Limited Extra Time Ch 18

My husband and I have been legally married for five years. This is the tenth time he's canceled our wedding ceremony. This time? His student, Laura, is competing in her first international violin competition—and he 'needs' to be there. I still remember the last cancellation: an awards ceremony he had to attend with her. The time before that? She fell ill, and he stayed at her hospital bedside. The other times? I've lost count of the excuses, but it doesn't matter. The reason is always Laura. Her needs always outweighed my wedding. My marriage. My life. Fine. If he wanted to stand by Laura so badly, he could stay there forever. This hollow, five-year farce of a marriage? It's over.

Skye Emerson has spent most of her high school years invisible, until a chance encounter lands her in the path of Knox Callahan, Stonebridge High’s golden boy and captain of the hockey team. Cold, cocky, and impossibly popular, Knox lives for the rink and hates distractions. But when Skye accidentally ruins his shot at a scholarship tryout, she becomes his biggest problem and his unexpected obsession. Forced to work together on a school fundraiser, their rivalry spirals into tension, secrets, and stolen glances. But Knox has something to prove to everyone, and Skye has scars no one sees. He’s chasing the NHL. She’s trying to survive senior year. Falling in love was never part of the plan. In a world where reputation means everything, can two broken hearts survive the pressure or will their love shatter on the ice? Find out in Iced Hearts and Halftime Kisses.

BOOK ONE of COALESCENCE OF THE FIVE: After being rejected by 5 mates, Gamma Lucianne pleaded with the Moon Goddess to spare her from any further mate-bonds. To her dismay, she is being bonded for the sixth time. What’s worse is that her sixth-chance mate is the most powerful creature ruling over all werewolves and Lycans - the Lycan King himself. She is certain, dead certain, that a rejection would come sooner or later, though she hopes for it to be sooner. King Alexandar was ecstatic to meet his bonded mate, and couldn’t thank their Goddess enough for gifting him someone so perfect. However, he soon realizes that this gift is reluctant to accept him, and more than willing to sever their bond. He tries to connect with her but she seems so far away. He is desperate to get intimate with her but she seems reluctant to open up to him. He tries to tell her that he is willing to commit to her for the rest of his life but she doesn’t seem to believe him. He is pleading for a chance: a chance to get to know her; a chance to show her that he’s different; and a chance to love her. But when not-so-subtle crushes, jealous suitors, self-entitled Queen-wannabes, an old flame, a silent protector and a past wedding engagement threaten to jeopardize their relationship, will Lucianne and Xandar still choose to be together? Is their love strong enough to overcome everything and everyone? Or will Lucianne resort to enduring a sixth rejection from the one person she thought she could entrust her heart with? *** BOOK TWO: The Rogues Who Went Rogue BOOK THREE: The Indomitable Huntress & the Hardened Duke

In a cycle of broken plans, Elena asks Marcus, "Why another delay for her?" He insists, "Sophia's just a friend in trouble—you're my priority." Whispers of the past test their bond, while a quiet ally says, "I've cared for you longer than you know." As accusations fly—"You're imagining things!"—Elena questions her path. A final decision sparks chaos, rewriting fates.

[WARNING: MATURE CONTENT]. “I, Celeste Orion, princess of the cross-vale pack, reject you as my mate, i cast you aside alone, i see no future with you, as you are weak with no power and will only bring my ruin, i despise you” Those were the words I told my lover, breaking my Alphas soul, before he died, He is the ghost of my past, the love of my life, I betrayed him four years ago, Our love was forbidden, yet I abandoned my lover to his death that haunts me, only to find out he’s been alive all along. He had come back for me, now a ruthless king, back for revenge from my family’s torture and massacre of his blood line. He takes me as his captive. He is as cruel as ever, my first love I’ve rejected has come back as my ruthless captor, he hates the very air I breathe, and now he wants to punish me as his slave. He is my salvation and I am his plaything, his slave, he won’t let me go no matter what. And yet I don’t find myself escaping the very hell I set for myself anytime soon, as he takes me as his bed slave, But why? Why after all this time to feel still drawn to a ruthless man who wants nothing but to make my life a living hell?.

