Paths Cross Again

During the holiday season, a flood hits. The company's warehouse is submerged up to the third floor. Due to the emergency, I have my assistant tell everyone to come back a day early to help. I promise that the company will provide stipends and extra time off to make up for this. But on that day, a Gen Z employee goes live across the internet to report me. "Oh, my God. It's 2025, yet there are still companies forcing employees to adjust their time off and work overtime! Is this heartless boss so broke that she needs to exploit us like this? Will she die if she doesn't squeeze us out of every drop of usefulness? Company notices override the law. Impressive stuff, this is!" Soon, the company ends up on the trending list due to criticism from the online community. Even the regulators come knocking to hold us accountable. In the end, the company is forced to cancel the notice. A lot of equipment isn't salvaged in time, resulting in significant losses. The employee even posts a victory lap. "Give the boss a tiny lesson—see if she dares to force overtime again!" I'm so angry that I laugh out loud. I tell my assistant to cancel the annual benefit we give all employees—an entire month of paid time off for Christmas and the New Year holidays. If we have to stick strictly to the law, then fine. Have it your way!

Introduction Scarlett O'Hara, that's her name, 26 years old, a single mother of two kids (twins). Poor and manages to earn a living to take care of her twins together with her her best friend. She finally gets a job at a very big company after years of struggling to get one only to find out the CEO is her EX, the father of her twins. He hates her and he will make her pay, and by that, she has to quench his sexual desires. Will she succumb to this? Scarlett's POV "Since you couldn't help but take a sneaky peep at it, how about I show you a proper view of it and perhaps help you remember how it tastes," He said and my heart skipped a bit and before I could blink, his d1ck was hanging right before my face. "Suck it!" He said in an authoritative voice.

Gilbert Pierce, my wife's male trainee, bragged that he could disarm a bomb just by relying on his senses and with his eyes closed. However, he misjudged it and triggered the bomb's secondary detonation sequence. I stepped in at the last second and used the most dangerous method available, liquid nitrogen flash cooling, to save the entire building. Gilbert was pulled off frontline duty and placed on suspension for review. My wife, Jasmine Clem, tried to speak up for him, but I stopped her cold. "If you defend him now, you won't save him. You'll just get dragged down and suspended alongside him." Unable to handle the pressure, Gilbert blew himself up in an accident. In his suicide note, he accused Jasmine of choosing self-preservation when he needed her most. Jasmine said nothing. She only locked that letter away in her study. Years later, Jasmine became a nationally renowned bomb disposal expert. During a terrorist attack, I was captured and strapped with a timed explosive. Jasmine came to the scene personally to defuse it, but right in front of me, she repeated the exact same mistake her trainee had made years ago. She watched the countdown and smiled lightly at me. "See? He was just nervous back then. If I had encouraged him, he'd be a hero now." The bomb detonated, and I was blown apart. When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the moment she was about to defend Gilbert. She didn't know that inside that building sat the nation's most classified core servers.

"Echoes of Forever" is a captivating anthology of love stories that transcends time and space. From ancient Rome to modern-day New York, each story weaves together the threads of love, fate, and destiny, proving that true love can withstand the test of time.

"Berikan aku uang! Maka aku, akan menyayangimu," bisik Joya di telinga Agha. Joya Tania, gadis SMA penggila uang. Ia menawarkan sebuah kontrak pernikahan pada Agha Hengkara, laki-laki asing, anak orang kaya yang ingin membalas dendam pada Kakaknya sendiri. Agha, yang dikenal penurut oleh keluarganya. Selama ini, hidup di bawah bayang-bayang Kakaknya yang memanfaatkan hidup Agha sendiri. Menyadari semua itu, Agha sedikit demi sedikit menyingkap topengnya, hanya untuk mengambil kekuasaan dan juga harta yang akan diwariskan oleh Keluarganya. Bagaimana takdir mempermainkan kehidupan yang mereka jalani? Bagaimana kehidupan menyiasati kehidupan mereka? Mampukah mereka berdua mencapai tujuan masing-masing? Mampukah, pernikahan yang didasari oleh uang akan membuat kebahagiaan untuk mereka berdua? Ini kisah manis bercampur pertentangan batin, dan juga intrik yang menyelimuti dua anak manusia, mencapai tujuan mereka.

