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I’d been dead a month before my family even noticed. It wasn’t concern that brought them to that realization. It was my silence after the so-called “dinner” with Adam Rossi, the infamous mafia boss. My father scoffed like always,“She probably shacked up with that bastard. Too busy spreading her legs to pick up the damn phone.” My sister texted me a photo of them smiling under the Christmas tree, ornaments twinkling like nothing was wrong. Bitch, she wrote. You better talk Mr. Rossi into working with Dad, or you might as well be dead already. And my mother—once the softer one—was now colder than the frost on their windows. “I told you, we should’ve sent Gia to charm Mr. Rossi. Serena always screws things up.” They didn’t think I would die. Not until they found my body—broken, rotten, and forgotten—in Adam Rossi’s basement.

Dahil sa malubhang sakit ng kanyang ama, walang nagawa si Renata Ferrer nang ipagbili siya ng sariling madrasta sa isang bilyonaryong walang puso, si Severino "Sev" Morelli. Kilala si Sev bilang isang malamig, walang awa, at walang interes sa pag-ibig. Para sa kanya, lahat ng bagay ay may presyo, at si Renata? Isa lang siyang bayad na ari-arian. Ngunit hindi niya inasahan na ang babaeng ito—na pinilit lang ipasok sa kanyang buhay—ay magtutulak sa kanya sa isang bagay na hindi mabibili ng pera.

They say the devil wears a three-piece suit. Mine wore a ring stamped with a golden lion, the symbol of the Ricci mafia. It was on a night of fire and ashes that my life changed. My name was Alaya, and I was just a girl among many others, born in the alleys of a neighborhood where poverty poisons you from the cradle. My mother, sick, had only me... and the debts. That night, they came. They knocked on the door. Three men in black. Not a word, just an envelope, and a chilling phrase: — "Your daughter is still a virgin, isn't she? The boss pays dearly for that." I had no choice. His name was Santino Ricci. Cold. Magnetic. Dangerous. The head of one of the most powerful families in Italy. He looked at me like one looks at precious merchandise. Then he said: — "You will be my wife. No matter how you feel." And I signed my condemnation. This marriage was not a union... but a gilded cage. I learned to survive among snakes. I saw death. I saw blood. I heard the screams of girls who, like me, had been sold. But what they had not anticipated... was that the little broken virgin would eventually bite back.

I've dated Andrew Carter, my surgeon boyfriend, for seven years. We plan 66 weddings, and he cancels every single one for Selena Merrick. The first time, Selena botched a patient's injection. "Wait for me," he said, and I waited the entire day. The second time, she slipped and fell in the shower. We were just about to exchange rings, but he ditched me at the altar without a second thought, leaving me to face the ridicule from the guests. For all 65 weddings I held, Selena always found an excuse to lure Andrew away. At the 65th wedding, she claimed her dog was dying and threatened to take her life. My mom collapsed from stress-induced angina, yet Andrew still ran to Selena. Afterward, he kneels and begs us for forgiveness. "Selena is just a pitiful orphan, but you're the one I'll always love," he declares. I give him one last chance, yet he never fails to disappoint me. That is it. I break up with Andrew and join Doctors without Borders. Goodbye. Let's never meet again.

One of my classmates, Liam, called me one day. His mom was planning to get a divorce, and he wanted me to talk to her.   The first time I saw Liam’s mom, I was captivated by her unique charm as a mature woman. From then on, I couldn’t stop thinking about her.   One day, I decided to invite Liam for a hike. He wasn’t home, but there were faint moans coming from inside the room. I pushed the door open to find Claire lying on a red blanket. Her legs were entwined, and she moved in a way that was impossible to ignore.   Who knew Liam’s mom would be so good at it? Quietly, I moved further into the room. Without a word, she walked over and shut the bedroom door behind me. 

