Ex Libris: Confessions Of A Common Reader

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?

|Excerpt| Iris was taking small steps to her husband's study. She had a medical file in her hand with tears in her eyes while she tightly gripped the file. Without knocking she entered the study to find her husband with a lawyer beside him. "Honey..", Iris started while looking down but was cut by a dark alluring voice. "Don't honey me you filthy women, just sign these divorce papers and take whatever you want and get out of my estate." Listening this Iris looked up and gasped as she looked in the dead eyes of her husband. | • | Iris Knight or now just Iris has been through alot in these past two years. Navigating her way since she got that report has been quite a task. Now broken beyond repair or as she believes she just lives without any hope... | • | Tristan Knight had it all money, power and most importantly the love of his life. But losing her due to some morphed photos have turned him into a ruthless and cold man with only goal being to find his flower... | • | So what will happen when Tristan and Iris finally after two years come face to face. Regrets, hatred, love, forgiveness, misery, happiness, sadness, hope, jealousy and trust; with so many emotion cruising what and who will win at what stake? With two most important question remaining like a mystery; What happened to Iris in the past two years and what was there in the file...

(Under Edits) Their life was a maze. From highschool sweethearts to business rivals, their journey continued till they were tied into a marriage. Oh, contract marriage to be exact. It didn't stop there. They fell in love again, deeply, hardly and madly. But as time passed they got tangled more and more into the maze of fate and that led them to an ugly separation. But they both have something precious with them that the other doesn't know about. What will happen when they will meet again after years with extreme hate for each other? They are determined to destroy the opposite person. But the hell will break when they will see what the other person has with them. Soon they found themselves among questions, hates, jealousy, confusion and danger. They got tangled in the web of maze. Again. But this time they are determined to get out of this maze. Together. But is it really a maze created by fate or someone has the string of their fates...? ___ "Luke? I am going to wash myself. And if possible wash this whole office. Athaliah Williams had come here and polluted this whole place." Aaron said to his assistant while giving Athaliah one last hateful look, he turned around to leave. "One minute, Aaron Knight, listen to me for a moment and listen carefully. If you don't stop messing with my life from now on, I will pollute your whole life in such a way that there will be darkness everywhere. And that's a promise." Athaliah warned in a cold tone returning the hate in full force.

“Do you really think you are worth being called my wife?” Julian asked, his voice laced with disgust. “All you do is spend my money like a spoiled brat! I’m way out of your league, Sydney. So stop hesitating and just sign the divorce papers!” —- Unknown to her husband, Sydney was the secret behind his success, but at the point when she needed him the most, he divorced her and left her for his first love, Ashley. Seeing how ungrateful her husband was, Sydney swore to take back everything from him. She will let him know that he was nothing without her!

Shortly after Sophia and Elijah's marriage, Sophia suffers a miscarriage and the treatment of Sophia by Elijah and his family deteriorates. Sophia meets Elijah at his office and his ex-girlfriend Serena, with whom he has an intimate relationship. The neglect of her husband, the abuse of her husband’s mom, the provocation of her rival, and the marriage born out of children rather than love all make Sophia feel suffocated and repressed. She couldn't stand it anymore. She was going to divorce him. After the divorce, Sophia goes abroad to study art, and on the way, she discovers that she is pregnant. Daniel, the senior she is studying with, takes good care of her, but at that moment she discovers that Elijah has followed her abroad.

"Mommy dan Daddy mau ke mana?" "Daddy dan Mommy akan bicara soal adik bayi dulu, Nak. BJ tunggu di sini. Oke?" "Oke, Daddyyy!" Xevia kian menarik cepat tangan Argon. "Apa maksudnya soal Jevon ingin punya adik? Kau tidak memengaruhi anak kita bukan?" Xevia langsung saja mencerca dengan pertanyaan, ketika mereka baru tiba di dalam kamar. "Tidak mungkin Jevon bisa punya ide un--" Xevia tak bisa melanjutkan ucapan karena Argon mendorongnya ke dinding. Lalu, mantan suaminya itu mengungkung dengan tubuh kokoh nan atletis. Xevia tidak bisa leluasa bergerak. "Aku sudah cukup bersabar selama ini, Xe. Aku tidak bisa menolerir lagi ketidakadilan yang aku terima." "Ketidakadilan apa yang kau maksud?” tanya Xevia kesal. "Ketidakadilan soal anak." Argon tetap mempertahankan seringai di wajah. "Setelah kita bercerai, kau bisa setiap hari dengan Jevon. Sedangkan aku? Hanya sendiri tanpa anak yang hidup bersamaku." "Aku ingin kau memberikanku seorang bayi lagi, Xe. Aku kira kita akan impas." Xevia membeliakkan mata lebar-lebar. "Apa yang kau mau? Bayi? Dariku? Bagaimana bisa?" "Kenapa tidak? Kau pernah mengandung anakku bukan? Tidak mustahil memberikanku satu bayi lagi." "Aku cuma ingin punya anak darimu, Xe. Aku tidak mau wanita lain. Apa kau bersedia satu kali lagi memberikanku seorang bayi?" imbuh Argon mantap. …………………… Walau sudah bercerai dengan Argon Davis, nyatanya perasaan Xevia untuk sang mantan suami masih ada. Begitu juga Argon yang hanya ingin mencintai Xevia sepanjang hidupnya. Perpisahan mereka bukan akhir bagi Argon, sebab sekembalinya Xevia ke California dengan anak mereka. Maka, kesempatan untuk bisa bersama Xevia terbuka lebar. Argon sudah menyiapkan beberapa trik kotor agar sang mantan istri mau menikah lagi dengannya. Argon yakin Xevia masih menyukainya. Sebab, wanita itu tak pernah menolak sentuhannya. Dan, ternyata mereka tetap cocok menjadi partner di ranjang. Setiap sentuhan terasa membakar untuk satu sama lain. Tak hanya kepuasaan tercipta, melainkan juga misi untuk menghasilkan seorang bayi. …………..

