Shady Nook Picnic Area

“I am married, Mateo, you need..” He grabbed my hair aggressively and claimed my lips. “I don't care.. I still want you. You are mine!” He pinned me against the wall and grabbed my ass. “Mateo, we are in my matrimonial home..” “Fuck that” Astrid, a 30-year-old woman, and Mateo, a 22-year-old dude, got into a secret and dangerous love affair, but is it genuine from both sides and how long can they keep it a secret???

Aku dengannya berbeda. Aku humoris, sedangkan dia apatis. Aku bodoh, sedangkan dia terlalu cerdas. Aku menyukainya, dan dia? Aku tidak tahu. Sedangkan kita itu sama. Kita menyukai hal-hal yang sama. Sama-sama pernah patah, jatuh, hancur, bahkan menyerah di tengah perjalanan hidup. Pertanyaannya, mengapa kita tak mencoba untuk saling menyembuhkan luka?

Blue Pierce, freshly eighteen, was well-aware her quiet New York neighbors cared for money, but not much else. What she hadn’t realized, were the lengths her own parents would take to get it. Sold off into a marriage with a man she’d hardly met, Blue has one escape: a clandestine affair with Vincent Carmichael. Her father’s boss. Dark. Brooding. Hot as a bitch in heat… and twice her age.

They call it Area Alpha 101. It doesn’t appear on the world map or the satellites, but it’s rumoured to be there. It’s unofficially the largest continent on Earth, but the humans aren’t educated on it. Only the top shots in the governments and monarchies know about it, but have kept it a secret from everyone else. No-one answers questions regarding it. People have been quoted saying that they tried to get in, but they only hit a barrier. This barrier is said to be invisible, yet you can’t see what’s on the other side. For centuries, no-one has been able to get past the barrier, and those who try, come away ‘bewitched’, or so it has been reported. You know what the funny part about this is? There are literally signs that say “NO HUMANS ALLOWED” just a distance away from the ‘barrier’. You can imagine the insane theories that the human civilization has come up with in regards to what they imagine could be behind the barrier. The biggest guess as you yourself would probably guess is aliens; but that’s just it – NO-ONE knows what’s behind the barrier. Except me that is. Or so I thought.

"I ask you one more time, Ally Shale, who sent you?" He moved closer to me and fired his interrogatory knives through me. Despite the fury in his eyes, I only felt one thing: his iciness. His words were as cold as he is. He terrorised me just with a stare. Was this the same man who had put his hot lips on me back at the club? Ice and fire don't mix very well. Every breath of the man on me sends fear rushing through my veins. I know he is capable of murder, as every mafia member is. He seized my chin and looked at me all over as if trying to find the answer on my body. "I can't name my employers," my teeth chattered as I spoke. I addressed him just as Kevin's man had. "Sir Tyler, I just... I didn't mean to intrude into your personal conversation… I was trying to just get close to you…." All of a sudden, I felt incapable of lying. It dawned upon me what I had just been injected with. But despite being unable to lie, I was still able to resist naming who I worked for. Lies and secrets were, after all, two different matters. Could I have been injected with the infamous truth serum? I questioned myself in fear. "Your resistance to the serum is strong, my little prisoner." He laughed coldly at me, but the next moment, his lips curled into an indescribable and yet amorous smile.

During the New Year’s, on the highway back home to our hometown, my younger brother pestered us to stop for a bathroom break. My mother nudged both my older sister and me. “The next rest stop is quite far from here. You should head to the washroom; otherwise, you’ll regret it later. “Be quick; don’t dilly-dally!” Just as I jumped out, my family’s car pulled away and started driving away. The temperature was close to the freezing point, but my parents left me behind at an unmanned rest stop. I could only rush over and yell after them, “Dad! Mom!”

When my dad was still alive, my stepmother and stepsister treated me kindly, but everything changed after he passed away. They constantly tormented me, starved me, and made me do chores. I endured it for a long time because they would lock me in the house when they left, so I couldn't escape. But one day, they forgot to lock the gate, and I didn't waste the opportunity. I ran away from home, not knowing where I was going, until I met my husband-to-be, who was strict and cold, but his child was kind. I didn't regret being with them, but everything changed when his child's mother came back, and our peaceful life started to unravel.

Ikinasal si Luther Villarreal at Eunice Sanchez kahit walang pagmamahal para sa isat-isa magkaroon lamang buong pamilya ang anak niyang si Isaac. Ngunit paano kung nung una palang ay mahal na ni Eunice si Luther, kaya rin kaya siyang mahalin nito? Gayong ang mahal naman nito ay si Monica. Samahan niyo akong umiyak at tumawa sa storya ng buhay ni Eunice Sanchez.

Estuve enamorada de él durante cinco años, hasta que me empujó al fuego con sus propias manos. Pensé que simplemente había caído en desgracia, pero estaba equivocada: se casó con la loba con la que había crecido llamando, su "hermana". Durante el mes que pasé en el hospital, nunca vino ni una sola vez. Cuando finalmente regresé a la casa de la manada, la vi sentada en su regazo, sonriendo dulcemente. ¿Y yo? Yo no era más que la "cazafortunas", y la "forastera descarada" a sus ojos. No fue hasta que le di la espalda y tomé el trono de Alfa de la manada Blood Moon que enloqueció, persiguiéndome, con lágrimas corriendo por su rostro. —Rompí el vínculo con ella —lloró—. Solo vuelve; ¡nos casaremos ahora mismo!

Matapos ang balitang sumuko na sa pag-ibig ang kilalang playboy na si Sebastian Castillo, ang akala ng lahat ay wala nang makakatibag sa "malamig na pader" ni Dr. Jace Villareal. Si Jace ang pinakamatalino, pinaka-arogante, at ang tanging miyembro ng The Quad na walang puso. Para sa kanya, ang emosyon ay parang isang sakit na dapat i-opera para tuluyang mawala. ​Hanggang sa makilala niya si Zoe Mondragon. ​Si Zoe ay ang "Nation’s Sweetheart"—isang sikat na aktres na sanay sumunod sa script. Pero sa isang gabi ng mapusok at hindi inaasahang pagtatagpo, ang script ng buhay niya ay tuluyang nagbago. Isang gabi lang ang kailangan ni Jace para ituring si Zoe na isang "mistake" sa kanyang perpektong buhay. Kaya naman bago pa siya itaboy ng hambog na doktor, pinili ni Zoe na maglaho nang parang bula. ​Apat na buwan ang lumipas. Isang positibong pregnancy test ang magpipilit kay Zoe na bumalik sa mundong pilit niyang tinalikuran. ​Ngayon, kailangang harapin ni Zoe ang malamig at mapanghusgang mga mata ni Jace. Mapipilitan siyang manatili sa loob ng "golden cage" sa penthouse ng doktor—isang high-risk pregnancy sa ilalim ng pagbabantay ng lalaking ayaw siyang mahalin. ​Ito ay isang kwento ng mga nakatagong sugat, mga sikretong anak, at isang surgeon na malapit nang matuklasan na ang pinakamalaking "pagkakamali" niya ang tanging bagay na hindi niya kayang bitawan.