Kabanata 39 Noli Me Tangere

He married her for the throne. She’s done waiting to be his queen. Gavin Hugh has it all, power, money, control. The only thing standing between him and the CEO title of his family empire is one condition: marriage. So he agrees to marry Arianna Owen, a stunning model and the daughter of his father’s best friend. But Gavin has rules: No love. No feelings. No touching. For five long years, Arianna obeyed. She wore the ring. She smiled in public. She slept alone. Until one day… she decides she’s done being invisible. Now, she’s using everything she’s got her body, her charm, her irresistible touch to seduce the man who’s always kept her at arm’s length. But Gavin’s resolve is shattering fast. The more she teases, the more he craves. And when the cold CEO finally loses control… the sheets won’t survive. But what happens when secrets come to light? When desire turns to love… and betrayal threatens to destroy them both? He wanted a partner in business. She’s about to become the woman he can’t live without.

Si Elosia Lyra Concepcion, ang unica hija ng pamilyang Concepcion, ay kilala sa buong unibersidad sa taglay niyang kagandahan at kaseksihan ngunit labis na pasaway. Kaya nagpasya ang kaniyang magulang na ilipat siya ng unibersidad kung saan mababantayan siya ng kaniyang uncle na si Professor Easton Concepcion. Ngunit, hindi nila inasahan na ang hakbang na ito ang magiging simula ng mas malaking gulo. Sa pagitan ng tama at mali, sino ang masusunod—ang puso o ang katwiran? Handa nga ba silang ipaglaban ang damdaming alam nilang bawal? O pipiliin nilang itago ang lahat sa takot na masira ang mga buhay nila? Dahil para kay Elosia, masarap nga talaga ang bawal.

Left heartbroken and abandoned, a woman finds herself pleading for the father of her unborn child to take responsibility. But Lazarus, the man she never loved yet desperately sought support from, shows nothing but coldness. As he chooses another woman over her, she is forced to face the harsh reality—she and her baby are on their own. With the weight of betrayal and the pain of rejection crushing her, she must find the strength to move forward, not for herself, but for the little life growing inside her.

Maraming lalaki ang naghahangad sa isang Yesha Calixtro dahil sa angkin niyang ganda. Ngunit paano nga ba siya magmamahal sa mga lalaking katulad lang din niya? Isang babaeng walang pera, at ang lahat ay kailangang idaan sa dasal. Kaya naman ipinangako niya sa sarili na kung pipili siya ng lalaking makakasama habang buhay kahit hindi niya mahal ay iyong may pera at kaya siyang iahon sa hirap. Paano nga ba kung makilala niya si Shawn Rios na isang taong mapera, kayang ibigay ang lahat. Ngunit sa kabila niyon ay ang isang madilim nitong sekreto. Ano ang gagawin ni Yesha kung malalaman niyang isa itong Ex-Convict?

Alice Stevens was different. She would not fall for the school's popular boy, thinking that he might date her only to embarrass her later. Then Thomas Black came, the famous rising rock star. He came to turn her life upside down, and stole her heart, despite her trust issues.

Yzel Bourgès and Kendrick Yamashita both came from a breakup. Both miserable from their past relationship, they met in a project which made them realized the worth of real love. But there was no perfect love with ups and downs, especially now that Veronica Bolzico, Kendrick's ex-girlfriend was back on the scene. Which love story would be come true, Yzel's or Kendrick's?

Never make a promise you can't keep. Everyone should know that, including Alpha Romero, Eclipse Howl's most beloved future leader. We were just cubs when I saved his life. He promised me then that he would one day make me his Luna and love me unconditionally. And I have waited all these years, even though he has become a magnificent Alpha. Countless horny she-wolves swarm around him, dreaming of being chosen by him next year. Alpha Romero seems to have forgotten me and his promise. But I wait patiently and silently for his twenty-first birthday when he should find his destiny mate. Meanwhile, I'll get rid of all my rivals, so it won't matter if he starts to doubt himself when all his lovers suddenly disappear from the face of the earth. And on the eve of his departure for Alpha training, he makes sweet love to me, the only woman who has any right to be in his arms. And I keep waiting for his return, the quiet girl in the pack that everyone overlooks, the promised Luna of the Eclipse Howl Pack with the Alpha triplets..

This story is not a story at all ; it is rather a journal that documents events which shapes this author's life. Walk the journey with me ; is it what you going through to? If so , hopefully this journal will help you feel as if you are not alone in this world. This book will contain good times , as well as bad times. The events that occurs are not made up in my imagination ; these events were lived out and documented as soon as possible. Let us conquer these problems together!

On the day of the wedding, Galen Shaw forces me to crack walnuts with my bare hands for his so-called female buddy. My expression goes cold, and I refuse outright. "My hands are for holding a scalpel, not cracking walnuts for her!" He only chuckles and orders someone to hold me down. Then, he glues the walnuts to my palms himself. One by one, he slams them against the ground. "You cheated while studying medicine. Now that you've married me, forget about ever being a doctor again!" I grit my teeth through the pain. My fingers are aching, but I try to explain. "I went abroad to study medicine for you!" His so-called female buddy sneers in a shrill voice. "All that talk about the Shaw family's hereditary disease is nonsense! Galen has been perfectly healthy for over 20 years. Don't tell me you just want another excuse to cozy up with your precious senior?" The moment those words leave her lips, the faint thought of having someone bandage my hand disappears. A shadow crosses Galen's face. "Looks like you haven't learned your lesson!" He throws me into the basement and locks me there for three days. By the time I crawl out, my hands are completely ruined. Later, when Galen's hereditary disease finally surfaces, the doctor tries to comfort him. "This disease may be terminal, but there is still a way. Dr. Robinson has just returned from overseas. She's the only one in the world who can perform this surgery. "I hear that she's your wife."

"I am Victoria Katherine Mera! I am the villainess of this story, you should hate me!" After facing death, Ciara was reincarnated to her favorite romance novel entitled, 'Roses & Thorns'. But she didn't expect to be reincarnated as Victoria Mera, the main antagonist of the story who is destined to be dead at the hands of Nixon (the male lead). Afraid of facing another death, she did her best to live her life to the fullest and avoid death as much as possible.