The Level Store

The day before my fifth wedding anniversary to my husband, the jewelry store manager called me. He reported that the expensive jewelry I had commissioned for my husband had been accidentally damaged by the staff. However, the shop was willing to pay a penalty for breach of contract. He hung up before I could lose my temper. I immediately received a message from my husband and $6 million in compensation. [So you're the shameless homewrecker. How dare you keep my husband's contact information! I'm warning you: I've given you the money, now get lost! Otherwise, I'll have to teach you a lesson!] The woman smugly sent me an intimate photo to follow up on her threats. Looking at the familiar side profile, I immediately called my biological parents, who were high-ranking businesspeople. "Dad, Mom, put the Shelby family's investment on hold for now. I'm getting a big gift ready for them!"

If Rhoda was thinking she would have a 'happily-ever-after' story, she had better think again because fate has another plan in store for her. After being abandoned abroad for eight years, her parents call her back into the country just to use her to save their dying business by marrying her off to a billionaire equals a jerk. Jeffrey suggested an open marriage since the two of them were in love with someone else. What will be their fate when the ones they were in love with break up with them after signing the open marriage contract? Will they try to make things work between them or just keep the marriage open? Will she be able to watch her husband with other women without doing anything? Or will she try to win him over to herself since divorce isn't an option? Will things become more complicated after realizing that her father's business might not be liquidating after all and she has an identical twin who has been committing atrocities and making people believe it's her?

The day is not favorable for Diana Rodrigues, the owner of the hotel where she works comes to visit Brazil, but she bumps into him in his room and damages one of his very expensive watches, getting in debt with him. On the same day, her brother takes the car of a dangerous man and destroys it in an accident and she will have to pay for the damage, as her family is in the hands of the most feared person in town. Desperate, she looks for another job. Aslan Murabak needs to get married, and is on the run from his father who has just appointed him Sheik Kudsi and is looking for the perfect wife, but a certain club dancer ends up making Aslan buy a night with the girl to get her out of a jam. Two women owe him money and the new Sheik needs a fake bride. Which one will be the chosen one? A marriage contract is proposed, she must stay with him for two years. What does fate have in store? Nobody knows, but a marriage contract is signed. She needs the money and he needs a bride.

My name is Emma Brannigan. Just as my relationship progress hits 99%, Jake Sterling convinces me to sleep with him. The next instant, the system's sharp warning rings out. "Emma, Jake's affection level for you has fallen from 99% to 60%! He's clearly unhappy with your performance." I spiral into self-doubt and try every possible thing to improve myself. One day, I overhear Jake bragging to his friends. "Emma still doesn't realize that I can control her progress however I want. "It's exactly like training a dog. When she does well, I raise her score as a reward, and when she slips up, I lower it to push her to improve. "The first time she slept with me, I wasn't satisfied, so I dropped her progress to 60%. "I bet she's already thinking about how to do even better for me next time!"

Real life gets messy… and dangerously hot. This collection dives into the kind of forbidden love and taboo desires you only whisper about. From scorching office crushes with your boss to explosive hookups with a forbidden ex, and fake lovers that cross a line you swore you would never touch. These stories are fast, dirty, and impossible to put down. Every secret, every stolen moment, and every broken rule takes the heat higher. ️️ For mature readers only. Expect explicit themes, dark kinks, and adult situations. Don't stop here. More volumes are waiting on my author page. Each one takes the taboo to a new level, exploring the darkest desires: mafia obsession, broken vows, arranged/forced marriage, and more. Explore the full Moan Lounge catalog. Categories: Sinner's Sanctuary Vol. 1: Taboo Romance & Forbidden Desires Collection • Breaking My Vows for Him (New updates daily!) • More forbidden stories coming soon... • And much more!

"Imagine, a witch who could level a city with a thought. Who could manipulate the very fabric of reality. Who could bring empires to their knees with a whispered incantation." In a world where witches and vampires are instinctive enemies, an unlikely romance blossoms between Lilith "Lily" Winters and Caspian Ravencroft. Their forbidden attraction sparks one fateful night when Lily encounters the mysterious Caspian while out clubbing with her witch friends Fern and Elena. Though natural adversaries, they find themselves inexplicably drawn to one another, unable to heed their innate urges to destroy the other. Elena senses the danger, trying in vain to dissuade Lily from pursuing the undead stranger. As Lily and Caspian's clandestine relationship intensifies, their passion burning hotter than the fires of a thousand suns, they must conceal their affair from their rival covens. For the cruel Gideon Thorne, a witch hunter turned vampire, has been relentlessly hunting Lily and her powerful bloodline for decades, obsessed with stealing her extraordinary abilities for himself.

