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“Take off your dress, Meadow.” “Why?” “Because your ex is watching,” he said, leaning back into his seat. “And I want him to see what he lost.” ••••*••••*••••* Meadow Russell was supposed to get married to the love of her life in Vegas. Instead, she walked in on her twin sister riding her fiance. One drink at the bar turned to ten. One drunken mistake turned into reality. And one stranger’s offer turned into a contract that she signed with shaking hands and a diamond ring. Alaric Ashford is the devil in a tailored Tom Ford suit. Billionaire CEO, brutal, possessive. A man born into an empire of blood and steel. He also suffers from a neurological condition—he can’t feel. Not objects, not pain, not even human touch. Until Meadow touches him, and he feels everything. And now he owns her. On paper and in his bed. She wants him to ruin her. Take what no one else could have. He wants control, obedience… revenge. But what starts as a transaction slowly turns into something Meadow never saw coming. Obsession, secrets that were never meant to surface, and a pain from the past that threatens to break everything. Alaric doesn’t share what’s his. Not his company. Not his wife. And definitely not his vengeance.

When Steven Baxter, the heartthrob of the school, admits that he loves action movies the most, my childhood friend, Lisa Thornton, has my limbs strapped to four huge drones. During the flag-raising ceremony on Monday morning, the drones lift me high up in the air in front of the entire school. The students' laughter is deafeningly loud. The videos they take quickly go viral, too. I only get to return to the surface once the drones finally run out of power and make their descent automatically. With a wide grin on her face, Lisa unties me from the drones. "Steven loves action movies, so we had you cosplay the main character from the most popular Tom Cruise movie. "We grew up together since we were kids, Dominic. Surely you don't mind, right?" As I sit on the ground, Steven pulls Lisa into his arms before he starts guffawing at me. Tears soon streak down his face from all the laughing. "I can't believe you actually peed yourself!" "Ahahahaha!" I get up to my feet and walk away. From then on, I don't return to Lisa's side. But Lisa soon loses her mind. "We've known each other for ten years! Must you really do this to me?"

Dois dias antes do Ano Novo, meu namorado, Murilo Santos, decidiu viajar para o litoral... Com a assistente dele. — Tudo bem. — Eu disse, sem brigar, sem chorar. Pelo contrário, ajudei a fazer as malas dele, agindo como se estivesse tudo certo. Ele riu da minha compreensão e soltou, com aquele tom debochado: — Agora que tá grávida, finalmente aprendeu a se comportar... Assim que ele saiu pela porta, fui direto para a clínica. Fiz um aborto. Na minha vida passada, eu tentei usar aquela criança como amarra. Achei que, com um filho, ele ficaria comigo. O que aconteceu? A assistente dele foi brutalmente assassinada na praia. Murilo continuou com aquela máscara de frieza, como se nada tivesse acontecido... Mas quando chegou o dia do parto, ele tirou a própria máscara. Com uma crueldade que nem nos meus piores pesadelos eu imaginava, ele mesmo abriu meu ventre... E matou o nosso bebê. Com as próprias mãos. Foi ali que tudo fez sentido. Ele nunca me perdoou. Nunca esqueceu. Agora que voltei no tempo, só tenho um objetivo: Destruir Murilo. Fazer ele perder tudo.

En medio de la fiesta de compromiso, cuando la torre de champán ya iba por la mitad, el celular de Marcos Harrison sonó. Me miró fijo y soltó, serio: —Tengo que irme. Lilia se desmayó en el aeropuerto. —Si te vas, lo nuestro se acaba —le respondí con firmeza. De todos modos, se fue... justo frente a doscientas personas. Cargó a Lilia Harrison en brazos —llevaba el abrigo que yo le había regalado— y se fue en mi auto. Al día siguiente recibí un correo: "Lilia se mudará a mi departamento. Me necesita. Ojalá lo entiendas. Cuando se recupere, tú y yo nos casamos. Confía en mí." Me quedé mirando la pantalla y, sin darme cuenta, solté una carcajada. Al final, no era a "quien lo amaba" a quien quería, sino a "quien lo necesitaba". Y yo, por ser tan autosuficiente, no le servía. Esa noche busqué un número en la agenda: el de alguien a quien jamás tomé en serio, pero que me había esperado por veintitrés años. Llamé. —Mañana a las siete, en el restaurante frente al mar.

“Don’t…” Her voice shook, eyes meeting his, heat rushing to her cheeks as every little thing that happened to her crashed into her like a punch to the gut. She suddenly felt so lonely. “Don’t leave me. Please” Rowan’s eyes flicked between hers. “I didn’t plan to, darling.” “Take it off,” he ordered quietly, pulling his fingers away, causing her to whimper. Born to a family that despises her, a twin sister that bullies her, and the Beta’s wolfless daughter, Alicia Meyer only has refuge in one person, her boyfriend, Tom. She thought he was different until she discovered him in bed with her sister. A conspiracy led to a one-night stand and things took a 180-degree turn. Alicia was claimed by Tom's notorious uncle, Rowan, to be his mate. Abandoned and uncared for by the royal family, Rowan Sharp, the illegitimate son of the Alpha King, rose to the top, becoming an infamous and powerful Alpha of the strongest and fearful pack, Bloody Claw. Now, he is a thorn in the King’s side and a threat to the Alpha heir. Survival is all Rowan's ever known, and his only goal is to enact vengeance on those who once mistreated him. He never expected to discover his fated mate in the middle of an investigation in his brother’s pack. He’d never wanted a mate, yet Alicia Meyer took his breath away at first sight.

YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND LOVE IN THE MOST UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES Tina found her boyfriend Sam cheating her with another lady in his apartment. She was devastated and went home with a broken heart. Lucky enough she got a complimentary holiday from her employer as a as an award for her hard work and dedication and proceeded for her vacation to the beach hotel to relax and forget her disappointment. Ken was tired of her nagging and rude fiancé although the relationship was due to a business merger contract signed by the parents he decided to break up with her. He did not love the girl and wanted her out of his life. The older brother Lewis and his best friend Tom organized for him to go and sign a business deal of a business venture the company was undertaking of the hotel that Tina was working in. Ken saw Tina and he is attracted to her, he enquires about her and is given the details of her holiday he decided to join her in the beach hotel. They become friends and Ken convinces Tina take a safari holiday together. They do not fall in love with the jungle, nature and wildlife they also fall in love with one another. Ken cannot stay away from his love and organizes for Tina to go for training and they met again and Tina gets pregnant with his baby. The couple encounter challenges due to Kens past relationships but they are able to overcome the handles and marry to live happily ever after.

La familia Rossi tiene una regla. Si quieres ser la próxima Donna, tienes que demostrar tu valor. Gana trescientos millones de dólares, dinero limpio, en un solo año. Todo por tu cuenta, sin ayuda de la familia. Pasé diez años intentando hacerlo por Vincent. Construí diez empresas desde cero. Pero cada vez, justo cuando estaba a punto de cruzar la línea de meta, algo salía mal. Todo simplemente... se derrumbaba. Este año, finalmente lo logré. Corrí a su despacho, con la auditoría en la mano y con el corazón latiendo contra mis costillas. Pensé que finalmente había ganado. En cambio, me enteré de que mi vida entera era una mentira. Él le entregó todo mi imperio a Ava, la bastarda de mi padre. Todo porque supuestamente ella le salvó la vida una vez, y él quería convertirla a ella en la verdadera Donna. Me rendí con él. Me rendí. Del sueño de mi familia de ascender junto a la suya. Entonces tomé el teléfono y llamé a la mafia de Chicago. —Su propuesta de matrimonio —dije—. Acepto.

Durante cinco años, lo apoyé en silencio, ayudando a mi novio a pasar de ser un simple asistente legal a socio en Ponce & Beltrán Abogados. En la ceremonia anual de premios del despacho, yo estaba emocionada, lista para celebrar con él y darle una sorpresa. Pero entonces lo vi subir al escenario con una compañera. Estaban uno al lado del otro, con una cercanía que no dejaba lugar a dudas. —Rodrigo está donde está, gracias a mí, gracias a que estuve detrás de él planeando cada paso. Tania presumió, con una sonrisa victoriosa. Él sonrió y le dio la razón. —Es cierto. Sin Tania, yo no estaría hoy aquí. La sala estalló en una ovación y todos los presentes se apresuraron a felicitarlos. Yo, de pie entre la multitud, sentí que el suelo se abría bajo mis pies. Salí del salón y le marqué a mi asistente. —Retírale todo el apoyo de nuestros contactos a Rodrigo y cancela cualquier colaboración que tengamos. También vamos a dejar de usar influencias para apoyarlo en ese caso irregular que tomó. Que asuma las consecuencias solo.

Five years ago, Carla left her soul mate in their rumpled bed in a rented house in Mykonos, convinced she doesn’t deserve him, and he comes back to her life the secret lover of her best friend. Carla’s childhood friend Thera is visiting Greece after ten years, bringing Jake Winters with her, her boss whom she has been a long time secretly in love with. But Jake turns out to be Tom Sawyer, the pseudonym he used as a male escort five years ago – and he is still hotter than sin. It did not take long to see that the passion that drove them that blissful whole week together drives them still. He remains the only man who makes her feel that happiness is possible, but giving in to him means betraying her best friend, even though it’s evident that they aren’t lovers. That Thera made it all up. Billionaire programmer Jake Winters took over a gigolo trip for a friend once five years ago and that changed his whole life. But the culprit in doing so left him without a goodbye. When he finally finds Carla again, she turns out to be the childhood friend of his sweet secretary. As fierce as she is in bed, she is as loyal to people she cares about and he has to clear the air between him and Thera because the only thing he’s thinking about is becoming Carla’s gigolo again. For life. And as soon as possible. Like yesterday.

Amé a Lucian durante años y renuncié a todo para salvar su vida, pero todo lo que recibí a cambio fue la mirada de asco en sus ojos. En mi vida pasada, fui obligada a convertirme en su compañera, pero al final, morí bajo las garras de los lobos renegados que él envió tras de mí, e incluso le rompió el cuello a mi hermano, Marcus con sus propios dientes. La noche en que renací, tomé una decisión diferente. Dejé que mi rival Ayara consiguiera lo que quería. Tuve una ceremonia de apareamiento con el brutal, Príncipe Draven en su lugar, aquel del que se rumoreaba que "mataría a su compañera", y ella pudo escapar y salvar a Lucian. Pero cuando se abrió la puerta del auto ceremonial, la persona que bajó fue el chico gentil que conocí cuando tenía cinco años. —Mírame bien, cariño. ¿Soy realmente tan aterrador como dicen los rumores? —Sus ojos ámbar estaban llenos de calidez y afecto. Resultó que él había orquestado doce ceremonias falsas, esperando simplemente a que yo creciera. Para cuando Lucian se puso de rodillas y me suplicó que regresara, ya era demasiado tarde; ahora yo era la Luna de Draven.