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In my dormitory, there was a poor student. With all the good intentions in the world, my roommates and I were eager to help her, not realizing how much our help would cost. She wasn't impressed by the hairdryer we offered, insisting on borrowing a branded one instead. The skincare products we gave her? They were applied to her feet. And, as if that wasn't enough, she specifically demanded luxury face cream. One day, I lent her my tablet to look up some information, and to my surprise, she secretly opened up my gaming app, spent all the diamonds and reward tickets I had saved for half a year, and left me empty-handed. When I asked her to pay me back, she turned the tables and posted a public message online, accusing me. "I'm just a poor student from the countryside, never played games before. Are the materials in the game really worth this much?" Before I knew it, the comment section was flooded with criticisms of me. In a fit of frustration, I fired back with a post of my own, throwing her into the spotlight. "Well, I suppose you've never tasted the bitterness of being cyberbullied, have you?"

Fayalite and Forsterite were the royal twins of the red foxes clan who got separated when their mother cast a spell on Fayalite's lover, Arsen. To break the spell, Fayalite went to the human realm to search for the human vessel of Arsen's soul. She, then, became a CEO's fake wife in order to widen her search and return to the immortal realm as soon as possible. Never did she know that during her absence, Oliviland fell into destruction and left Forsterite as the lone survivor. Using her remaining power, Forsterite transported herself into the human world to escape and find her sister. This depleted most of her strength causing her to lose consciousness. When she woke up, she found herself involved with several troubles that involved the mafia boss, Lansford Briar, who found her when she was unconscious. Due to some circumstances, the two made a deal wherein they would help each other reach their personal goals. But when a misunderstanding between them arouse, Lansford abandoned the fox princess. With the fear of the twins’ identities being revealed to the public and the danger that the Silver Foxes brought about, the princesses were faced with a dilemma that would either let them live or perish.

Traded off by her brother, Alpha Darren, who took a loan from the Twin Alphas, Daniel and Marcus, Lila went from daughter of Alpha parents to breeder over night. Her pleas were ignored and her opinion forced to die in a dungeon, Lila had no choice to but to agree to the terms her brother had set. However, on the first night, everything goes wrong. The kings mate her as their mate, but then the very next morning , the mark disappears. The curse makes Lila belong to no one but the brothers knew one thing, they wanted her, curse or no curse. However, their hidden relationship soon became public news, with Lila suddenly becoming the villain in her own story. Bonds are shattered , hearts are broken and revenge becomes the fuel Lila needed to claim back what had always been hers from the beginning. But soon she is stunned by two shocking facts: a child growing in her, and her wolf being tied to the two men she hates. Lila needs to go back to the only men who can destroy her curse in order to save her unborn son and herself though it may cost everything. Since the Nine-Tailed Luna was not designed to kneel. She was meant to rule.

Alia becomes a single mother of twins at the age of 18 after a one night stand with a mysterious transfer student she never meets again and has no memory of . When she turns 25 , her family decides to marry her off to Drew Jacobs , A business partner who sees the marriage as one of duty because of his father’s close relationship with Alia’s Alia is separated from her kids to be Drew’s wife and she tries her best to please him so he can accept her kids as his and she gets to live together with them again but Drew makes her life, her plan and even the marriage unbearable. He treats her like she is invisible ,he only plays husband in public but in private , she’s like a furniture in his house. It gets worse when a mysterious woman from his past comes to the picture and after two years of trying to make the marriage work, he divorces Alia and Engages his lover Alia disappears for 365 days but after Drew makes a shocking discovery, He must find Alia and her twins and he wants her back but what if another man has met him to the game ?

This story was about my bitter and sweet love story. My bitter-sweet love story began when I was twelve years old. I had a huge crush on my neighbor, Dean Samaniego. He's tall, handsome, and smart but a little bit aloof, especially to me. He always ignored me though we were just neighbors. After six long years of having a crush on Dean, I finally decided to give up my feelings for him. The fact finally hits on me, that no matter what I did he's not going to like me back. We moved to another city after a tragedy falls on my family. Since then, Dean and I have never met again. But after ten long years, we finally meet each other. He is now a lawyer, a well-known and successful public defender while I'm just a small coffee shop owner. After I met him again I realized that I still liked him a lot, but I found out that he's already engaged to someone else. Is this a second chance that God gave me to pursue Dean again or a second chance for me to feel the heartache that I once was felt before?

