Slowly Synonym

The girl my family sponsored was a manipulative opportunist. She had my childhood friends wrapped around her finger. I helped her out of pity for her poor background, but she climbed her way up, slowly taking my place. She faked innocence in front of the brothers while sabotaging me behind my back. When they found out, they called me petty rather than blame her. I got fed up, married my college crush, and moved on. But they flew in overnight, begging for forgiveness.

Cassandra Moore (Cassie) was living her dream life. She finally achieved her last wish, which was to attain her dream job of becoming a secretary to a CEO of a giant company. She got hired at RX Corp, the largest business corporation in the country. She went to celebrate that milestone with her friends in a nightclub, and that was when the mess started. Her friend made a prank call to her ex-boyfriend from seven years ago, Riccardo Xavier (Ricky), the ex she never got over yet even after years. They forced her to talk with him without her consent. The next morning, Cassie realized that she had slept with Ricky. She stormed out of his house in disbelief and tried to forget what happened. Everything looked fine until the first day she reported to RX Corp. She found out that Ricky was actually the CEO of the company and was her new boss. Slowly, another love story began between them and little by little the dark secrets of the Xavier family came into her light. Ricky was no ordinary man and being with him would cost her a lot of danger and damage. All the horrible things that happened around Ricky caused Cassie to slowly lose her sanity. In the end, would Cassie stay with Ricky, the man that she had always loved? Or would she leave him when things get out of control?

Desperate to protect her honor, Bella Thompson agrees to a one year contract to become an Alpha's wife. But the marriage is cold and straining as Bella hates Alpha Draven for forcing her into this. To make matters worse, Alpha brings his mistress into their home, and Bella is flirting with another man. But as the time passed by, Bella finds herself slowly falling for her husband, despite the fact that he is womanizer and arrogant. But what if she discovers the truth behind the past from Alpha Draven's ex fiancée. Will she still choose to love him after all?

“In the world full of chaos, two hearts meet.” Dr. Elio Sierra's life falls apart after his wife dies giving birth to their twins. Consumed by grief, he withdraws from his children and career. Desperate to help, his cousin hires Veronikka, a compassionate nurse who eerily resembles Elio's late wife, to care for the twins. Veronikka's presence and nurturing nature slowly break through Elio's emotional barriers, forcing him to confront his pain and begin healing. Will they maintain their professionalism, or will they cross boundaries just to be each other's sunshine in the rain?

Alpha Ryder is only able to survive as a result of the pain and revenge that filled his heart after he watched his parents being murdered by the very people they trusted. Ryder slowly built a pack of rogue werewolves while secretly plotting his revenge on the people who had cost him pain all his life. But the moon goddess had other plans for him when she paired him with the daughter of his sworn enemy as his fated mate while all she was after was his blood. Will they be able to conquer their fate or reject the mate bond?

Mara Kade built her company from the ground up and refuses to lose it again, especially to Adrian Vale, a billionaire known for control. Adrian does not believe in love until Mara becomes the one woman who challenges him. When a high stakes deal pushes them into a contract marriage, they are bound together in both business and private life. What begins as a calculated strategy slowly evolves into tension, attraction, and something deeper. With past lovers resurfacing, hidden manipulation unfolding, and power struggles tightening around them, love becomes the riskiest move of all.

He was aloof and calculating. A mass of muscles and sheer power. Alpha Benji had one goal; to slowly, but surely, take over the neighboring packs. He wanted to rule as the ultimate Alpha and prove that he didn't need a Luna to be a good leader. ♕♕♕ She was soft-spoken and timid. Doe eyes that could capture even an Alpha in her stare. Aria is a low-level Omega who is taken as collateral damage when her pack is overtaken by the Imperium pack. Her only priority is survival - nowhere in her plan did it include coming face to face with her mate.

Seraphina was utterly confused when she was suddenly placed under the supervision of a new boss at the company she worked for. She couldn’t understand why he constantly humiliated and belittled her. She knew she was good at her job—but to her new boss, she was nothing more than useless. They hated each other. Yet that intense hostility led to something entirely unexpected—a night of overwhelming desire that consumed them both. After what happened, would the resentment in their hearts remain? Or would the anger between them slowly ignite into love?

After being betrayed by the man she loved, Emily makes a desperate decision—she agrees to a contract marriage with the cold and arrogant CEO, Alexander Knight. To the world, their marriage is only a business deal. But behind closed doors, emotions begin to change. The arrogant CEO who once treated her like a stranger slowly becomes protective and possessive. However, secrets from the past and hidden identities threaten to destroy their fragile relationship. When betrayal and misunderstandings tear them apart, Emily must decide whether to walk away forever… or fight for the love she never expected.

Belladonna; the devil's favorite flower, a slow sentence of death. Silence, pain and insanity. Artemisia was born being the poisonous root of the family, the shadow on the wall that everyone tried not to see. A legend has fallen upon her since childhood: be loved by her and death will come to you as the poisoning by belladonna, slowly and painfully. As a way to escape from her mother's suffocating wings, Artemisia moved into her great aunt's mansion in to start over and wipe all the blood on her hands. But no matter where it is planted, a poisonous plant will always leave its trail morbid.