sa mata ng pamilya. Pero totoo sa puso nila. Will they fight for their love or choose peace for the sake of family? Can love survive when the world sees it as wrong? This is a story of forbidden love—between two hearts brought under one roof, not to fall in love… but did. --- DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to actual people or events are purely coincidental. NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This book is unedited. Please bear with the flaws. I poured my heart into this. Thank you for supporting my story. 💗

Ohani Zuvittri Madrid is one of the most famous billionaire daughters in the world of business. She's beautiful, smart, lazy, and a spoiled brat billionaire. Rufus Madrid is Mr. Sheldon Zuvittri's right-hand man. He's handsome, loyal, and a trustworthy person. Before her father passed away, he arranged the marriage of his daughter, Ohani to Rufus Madrid, his right-hand man; because he didn't want her to be alone in life once he was gone. Rufus was the only man he trusted to take care of his daughter, knowing that Rufus was well-acquainted with her personality. Will Rufus be able to endure being married to a spoiled brat billionaire?

Arielle Sarmiento was supposed to marry her long-time boyfriend, Lucas De Leon, but he didn’t show up on their wedding day. And the most painful part? She caught him in bed with her best friend, Bianca Yllana. Walang ibang nagawa si Arielle kundi magpakalasing sa bar. Doon niya nakilala ang isang lalaking estranghero. Silas Ferrell. Siya mismo ang nagyaya ng one-night stand dahil gusto niyang makaganti at gusto niyang makalimot. Silas didn’t hold back. They shared a night of heat, desire, and reckless abandon. That night, she gave him everything... pati ang pagkabirhen niya. Kinabukasan ay umalis siya sa condo ni Silas nang walang paalam. Pero pagpasok niya sa bago niyang trabaho, isang gulat ang bumungad sa kanya. Ang lalaking naka-one-night stand niya ay ang boss niya—si Silas Ferrell. Sa parehong araw, dumaing ang mundo niya. Ang ama niya ay na-diagnose ng congestive heart failure, at kailangan ng emergency surgery. Malaking halaga ang kailangang ilaan. Agad. Doon siya inalok ni Silas ng sampung milyong piso, kapalit ng kasal. Tinanggap niya ang alok dahil kailangan niya ng pera. Pumirma siya sa kontrata nang hindi binabasa. Ikinasal sila sa huwes. Pero nang mabasa niya ang kontrata sa bandang huli, natigilan siya. Walong buwang pagsasama bilang mag-asawa. May walong buwan din siyang obligasyon sa kama. Pero paano kung may mabuo sa pagitan nila? Paano kung mabuntis siya? Tatanggapin ba ni Silas ang bata, kung simula’t simula pa lang ay katawan lang niya ang habol nito, at malinaw sa kontrata na hindi siya puwedeng mabuntis?

Maureen Salagunting is a go-getter whose dreams are bigger than her ability and wallet. In fact, she wanted to become a neurosurgeon because she thought it is the hardest profession anyone could have, and she doesn't mind if she would be an old, loveless maiden as long as her bank account is fat and flooding with money. But fate didn't coincide with her plans and she settled with being a private school teacher, then an online live seller when COVID-19 shook the lives of humanity that made her lose her job as well. When she thought everything couldn't get any worse, her shaken life shattered totally when her mother lost the battle against the virus on the day of her 24th birthday, making her wish to cease her existence too. After crying her heart to God, a dashing, mysterious man in a business suit was waiting outside the chapel, telling her to fulfill the marriage agreement she signed eight years ago as a joke. Should she deny it? Or should they begin faking love amidst the pandemic?

Sabiana Zoreta was bought for fifteen million pesos. At the very young age of twenty, she was being bid in an elite club. She was taken there to be sold and included in an auction. Kidnapped at the age of five by her father from her wealthy known stepdad, she later questioned why he would sell her when she grew up. Could a father really sell his own child? For her father, the answer was yes. Pinalaki siya para pagkakitaan, but the man who bought her didn’t want her for just one night. He wanted her to be his lover—Lennox Montebello, the prince of the underground organization, dirty, dangerous, and dark.

Nelvie “Nels” Salsado grew up with her Lolo Niel and Lola Salvie. She’s not their real granddaughter since they found her in the midst of typhoon when she was a baby. They take care of her since then and decided to take the full responsibility of Nelvie. When Nelvie finished college, she immediately find a job not for herself but for the people who helped her. She wanted to gave them a peaceful life as a payment for taking care of her. Though her Lola Salvie always reminded her that she doesn’t need to do that. Since she was seven years old, the two explained to her that they are not her parents nor grandparents. Knowing that fact, Nelvie still wanted to give them a good life. When the job came to her, she grabbed it wholeheartedly. But when she didn’t she will met the heartless man named Chivan Diaz— her boss.

Harrison Cale Ellison - Don Ramon's grandson and the heir of his entire wealth. He is known as a cold-hearted businessman and mercy isn't part of his vocabulary- only power, control, and dominance. He's untouchable.... except when it comes to Psyche. Psyche Azalea Ellison - Don Ramon's adoptive granddaughter. She's a treasured princess of the old man and in a world where Harrison feared nothing...she was his only weakness. How long can they keep running from the truth burning inside them? Harrison - the man who spent years pretending she didn't exist, as if she were nothing but air in his world. And Psyche - the woman who hid in the shadows, too afraid to even meet his gaze, too scared of the storm he carried with him. And what if Psyche's childhood crush, Brent comes back- ready to make her fall in love again? But emotions like theirs...they don't stay buried forever. Eventually, the walls crack. And when they do - everything shatters.

Camelia Rose Rodriguez is a licensed architect yet her parents didn't see it as a huge achievement, only if she will marry her rich boyfriend. But when her boyfriend cheated her with her best friend, she wanted to break him up but her mother was desperate and don't want them to split up because of his wealth and power. Camelia was so tired to argue and deal petty things, so she went up to the club and tried to forget things but turns out she found herself sleeping with a stranger. Hindi niya maipagkailang na sa mga sandali ng gabing 'yon ay isa sa pinaka payapa at masayang nangyari sa buhay niya. With a chaos life she already has and a peaceful feeling she experience that night with a stranger, Camelia think it's like a cotton on blades experience. And then...they met, again.