Salad Days

He locked me in his penthouse, a beautiful bird in a gilded cage. Caius Evans, the billionaire who ruined my father, thought he owned me. He wanted to break me, to possess my art and my silence. But as the days turned to nights, the lines between captor and confidant blurred. He started sharing his secrets, his scars, the ghost of a brother he loved and lost. Now, the man I should hate is the only one who sees the real me. And the key to my cage is also the key to his haunted heart. But is this love real, or just another one of his calculated games?

I stand in the hospital after my two older brothers decline all 99 of my phone calls. They finally appear, bringing with them the biological sister they found. My gentle eldest brother, who had once rescued me from my so-called abusive parents, raises his hand and slaps me across the face. "Cynthia, you're actually pretending to have a terminal illness just to compete with Sarah for our affection? And you came to this kind of place to frighten us?" I clutch my swollen cheek and listen as my second brother, who always says he'll trust me no matter what, holds Sarah in his arms and laughs out loud. "Are you trying to fake being sick to get our attention after seeing that Sarah is in poor health? "Just cut the act. You've been living in luxury since childhood and have always been in perfect health. How could you possibly be ill?" Sarah Crawford speaks up thoughtfully, "Don't blame her, you two. I think she just feels like I've stolen away your love for her, which is why she has become so unreasonable..." I look at the two brothers who have doted on me for ten years and suddenly feel that nothing matters anymore. After all, I only have seven days left to live. In seven days, everything will return to normal after my departure. But by then, they'll be the ones unable to accept it.

"You’re worthless, Evelyn. Tell me, what real Alpha would stay with a barren woman in this world?!" With trembling hands, I wiped away the tears streaming down my face. My body was weak from days without food in the cold dungeon. Evelyn’s life has never made sense. Rejected by her first mate at eighteen, she becomes an Omega slave. Fate offers her a second chance with Alpha John Xavier, who marries her, but the marriage is no better. She is treated like a servant, and two years later, his first love, Diane, returns to reclaim her place in his heart. John lavishes Diane with the affection Evelyn longs for and ultimately rejects and divorces her. Thrown into a cold dungeon as punishment, she endures days without food and water, all because of Diane who was later revealed to be pregnant for John. Just when she thinks John might have a change of heart, he demands that she sacrifice her kidney for Diane. Evelyn discovered a secret that changed everything, she was carrying John’s child. Now, five years later, Evelyn and John meet again as business partners, working together to save his struggling pack. John, filled with regret, is desperate to win her back. But there’s another man who loves her and is willing to keep her by his side. Will Evelyn forgive John and give him a second chance or will she choose the man who has vowed to never let her go?

Bellatrix, the youngest daughter of Oleg Alexive. Before two days of marriage, betrayed by her fiance, Bellatrix leaves her home with her sister, Valerie, who is a nun. Valerie takes Bellatrix to her city and arranges for her to live with a woman named Madam. One day, while bathing in a lake, Bellatrix and Madam find a sick man named Nicholas lying nearby. They took him home and cured him. After a few days passed, Bellatrix started to feel something towards Nicholas. Tragedy strikes when a group of half-demon wolves attack the church and attempt to kill Sister Valerie. Bellatrix witnesses the murder and learns that Nicholas ordered them to kill Valerie, causing her to develop a deep hatred for him. Heartbroken and angry, Bellatrix enters Nicholas palace to find a way to kill him. Nicholas tried to keep his distance from Bellatrix, but his forbidden feelings for her made it difficult for him to control his actions. Nicholas soon discovers a shocking truth: Bellatrix is actually the descendant of his enemy, for whom he lost everything, and a protector of moonstone. Moonstone, a familiar word in the paranormal world, as it can make anyone one of the most powerful people in the world. Nicholas is tasked with acquiring the moonstone that will make his tribe powerful. Yet to regain Moonstone’s power, he has to make sure that Bellatrix loves him since she is the protector of Moonstone, and after that, in any case, he has to kill her. What will happen in this tale when one wants to seek revenge and one uses “Love” to achieve power?

