Talentless Owner

Maxine Alcott knew she’s different. Her senses are sharper than everyone and every full moon, the color of her eye's changes. Still, she did her best to hide her indifference and tried to live a normal life. One night when she attended an engagement party, she met her college friend who are now living successfully with each perspective lives. Jealous, Maxine lied to her friends that she’s also doing good with her job and with her non-existing boyfriend. When they asked her who her boyfriend is, Maxine used the name that she heard from her mother from a very long time ago. “Chandler Wayne. He is the owner of WayHoRix corporation.” Chandler Wayne and WayHoRix. These are the names that her mother murmured before dying. Maxine thought there will be no harm in using names which she doesn’t know is existing. However, the Chandler Wayne from the clan of WayHoRix werewolves, whom she thought isn't existing, is at the same party. In a world where humans have no idea that a group of werewolves co-exist with them, how will Maxine deal with her lies, the wolves who’s been looking for their mate for a long time, and at the hidden secret of the beasts?

Dua kali rumah tangganya tak berakhir bahagia, menjadikan Kainan Arshad sosok tak tersentuh oleh wanita. Hidupnya yang sudah menginjak usia 38, ia dedikasikan sepenuhnya untuk memajukan perusahaan. Menjadi owner sekaligus Chief Executive Officer yang dingin, datar, dan seolah tak bernyawa, membuat julukan anti romantic CEO melekat kuat padanya. Suatu hari, hidup Kainan berubah 180 derajat ketika ia membuka cabang perusahaan di kota kecil yang padat. Seorang wanita mengaku sebagai si empunya tanah yang sedianya akan ia bangun anak perusahaan. Pemilik wajah elok dengan kulit eksotik itu tidak terima jika lahannya dijadikan ladang usaha. Gantari Mahika, namanya. Ia menolak sejumlah uang yang Kainan bayarkan, karena tidak ingin kehilangan warisan dari orang tua. Hanya satu hal yang perlu Kainan lakukan, agar Mahika mengikhlaskan hal paling berharga miliknya. "Jadikan aku istrimu, maka kamu berhak atas apa yang aku punya." Cover picture from pexel.com Edit by canva free. Follow author on ig: @elitalestari563 FB: Elita Lestari

Red Wine for Breakfast stars Jenny Reed, a 34 year old Californian from New York, who plays macho Monopoly by her own rules. Winner take all. And she had it all: the number one morning radio show on KKTM FM in Los Angeles, a wonderful best friend, and a nice noncommittal affair with the station owner, Brian Allen. Her career was all she needed. Success was all she ever wanted. Until Johnny King became her on air partner and challenged her to play his own game. The day she beat him was the day she gained his respect. It was also the day she lost her best friend in an apparent suicide ... or was it murder? Real life radio personalities and a front page drug scandal bring realism to a fictional novel set in Los Angeles where radio stations change formats like socks, and jobs are as secure as houses built on the San Andreas Fault. In a business drowning in testosterone, Red Wine for Breakfast is the story of strong, determined New Yorker who has to shake off the laid back attitude of LA to overcome the challenges of an industry that threatens to turn her off and a man who only wants to turn her on.

The owner of a small company gives me an expensive bag as a gift because I want to invest in his company, yet his wife mistakes me for a homewrecker. She and her entourage crash my engagement party and trash the place. "All homewreckers need to go to hell!" "Shameless women will always be shameless. Strip her so everyone online can see what she looks like!" "Share the livestream and like it, everyone! We'll disfigure her once we hit 500 thousand likes!" Not only does my fiancé refuse to help, but he even announces that the engagement is off. "A homewrecker doesn't deserve to marry me!" I repeatedly warn them not to act rashly, but they ignore me. So, I give them each a swift punch to the gut before stepping on the perpetrator's face. Then, I call my secretary. "Tell Mr. Lane that I'm pulling out of the investment. Also, call the police and my lawyer. I've been robbed and insulted in public—I want the culprits to go to jail for this!" My fiancé regrets everything and asks me for a reconciliation, but I kick him aside. "Get lost! I'm not dumpster!"

"This is ridiculous," she said with a puzzled look on her face. "A contract marriage?" … Serena Mundt was a young woman in her late 20s with no dreams. She was either at home all day or helping her mother out in the bakery. Well not until her mother got diagnosed with cancer and was bedridden. Now she has to strive for herself, her ailing mother's hospital bills, her son's tuition fees and other expenses. She stumbles upon a job in a food company and gets hired due to reasons unknown to her yet. Serena didn't know that this would change her life forever. On getting to her workplace, she realises that the owner of the company, a wealthy businessman and a billionaire was Frederick Sullivan who was an old friend of hers… perhaps a lover and the father of her secret child too?. Well what's worse, a marriage contract comes in line and she is left with no choice but to accept the offer as she needed the money not to say it was an interesting price too. But it wouldn't be easy being a fake wife to the famous billionaire and hiding her child too. Together they discover secrets that had been buried in their past, face the problems life tossed at them, and well, maybe renew lost, lingering feelings too?

