The Stand

Synopsis Si Luigi Mondragon, isang multi-billionaire at matagumpay na negosyante, ay kilala sa pagiging mapaglaro sa pag-ibig at sa mga babae. Sa likod ng kanyang marangyang pamumuhay, maraming naiinggit at nagtatangkang pabagsakin siya dahil sa kanyang kasikatan at tagumpay sa iba't ibang bansa. Sa isang gabi ng kasiyahan na iniayos ng kaibigan niya sa isang sikat na bar, hindi inaasahan ni Luigi na magbabago ang takbo ng kanyang buhay. Doon niya nakilala si Leona Suarez, isang babaeng lasing at sugatan ang puso, nag-iisa habang naglalasing sa sakit ng pag-iwan sa kanya ng dating kasintahan—pinagpalit ito sa isang bakla. Kaya balis ito nasaktan dahil sa dina-daming pwede ipalit ay bakla pa. Habang umiiyak at sinisigaw ni Leona ang kanyang galit sa mga lalaki, hindi mapigilan ni Luigi ang mabighani sa kanyang tapang at pagiging totoo. Ngunit sa mundo ni Luigi na puno ng intriga, selos, at mga lihim, magagawa ba niyang makuha ang puso ng babaeng pilit iniiwasan ang pagmamahal? O magiging isa lamang si Leona sa mga nadamay sa mapanganib na laro ni Luigi? Isang kwentong puno ng pighati, galit, at pagmamahalan.

From the time I was little, something in me was always a little off—I never listened to the whole story, only half of it. My grandmother called me a good-for-nothing who was financially burdening the family. She bought a little boy to be my younger brother and told me to take good care of him. I understood the part about buying a child, so I immediately called the police and reported her for illegal human trafficking. My father pointed at my face and cursed me for being unfilial, accusing me of cutting off his family line. I obeyed him, crept into his room while he slept that night, and used a knife to "cut off his lineage." My father screamed in agony. In the chaos, he accidentally killed me. When I opened my eyes again, I had transmigrated into the female lead of a melodramatic abuse novel. After ten years of marriage to the cruel male lead, his childhood sweetheart had just returned from abroad and was undergoing kidney surgery. He dragged me to the hospital and cruelly ordered me to donate a kidney to his precious first love. I nodded obediently, went out and bought a pig, and on the spot dug out the pig's kidney and handed it to him.

My husband, Chandler Goodwin, claims that he doesn't understand what the phrases "silent treatment" or "giving the cold shoulder" mean. Yet, in the three years we have been married, he has never once spoken to me sweetly. The first time we have a falling out, I remain proud and dignified. We end up ignoring each other for seven days straight. The seventh time we have a cold standoff, I start to panic a little. However, despite trying all sorts of methods, he doesn't back down. The 11th time it happens, I have already learned to work through my emotions myself. Chandler doesn't even need to say anything before I take the initiative to apologize first. I simply think that he's just a naturally indifferent person, that nobody can warm his stone-cold heart. Then, on the third year of our marriage, I accidentally ruin his dress shirt while ironing it. Chandler doesn't say a word, but that very night, he packs his things and moves into a hotel. On the third day of being blocked, I head to his company with a handwritten apology. While passing by his office, I spot him leaning over to shoot his angry assistant a doting smile. "I'm sorry for raising my voice at you just now and upsetting you. It's been 57 minutes since you started ignoring me. Please stop giving me the cold shoulder, alright?" I freeze on the spot, the apology letter in my hand practically burning my fingers. As it turns out, it's not that he doesn't know what the silent treatment means—it's just that I've never been the person he wants to coax.

"Five thousand dollars. I will pay you to have sex with me," I said to the handsome stranger. “Ten thousand dollars. I will pay you ten… No, fifteen,” At that moment, I just wanted to get laid. It was the only thing I could think of. “If you are still not fine with it... I will increase the money,” I whispered against his lips… ***** I caught my boyfriend of several years cheating on me with my own cousin. It already sounded bad, but ending up in bed with a hot stranger who turned out to be my ex-boyfriend's dad was even worse. Still, I'm not a woman who wallows in self-pity. I was going to use this to my advantage. I was planning to find my way into the handsome billionaire's life in order to get revenge on his cheating son, but the man beat me at my own game. Unexpectedly, he approached me first, asking me to marry him, upon our second meeting! The look in his eyes, his voice, everything about him screamed suspicious, but did his motivations matter? For now, not really. I was determined to make my ex-boyfriend pay for wasting my time all these years. I was going to make my cousin crawl at my feet and beg for my forgiveness...

Sa galit ni Althea sa lalaking nakabuntis sa pinsan niya, sinugod niya ito. Ngunit sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon, ang bilyonaryong si Samuel ang napagkamalan at nasugod niya noong araw na iyon, na siya namang ipinagdiriwang ang wedding engagement kasama ang fiancée at pamilya nito. Hindi niya alam na ito pala ang boss niya, at bilang kabayaran sa ginawa niyang pagsira sa wedding engagement nito, kailangan niyang tulungan itong muling ayusin ang nasirang wedding engagement nila ng dating fiancée. Pero paano kung sa kalagitnaan ng misyon niya na ayusin ang nasirang wedding engagement ng dalawa, siya namang pagkahulog nila sa isa’t isa ni Samuel?

Zackary and I had been married for seven years and finally had our first child. But seeing the pregnancy result, he suspected that the child was not his. Out of anger, I went to do a paternity test with him. On the day the result came out, Zackary, who was supposed to be in the hospital, appeared at my door. He was holding a photo. The photo showed that my underwear was at his friend's house. He kicked me so hard that I lost my baby. He shouted, "You bitch, you dare to cheat on me. I won't raise another man's child, you know. Go to hell!" Later he knew the truth and begged my dead child to come back.

The college student I had a passionate night with at the hotel turned out to be the intern I was supposed to mentor. On his first day at the company, he pulled me into the break room and wrapped his arms around my waist. "You have such a slender waist. That night, I never expected you to be that fervent..."

Drei Frauen … Ich habe sie alle süchtig nach mir gemacht. Nichts als willenlose Wesen, gefressen von der Kontrolle. Zuerst Miranda, dann Cynthia, ihre Kindheitsfreundin … und bald mehr. Das hier ist keine Liebesgeschichte. Nein. Das ist die Hölle, die du durchmachen wirst. Eine Prüfung, die dich auffrisst, dich verbrennt und auf jeder Haut eine glühende Narbe hinterlässt. Die innere Hölle – dieses wilde Spiel, in dem Unterwerfung und Schmerz eins werden, jeder Atemzug wie ein Gebet klingt und jede Prüfung eine süße Verdammnis ist. Also komm. Schritt für Schritt wirst du diesen Rausch schmecken, in dem die Kontrolle regiert. Und ich verspreche dir: Du wirst es lieben.

"Max, I'm so itchy down there. Could you use your stick to scratch it for me?" Beneath the desk, my boss's daughter was perched on my lap, her round little bottom in the air. I was in the middle of a project meeting with my team, a whole group of them standing in front of my desk. She was driving me crazy. My hardness was itching and swelling by the second. I was about to lose it.

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