So Let Me Just Give Up

Five years ago Anna fled from her marriage, believing it was over. Given a second chance, Anna is thrown back in time to the night of their first wedding anniversary. Now, armed with all the painful lessons the last five years have taught her, including knowledge of her own mistakes, Anna must navigate schemes that threaten her marriage and possibly her life. Can Anna trust her husband and end the schemes against them or will she find it impossible to wake up to love?Waking Up to Love is created by Parker Stevens, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.*Mature Content, 18 Plus*

The night my husband, William Costello, was assassinated by his enemies was supposed to be a celebration—our wedding anniversary. I was dressed in his favorite red dress, waiting for him, when the phone rang. "Mr. Costello was shot at the harbor. The bullet went through the back of his head. He died on the spot." I collapsed to the floor. I clung to his belongings, mourning for a week straight. We even lost our unborn child during this time. Everyone said William and I were true love. Even the Don himself came to the funeral, resting a heavy hand on my shoulder with a sigh. He said, "All of Blackhaven knows you were the only woman he ever loved." Grief nearly destroyed me. I stood at the river's edge, ready to follow William into the afterlife. However, I overheard my sister-in-law, Emily Hawkins, leaning into my brother-in-law, Jones Costello, her voice dripping with a twisted affection. She purred, "William, I love you so much. Between Nina and me, who do you think is sexier?" "Of course it's you, babe!" came the husky reply. I stood frozen, my eyes wide and my body trembling. Why was Emily calling my brother-in-law by my husband's name?

Her One Night Stand was hot and enticing. It gave her very intense feelings that she hadn’t felt before. But that was all Nara Aurora could remember of that night. She couldn’t remember anything else. She had no clue who she had sex with or why she had sex with him. But life made things worse by giving her a child. A child whom she couldn’t afford to take care of. She needed to pin the pregnancy on whomever she could. Anyone at all! Anyone who would collect the burden of her child in exchange for cash. A wealthy man in need of a surrogate mother came to her and an idea struck her mind. What if she lied about the surrogacy in exchange for wealth? Well that sounded easier than done until it was time to let her child go. Her strong motherly instincts came into play and she realized she couldn’t let her go. Her child was her life and she was getting too attached. But what could she do? She needed to let her go. She had to let go. She signed a freaking contract!

Before the wedding, Alpha Kevin’s first love, Sandra Barlow, was betrothed to none other than David Wright—the most infamous rogue Alpha along the Mississippi River. A wolf so ruthless, even the werewolf Council preferred to pretend he didn’t exist. Alpha Kevin, ever the noble hero, couldn't bear to see his precious white moonlight thrown into the fire pit. So, what did he do? With the werewolf army of the Midnight Ridge Pack, he stormed into the rogue den and snatched her away from Alpha David. That very night, they registered their marriage and held a wedding. And me? Oh, the entire Midnight Ridge Pack was practically at the thought of watching Gamma Diana Gilbert—the strongest female warrior in the pack—get humiliated. After all, my years of loyalty, my unmatched skills, my blood spilled for this pack? Worthless. Why? Because their beloved Alpha had chosen another. I braced myself for the whispers, the pitying glances. But then— The very next day, Alpha David, the same rogue who’d been so cruelly robbed of his mate, climbed onto my villa’s security wall like a damn cat burglar. He perched there, arms crossed, watching me with an infuriatingly lazy smirk. “Wife pays for her husband’s debt,” he drawled, his voice carrying the rough edge of a wolf who lived lawless and free. “Alpha Kevin stole my mate. So I figured—you should compensate me by becoming my rogue Luna.” He grinned, canines flashing. “ That’s fair, isn’t it?” I nodded. “Fair.”

