Stay Close Harlan Coben Summary

Cynnamon ‘Ynna’ Nadezhda lost her parents at a young age, she was forced to learn about business at the age of 16. She made the company at the top of the clothing industry; when her company made it to the higher rank, she feels like she entered a competition with the raining top 1 youngest business tycoon Thymoteo Williams, owner of WILLIAMS clothing line. They both treat each other as rivals. When they are both in a business meeting at a five star hotel, someone ambushes them and their target is Ynna. A bomb exploded, Ynna became unconscious and when she woke up she saw Thymoteo beside her bed. She was forced to stay with Thymoteo in his rest house at Bataan and fake her death. What will happen if the rivals live under the same roof?

What if one day you will find out that the person you love and trusted betrayed you? Will you choose to leave or stay? Paano kung sa isang one night steamy night ay nagbunga ito? Paano mo ipapaalam sa ama ng dinadala mo ito kung hindi mo naman siya kilala?

Yvonne Justice Maccini is a woman who can captured anyone by her ethereal beauty. Her elegance and generosity impresses everyone. A well-known model, ngunit dahil sa pagkaka-utang ng kaniyang ama sa pamilyang Sarmiento, naipagkasundo siyang ikasal sa anak nilang si Nicholas Yaakov Sarmiento. Isang matalino, mabait at kaakit-akit na lalaki, ito ang kapalit upang mabayaran nila ang kanilang utang. Hindi siya sa sang-ayon sa kahilingan ng ama ngunit kailangan niyang gawin ito upang hindi makulong ang pinakamamahal na ama. Kaya kahit labag sa kalooban... Wala siyang ibang magagawa kundi ang magpakasal sa taong hindi naman niya nakilala't minahal. Will Yvonne regret her decision or will she stay when she finds out that she is falling in love with him?

Sa simula palang ay hindi na maganda ang impresyon ni Kathrina sa kapitbahay nilang si Dandreb. Lalo siyang nainis dito ng bansagan siya nitong “Manang”. Feeling close e bakasyonista lang naman ito sa kanilang lugar. Pero sa tuwing magkakatinginan sila ng binata at matitigan niya ang maganda nitong mga mata ay gusto yata niyang i-close ang sarili rito. Kahit inis na inis na siya ay hindi niya napigilan ang sariling magkagusto sa aroganteng binata. Lalo na nang ligawan siya nito. Hanggang sa magkaroon ito ng karibal sa panliligaw sa kanya ng dumating ang first love niyang si Chad. Kasing hot din ito ni Dandreb at talagang tumatak ito sa puso niya noon. Biglang nalito si Kathrina. Because she and Chad a ‘thing’ way back. She knew she needed to choose....

Diane always thought to herself that if ever she had the chance to turn things around, will she do it? Or if she ever had the chance to run away from the start, will she run or stay? Truth is... Hindi niya alam. Maybe if she was asked to run away from the moment they had laid their eyes on each other, she would probably grab the chance to run away from him... from that scary, cold and heartless gaze. But why and how will she ever want to escape his cold gaze when she is already trapped in his warm heart?

Out of choice, Tori Alonzo agreed to marry Roux Fuentabela to make her father proud and to save her sister. She hasn't met Roux even once in her life... or so she thought. She vowed to make them regret the marriage. She became the billionaire's stubborn wife. But everything backfired when Roux was done with her stubbornness. Unexpectedly, they became close until someone came back. Then an unexpected event came that wrecked Tori's life. Losing someone important to her was just the tip of the iceberg. Skeletons in the closets were found one by one. Everyone's secret was slowly revealed and no one was ready for the consequences of their actions. Tori ran away, not expecting to have something that would remind her of the past. And when she came back, she faced the biggest disaster of her life in the form of Devroux Fuentabela. Will everything still fall into their right places? Or they will just let the disaster ruin their lives?

I was staring at Leion. He was kneeling in front of me, begging like he would lose half of his life when I left him. "This is what you want, from the very beginning, right?" I said, while smiling from ear to ear, before I sipped on my red wine. I didn't know that red wine taste so sweet, when I feel the victory, I know I will win this one, because loathe makes me stronger, I will feel nothing, if not anger, resentment and pain. I am numb, and the day Leion hurt my feelings, over and over again. But now, look at him, acting like he loves me and he cares for me, that if his feelings are true, why couldn't he do it then? "Aubrey, I am begging you, please—" "Do you remember the day I begged you to stay, because I am weak and tired from all of your bullshits, I gave you patience and all the understanding, and now, do you think all of the so called kindness that you show me lately is enough to forgive all the things you've done to me?" "Why are you so heartless?" Leion said while his tears running down to his cheeks, a crocodile tears, I will never be taken away again. "My love, you're the reason, now deal with it."

Cassidy is a loving daughter, sinusunod niya parati ang utos sa kanya at ang gusto ng mga magulang niya. Pero paano kung ang pabor na hilingin sa kanya ay may kasamang panlilinlang? Especially the person she tasked to get close is to one fewest men she hate the most?

Twenty-two year old Eliza Jane Hernandez is still hunted by the heartbreak from five years ago, because she didn't give his twenty million dollars demand. She never know that her relation with her suck money-grabbing ex-boyfriend was a lie. After five years of that bitter end relationship, she still wasn't able to be healed. Instead she decided to marry a man who know's nothing about her background being a billionaire heir. She married Clarence Garmet, younger son of the garmet family. The son who was become a center of coaxing, mockery, criticism, and brickbat because of his uselessness. What will happen to their life inside the Garmet mansion? How did Eliza Jane Hernandez continue to leave in that hellish life at the hands of the overbearing family? Will she comeback and retrieve her billions? Or choose to stay with him till the end?

"I'll make sure my kiss burns into you, driving you wild and haunting your dreams every night." Hinding-hindi makakalimutan ni Clein ang araw na iyon. Ang araw ng kasal ng bestfriend niya at ang araw rin kung kailan siya unang nabastos sa buong buhay niya. Akalain mong paglabas niya ng cr sa hotel ay may isang gwapo at matangkad na lalake ang humarang sa kaniya at nag-offer ng blank cheque para lamang maikama siya! Clein shredded the check and threw it in the man’s face. “He’s insane! Oh, my, I can’t believe those kind of men exist! Kahit guwapo siya ay wala akong pakialam! Ang bastos! Ang pangit rin ng ugali niya!” Humiling siya na sana ay hindi na niya muling makatagpo ang lalake ngunit pinaglalaruan talaga siya ng tadhana! She discovered the man was none other than Clauze Lexus Ravano, an arrogant billionaire with the world at his feet-and worse, he was a close friend of her boss. And now, Clauze wasn't just offering money. He was weaving a seductive game, one laced with power, charm, and persistence. Clein wasn't easily swayed, but as he pushed harder, it wasn't just his motives that became unclear-it was her own. How long could Clein resist when everything about Clauze drew her in, even the darkness beneath his intentions?