Standing Out

I plan on ordering some food using my husband's phone, yet I've noticed a remark that's been saved on the delivery app. "The food is for a pregnant lady. Please make sure to be hygienic and use less oil and salt when making the dishes." I can feel my heart sink. I turn my gaze toward the bathroom, where my husband is. I can't figure out why my husband, who's been firm about not wanting a child, has been ordering meals for pregnant women. After a moment of hesitation, I scroll through the delivery app's order history with shaky hands. Numerous orders have been placed with the same restaurant, one that specializes in making exquisite dishes designed for pregnant women. Each of these food orders costs more than ten thousand dollars. My husband's company address has been chosen as the delivery address, and he's also the recipient. … After exiting the delivery app, I sit on the couch and stare into space. As I look at my husband's well-defined muscles, I recall how he, who's about to hit 40, is suddenly quite invested in getting in shape over the past year. I blurt out asking, "Have you been ordering food to your office often lately?" My husband freezes for a split second. Then, he fixes me with a gentle gaze. "I do that once in a while. Why are you suddenly asking about that? By the way, I haven't had the sweet and sour meatballs you make in a long while. Can you make some for me so that I can bring them to the office for my lunch tomorrow?" I smile at him and agree to his request. Still, I toss and turn in bed as the remark about the pregnant lady in his phone keeps gnawing at me that night.

To make me "obedient", my parents send me to a reform center. There, I'm tortured until I lose control of my bladder. My mind breaks, and I'm stripped naked. I'm even forced to kneel on the ground and be treated as a chamber pot. Meanwhile, the news plays in the background, broadcasting my younger sister's lavish 18th birthday party on a luxury yacht. It's all because she's naturally cheerful and outgoing, while I'm quiet and aloof—something my parents despise. When I return from the reform center, I am exactly what they wanted. In fact, I'm even more obedient than my sister. I kneel when they speak. Before dawn, I'm up washing their underwear. But now, it's my parents who've gone mad. They keep begging me to change back. "Angelica, we were wrong. Please, go back to how you used to be!"

She was the outcast, the wolfless disgrace of a powerful bloodline. He was the ruthless bully who made sure she never forgot it. But something has changed. The whispers have shifted, the stares linger longer, and the power she was never meant to have is finally awakening. Now, the one who broke her is the one who won’t leave her alone. Desperation laces his every move, regret burns in his eyes. But some wounds don’t heal, and some betrayals can’t be forgiven. He swore she was nothing. So why is he acting like she’s everything?

SABOTAGING MY WALKOUT QUEEN BOOK 1: FATED TO LOVE HER "How long do you have to convince yourself that you don't love her anymore?" David believed to have been hurt by the same woman twice, leaving him with no other option but to hate her for the succeeding days of his life. [You can listen to my international radio interview in the U.K. here: https://soundcloud.com/ian-johnson-75/friday-31st-october-fridays-afternoon-evening-late-show-1029pm-1208am-uk-time-part-4 (29:00 to 33:00)]

เจเล่ หนุ่มฟรีแลนซ์ มีงานอดิเรก เป็นนักรีวิวอาหาร หลังจากเข้าวงการตะลุยกิน ทำให้รูปร่างที่สมบูรณ์ดีอยู่แล้ว เจริญเพิ่มพูนขึ้นอีก แฟนคลับเป็นห่วงสุขภาพ เลยท้าทำชาเลนจ์ลดน้ำหนัก ใครจะไปคิด ออกกำลังกายมีประโยชน์ ได้คอนเทนต์ ได้สุขภาพ และได้สละโสดด้วย นายเอก เป็นน้องนุ่ม น้ำหนักลดสุด ๆ ในเรื่องคือ 80 ไม่ต้องลุ้นเอวเอส พระเอก เป็นเทรนเนอร์ เก้ง กล้ามปู ทำตัวแมน ๆ

