Rent Tango: Maureen

« Je te tiens à ma merci, Reagan, et tu n'y peux rien. » Je lui souris doucement en le regardant dans les yeux. « Qui a dit que je voulais y faire quoi que ce soit ? » Ses mots se mêlèrent à des baisers dans mon cou, et je ne pus retenir le gémissement qui s'échappa de mes lèvres. *** J'étais l'ombre de ma sœur, jusqu'à ce que je le rencontre. **** Amelia Davis devait remplacer sa sœur au mariage. Elle devait se marier à sa place, après la disparition soudaine de cette dernière. Mais à la dernière minute, elle se rétracta. Elle voulait être libre, alors elle s'enfuit. Elle en avait assez de couvrir les dégâts causés par sa sœur. Puis elle le rencontra, le beau Reagan Steele, un PDG séduisant de trente et un ans, qui la fit chavirer. Ils tombèrent profondément amoureux, et alors que tout semblait se dérouler comme prévu, une crise survint…

"I'm going to be the best architect ever and make my dad real proud of me." Beautiful, smart, ambitious, as well as determined Nadia Campbell had the zeal of being the best at what she dreamt of becoming. She had her life well planned out thus, nothing prepared her for the sudden tough phase of her life — being a young mother and marrying the father of her child, a child she never hoped for this early in her life. Not when she was so close to her goal. " He's a player. I shouldn't get entangled but why does my heart say otherwise?" "There's no way something as feeble as love can ever find a way of getting to me." Playboy Derek Ashford's popular mantra, "NO LOVE, NO PAIN", was his everyday principle of living. Flirt with girls, temporary tango in the sheets, take a walk and never look back on the tears — total show on their parts to bring the toughest man to his knees. It all seemed easy until faced with the toughest price he had to pay for his inheritance — marry the mother of his mistake baby. " I play girls, I dont date them. When and if I do, no marriage or commitment is made clear from the onset so why does my heart argue with my head on this when it comes to her?"

My dad called me right after I got paid. He said my little brother needed money for school, Grandma had medical bills, and there was still the rent, water, and electricity. Then, at the end of the call, he admitted he’d lost money gambling. I sat in the security booth, rubbing my bad leg, completely lost for what to do. A car horn blared, and I quickly raised the security bar. Just one look and you could tell how expensive the car was. It belonged to the boss, who had a thing for amputees. Damn it.

[ Help, my boyfriend's hunky dad likes me! ] After failing to pay rent, Scarlett and her boyfriend, Jake, are officially two homeless college students. Griffin(Jake's dad) is a successful CEO and a billionaire, and the couple decides to visit him to ask for a loan. But it turns out Jake is more in debt than Scarlett initially thought. Jake is a gambler, which rocks Scarlet's entire world. luckily Griffin offers to pay off Jake's debt. His only demand is that the two of them move into his mansion. But Griffin also wants another thing: Scarlett.

— Tu sais dans quoi tu t’embarques, n’est-ce pas ? demanda-t-il en croisant les jambes, un sourcil levé. Les lèvres de Tiana se pincèrent légèrement et ses yeux se plissèrent en le fixant. — Tant que vous me payez, je ferai tout ce que vous voudrez. Nicklaus fut surpris par cette audace soudaine. Mais il était convaincu qu’elle jouait la comédie, qu’elle tentait juste de faire bonne figure. Il la connaissait, ou du moins, il croyait la connaître. C’était une âme fragile, tremblante, qui s’efforçait désespérément de dissimuler sa vulnérabilité. Un sourire en coin apparut sur ses lèvres alors qu’une idée traversait son esprit. — Tout ce que je veux ? demanda-t-il à nouveau. Tiana répondit aussitôt, sans la moindre hésitation : — Oui, Monsieur Nicklaus, tout ce que vous voulez. — Très bien, alors je veux que tu te déshabilles et que tu ailles t’allonger sur le lit. Il n’avait pas réellement l’intention de la toucher ; il voulait juste voir comment elle allait réagir. Mais ce que fit Tiana ensuite le laissa sans voix.

Maureen Salagunting is a go-getter whose dreams are bigger than her ability and wallet. In fact, she wanted to become a neurosurgeon because she thought it is the hardest profession anyone could have, and she doesn't mind if she would be an old, loveless maiden as long as her bank account is fat and flooding with money. But fate didn't coincide with her plans and she settled with being a private school teacher, then an online live seller when COVID-19 shook the lives of humanity that made her lose her job as well. When she thought everything couldn't get any worse, her shaken life shattered totally when her mother lost the battle against the virus on the day of her 24th birthday, making her wish to cease her existence too. After crying her heart to God, a dashing, mysterious man in a business suit was waiting outside the chapel, telling her to fulfill the marriage agreement she signed eight years ago as a joke. Should she deny it? Or should they begin faking love amidst the pandemic?

Sienna had only her mother to rely on when growing up. Life was not easy but it was nice. A nice job, a loving mother and some real friends. But with the death of her mother, the hospital bills pilling up, suddently she can’t afford rent anymore. Her friend suggests a fake marriage with a hockey player that needs a greencard. It was supposed to be an easy task but little by little the grumpy hockey player manages to carv himself inside her heart. And she will have to protect herself for the heartbreak when after the end of the hockey season they get a divorce.

The game est un peu différent de mes autres histoires car c'est une histoire contenant plusieurs personnages mais différents dans leurs comportements, différents dans leurs actes, différents dans leurs agissements et différents dans leurs façon de penser...ces individus de genres différentes vont finir par se rencontrer un à un comme par hasard comment ça va se passer ? Entre mensonge, coup bas, trahison et drame, bienvenue dans the game...

Sandra Lowry is renting out her property for a living. A lifetime investment she couldn't really afford. When her best friend/property agent told her they were bidding on a new prospect that could cover her next 5-year rent, she was excited. The client, a handsome actor with a tragic past who would be living in her compound for the next 6 months. With her own past tragedy, the two developed an instant friendship that was rare and found a connection beyond what they've ever had before. Unbeknownst to her that her past was on its way to catch up with her and prevent her from moving on.

She's given up on love, but he’s just begun… After five hundred years of servitude, Dragon shifter Callius Falk and his three brothers are finally freed from their bonds. Callius has one mission, to find his true mate. Winifred Castillo spends her nights tending bar at The Thirsty Dog, a local favorite in Maccon City, New Jersey. After her boyfriend skips town with her rent money, she’s sworn off men. For good. But what’s a Werewolf to do when a dark-haired stranger with golden eyes and rippling muscles claims her as his mate?