Our Bittersweet Marriage

The contract brought them two different people together. Her pregnancy helped save her life. Lies and secrets was like a fog covering her sight. Suspicions and doubts became the order of her life. And in the end, it's no longer about the contract but about the plans.

Menikah? Memiliki anak? Kedua hal itu tidak pernah terbayang dalam benak Kathleen Jean Whitelaw. Tapi demi mendapatkan hak warisnya sebagai satu-satunya penerus Whitelaw Corp, dia terpaksa memenuhi persyaratan absurb ayahnya tersebut. Dia menikah dengan Liam Ortiz, don juan paling tenar seantero kantornya. Sebuah pernikahan bersyarat yang sama-sama menguntungkan keduanya. Rayuan manis, sentuhan intim, sex panas, dan bisnis. Bagaimana kelanjutan pernikahan keduanya? Mampukah mereka menjaga kewarasan masing-masing agar tak saling terpengaruh satu sama lain? Atau justru pernikahan itu menghadirkan rasa lain yang awalnya tak pernah mereka inginkan ada di antara mereka? Ya, cinta. Namun jika semua elemen itu digabungkan, bukankah justru akan menciptakan kombinasi hubungan yang indah dan luar biasa?

The two of them had long been crossing paths with each other in awards shows and galas and other social events, and fates seemingly decided that they’ve had enough. One encounter led to another, and unbeknownst to them, they’ll become two important pieces and a part of each other’s life. In the face of too many adversaries and challenges that will test their love and relationship, will they be able to escape unscathed? Would their love be enough to keep them together? Or will they give it up in order to protect their interest and survive in this crazy and scary world of showbiz? “Love is not easily hindered, nor restrained. It could not be stopped or contained for it is untamed.”

Twenty-two years old, Aurora Torres suddenly disappeared when she learned that her father made an agreement that was against her will. She had a simple life away from her parents, but after two years of being separated from them, she was forced to return because her father needed her help. Upon her return, she openly accepted the wedding arrangement of a stranger named, Damien Harrison. Even before their marriage, they both agreed to make a rule— their marriage was only up to a piece of the paper. Will Aurora and Damien's business marriage last for a lifetime? Or will they end up never falling in love with each other?

Evie Harrison is a top student in her senior year of college. She is the heir of a wealthy family, studying law at Harvard in order to take over her father's company. Alexander Lockwood is the youngest and most successful lawyer in New York. He is what most people would call arrogant and he'd do anything to be on top. So he makes a deal with his rival company. In order to become the most prestigious lawyer on the East Coast, he has to marry his rival's daughter, Evie Harrison. Is Evie going to oblige at her father's request or not? 💢This is a first draft of the book! For the complete and updated version go to Webnovel! Same title, same pen name!💢

“If you think that you have been living in hell all your life, let me break that illusion for you,” Adrian said. He spoke slowly, his voice full of menace. “This place–this is true hell, right here, where I am. His statement, “In this place, death is not an escape, no matter how much you may yearn for it,” was enough to make the audience shudder, but all that tiny figure did was raise her lifeless, dull eyes. “Then help me, so I can remain here.” She replied, her voice barely above a whisper. ********************************** In a world ruled by loyalties and bloodlines, Kira, the first daughter of the strongest family in the American mafia, finds herself entangled in an unexpected twist of fate. She was betrothed since childhood to the second son of the Italian mafia’s don, due to a blood alliance between both families. She was raised alongside him and always considered him as her everything, while joyfully waiting for the day they would finally get married. To her, their love story was set in stone. However, on the day of the wedding, Kira's world as she knows it comes crumbling down when receives a shocking revelation — instead of her betrothed, a different groom appears at her wedding. And to top it off, he was dressed in a prison uniform. What happens when Kira finds herself thrust into the clutches of Adrian Vasillos the infamous ‘devil’ of the Italian mafia? Will she be able to navigate this world of danger, intrigue, betrayal, tested loyalties, and forbidden desires where she must come face to face with her deepest fears? Or will she finally discover the true meaning of love and get her happy ending? Read on to find out more in this twisted romance series…

“I am sorry if this sounds off but is Mr. Maverick a blind man?” I asked, I didn't fail to notice the frown that appeared on her face and for some reason she looked past me, unable to give me the answer. “Is this how it is now? Asking my maids for information about me.” The husky voice I heard from behind me made me jolt in shock. Ray. Emma Watson's life runs out of control when she is sold to Ray Tucker, a blind billionaire as cold and fierce. Haunted by mock and betrayal, Ray is determined to keep on his own world and he sees Emma as nothing more than a means to an end for him because he believes she was just with him because of his money. But Emma is no fragile possession, she wanted to be out of his wrath. She stood up for him and conquered Ray' heart. In Ray' world of deception and hatred from his family, what happens when Emma is torn in between loyalty to Ray and to his family?

Hailey Monfero got pregnant by her boyfriend who just pushed her away and escaped the responsibility. And the only ways she knows to give her baby a better future is to entrust it to the well-known womanizer of their University. An aloof and cold-blooded man named Andrix Elyazer. But can she hide the lies she made him believed for the whole life? Or will she choose to run away for the sake of their goods?

Thalia diminta ayahnya untuk menikah dengan Jose Antonio, kakak tiri dari kekasihnya yang berselingkuh. Itu juga berarti dia harus tinggal satu atap dengan mantan peselingkuhnya. Ditambah lagi, Jose Antonio adalah pria liar, urakan, yang penuh dengan rumor negatif melekat pada dirinya. Pria yang dihindari seluruh ayah bagi anak gadis mereka, tetapi malah dinikahkan dengan dirinya. Sepanjang pernikahan, Jose berusaha untuk mencintai Thalia dengan benar. Bagi Jose, Thalia adalah cinta pertamanya dan satu-satunya. Gadis yang sering dia perhatikan diam-diam, lebih dari separuh usia hidupnya. Dengan berjuang keras, Jose berusaha mencintai Thalia dengan benar. Namun, rumor demi rumor menggoyahkan cinta yang mulai tumbuh itu. Kebencian Thalia menancap semakin dalam padanya. Akankah dia mampu meluruhkan kebencian Thalia padanya? Akankah pernikahan yang awalnya mereka jalani hanya demi ayah Thalia, bisa bertahan menjadi pernikahan yang berlandaskan cinta sejati? Ikuti kisah mereka: Un-Desirable Marriage. [Ketika cinta harus diperjuangkan]

Princess Claire Zhuan is running from her faith. Binebenta siya ng kanyang Chinese na ama sa mga mayayaman na Chinese at dahil ayaw niya sa mga matatanda na mababaho at mga kuripot ay naging hide and seek ang buhay niya. Tinatakbuhan niya ang mga Chinese. Her hide and seek life led to her to meet the well known and one of the respectable lawyers of the Philippines. Napagmalan niyang taxi ang sasakyan nito dahil sa pagtatago sa mga tauhan ng isang mayaman na businessman na magiging asawa niya. Claire wants to get out of her fate, which is why she asks Attorney Kienzo to be her husband. She knows she’s being desperate but she doesn't want to regret living. Kienzo is not stupid to be get married to a stranger but he change his mind. He doesn't know how this crazy woman changed his mind.