Monochrome Rumor

Who would have thought that an accident would lead Pancho to find his true love? Astrid Marie Smith's dreams and whole life were devastated when her long-term boyfriend married her cousin Castela Newton. She wanted to forget the hurt and pain they had caused her. She went to a bar, got totally drunk, and ended up in bed with a stranger whom she believed was a gay man. They indeed had hot, steamy rebound sex all night. Pancho treasured all this and savored the night with her, but she ran away and could no longer be found. She went abroad to start a new life. After three years, Astrid went back, in timely for a revenge, when Castela ordered her to spy on her husband while abroad for six months as Philip's replacement secretary. She continued to pretend to be a dumb and mischievous. She was set up for an eviler and more destructive plan. She never realized that the hot alpha male she slept with was the elder brother of his ex-boyfriend, the Vice President of the company, Pancho Carbonel. Pancho Carbonel fell in love with Astrid the first time he set his eyes on her. He had the chance to court her, but it didn't go as he planned. A rumor circulated in the company that she was Philip's mistress. However, nothing changed. Astrid is still Pancho's dream girl, and she alone is enough for him. Until one day, she confronted Pancho, and what happened to them meant nothing to her. One night changed their lives and they are bound to end into something unexpected. Will Pancho ever have the opportunity to fulfill his heart's desire to love and be loved? Will rebound sex find its way to tie the knot with his estranged lover?

"Be mine to own and I'll make your Ex Husband wish he never crossed you....You have four minutes to decide what you want, Little Peach!" ☆☆☆☆☆☆ Olive Anderson's life was shattered when her husband betrayed and divorced her on her hospital bed. The same day, her mother's illness worsened, and the hospital demanded a hefty sum. Desperate, Olive turned to her uncle for help, only to be coerced into sleeping with an investor. Left with no choice but to sleep with the investor to get the money to pay for the medical expenses. There was a mix up and she ended up in the bed of a drunk CEO, that single night marked the beginning of her unending misery and as well fortune. The stranger she slept with turned out to be her cousin's arranged- soon-to-be husband. And when he met her again, he wanted her! He would possess her! He won't let her go! Logan Smith-The Ambitious Tycoon from a prestigious family whose only motive was to get an arranged wife to clear his reputation and stop the rumor of him being Gay, found Olive as a suitable bride because of his Rare Physical contact disorder. He can't be touched by a woman. Therefore, He would do anything to get Olive Anderson who was the first woman to touch him without his illness flaring up. Olive is trapped between her desires as Logan proposes a deal: financial support and revenge on Olive's ex-husband in exchange for her belonging to him. Olive is torn between her thirst for vengeance and the scheming CEO's possessive grasp. She found herself exposed to a world she never bargained for and she was thrust into a world filled with self-discovery-challenging everything she thought she knew about herself.

I train so hard that even in my sleep, I recite medical formulas. At long last, victory is mine! I am the champion of the Healers' Competition. But just as they place the trophy in my hands, my twin sister, Sasha Flanders, strides onto the stage and snatches it away. With brazen conviction, she declares, "I'm the true champion! My sister swapped the competitor's information to steal this honor from me!" The audience gasps in an uproar. Before my stunned eyes, the judges revoke my title on the spot. I don't yet realize that this competition is no ordinary contest—it is the Alpha King Leonard Muller's secret trial, one that is meant to select his future Luna Queen. Rumor paints him as monstrous—hideous of face, bloodthirsty in nature, and treats women as nothing more than breeding machines. It is said this is why he has never taken a mate. His summons arrived this very night, commanding Sasha to attend the coronation ceremony as Luna Queen. My Beta fiance, Timothy Newsom, turns ashen with rage. The next day, Sasha comes to flaunt herself before me, her neck freshly marked, carrying Timothy's scent. "Oh, my poor sister. Your precious fiance marked me. What will you do now? You're turning 25 in three days. By our pack's law, if no one claims you, you'll be thrown to the impotent, deranged, and broken wolves no one else will have. You'll be worse than trash." Her shrill laughter cracks in my ears, squeezing the breath from my chest. But I will not let that break me. I went straight to my parents. "If Sasha dares not to be Luna Queen… then let me take her place."

"Do you think her highness went to talk to our king?" Cindy asked. "No way, that would be a mistake" Amore answered. "Why is that?" I asked curiously. They looked at each other for some minutes. "Girls we are all servants here," Miriam said trying to make them spill anything they know. "The king is busy preparing the wedding" Cindy answered in a whisper. "Oh yes preparing it on lady Grace" Amore answered with laughter. "Lady Grace?" Debby asked. "Yes, lady Grace the beautiful daughter of lord Ridder" Cindy answered. "You mean, he is having sex with her right now as we speak?. As in he sleeps with her?" I asked trying to understand what I thought I was hearing wrong. "The king sleeps with Almost half of the castle ladies, the king finds pleasure in all the women here, mostly the younger ones, but his best is lady Grace. I can bet you five tails of gold right now, when you go upstairs you will hear the screams, he can never get enough of lady Grace. Every time we walk by, we could hear their moans and groans, and at times when the king sits with lady Grace on his throne, he touches her almost everywhere, his not afraid to show everyone how much she means to him," Amore said. "Poor princess, she will be marrying a man who is in love with another, rumor has it that our king only agreed to marry the princess because of the ministers who advised him to do it, he wanted to wed lady Grace but the ministers couldn't agree on it," Cindy said as I sat down powrlessly. "It seems our princess is really unlucky" I whispered sadly. I truly was unlucky to be marrying such a horrible man.

