Fourth Sorrowful Mystery

“Three wives. Three funerals. And now… I’m his fourth bride.” Everyone says Dominic Sterling is cursed. His first three wives died mysteriously, one after the other. I never planned to be his next bride, but with my family drowning in debt, I had no choice. Now I’m trapped in his mansion, surrounded by secrets I don’t understand. The halls feel haunted by the women who came before me, the staff watch me too closely, and Dominic himself… he’s a man I can’t figure out. Cold one moment, protective the next. And just when my heart starts betraying me, falling for him, I realize the past isn’t as buried as I thought. Someone is watching me. Someone wants me gone. If I don’t uncover the truth soon, I’ll become the next Sterling bride to meet her funeral.

Isang dakilang nakatatandang kapatid kung ilarawan Celes ng maraming nakakakilala sa kanya bukod sa maraming sakripisyong ginawa niya upang mabigyan lamang ng magandang buhay at mapag-aral ang mga kapatid na halos makalimutan na niya ang sarili, lahat 'yon ay ginusto niya dahil sa pagmamahal niya sa mga ito. Ngunit isang pangyayari ang gumimbal sa kanya nang may isang pangyayari ang naghatid ng matinding takot sa kanya na maaaring nasa kapahamakan ang mga ito. Dahil doon ay nagmamadaling bumalik siya upang tiyakin ang kaligtasan ng mga ito nang mapag-alaman niyang ilang araw ng nawawala ang mga ito. Agad naman niyang hinanap ang mga ito hanggang sa napadpad siya sa isang malaking mansyon sa kanilang kabayanan. Sabi ng may-ari niyon ay hawak nito ang kanyang mga kapatid at hindi umano ibabalik kapag 'di niya sinunod ang gusto nito—na magpanggap siyang isa sa kanyang mga kapatid. Hanggang saan aabot ang pagsasakripisyo niya mabawi lamang ang mga kapatid, gayong kaakibat niyon ay lolokohin niya ang lalaking naiwan din noon sa Maynila?

Of the five boys who'd been raised to marry me, Lance Riverford was the one who hated me the most. And yet, he was the one I loved the most. Three times I was reborn, and three times I forced him to be my husband. Each time ended the same way—he and his childhood sweetheart killed me. When I opened my eyes for the fourth time and met that same look of loathing in his eyes, something inside me finally let go. I turned away and chose his rival, Jace Elden, as my husband instead. But at the wedding, Lance demanded with tears in his eyes, "Why did you choose someone else this time? Are you doing this just to spite me?" That was when I realized… he'd been reborn too.

Airin is known as a good girl in a village, she is a very devoted child to her parents. Airin never once denied anything her parents ordered. Including when they asked her to marry a wealthy immigrant in their village, Sir Sakha Januar Pradipta. Airin doesn't mind if he’s single, but the 33-year-old man already has 3 wives. Which means, Airin ... will be the fourth. But will it be that simple? Of course not. Because Airin refuses to be an oppressed woman. The character that she had been desperately hiding from people slowly began to emerge. Airin is not a good girl like they thought. She is cunning and manipulative, unfortunately no one notices it because of her innocent face. Except of course the honorable Mr. Sakha. In front of her husband, Airin could never hide anything. *** Written by Asia July. The cover was edited in Photoshop. Photo by Valery Sysoev from Unsplash.

This story bothers on a young girl who starved get husband, for many months, disallowing him to have sex with her, because she had a baby through a C-section. She was determined to stay without sex, also because of the trauma of loosing her baby, but so much for avoiding sex, after few months, she discovers she is with child. How did she get pregnant? Her husband never touched her, and she has no memory of having sex with anyone. She encountered so many insults and suffering still the mystery was not unraveled. Find out, who is the baby daddy.

How can someone fall in love when they don't even know who they are? At the age of ten, she was left at the orphanage without any recollection of who she was and where she came from. Twenty years later, Clara now the CEO of her own security company, SST, provides top-of-the-line security systems and technology that stamps out the competition. If only they could get the biggest shipping company in the country to upgrade their outdated system. But it seems that the CEO, Sebastian Colfer, will do everything to thwart their efforts. Or so it seems. Behind his icy demeanor, he has a hidden agenda. The mystery surrounding her appearance at the orphanage keeps her busy these days, and having somebody in her life is not part of her plan. ---=--- This book is purely fictional. Any similarities with people in real life are purely coincidental. ---=--- Sitting in the back seat of the car, Clara could feel the heat emanating from his body. His legs were spread out a little too wide, and they were rubbing against her outer thigh. She tried not to let it affect her, but his arm seemed to graze hers every time the car moved, and that unnerved her a little. They were sitting a little too close if you asked her. She tried to get away from him, as far as the space could allow, but her brother won't cooperate. He scolded her to stop squirming. She was just trying to find a comfortable position that would keep their body parts from touching. Sebastian was tormenting her and she's had enough, elbowing her brother she told him to switch places with her. ‘Are you scared of me?’ Sebastian whispered.

