June First

I thought my life was sorted. I have a sweet fiancé Marcus, a cozy apartment and my wedding Pinterest board on lock. As The classic good girl, I saved myself for marriage, never gave anyone trouble and always made safe choices. That was until I met Marcus’ dad Victor. He is tall, suave and deliciously charming. Everything about him turns me on without trying. Just one handshake and my body lit up like fireworks. I panicked and told myself it was hormones. I avoided him like a plague and even gave Marcus my virginity few months to our wedding but it didn’t work. One girls’ night and one weird-tasting drink, I find myself in his bed begging like I’d lost my mind while he ruins me for his son. Now I dream him every night while Marcus snores beside me like nothing’s changed. He has no idea I’m picturing his father when he touches me and that it’s his dad’s name I’m biting back when I come. I tell myself in the mirror every morning:
“Stop! You’re not this person.” But the second we’re in the same room? My willpower cracks. This isn’t cute at all. It’s messy, embarrassing and terrifying.
 The safest choice feels lonelier every day and the dangerous one feels like I’m finally breathing. What am I to do when the person I’m supposed to marry isn’t the one setting my body on fire and the one who is happens to be the last man I’m allowed to want? How long can I keep this affair hidden from Marcus when the wedding is so close and Victor is determined to have not just my body?

결혼 3주년 기념일. 선우는 아내에게 ‘Love Sara’라는 이름이 새겨진 다이아몬드 목걸이를 선물했다. 언론 앞에서, 지인들 앞에서, 그리고 세상 모두가 보는 앞에서 그는 사랑을 과시했다. 사람들은 로맨틱하다며 감탄했고, SNS에는 ‘완벽한 부부’라는 말이 넘쳐났다. 하지만 그날 밤, 텅 빈 집에 혼자 앉아 있던 사라는 전혀 다른 장면을 보고 있었다. 낯선 번호로 도착한 사진 한 장. 선우의 새 비서, 혜영이 그 ‘Love Sara’ 목걸이를 목에 걸고 있었다. 그리고 그녀는 선우의 품에 깊이 안겨 있었다. 목걸이는 여전히 반짝이고 있었지만, 사랑은 아니었다. 3년 동안 사라는 완벽한 아내였다. 조용했고, 순종적이었고, 남편의 체면을 세워주는 데 단 한 번도 소홀하지 않았다. 그 대가로 받은 건 배신이었다. 시어머니의 노골적인 모욕, 그리고 선우의 뻔뻔한 변명. “그건 그냥 신체적인 욕구일 뿐이야. 사랑은 여전히 너한테 있어.” 그는 진심으로 그렇게 말하고 있었다. 사라가 도망칠 수 없다고 믿었다. 천문학적인 병원비로 연명하고 있는 그녀의 아버지, 그 약점 하나면 충분하다고 생각했다. 그는 사라가 모욕을 삼키고, 심지어는 불륜녀의 아이까지 품어줄 거라고 확신했다. 완벽한 아내니까. 하지만 그는 틀렸다. 사라는 조용히 움직였다. 저택을 처분하고, 증거를 수집하고, 반박 불가한 외도 자료를 손에 넣었다. 그리고 돌아섰다. 앞치마 대신 흰 가운을 입었다. 주방 대신 실험실로 향했다. 하룻밤 사이, 그녀는 업계를 놀라게 한 최상위 제약 연구원으로 돌아왔다. 과거 그녀가 포기했던 재능은 여전히 살아 있었다. 아니, 더 날카로워져 있었다. 늦은 후회와 붉게 충혈된 눈으로 매달리던 선우는 차갑게 변한 전처를 다시 붙잡으려 했다. 하지만 그가 본 건 전혀 다른 장면이었다. 얼음처럼 냉정해진 사라가 자신의 작은 아버지, 현진의 품에 조용히 안겨 있었다. 늘 냉담하고 고고하던 그 남자 현진은 조카를 내려다보며 천천히 입을 열었다. 목소리는 낮았고, 위험할 만큼 차분했다. “뭐라고 불렀지?” 잠시 멈춘 뒤, 시선이 더 차갑게 내려앉았다. “아내? 그 말 취소해.” 그는 한쪽 입꼬리를 비틀었다. “이제 ‘숙모’라고 불러.”

I secretly married my husband for six years, and then his first love came back. I decide to leave with my child and let his first love take her rightful place.

