Plo Koon Ahsoka

When I was ten, I bugged my brother to come home for my birthday. He died in a plane crash that day. They never found his body. After that, my parents saw me as a total screw-up. They blamed me for his death. Every year on his memorial day, they forced me to kneel at the cemetery and repent my mistakes. I did that for eight years. I figured I'd spend my whole life paying for it. But on my 18th birthday, some creep stalked and murdered me. Right before I died, I tried calling for help. But my mom chewed me out. "I bet you're just dodging your duty to make up for James. You're full of crap. If you hadn't forced him to come back, he would have been alive. This is what you deserve." She hung up, leaving me staring at the dead screen. My last hope was dashed. She was right. Someone like me meant nothing but bad luck to those around me. I didn't deserve to exist. But then, eight years after his death, James showed up with his pregnant wife. When they heard I was gone, they fell apart.

My husband, Garrett Kachmar, vanished overseas with his ex, Linda Sharpe. They left me with one thing—an illegitimate, screaming baby. Twenty years later, I posted that my "son" had passed his exams. He was joining the police force. That's when Garrett came back. With Linda. And a lawsuit. At the plaintiff's table, Linda looked polished—soft makeup, perfect posture. Her voice? Pure control. "After Garrett divorced, we got married and had a big, healthy boy. Jemma couldn't stand seeing us happy, so she stole our son. We searched for twenty years. She refuses to give him back. We're his biological parents. We have the right to take him." Garrett shot me a glare. "Jemma, just because you can't have kids doesn't mean you get to steal mine." The trial was livestreamed. The comments exploded. [Can't have your own kid so you steal one?] [You destroyed a family. Sick.] [Give him back to his real parents!] Then my "son" was called into the courtroom. And the whole room went dead quiet.

“Isang gabi ng pagkakamali sa piling ng estrangherong asawa at isang gabing magpapabago sa kanyang tadhana.” ​Tatlong taon nang kasal si Elena sa isang misteryosong bilyonaryong si Dante Valderama, isang kasalang papel lamang para iligtas ang negosyo ng kanyang pamilya, at isang lalaking hindi pa niya kailanman nakita. Sa gabing desidido na siyang tapusin ang lahat, nagtungo siya sa hotel suite ng kanyang asawa para humingi ng diborsyo. Ngunit dahil sa alak at isang pagkakamaling hindi na mababawi, nauwi ang kanilang paghaharap sa isang mapangahas at mapusok na gabi sa dilim, isang gabing hindi nila alam kung sino ang kanilang kaharap, tanging init at pagnanasa lamang ang nag-uugnay sa kanila. Tumakas si Elena, bitbit ang takot at lihim ng gabing iyon. Ngunit para kay Dante, ang babaeng nagmulat sa kanya ng kakaibang pagnanasa ay hindi basta palalampasin. Hahanapin niya ito, kahit hindi niya alam na ang babaeng hinahabol niya ay ang asawang matagal na niyang binalewala.

After I become pregnant, Mason Clarke suddenly becomes incredibly attentive to me. He cancels all his social engagements and personally cooks for me every day. Everyone envies me for finding such a devoted and caring husband. Until one day in his study, I accidentally discover a document titled "Prenatal Blood Donation and Cord Blood Donation Agreement". My name and social security number are clearly written on it! In the beneficiary column is Chloe Reid, his first love, whom he has been supporting abroad for seven years. From outside the door comes his gentle, doting voice. "Chloe, don't worry. I'm personally monitoring her. Her nutrition and daily routine are held to the highest standards to ensure the baby is born perfectly healthy. Your life-saving treatment is absolutely guaranteed!" So all those pregnancy meals he carefully prepares for me, the mountains of expensive supplements, none of it is ever out of love. It's all to fatten me into nothing more than a walking blood bank!

I create a fake account, add Lucas Bennett's lover, and then help her with advice and strategy. "A little drama keeps the spark alive. If you don't stir things up now and then, how else will he remember to pay attention to you?" So on my birthday, he spends an hour in the bathroom coaxing her to eat. On our fifth anniversary, Lucas sneaks off to a hotel and spends an hour tangled up with her. Lucas spends less time with me, but their relationship grows stronger. On the night of the company banquet, when Lucas is entertaining important clients, I tell her, "Lucas' girlfriend will be there too. If you don't ruin this contract, they'll be tied together forever." That evening, she picks up a glass of red wine and dumps it over my head. Lucas, who's been fawning over my dad, completely lost his composure.

