Gotham Valerie Vale

(21+) Zane melangkah pelan ke arah ranjang. Matanya tajam. “Bukankah aku sudah memperingati mu tadi agar kau melayaniku baik-baik? Tapi apa? Kau terlalu angkuh. Angkuh karena sudah tidur dengan Belvan. Apa kau pikir aku tidak sekuat Belvan di ranjang?" Ia berhenti satu meter dari Valerie. “Menolak aku dua kali, tapi begitu mudah tidur dengan Belvan?” “Tidur dengan tuan Belvan? Saya tidak pernah melakukan itu.”Valerie sampai melengos mendengar perkataan Zane. Bagaimana bisa Zane punya pikiran sepicik itu tentang dirinya. “Bohong,” sahut Zane dingin. “Kau hanya perlu melayaniku malam ini. Ambil uang yang ku beri, dan pergi jauh sebelum Belvan kembali dari Kanada. Valerie menegakkan dagunya."Tuan Zane... dengar kan aku baik-baik. Aku tidak menjual tubuhku. Tidak padamu! Tidak pada tuan Belvan! Dan tidak pada siapapun! Jadi koreksi semua isi kepala mu tentang aku! " Pekik Valerie, muak Zane semakin menghinamu. "Sungguh kau ingin memainkan permainan ini, Valerie? Haruskah aku mengecek sendiri dengan keperkasaan ku kau itu perawan atau tidak? ” Nada suaranya seperti silet. Dengan gerakan kasar, Zane membalikkan tubuhnya. Tangan besarnya menekan punggung Valerie, sementara yang lain meraba tali pengikat. "Kita akan buktikan." Bibirnya menyentuh telinga Valerie, setiap kata dihantarkan dengan getaran yang mengalir langsung ke pangkal pahanya. "Kau itu benar-benar suci atau cuma pura-pura." Kulit Valerie merinding. Bukan hanya dari ketakutan—tapi dari aliran listrik yang menyebar setiap kali nafas Zane menyentuh lehernya. Schlik! Blus belakangnya robek, kulit putihnya tersingkap perlahan seperti hadiah yang dibuka dengan penuh nafsu. "Ternyata..." Jari Zane menelusuri tulang punggungnya, mengikuti lekukannya seperti membaca peta dosa. "...kau menyimpan ini semua di balik kemeja ketatmu."

On New Year’s Eve, a poolside party was held at the hospital. There, my fiancee Valerie Charlton’s medical prodigy junior colleague, Cyrus Zeigler, drew the wildcard in a party game. His task was to select a woman from the attendees and enact an explicit scene in front of everyone. He scanned the crowd, and his gaze landed on Valerie. “Valerie, you’re about to get married. I know I can’t have you. So let me have this one time. Okay?” Valerie’s eyes welled up, and she was about to nod. I scoffed and tossed the unsigned medical equipment purchase contract onto the table. “You’d better think carefully. Either he gets lost, or your family’s hospital shuts down for good. Your choice.” Cyrus glared at me angrily when he saw that Valerie was torn with indecision. “Is it that Mr. Everest can’t take a joke? He’s already controlling everything you do before the wedding. After you get married, he’ll probably keep you in a cage.” Valerie calmed down. Then, she turned to me and said scornfully, “You are a grown man. Have some grace. What era are we living in? Do you have to flaunt your masculinity all the time?” I watched calmly as they walked toward the pool. Then, I turned and made a phone call. “Since she doesn’t care about this marriage, she can watch the Charlton family crumble.”

He knocked once. She opened the door. Nothing has been the same since. Maya has spent the last two years learning how to breathe again. After surviving a violent relationship that shattered her from the inside out, all she wants is silence. Safety. Control. But when a new tenant moves in next door, her carefully rebuilt life begins to unravel. Elias Graves is tall, quiet, and just out of prison. No past. No apologies. No promises. He doesn’t ask for anything. He just watches. And when Maya leaves her door unlocked one night, he walks in. What begins as a collision of need and heat quickly spirals into something darker, something Maya swore she would never want again. He gives her the pain she craves and the pleasure she hates herself for needing. But secrets live between their bodies, and some doors—once opened—won’t ever close again. This is not a love story. It’s a story about addiction. About survival. About surrendering to a man who might just ruin her… or finally teach her how to survive the fire.

Three years of marriage. Three years of hell, humiliation, and being compared to a ghost. To Alexander Hale, the ruthless CEO feared by all Abigail was never a wife, only a woman that desperately wanted her best friends lover. He didn’t know that Abigail was the real pen pal who healed him with her letters... the same woman whose heart he crushed beneath his arrogance. Until the night she vanished. Declared dead after a brutal car accident, Abigail left behind only her wedding ring and a diary that shattered every illusion Alexander ever had. But fate is far from finished. Months later, Alexander attends his cousin’s wedding, only to see his dead ex-wife again. Alive. Pregnant. And standing beside another man.

