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When I opened my eyes once more, Flora was holding me tightly. I had secretly loved her for a decade. Her warm lips kissed my neck, telling me not to leave. This time, I pushed her away and told the butler to send her to her first love's home. Her first love was Sean Graham. In my last life, Flora drank so much that she was drunk during the celebration organized for me to celebrate me for getting an overseas college's offer letter. After the celebration, I didn't refuse her when she wanted me to stay, and that wild night came to pass. The next morning, when Sean saw me coming out of Flora's bedroom, he pretended to be amiable and said he would make our wish come true despite the darkness in his eyes. Then, he disappeared for about one month. In the end, we found a blood-stained necktie in the mountains and the skeletal remains that had been feasted on by wild animals. Flora didn't sleep for an entire night as she held Sean's necktie in her hand. After that, it was like the discovery hadn't affected her at all, as she still passionately planned for my birthday trip. But that very night during the trip, I was abducted. I begged the kidnappers to beg Flora to pay the ransom, but I heard her personally give the orders. "Don't let him die too easily. He's just some scum of the earth. Do whatever you want with him. When you're done, dump him in the Northern Barrens and clean things up. He owes Sean this much!" Flora, I'm done playing by your rules this time around.

After receiving a divorce paper from her husband, six months after their marriage. Lisa tried to make their marriage work but was shattered by her husband’s affair with her cousin. Feeling betrayed and broken, she left to start all over. Six years later she becomes the most powerful woman in the underworld and a genius Doctor in the outside world. What will she do when she finds out the mafia who kidnapped her son for ransom to lure her to come and save the life of his dying fiancé is no other person but her Ex husband? Will she put aside her hatred towards the two and save her cousin’s life? or watch her die? Will she forgive her Ex husband for kidnapping his own son **** Trey Collins a ruthless, domineering and powerful CEO in the business world and a ruthlessly merciless man, who wouldn’t blink at the idea of murder, torture and making one disappear from the face of the earth without a trace in the underworld. Every lady in Pearl city dreams to become his wife, but also terrified of him by his powerful and deadly aura. Trey married Lisa just to spite his girlfriend, Valerie. After getting back together with his girlfriend, he asked for a divorce from his wife Lisa, but she refused to sign it. But when she signed the divorce papers, he was surprised but feigned nonchalance. He thought she didn’t want to let him go, he thought she would beg. But why does everything remind him of her after she left? He thought he wanted her out of his sight and life? No! He must reclaim what is his and his alone!!

3:00 a.m. Insomnia gnawed at my nerves like a rusted saw, grinding back and forth mercilessly. On a whim that I couldn't explain, I opened a radio app called "Echoes from Below." The interface was simple and bare. Black background, blue text. No ads, no host introduction. Just a single audio waveform, slowly buffering on the screen. The shape of the waveform felt wrong. It didn't look like soundwaves at all. More like rows of sharp, interlocking teeth. A pop-up window appeared in the center of the screen. [Listening Guidelines] The letters glowed blue, carrying an unsettling eeriness. [This station's signal may extend into dreams. If you hear the broadcast while dreaming, firmly believe that you are awake.]

Nicole has loved Odell for as long as she can remember. From childhood to adulthood, he has always been the center of her world, until he vanishes without explanation, leaving her with nothing but unanswered questions and a heart that never quite lets go. Years later, fate brings them back together in a world of privilege, secrets, and carefully crafted appearances. As Nicole chases her dreams and rekindles her connection with Odell, old feelings resurface, but not everything is as it seems. Beneath the charm and familiarity lies a truth that challenges everything Nicole believes about love, loyalty, and desire. My Crush Is Gay is a gripping story of longing, obsession, and self-discovery, where love blurs into denial, and the hardest truths are the ones we never expect.

At Monticello Senior High, power has always belonged to Maddox—the merciless Alpha who rules with dominance and fear. But everything changes when Mordred Sinclair, the rebel biker with a dark, untamed past, rides into town. Kiana never imagined she would be the fire that sparks a rivalry between them. Already scarred by betrayal and struggling to survive her own demons, she becomes the center of an obsession neither boy can walk away from. One promises protection through dominance. The other offers freedom through danger. But both demand her heart. As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, Kiana must choose between the Alpha’s claim and the biker’s desire—before the war between them consumes her whole world.

