Martha Speaks Alice

After the death of her mother, Autumn Jones finally gets her life together the only thing bothering her is a persistent man who wants to buy her building at all costs but she refuses every time. How could she ever sell the last thing she inherited from her mother? She enters a yoga class where she meets Summer whom she befriends immediately not knowing she is her ex"s sister. One day as Summer visits Autumn's coffee shop her brother Domenic shows up, but he doesn't come for his sister. He is behind the man who was trying to buy the building not knowing Autumn was the owner. When his eyes land on Autumn he can't believe that the woman in front of him is the same girl whose virginity he took years ago before going to college. The girl he humiliated just to win a bet not knowing the damage he was causing. She haunted his dreams for years and now was standing in front of him. Autumn didn't waste a second, she threw him out. The shock of seeing him revived all the memories she tried so hard to bury. It takes Domenic a lot of tries and a lot of patience in order to break through Autumn's defenses and earn her trust again, as well as it takes some time for Autumn to understand Domenic's fears. The things get more complicated with the arrival of Alice, a woman whose sole interest in life is to marry Domenic and enter the Davis Jones family. She will stop at nothing to separate Autumn and Domenic, but will she succeed, or will love and trust prevail?

I am about to book a room at a hotel owned by Luca Conti, a consigliere under my command, when a sharp voice suddenly cuts in from behind me. "Aspetta. That's not your price." I turn around. A woman wearing a manager's badge stands there with her arms crossed, scrutinizing me as if I am an unsightly stain she can't wait to wipe away. "We don't allow prostitution here," she says coolly. "If you're receiving clients, there will be a fine." As she speaks, she hands me a penalty notice. The charges are clearly listed on the paper. "Illegal guest reception fee: 350 thousand dollars. "Special soundproofing fee: 150 thousand dollars. "Special cleaning fee: 100 thousand dollars. "Total fee: 600 thousand dollars." Receiving clients? I have simply come straight from a Mafia cocktail party without changing clothes—that's all. What exactly does she take me for?" I lift my gaze and answer evenly, "You're mistaken. I am not that kind of person. You can contact the hotel owner, Luca Conti, and ask him who I am." A sneer flickers through Sofia Rossi's eyes. She spits to the side, full of contempt. "Still claiming you are not a puttana? Women like you come here every week. Every single one of them swears she knows him. "Our boss is the consigliere to the Russo family, the most powerful Mafia family in Seneriffe. Do you really think he needs someone cheap like you? "I suggest you pay up now, subito, before your client loses patience and drags you into the street and rapes you." I do not waste another word on her. I take out my phone and send a message directly to my secretary, Marco Bianchi. "Notify Luca. Either this manager, Sofia Rossi, disappears from this city, or he does."

“So, tell me about yourself Mr. Davenport?” she asks. I don’t look up from my computer, as I log in. “What do you want to know, Miss Harvey?” I ask her. "Are you perhaps dating anyone right now?" she asks. I look up at her surprised by her question. I shake my head. "No..." it’s true I’m not dating anyone right now. Her smile brightens. “That’s good.” She tells me. I frown, “Why would that be good exactly?” I ask, I look back at the screen and see Kendell hasn’t arrived at the sight yet, I’m about to tell her when she speaks again. “So Mr. Davenport, do you find little old me attractive?” she asks me. I look at her… “What are you getting at Miss Harvey?” I ask her. “Come humor me…” she tilts her head. I sigh. “I’d be a fool not to find you attractive, though I don’t know how that’s of any pertinence to right now." I tell her. She smiles. “So what do you say Mr. Davenport, or can I call you Blake?” I ask her. I have no idea what she’s up to. I choose to ignore her. She moves closer to me. “Come on now, don’t ignore me.” she says. I look at her, a little dress that leaves little to the imagination. She’s leaning onto the desk giving me a full view of her breasts. Is she hitting on me? She is hitting on me right? “So how sturdy is this desk exactly?” she asks. I take her in, it’s been four years since I’ve so much as touched a woman sexually. Hell I can’t even tell if she’s flirting with me.

They called him Father. She called him forbidden. Ayana Marcus thought coming home for Christmas would be simple—a few weeks of family dinners, church services, and small-town nostalgia before returning to her real life in Boston. She didn't expect him. Father Nelson has been her father's best friend for two decades. A priest. A pillar of their tight-knit community. A man who's supposed to be untouchable, unshakeable, holy. But when Ayana returns after four years away—no longer the sheltered girl who left, but a woman who knows her own mind—everything changes. One look across her family's dinner table, and she sees it: the way his dark eyes linger a second too long, the tension in his jaw when she speaks, the white-knuckled grip on his glass when she laughs. Father Nelson isn't just her father's friend anymore. He's a man on the edge of breaking. One stolen kiss beneath the mistletoe shatters two decades of self-control. What begins as a single moment of weakness spirals into a secret affair that threatens to destroy everything—his priesthood, her family, their souls. He tells himself he's corrupting her. She knows she's awakening him. In the cold December nights, between whispered prayers and desperate touches, they discover that some sins taste like salvation. That the line between worship and desire is thinner than either imagined. That love—even forbidden, impossible, unholy love—can be the most sacred thing of all. But in a town where secrets don't stay buried and the church sees everything, their passion will cost them more than they ever imagined. He's twice her age. Her father's best friend. A man of God. She's everything he's denied himself for twenty years. And this December, they'll learn that some gifts are too dangerous to unwrap… But impossible to resist.

