Mad Place Read Online

Over the weekend, I went with my best friend to one of the premium auto shops owned by my company to get her car serviced. Just as we were about to leave, someone stopped me and ordered me to wipe down her car. I explained that I didn't work there, but she got angry anyway. She flipped a 10-cent coin at my face. "Consider it an honor that I'm letting you wash my car. A broke girl like you has probably never even seen a luxury car in her life! I'm trying to broaden your horizons, and you're not even grateful?" I shot back, "You're right. I've never met a car owner who can only spare 10 cents. Consider my horizons broadened." She exploded on the spot. "Do you even know who I am? The chairman of the Penzo Group is my mother-in-law! Scared now?" I paused for a beat, then calmly called Leo Penzo. "I hear your mother went behind my back and found you a new wife?"

The day Pedro Palmer's mom was supposed to get my kidney, I ghosted. He waited outside the OR for ten hours. What did he get? A death notice. After that, he went full beast mode on his career. Five years later, his company blew up. Media darling. CEO. Power suit. And yeah, he was holding another girl's hand, all smiles for the cameras. "Do you have anything to say to Ruth Rackham? We heard she supported your early days," a reporter asked. Not even a pause. "Yeah. Thanks for vanishing. For letting my mom die with questions. For wrecking me. She taught me not to trust anyone." He stepped in closer, eyes cold. "This is what you wanted, Ruth? Too bad. Love's gone. And you? Not even worth my hate." That's when Nellie Lyon, the reporter, went pale. "Mr. Palmer... Ruth Rackham died five years ago. She was the test subject. She donated her body—before she passed..."

Curiosity kills the cat, at iyon yata ang magiging cause of death ni Dra. Jobaira o Yrah sa mga nakakakilala sa kanya. The first time she saw the abusive older brother of her brother-in-law, something inside her was triggered. That dangerous curiosity she had towards Gresso led her to sending her application letter to the Maximum Security Prison in Italy. Will her innocence be enough to tame him? Or she'll regret unbuttoning her clothes for the abuser? WARNING: STORY CONTAINS DARK THEMES THAT ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR VERY YOUNG READERS. PLEASE FLIP THE PAGES OF GRESSO AND YRAH'S STORY WITH CAUTION.

Pinagbintangan at nakulong ang Lola ni Locket, dahil kapus sa buhay napilitan siyang lumuwas sa Maynila para magtrabaho upang makaipon ng pang piyansa. Nag-apply si Locket bilang janitor sa Spyru Harbor Ship Salvor and Builder, isang nangungunang intergrated maritime service provider sa buong bansa. Ngunit, laking gulat ni Locket nang sabihin na pumasa siya sa interview para maging secretary ng Chief Executive Officer ng kompamya. Syempre, pinatos na niya ang offer na trabaho kahit pa hindi naman talaga siya qualified sa nasabing posisyon. Ang akala ni Locket tuloy-tuloy na ang pasok ng swerte sa buhay niya, hagang sa isang gabi, aksidente niyang nasaksihan ang isang krimen na hindi niya dapat nakita.

"Panji, daripada lo stress mikir nasib setelah di PHK, mendingan kita main aplikasi kencan saja," usul Bowo, salah satu rekan kerjaku. Kami sama-sama tertekan karena baru saja di PHK, akibat perusahaan mengalami gulung tikar. Awalnya aku tak tertarik dengan ajakan Bowo. Tapi setelah dia menunjukkan foto-foto wanita cantik dan seksi di aplikasi booking online itu, hatiku pun tergiur untuk ikut dengannya. Ah, mau coba sebentar juga tak apa-apa. Lagipula istriku Shira juga tak bisa memuaskan aku. Dia sangat kusam, kucel, dan berantakan. Setiap aku pulang kerja, aku selalu disambut dengan penampilannya yang berdaster kumal, rambut diikat sembarangan, dan wajah yang berminyak ditumbuhi jerawat. Penampilannya itu membuat aku sama sekali tak tertarik padanya lagi. Aku pun tertarik untuk membooking satu wanita. Lumayan untuk menemani aku tidur, karena aku juga butuh service yang memuaskan. Dan aku rasa ini cara yang cocok. Toh aku hanya tinggal membayar dan pergi, tanpa menyisakan apapun pada wanita yang menjajakan diri di aplikasi haram itu. Kumulai dengan menscroll aplikasi hijau itu di layar ponselku. Hingga akhirnya aku tertarik pada seorang wanita yang sangat cantik dan seksi bernama Dira. Aku memutuskan untuk membooking nya. Namun, mataku menyipit saat kutatap foto itu dengan seksama. Ada rasa aneh yang merayap dalam hatiku ketika melihat foto wanita bernama Dira itu. "Kenapa foto ini sangat mirip dengan Shira?"

Alec and his best friend Keith are the elite fighters in their village. Swordsmanship has been part of their life since they were children, and now that they've grown up they want to be soldiers. Their dream will be shattered once Alec mistakes the Mad King for his friend because of their incredible resemblance. The consequence of their unfortunate encounter will lead Alec to be forced to work in the palace, doing anything requested from him in order to escape from execution. But being near the Mad King will open his eyes to a world he's never seen before. Keith will break the rules trying to save his friend, but stepping inside the palace will bring untold tales, uncovered secrets and bloodbath.