Elizabeth Lancaster, an 18 year old brought up with strict values and in a cold and stern environment, gets her first wish to venture to the outside world and taste freedom and gain new experiences and most importantly, FRIENDS. William Warren, a 19 year old college sophomore studying in the most sought after University, lacks nothing in life be it friends, girls, popularity, fame even money. He has everything but still isn't satisfied with life till someone manages to catch his attention. And boy is that someone so damn interesting that she knocked his soul out of his body the first time he laid eyes on her. Now he wants her, and the chase is about to begin but it is unclear who became the prey and who the hunter along the way.

After witnessing Ares' accident, Vera had felt she has the responsibility to take care of him. There's a lot of options to do, but she chose to take off the heave on her chest which was to go and look for the reasons why that accident happened and become his bodyguard, nurse and driver. She thought those were the only things she need to handle, but her Captain still demanded her to act as a fake fiancée of her friend for some reasons. Working for Ares made her more attached to him which shouldn't be happening, but will she be able to stay with Ares just like a job and finish her mission-or is her story bound to be more complicated?

By year's end, I'd closed a huge deal and snagged a $2.5 million bonus. The company even sent me on early maternity leave—nice perk for being eight months pregnant. Pauline found me lounging on the couch. "Why aren't you at work?" I cracked a joke. "Got fired. Guess I'll be stuck here playing housewife." Her response? A slap across my back. "Then get off and do the laundry! You're having a girl, not a son, and you think you can sit around like some princess?" My husband, Logan, walked in right then. He just pulled her into the nursery. Feeling hurt, I switched on the hidden cameras I'd secretly installed. I thought maybe he'd defend me. Yeah, no. What I uncovered? It was so much worse. Twisted secret after twisted secret.

After eight years together, I've proposed to my boyfriend 108 times. Each time, he found a different excuse to turn me down. On the 109th try, I give up a promotion and transfer opportunity. Finally, he said yes. I think he's moved by my sincerity. But instead, he brings his first love into our marital home and falls into our bed with her. "I only proposed to her to spite you. If you just say the word, I'll dump her at the altar and marry you instead!" Staring at the scene before me, I take the tight engagement ring off my finger and toss it down the drain. I decide to call off the wedding before he can. But after I walk away, the man who swore he'd marry someone else went crazy searching for me everywhere.

"อื้อออ ซี๊ดด กระแทกแรงๆ เลยค่ะที่รัก อ๊ะ อ๊ะ" ปัง! "แอล!" "เฮ๊ย! เข้ามาทำไมวะ" "ยังกล้าถามอีกเหรอ ฉันมากกว่าไหมที่ต้องถามนายว่ากำลังทำบ้าอะไร" "ซี๊ดดด เอากันอยู่ไง ไม่มีตาดูรึไง" "ก็เพราะมีตาดูไง ถึงได้ถาม นายทำแบบนี้ได้ยังไง นายคบกับฉันแต่มาเอากับผู้หญิงคนอื่นนี่นะ!" "ก็เธอไม่ให้ฉันเอา ฉันก็ต้องมาเอากับคนอื่นสิวะ รู้แล้วก็รีบออกไปสักที ขัดจังหวะชิบ"

"Sign this contract. After bearing my desired offspring, I shall reject you. For now, you're just for pleasure my Omega doll"......... *** Bailey had a hard time growing up. Orphaned by the bloody fangs of rogues, a missing twin and a werewolf orphanage where she faced bullying. Eventually, a family decided to take her in. The Brandon's didn't adopt Bailey because they liked her but because their son had interest in her. Bailey, 12 and mentally drained from her young past, is not interested in Connor Brandon but Connor likes her nonetheless and insists on having her. Escaping, the only place that welcomes Bailey is a doll house and eventually, she's turned to a doll and she has no other choice but to accept it. That is, till she meets Alessandro Hall. The most dangerous mafia and Alpha. As if her life couldn't get any worse, he turns out to be her mate. Alessandro hates Bailey after finding out she's an omega but he refuses to let her go. When she gets pregnant, Bailey is kidnapped and the big bad Alpha tears down the whole city to find her and so does the nightmare from Bailey's past. But they're in for a shock. The saviors get captured by the captive.