“I don’t love you dammit. Why don’t you understand I was just faking it to take my revenge!” His hands drop from her. Moving back. Gone those loving tender eyes. “Fine if this is what you choose. No one will stop you from leaving but before that...you will have to grant me one last wish.Your last punishment. Which will make everything even." He speak gulping the throat burning liquid. To see her look at him over her shoulder.To spits the words impatiently. " Speak. What's it!" Moving closer to her from behind. He moves aside her hair from her neck. To stare at his mark on her. Speaking in a cold deadly voice. " I want to fuc* you one last time my little wife." " Fine. " She speaks unaffected. Successful in breaking his heart but no way in hell will he let her get away from him this easily. She will beg for him. And he will make sure that she never gets him. Sniffing her perfume scent. By placing his chin on her shoulder. He whisper in her ear in a voice that sent chills down her spine. " On your knees.NOW!" And that’s  when she drops down. Without resisting. Letting him take his revenge. Which she knew she deserved in every sense. ....... She was just his Beta. Someone he trusts.Someone he can rely on. Until one day she leaves him. Making him realise how much he needs her. Years passed . He moved on. He now has a fiance. But what happens when his Beta comes back. And he feels more than just attraction for her. Will he fulfill his Kings positions honour or will he loose his heart to her? Come find out in ' The Beta girl'

Alice Hell I was Alpha's daughter. My pack was slaughtered by rogues which were led by one of our own people. I had to step into the role of an Alpha. The ruthless Alpha princess I am today. Everyone fears me and my pack. I swore ro reject my mate when I found him, but Neil Reis was not what I was expecting. He was as ruthless as I was, and thirsty for rogues blood. Or maybe he was even worse, since he killed his own father and was known as the beast around werewolf's. Even my people feared him. But he didn't know my story. He had no idea I was supposed to be the chosen one. And no one from outside our pack should ever find out. But the bond pulls us together even when I want to stay away from him? Each time I try to reject him, something prevents me to do it. Will I be able to overcome my fears or would I get pass all the barriers and reject him? * Neil Reid I was forced to kill my own father when I found out he was responsible for my mother's death. He was working with rogues and had them kill her, because someone convinced him having a mate made him weak. I swore to reject my mate once I found her. But when I finally found her she is nothing like I imagined her. She is ruthless, gorgeous and hates my guts. But more time we spend together, harder it is to try to reject her. I want her and I can see she wants me. But once our secrets start to show their ugly faces, could we overcome all the fears together, or are we destined to burn together with our love?

A painter, artist, and an engineer single father named Mike living with his Mom Rose, He was been single father since Alice died in giving birth to Augustine, years later he worked as an engineer contracted three years of bridge project with his co-engineer Angel and they became close till years passed by where their project will end. Angel confesses in a letter to Mike that she likes him, and he was willing because he also likes Angel as their relationship went through, A test result came in that he has a liver cancer stage one only his Mother know this. He desired not to tell this to Angel instead he gave her a small box for the birthday with nine letters inside it but all is ten as he instructs every year on her birthday she will open one letter and if all nine will do, he will give the tenth letter which he designates the very important one. But eight years later Mike died in the eighth letter Angel had only one, The nine and it came to the point where she need to get the tenth letter but don't know. Instead she visits Mike grave as she there, un-expectedly a voice of a child calling her name as Angel turns around she saw a child amused walking to her holding the tenth letter she doesn't even know who's this child but the woman who followed back, is Mike's mother Rose as the child reach in front of her, He hand the tenth letter to her. Minutes of reading heavy tears appear and she knees down to the child and hugs him then Angel whispered "he's resting forever but no worries Augustine father is always okay promise I'm always here for you Son" And she heavily cried.

