Re Monster 23

I was in a car accident on my way to my son, Nathan’s piano competition. Ignoring my injuries, I limped to the venue just in time for the awards ceremony. Nathan won the gold medal. With excitement shining in his eyes, he ran toward me. But as I smiled at him, he turned and placed the medal around the neck of my husband’s first love, Janine Beck. My husband of ten years, Christopher Frost, looked at me with irritation. “Look at what you’re wearing! You’re filthy, like a beggar,” he said cruelly. “Don’t come to Nathan’s celebration dinner tonight—he’s embarrassed by you!” I stayed silent and went alone to the hospital to have my injuries checked. Later, I returned to the villa, drenched in the rain, only to find the doors locked against me. I knocked on the door in the pouring rain for the entire night. At dawn, when the first light broke across the sky, I sent Christopher a message: [Let’s get a divorce. As you wish, I will no longer be an eyesore in your lives.]

**One girl. One mission. One deadly secret coursing through her veins.** Hilda Alegre thought escaping her abusive father was the hardest thing she'd ever do. She was wrong. Sold to a powerful criminal organization, the naive Filipino girl becomes their perfect weapon—not through training, but through a single injection that turns her blood into poison. One remote command, and she becomes a walking death sentence. Her target? Aron Nicastro, the crime boss's own son who dared to defy his father and disappeared into the shadows. But infiltrating the world of exclusive art galleries and elite criminals isn't easy when you've never left your rural village. Disguised as a street vendor, Hilda must get close to a man dangerous enough that his own father wants him dead—all while hiding the lethal secret pumping through her heart. **The rules are simple: Complete the mission. Don't get caught. Don't fall in love.** **Because in her world, one wrong touch could kill them both.** As mysterious protector Art watches over her and handler Gabriel struggles with his conscience, Hilda discovers that the deadliest weapon isn't the poison in her veins—it's the growing connection she feels to the very man she's supposed to destroy and the who need to protect. In the criminal underworld, trust is fatal, love is a luxury, and innocence is the most dangerous weapon of all. **Some missions are worth dying for. Some people are worth killing to protect.** **But when you're literally toxic to love, how do you choose between your heart and your life?**

My boyfriend refuses to accompany me to the airport to pick my mother up, but he later rams into my car from behind in my new Maybach. He looks at my secondhand car and wraps an arm around the young woman beside him, who looks frightened. He says, "It's just a rusty old Volkswagen Beetle! So what if I've crashed into it? I can afford to pay for the damages!" The crowd praises him for being handsome and rich. With his back to them, he warns, "This is the woman my mom wants me to date. I'm just playing along for her sake. Don't make things embarrassing for me." I nod understandingly and tell the young woman, "Since you like collecting trash so much, you can have both him and the car. I'll have my lawyer send you the bill." Now, my boyfriend panics. He looks devastated as he hangs around outside my company all day, begging me to give him another chance.

WARNING! 18+ ONLY! "Emily! Kau tidak boleh keluar dari ruangan ini atau membelakangiku!" Alis Emily berkerut, tidak mengerti apa yang Jason inginkan darinya. "Apa maksudmu?" tanya gadis itu, mulai kesal. "Kau tetap di tempatmu, menghadapku!" perintah Jason. "Kau tidak boleh memalingkan muka sama sekali dan harus menyaksikan apa yang aku dan Tamara lakukan dari awal sampai akhir!" *** Emily Karlton terpaksa menjalani pernikahan tanpa didasari rasa cinta dengan Jason McKennel, yang merupakan saudara angkatnya. Perasaan yang seharusnya ditujukan kepada kakak laki-laki Jason, ternyata salah sasaran. Apalagi ketika sang ayah angkat mengambil keputusan yang layaknya hukuman mati untuk keduanya. Jason telah menjalin hubungan dengan seorang wanita yang sudah menikah, tetapi terpaksa menuruti keinginan sang ayah untuk menikahi Emily demi mendapatkan jabatan sebagai pemimpin perusahaan. Namun, di balik itu, ia tetap menjalani kisah cintanya secara diam-diam dengan sang kekasih. Sementara Emily berusaha menjadi istri yang baik, begitu pula dengan Jason yang berusaha untuk memupuk cinta untuk Emily, harus terganggu dengan kehadiran sang kekasih yang terus mengganggu pernikahan mereka dan segala usahanya jadi sia-sia. Akankah Emily berhasil mendapatkan hati Jason? Ataukah hubungan keduanya harus berakhir karena tidak ada cinta yang tumbuh di antara mereka?

Di tengah kemewahan kehidupan bangsawan, Lady Cleo Austin dijodohkan dengan Duke Muda Sander Dorian, seorang bangsawan yang dihormati dan sahabat dekat Pangeran Mahkota Alden. Pernikahan mereka tampak sempurna, namun ada rahasia yang tersembunyi: Pangeran Alden diam-diam mencintai Lady Cleo. Di sisi lain, Putri Mahkota Zelda, istri Pangeran Alden, juga menyimpan rasa cemburu yang mendalam terhadap Lady Cleo. Desakan keluarga dan tekanan politik membuat Zelda merencanakan balas dendam keji yang mengancam kebahagiaan Lady Cleo dan Duke Muda Sander. Ketika sebuah skandal memalukan terjadi di Dorian Manor, kehidupan Cleo dan Sander terbalik. Skandal itu melibatkan seorang pelayan yang mengaku hamil anak Duke Muda Sander. Lady Cleo yang patah hati harus berhadapan dengan pilihan sulit: mempertahankan pernikahannya atau membiarkan diri hancur oleh intrik politik yang lebih dalam daripada yang ia bayangkan.

