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"Do you feel it coming alive?" he whispered. His hand holding mine on his bulge. "If anyone sees us—" I stuttered. We weren’t alone in the house. "If you agree to be my good little stepsister—they’ll treat you with respect too." His dark eyes held a wicked amusement that sent a shiver down my spine. "I know you had a crush on me." "I—I didn’t know you were my stepbrother," I tried to explain, but he silenced me with a finger to my lips. That touch! That gentle press of dominance. It was dangerous. It was temptation itself. "Then no one has to know our dirty little secret." His voice was a trap, laced with seduction. "Be my stepsister by day… and my whore by night." I had thought I was inching toward freedom. That escape was just within reach. But the noose had been tightening all along. And this time, it wasn’t fate or circumstance pulling it tight. It was the hands of my own stepbrothers. .. Lavender wanted a normal life—one where she was respected for who she was, not judged for being born from rape. But everything changed when she helped a wounded stranger– and unknowingly walked into the world of the mafia. She thought she could escape the ruthless mafia boss she saved—until she found herself in his mansion, introduced as his stepsister. When her mother made her meet her new family, Lavender’s world shattered. How could she tell her mother that her soon-to-be stepbrothers were mafia bosses, who saw her as nothing more than a pawn? Lavender is left with two choices: fight back or submit to her stepbrothers' control. But can she escape the grip of the mafia? But how can one ever escape the mafia?

When Lexi realises nobody has the power to turn her on like her high school bully she pays him a visit but ends up getting more than she bargained for.

Laura Julianne Knight had everything in life that a woman can wish for. Beauty, brain, wealth and a rich father that loved her the most. When she was secretly named as the heir to a large group of companies by her father, it became the beginning of the destruction of her happiness. Vincent Verdi, a devilishly handsome and arrogant CEO. He was looking for a contract wife that would obey his commands to fulfil his plan in making his ex-girlfriend, Rachel come back to him. And Julia was his perfect choice. Fate brought the two together and then let them apart. After the divorce, Vincent could not get Julia out of his mind anymore. At this moment, he encountered a woman called Laura. Who was she? Why did she have the same face with Julia? And why did she think he was the enemy of her family? There were so many questions that puzzled him, but Vincent was sure that: HE WANTED HER BACK!

Serena Hale was never meant to belong in a world of diamonds, monogrammed robes, and dinner parties soaked in judgment. Once a humble bakery girl, she eloped into a whirlwind marriage with billionaire James Hale, trading flour-dusted dreams for gilded heartbreak. Now, Savannah’s back. James’s sophisticated, pregnant ex-fiancée has returned like a ghost wearing pearls, slipping seamlessly into his life, his home, and maybe… his heart. As Savannah moves into their world like she never left, Serena is forced to smile through whispers and cold stares. James’s mother, ice-blooded and brutal, now she’s made her message clear: Serena was the wrong choice. The second choice. And she better not get pregnant again. But it’s already too late. Serena is carrying James’s child again, a fragile, impossible hope tucked beneath her still flat stomach. He says he loves her. He swears he chose her. But he didn’t come home last night. And Serena is no longer sure if James is lying to her… or to himself. As secrets build and the tide turns against her, Serena must decide if love is enough to hold onto a marriage that may have never truly been hers before the truth rips everything apart again. Because this time, it’s not just her heart at stake. She has a baby to think of.

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"Ang tanga-tanga mo naman, Hailey! Bakit ka nagpabuntis? Sa ating dalawa ikaw pa nga itong mahinhin. Di makabasag pinggan. Ikaw ‘yong dalagang Filipina, yeah!" hindi napigilan ang galit na sita niya sa kakambal. Problema. Iyon kaagad ang sumagi sa isip ni Callie nang malamang buntis ang ni kakambal niyang si Hailey. Bukod sa hindi nito masabi kung sino ang tatay ay mahina ang puso nito, kaligtasan kaagad nito ang naisip niya. Gustuhin man niya itong sabunutan dahil sa taglay na kagagahan ay hindi na lang niya ginawa. Sa mapaglarong tadhana, sa kakahanap niya sa Tatay ng anak nito ay natuklasan niyang ang multi millionaire na si Carter Hyun ang nakadisgrasiya dito. Natagpuan na lang niya ang sarili na siya na ang Mommy ng baby nito. Magkakasama sila sa iisang bubong, mapigilan niya kaya kung may pag-ibig na umusbong?

Malinaw na nakikita ni Rosie Frey Israel ang magiging kinabukasan niya sa kanyang boyfriend na si Rico. Tanging alok na kasal na lamang ang hinihintay niya mula rito. Ngunit hindi niya inasahang sa pagpunta niya sa night club ay malalaman niyang pinagtataksilan pala siya nito. Sa gabing iyon, hinayaan niya ang sariling uminom at kalimutan ang pagiging guro ngunit mas hindi niya inasahan na sa muling paggising niya sa umaga ay ibang lalaki na ang nasa tabi niya. Hindi niya napaghandaan na isang West Severino pala ang magpapabago sa takbo ng kanyang buhay. Kakayanin niya kayang tumaliwas sa tukso o mas pipiliin niyang sumabay sa agos at magpalunod?

MATAPOS ang kanyang business trip, nagulat na lang si Eloisa Sandoval nang makauwi siya at natuklasan na nakabalik na ang ate niya na matagal nang hindi nila nakakasama. Isa pang balitang nakagimbal sa kanya sa pagbabalik niya ay nang malaman niya na ang kanyang long-time boyfriend ay engaged na. Ang malala pa, engaged ito sa ate niya na matagal na nawala sa piling nila. Pakiramdam niya ay nilapastangan siya ng lahat at pinagtaksilan. Nawala sa kanya ang lahat. Maging ang kumpanya na matagal niyang pinaghirapang mapalago ay napunta sa ate niya. Pero sa isang hindi inaasahang pangyayayari, she found a knight in shining armour in the identity of Maximo Walton. Ang mismong uncle ng kanyang ex-boyfriend. Hindi siya nag-atubili na alukin ng kasal si Maximo. Ikinagulat niya ang pagpayag nito nang walang pag-aalinlangan. Nang mawala ang lahat sa kanya, sisikapin niyang kumapit sa isang taong malapit sa lalaking nangwasak sa puso niya. Walang ibang nasa isip niya kundi ang paghihiganti. Babalik siya at babawiin niya ang lahat.

"Good morning, sir," nakangiti niyang sabi at sinulyapan ang lalaking nakatayo sa harap ng klase-si Zachary Villarreal, ang dati niyang kasintahan. Dahil sa galit para sa kanyang pamilya, bumalik si Atasha sa Pilipinas pagkatapos ng dalawang taong pananatili sa Amerika. Narinig niya ang tungkol sa paparating na kasal ng kanyang kapatid na babae at hindi niya ito matanggap. Hindi niya matanggap na magiging masaya ang mga taong sumira sa buhay niya—ang buhay ng hindi pa isinisilang na anak. Nais niyang mamuhay silang lahat sa parehong miserableng buhay gaya ng sa kanya. "Magmakaawa ka sa akin, Propesor, habang pinagsisilbihan mo ang aking galit," tatak niya sa kaniyang isip.

I wish that night had never happened, the night I died and was resurrected by a vampire, life to me never made sense and I always wondered what happens after death. I didn't think my question was answered so soon, but now I ask you: What is the price of death? I found out the hard way that the price of death is life, my life that now belongs to him!