Elle était pure. Il était feu. Et le destin les a liés. Forcée d'épouser Adrien Delcourt, héritier d'un empire, Alayna voit sa vie basculer du jour au lendemain. À vingt et un ans, timide, innocente, elle se retrouve propulsée dans un monde d'opulence, de faux-semblants et de secrets. Lui, Adrien - trente et un ans, séduisant, charismatique, redouté - n'a jamais cru à l'amour. Son cœur appartient à une autre, mais son corps, lui, commence à se brûler au contact d'Alayna. Dans les villas de luxe, les dîners mondains et les regards de la presse, un jeu dangereux s'installe : celui de l'attirance, du pouvoir, et d'un désir qu'aucun d'eux ne voulait admettre. Mais sous les lumières de New York et la chaleur des Bahamas, leurs cœurs vont apprendre à battre à l'unisson... Même si le monde autour d'eux fait tout pour les séparer. Entre passion et devoir, mensonge et vérité, ils devront apprendre à se découvrir, à se blesser... et peut-être à s'aimer.

Ximena, a Colombian, 22-year-old student majoring in psychology, beautiful, passionate, brave, strong-minded and independent. She was forced to marry due to commitments from her adoptive parents, with a young millionaire named Angelo, who was secretly the heir to a powerful Sicilian mafia, who despises her, stating that she was a profiteer. This situation of tension caused her to ask him divorce and return to her native country to recover the businesses of her biological parents who died in an apparent accident, she finds a lot of opposition from her uncle who appropriated the companies and can't bear to hand them over, coincidentally she meets her ex-husband without recognizing each other , falling madly in love, leaning on their problems and fighting together against their enemies until they discover their secrets, breaking up again, hating each other, but wanting to be together, only a miracle can bring them together again, will it happen?, immerse yourself in this exciting story where you will discover this and other secrets.

When there is death, there is revival. But dear Eva was revived by a demon named Adam, claiming that her soul is his' alone. Despite of the oddity, there is something about this roguish demon who just came into her life--- the familiarity... Yes... the feeling of knowing him for a very long time after seeing him just this once. What might it be?

The three-year contractual marriage had fulfilled Ember’s dream.However, everyone knew that the dashing Caleb had his own dream with a woman called Penelope.His love returned, and the contract had ended, but Ember found herself pregnant with Caleb’s child.On the day that they were supposed to complete the divorce, something happened to Ember. Caleb could never find her again. Life seemed to have returned to normal, until one day when Caleb got drunk at a bar. His friends dialed a number saved as “Honey” - only to find it was Ember’s terminated number, not Penelope’s.******Only when Ember returned with her son did Caleb notice he had already fallen for her. He regretted his decision and began his journey to take his wife back. He would sacrifice everything for her.Then one day, when he once again held her hand and pulled her into his embrace, he said with a coarse voice, “Em, I already noticed you the day you gave the speech. When are you coming home? Our house has been so cold…”Ember pushed him away. “Stop acting so lovey-dovey with me. Our son’s watching…”The boy ran away and put his hands over his ears. “Bye, Mom! Bye, Dad!”

Nineteen-year-old community college student Maya and her twenty-year-old boyfriend Ethan have their lives mapped out in the vague, dreamy way young couples do. But their "someday" plans are shattered by two unmistakable pink lines on a pregnancy test. Terrified and unprepared, they must navigate the fallout of an unplanned pregnancy, from breaking the news to their disappointed families to facing overwhelming financial stress. "Against All Odds: A Love That Endures" is the story of two kids forced to grow up overnight. It follows their journey as they fight to build a life together, trading romantic dates for sleepless nights and discovering that true love is forged not in idealized plans, but in the shared struggle to survive the unexpected.