Stardew Valley Expanded Claire

At 16 years old, I travel with my sister, Sarah Barnes, to the remote mountains of Nectar Valley to participate in a program. While herding cattle in the mountains, I fall asleep. In my drowsy state, I hear strange panting and gasps. Thick fog has somehow risen throughout the forest by the time I wake up. Suddenly, Sarah's anxious voice calls out from within the fog. I'm about to respond when someone suddenly covers my mouth with their hand. A voice whispers in my ear, "Don't answer. That's not your sister. It's the Temptress!"

“You will always be my epitome of beauty,” –Darren Herrera. Due to financial instability, Claire was forced to act as Darren’s wife, one of the most successful business man in their country who wants nothing but to be the CEO of his Dad’s company.

Akala ni Claire magiging masaya siya dahil napangasawa nito ang lalaking pinapangarap niya. Ngunit kabaliktaran pala ang mararanasan niya sa kamay ng kanyang asawa. Pagtataksil at pananakit ang laging inaabot niya sa asawa nito. Nasa kaniya na ang lahat, karangyaan, pera, kapangyarihan ngunit hindi ang puso ng asawa. Nang tuluyan ng mapagod si Claire ay naisipan niyang magkunwari na nabura ang kaniyang alaala at hindi nito naaalala ang asawa, upang palayain siya nito. Tuluyan na kaya siyang papakawalan ng kanyang asawa? O, ito ang magiging dahilan upang magising ang natutulog na puso ng kanyang asawa at tuluyan na siya nitong mahalin. “I promise, she will never remember how ruthless I am to her.”

Claire is in training to take over her cousins trades business. She is out to prove herself and nothing or no one is getting in her way. Her first voyage out to sea to complete her first assignment the unthinkable happens. her ship is attacked by pirates. Staring at the ship attacking them and then the tall dark captain; Something feels familiar. The Captain feels familiar. The Captain of the pirates is in debt and over his head in a bad situation. Not only does he owe a notorious pirate who is now calling himself the king of all pirates. He just became and enemy of the crown. Could this golden hair feisty annoying woman be his under cover angel? Will Claire help him right his wrongs and in return him help her prove that she is worthy of running her cousins business. Book two in The Morning Star saga

Claire is a human living in a world controlled by beasts and creatures much larger and stronger. She lives her life carefully and in fear. She doesn't handle it well when she hears the one word she always hoped she never would. Mate.

Charles’ breath quickened, and his movements became more urgent. “I’m close,” he gasped in my ear, his voice breaking between moans. My own pleasure surged, and I couldn’t hold back the scream that tore from my throat. A wave of electric tingles swept through me, my temples throbbed, and the world around me faded into white… Every pore on my body felt wide open, heat radiating from me in waves. It was surreal, as if I were in a dream, feeling everything but grasping none of it… I could hardly believe it—I had married this man, the infamous Alpha of the Black Valley Pack, Charles McLean, and I had just slept with him. But there was no love between us. We weren’t fated mates. Since his first shift at eighteen, Charles McLean had never found his fated mate. And after one engagement after another, each of his fiancées had died under mysterious circumstances. Rumor had it that he wore a mask to conceal his hideous face and that he was a cruel, violent man who would kill without hesitation. People whispered that he had murdered his previous fiancées. His last fiancée—my sister—was terrified of him. Horrified by the stories, she had vehemently refused to marry him. And just before the wedding, she found her fated mate. So, without warning or preparation, I was forced to take her place, pushed into marrying Charles in her stead, to stand as his wife in name only and the unacknowledged Luna of the Black Valley Pack…

"Open your mouth," he whispered and I looked at him in confusion. "Open your mouth, Jackie." I swallowed and did as I was told. The heat between my legs heightened when he ran the wet candy over my bottom lip before stuffing it into my mouth. The sweetness expanded on my taste buds and my body heated up at the fact that the lollipop had been in his mouth. There was something erotic about it and it left me accepting the way my body reacted to it. I looked deeper into his eyes and sucked on the lollipop then moaned when he started to move it in and out of my mouth. I wasn't innocent and I knew just what he was doing. "Fuck it," Lucas said and took the lollipop out of his mouth the crashed his lips on mine. °°° Jackie Garner has always been away from the spotlight, not until bad boy, Lucas Hamilton walks into her life after meeting him half naked in the boys' locker room. Since then, Lucas Hamilton has not let her be and wants her at all cost. But when bad boys fall, expect heartbreaks, jealous ex lovers and backstabbers.

‘He was going to reject me.’ My stomach twisted violently. Why had I thought this was a good idea? My palms grew clammy around the ring, my mind screaming at me to retreat, to salvage what little dignity I had left. ‘What kind of person pulls a stunt like this?!’ My own voice taunted me mercilessly. ‘This is it, Claire. Game over.’ But instead of the anticipated rejection, Giancarlo reached out—his hand brushing mine, sending a jolt up my arm as he plucked the ring from my fingers. The motion was fluid, deliberate, like he’d done it before—and then… “I do,” he said simply, his voice steady as he slid the ring onto his finger yh with mad confidence. ~~~ Claire Bennett’s perfect Valentine’s Day proposal ends in a disaster when she catches her boyfriend with another woman. In a fit of rage, she forces an engagement ring onto the finger of the first man she sees—a suave and mysterious passerby who shocks her by playing along. But Claire’s spur-of-the-moment fiancé isn’t just anyone. He’s Giancarlo Fiore Caruso—her ex’s boss and the ruthless CEO of her company. A fake engagement, a trip to the Maldives, and an undeniable connection soon turn her spur-of-the-moment decision into something she can’t control. Sparks of desire fly despite their stark differences, and attraction simmers just beneath the layers of deception. But will Claire’s impulsive decision mark the beginning of something real—or a recipe for heartbreak?

Leo Oliver, pengawal pribadi dari Claire--nona muda--anak seorang miliarder. Keadaan menjebak keduanya dalam sebuah kamar di rumah milik ayah Claire, hingga skandal itu pun terjadi dan terbongkar pihak keluarga gadis itu. Leo pun bertekad membalas saat dia membuka jati diri yang sesungguhnya, sebuah strategi untuk membalas dendam kepada keluarga Claire yang telah menghina dan merendahkan martabatnya. Setiap langkah yang diambil oleh Leo begitu hati-hati dan terukur. Dengan cerdik, dia mengumpulkan informasi untuk mengungkap semua rahasia gelap yang selama ini disembunyikan. Namun, semakin dalam Leo terperangkap dalam rencana balas dendamnya, semakin sulit baginya untuk menentukan batas antara dendam dan perasaannya pada Claire. Akankah dia berhasil menjalankan rencananya, ataukah rasa cinta yang membutakan akan menghancurkan segalanya?

Claire was caught in between her past and her future. It was her past that made her strong but has been also the very first thing that holds her back for her to pursue her future. Would she succumb in her past or let the flow take her away?