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Kyle Bennett has everything: the family name, the inheritance, and the perfect reputation as the university’s Student Body President. But under the shadow of his controlling father and a persistent ex-girlfriend he can’t shake, Kyle is suffocating. To keep his image intact and the pressure at bay, he needs a distraction, someone to play the part of a devoted partner. Enter Finn Parker. A focused nursing student with a sharp tongue and a practical head on his shoulders, Finn isn't interested in the elite world of the "Golden Boy." But the tuition for his degree is piling up, and when Kyle offers a transactional contract to fake a relationship for a semester, the money is too good to pass up. The rules are simple: no feelings, no personal baggage, and absolutely no honesty. But as the lines between their scripted dates and their private moments start to blur, the "Perfect Bennett" begins to crack. When the lie finally explodes in a public scandal, Kyle is forced to choose between his father’s millions and the boy who saw through his mask.

Lantana Luca is constantly in love; in the nine years since she began dating, sixteen men have broken her heart. Despite the trauma, he continues to love and support Shane. Shane Lafitte is indeed a polite as well as an obedient teenager who believes his parents that everything is for his own good. He defers to his parents in terms of who he dates and meets. He shouldn't fall in love with the girl because his mother didn't want them to. They exchange vows as soon as they escape one another's family, oblivious to the reasons for their parents' displeasure. The ostensibly private honeymoon evolved into a terrible catastrophe that altered their plans for the future. They went from being wonderful husband and wife to a chilly instructor and a student with no recollection of their happy past. Will they still be able to rebuild their broken relationship? Is it possible for the heart to remember what the brain has forgotten? Or have they become victims of people that were meant to fall in love with each other but were not destined to be together?

“I fall for her, June Bentley, my brother’s fiancée. Yeah, this is silly, and many of my friends may get startled if I declare the truth. They can see me as a third wheel in my brother’s engagement, but I don’t care about their opinions. Though, I really love her at the first place. The moment I meet her as my private teacher is the time when I start developing my feelings to her. There is no other people I really want to see. It is only her and forever will be her. Yet, unexpectedly, after getting engaged to my brother, unexpectedly, she often spends more time for me. Among those times, she suddenly confesses her feelings to me. Her admission certainly makes me happy, but I realize that our love might be impossible to happen, but we decide to go through it, through the thick and thin, whether it is happy or sad.” -Stacy Barfield-

“My boss owns my debt,” Zara whispers. “I don’t get to leave.” Trapped in Manhattan’s seductive nightlife, Zara Carter dances for survival under the control of a powerful strip club that owns her future. Until he walks in—Nat Wolfe. Billionaire. Possessive. Dangerous. And devastatingly irresistible. “I could change your life,” he murmurs. “And what would it cost me?” “Everything. Starting with you.” One reckless night turns into an intoxicating arrangement—a private affair drenched in lust, secrets, and control. Nat offers her freedom, but on his terms. His world is dark, filled with obsession, dominance, and pleasure she’s never known. But as enemies close in and his promises blur the line between protection and possession, Zara must ask herself: Is she being saved... or owned? “Do you belong to him?” She doesn’t know. But her body has already answered.

On the night of her birthday party, Jehan caught her boyfriend cheating on her. Sa halip na komprontahin ito at gumawa ng iskandalo ay minabuti na lang niyang umalis. Natagpuan niya ang sariling nakaupo sa isa sa mga stool sa harap ng bar counter, hawak ang baso ng alak. A guy, who introduced himself as Thunder sat beside her and started to asked her about some ramdom questions. Trying to keep her identity as private, Jehan answered his questions without spilling him the real reason behind her sudden visit to the bar. Ibang pangalan din ang binigay niya rito sa pag-aakalang hindi na sila magkikita pa ulit. Pero sino nga bang mag-aakala na nakasalalay pala sa pangalan na ibinigay niya rito ang ikatatahimik sana ng buhay niya?

