Time Is A Cruel Mistress

Sandra was a mistress: a temporary escape for billionaire David Kingsley. But in the shadows of his study, “temporary” turned into a dangerous addiction. When David brutally casts her back into the poverty she fought to escape, Sandra plays her final card: a lie about a pregnancy to keep him tied to her. The lie becomes a terrifying reality just as David announces his “perfect” life is expanding with a child of his own. Now, Sandra isn’t just a discarded mistress; she’s a woman with a secret that could topple an empire. How far will a woman go when she has nothing left to lose but the life growing inside her?

Blurb: Drowning in debt and grief, Serena Voss never expected salvation to come in the form of Daniel Hawthorne. The city’s coldest and most feared billionaire. Daniel Hawthorne came, offering her a deal she can’t afford to refuse. “Become my mistress, and I’ll erase your past.” She tells herself it’s just a transaction. But Daniel isn’t just powerful. He’s addictive. The closer he gets, the harder it is to breathe, let alone resist. Love was never part of the deal. But now her heart is on the line...

I step into his office and he's waiting for me seated behind his desk. He eyes me intently. His amber eyes bore deep like he's trying to look into my soul. My face is neutral with so expressed emotions. “You can't work under me anymore Ms. Robinson.” He says and I wonder why am not surprised. So the rumors were true. “Are you firing me sir?” I ask and everytime I say the word Sir it feels so foreign in my tongue even now. He sighs and gets up from his seat staring at me with a professional look on his face. “I can't continue like you don't know what I want Ms. Robinson.” He replies and I frown not wanting to get into the same topic once more. I look away. “You know it's not possible. You are....married sir.” And I am forced to go down memory lane which brings nothing but pain and sadness. It had been four years since he left to study abroad. He left me with the hope of him returning and uniting with me. For our love. We loved each other since elementary school and I even did the deed at fifteen. I waited for him. I depended on his promise and didn't look anywhere else for love because my heart had already been claimed by him. But I was in for a shock and a pain wrenching stab to my chest when he returned but not alone. He returned not as mine but as someone else's. He was far away from me now. He returned as a married man with his wife. Now he wants me back but not as his equal but as his secret lover. As his mistress.

Matured content. "Why...are.. you looking at me that way?" Emily stuttered. "I want to kiss you so bad." "I.I...me..." Have you ever been lied to? Have you ever tried to change someone? Have you ever thought you knew someone but found out things were not how it seemed? Emily Riverstone finds out that her new boyfriend happens to be the owner of a multi billionaire company and had been hiding his indentity from the world and even from her. Will she be able to overcome the consequences that comes with knowing the truth or will it be the death of her.

One accidental photo shatters Jane Mark’s quiet life. Captured alone with billionaire William Martins in an elevator, Jane is instantly linked to the city’s most untouchable tycoon. Rumors spread. Misunderstandings spiral. To protect her from enemies and the relentless press William offers a contract marriage. But Jane has a fiancé. And the world won’t let her escape this scandal easily. Every public appearance, every whispered secret, every heartbeat draws her closer to a man she doesn’t trust… and maybe shouldn’t want.

Qotorie Suarez is just an ordinary woman who accidentally meet the good billionaire, Steven Oxford. They were in a happy relationship more than a year until Qotorie discover the truth, Steven made her a mistress and that's the thing she hated the most. Will their relationship still work even though that Steven is already married?

Jenis pernikahan yang tak pernah kubayangkan akan kujalani. Menjadi istri kedua dari seorang pengusaha bertaraf go internasional. Aku seorang Alexandra yang memiliki nama keluarga Ganendra menanggung gelar sebagai istri kedua?! Hah! Lebih gilanya lagi permintaan ini bukan karena perselingkuhan ataupun aku menyukai lelaki tersebut. Tapi, istri sahnya sendiri yang mendatangi dan memintaku untuk menjadi madunya. Aku terpaksa menyetujuinya bukan karena aku kekurangan harta atau rawan jatuh miskin. Tapi, karena satu perkataan yang terlontar dari mulut Athan Vasaya Balazs. Dia mengatakan bahwa pernikahan kami adalah bentuk simbiosis mutualisme. Seolah dia mengetahui rahasia terbesar yang selama ini kusembunyikan dari orang disekitarku. Jadi bagaimana aku harus menjalani pernikahanku? Haruskah cukup dengan prinsip dasar tadi, ataukah akan muncul benih cinta dan perasaan di antara kami?

Amity Escobar always gets herself in trouble because of the rumors circulating in the school where she is teaching. She often thinks that giving up is the best way to end the issues. But despite the thought of turning her back on her profession, she can’t turn her back on the person who’s the main reason she’s working at Hasse. And when the new president comes, it seems that he quickly takes the side of people who judge her. She hates him for always sending her memos without studying those issues about her. Would he be the reason for failing her promise to the late president of the school? He who is the late president’s son.

Priscilla Castillo took up the job as a surrogate to make ends meet, this sort of job was new territory for her. She never once thought of being the one to take care of the child after the mother died in an unknown accident leaving everybody including her husband devasted. Damon Prince is a CEO of a renowned company, his marriage to Elizabeth Prince was fruitless which hurt the couple so much Elizabeth had to find a solution that didn't seat well with her husband who disliked the idea. A week after everything had been finalized, Elizabeth is met with an accident and dies immediately. Now Damon has to live with a woman he hates for carrying his child.

Danielle Carter is distraught as her fiance is in a coma and she doesn't have the money to save him. Thinking of every possible means to save him, she gets invited to a college reunion, which she attends in hopes of finding someone who might help her. Little does she know that her knight in shining armor is the last person she wants to see. Nathan Cress is still hung up on his ex, so much so that just seeing her sparks a new flame in him. He's ready to do anything for her, as long as he has her in exchange.