Duke Dennis Before Fame

In the quiet, watchful town of Willow Creek, nineteen-year-old Rihanna has learned that loving too loudly is dangerous. Once betrayed by her first love and turned into a subject of gossip, she has spent a year and a half building walls around her heart. She is vibrant, outspoken, and endlessly warm—but in a town that mistakes kindness for weakness, she is labeled as someone unworthy of being chosen. When a pandemic lockdown brings an unexpected message from Dennis, the wealthy boy she has admired from afar her entire life, Rihanna allows herself to hope again. What begins as playful late-night conversations and secret meetings soon grows into something far more fragile and intense. Dennis sees her in ways no one ever has—but he is also bound by fear, reputation, and a need for control that clashes with Rihanna’s free-spirited nature. As their connection deepens, Rihanna is forced into her own survival game: choosing between shrinking herself to fit someone else’s expectations or standing fully in who she is, even if it means losing love. When Dennis offers her only something casual, she must confront the truth about what she deserves—and whether she is willing to risk her heart again. *Almost Yours* is a story about emotional survival, self-worth, and the courage it takes to grow beyond heartbreak. In a world that demands women make themselves smaller to be loved, Rihanna’s journey asks a powerful question: when love returns, will she choose it—or herself?

When his father fires him with a threat to disinherit him if he doesn't marry the woman he has picked for him, Alexander Taylor makes a proposition to his personal assistant, Dennis Peteson to be his contract husband for a duration of one year after which Dennis would be paid $500 million dollars and they'd go their separate ways. The terms are simple and neither of them is gay so after one year they should be ready to go their separate ways. Or so they thought… However their path to a happy ending is laced by betrayal, scheming, conspiracy and all sorts of conflicts. Are they ready to fight together or will they go their separate ways when the one year mark is done?

I felt my heart tighten in my chest as I watched with horror, my fiancé and my best friend, having sex in the hotel. They were so engrossed and didn’t even care that they were half naked and anyone who cared, could see them from the glass wall of the building’s fourth floor. Sonia was pressed to the wall while Dennis worked her insides from behind. I couldn’t hear her moans but with every second that I imagined it, my heart sank heavily. Tears flooded my face as I flashed into the last two years of my life when I met Dennis. He was everything I wanted and more. Tall, handsome, broad shoulders and chest, I couldn’t stop drooling as he pulled me into a hug. For a moment there, my heart forgot how to beat, and the moment he smiled and introduced himself, I knew I was going to marry him. I had fallen hard in love with him. Freya decided to try love again after several heartbreaks, she thought Dennis was different but reality dawned on her when she caught him cheating with her best friend, Sonia, the same person who matchmade them in the first place. Actually, Dennis wasn’t cheating on her with Sonia, he was cheating on Sonia with her! The two have been dating for over five years, and she never knew. She was the third wheel in their relationship… What will happen now that Freya has found out? Find out in the story!

My childhood sweetheart who promised to marry me the moment I graduated proposed to Camille Willow, my sister, during my graduation ceremony. At that moment, Dennis Malcolm, the most eligible and admired bachelor in Blington City's elite circle, stepped forward and confessed his love for me immediately after my childhood sweetheart's proposal was accepted. For five years after our marriage, Dennis showered me with devotion, treating me with such tenderness that it felt as though I were the center of his world. But everything shattered the day I overheard a conversation between him and his close friend. "Dennis, now that Camille's on top, are you really going to keep pretending with Tracy?" "It doesn't matter. I'll never have Camille. Besides, as long as I'm here, she'll never disrupt Camille's happiness," he answered. The paper notes he held dear, each one carefully preserved, revealed a harsh truth. Each one carried her name, accompanied by heartfelt wishes: "May Camille be released from her burdens. May she find peace within herself." "May Camille achieve all she dreams of, and may her heart love freely." "Camille, we were never meant to be together in this life. I can only hope that in another, we will walk side by side." … Five years of devotion shattered in a single moment of clarity. I crafted a false identity and planned an elaborate drowning to vanish without a trace. From this day forward, in this life and all others, we shall never cross paths again.