Faranisa Inara (27 th), wanita yang pernah dijadikan rahim penghasil anak oleh Keenan Dirgantara (29 th) memutuskan pergi setelah apa yang diinginkan Ken dapat ia berikan. Namun, kepergiannya dengan membawa sekeping hati Ken bersamanya memberikan keterpurukan bagi Ken dan Rachel Aulia—wanita yang dicintai suaminya. Seperti sebuah perahu yang berlayar di tengah samudra, dan tiba-tiba nahkodanya memutar kendali sampai seratus delapan puluh derajat. Ken berubah arah. Perasaannya tidak lagi tertuju pada Rachel. Lima tahun, dan mereka dipertemukan kembali … memberikan secercah harapan untuk Keenan bisa bersama Nara. Namun, sepertinya takdir ingin bermain-main dengan mereka. Nara sudah bersama Darren Mahendra (29 th) dan keduanya memiliki seorang putri kecil—Dara Mahendra (4th). Bagaimana kelanjutan kisah cinta segitiga antara Keenan, Nara dan Darren? Akankah Nara kembali pada Keenan demi sang buah hati, atau wanita ayu itu memilih menetap bersama Darren yang selalu ada untuknya? Dapatkan semua jawabannya hanya di 'Oh, My Ex!'

"Vaxel Jericho, do you take Clarissa Vicente to be your lawfully wedded wife, to live together in matrimony?" The priest asked. He bends to her ear, his face showing nothing but hate. "I vow to live together in hate, making you spend the rest of your life in agony and pain, and making you pay for the sins of your mother" he whispered to her ear. "To love her, to comfort her, to honor her and to cherish her?" "To hate you, punish you, to break you and get you fucked up" "In good health and in sickness, forsaking all others, until death do you part”? The priest asked. "In depression and in sickness, through tears and even at death we part not" his vows whisper to the ears of his bride. Fear written all over her face, she let the tear drop. This was just the beginning. ~~~ The war between both families, Vicente's and Jericho's, had started years before the heir's were born. Both families would never be seen in the same place at the same time, the mere mention of the name was a problem and caused a rise of anger. But something crazy happens and the heir and heiress of both families fall in love, as they say love happens. Falling in love was a crime and when both families find out about the little love affair between Vaxel and Clarissa the two are separated. Five years later, an accident occurs in Vaxel's welcome party, an accident that forces him to do the forbidden thing. He forcefully marries Clarissa in order to make her pay for the sin she never committed. The sins of her mother.

Mia, a breathtaking heiress, believed she had found true love until betrayal shattered her world. Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, she languished in prison, her heart hardened by years of longing and pain. Now, she’s back with a fiery hunger for revenge and a plan that involves seduction as much as strategy. Entering into a tantalizing contract marriage with a powerful and dangerously alluring businessman, Mia steps into a world where passion and peril intertwine. As she navigates this treacherous landscape, Mia finds herself ensnared in a game of desire and deceit, where every glance is charged with electric intensity and every touch ignites forbidden flames. Her nights are filled with dark, sensual encounters that blur the lines between ally and adversary, testing her resolve and awakening cravings she never knew existed. Will Mia’s quest for justice lead her to uncover the sinister secrets lurking in the shadows, or will she be consumed by the erotic power plays that threaten to unravel her? “Love, Lies, and Revenge” is a provocative tale of betrayal, resilience, and the ultimate quest for redemption, where love and lust collide in a tempest of emotion and desire.

On her wedding anniversary, Brielle plans on gifting her husband, Alpha Argon, a news on her pregnancy. But she's left shattered when she found Argon proposing to his first lover, Estelle, a super model and daughter of Alpha Deron from Red Wood pack. Argon rejects Brielle for his first love. He and Estelle don't hesitate to mock her for being wolfless and a burden with no family. When she planned to hide the news of her pregnancy, a curious Estelle fishes out the report, shocking Argon with the news. Brielle thinks the goddess would mend her broken relationship, but her whole world came crumbling when Argon and Estelle pushed her down the stairs, resulting to her miscarriage. Broken, she receives a divorce letter from Argon, giving her twenty four hours to sign and leave. In her pains, something was awoken in Brielle. Something rare and deadly. "Don't sign it, Brielle. That's not the way of the IVYs. Make them pay." Her eyes glowed green.