Rust For Rustaceans

With exactly three days until our house is seized and everything we have is taken away. My father sits in his chair slumped over and defeated "Rose" he calls to me and I go to him. On bended knees, I answer him, "yes father my voice echos as it bounces off our now bare walls". Dear, I'm afraid I've failed you and we have lost everything, sighing he peers at me and continues. A man stopped by this morning offering to help me figure it out but I'm afraid the cost was too high. What was the cost father please tell me. Looking at him with pleading eyes, he sighs as he began to explain. He offered to pay off my debt and restore my business if I was to give up that most precious to me. My eyes widen and my throat goes dry just as my eyes fill with tears. Someone wants me I whisper and see his eyes dim just a little. Yes, my dear, and I can’t do it. Grabbing his hand, I lean in close so he can hear me. I’ll do it, "his eyes grow wide as he begins to shake his head no fast”. I smile and continue for you I will do it. He wants to be wed this evening my dear and we know nothing about him. “If he can stick to his end of the bargain the rest does not matter I will serve him if it means you won't have to worry”. My tears tickle my face the ones I didn't even know escaped. Standing to my feet I look at him and sigh, if there is to be a wedding today we should get ready with that I take my leave locking myself in my room.

ni Khealie na umalis at suwayin ang mga magulang sa sapilitang pagpapakasal nito sa kaniya at sa lalaking hindi niya naman mahal. Sa kaniyang pag-alis ay hindi sinasadyang magka tagpo ang landas nila ni Cloud na siyang naging daan niya upang tigilan na siya ng mga magulang niya sa pwersahang pagpapakasal nito sa anak ng isa sa mga investors ng kaniyang ama. "Hindi ko sukat akalain na ang babaeng noon ay nag mamakaawa lamang na pakasalan ko ay siya palang makakatuloyan ko, hindi ako makapaniwala." madamdaming sambit ni Cloud. tanging matamis na ngiti lamang ang ibinigay ni khealie sa kaniyang asawa. Sino nga ba naman ang mag aakala na tototohanin pala nilang dalawa ang kasal na dapat sana ay palabas lamang kagaya nang napag kasundoan nila bago ang kasal.

My father was critically ill. I begged my fiancé to keep his post-wedding promise—to withdraw emergency funds from the medical trust fund he had sworn to protect me forever. He refused. The next day, he announced his engagement to Pera. Overnight, I became the laughingstock of everyone. In my deepest despair, my childhood friend Seamus— The heir to a long-established Mafia family— Knelt down in the park and proposed to me in front of everyone. That night, he transferred a large sum of money to my account. I said yes without hesitation and rushed to the hospital to pay for my father's treatment. But he never woke up again. The hospital said he had suffered "unexpected complications." Everything after that—the lawyers, the funeral, all the arrangements—was handled by Seamus. Under the Mafia family's protection, everything went smoothly, and my father was able to be quietly buried. The wedding proceeded as planned. Years later, I overheard a conversation between him and the doctor who treated my father. “Seamus,” the doctor said in a low voice, “You tampered with the organ allocation priority list. You delayed Shirley’s father’s transplant so that Pera’s father could receive an organ transplant in time. You falsified the urgency level. Do you know what will happen if this is exposed?” “The list itself was legal,” Seamus replied after a pause. “I just…adjusted the urgency level.” “You committed medical fraud,” the doctor said sharply. “You ruined his only chance to live. All for Pera. Don’t you regret it?” “I don’t regret it,” Seamus answered without hesitation. “I would do anything for her. Even my life, even the honor of the Mafia family.” “Throughout our marriage, I’ve been trying to make up for everything I owed Shirley. That should be enough.” My vision blurred. Only then did I finally understand— The woman he truly loved was always Pera. "If that's really the case," I thought numbly,"Then I should leave."

You are supposed to marry the man you believe is the love of your life but then a one-night stand with a girl changed everything so fast and you could not wipe her off from your bold mind. Nasabik ka nga lang ba sa kakaibang thrill mula sa babaeng yun? Paano kung hanap hanapin ng traydor mong katawan ang mga haplos niya? Are you gonna throw the five years relationship you have? And chose the other person despite being unsure of what you truly feel? Magiging ran away bride ka ba? At sasama sa taong bago mo lang nakilala?