On the morning of her wedding, Nymera wakes up in an unknown room, a strange bed - she had been mated by a stranger. Forced into a marriage with an Alpha whose heart and love belongs to bestfriend. Nymera becomes a shadow, with her mate and title stolen. Powerless and Timid. She's an abomination in the bloodline of powerful women chosen by the moon goddess to be Alphas. But fate has other plans for her. A dark truth unravels - the man who had defiled her was no ordinary man, but the infamous mad Lycan king. Bound to him by a forbidden mark, Nymera has to deal with obsession, betrayal and prophecies. When pushed to her limit, the weak omega must decide either to remain a pawn or to reclaim what she had lost. Betrayal. Love. Revenge. Madness. When the Bloom of Chaos and Redemption arrives, the world would either kneel at her feet... Or burn in her wrath.

Si Ariah "Aya" Gallano ay dalawampu't dalawang taong gulang, iskolar ng kanilang bayan, at tumatayong magulang para sa kaniyang nag-iisang kapatid. Musmos pa lamang ay namulat na siya sa hagupit ng buhay dahil sa mga pagsubok na kaniyang pinagdaanan. Sa kabila nito, nanatili siyang matatag at higit na nahubok ang pagiging madiskarte. Subalit, dahil sa karamdaman ng kaniyang kapatid, kinailangan niyang makahanap ng mabilisang salapi. Siya ay napadpad sa dating application na "We Chat & Date", para humanap ng matandang lalaki na naghahanap ng kasintahan, o sugar daddy kung tawagin. Labag ito sa kaniyang kalooban, subalit kailangan niya ng mabilisang pera para sa pagpapagamot ng kapatid kaya naman isinantabi niya ang sariling prinsipyo para rito. Dito niya nakilala si Theodore Morgan, ang acting CEO ng Morgan Group, dalawampu't pitong taong gulang at ang pinaka batang business tycoon sa Pilipinas. Si Theodore ay napadpad sa dating application sa pag-asang makakahanap ng babaeng papakasalanan lamang bilang tugon sa hiling ng kaniyang lola, ang tanging tao na kumalinga sa kaniya noong mamatay ang mga magulang sa aksidente. Parehong may mithiin na nais makamit, parehong nais isakripisyo ang sariling kasiyahan para sa minamahal sa buhay. Ngunit parehong ayaw mahulog kanino man. Naniniwala silang walang puwang ang pag-ibig sa tulad nilang abala sa sarili at pangarap na nais makamit. Ano kaya ang kapalarang naghihintay para sa dalawang taong nais lang pumasok sa kasal para sa sariling motibo? Sa laro ng kasal-kasalanan, sino ang magiging taya? Kapag tadhana na ang nagpasya, mapipigilan mo ba ito?

My mother was once adored and protected by three men. As such, I had three fathers. After her death, I was raised by one of the greatest doctors, the richest man in Theala, and an award-winning actor. For 13 years, I was showered with overwhelming adoration. That was until three years ago—the day they adopted Erin, an orphan girl. From then on, they began to dote on her. When she accused me of stealing her necklace, they tore my room apart in their search, smashing my most cherished music box in the process. They only felt remorse when they saw me sobbing over the shards. As compensation, they bought me every music box they could find. When she claimed I mocked her for being an orphan, they forced me to write a hundred apology letters as punishment. They only massaged my hands in remorse upon seeing them trembling so badly that I could no longer feed myself. When Erin accused me of shredding her gown, they locked me in the dark basement, starving me for three whole days. When I was let out, they were filled with remorse upon realizing how much weight I had lost. Their bloodshot eyes watched over the grand feast they prepared as an apology. All of that lasted until Erin poisoned my cup of water. I kept coughing up blood as my body grew weaker by the day. Daniel only diagnosed me with malnutrition and made me take prescribed supplements. Unbeknownst to him, those supplements only hastened the poison's effects. After I collapsed at school, I went to the hospital for treatment. "You only have three days left to live," the doctor said. Why then… Why did my fathers drown themselves in sorrow and kill Erin after my death?

Alpha Sin is a monster in every sense of the word. Haunted by a bloodlust that never sleeps and a curse that turns his bones to lead, he is a mad king on a crumbling throne. I’ve spent my entire life running from him. His kind didn't just hunt my people—they devoured us, obsessed with the power hidden in our blood. I thought I was safe. I thought my family loved me. But on my twenty-first birthday, they betrayed my trust. They sold me to Sin’s pack on a silver platter to clear their debts. Alpha Sin doesn’t kill me, though. He does something much worse. He claims me. We are a forbidden match, because the moment he takes my innocence, he goes back to being a mad man… So, to save his mind, he keeps me hidden, fiercely guarding my purity from the world, and from his own dark desires. But I am more than just his obsession. I am his damnation. My family sold me for money, and his family wiped out my people for power. I have no intention of being a victim. I will survive this, and I will make every single one of them bleed—one betrayal at a time. Only, when you play with a fire this hot, do you really survive the burn?