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Sated from their passionate deed, Jonathan Sheffield rises and gently scoops the worn-out Eloise Carter into his arms. He cleans her in the bathroom, carries her back to bed, and lets her settle in. Normally, Eloise will have fallen asleep by now. But she won't allow herself to doze off tonight, not before she takes out the birthday present she's carefully prepared for Jonathan. Jonathan is making a phone call out on the balcony when Eloise quietly takes out the present she has hidden. It's a red velvet box, containing the ring she plans to give him when she proposes. She inches closer to the balcony and is about to speak when she freezes. A shocked, male voice rings out from the other end of Jonathan's phone, which he's casually left on the balcony ledge. "What the hell? You must be out of your mind, Jonathan! You're planning to take Eloise's heart and give it to Sonia?"

Verena decides to give her marriage another chance only for her husband to bring in another woman, suggesting an open marriage. To make it fair, he tells her that she can date anyone as well and the idea of an open marriage was to make things work between them. Done with Kian’s lack of respect for her, she takes his advice and gets into a one-night stand with someone who shakes up her world, who looks at her with the same affection she searched for in Kian’s eyes but never found. The catch?— He is Daxton, Kian’s uncle. Now, Daxton refuses to let her go. And Kian? He isn’t willing to lose her either.

season 1 Shangguan Mai, seorang panglima besar yang disegani di medan perang, harus menghadapi kenyataan pahit ketika ayahandanya dituduh membunuh Pangeran Kedelapan, pewaris takhta yang paling dicintai Kaisar. Untuk menyelamatkan kehormatan keluarganya, Shangguan Mai dipaksa menikah dengan Pangeran Xiao Zhi—pangeran yang terkenal bodoh dan lemah. Namun, di balik topeng kebodohan Xiao Zhi, tersembunyi sebuah rahasia kelam yang bisa mengubah nasib kerajaan. Pernikahan ini bukan hanya tentang menebus dosa, tetapi juga membuka jalan bagi Shangguan Mai ke dalam pusaran intrik istana yang penuh pengkhianatan dan tipu daya. Apakah Shangguan Mai akan menemukan cinta dan kebahagiaan dalam hubungan politik ini, ataukah dia akan tenggelam dalam permainan licik yang dapat menghancurkan segalanya? season 2 kegelapan perlahan menyelimuti Kota Dacang. Dalam satu malam yang penuh darah, penduduknya berubah menjadi monster yang dikendalikan oleh racun misterius. Putra Mahkota Zhaoyang diutus untuk menyelamatkan kota itu, ia didampingi oleh Cui Xing, seorang ahli forensik yang cerdas dan berani. Disisi lain, Wu Yan—adik Zhaoyang diutus pergi ke Huanxi untuk menyelidiki asal usul racun iblis. Namun, ternyata dibalik dinding-dinding Istana Huanxi yang dingin, terdapat rahasia lain yang tersembunyi. Shen Ying, putri yang dianggap pembawa sial karena membawa kematian tragis untuk ibundanya, berniat membalaskan dendam atas penghinaan yang ia terima selama ini. Ketika takdir mempertemukan mereka dalam perang melawan musuh yang tak terlihat, rahasia tergelap dua kerajaan mulai terungkap. Tapi di balik setiap misteri, tersembunyi intrik yang jauh lebih mematikan. Dapatkah mereka bertahan dalam permainan kucing dan tikus yang berbahaya, atau akankah mereka tenggelam dalam kebohongan dan pengkhianatan yang tak bisa dihindari? Dalam dunia di mana kepercayaan bisa menjadi bumerang, siapa yang akan bertahan sampai akhir?

"Huh," she said awkwardly, looking at her hands. Seriously, Grace, just die; she cursed herself. "But you know the funniest thing..." he said, now standing in front of her, since when, she wondered. As he traced the line of her ears with his thumb, she shivered in excitement. Boy! Who would have thought she was sensitive in that area? He forced her head up with his hand. "I am going to have you here and now, Grace, and it won’t be a joke." Grace Bush, the only child of a prominent Canadian family known for her selflessness, and sweetness, experiences a tragic incident on the happiest day of her life, resulting in the loss of her entire family. Left as the only survivor, she undergoes a profound transformation from a sweet innocent child to a wild and self-centered individual. In order to claim her late father's wealth, she decided to train herself in a well-known firm, facing unexpected challenges. Just as she contemplates giving up, fate presents her with a life-altering job opportunity, offering an escape from her troubled hometown, or did it? Noah Creed, the handsome billionaire CEO of The S.O publishing industry in New York, appears to have it all – wealth, looks, and success. Despite being divorced three times, a father, and engaged, he has never truly understood or desired love until he encounters Grace Bush, a wild and unpredictable newcomer in his film industry. Little does he know, their meeting will open a new chapter in his life.

