R E A L T Y Unscramble

En el octavo año de noviazgo, me interpuse para recibir un cuchillazo que iba dirigido a mi novio, el médico Sebastián Herrera. Él me prometió que podía pedir cualquier cosa a cambio. Todos pensaron que aprovecharía la ocasión para pedirle matrimonio. Yo, en cambio, dije con calma: —Terminemos. Dicho eso, me di la vuelta y me fui. Sebastián sonrió con desdén y apostó con los presentes: —Es solo que quiere llamar la atención; apuesto a que en tres días vuelve llorando a suplicarme que volvamos… Pero se equivocó. Porque yo guardo un secreto: he renacido. En la vida anterior conseguí casarme con él, pero el gran amor de su vida, Camila Duarte, se tiró desde la azotea. Él volcó toda su rabia en mí. La noche de la boda me rasgó la cara; me encerró en un sótano oscuro y estrecho. Cuando quedé embarazada me obligó a tomar cantidades enormes de suplementos. El día del parto el bebé ya era demasiado grande para nacer por vía natural. Al final sangré sin control, me desgarré en un parto imposible y morí. Renací y volví al día en que me puse delante del cuchillo por Sebastián. Esta vez, hago exactamente lo que él espera de mí.

EXCERPT. "This cock was the reason you killed my wife, now ride it till it bruises you," Lucien hissed as he tightened his hold around my neck. "You are a bad girl Bambina mia, how can your mouth be watering for my dick?" Don Luciano, my father-in-law, chuckled as he gently rubbed my bruised lips. ...... ...... Despite being the only daughter of a Mafia Lord, Aria had been pampered and hidden all her life, she knew no violence until her 18th birthday. Drugged and miraculously ending up in bed with her cousin's husband, she triggered her death and realized she had no choice but to marry him (her cousin's husband). But Lucien, the head of the largest Mafia syndicate, hated her; he believed she was the reason why the woman he loved died, so he agreed to marry her to torment her. War was brewing but so was sexual desire between the people who claimed to hate one another. Tormented and battered, Aria sought comfort in her favorite popstar, a mysterious, famous, masked singer, Michell Blaze, who didn't scream danger, but Aria soon realized how wrong she was. She thought her father-in-law irritated her but she soon found herself begging for his assault. When the mask fell, Aria realized that she was not only trapped in-between the men who had ruined her peaceful life but also the man who healed and destroyed her. WARNING: RATED 18 FOR THIS BOOK CONTAINS BOTH VIOLENCE AND MATURE SCENES. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK, for it is a dark romance, so you might see stuff that might be triggering, so please proceed with caution

¿Hasta dónde puede llegar alguien con dinero? Mi esposo tenía tanto que, en Bruma, le decían Medio Bruma, ya que casi la mitad de la ciudad es suya. Llevábamos cinco años casados; cada vez que se iba a acompañar a su amor de toda la vida, me traspasaba una casa. Cuando a mi nombre ya había noventa y nueve, él notó que yo había cambiado. Ya no lloré ni supliqué, simplemente me limité a escoger la mejor mansión de la ciudad, preparé la escritura y esperé a que él la firmara. Cuando lo hizo, su voz se le ablandó al prometer: —Cuando regrese, te llevaré a ver los fuegos artificiales. Guardé los papeles y asentí. Lo único que no le conté fue que: lo que acababa de firmar esa vez no era una casa más, sino… nuestro acuerdo de divorcio.

Sofia thought she knew love—until betrayal shattered everything. Sofia was first betrayed by her own father, Forced into a marriage she never asked for, she becomes the possession of a man both dangerous and magnetic: Alessandro. In a world of wealth, power, and deceit, Sofia must navigate a life where trust is a luxury and desire can be as deadly as it is irresistible. Haunted by the past, she is thrown into a twisted game of revenge and seduction, where the man who broke her heart stands across the table, and the one who owns her body may not own her heart. Every choice she makes pushes her deeper into a life she never wanted—but cannot escape. Dark, intense, and unrelenting, A Sin I Couldn’t Escape is a story of love, lust, and the dangerous line between submission and power, where the sins of the past refuse to stay buried.

J'ai signé un pacte avec le diable à 19h42… et j'ai appelé ça l'amour. Cinq ans plus tard, je me retrouve au milieu des ruines de ce choix : divorcée, trahie, et presque morte des mains de l'homme pour lequel j'ai combattu le monde entier. Mon mari veut me voir partir. Sa maîtresse est enceinte de lui. Et l'empire que mes parents ont bâti ? Volé sous mon nez. Mais je ne suis pas la femme brisée qu'ils croient. Car la nuit où ils ont tenté de me tuer… je n'ai pas appelé à l'aide. Je l'ai appelé, lui. Alistair Vance Sterling – mon ex-fiancé, mon ennemi, l'homme que j'ai abandonné… et le seul assez puissant pour réduire mon monde en cendres ou le reconstruire à partir de rien. Le voilà de retour. Dangereux. Calculateur. Il me dévisage comme si je lui appartenais déjà. Il dit vouloir m'aider à récupérer tout ce que j'ai perdu. Mon entreprise. Mon nom. Mon pouvoir. Tout ce que j'ai à faire… c'est l'épouser. Encore une fois. Mais rien n'est simple avec Alistair. Et plus je m'enfonce dans son jeu, plus je réalise… Ce n'est plus une simple vengeance. C'est une guerre. Et cette fois… je ne suis pas celle qui s'enfuit. Je suis celle qui riposte.

