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The night before our wedding, my fiancée let her so-called "best friend" butcher the gown my late mother had sewn, chopping it into a revealing mini dress. I rushed over with the ruined dress in my arms, ready to demand answers: only to catch their voices through the door: "Imagine him expecting me to wear something a dead woman stitched. What a curse!" Through the narrow gap, I saw my distant, frigid fiancée flushed with color, straddling his lap. "What we did at the bridal shop wasn't enough," she murmured. "Tomorrow, walking down the aisle in this tiny dress you made me, it'll be even more exhilarating." Their lips met. My hand froze against the door, and inside, something broke with a soundless crack. If she longed for thrills, I would grant her some.

Seven years ago, I disappeared without a word. Today, the man I ruined owns the contract that decides whether I breathe freely or not. Adrian Blackwood is untouchable. A man whose signature ends careers, whose silence erases people. His empire was built too fast, too violently, for anyone to question how. When I come to him desperate for money, he doesn’t ask for explanations. He offers a contract. One year. One signature. Public role: Lover. Private role: Property. The rules are simple and unforgiving. How will I survive being the kitten of Adrian into his dark passionate world? ⌘⌘⌘ A dark MM romance where love is mistaken for ownership and redemption comes only after damage is done. ⌘⌘⌘ Trigger warnings: captivity, psychological punishment, coercive control, power imbalance, emotional manipulation, isolation, trauma, possessive male lead, steamy and forced proximity.

What would you do… if the man you work for might be your child’s father? ..... "How does it make you feel?" My lips trembled. "W-what—" "Knowing that no matter how hard you try to touch yourself, you’re still starving for the real thing?" ..... Cassandra Sydeon Lopez lost everything when she became a single mother. Disowned by her family and forced to drop out of college, she spent years struggling alone with only her daughter by her side. When her father finally allows her back into the family, Cassandra is determined to prove she deserves a second chance—even if it means working with the cold, mean, and impossibly irritating Adrien Faust Villanueva. But everything changes when Cassandra finds herself in the same situation that ruined her life before. The same place. The same bed. And the same man—Adrien Faust Villanueva, the father of her child.

On the very first day after I moved into the neighborhood, my neighbor, Fiona Harper, took me to court. She stood in the courtroom sobbing uncontrollably, accusing my son, Lucas Cole, of assaulting her daughter, Daisy Harper. "My Daisy just turned eighteen, and she was ruined by that sick pervert, Lucas! A piece of trash raised without morals like him deserves the death penalty!" Her daughter also insisted it was my son. "Lucas said if I did not take off my clothes, he would strangle me... I was so scared..." The moment those words were spoken, the spectators acting as the jury erupted in righteous fury, angrily demanding severe punishment for my son. "Animal! Lucas is nothing but an animal!" "Punish him harshly. Do not let that demon get away!" Then the judge summoned my son to appear in court. Everyone present was stunned into silence.

There was a night missing from my memory. My husband’s affair didn't shatter me, the divorce papers he served like our marriage meant nothing didn’t destroy me. Even being cast out of my own home by his mistress wasn’t enough to break me. But discovering I was pregnant? That gave me a glimmer of hope that I might be able to save my marriage but instead that ruined everything. Because the baby isn’t my husband’s. And I have never slept with another man. I don’t know how this child exists, i don’t know who created this life with me. But someone remembers that night, someone knows the truth. And lately…I feel like he’s watching me. Little did I know, he was the exact doctor who confirmed me: PREGNANT.

Arietta West has a clear goal in mind, that is to pass her internship, graduate and find a job. Everything will be possible if she could ace her internship at this high-end farm and resort, Casa Grimaldi. However, her simple plan was ruined when she unintentionally witnessed the intimate moments of one of their guests. One of which happened to be the owner’s son. Percival Grimaldi was enjoying his vacation that he had earned after closing a deal. Leaving the city life for a month out of boredom. Unexpectedly finds this intern’s weird behaviour interesting. Their constant banter came to a halt when Arietta’s persistent suitor, Eugene, came into picture and Pierce had filled the role as Arietta’s fake boyfriend. Pierce happily plays as the fake boyfriends while Arietta has to mask her increasing affection towards Pierce. From teasing to fake boyfriends…can this relationship develop to something serious?

Ayenne's nearly perfect life has been ruined by a misconception that throws her life into chaos. Ayenne has paid off the depth of the false accusations leveled against her; she intends to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge and drowning herself. When she was clinging for her mere life while drowning in the river, she met Ali. The fearless man who rescued her. That also marks the beginning of her new life, and her bleak existence gradually becomes more vivid as Ali provides her with another reason to live and stay alive. However, Ayenne can’t ignore her cruel past as it pursues her once more. When she faced her dark past. The picture of her filled with happiness and contentment in Ali's embrace slowly fades as a series of events occur in Ayenne and Ali's lives that put their love and faithfulness to each other to the test.

Everything was ruined in one night for Selene Blackwood. Her mate referred to her as barren because she had had two miscarriages... when she confronted him for having a mistress who he got pregnant. Selene was humiliated and heartbroken. That same night, she ended up under a stranger. In the following days, she found out that he was a formidable Alpha CEO, Lucian Silverfang, the biggest rival of her ex-mate. Forced back to him due a legal battle where she risks losing all, he agreed to help, however, it comes at a high price, six months as his contracted luna. Selene concurs, with no hope to fall in love with him... only to learn that she is pregnant with his triplets. Then his past resurfaces. The ex of Lucian, a woman, who is the exact lookalike of Selene, comes back, which makes her question whether she was ever chosen in the first place... or it was a substitute.

Nick Henderson and Gabriel Swann are so very happy with their love affair. They have had five years of being alone with each other, and they have talked about having a third party in their relationship. Being bisexual they both love women but they both agree it would take someone so special to love both of them. All Millie Ashton wants is a family who loves her. Her mother has zero maternal instinct, and her two older half-sisters, twins and fashion models Pearl and Ruby, use her as a slave! After a massive row over a ruined top, Millie leaves home. On a wet and windy March day, Millie walks into what seems to be akin to a tiger's den. Superstar rock-god musicians Nick Henderson and Gabriel Swann, need a housekeeper. Was looking after the twins a case of better the devil you know, or will Millie find the most wonderful family.

The young Amara had never imagined how life could change in the blink of an eye. Not until... her mother was murdered. Not until... her older sister lost her mind witnessing the horrific act. Not until... she was the only one who survived. Overwhelmed with anger and sorrow, she made a silent vow to make those responsible pay. Now that she’s grown, that promise still burns. And she’s ready... Ready to destroy the family that ruined hers. The Dela Vegas. And to bring down the family’s empire, she devises a bold and daring plan: make the family’s only son and heir fall in love with her. However, as she deceives them and tries to uncover the dark secrets hidden beneath their fancy exterior... Amara begins to question her own intentions. Will revenge truly bring her peace, or... will it consume her in the end?