Veena Morales Segovia loved Sixto for years. Kaya nang ipagkasundo sila para ikasal, she thought she was finally getting her happy ending. Pero isang gabi lang, gumuho ang lahat. Sa isang party na dinala siya ng asawa, she was drugged, dragged into a hidden room, and violated… because Sixto sold his own wife in exchange for a billion-peso project. At ang hindi alam ng lahat ay virgin pa si Veena. Ni minsan, hindi siya ginalaw ng asawa niyang mas abala sa kabit nito. At doon pumasok si Hudson Del Fierro. Ang lalaking dapat bibili lang ng proyekto… pero ang natagpuan niya ay isang babaeng durog, niloko, at ipinagbili ng taong dapat nagmahal sa kanya. Nang malaman niyang siya ang nakauna kay Veena, something in him snapped. Hudson wants answers. Sixto wants the deal. And Veena? She just wants to survive. Pero habang unti-unti siyang binubuo ni Hudson, she begins to realize one dangerous truth— Sometimes, the man who saves you… becomes the one you can’t live without.

"Take me, please take me now. I love you, Damon." she moaned as he continued squeezing and toying with her soft chest especially her nipples. “I am yours. But only for tonight." was his cold reply. ★ Alpha Damon has the physical appearance of an angel but a heart inclined to evil because of his demon origin. Ladies fantasize about him because of his extraordinary beauty and aura but Damon cares for no one. No one at all. The Cold Heart one. However, Damon would meet a human girl Jane, who he saved from a gang of rapists. And she will make him feel things like compassion and concern and ultimately love. But before he could accept these feelings as true and real, Danger and Death would come like the shadow as he will be the center of a war between Demons and Witches as well as Werewolves and Vampires...

Isla Davina is a woman who will do everything for her family. As most people say ─ the eldest child of the family is one of the bravest people in the world. She sold herself to someone she did not know in exchange for money. When she gets naked, she's getting dressed for work. Tobias Adam Martin, best friend of Isla Davina, pretending to be poor, fat, nerd and weak but little did the people know he is the only heir and CEO of M&M Company, (Marshall&Martin Company), one of the richest and successful businesses in Asia. He bought her best friend, Isla, in exchange for her body. What if she finds out that the man who bought her and the Adam Marshall who has been her best friend for very long years are the same─ person?

Angelica Demonista Sanchez Smith, nag-iisang anak ng isa sa top businesswoman sa mundo. Isa siyang nerd o jologs kung tawagin ngunit sa kabila nito ay may bagay na hindi pangkaraniwan itong ginagawa. Hindi lang din siya basta isang anak ng mayaman, may iba pang kinabibilangan ang kaniyang angkan. Mayroon din siyang masalimuot na nasaksihan mismo ng dalawa niyang mata. Paghihiganti, ito ang gusto niyang gawin para mabigyan ng katarungan ang pagkawala ng kaniyang ama, naniniwala siyang wala itong kasalanan. Ngunit, magbabago kaya ang kaniyang isip? O mananaig pa rin ang kaniyang kagustuhan na maghiganti para sa ama? O may iba pa kaya siyang gusto?

"I raised you to be my daughter," he said. "But I raised him to be your husband." I was twelve when my biological father was murdered. I was twenty-three when my adoptive father sold me to the enemy to settle a debt. Alessandro Romano was not supposed to be my husband. He was supposed to be the monster under my bed. The cold-eyed mafia heir who watched me from the shadows for years. On our wedding night, he didn’t force me. He handed me a loaded gun. "Shoot me, Giselle. End it now. Or put the gun down and accept that you are mine." I didn't shoot. I let him touch me. I let him make me scream. I let him drag me into his dark world until I couldn't tell where the cage ended and his arms began. But secrets in the mafia don't stay buried. I thought the worst thing Alessandro could do was break my heart. I was wrong. The worst thing he did was kill the only man who ever truly loved me….my biological father….eleven years ago. Shattered by the truth, I ran. I thought I had escaped the monster. But two pink lines on a plastic stick changed everything. I am carrying his heir. And now I’m trapped in a house with a stepbrother whose love is sickness, a mother who rose from the grave to destroy me, and a husband who will burn the world to ash to find us. He thinks I ran to get away. He doesn't know I ran to save our baby from its father.