As her ears started ringing, the lump in her throat growing, the words he spoke faded into the background. Her eyes welled up, and her breath hitched, she had heard him right? “Earth to Rebecca, hello?!” He replied to her in an annoyed tone. She took a deep breath, “After 20 yrs you really don’t want a life with me” she managed to speak slightly above a whisper. She had been his rock, put his needs first, never said no to his frivolous spending, and had loved him enough for the both of them; yet in the small bedroom in their city apartment he stood with divorce papers in hand. She hadn’t been naive about the rough patch that they were navigating, but they had always worked past because Rebecca had always put her husband 1st. “Rebecca I don’t love you and no level of your love is going to undo these divorce papers. I can’t even stand to be in this room with you, but I want to be on a united front when we tell the kids.”

Rania berjuang keras untuk sukses di perusahaan yang baru. Ia menghadapi tantangan ketika ketahuan bahwa sebetulnya proses diterimanya dia bekerja adalah karena faktor kecurangan yang dilakukan perusahaan headhunter karena ia adalah penderita kleptomania. Itu hanya secuil dari masalah yang perlu dihadapi karena masih ada konflik, skandal, penipuan, bisnis kotor, konflik keluarga, termasuk permintaan sang ibunda yang merindukan momongan. Ketika masalah dan drama sudah sebagian selesai, tiba-tiba ia jadi tertarik pada Verdi. Gayung bersambut dan pria itu juga memiliki perasaan yang sama. Masalahnya, umur keduanya terpaut teramat jauh karena Verdi itu dua kali lipat usianya. Beranikah ia melanjutkan hubungan ke level pernikahan dimana survey menunjukkan bahwa probabilitas keberhasilan pernikahan beda umur terpaut jauh hanya berada di kisaran angka 5%? Seberapa jauh ia berani mempertaruhkan masa depan dengan alasan cinta semata?

Fia Lawson had been in love with Conrad Maxwell for years. She knew that he had a childhood friend whom he loved, so she hid her feelings for him in the deepest part of herself. She never had any expectations about it. Then one day, his beloved suddenly left the country and she was forced to become the sacrificial lamb for their families’ alliance. After their marriage, he was the perfect husband. Even when he knew that she was infertile, he protected her. Three years later, while she was still drowning in bliss, he asked for a divorce and wanted her to set him free.“I’m pregnant.”“You’re lying. You’re infertile.”She finally had a child after being on medication for two years. She wanted to keep their marriage from falling apart.“Our marriage is a mistake. If we’re going to separate, we should cut each other off completely!”The only thing that could match the level of anguish she felt was how deep her love was for him.

Di dunia Gaia Mare Reborn, di mana lautan dan daratan terbagi seimbang, Kazehaya Renzu dikenal sebagai petualang terlemah di Guild Petualang Samudra. Namun, hidupnya berubah saat ia menemukan Gelang Bintang, artefak kuno yang memberinya Sistem Astral kekuatan misterius yang membuatnya bisa naik level dan menyerap energi bintang. Kekuatan itu menarik perhatian banyak pihak: Kekaisaran Sunturion, Guild Gelap Black Crescent, dan Ordo Es Purba — semua ingin menguasai artefak tersebut demi ambisi mereka. Bersama Mira, Rufus, dan Lyra, Renzu harus bertahan di tengah konspirasi, pengkhianatan, dan pertempuran mematikan. Namun ketika Kael, sosok dari masa lalunya, muncul sebagai musuh, Renzu sadar bahwa Gelang Bintang bukan sekadar artefak — melainkan kunci rahasia terbesar dunia ini. Akankah ia menggunakan kekuatannya untuk menyeimbangkan dunia, atau justru menjadi awal kehancurannya? Sebuah petualangan epik tentang pilihan, kekuatan, dan takdir di dunia fantasi yang luas.