Simoune Andrew Buenaflor is one of the hottest bachelor in town. He is the owner of Buenaflor Group of Companies na tanyag sa buong Pilipinas. Sa edad na trenta ay napalago niya na ang kanilang negosyo na ipinamana sa kanya ng yumao niyang mga magulang. Maituturing na isa siya sa pinakasuwerteng tao sa larangan ng pagnenegosyo subalit pagdating sa larangan ng pag-ibig, tila ba ito'y isang dagok sa kanya ng kapalaran. Tatlo na rin ang naging kasintahan niya ngunit wala ni-isa sa mga ito ang nagtagal. Hanggang sa isang araw ay hindi inaasahang magkatagpo ang landas nila ng isang babaeng may mapait na karanasan sa buhay at kagaya niya ay nakasarado rin ang pintuan ng puso nito. Paano kong ang babaeng ito pala ang itinakda sa kanya ng kapalaran? Magagawa niya pa kaya'ng buksan'g muli ang kanyang puso o hahayaan niya na lang itong manatiling nakapinid at habang buhay na maging sawi?

Catrina Lombardi never chose Vincenzo Morgano’s world—it seized her. Dragged into the dangerous orbit of a ruthless loan shark and sex club owner, she is trapped between survival and desire. Everyone believes Maria De La Fonte is dead. But when Catrina steps into the powerful De La Fonte empire, the truth refuses to stay buried. A chance encounter with the cold and dangerously powerful billionaire Julian St. Clair pulls her into a world of wealth, secrets, and deadly family politics. To him, she is a mistake… a woman who looks far too much like the ghost of someone he lost. Yet Catrina hides a secret far more dangerous than a resemblance, one that could shake the De La Fonte empire to its core. The woman the world buried… was never supposed to survive. The heir they erased… has finally returned. Enemies are closing in, and powerful men will do anything to keep the past hidden. Julian must decide: is Catrina the greatest threat to his empire… or the only woman who can save it? In a world where power is everything and betrayal hides behind every smile, one truth will destroy them all. The De La Fonte empire was built on a lie.

He moved so fast, my brain didn't seem to catch up until I was pressed against him, his one hand entwined in my hair as he forced me to look into his eyes - those dark rimmed, forest green eyes - while his other hand cupped my backside, lifting me so that I was forced to stand on my tiptoes. "I may not be your alpha, cara mia, but I am your owner and you will obey me until you pay back what you owe me," he said slowly, enunciating each word carefully as if he were fighting his wolf for control. "Until that day, you are mine and mine alone." --- Being owned by her own mate was not a scenario Eliana ever thought she'd be in. However, when Luca Castello won her in an auction, she found herself in a desperate situation - especially when he rejects her and demands that she works for him in order to pay off what she owes him. Will she be able to live her life under his command without succumbing to the attraction she feels for him, or will another claim her heart and body?

An unknown woman. An unrivalled man. An unexpected encounter. An unpaired couple. then an unpredictable story. "So you are telling me that a lady dragged the whole kingdom down? Just like that?" "Not just like that..." The young Princess of heaven 18 resembled a literal goddess. She wanted the throne from her father's possession being the original and rightful owner of it. But coming in her way was her step family who had the entire control over her father, the king Travis's head. Not wanting a lady to rule his kingdom, the king opposed the Princess's wish for the throne until one day all limits were broken. In rage the king's temperament was challenged and taking the well advantage of it, the step son took the initiative to backfire the Princess. Later the King wishes the Princess to pass a trial in order to win the throne but unknown to the knowledge of it, the trial was going to cost the Princess her entire life. The king wanted the Princess to lure master Xavier and get him to love her. The upperclassman who ruled the entire young Europe including their own territory was believed to be the most wealthiest and the most powerful character of the world. He was believed to be a god and obviously god can never be any one's.

Selesai meeting dengan klien, Aditya yang seorang pengusaha terkenal sekaligus mafia tidak sengaja bertabrakan dengan seorang gadis sederhana. Gadis itu bernama Divya, perempuan yang mengadu nasib di kota metropolitan Jakarta. Divya meminta maaf pada Adit, tapi Adit tidak memberi respon dan hanya menatap dengan tajam. Adit yang tidak menerima permintaan maaf itu, malah menghina Divya dengan mengatakan bahwa Divya adalah seorang perempuan kotor. Divya yang tidak terima dengan perlakuan Adit membalas dengan tatapan tajam serta kata-kata yang membuat Adit bungkam. Selesai perdebatan itu Adit pergi ke perusahaan nya sedangkan Divya baru saja di terima di JAYA GROUP, perusahaan yang bergerak dalam bidang informasi. Tak disangka Divya Bertemu lagi dengan Adit sebagai Atasannya sekaligus owner dari perusahaan tempatnya bekerja. Divya yang mengetahui hal itu mengajukan pengunduran diri (Resign) dengan syarat ia harus membayar 250 Juta karena tidak menyelesaikan pekerjaan dalam waktu dua bulan. Bagaimana kelanjutannya Ikuti terus ceritanya yah Ig: elisabeth.gultom.75