Four Years Later

“I own you now.” He showed the agreement paper with her father’s signature. “Your father used you as collateral to pay his debt.” This statement left her stunned. *** David Cruz is a mafia lord, and he was searching for someone he could marry right away so he could have a son to inherit all his assets and follow in his footsteps. In the most unlikely places, he finds his perfect match. Mariane Ramos was working part-time in the bar when David Cruz noticed her. To force her hand, David approaches her father and offers to pay his debts in exchange for Mariane. Will she be able to get away from this situation? Or will she be forced to marry the mafia lord?

Lucien Valez, billionaire CEO of Valez International and secret money launderer for the world’s most dangerous cartels, isn’t used to mistakes. But when a cartel’s heiress, Elena Ramirez, vanishes with $20 million in product, Lucien needs leverage to save his own life. His solution? Kidnap Cassia Monroe, Elena’s quiet best friend from school. A gifted violinist with no ties to the criminal underworld, Cassia is suddenly pulled into a game where love and survival are equally dangerous.

Mariés depuis sept ans, Gabriel Fournier avait toujours été froid et distant envers Élise Roche, tandis qu'elle, inlassablement, lui souriait. Parce qu'elle l'aimait profondément. Parce qu'elle croyait qu'un jour, elle réussirait à réchauffer son cœur. Mais ce qu'elle a obtenu en retour, c'est qu'il est tombé éperdument amoureux d'une autre femme, lui offrant toute son attention et sa tendresse. Malgré tout, elle a continué à s'accrocher à leur mariage. Jusqu'au jour de son anniversaire. Après un long voyage pour le retrouver à l'étranger avec leur fille, elle a découvert qu'il était parti avec l'enfant accompagner cette autre femme, la laissant seule face à sa solitude. À cet instant, elle a enfin abandonné tout espoir. Voir la petite fille qu'elle a élevée appeler une autre femme « maman» ne lui a plus rien fait. Elle a donc rédigé l'accord de divorce, renoncé à la garde de l'enfant et s'en est allée sans un regard en arrière. Désormais, leur vie ne la concernait plus. Elle attendait simplement que les papiers du divorce soient finalisés. Abandonnant son rôle d'épouse, elle s'est consacrée entièrement à sa carrière. Celle que tout le monde méprisait autrefois a bâti en un clin d'œil un empire de plusieurs milliards. Mais alors qu'elle attendait son acte de divorce, celui-ci n'est jamais arrivé. Pire encore, l'homme qui ne voulait plus rentrer chez eux a commencé à le faire de plus en plus souvent, se montrant chaque jour plus proche et possessif. Lorsqu'il a appris qu'elle voulait divorcer, cet homme autrefois noble et indifférent l'a bloquée contre un mur et a déclaré d'un ton catégorique : « Divorcer ? Ça n'arrivera jamais.»

Synopsis: An arrogant CEO finds himself chasing his resigning collateral secretary and discovering his dark past. The pompous-ass young master, Connor Cater Vozinelik, is a versatile billionaire; who was shattered by a tremendous heartbreak from his brother’s boyfriend. His collateral secretary Paul Victoria is now resigning from sacrificing himself for the guilt he felt towards his friend. One night, he stumbled with his ex-sugar daddy, who is avenging from his swindle doings before. Paul’s is in trouble of losing his dignity and career from the threat of the notorious drug lord, Davon Davidson. However, there is only one way of rescuing himself from the burden, and it’s to sign the collateral husband’s contract. Paul Victoria falls from his billionaire’s trap. As day counts, both of them are slowly learning each other’s way and profound dark secrets. Will it give way for Connor to heal in the presence of Paul, or Connor would fall for another ache of heartbreak?

I was twelve when Henry Shaw took me home from the orphanage, gave me a new name, put me through school, and gave me a good life. Ten years later, his first love returned from abroad. Her name sounded like mine, and her face looked like a mirror image. I quickly realized I had been a stand-in all along. Crushing the diagnosis in my pocket, I decided that I was going to live the rest of my life for myself, even if I did not have much time left.

By six, Amelia had whipped up a six-dish dinner with soup—Chad Felton's favorites, of course. By seven, she'd prepped his bath, complete with rose petals and candles. By eight, his slippers were perfectly lined up by the door. At nine, Chad finally strolled in. Amelia stepped up, taking his suit jacket. "Eat first or bathe?" she asked, setting the slippers in front of him and hanging the jacket. "Bathe," he muttered, eyes glued to his phone.

After falling head over heels for Joe Smith for three years, I finally got the proposal I had been waiting for. However, on the day of our wedding, he did not show up until the wee hours of the morning. When I found him, Joe was drinking happily with a young girl in his arms. “I’m already tired of her clinginess. She’s a joke. Who else would want her?” Much later, he made me a wedding ring and proposed with my favorite jasmine flowers. But a muscular man opened the door instead. The man had two scratch marks on his neck and smirked at the disheveled Joe. “Isn’t it a bit too shameless of you to propose to a married woman?”

'Kelak, dia akan menjadi penguasa dua dunia!' 'Para tetua percaya bahwa dia memiliki kekuatan yang menakjubkan!' -------- Menceritakan anak muda yang bernama Amber Verbegens, dia menghabiskan waktunya demi berlatih seni bela diri bersama sang kakek. Dengan latihan berat yang di berikan kakeknya, Amber memiliki keterampilan yang membuatnya bisa maju ke tingkat yang lebih tinggi. Namun, kakeknya menemukan kekuatan di diri Amber. Siapa sangka, ada jiwa Monster yang terkurung di dalam tubuhnya. Jiwa Monster itu terus mengalirkan kekuatan yang luar biasa. Sementara, Amber yang menjadi wadahnya belum siap menampung kekuatan tersebut. Jika terus dibiarkan, maka dia akan hancur dengan diambil alih oleh jiwanya yang lain. Oleh karena itu, kakeknya mengirim Amber ke kota Reisen dengan tujuan memperkuat jiwa dan berlatih mengendalikan kekuatannya yang amat besar itu....

At six in the evening, Allen Bennett prepared a perfect dinner, with each dish carefully chosen to match Sarah Foster's preferences. By seven, he had run her bath, adding lavender essential oils and rose petals to the warm water, filling the bathroom with a calming fragrance. By eight, he placed her comfortable slippers by the entrance, awaiting her return. At nine, the front door finally opened. Sarah walked in, and Allen immediately went to greet her. With practiced grace, he helped her out of her coat and placed her slippers before her feet, then hung the coat in the entryway closet. Turning to her with a gentle smile, he asked, "Would you prefer to have your bath first or would you like to eat?"

My son is dead. He dies in a cramped toilet cubicle after having his skull smashed in. My husband, the school principal, arrives on the scene. The first thing he does is carry his true love's son, the one who killed my son, into an ambulance. They hurriedly leave. Before his death, my son tells me, "Don't cry, Mom. I'm not sad that Dad doesn't believe me. It's enough that you do…" I call Joshua Tucker during my son's funeral. He roars angrily, "Kenny had to get two stitches on his arm because of your son! If you keep pestering me like this, I'll beat him up when I get home!" My son? I look at the gaping hole in my son's head, the one that won't ever bleed anymore. I shut my eyes. Yes, he's my son. My son is dead, Joshua. From now on, there's nothing between us.