I'd just put the condom on when someone started pounding on the door. My wife, Jocelyn Gill, shoved me aside, panic all over her face. I shot a glare at the door. Her adopted brother, Calvin Tyler, stood there, flushed, staring at her. The bulge in his pants wasn't subtle. "Jocelyn, please help me. I feel awful. I think I'm having an episode!" Seeing him like that, nothing like before, my temper snapped. "Then go get treated. Why are you barging into your sister's room? You got no shame? You can't even get married because of this, so now you're wrecking mine?" Jocelyn rushed over and slapped me. "Finley, how can you say that? Calvin's still a kid. How could he think something that disgusting? Before his parents died, they asked me to take care of him. I'm a psychiatrist—if I don't treat him, how do I face them? You're acting nothing like a brother-in-law. Apologize to Calvin right now, or we're getting divorced!" In two years of marriage, I'd lost count of how many times she'd pulled that card over Calvin. Back then, I'd risked my life just to win her. She thought I'd never leave. She was wrong. This time, I was done loving her.

The first time I shared a bed with a man, it was with my best friend. The next morning, he kissed me secretly and promised to take responsibility for me in the future.

A tale of two souls, intertwined by fate: One soul, cloaked with isolation and grief, was a solitary figure who struggles to connect with others. The other soul has a heart hardened against the possibility of love. Florence “Flo” Emry, now twenty-one, has retreated into a life of solitude following a traumatic car accident that occurred when she was sixteen. It changed her life forever. The accident left her completely deaf in one ear and partially deaf in the other as she needs hearing aid for it. She was devastated when she found out that she became disabled, but she was more broken when she also found out that she had tragically lost her parents and older brother in only one night. Feeling abandoned and worthless, Florence, who was filled with debt from her student loan, has become deeply disappointed and resentful towards herself, seeing herself as a useless human being. One fateful day, a chance encounter with a mysterious man named Zacchaeus “Chaos” Spencer Battenkurt the filthy rich billionaire playboy, 26 years old, turned her life upside down. This charismatic, very polite and respectful man, seemingly ordinary, was actually hiding a deep dark secret. These two souls, so different yet intertwined by fate, must navigate their own internal struggles while also confronting the challenges of their external world. But the question remains: Will they be able to break down their barriers and find solace in each other’s company or will their differences prove to be insurmountable obstacles?

He is my protector, my guardian, my best friend, but what Nathan does not know is that he is also my crush, the love of my life. I have lived in the shadow of my older best friend for so long, the handsome, and ruthless playboy, king of the streets. I have watched him break several women's hearts, using them and dumping them like they don't matter. He calls me his sweet Angel, the only pure thing in his dark world. He does not believe he is capable of loving me the way I deserve to be loved, but I would show Nathan that deep down, he still has a beating heart. Would I find the courage to show him my heart already beats for him? I am VERA.

Xavier Storm was a man who thrived on control. Ruthless in business and merciless in vengeance, he knew exactly where to strike to bring an enemy to their knees. And Marie Lockwood was the perfect target. A seductress, a spy, a woman who played with fire and never got burned—until now. She had destroyed his best friend, and for that, Xavier would make her suffer. But Marie was not the villain he thought she was. Framed by the very man she served, she had become the fall girl for crimes she didn’t commit. Betrayed, hunted, and trapped in a game she never wanted to play, she vowed that no man would ever see her break. Not even Xavier Storm. He wanted revenge, but she wouldn’t beg. He wanted to break her, but she knew how to endure pain. What neither of them expected was the fire that ignited between them, a dark and all-consuming obsession that blurred the lines between hatred and desire. The deeper Xavier dug, the more Marie’s mask began to crack, and with every secret he uncovered, he realized he had miscalculated. Because in shattering her, he was unraveling himself. And by the time the truth came to light, he would have to face the one thing he never saw coming— that he had fallen for her.

My breath caught in my throat as Roman’s finger grazed my chin, “I want you,” he whispers, “All of you,” I watched as his eyes flickered to my lips and back up to meet my gaze, “You are my brother Ronan,” I swallowed. “Stepbrother,” he drew closer, this time his breath was hot on my face. “This is wrong,” I managed to say, struggling to hide how obsessed I had become with his touch. His lips drew to mine, “Stop me if you don't want this, and I'll leave you alone,” he said and his lips pinned mine between his, sucking aggressively like he had been hungry for this. I didn't pull away, I didn't care, “Oh…,” I mumbled against his lips as I wrapped my arms around my stepbrother's neck. ~~~~~~ June Rourke’s life changes overnight when her mother marries powerful billionaire Victor Grayson. Forced to leave her old life behind, June transfers to an elite college she never wanted. On her first day, she clashes with a rude, arrogant boy, Ronan Grayson, only to discover hours later that he is her new stepbrother. Living under the same roof, tension builds quickly between them, turning every encounter into a battle. When a school project takes June and Ronan on a three-day trip, their hatred shifts into something neither of them expects. A single kiss changes everything, pulling them into a secret, forbidden relationship filled with tension and desire.

I was once the best undercover agent in the police force. But during the final raid of my career, I was betrayed and killed by my husband's first crush. From that moment on, the world believed I was a traitor. My name, my honor, everything I had fought for, was erased. Now, even in death, I watched as they lived the life they stole from me. And I was left with one burning question: how had I ever fallen so far?