P I L O T Unscramble

Houve uma confusão no hospital quando o familiar de um paciente começou a levantar uma faca. Instintivamente, tentei empurrar meu marido, Dr. Ricardo Lourenço, para longe. Mas, ele agarrou minha mão e me colocou na frente da sua protegida, Camila Xavier. Aquela facada entrou no meu abdômen, matandoo bebê que acabava de se formar. Quando meus colegas me encaminharam às pressas para a UTI, chorando, Ricardo me arrancou da maca. — Salvem a Camila primeiro! — Ele berrou. — Se acontecer qualquer coisa com ela, eu demito todo mundo! Os médicos ficaram chocados e furiosos: — Dr. Ricardo, você enlouqueceu? A Camila só teve um corte superficial. Sua esposa está em estado grave! Eu toquei meu ventre que sangrava sem parar e assenti devagar: — Deixe como está. Estamos quites, Ricardo.

My boyfriend, Victor Pearson, was ranked number one in the world in horror games. Meanwhile, I was secretly working part-time as a monster NPC inside one of those dungeons. Every dungeon he cleared was SSS rank, whereas the one I worked in was the beginner level. We were never supposed to run into each other… until he nearly wiped out all the monsters in an SSS dungeon. The system pulled me in at the last second as emergency backup. When I tried to scare players with my awful acting, the live chat tore me apart. [Hahaha, since when did the monsters in this dungeon get so cowardly? She’s supposed to scare us, but we actually scared her instead.] [This is next-level dumb. Getting lost in a dungeon is embarrassing. Is this monster here for comic relief?] [Poor thing. She'd better hide. Anyone else might let her go, but if she runs into Big V, she's dead before she knows it.] [Come on. Big V only hunts the nastiest bosses. He wouldn’t even bother with trash like that. She would probably scare herself to death first.] I did everything I could to avoid Victor, to keep him from realizing I was the monster working there. But somehow, I stumbled right into him anyway. The chat exploded, waiting for my instant death. After all, he was a legend on the leaderboards, a god among players. But instead of killing me, he bent down and gently pinched my cheek. "Hey, babe. How many players do you wanna take out? I'll help you." The people in the chat lost their minds. [What the hell?!]

Meu corpo amadureceu mais rápido que o das outras meninas da minha idade. Quando fiz dezoito anos, meu irmão superprotetor teve medo de que eu fosse enganada ou que alguém se aproveitasse de mim, então pediu para que o melhor amigo dele tomasse conta de mim. Mas, desde a primeira vez em que nos conhecemos, aquele homem não conseguia tirar os olhos do meu corpo. Quando terminei a faculdade, ele começou a ultrapassar os limites, repetidas vezes. Durante o dia, ele era meu chefe. À noite, eu era sua "assistente pessoal". Por quatro anos, mantivemos nosso caso em segredo. Ele me moldou exatamente do jeito que ele gostava. E a pior parte? Eu deixei. Foi assim até o dia em que sua ex-noiva voltou do exterior. Ele saiu da minha cama no meio da noite e correu direto ao aeroporto para buscá-la. Humilhada, mas ainda incapaz de desistir, eu corri atrás dele, apenas para vê-lo acariciar com delicadeza o cabelo de outra mulher bem na minha frente. Ele se virou e disse: — Jennifer Huckabee, quatro anos atrás, você se aproveitou de que eu estava bêbado e se arrastou até a minha cama. O jeito que você está agindo agora... é definitivamente patético. Ele olhava para ela com carinho e gentileza, enquanto eu, só recebia um olhar gelado e debochado. Naquele instante, eu entendi: desde o começo, aquilo nunca foi amor. Então, abaixei minha cabeça e enviei uma mensagem para meu irmão, aceitando a proposta de casamento da família Sinclair. Depois disso, me virei para aquele homem e disse com um sorriso no rosto: — Tudo bem, então. Adeus.

O casamento de Isadora Freitas e Olavo Carvalho durou cinco anos, sustentado pelo sacrifício de sua dignidade e de sua estabilidade emocional. Ela acreditava que, na ausência de amor, ao menos haveria alguma afeição familiar. Até que, um dia... O aviso de emergência sobre a saúde de sua filha única e as manchetes de Olavo esbanjando dinheiro com sua musa apareceram simultaneamente diante dela. Ela finalmente percebeu que não precisava mais fingir ser esposa dele. Porém, aquele homem cruel subornou toda a imprensa, e ajoelhou-se na neve com os olhos vermelhos e suplicou para que ela voltasse. Mas Isadora apareceu de braços dados com outro homem. Um novo amor anunciado para o mundo.

The proposal Aurora had dreamed of? A total sham. Just a stunt by her boyfriend, Marco, to make his first love, Sofia, jealous. The second she said, "I do," Sofia stormed in, tears and all, wailing that she'd changed her mind—that she couldn't let him marry someone else. And just like that, they were in each other's arms, celebrating their grand reunion. Meanwhile, Aurora stood there, the punchline to a cruel joke.

"Enid knows that something is wrong with Asher. He doesn't...want her? That can't be possible. The mating bond doesn't allow that. So, what is wrong? With her? No. Something else. Something darker...more sinister, tugs at the back of his mind, telling him, that she can't be his. And she would get to the bottom of it. Because this alpha is hers."

I waited for Alex for over five years. I endured the whispers of the clan, the mocking gazes, the judgment from his family who never thought I was good enough. Still, I waited—because I loved him. I believed in him. I trusted that he would choose me in the end. But the truth shattered me. One evening, I saw his laptop left open. And on the screen—countless photos of Elsa. His childhood sweetheart. His first love. It felt like a knife twisting in my chest. While I was drowning in problems, silently begging for his support, he was smiling by her side. All those years I gave him... all that waiting… I got nothing. So I left. Broken. Exhausted. Done pretending I was okay. I traveled far from our pack, seeking solitude under the excuse of pack relocation. But the truth was, I was trying to stitch myself back together—one breath, one step, one bitter tear at a time.But now… he’s gone mad looking for me. Why, Alex? Why do you search for me now, after crushing me so completely? When I stood by you, you looked past me. Now that I’ve finally let go… Why do you care?

21+ 18+ This wasn't right, this experimental relationship probably wouldn't work. An attempted relationship was scary enough, let alone an attempted marriage, it was even scarier. Vanilla did not want to experience domestic failure, she wanted to be like her mother who got married only once in her life.

My husband had a heart attack on his way to work and died. All I could see was his body when I rushed to the hospital. I was heartbroken and bedridden. When I was about to die, I saw on the news that he won a lottery ticket worth 300 million dollars. My bestie cashed the prize money with him. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day when my husband faked his death. But I wanted to make his death real this time! “Are you from the funeral home? My husband is dead. We need to plan a cremation for him right away!”

"I want your Midnights.." Iyon ang katagang narinig ni Chantal mula kay Kendric. Ang kahuli-hulihang lalaki na kahit kailangan ay hindi n'ya gugustuhin. Ang lalaki na hindi n'ya dapat mahalin. Ngunit paano n'ya maiiwasan ang maalab nitong mga halik, ang mainit niyang haplos at yakap na tila tumutupok sa kaniyang buong lakas at katinuan? Hanggang saan n'ya kayang pigilan ang damdamin na pilit na kumakawala sa kaniyang puso?Magagawa ba niyang iwasan ang lalaking nagpatibok ng kaniyang puso kahit pa mali. . .