”Alya. Please, bantu aku. Dari sejak Mama dan Papa kamu meninggal, kamu bisa melanjutkan hidup sampai sekarang dari hasil penjualan toko itu. Dan sekarang toko itu terancam bangkrut, sementara yang bisa membantu cuma kamu." Mata Alya menyipit, ”Maksud, Tante?” ”Menikah lah dengan Levian, karena dia cuma mau bantu, jika dia berhasil menikahi kamu.” ”Ini gila, Tante! Bagaimana mungkin aku menikah dengan mantan suami Tante ku sendiri, apalagi kalian belum lama bercerai!” ___________________________________________________________ Kalimat itu mengubah hidup Alyandra Prameswari selamanya. Ia tak menyangka, tantenya sendiri tega menukarkan kehormatannya demi uang. Dan yang lebih mengerikan, pria yang diminta untuk dinikahinya bukan sembarang orang — tapi Levian, adik ipar dari mendiang ibunya, yang kini dikenal seantero kota dengan julukan pria dingin. Rumor yang mengembang di keluarganya, pria itu Impoten. Namun, di malam pernikahan paksa mereka, semua yang diyakini Alya tentang pria itu mulai runtuh. Sebab suatu ketika, di balik tatapan matanya yang tenang, Levian berbisik pelan — dengan suara yang membuat darah Alya berdesir. “Kamu percaya semua gosip itu, Alya? Malam ini, aku akan buktikan … siapa yang sebenarnya tidak berdaya.” Dan dari situlah segalanya dimulai — pernikahan yang seharusnya palsu, berubah menjadi labirin penuh rahasia, dendam, dan gairah yang tak bisa diingkari. Sementara di balik semua itu, ada masa lalu kelam keluarga mereka yang selama ini disembunyikan rapat-rapat.

What do you want from me? I'm just an ordinary human" Aloha said, staring at the floor, too scared to look into his eyes. Aloha pulled her trembling hands to the side of her body as she tried to calm her racing heart. The words that would save her from his wrath begged to be spoken from her mouth, but she didn\'t say it, fearing it might only anger him, and she continued to keep her mouth shut. Aloha realized this was the reason he was called a beast. He could install fear in you without even altering a word. \'Are you sure you are an ordinary human, you a witch?\' Ragnar mumbled to his hearing alone. "I\'m your tormentor, your worst nightmare. You will tremble when you see me, yet you won\'t be able to do without me. You are prey, and I\'m predator," he deadly whispered. Rumor has it. He became destructive after being cursed. He\'s the Alpha King who has pleasure in tormenting humans. He\'s feared by everyone. He\'s cold to everyone. He had lived for thousands of years. He hates the guts of humans. Since he was cursed because of humans and witches he became the nightmare of humans and witches His name is Alpha Ragnar, the Alpha, who, with a mere look in his eyes, had a human trembling in fear. Two centuries ago, another prophecy came out on how to lift his curse, but there is a condition involving Aloha. What could the condition be? Read to find out how Aloha played into that condition.

Lilly Riverwood, daughter of Alpha Mick and Luna Harmony, lives in the shadow of her brother Luka, the heir to the Riverwood werewolf pack. Unlike most Alpha offspring, Lilly isn't power-hungry or interested in pack politics. She's a talented violinist who has gained fame in both human and werewolf societies worldwide. Standing tall at 5'9", Lilly is unusually tall for a she-wolf. She finds herself constantly avoiding her brother's overprotective nature and the scheming she-wolves who try to befriend her solely to get closer to Luka. While her brother enjoys popularity as the Alpha heir and football team captain, Lilly prefers a quieter life focused on her violin, studies, and helping at the pack's preschool. Under her mother's guidance, Lilly has been training to become a future Luna, as her mother believes she's destined to mate with an Alpha from another pack. The only thing Lilly truly does for herself is playing the violin, having no genuine friends except Emma, Rachel, and Mia. Lilly's routine is disrupted when a mysterious new Alpha heir named Axel Blackthorn joins her Advanced Music Theory class. After she performs a violin piece that captivates the class, Axel approaches her and shows interest, kissing her hand in front of everyone. This unexpected gesture sends the school's rumor mill into overdrive. When confronted by Kendra, the self-proclaimed future Luna of the Riverwood Pack, and her posse about Axel's attention, Lilly finally snaps and declares that, unlike them, she doesn't aspire to be someone's Luna—she just wants to be left alone with her violin and her music.