Scarlett is a she—werewolf, who lacks the basic ability of shifting into her wolf form. All werewolves can only get their mate after they shift, so all hope is lost for her. But her childhood crush—The Alpha King's heir, Rush Rivera is here to save the day and make her a chosen mate. Just when she thinks everything is going too right on the day of her chosen mate ceremony, the Rogue Lycan Alpha comes breaking her doors. He claims that she is his mate and surprisingly, she recognizes him as one. If she is wolfless, then how can she recognize him as her mate? And even if he is her mate, how can she accept him when he killed her parents in a rogue attack three years ago? An attraction they can't deny, a heat season around the corner, and the Alpha King on the hunt for the Rogue Lycan and the wolfless omega, what could go wrong with them?

Born beneath the Blood Eclipse, I carry two curses: a soul that burns my mate alive and a bond that only ends in death. Born under a cursed moon, I was destined to destroy my mate. He rejected me. The next day, my parents sold me to a monster. Now I’m trapped in a loveless marriage, carrying a child I can’t explain, and pulled into a second bond with the one man my first mate calls brother. Everyone wants to control me. No one sees the storm I’m becoming. ~ “I let you go to save you, Avelyn.” Rhett muttered, with a lowered gaze. “No,” I whispered, voice trembling. “You let me go because you were terrified I’d destroy you.”

Avec ses ennemis dans la Virginie d'avant la guerre civile cherchant toujours sa mort, Esmerelda est forcée de retourner dans le futur quelques jours seulement après le mariage de Lance. Parce qu'il était nécessaire de simuler sa mort pour empêcher ses ennemis de la suivre dans le futur, son nouveau mari, Lance, a été contraint de rester. Il avait placé une boîte magique pour qu'ils puissent communiquer jusqu'à ce qu'il trouve un moyen d'être en toute sécurité avec elle sous le plancher de la maison. Maintenant, elle doit le trouver. Une tâche plus facile à dire qu'à faire ! « The Magic Box » est le deuxième tome de la passionnante série de détectives d'Esmerelda

Aria Kingsley had been kissed before. But never like this. Not against the cold wall of her father’s mansion. Not by the one man sworn to guard her body, not steal it. Aria has been raised like a jewel in a glass box—perfect, untouchable, and suffocated by her father’s power. When a threat against her life surfaces, Damon Cross, a brooding ex-special forces soldier with scars he doesn’t talk about, is hired as her personal bodyguard. Aria hates his rules. Damon hates her defiance. But the more they clash, the hotter the tension burns. Every stolen glance, every forbidden touch threatens to destroy the walls between them. Yet Damon’s past is as dangerous as Aria’s future. Enemies close in, secrets unravel, and passion becomes a risk neither can afford. In a world where loyalty can be bought and betrayal is inevitable, one question remains— Can Aria survive falling in love with the one man she was never meant to have?

"Mommy, you have to be the first person to come pick me up, okay?" These are my daughter Dorothy Grant's final words to me when she walked me out of the house this morning. But when I stand at the kindergarten's entrance with a box of Dorothy's favorite strawberry shortcake in my hands, the security guard just stares at me as though I lost my mind. "Ma'am, this place might be where Sunflower Kindergarten is located, but it has already closed its doors for three years. This place is now a retirement home." I rush into the "kindergarten" instantly. The spot where the slide used to be is now replaced by a row of flowerbeds. The room that used to be the classroom now hosts a bunch of elderly people, who bask in the sunlight. With trembling hands, I call my husband, Chester Grant, on the phone. He sounds very exasperated and exhausted over the phone. "Honey, we've been married for five years, and we choose to be childless. You've never given birth before."

The soon-to-be King, Neil Gabriel J. Rashid-Al, was called by his father King to go home to their country after 7 years of jumping from one country to the other one pero sa ibang kadahilanan ay hindi pa siya ready na bumalik, at dahil may past siya na ayaw niya balikan sa Dubai. And so, para takasan ang nakaraan niya ay humanap siya nang babae na papayag maging wife niya at sa hindi inaasahan na pagkakataon ay nakita niya ang katulong na naglilinis ng bahay niya, her name is Wendy at laki ito sa hirap. Meanwhile, Wendy Lee saw her boss for the first time dahil whenever she come to his house to clean he was out and doing his business. But that day was different and because of circumstances ay pumayag siya rito na maging contract wife kahit na hindi nila kilala ang isa’t-isa nang husto. Soon, they fly going to Dubai and the family Rashid-Al were all got surprised by their news, especially his elder sister who knows everything about him. Ang tanong...will the soon-to-be King, Neil, take the throne and be willing to be true to himself, or will he hide and stick to his plan? But what will happen if the past meets the future? What side is he going to take?