My sister's best friend borrowed 20 thousand from me, saying it was for her mother's medical bills. As a cop, I lent it to her. I figured if I could help, I should. When it was time to pay me back, she didn't return a cent. Instead, she showed up at my precinct holding a baby and accused me of indecent assaults. After a paternity test, the baby turned out to be mine. She went on livestreams, crying about how I broke the law despite being a police officer. She used the scandal to make herself famous. The force treated me like a disgrace and fired me. I tried to explain, but no one believed me. I went from a model officer to a criminal overnight. My parents were cyberbullied; with nowhere left to turn, they both drowned themselves. My wife was also beaten in the street. She suffered a miscarriage from the attack and died from massive blood loss. As for my sister, guilt drove her insane; she was hospitalized before vanishing from the public eye. After my family fell apart, I hanged myself one night. Then I opened my eyes again. I'd been reborn. Facing my sister's evil friend, I vowed to fight back.

Ce livre est pour un public averti, histoires érotiques et explicites : Matteo, un artiste tourmenté, et Chiara, promise à un autre homme, se rencontrent lors d'un carnaval à Venise. Leurs regards se croisent dans la foule et, en un instant, le monde autour d'eux s'efface. Une passion immédiate et dévorante les embrase. Ils vivent une liaison clandestine, faite de rendez-vous volés dans des palais décrépis et de nuits brûlantes. Chaque moment est vécu avec une urgence désespérée, comme s'ils pressentaient la fin. Leurs étreintes sont des réponses silencieuses à l'impossibilité de leur amour. L'obstacle est là, implacable : la famille de Chiara et son fiancé, Alessandro, un homme puissant. Quand leur secret est découvert, la pression devient insoutenable. Déchirée, Chiara doit choisir entre son devoir et la passion qui la consume. Dans un ultime élan, Matteo tente de la convaincre de tout quitter.

It has been fifty-five days since my fiancé cut me off. I called off the wedding I'd waited eight long years for. All while he was caring for his childhood sweetheart, who was battling depression and seeking peace at a remote retreat. He even had the historic chapel—a local landmark called the Aethelred Sanctuary—closed to the public for six months because of her. And me? I was left to face the swarming reporters, hounded from one place to the next until I had nowhere left to hide—all because he disappeared without a word. Out of options, I went to the retreat to find him. But he turned me away, saying I would disturb the quiet and sanctity of the place. In the bitter cold of deep winter, I collapsed outside the gates, barely holding on. When I woke, I saw him—Jonathan—planting an entire garden of roses on the grounds, every bloom a declaration of love. Six months later, he finally left and returned home with his childhood sweetheart. The roses they had planted now filled what was supposed to be our wedding venue, from floor to ceiling. I watched them, cold and unmoved. What he didn't know was this—I was already engaged to someone else.

An embarrassing incident took place on Jaylene’s Hall Of Vintage Collection opening day. While his grandmother was giving her appreciation speech with a proud smile on her face and was about to name Jaylene the next CEO. The light goes off and reappears with a sex video of him and his boyfriend displayed in the background. Jaylene was moaning and begging to be fucked by Lucas, his boyfriend. A public humiliation that left everyone gasping with disbelief. One night, one turn of events. His dream to become the next CEO is cut short as his grandmother had a heart attack and goes into a coma. Meanwhile, Alpha Rowan has been watching Jaylene from afar but he doesn’t go close to him. Not because he was an obsessed stalker, but because of his life destiny. On his coming of age, just like any other born of The Moon Valley Pack. He received his own fate and he is destined to find his fated mate but he can’t go close to him. He found Jaylene and decided to stay away from him and stay in the path of his destiny. Except, on that eventful day, when he had no other choices but to save Jaylene’s life from the crushing car accident by marking him which is highly forbidden.

The story of a bastard prince turned Alpha King and his fake mate. To the world, it’s a fairytale of a prince and a maid. In reality, it’s a sham. Killian is known as the bastard prince, a murderer believed to have killed his brother for the throne. Cold and merciless, Killian firmly believes only fools love but on a whim, he announces a random maid as his mate to avoid a political marriage. Then his beliefs begin to change. Carrot is fleeing her abusive mate who, not only rejected her, but also tried to kill her and then sold her off to an old, perverted Alpha. She runs to the capital and renames herself Amethyst. Working as a palace maid, she is scrubbing the ground one day when the Alpha Prince takes one look at her and declares her his mate. A lie. In public, Killian dotes on Amethyst but in private, he ignores her existence. He crowns her as his queen and they continue their fake relationship until their lies unravel as the truth. They are true mates. Can Amethyst open her heart to a man who disregarded her from the start? They may be true mates but with a woman deadset on having Killian, a disgraced dowager queen determined to avenge her son and the awakening of Amethyst’s hybrid powers, how long can their relationship last?