If The Shoe Fits

Out of the blue, I get a call from the Department of Labor. The officer tells me they received a complaint, accusing me of gender discrimination. Apparently, my treatment of the male and female employees is extremely unequal. I'm left feeling utterly bewildered. Out of compassion for my employees, I give the female employees paid leave during their periods and pregnancy. I also give the male employees the benefit of a family support allowance. I've never discriminated against anyone because of their gender, and neither have I ever mistreated any of the employees. But then, I proceed to see the social media post that has gone viral. "A certain company gives male employees an additional allowance of a thousand dollars a month! Male and female employees are given different treatment!" Having caught on right away, I call a staff meeting and announce, "All of the company benefits have been canceled. You will only receive the basic benefits listed in your employment contract." Everyone goes up in arms.

Even though she doesn't love Jacob, Daphne decides to wed him in order to get the money she needs for her grandmother's surgery. She was treated more like a servant than a wife, but she is powerless to change it because it was her decision. But because they both got wasted that evening, something happened between them, and the result was that she became pregnant. Given that she is aware of Jacob's lack of love for her, does their relationship still have a chance? How is she going to accept the fact that their union is based more on the advantages they would receive from one another than on their shared love? What if she developed feelings for Jacob but his ex-girlfriend showed up again?

Yuri's father calls and tells me to send his son, the Alpha heir and my childhood friend, home to meet his further mate. But Yuri Blevin is lying next to me, fast asleep and shirtless. Thinking it's just a joke, I nudge him and say with a light laugh, "Yuri, they said they've arranged a mate for you. What do you think?" He raises an eyebrow and lazily wraps an arm around my waist. "Then make sure you pick a nice suit for me. I trust your taste will impress her." When I freeze and say nothing, Yuri opens his eyes and lets out a carefree chuckle. "Hey, Ophelia, what kind of reaction is that? We're just casual lovers, right? Don't tell me you actually thought I'd make you my future Luna?"

After a long time away from his parents' home, he must return to see his sick mother. The problem is that he is forced to marry a girl. The thing is he's not interested with girls, luckily he have a best friend who would marry him for a contract. His best friend who’s apparently living with him for a while now.

A rich heiress molested him, a beggar, so he demanded compensation. “Marry me and I'll make you a billionaire,” she muttered arrogantly. But he suddenly showed up on an international broadcast and there, she found that he wasn't a beggar at all. A billionaire! Filthy Rich Billionaire!

With the return of his memories, my husband, Trevor Beaumont, recalled that he was the Alpha of a wolf pack. He walked away, leaving me with a ruby necklace as compensation. The jewel shimmered amid my sleep, and a tall, burly man stood before me. The compensation came with a hidden bonus after all. Later, I sent a message to my ex. “Thank you for your necklace. The guy inside comes in handy. “We’re getting married, and since you brought us together, we’d hope you can be the best man.” Trevor drove through the night to our wedding venue, veins popping out of his face as despair swallowed him. “Who the hell put the man inside the ruby?”

Ava believed she had escaped the life she was born into. Determined never to struggle the way her family once did, she made a choice early on: she would never marry for love, only for security. And when she met Ethan, a powerful billionaire CEO who chose her against all odds, it felt like everything had fallen perfectly into place. Despite his family’s disapproval and the conditions placed on their union, Ava built a life of luxury, stability, and status by his side. For six years, she believed she had won. Until the night of their anniversary. After an evening that feels like a dream, Ethan shatters everything with a single sentence: He wants a divorce. Blindsided and desperate, Ava refuses to accept it. Because losing Ethan doesn’t just mean the end of a marriage, it threatens the life she fought so hard to secure. The wealth. The comfort. The escape from a past she refuses to return to. But as Ava begins to question Ethan’s sudden decision, cracks start to appear beneath the surface of their seemingly perfect life. The man she thought she knew may be hiding more than just distance, and the truth could change everything. Now, caught between love, survival, and the fear of losing it all, Ava must decide how far she’s willing to go to hold on… Because in a world where love was never the plan, walking away might cost her everything.

WARNING: 18+ This story contains mature themes, explicit sexual content, strong language, and situations that are not suitable for readers under 18. Read at your own risk. *** When Noah Gonzaga moved into his mother’s new husband’s house, he never expected to gain a stepbrother who was clearly unwilling to welcome him. From the start, he already knew Kayden didn’t want him there. Noah hated this messed-up situation just as much as he did. If it weren’t for his mother, he would’ve never agreed to live under the same roof as him. However, he couldn’t just let his mom stay alone with a man she’d married after knowing him for six months. What he didn’t expect even more was to end up in Kayden’s bed one night, completely lost in the desire to be owned by him, forgetting entirely how much they loathed each other. They hated each other, yes, but they also hated how their bodies couldn’t resist each other’s desires, even when they knew it was wrong.

Ivan Carey, quiet and always keeping social interaction in school to a minimum, his plan of getting unnoticed is working until he comes across Nathan Calloway in one drunken night. Things lead to things and sexual tension kicks in. With neither boys wanting a rumor passing around, they each agree no one else will know but keeping it that way proves more of a challenge than expected. Can Nathan stick with the rules or has he met his match in Ivan?

One night, as I was making my way to the bathroom around 3 a.m., I saw my dormmate, Yvonne, squatting in front of our door. She was rearranging all our shoes so that their tips were pointed inward. I thought it was funny, so I rearranged them to have their tips pointed outward. The next day, I found that all of them had been positioned inward again. This kept happening for a week, and I continued to scramble things up, hiding the shoes, even, or tying the shoelaces together. But they always ended up being repositioned neatly inward. I started observing my dormmate and found her mumbling to the shoes while squatting at the door. I ranted about it online, only to have my first reply send chills down my spine. [Do you also get the weird feeling that something paranormal is happening around you? You have to move out before it’s too late!]