There's a little shop downstairs that sells organ soup. It's always packed with customers. People line up as if bewitched, eager for a bowl. I've often wondered what secret ingredient made their soup so irresistible. This afternoon, I finally found my answer. Floating in my bowl was a piece of human skin—inked with a tattoo I knew all too well. It was the one etched on my boyfriend's arm.

BLURB OF THE STORY Ang simpleng buhay ni Cassey ay biglang nagbago dahil sa isang aksidente. Pagkatapos niyang magising sa pagkaka-comatose ay nagkaroon siya ng partial amnesia. Hindi niya maalala ang mga nangyari bago siya naaksidente. Ngunit kasabay ng pagkakaroon niya ng amnesia ay ang pagkakaroon naman niya ng kakayahang makakita ng mga kaluluwa ng taong namayapa na. Dahil sa bagong kakayahan niyang iyon ay nakilala niya ang kaluluwa ng kamamatay pa lamang na artistang si Dindy Arevalo. Humingi ito sa kanya ng tulong na iparating niya sa fiance nitong si Marcus Monteverde na hindi ito nagpakamatay katulad ng pagkakaalam nito at muling pa-imbestigahan sa lalaki ang dahilan ng pagkamatay ng aktres. Dahil mahirap ang ipinapagawa ng kaluluwa ni Dindy kaya tinanggihan niya ito. Ngunit sa bandang huli ay nagdesisyong siyang tulungan ito dahil na rin sa walang tigil na pangungulit nito sa kanya. Pero paano niya sasabihin kay Marcus na nakikita at nakakausap niya ang fiancee nito at ang tungkol sa nais iparating ng babae dito nang hindi siya magmumukhang nababaliw sa mga mata ng binata? At ano ang gagawin niya ngayong nalalagay sa panganib ang buhay niya dahil sa ginagawa niyang pagtulong sa pagtuklas ng tunay na dahilan ng pagkamatay ni Dindy?

Seeing nothing but the bare self of a girl in his kitchen, his thought suddenly went blank, even her grumbling stomach couldn’t get to him. A strange nude girl in his kitchen was something he hadn’t thought he would see in the next hundred years. She was weird, her long unraveled reddish brown hair was covering her face. Her body held, different old and new scars . And when she lift her eyes to look at him. The eyes was something he hasn’t seen before burning in flames. And a mixture of gold and blue. In a flash it swipe to deep sea blue eyes. The mop stick he held fell from his hands, leaving his mouth ajar. “Who are you?” He thought a thief had sneak in here, probably a food thief in his kitchen, but he ended up seeing something else. And she blinked her long and full lashes at him. Innocently. “Who the hell, are you?” He asked, his eyes running up and down her naked body again. He gulped down an invisible lump on his throat. What’s he gonna do? Her stomach growls. And she whined, giving him pleading eyes. He suddenly felt his knee went weak. “What are you doing here?” Was this some kind of nightmare, or what the hell was it?

Harry Borison memiliki kepribadian perfeksionis, dingin dan angkuh. Dia merupakan direktur utama di Rank Group perusahaan yang begitu berpengaruh di Asia. Hingga pada akhirnya, dia dipertemukan dengan jodohnya salah satu karyawan di perusahaannya sendiri (Han Yura) sosok perempuan yang memiliki trauma masa lalu dan mengakibatkan timbulnya penyakit PTSD. Mereka memilih merahasiakan pernikahannya agar tidak ada nyawa yang melayang lagi dari tangan seorang wanita psikopat yang begitu menggilai sosok Harry. Bagaimana Yura harus menghadapi Harry yang berhati batu dan angkuh itu? Bagaimana dengan si wanita psikopat jika dia tahu kalau Harry sudah menikah? Apa dia juga akan membunuh Yura?