My husband’s first love and I were kidnapped at the same time. As a professional negotiator, my husband rushed to the scene as soon as possible to save us. When the kidnappers agreed to release one hostage, he chose to let them keep me to protect her. I knelt on the ground, desperately begging him to save me first, but his face was expressionless. “Tammy is still a virgin. If she’s raped, she won’t be able to handle it.” “You’re different. You’re already married to me. Even if something happens to you, I won’t hold it against you.” He shoved me toward the kidnappers. He probably didn’t know I was three months pregnant, and he was about to become a father.

On my son’s birthday, my husband had asked his first love to pick our son up from our home. While I stubbornly refused to let him go, a huge fire broke out in the hallway during our standoff. I was struck by falling debris, and blood started streaming from my head. However, my son was unharmed as he lay beneath me. My husband, who was a firefighter, came forward to rescue us. But he handed the only gas mask he had to his first love. “Miss Leia has a weaker constitution. Dad, please get her out first. Mom, wait for the other firefighters to save you!” I watched them leave with a faint, bitter smile. It appeared that they had both forgotten my severe asthma and the fact that I would die without a gas mask.

Kehidupan Abigail Anderson hancur tatkala seorang wanita datang pada ayahnya, James Anderson dan mengaku mengandung bayi pria itu. Sejak saat itu masalah demi masalah datang silih berganti hingga ibunya yang kala itu sedang mengandung, mengalami depresi dan harus dirawat di rumah sakit jiwa dan ayahnya mengalami kelumpuhan otak. Abigail yang menjadi anak yatim piatu kemudian dirawat oleh adik dari ayahnya, Alex Anderson dan istrinya Alona Anderson dengan penuh cinta. Mereka merubah identitas asli Abby dan menjadikannya seperti anak kandung mereka. Waktu terus berlalu, Abby remaja tumbuh menjadi wanita sukses dan memiliki pengaruh juga cerdas. Dengan misi balas dendam, ia kembali ke kehidupan lamanya dan mulai menjalankan rencana, mencari adik kandungnya sekaligus mencari tahu identitas orang yang telah menghancurkan kebahagiaan keluarganya. Bertemu dengan pria yang merupakan rival bisnisnya, Zachary, perlahan Abby mengetahui hubungan pria tersebut dengan orang yang telah menghancurkan kebahagiaan keluarganya. Ketika dihadapkan pada cinta dan dendam, manakah yang akan menang pada akhirnya?

WARNING! 18+ ONLY! “Kau tidak takut padaku?” tanya Max yang masih berada di atas Ivory dalam kondisi telah berubah menjadi wujud lycan. “Kau boleh lari jika kau mau.” “Lari? Aku tidak pernah takut atau lari. Mari kita selesaikan dan lihat apakah terbukti bahwa yang kita lakukan ini bisa membebaskanmu dari kutukan Lycan.” *** Ivory melepaskan keperawanan pada seorang pria karena sebuah tawaran; membebaskan pria muda bernama Max dari kutukan yang membuat dirinya tak bisa bercinta dengan semua wanita karena setiap kali melakukannya, ia akan berubah menjadi makhluk buas mengerikan. Ramalan mengatakan, dirinyalah yang bisa melepaskan kutukan dalam diri Max. Sayangnya, kutukan itu tidak hilang meski Max dan Ivory telah melakukan penyatuan. Hal itu membuat Max mengamuk karena merasa tertipu lalu berniat melenyapkan Ivory. Kenyataan terluak bahwa Max memang seorang manusia serigala yang akan memimpin Alsenic Pack, pack yang diturunkan dari sang kakek. Hal mencengangkan lainnya; Ivory adalah seekor putri duyung yang merupakan keturunan terakhir dari Poseidon dan menjadi incaran beberapa ras seperti serigala dan vampir demi kekuatan, keabadian, dan kekuasaan. Kehidupan keduanya diwarnai hal-hal di luar nalar karena mereka berdua merupakan makhluk mitologi di kehidupan manusia. Hingga suatu ketika, Ivory mengetahui bahwa ia tengah mengandung tiga bayi yang tak diketahui apakah milik Max atau pria lain yang juga pernah tidur dengannya.

Dating a soon-to-be-a NFL player and an Alpha billionaire that every girl on campus would drop their panties for sounds like a dream come true, right? But I can assure you it's not! Alpha Weston told me he would never date a girl who wasn't fit the first time we met. He also said I must be a virgin since no man would want to stick it in me. Yet, despite this, we end up fake-dating each other. The reason? We both have something to gain from it...now we just have to survive this game of hearts we are playing.