Saras tidak pernah menyangka hidupnya akan berbalik arah begitu cepat. Dikhianati dan diceraikan saat mengandung, ia memilih menutup hati dan menjalani hari hanya bersama anak kecil yang menjadi dunianya. Hidupnya tenang, meski penuh luka yang tak terlihat. Luka masa lalu membuatnya menutup rapat pintu hati, terutama pada pria kaya yang selalu identik dengan kesombongan dan permainan kuasa. Hingga Dennis datang pengusaha dingin dengan rumah tangga di ambang kehancuran. Pria itu penuh luka, tapi kehadirannya perlahan menghangatkan ruang hati yang lama beku. Di antara keraguan dan trauma yang membelenggu, Saras harus memilih, tetap bertahan dengan dinding pertahanan yang ia bangun untuk melindungi dirinya dan anaknya, atau berani membuka hati pada Dennis, seorang pria yang terluka, namun mungkin bisa menghadirkan kebahagiaan baru.

Zaeia is an innocent girl who has only ever dreamed of a happy ending love story ascertained her fiance is having an affair with her sister before their wedding day. She was heartbroken, desiring to die because she realized her fairytale love story was nothing more than a charade. Her ex-boyfriend Duke from college spotted her drowning herself in a nightclub. He helped Zaeia, but Zaeia was drunk and didn't realize what she was doing. She passionately kissed him. That night, they had a romance. Zaeia's awareness of what they had done led her to travel to the United States. But later, found out she was expecting twins. After three years, she decided to return to the Philippines, only to find out that Duke was already married. Then, Adonis, her ex-fiance, pursues her again after his separation from Zaeia's sister. How will Zaeia handle such a situation? Will she give her fairytale love story a second chance? Or a complete family for her kids?

My husband Divorced me because I was poor. He cheated on me with his secretary and accused me of a crime I didn't commit. Three days after my Divorce, ten luxurious cars in a convoy, packed before me. "Miss Alexa Sullivan, you are the Duke's Daughter and the lost Heiress to the Sullivan Empire!" Now, that I am a billionaire, my aim is to make everyone who hurt me in the past suffer for their sin and make all of them go on their feet and worship Me!

Warning: Mature Content Trigger Warning: Trauma, Abuse (Not by the male lead), Psychological Alessandra Maximillan, the Young Duchess of one of the four duchies and a major political figure as well as a role model for both men and women, has nearly everything she desires in life. She is only eighteen years old, but she rose to prominence as the heir to Duke Albert Maximillan of the Maximillan duchy due to her charisma and ability. But she has a little secret and a simple wish. Alexander Terrence is the Duke of the Terrence duchy. He is known as the Mad Duke because it is said that he murdered his own parents in order to become Duke. Then, what will happen when Duke Alexander proposes a contract marriage to Alessandra? The cover is not mine. I found it on Google.

She shattered his heart. Now he holds the power to destroy her world. Selene Arguelles is everywhere—on billboards, magazine covers, and TV screens. To the world, she’s a star. But to Duke Sandoval, she’s the woman who betrayed him most unforgivably. But Duke is no longer the man she left behind. He is Duke Sandoval—the billionaire heir, cold, powerful, untouchable. No longer the poor, lovesick boy from Tondo. He’s stronger. Harder. Unbreakable. Now their paths are set to cross again. And this time, Duke will make sure Selene feels every ounce of the pain she once made him endure. Every lie. Every betrayal. Every wound she left on his soul—he’ll return it tenfold. Because he didn’t just walk away. He is the one who will leave her this time. And she’ll regret ever thinking she could break him. He is Duke Alessandro Sandoval, The Billionaire Heir.

Anaknya meninggal lalu suaminya membawa istri barunya. Mimpi buruk itu terus terpikirkan Achlys sampai dia masuk ke Kynleigh sebagai pelamar kerja dan bertemu Duke Julian yang dikenal tidak memiliki perasaan. Kebahagiaan itu hancur ketika mengetahui sang duke sama persis dengan suaminya di dalam mimpinya. Khawatir mimpinya akan menjadi kenyataan, dia mengundurkan diri tetapi sang duke justru tertarik padanya.