"Lisa?" I croaked, barely able to form words, my voice hoarse and weak. My heart had leapt at the sight of her, a moment of hope flickering through the haze of fear. "What's going on? Why... why are you here?" But the look in her eyes, the cold amusement that twisted her lips into a smirk, had stopped me short. It wasn’t concern. “Why am I here?” she had repeated, laughing softly, as if the very question was absurd. “Oh, Anna, sweet, naive Anna. You still don’t get it, do you?” I had stared, my mind unable to keep up, still too clouded with hunger and exhaustion. “What... what are you talking about?” And then, her voice had changed, hardened. “I’m the reason for all of this. The reason your father’s company collapsed, the reason your family is dead, the reason Josh betrayed you. Me.” After discovering that her best friend, Lisa, isn't the person she thought she was and is the reason for most of the disasters in her life, Anna dies, only to wake up five years in the past. With a second chance, Anna is determined to protect her loved ones and take revenge for the pain Lisa caused.

Hunter Leandro Sandoval Grew up in a society where money, women, s*x, killing, and alcohol are the best medicine for empitiness on the other hand, Frixxie Yliara Castro grew up in a poor environment where you aren't allowed to feel sad nor empty. - Grewing up having everything is a previllege but Hunter was never thankful not until he meet Frixie Yliara Castro, a poor college student who's struggling to make ends meet. After sharing a lustful night together, he offered to pay for her tuition in exchange for living with him. Frixxie, who's desperate to finish college, accepted his offer without thinking twice. Will she regret her choices when she finds out the billionaire's rules and his true identity of being a mafia lord?

การกลับมาเจอกันอีกครั้งในรอบสามปี เธอพาแฟนใหม่มาเปิดตัว แล้วยัดเยียดสถานะให้เขาเป็นแค่อดีตคู่นอน “พาผัวใหม่มาหยามฉันเลยเหรอวิกกี้” “นายไม่เคยเป็นอะไรกับฉัน แล้วทำไมฉันต้องพาพี่แทนมาหยามนายด้วย” “ปล่อยน้ำใส่ตัวเธอไม่รู้กี่รอบ ยังมาพูดว่าเราไม่ได้เป็นอะไรอีกเหรอวะ? ..” “ก็แค่คนเคยนอนด้วยกันไหมล่ะ.."

北都の富裕層の間で、越野陸人（こしの りくと）は「妻を溺愛している男」として知られていた。 幼い頃からの片思いで、十六の時には夜空いっぱいに花火を打ち上げて告白してきた。 十八の時、私が仇敵の不意打ちから彼をかばって耳が聞こえなくなったら、それ以来ますます私を命のように大事にしてくれるようになった。 彼こそが私の一生の幸せだと思っていた――見知らぬ人からの友達申請を承認するまでは。 その相手のSNSには、陸人の姿があふれていた。 上半身裸で眠っている写真、女性のお腹を笑顔で撫でている姿、妊婦健診に付き添う動画まであった。 そして、こんなやり取りも残されていた。 「ゆっくり体を休めて。雪ちゃんを妊娠させるつもりはない。彼女は後天的な難聴とはいえ、万が一子どもに影響が出たら困るから」 その瞬間、私は自分のお腹に手を当てたまま、呆然としていた。 陸人はまだ知らない。私が妊娠していることを。 私は涙をこらえながら離婚協議書を作成し、中絶の予約を入れた。 ふと振り返ると、十八歳の頃の陸人が突然現れて、真っ赤な目でじっと私を見つめていた。 「安里雪代（あんり ゆきよ）、どうして俺の子どもを堕ろすの？もう俺のこと、いらないの？」

“I hate you…” my words, intended as a curse came out as a filthy moan as he plunged into me so hard that I saw stars. “I don't, Dani. Because you're mine!...” he murmured hotly against my skin. “Your every breath” “Every moan” “Every tears” “Every. Single. Inch. of your Body” he spelled, each word following a deeper thrust as he claimed me over and over yet over again. * After being rejected twice by her first two mates, Danica made a vow to herself never to let herself go through another similar humiliation. Not even when she finds out that the Alpha was her third chance mate. She had no believe in the mate bond and she only took the Alpha's kindness towards her as another approach to the humiliation he planned to make her face so she never planned on admitting to being his mate. But Alpha Alexander wasn't one to give up on what he wants and right now, it could be either Danica Grayson or Danica Grayson. Will Danica give in to the relentless Alpha eventually? Or will she take her little secret to her grave? Was there a chance that she finds the love she'd always wanted or was there a chance that she'll be rejected a third time?