Reptile Room

Despite Thorne Henderson's chilly demeanor after seven years of marriage, Charlene Ross always smiled at him, demonstrating her great love and belief that she would one day win his heart. Rather, she discovered him completely enamored and very protective of another woman, but she persisted in tenaciously preserving their marriage. Charlene was left alone in an empty room on her birthday after he took their child to be with the other lady after she had flown abroad to find him and their daughter. At last, she quit up at that point. As she watched her raised daughter refer to another woman as "mom," Charlene's sorrow subsided.

I've wanted him for as long as I can remember. My father's best friend. Forbidden. Untouchable. But that only makes me want him more."Sorcha has spent years longing for Karios—the man who commands every room but refuses to see her.She’s not a child anymore. And when her father leaves her in Karios’s care, it’s the chance she’s been waiting for.”But what she doesn't know is that Karios isn’t as unaffected as he seems.Alone in his house, she’s determined to make him see her. Want her. Lose control.” And once he gives in… there’s no turning back.”

In the days leading up to her wedding, Laura went out to celebrate her bachelorette night with her sister and a few close friends. They laughed, drank, and danced until everything blurred. When she finally came to, her head pounding, she found herself in a hotel room beside a man she had never seen before. Panic shot through her. She grabbed her things and fled without looking back. But by the time she made it home, her father already knew what had happened. The wedding was called off, and Laura was thrown out of the house. From that moment on, her life took a turn she never could have imagined.

For four years, Nicole Harrington loved her billionaire CEO from a distance — quietly, hopelessly, and completely in secret. Then he asked her to move in. Not as his lover. As his daughter's nanny. What should have been simple became impossible the moment his little girl took her hand and refused to let go — and the moment he touched her like she was the only thing in the room worth wanting. He made the rules clear. No feelings. No strings. No future. Nicole knows better than to break them. But some secrets don't wait for permission to come out. And the one buried between them could change everything — or destroy it all.

To save her pack, she signed a contract with a monster. Now, he’s deciding whether to protect her—or devour her. Elara Vance’s father gambled away their future, and the only man who can pay the debt is Kaelen Thorne, the "Butcher of the West." The deal is simple: A marriage in name only. No feelings. No touching. Just an alliance to keep the Northern invaders at bay. But the moment the ink dries, the rules change. Kaelen doesn’t want a business partner; his wolf wants a mate. As the lines between a fake marriage and a primal obsession blur, Elara realizes the most dangerous thing in the room isn't the enemies at the gates—it's the man holding the pen.

"The rules are simple. You don't fall in love me, because I most definitely won't love you back. All that matters is that your body belongs to me, Naya." He breathed out, kissing down my neck. *** Eccentric heartthrob and billionaire, Talon Thwaites, is no Prince Charming; he hates women and hates affection even more. There's no room for vulnerability in his heart. However, being in need of a fake bride, his limits are tested by Naya Davis, his very unusual choice for hire. With these two opposites, a match is made in hell between a devil with icy gray eyes and an angel with fire in hers. In this marriage, love is not an option. Or so they think.

The company holds a management meeting. My wife's secretary, Lisa Carter, is checking IDs at the conference room entrance. She greets everyone who enters with a warm smile. But when it is my turn, she lets out a scornful laugh. I frown and pull out my Cybersecurity Department Manager's ID, but she doesn't even glance at it. "Mr. Torres, Ms. Shaw took pity on you and made you a manager. Do you really think you're somebody important?" I ignore her and dial the CEO's direct line instead. "Someone's saying my position is just charity from you. Is it true?"

Rhianelle Angeles is engaged at such a young age to someone she's never even met and only known him by his name Jared Yael Simonne, when she reached the age of eighteen they got married, they were doing good as a married couple but Rhia felt like everything in her life had been controlled and planned ever since she was young; she felt suffocated and realized that she wanted something more for herself without the help of anyone; she needs a fresh start, and for her to do so, she had to leave everything behind, including Jay. Five years passed and they met again. Will there be room for a second chance in their love story?

Celeste was forced to auction her body for a night because she desperately needed a huge amount of money for her brother's operation. Aside from that, she was also being harassed by her father's debtors. She was sold to a rich old man and had no choice but to sleep with him. She doesn't know how it happened, but the man she slept with was not an old man, but instead, a handsome man. After that night, Celeste left the room with money in her hands. Celeste meets the man again in an unexpected situation. She learned that he was Raff Alcantara, an excellent doctor who operated on her brother, and most of all, he was her boyfriend's uncle.

On the first day of my rebirth, I turn straight into the bedroom of Don Raffaele Caruso and begin undoing my clothes. In my previous life, I was in a marriage of convenience with his son, Matteo Caruso, but there was no love between us. We were notorious in Liberty City's mafia circle. Matteo believed I was the reason he lost his first love. He thought I had deliberately gone into his room the night he was drugged with an aphrodisiac, trapping him in a marriage. Hence, for eight years after our wedding, he stayed out drunk every night and refused to come home. Even when I went into obstructed labor and was on the brink of death, he never asked about me even once. Then, the hurricane came. A storm surge swallowed Liberty City. The harbor collapsed under the waves, and there was only one seat left on the evacuation boat. Everyone thought Matteo would keep it for himself. Instead, he shoved me hard onto the boat. "Go! I'm giving you my chance to live, Chiara. If there's a next life, don't come saving me again. I just want to be with Lucia." The next second, his body was dragged into the pitch-black sea. I survived, only to be hacked to death by a rival family afterward. What Matteo never knew was that he wasn't the only one who was drugged that night. His father was too. This time around, I step into the room just as the effects of the aphrodisiac take hold. Raffaele is currently forcing himself to endure it, his control stretched to the limit. I walk over and say softly, "Let me be your antidote, Don Caruso."