[MATURE CONTENT R-18] Two cousins. An enormous inheritance. Two conditions. And a six-month deadline. Declan Laxamana, a self made billionaire at the age of twenty-seven, encountered a predicament regarding his grandfather’s last will. Don Carlos Laxamana, the patriarch of the Laxamana Real Estate Companies, passed away with a ridiculous conditions on his will that Declan, and his cousin Crem Laxamana has to abide before they could get their hands on the enormous inheritance the late Don left. Declan has no desire with his grandfather’s fortune as he has made his own name in the business industry and is a billionaire himself, but a property verbally given to him by Don Carlos Laxamana is at stake. Secret Cliente Resort, a private island in Batanes that Declan developed and is famous among the business elite might fall in the hands of Hideo Laxamana, the adopted grandson of the late Don Carlos, along with his position as COO if the conditions of the will are not met. What is he willing to do for the inheritance that is rightfully his?

Sarina is a nurse who grew up in a province and chose to become a private nurse to Maximus Lardizabal because of the very high salary. Lardizabal is a well-known businessman in the country and a playboy as well. He has a girlfriend, but because he doesn't love her, he still plays with women. When he had an accident in another country and returned to the Philippines, he was blind and confined to a wheelchair, which caused his girlfriend to leave him. Meanwhile, Maximus unexpectedly proposed an offer to Sarina that was beyond her wildest dreams, leaving her in a state of disbelief. Initially, she was quick to reject it. However, the pressing needs of her family forced her to reconsider, and she reluctantly agreed to become Maximus's bed warmer for one year for a staggering sum of 10 million. The young woman does not know that other agreements are attached to their contract, and when they start living together, she will learn the secret that the young man is hiding.

He's an arrogant billionaire who knows the ways of the world, she's knee-deep in debt, will money help these two find their happy-ever-after? Everette Fischer is a young twenty-two year old woman fending her way through her life by waitressing on the weekends and working as a lowly marketing assistant for long hours during the week. When her parents suddenly pass away during a tragic road accident, she has to become the legal guardian for her younger brother and keep sending him to the private boarding school he's used to to achieve some sense of normalcy. When she happens upon the advertisement that the CEO of the company wants to put in the paper and she's in charge to design it, she happens to answer it under an alias. There starts a string of lies, running around loopholes to save her reputation and her assistant job at the company, while falling for her icy boss. Will Everett be able to stop herself from falling for Waylon Thorne?

Sage Monroe’s nights on the pole were supposed to be temporary, a desperate way to keep her grandmother alive. But when a private dance throws her into the arms of Dante Frost, Alpha of the Talonpine pack, her life takes a different turn. Dante, cursed to be heirless, never expected one night of passion with a reluctant stripper to break the spell. Sage, ashamed of her wolf heritage and determined to avoid pack politics, is stunned when tests reveal she is carrying an alpha child. What begins as a contract for her to bear his heir and secure her grandmother’s cure, intensifies into more unexpected events. Dante’s cold detachment hides a man bound by duty, but Sage’s fire awakens feelings he thought impossible for him to harbour. Yet mystery and secrets are always a deeper part of fate. Sage’s bloodline ties her to the Talonpine pack and the abomination imprisoned under the pack’s walls is patiently waiting to consume them all.

My wife had called me in the middle of the night with a hint of drunkenness in her voice. She admitted to having too much to drink and asked me to come get her. I hurried to the private club she mentioned, only to find myself having to change into a bathrobe as soon as I got there. Surrounded by a group of wealthy women in their fifties, they playfully flirted and teased me relentlessly. Suddenly, a few of them pounced, pushing me to the ground and demanding I crawl like a dog. Despite the humiliation, my main concern was still my wife's wellbeing. Hours passed before she finally showed up, disheveled, supported by her male assistant, looking at me with a cold smirk. It was then that the truth hit me. This whole situation was a scheme she had orchestrated to please him. My anger rising, I called and spoke through gritted teeth, "Three days. I want every single business under the Spencers wiped out."