WARNING ⚠️: This book contains some violence, explicit and mature content, BDSM, and is highly rated 18+. Just once, he thrust deeper and my lips gaped, trembling…my fingers squeezed his cloth tighter. “Why do you smell this way? Just why?” his voice was barely a whisper. I wanted to answer him…to tell him he was the whore here, but fućk…..he pushed into me deeper, once, twice and again. …… It was supposed to be a seven day contract and then we parted ways, but I didn't just end up being his rival…one whose mother he's been searching for all these years, but also I became the slave who the Alpha king relieves his stress in her damped fold. Was it the matebond? I doubted it. He wasn't just all over me, but I also prayed each day that he sends for me, have me tied up and f*cked until my body convulsed under him. He was dominant and possessive, and I submitted to every bit of him…

Emily Tamara Jacobs had always had a thing for black-eyed men. When one came in form of her boss, Emily knew she had to watch her back. Emily, a professional nanny had just landed a job to work with William Blakes, the powerful billionaire whom everyone was terrified of. She was warned against working for the dangerous billionaire but she heard none of it as she dived head straight into doing exactly what she had been warned against. Taking care of the billionaire's daughter proved more difficult than she thought it would and when she started to fantasize about the black-eyed man, Emily would do anything to keep herself from falling for him all to no avail. Just as they are getting to a good place, an enemy from the past showed up to put a stop to the lovey-dovey relationship going on, implicating Emily in the worst of ways. Would they be able to put aside their differences and fight for what they truly want or would they allow themselves to be weighed down by it?

After a sudden, brutal breakup, I unexpectedly ran into Pierce Donovan at a hotel—with another woman in his arms. He coldly told me he wasn’t interested in my body. But that all changed when I knocked on his door late at night, wearing something a little more daring. Before I could react, he pulled me into his arms, his voice low and commanding, "Don’t cover yourself. I want to have a good look at you."

Lily Carter never expected the clumsy tourist she rescued from black diamond slope to have the bluest eyes she’d ever seen or a smile that made her chest ache. Teaching him to ski was supposed to be easy. Keeping her feelings in check? Not so much. Jake seems sweet, awkward and almost too grateful for her time… but he’s hiding something. Because Jake Rylan isn’t just another tourist—he’s one of the most powerful billionaires in the world. She’s falling for the man behind the mask. He’s terrified she’ll hate him when the truth comes out. When secrets melt and sparks turn into fire, will their story end with heartbreak or a love worth more than all the billions in the world?

Si Aliah fate Alcantara ay iniidolo ng lahat sa kan'yang talento sa pagkanta at pag sayaw. Bukod sa panlabas na kagandahan at maganda rin ang ka'yang kalooban na mas lalo siyang nagustuhan ng lahat. Bukod a diyan si Aliah ay matalino, mabait, at para sa kan'yang pamilya ay isa itong Prinsesa. Ngunit ang lahat ng 'yan ay biglang maglalaho sa kan'yang katauhan. Ang dating bituin na kumikinang ay nawalan ningning. May lihim na pagtingin si Aliah kay Kier Gavin Surez ang matalik na kaibigan ng kan'yang nakakatandang kaparid at dahil sa nakilala na niya ito ng lubusan ay minahal na niya ito. Sa kagustuhan niyang maghabol sa binata ng no'ng araw na nakatakdang umalis si Gavin upag magtuno sa America para puntahan ang kasintahan ay napahanak ito dahil nasaktak siya sa mga masasakit na salita na nasabi ni Gavin para sa kan'ya. At dahil sa pangyayaring 'yon ay nagpaka layo-layo si Aliah upang maghilom sa sakit ng nakaraan. Ito naman naman ay labis na pinag sisihan ni Gavin ng malaman ang sinapit ni Aliah ngunit huli na dahil hindi na niya ito nakita pa. Sa muling pagbabalik ni Aliah ay labis ang tuwang nadarama ni Gavin. Gagawin niya ang lahat mapatawad lang siya ni Aliah at magawa siya nitong mahalin muli. Maibalik pa kaya ni Gavin ang kinang ng dating bituin na nagniningning na siyang tinitingala, at minahal ng lahat?

Blurb Valerie thought she had it all, a devoted fiancee, a promising future, and a life carefully planned. But everything took a left turn when her fiancee accused her of cheating on him and being pregnant despite the fact that she was still a virgin. And true to his claims, the test was positive, Valerie was pregnant, question was how? Her family casts her out and her fiancee breaks up with her. Valerie is devastated and has no idea what to do until she rans into Max Black. A man who claims the child she is carrying is his. Valerie is forced into a marriage of convinience, she steps into the world of Max Black only to uncover some dark secrets, he is not just rich and powerful, he is the alpha of a secret werewolf pack and the child growing inside of her is his heir and also part werewolf. Valerie is now torn between fear of the life growing I side of her and the growing bond she feels with the man who vows to protect her and her unborn child