Dans la meute des Terres Boréales, une loi immuable interdisait à un Alpha de s'unir à une humaine. Pourtant, Kévin Volf a secrètement scellé le lien conjugal avec moi. Pour me garder à ses côtés, il a défié le Conseil des Sages, subi quatre-vingt-dix-neuf coups de fouet et s'est agenouillé trois jours entiers devant l'autel. Alors que le sang imbibait sa chemise, il me souriait encore : « Alice, n'aie pas peur. Toi, et rien que toi. » Plus tard, les Sages obstinés ont enfin cédé, acceptant notre fuite amoureuse. À une condition : qu'il donne à la meute un héritier de sang pur. Depuis ce jour, une phrase a rythmé nos vies : « Attends un peu. » La première fois, il m'a demandé d'attendre qu'il mette une louve enceinte. Trente-trois nuits avec Joséphine, jusqu'à ce qu'elle porte son enfant. La seconde fois, il a répété cette phrase, car la portée était une femelle, le clan exigeait un héritier mâle. Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf nouvelles nuits avec Joséphine, jusqu'à la grossesse suivante. Au moment où je croyais toucher au but, leur fille, fraîchement baptisée, a ingéré par erreur de l'aconit. Tous m'ont accusée. Jetée dans une chambre froide à moins vingt degrés, j'ai vu mon Alpha bien-aimé, les yeux écarlates et le regard glaçant, me dire : « Je t'avais pourtant dit de patienter… Tu sais ce que l'aconit représente pour nous. Pourquoi as-tu voulu faire du mal à mon enfant ? » Son enfant ? Vraiment ? J'ai senti mon cœur se déchirer. Mes poings se sont serrés, les ongles entaillant cruellement mes paumes. Lorsque la porte du congélateur s'est rouverte, j'ai desserré mes mains ensanglantées et une décision était née : « L'attente, c'est terminé ! »

Ma mère était la Luna élue, celle qui avait autrefois conquis trois puissants Alphas. Une fois sa mission accomplie, elle a disparu de ce monde, ne laissant derrière elle que moi, et les trois Alphas qui l'avaient autrefois aimée de toute leur âme. Mon premier père, l'Alpha Julien Richard, dirigeait la tribu de Lune Argentée, assez riche pour acheter la moitié du continent. Mon deuxième père, l'Alpha Simon Laurent, commandait tous les guerriers de l'Alliance du Nord. Mon troisième père, l'Alpha Lucas Dubois, détenait toutes les ressources médicales dont les loups et les humains dépendaient. Pendant dix-huit ans, j'ai été leur petite princesse chérie. Ils me donnaient tout ce que je voulais, sans poser de questions, sans hésiter. Jusqu'à ce qu'ils ramènent à la maison cette fille, une orpheline fragile nommée Alice Moreau. À partir de ce jour, tout a changé. Elle leur a dit que je l'avais traitée de bâtarde sale, indigne de notre tribu. Elle a dit que j'avais demandé aux jeunes loups de l'école à la harceler. Elle a dit que j'avais saboté son costume de spectacle, que j'avais provoqué son allergie et que je l'avais fait s'évanouir sur scène. Et ils l'ont crue. Ils ont cessé de me croire. Pour la quatre-vingt-dix-neuvième fois, ils l'ont choisie elle plutôt que moi, quand ils ont crié : « Ne reviens plus jamais ! », je n'ai pas protesté. J'ai juste pris mes bagages et je suis partie. Ils ont pensé que je reviendrais à la maison comme avant et que ma disparition n'était qu'une autre façon d'attirer leur attention. Mais quand ils ont découvert que j'avais quitté la meute pour de bon, que mon identité avait été effacée, qu'ils ne pouvaient plus me retrouver, les trois puissants Alphas ont finalement craqué.

Ma plus grande erreur a été de tomber amoureuse de mon Alpha demi-frère, Julien Richard. J'avais douze ans quand ma mère s'est remariée, et il était le seul dans la nouvelle tribu qui me traitait avec gentillesse. Je suis tombée amoureuse de lui au premier regard. À seize ans, j'ai été attaquée par des loups renégats, et il en a combattu dix à lui seul pour me protéger. À dix-huit ans, il a été empoisonné par de l'argent. Il a failli mourir. C'est à ce moment-là que ma louve m'a dit qu'il était mon âme sœur. Sans hésiter, j'ai donné ma moelle osseuse pour le sauver. Cette nuit-là, en le regardant dormir, je n'ai pas pu m'empêcher d'embrasser le coin de ses lèvres. Il a ouvert les yeux à ce moment-là, son visage est devenu rouge. « Alice, nous sommes frère et sœur. Tu ne devrais pas franchir cette limite. » À partir de ce moment, il a commencé à m'éviter, comme si j'étais une erreur qu'il ne pouvait pas se permettre de commettre. Sa fiancée, Rose Moreau, avait été diagnostiquée avec une maladie sanguine rare, et j'étais la seule donneuse compatible. Pour la première fois, il m'a suppliée. Mais j'étais déjà affaiblie par la greffe de moelle. Donner mon sang pourrait me tuer. J'ai dit non, et Rose est finalement morte. Il n'a pas versé une seule larme, comme si de rien n'était. Mais aux funérailles de Rose, il a brisé le portrait que j'avais peint de lui devant tout le monde et a dit froidement : « Comme c'est répugnant de rêver d'être avec ton propre frère. » Plus tard, je suis devenue une honte, une risée de tous. L'humiliation et le désespoir m'ont engloutie tout entière et, dans un état second, je suis tombée dans le lac et me suis noyée. Quand j'ai ouvert à nouveau les yeux, j'étais de retour au moment où il m'a suppliée pour mon sang. J'ai dit oui avec calme. Je considérais cela comme la dernière dette que je devais à la famille Richard. Julien, à partir de maintenant, c'était fini. Il n'y avait plus aucun lien entre nous.