Me casei com Sérgio, o filho mais velho da família Lima, um renomado obstetra. Minha melhor amiga, Vanessa, se casou com Valentino, o filho mais novo, que era presidente de uma grande farmacêutica. No meu aniversário, a amada do meu marido me mandou um gato morto, me causando um choque que desencadeou um parto prematuro. Vanessa me levou ao hospital, onde sofri uma embolia amniótica. Nenhum médico sabia o que fazer, e quando pedi ajuda ao Sérgio, ele respondeu com desprezo: — Só porque faltei no seu aniversário, já vem se fazer de vítima e inventar mentira? O cachorro da Alícia vai parir, preciso estar presente e não tenho tempo para drama! Vanessa me operou e salvou minha vida, mas meu filho foi para a UTI. Ela ligou para Valentino pedindo um remédio especial, e ele respondeu: — O cachorro da Alícia tá mal depois do parto, estou aqui fazendo caldo para ele. Sério, vocês duas são iguais e sempre arrumaram confusão. Acham que só existo para lidar com crise de ciúmes. No fim, meu filho morreu. E com ele, toda a minha esperança. — Vanessa, decidi que quero me divorciar. — Se você vai terminar, eu também vou. Homem que não presta não merece esposa! Quando finalmente falamos do divórcio para Sérgio e Valentino, eles entraram em pânico.

They took her inheritance, her dignity, and her fated mate. They should have taken her life while they had the chance. In the Silver Crest Pack, Elora is a ghost—a "disaster child" forced to serve the very family that eclipsed her light. For years, she endured the systematic theft of her life by her sister, Bella. From her mother’s heirloom ring to the dress she slaved to buy for the Scarlet Ball, Elora gave it all up because she was told she was "nothing." But the final blow is the deadliest: finding her fated Alpha mate in the arms of her sister on the eve of their ascension. Driven into the freezing wilderness, Elora doesn't die. Instead, she awakens a bloodline so ancient it was thought to be a myth. As the Primordial White Wolf, she possesses the power to "deprive"—to strip the land of its fertility and the unworthy of their strength. She isn't alone in the shadows. Waiting for her are three "Shadow Betas"—lethal, rejected outcasts who were once the pack’s foot soldiers. Bound to her by a bond stronger than fate, they are the blades she will use to dismantle the Silver Crest Pack piece by piece. Elora is no longer the forgotten princess. She is the Queen of the Outcasts, and she is coming back to reclaim everything that was stolen.

The Vagabond Pack was destined to protect, be mate-less, and be unaffected by the heating season. When Alpha Ciandra's period arrived, she left immediately, leaving behind the pack under her beta's leadership. Aware of the cruelty of the alpha she was fated to protect, she was confident she would manage, after all, she was strong and focused, little did she know she was walking into forever damnation. With his cruel, noxious, and possessive traits, he needed a strong warrior to guard him and not some feeble wolf who would crumble under his command. Alpha Alphonso got more though, a second chance mate, and hell, he couldn’t miss the opportunity of turning her into a mere wolf by defiling her against her wish. Once the elders learned of their ‘relationship’, Alpha Alphonso blamed and rejected her. The elders cast her out, turning the once great Alpha Ciandra into a broken wolf. With her previous pack shunning her, she fled only to be captured by Alpha Alphonso's men and went through hell inside the Dark Shadow Pack. Once she managed to escape, she promised herself to return to avenge herself and make everyone pay, even the moon goddess who betrayed her by giving her a mate she never asked for. She was going to, no matter what it took.

I accidentally wore the jewelry belonging to the former Luna of the pack on my birthday. My ten-year-old stepson, Soren Lambert, doesn't hesitate to push me down the stairs because of that. He looks just like his father, Michael Lambert, as he looks at me in a high and mighty manner. My face is completely twisted in pain at that time. But Soren's expression remains icy. "You really think you'll become the pack's Luna just because you put on my mom's jewelry? Once I inherit the Alpha position, the first thing I'll do is exile you from the pack!" Pain continues to swallow me whole. My heart breaks into countless pieces at the same time. After all, I've personally raised Soren since he was a pup. But when faced with Soren's hurtful accusations, I don't even feel a trace of sadness or anger. Instead, a wave of calmness washes over me. "You don't have to wait till you're all grown up. I'll grant your wish tomorrow."

SABOTAGING MY WALKOUT QUEEN BOOK 2: VEXED TO RUIN HER "How long do you have to ruin the woman who once became your world?" David and Athena had to meet again in a corporate world after certain years of hating and forgetting each other. Athena's heart is up for peace and reconciliation, but David’s mind is full of war and retaliation. [Note: This is Book 2. Do not flip the pages of this book if you haven't read Book 1, which is Sabotaging My Walkout Queen. You can listen to my international radio interview in the U.K. here: https://soundcloud.com/ian-johnson-75/friday-31st-october-fridays-afternoon-evening-late-show-1029pm-1208am-uk-time-part-4 (29:00 to 33:00)]