Le jour où je suis allée enregistrer mon lien de compagnon, mon petit ami Austin m'a fait expulser du bureau des Affaires des Meutes de loups-garous et est entré avec son amie d'enfance. Je me suis assise par terre, incrédule, et il m'a regardée sans même cligner des yeux. « L'enfant d'Hélène a besoin du statut de la Meute d'Âme, et je t'épouserai quand nous aurons supprimé l'inscription de compagnon. » Tout le monde supposait que, comme j'étais éprise de lui, j'attendrais volontiers un mois de plus pour lui. Après tout, je l'attendais depuis sept ans. Mais cette nuit-là, j'ai fait quelque chose d'impensable : J'ai accepté le mariage arrangé par mes parents et je suis partie silencieusement à la Meute de Lame. Trois ans plus tard, je suis retournée dans ma meute d'origine pour rendre visite à ma famille. Mon compagnon, qui était maintenant le président des loups-garous, avait des affaires parlementaires urgentes, il a donc envoyé ses subordonnés m'accueillir à l'aéroport. De façon inattendue, j'ai rencontré Austin que je n'avais pas vu depuis trois ans. Il a vu le bracelet brillant à mon poignet d'un coup d'œil. « C'est la version copiée du bracelet que le président des loups-garous Guillemin a acheté pour sa compagne au prix de 2 millions d'euros ? Cela fait quelques années que je ne t'ai pas vue, je ne pensais pas que tu étais devenue aussi vaniteuse. » « Tu as fait une scène pendant si longtemps, ça suffit, reviens. L'enfant d'Hélène sera récupéré et déposé par toi lorsqu'il sera en âge d'aller à l'école. » J'ai caressé doucement le bracelet que j'avais au poignet, à son insu, c'était le moins cher des innombrables bracelets que Guillemin m'avait offerts.

BROKEN BILLIONAIRES IS A 3-PART SERIES FOLLOWING THE STORY OF THE EMPORIO BROTHERS. book#1- BROKEN HEIR (ADRIAN EMPORIO) book #2- BROKEN VOW (SEVASTYAN EMPORIO) book #3 - BROKEN EMPIRE (ALEKSANDER EMPORIO) BOOK ONE- BROKEN HEIR BLURB Adrian Emporio shattered my heart. I loved him—and he chose someone else. He promised me everything, then gave it all to her. He’ll never have that kind of access to me again. He’ll never even come close. * Lolette Rayne is the woman of my dreams. No matter what it takes, I’ll make her love me again. What we had isn’t over. It can’t be. I swear it. *** Orphaned and raised by wealthy but abusive adoptive parents, Lolette Rayne finds comfort in the one person who’s always been there for her; Adrian Emporio—her best friend, her safe place, and the heir to the largest oil empire in the United States. One unforgettable night together changes everything between them. Adrian promises her forever... Until just days later, when Lolette discovers he's engaged to her cruel, spiteful adoptive sister. Devastated, torn, absolutely shattered, Lolette disappears—pregnant with twins she doesn’t even know she’s carrying. Five years pass, and she's built a life she’d always deserved... right until her world shatters again the very moment her twin boys are kidnapped. The ransom? Adrian Emporio’s head. And to save her children, Lolette must return to the life she left behind— and face the man who once upon a time destroyed her heart.

Layla Chen was the most beautiful girl in her school. In addition, she was intelligent and the vice-president of the school. She could have any guy as her boyfriend if she wanted to; only if she wanted to. Whereas he was a transferred student who came with his friends. He was handsome and intelligent. It didn't take him long to be the center of attraction. But there was someone who was a little different than any other girl he ever met. In no time, she gained his attention with the curiosity sprouting inside him. Then, what he did? How did he get close to her? The girl who doesn't desire a school romance. And most importantly, how did they actually fall in love with each other?

There I was, totally perplexed by the color of his eyes and his intense and expressionless gaze, I felt the heat rise to my cheeks and for some strange reason I looked away, which surprised me even more, he turned his face in another direction and went on his way... Who was this man whose presence overwhelmed me, whose eyes mesmerized me? I could only be a kind of God on earth because it was impossible for a simple mortal to be so perfect, so beautiful, so incredible... What I didn't know is that this being would quickly become the center of all my problems and all my pleasures. "Because when seduction not only overrides your sanity but your whole being, you know you're lost"

Each of my three ex-boyfriends ends up committing suicide right after eating food that my mother, Florence Winters, makes. Their deaths are very different from one another, with the only similarity being that they all eat food made by Mom before they die. Mom goes viral in an instant. She becomes the center of everyone's attention, and she is even taken away by the police. But they never manage to find anything wrong with any of the food she makes. I don't dare to get into another relationship. I pack my things and move out of the house, leaving Mom. Two years later, Mom shows up at my engagement party. She proceeds to feed my fiance, Lawrence Smith, some food…