My husband, Caleb Price, and I, Sienna Hart, have been married for many years. Our relationship is going strong, and our son, Tobey, is thoughtful and kind. I've always believed we would spend our whole lives together. What I don't expect is that Caleb would hurt me and Tobey three times because of the same woman. The first time, we agree to celebrate Tobey's birthday, but Caleb forgets his promise because he has to pick up his first love, Lila Monroe, from the airport. When I return home from a business trip, all I find is my heartbroken son. The second time, Caleb secretly takes our son and Lila to the amusement park. He doesn't know that Tobey is allergic to peanuts, and he ends up in the hospital. The third time, Caleb repeatedly promises to pick Tobey up from school alone, but when Caleb hears that Lila is ill, he tells Tobey to go home by himself. On the way home, Tobey is kidnapped. After he's rescued, he spends three days in the hospital in critical condition before pulling through. Each time, Caleb apologizes with utmost sincerity and swears that there won't be a next time. Maybe he's forgotten, but I once told him that I'd only forgive him three times. So, when he finishes apologizing and thinks life will return to the happy days it was before… It doesn't. Yes, I forgive him, but I'm also taking Tobey and leaving him—forever.

My family was attacked by rogue wolves when we entered their territory. My wolf was gravely injured, and in the end, I was the one who saved everyone.
As I collapsed, exhausted, no one came to me—they all ran to my adopted sister, Fiona, fussing over a few shallow scratches.
By the time pack members carried me to the infirmary, the healer delivered the cruel news: my wolf had been struck by a silver dagger, and the one-month-old pup in my womb wouldn’t survive.
Yet my mate, Luke, had given the only life-saving treatment to Fiona. With no other choice, I refused the healer’s remedies and numbed my wolf’s pain with crude herbs—knowing it would only buy us three days before death.
In those last days, I let everything go. I gave Fiona all my possessions and insurance money while my parents smiled in approval. I signed the bond-severing agreement Luke slid across the table without a second thought. Luke was satisfied, believing I was considerate. Kane, my brother, nodded his head when I told him to give my room to Fiona.
Even my son, Jim, squealed with joy when I asked him to call her “mom.” No one questioned why I gave all my belongings to Fiona, and their approving gazes said it all: “Good. The old Emma is back. But as the clock ticked down, one thought haunted me:
When they find our bodies—my wolf and my unborn pup—will that satisfaction turn to regret?

If they ask Selina for her definition of pain, she would say,"being jilted for one's twin sister few days to one's wedding." But if she is asked on a deeper level, she will say; In other to cover her hospital bill, she became an accidental Surrogate for her best friend's brother and it doesn't end at that, she was now to live with the pain of her Rival being her kid's step mom. Meet Selina, the victim and survivor of pain, the renowned medical doctor who not only has the world at her feet, she now has her ex-fiance and her baby daddy at her feet.

"Daddy, who is the pale woman tied up in your room?" Deanna was a nurse at one of the hospitals in the city center. One night, Deanna was kidnapped by the mafia because she heard something she shouldn't have known about the two mafia syndicates. The 24-year-old woman was tied up again in the basement by the cruel mafia leader. Three days later was Selena's birthday, Meazus's eight-year-old daughter. She asked that Deanna be released as a birthday present to Meazus. "Daddy." Selena held Meazus's big hand. "Don't you want a new wife for yourself? I said that because I want a mother."

Dahil sa hindi inaasahan pangyayari, Veronica Morgan, a famous model, and co-owner of CathVero Fashion, thought that she was with her cheating fiance. She was drunk kaya hinalikan niya 'to na agad naman tinugunan ng lalaki. At may nangyari sa kanilang dalawa. And on the next day, nagkalat na ang litrato nilang dalawa ng lalaki na isa palang sikat na Car Raicer, and the President of HVM Incorp. na si Hugo VONX MERCEDEZ. Ano ang gagawin ni Veronica kung o-offeran siya nito ng kasal ngunit matatapos sa loob ng 100 days? Tanggapin kaya niya?

Everette's world is thrown into disarray when she wakes up in a hotel room, disoriented and confused. Her heart sinks as she realizes that she has been drugged and taken advantage of by a stranger. With only three days left until her dream wedding, she must face the devastating truth and confess her secret to her fiancé. However, the confession only leads to the cancellation of the wedding, leaving Everette heartbroken and alone. To add to the chaos, she discovers that she is pregnant with the stranger's baby. Despite the turmoil, Everette bravely embarks on a journey of self-discovery, determined to find love and happiness amidst the pain and confusion.