Com vinte e cinco semanas de gravidez, Tatiane foi sozinha à consulta pré-natal. Foi ali que descobriu a traição do próprio marido. Mais pesada, com os traços apagados e mal conseguindo sustentar a barriga, acabou sendo tratada como uma mulher muito mais velha pela amante - jovem e bonita - e ignorada pelo marido diante de todos. Henrique não a defendeu. Não explicou. Não negou nada. Limitou-se a olhá-la com desprezo, como se ela fosse um peso do qual queria se livrar. Poucos sabiam que, anos antes, no primeiro encontro entre Tatiane e Henrique, ela também fora o centro das atenções, admirada por todos. Convencido de que Tatiane havia se aproveitado dele para ascender socialmente, foi Henrique quem tomou a iniciativa de pedir o divórcio. Naquele instante, o coração dela morreu. Oito anos. Da universidade ao mercado de trabalho. Um amor silencioso, dedicação absoluta, incontáveis sacrifícios. Nada daquilo tinha valido a pena. Tatiane deu à luz, assinou o acordo do divórcio e foi embora sem olhar para trás. Cinco anos depois, ela já não era a mulher apagada de antes. Agora, era uma empresária poderosa, dona de um império avaliado em centenas de milhões. Linda. Confiante. Radiante. Cercada por admiração, poder e possibilidades. O homem que pedira o divórcio, porém, jamais o oficializara. Quando Tatiane entrou com uma ação judicial, Henrique voltou a se aproximar, afastando, um a um, todos os homens que tentavam chegar perto dela. Até o dia em que Tatiane surgiu em público, de mãos dadas com outro homem, anunciando o noivado. Henrique a encurralou contra a parede. Fora de si, rosnou: — Tatiane, casar com outro homem? Nem pense nisso.

It was all supposed to be a revenge, but she came into the picture and the plan changed. Declan Voss. A man who never forgives a wrong...you wrong him once. You pay back in folds. One of those who wronged him eight years ago is going bankrupt. A rival. A man who took what's his. Declan Voss had waited so long to carry out his revenge until the perfect opportunity came. His Rival's daughter came applying to his company. Zara Langford. Making his whole plan more interesting. Everything was going as planned until a mistake. A mistake that made his bait walk away. Now the hunter becomes the hunted. Revenge was supposed to feel good. It feels like nothing without her. Obsessive. Impossible to stop reading.

No momento da explosão no laboratório, meu namorado, Gustavo Sena, correu desesperado... Mas não até mim. Ele correu até Lívia Cardoso, que estava distante do centro da explosão, e a protegeu com o próprio corpo. Quando o barulho cessou, ele a levou imediatamente ao hospital, nos braços. Nem sequer olhou para mim, caída no chão, coberta de sangue. Aquela garota que ele criou e cuidou por dezoito anos preenchia completamente seu coração. Não havia mais espaço para mim. Meus colegas me levaram ao hospital. Sobrevivi por pouco. Depois de sair da UTI, com os olhos ainda inchados de tanto chorar, liguei para meu orientador: — Professor Luís, eu pensei bem e tomei uma decisão. Aceito ir com você para o projeto de pesquisa confidencial. Mesmo que a viagem seja em um mês, e eu não possa ter contato com ninguém por cinco anos... Está tudo bem. Em um mês, eu me casaria e realizaria um sonho que eu alimentava há muito tempo. Mas agora... Eu já não quero mais.

Au moment de l'explosion au laboratoire, Laurent Cédric, mon petit ami, s'est précipité avec angoisse vers Camille Dubois qui se trouvait à l'extérieur, la protégeant fermement sous son corps. Dès que l'explosion s'est arrêtée, il a immédiatement emmené Camille à l'hôpital. Sans même jeter un regard à moi, couverte de sang et effondrée par terre. Cette jeune fille qu'il avait élevée pendant dix-huit ans occupait entièrement son cœur. Il n'y avait plus de place pour personne d'autre. Ce sont mes collègues qui m'ont emmenée à l'hôpital, me sauvant ainsi la vie. Après être sortie de réanimation, les yeux gonflés par les pleurs, j'ai appelé mon professeur : « Professeur, j'ai pris ma décision, je suis prête à participer à votre recherche confidentielle. Même si je dois partir dans un mois et ne pouvoir contacter personne pendant cinq ans, cela ne me dérange pas. » Un mois plus tard, le mariage que j'attendais depuis si longtemps aurait lieu. Mais je ne voulais plus me marier.

Dorian Keene was once untouchable—admired, feared, and cruel in the way boys are when they believe the world belongs to them. Caspian Vale was the opposite: quiet, brilliant, marked, and easy to target. What Dorian never admitted was the truth beneath the cruelty—he was terrified of how badly he wanted the boy he was meant to destroy. Years later, life shows no mercy. Penniless, grieving, and battling a worsening illness, Dorian takes a job that feels like a miracle only to discover his employer is Caspian. No longer the boy he buried, but a powerful tech mogul with an unreadable stare, a carefully constructed life… and a fiancée at his side. Dorian tries to keep his distance. Caspian pretends nothing ever existed. But desire doesn’t die, it waits. And the closer they get, the harder it becomes to tell where control ends and longing begins. As secrets surface and memories fracture, Caspian is forced to confront a truth he’s spent his life denying and Dorian must decide how much of himself he’s willing to lose for a love that was never supposed to exist. ~~~~~ “Once His Nightmare, Now His Employee” is a slow-burn MM romance that drifts from longing into obsession, where power shifts, choices cut deep, and loving the wrong man may cost everything.