Celeste Ashveil was never meant to be Luna, everyone made sure she knew it. So when her fated mate rejects her before the entire pack, she doesn’t break, she disappears. One reckless night at Moonfall changes everything. Behind a mask, she meets a stranger who doesn’t see weakness but only fire. For the first time, Celeste felt powerful. Then he destroys her world. Two days later, her pack lies in ashes… and the stranger returns as Kaelan Draven—the ruthless Alpha of Ravencrest, her enemy… and her mate. But Celeste refuses to bow. In front of his entire court, she rejects him. An Alpha has never been denied. Not like this. Kaelan didn’t punish her. Because the bond between them isn’t the only thing that shouldn’t exist. The war between their packs is built on a lie buried for generations and Celeste, the girl no one chose, may be the one destined to unravel it. Even if it destroys them both.

Carol has harbored a forbidden obsession with Mr. Rich for as long as she can remember—a desire so intense it consumes her thoughts and fuels fantasies she could never confess. He's older, unavailable, and completely off-limits. But none of that diminishes the magnetic pull she feels every time they're in the same room. The problem? Kate—her best friend since childhood—is Mr. Rich's daughter. Carol is trapped in an impossible situation. Every visit to Kate's house is torture and temptation wrapped into one. Every casual conversation with Mr. Rich sends her imagination spiraling. She knows what she wants, but the cost of pursuing it could destroy the most important friendship she has. The questions multiply in her mind: What would happen if she finally made her move? Would Mr. Rich be horrified, intrigued, or something she hasn't even considered? And Kate—would she ever forgive such a betrayal? Could their friendship survive Carol crossing this ultimate boundary? Carol stands at a precipice between desire and loyalty, between the fantasy she's nurtured for years and the real-world consequences that would follow. She knows she should walk away, bury these feelings, and preserve what matters most. But obsession doesn't obey logic or morality. As the tension builds, Carol must answer the question that haunts her every waking moment: does she care enough to stop herself—or is the risk of losing everything worth one chance at getting what she's always wanted?

Freshly 21 and free from her father’s clutches, Rae Buxton lands her first big girl job as a CEO’s assistant. But on her very first day she runs into a problem…she’s already fallen into bed with her new boss! Caleb Wolfe is hot, moody, and a perpetual bachelor. Accidentally sleeping with his newly hired PA wasn’t in his grand plan…and neither was this budding obsession with her.

For seven months, billionaire heir Donovan Knight has been obsessed with one woman: Scarlet Rose, the mysterious dancer who performs at the city's most exclusive club. He's offered her champagne, his penthouse, enough money to buy the entire venue, she won't even look at him twice. Then one night, riding home from a performance, Harper Monroe crashes her bicycle directly into him. Donovan takes one look at her oversized glasses, frizzy wig, and unfortunate mole, and tells her brutally that she's not his type. Harper, who is actually Scarlet Rose in disguise, tells him he's an arrogant jerk and rides away. Days later, their meddling mothers arrange a marriage between them. Donovan is horrified. Of all the women in the city, he's being forced to marry the plain, boring girl who insulted him. Harper is equally disgusted, she's being pushed into marriage with the shallow playboy who's been harassing her alter ego for months. They agree to a marriage in name only. Separate lives. Separate bedrooms. No emotions involved.

When my father asked me to choose between the two Lewis brothers I had grown up with to get married to, I chose Joseph Lewis. He was the man I had secretly loved for 13 years. But on the day of our wedding, his stepsister, Jessica Lewis, leaped off the rooftop of the hotel. She left behind a letter written in blood, blessing Joseph and me with a lifetime of love and happiness. It was only then that I learned that the two of them had been secretly in love for years. At the wedding, Joseph lost control in front of everyone, declaring that he would no longer be concerned with any worldly affairs. I was left standing helplessly in place. For the rest of his life, he lived in guilt, keeping vigil beside Jessica's grave. I resented his deceit, yet stubbornly clung to our marriage, and we tormented each other for years. This went on until we were kidnapped one day. To save me, he perished together with the kidnappers. Before he died, he looked at me and said, "Evelyn, it was wrong of me to keep it from you. But now that both Jessica and I are gone, that should settle the debt, shouldn't it? If there's a next time, don't choose me again." Then, I reopen my eyes to see that I have returned to the day when my father asked me to choose my fiance. This time, I will firmly choose his elder brother, Theodore Lewis.

He slid the divorce papers across the table like I was nothing. Three years of marriage, three years of me thinking he loved me, gone because his first love was back. I walked away pregnant, alone, disappearing from his life without a trace. Years later, I raised my son, I've built my life from scratch, away from him, Until my estranged father dies. Sudden, I'm the heiress to a multi- billion-dollar empire. He learns about it, and now he's sorry, wants me back, and our son, realizing too late what he lost. But I didn't owe him. Not my heart. Not my son. Not my life. Then Maxwell Kingston appears with a deal I can't refuse: a contract to protect my son, secure my empire, and put a claim on me in ways I've never expected. Every look, every word, every touch sets me on fire. Now I'm stuck between the man begging for redemption and the one who already owns me. So who do I choose before everything I've fought so hard for burns to ashes?