Liburan semester seharusnya menjadi waktu bagi Alea Kirana untuk bersantai, tapi sebagai mahasiswi DKV yang ambisius, ia justru disibukkan dengan persiapan Dies Natalis kampusnya. Di tengah hiruk-pikuk acara yang meriah, takdir mempermainkannya. Dalam insiden tak terduga, ia menabrak seorang pria di koridor kampus, menumpahkan kopi ke jas mahalnya. Pria itu bukan sembarang orang, melainkan Alden Dirgantara, CEO muda yang sukses, alumni yang menjadi kebanggaan universitas, dan sosok yang dikabarkan dingin dan tak tersentuh. Kejadian memalukan itu seharusnya menjadi yang terakhir, namun ternyata hanya permulaan. Alden, yang terkesan dengan presentasi Alea, menawarkan posisi magang di perusahaannya. Alea terpaksa menerima, membawa dirinya dari dunia kampus yang penuh warna ke lingkungan kantor yang serba kaku. Di sana, ia harus berhadapan dengan rekan kerja yang kompetitif dan rumor yang beredar tentang hubungannya dengan sang CEO. Seiring waktu, Alea perlahan melihat sisi lain dari Alden, sisi yang lebih hangat dan protektif yang tersembunyi di balik citra dinginnya. Batasan antara profesionalisme dan perasaan mulai kabur. Namun, saat hubungan mereka semakin dalam, masa lalu Alden dan intrik di perusahaan mengancam untuk menghancurkan segalanya. Mampukah Alea bertahan di dunia korporat yang asing dan membuka hati Alden yang tertutup? Atau akankah magang ini hanya menjadi sebuah pelajaran tentang jatuh cinta yang berakhir?

The night before the bond ceremony, the moonlight was like silver, sprinkling over the altar of the werewolf tribe. The Moon Goddess chose Jonah's white moonlight, Emma, and assigned her to William, the tyrannical alpha of the werewolf tribe.His blood flows with the power of the ancient wolf king, but also with untamed wildness. Rumor has it that every woman who spends the night with William will be covered in bruises the next day. William’s desire is intertwined with his wolf nature, and the silver bed is his unique symbol. Silver is poison and a test for werewolves. William would let those women lie on the cold silver bed, watching their pain of being eroded by silver and the joy of desire intertwined, making painful moans and confused gasps. This contradictory torture is the catalyst for his wild desire. Jonah knows William's cruelty well, and he can't bear Emma to be the next victim. So, under the protection of the moonlight, he kidnapped Emma one step ahead and completed the marking ceremony with her under the witness of the Moon Goddess. And I, the woman abandoned by Jonah. The vows I made turned to ashes under the moonlight, and my name became a laughingstock in the tribe. In the evening, the setting sun was like blood, and William's figure appeared in front of my tent. His golden pupils flickered in the twilight with the aggression of a beast. His voice was low and threatening: "Since Jonah has robbed my partner, you can be my Luna: how about it?" Luna, the partner of the alpha in the werewolf tribe, symbolizes power and glory, but also means endless bondage and danger. I raised my head, looked directly into his eyes, and a sneer appeared at the corner of my mouth: "Okay."

Wilayah kekuasaan Harbetor resmi dialihkan pada putra sulung raja yang berusia 45 tahun, Edmund Ainsteree. Meski disebut sudah tidak muda lagi, tata cara kepemimpinannya mampu menjunjung Harbetor pada puncak kemakmuran. Karena itu, Edmund kerap kali dipanggil Ksatria setengah abad, sesuai dengan usianya yang hampir separuh dari seratus. Meski dikenal sangat cerdas, membanggakan, dan penuh pesona kepemimpinan. Ada satu hal yang membuatnya kurang dianggap baik bagi mata para wanita. Edmund masih melajang hingga sekarang, bahkan tidak ada satu pun rumor mengenai gadis yang dia dekati. Namun, tepat saat malam peresmian kedatangannya hari itu, berita tidak bersumber mendadak mengguncang Harbetor. Berkat pertemuannya dengan seniman muda bernama Samantha Caley, putri sulung mendiang Baron Alexandru dengan Baroness Julia. Berita kencan buta tentang mereka ramai dibicarakan publik, hingga akhirnya sampai ke telinga sang raja. Samantha baru berusia 18 tahun, emosinya jelas memuncak karena dipasangkan dengan seorang pria tua yang usianya hampir sama dengan mendiang sang ayah. Hingga suatu hari, Edmund memberanikan diri untuk melamarnya—yang sudah jelas Samantha tolak mentah-mentah. Meski keluarganya tengah ditempatkan pada masa krisis sebab kepergian sang ayah telah mengguncang ekonomi keluarga, Samantha tetap tidak mau menerima bantuan dari pria itu terutama ketika membahas mengenai hubungan antara keduanya. Lain dengan penolakan mati-matian gadis itu, Edmund mungkin terlihat lebih santai, tapi perasaannya menegaskan seberapa keras ia berjuang, hanya demi mengejar cinta sejatinya seorang. Melalui perjuangan tersebut, apakah Samantha mau membuka hatinya perlahan demi Edmund?