My flight was suddenly canceled, so I dragged my suitcase back home. As soon as I stepped inside, I saw torn black stockings scattered on the floor. This was the eighth time Simon Jones had brought a different woman home. The sound of running water and a young woman’s laughter echoed from the bathroom. I didn’t cry or make a scene. Instead, I sat quietly on the couch, waiting for them to finish. Everyone assumed I would continue being Simon’s devoted fool like before. But no one knew that the man I truly loved had returned. After tonight, Simon, the stand-in, would be discarded.

El día de la sentencia, mi prometido Diego González me tomó de la mano, sollozando, y me pidió que dejara de defender mi inocencia y firmara un acuerdo de culpabilidad. —Clara, sé que tú no hiciste nada… pero Isabella está esperando un hijo mío. No puedo permitir que ella vaya a la cárcel. Hazlo por tu bien, por favor —suplicó, con lágrimas que le empañaban la mirada. Sin dudarlo ni un instante, firmé el acuerdo. En mi vida anterior me negué a cargar con la culpa de Isabella García y, por eso, no solo terminé tras las rejas: la furia de Diego envió gente a torturarme hasta dejarme estéril. Esta vez me propuse complacerlo. A la mañana siguiente, los noticieros reventaron con la primicia de que yo había robado secretos comerciales de la Corporación López. Para colmo, Isabella se presentó como testigo. —Sí, fue ella; la vi con mis propios ojos infiltrarse en la compañía —declaró ante las cámaras. Pero aquella tarde, cuando inició la audiencia, el demandante Santiago López, director general de la corporación, retiró la acusación. Bajo la mirada atónita de la prensa, sacó un anillo, se arrodilló y me preguntó: —Clara, ¿en esta vida aceptarías casarte conmigo?

My mother loved a billionaire once. He destroyed her quietly, with power and control and the particular cruelty of a man who knew nobody would believe his wife's pain. She left him with nothing but the clothes on her back and a warning she planted deep inside me before I could even walk. *Never marry a billionaire.* I believed her. I built my own empire. I refused every wealthy, charming, well-suited man who came to my table with a ring and a rehearsed smile. Then I walked into The Harlow Hotel and saw a waiter. No charm. No performance. Just steady eyes that looked at me like I had startled him and then looked away first. Shyly. His name was Charles Dick. Simple. Honest. Real. Everything my mother's warning was never about. I pursued him. I provided for him. I loved him completely. Five days before our wedding he told me the truth. And everything collapsed in sixty seconds. Because the most dangerous love stories are not the ones that begin with lies. They are the ones where two people lie to protect themselves from the very love they have been searching for their entire lives. .... Vivienne Donald had sworn she would never marry a billionaire. She kept her word. She married something far greater.

Dalawang bata ang pinagtagpo ng ‘di inaasahang pangyayari. Si Sidharta Gabriel Palma,isang ulila at nasa poder ng kaniyang lola kasama ang kaniyang nakatatandang kapatid na si June. Maaga silang naulila nang mamatay ang kanilang mga magulang. Tanging ang lola na lamang nila ang nagtataguyod upang sila ay makapag-aral. Maagang nagtrabaho si Junr upang makatulong sa kaniyang lola at para na rin saluhin ang kaniyang kapatid na si Sid. Nang minsang lumuwas sila ng Ormoc galing Camotes, habang nakasakay sa de-motor na bangka ay nahagilap ng kaniyang mata ang isang batang nalulunod, si Aroon. Si Aroon ay isang batang nagnanais na makita ang kaniyang ama sa pamamagitan ng pagpapakalunod sa naglalakihang alon. Dito niya nakikita ang sagot sa kaniyang pangungulila. Tila tadhanang magkatagpo ang dalawa dahil dito nagsimula ang di inaasahang pagkakaibigan na nabuo sa maikling panahon. Sa loob ng maikling panahon ay nakabuo sila ng pagkakaibigan na hindi matutumbasan ng kahit na ano. Pinagtagpo ngunit agad ding nagkalayo. Nangakong magkikitang muli at hindi na maghihiwalay pa. Ngunit paano kung sa panglawang pagkakataon ang tadhana’y hindi ma pumabor sa kanila? Ipaglalaban ba nila ang kanilang mga pangako? O hahayaan nalang itong maging isang pangakong napako? Magsasama tayong dalawa. Pangako yan…

Selina, a young single mother struggling to rebuild her life, carries the weight of abandonment, financial hardship, and society’s harsh judgment. One stormy night, broken from betrayal and despair, she crosses paths with Darius King, a wealthy and powerful businessman mourning the death of his beloved wife during childbirth. In a moment of vulnerability, their worlds collide, leading to a one-night encounter neither of them expects to matter until Selina discovers she is pregnant again. Determined to stand on her own, Selina applies for a job at King International, desperate for stability. Instead of sympathy, she is met with prejudice from Juliana, the company’s sharp-tongued HR officer. But fate intervenes when Darius himself walks in and recognizes Selina as the woman from that night. Shocked to learn about the child she carries, he is torn between anger, guilt, and an overwhelming sense of responsibility. As workplace tension blends with undeniable attraction, secrets unravel. Darius confronts his pain and the possibility of loving again, while Selina faces jealousy from those who wish to see her fail. When Juliana and others try to push her out of King International, Selina’s resilience is tested, but Darius finds himself standing by her side. Together, they must confront their scars: a man afraid to love after loss, and a woman terrified of being used and abandoned again. Their journey weaves through heartbreak, second chances, and the search for healing proving that love, in its purest form, costs nothing but the courage to accept it. In the end, Selina and Darius embrace not only each other but also a new future one where love is not bound by wealth, grief, or the mistakes of the past, but strengthened by forgiveness and hope.