Painful Love

Jayde Clinton’s life has been a series of uphill battles since her father’s death. Struggling to support her mother and fend off ruthless loan sharks, she’s grown used to the feeling of desperation. But when her mother is taken as collateral for unpaid debts, Jayde makes a shocking deal: to impersonate Hattie Everett, a billionaire heiress who vanished days before her arranged marriage. Thrust into a world of deceit, betrayal, and power struggles, Jayde finds herself pretending to live the life she’s always dreamed of, only to realize wealth comes with its darkness. As lies unravel and secrets come to light, Jayde must decide if survival is worth losing herself—and her heart. Can Jayde hold onto her dignity in a world determined to strip it away, or will the weight of manipulation and betrayal be too much to bear?

Dia adalah gadis yang cantik sehingga banyak pemuda yang menyukainya, namun tidak ada satupun mereka yang bisa memenangkan hatinya, hingga pada suatu hari dia bertemu dengan pemuda itu.

Aurora Rossi never expected her quiet life to change overnight. When her mother, Elizabeth, announces she is marrying Marcelo Falconeri, one of the richest and most feared men in the city, Aurora steps into a world she never asked for. The Falconeri name is built on money, crime, and fear. People say their fortune is dirty, their power untouchable. Aurora tries to stay calm, but the whispers follow her everywhere. She has heard of Marcelo’s son, Ricardo. The heir. Ruthless. Always away, always hidden behind work. She never saw him, only stories about how cold he is. Until the wedding day. One look is enough. Ricardo is older, dangerous, and nothing like she imagined. His eyes find hers across the room, and Aurora feels it in her chest. He is her step brother. He is temptation. And now she is trapped in his world.

Key terpaksa menandatangani kontrak menikah di tempat kerjanya. Ia sungguh disuguhi kejutan di hari pertama ia kerja di salah-satu perusahaan saham terbesar di Negeri Paman Sam itu. Kontrak menikah yang terpaksa ia buat dengan Aldo—Bujangan panas—yang sudah menjomblo selama 27 tahun. Ia harus—karena ayahnya yang sudah sakit-sakitan meminta Key untuk segera menikah. Dan konyol nya, Key malah meminta bantuan ‘Aldo’.Atasannya di kantor itu, sekaligus mantan sahabatnya dulu. Sebenarnya, alasan utama ia meminta bantuan Aldo adalah, karena Key tidak punya teman lelaki. Dan kebetulan saat ayah Key meminta ia mencari calon suami, Aldo juga berada di ruangan yang sama dengannya. Alhasil, dengan tidak waras nya, Key pun meminta lelaki gila itu untuk berpura-pura menjadi pacarnya dan calon suaminya. Namun bagi Aldo, perjanjian itu hanya lah sebatas putih di atas hitam dulunya.Saat Key memohon padanya, saat ia sudah menghapus memori nya dulu,saat ia berusaha untuk melupakan gadis itu.Namun apa jadinya jika Aldo benar-benar ingin membuat kontrak itu bukan lah sebatas kontrak? Karena ide kontrak menikah itu adalah atas dasar pemikiran gila nya sendiri saat ayah Key memintanya untuk menjaga putri semata wayang nya. karena Key itu adalah mantan istrinya yang melupakannya karena kecelakaan yang ia buat sendiri. Kecelakaan tragis yang membuat Key-Nya hilang ingatan dan tangan Aldo sendiri yang membunuh calon bayi mereka.

People say loving someone with all your heart is the most difficult thing, I choose to disagree Un-loving that someone is even tougher.

Isang gabi ng pagkakamali ang nag-ugnay sa dalawang magkaibang mundo. Si Jade, isang simpleng babae ay biktima ng paninira at kasinungalingan. Si Luther, isang makapangyarihang tagapagmana, napilitan sa isang kasalang walang pagmamahal para iligtas ang dangal ng kanilang pamilya. Dalawang estranghero, na pinagbuklod ng tadhana ngunit hindi ng pag-ibig. Sa kabila ng galit at lihim na bumabalot sa kanilang pagsasama, unti-unting lumitaw ang damdaming hindi nila inaasahan. Mananatili kaya ang kanilang kasal bilang isang malamig na kasunduan o magbabago ito tungo sa isang mas malalim na ugnayan? Mapagtatagumpayan kaya nila ang mga kasinungalingan, galit, at pride na humahadlang sa kanila? O nakatakda na silang manatiling bilanggo ng isang buhay na hindi nila pinili?

"I'll do whatever you want, I'll marry you if you promise to help my husband" " Help him pay off his loans so he can live a good life" Those were my words, as I divorced my one true love, I broke his heart , I stood before him, spunning lies, of how I couldn't stay, that my heart belonged to another, and he was nothing to me. He wouldn't let me go, if I didn't take it on me to hurt him with those words. I did it all for him. I married someone else but for his sake. It was a deal, a contract, and I had to give in just for his sake. Years later, he returns, Now the town's most successful billonaire, he isn't the same man I know, he desires revenge and he's back as my new neighbor. Doing everything to get my attention. He wants to break me, he wants to hurt me. If only he knew the real reason why I left. If he knew about the contract, the secrets, the deal. He doesn't care about my marriage status. He's desperate, as his eyes searches mine, his hands holding me in place possessively. "Why did you leave me?

Tatlong magkakaibigan na ninais lamang ay magmahal at mahalin. Silang tatlo ay may kanya - kanyang mga nobyo pero dahil sa tukso at biro ng kapalaran, mahuhulog ang kanilang mga puso sa di inaasahang tao na siyang nobyo ng kaibigan. Mapapanindigan kaya nila at maipaglalaban o tuluyan nalang sekreto ang nabuong pagmamahalan?

Lisa Peterson opted out of her marriage when her husband's mistress; Marie Tanner claimed that her husband; Alexander Peterson, was responsible for her pregnancy.  She got the divorce papers but her husband refused to sign them. That cold night when her husband refused to sign the divorce papers, she was pushed out of her limit. She walked out on him and she was preyed upon.  It was the very first step that brought different people together to determine their fates. What happens when the fates of two friends are intertwined with a fraudster? Find out in this interesting novel.

For Chrissie Hill, turning thirty is enough of a nightmare. But to hit the big 30...and wake up married? To a man she'd never met or seen before that morning when she finds him on her couch. Race insists they have been married for two years...and he has the proof, but can she make herself believe him? Suffering from an unusual bout of amnesia, Chrissie slowly comes to accept this man in her life -- and the life she didn't know she lived. Love, marriage and happiness had never been sweeter for two people. However, true love doesn't just drop out of her dreams onto her couch...she must go a little crazy first.