Mazmur 150

Sepuluh tahun berakhir sia-sia, meski tidak ada perselingkuhan mewarnai hubungan kita. Maafkan aku, jika tidak bisa menepati janjiku. Maafkan aku jika tidak bisa menemanimu hingga nanti kita menua. Kita cari kebahagiaan masing-masing. Kamu dengan pilihanmu dan aku dengan pria yang bisa menerima kekuranganku. "Mungkin di kesempatan kedua nanti, kamu akan mendapatkan kebahagiaanmu dan aku mendapatkan bahagiaku." (Embun) "Penyesalan terbesar ketika aku kehilanganmu." (Fariq) "Aku menerimamu dengan semua kekuranganmu. Aku tidak akan mengkhianatimu. Seperti yang dilakukan papaku pada mamaku." (Andrean)

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."

After half a month of nonstop overtime, I secured a contract worth over ten million, pulling the company back from the brink of collapse. My boss, Richard Gray, was overjoyed. At the celebration party, he called me the pillar of the company and announced that he would reward me with a bonus. However, when the end of the month came, and I opened my payslip, I froze. Negative 250 dollars. A negative commission? I actually owed the company 250 dollars? I immediately called the finance department, asking if there was a mistake on my payslip. They replied, "No mistake. This is the cost calculation formula that Mr. Gray personally instructed us to use. He said you'd understand once you saw it." I went straight to Richard for an explanation. He laughed. "The contract that you signed, after factoring in the concessions, upfront resources, and hidden expenses, left the company with a net loss of 150 thousand. Since the loss was due to your personal decisions, you're responsible for five percent. That totals to 7500. "Considering how hard you worked, we deducted it from your base salary first. But your salary wasn't enough, so you still owe the company 250. Don't worry. The company treats its employees well. We'll write that off." Soon after, he awarded 100 thousand dollars to the newly arrived intern. I watched the newcomer, probably connected to Richard, cheerfully treat the entire company to dinner with her bonus, and something inside me just snapped. From that day onward, I did the bare minimum. I clocked in. I clocked out. Nothing more. Later, when a critical project went catastrophically wrong and the company faced a colossal compensation demand, Richard came begging me to fix it. I just smiled and said, "Sorry, Mr. Gray. I've already resigned. If there are any problems, you can ask the intern who got the 100 thousand dollar bonus to handle it."

I, Martina Steele of Crescent Pack, vow to avenge my and the pack's demise. I am no longer submissive and forgiving. My ruthlessness will write a new history in the world of werewolves as Female Alpha. Sinners will have to pay with their lives, Amen. *** Martina has been a Luna, and the chosen mate of Noah Ragnar for the longest time. But all of that changed when Noah introduced a young girl whom he declared as his fated mate. It was a hard pill to swallow but Martina would have gladly stepped down for Noah's happiness but he asked her to become his Mistress instead. Inflicted by this Martina rebelled against Noah's decision and was assassinated by her rival. But life worked in mysterious ways. Reborn an hour earlier from her demise, Martina vowed to never make the same mistakes again. She will rise and lead her own pack herself.

"You don't belong here.""Perhaps to you I don't, but I'm not going anywhere," I replied, unwilling to let him scare me.A deep chuckle left his throat as he stepped closer. "I can do terrible things to you-"Damian, and his brothers, were a mysterious sort and every moment with them, I was begging for pleasure.~~~When Ivy Thorne got accepted to one of the best Universities for Agriculture, she refused to miss the opportunity. The only problem she never expected was the four shifters who lived in her father's home would gradually turn her world upside down.Dangerous things don't live just in the wild. Often, they lurked closer to home and if she wasn't careful, she would find herself the center of their hunger.Little Red thrown into a world of wolves.This story is rated 18+ for explicit language and sexual content. And Then There Were Four is created by Lillith Carrie, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

“ไข่ตุ๋น” รุ่นน้องปี 2 ที่ชอบแต่งตัวเฉิ่มๆ เชยๆ แถมยังชอบใส่แว่นตาหนาเตอะ “ปาย” รุ่นพี่ปี 4 เห็นก็เรียกเธอทันทีว่า “ไอ้เฉิ่ม” แต่ใครจะรู้กันล่ะว่าเธอน่ะคือตัวแม่ นี่มันของแซ่บไม่ใช่ของเฉิ่ม!!

As the bastard daughter of the Beta, Layla Fabrini has always known her place in the Sanguis Pack. She is used to flying under the radar, but all of that changes when she discovers her fiancé's betrayal with her half-sister. Suddenly, Layla becomes the target of cruel bullying and vicious attacks that almost cost her her life, until the pack’s enigmatic Alpha, Hector, steps in to save her. … My mouth filled with saliva, moistening, and I felt the air around us go taut with a specific type of tension that always found its way into all of our encounters. Not trusting myself to use words, I nodded in answer to his question and a dangerous glimmer lit up his eyes, causing the hairs at the nape of my neck to stand up in warning. “Prove it, then,” he told me, and I blinked. “Excuse me?” “Prove that you mean it when you say you will submit to every command I give you.”

六年間の結婚生活――あったのは夜の狂宴だけで、昼のぬくもりなど一度もなかった。 寺原真衣（てらばる まい）は彼を心から愛し、どんな苦しみも甘んじて受け入れていた。 実の娘は「パパ」と呼ぶことさえ許されず、代わりに彼のずっと憧れ続けている女性の息子は、彼の膝の上で「パパ」と呼ぶことを教えられていた。 一族は養子を宝物のように大切な後継者とし、血のつながった子は、人目にさらせない汚点として扱われていた。 彼女と娘が命を落とし、彼が自ら火葬許可証に署名して、息子を憧れの女性の帰国祝いの宴に出席する――そんな日が来るまで。 心からの想いは、決して同じ心で返ってはこない。冷酷な人間には、もともと心なんてものはないのだと、彼女はようやく悟ったのだ。 人生をやり直し、屈辱と冷たさだけのこの結婚を捨てると決意した。 前の人生では、愚かにも学業を諦め、専業主婦として家族のためにすべてを捧げた。 だが今世では、迷わず離婚届を突きつけ、娘を連れて泥沼から抜け出し、もう一度キャリアを掴み、頂点へと舞い戻る――そう心に誓った。 真衣が出て行って一週間、高瀬礼央（たかせ れお）はただの我がままだと思っていた。 真衣がいなくなって一ヶ月、礼央はまるで気にも留めず、好きにさせていた。 真衣が去って何日目か……彼は業界トップクラスのエリートが集まるパーティーで、彼女の姿を見つけてしまった。 真衣は仕事一筋、娘は新しいパパ探しに夢中だった。 気づけば、真衣と娘は本当に自分を必要としていなかったのだ。 礼央はとうとう理性を失った。 冷酷で高慢だった彼は、世間の視線も顧みず、母娘を目の前で引き止め、必死に懇願した。「お願いだ、ここに跪くから……もう一度、俺を愛してくれないか？」