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My father's adopted daughter was only locked in the cramped storage closet for around fifteen minutes, yet he punished me by tying me up and throwing me inside. He even sealed off the ventilation with towels. "As Wendy's older sister, if you can't take care of her, then you should also experience how scared she was," he declared coldly. He knew I was claustrophobic, but my desperate pleas for mercy, my terror, were met with nothing but heartless reprimands. "Let this be a lesson on how to be a good sister." As the last sliver of light disappeared, swallowed by the oppressive darkness, I struggled helplessly. A week passed before my father finally remembered my existence and decided it was time to end my punishment. "Let's hope this week served as a good lesson for you, Jennifer. If this happens again, you will no longer be allowed in this house." He would never know that I had already taken my last breath in that suffocating room. My body had begun to rot in the darkness.

Sesil terbangun dengan ingatan sebersih kanvas kosong. Menemukan dirinya sebagai tunangan mafia paling ditakuti dengan kekejamannya, Saga Ganuo. Hingga kemudian, perlahan Sesil menyadari bahwa memori yang diberikan Saga bukanlah ingatan yang ia miliki. Ada sesuatu yang besar yang ditutup-tutupi oleh Saga. Namun, kebohongan itu terlambat terbongkar. Saat Sesil berhasil mendapatkan ingatan yang sesungguhnya kembali, ternyata ia sudah jatuh terlalu dalam oleh tipu muslihat dan permainan Saga. Ternyata Saga adalah musuh dari tunangannya, Banyu Dirgantara. Yang memanfatkan dirinya sebagai alat untuk balas dendam. Apakah yang harus Sesil lakukan? Bisakah ia melepaskan diri dari genggaman Saga?

Sera Hale is a young art student living a completely sheltered life, unaware of her father's dangerous secrets. When her father's debt is called in by the ruthless mafia boss, Damien Vescari, Sera is suddenly kidnapped and forced into marriage. She’s terrified of Damien, especially because she suspects he was involved in her mother’s death. But what truly confuses Sera is the intense, almost obsessive familiarity in his eyes and the surprising kindness he sometimes shows her. Sera doesn't realize the shocking truth: Damien was her anonymous online soulmate from years ago—the boy she fell in love with before her father suddenly cut her off. Damien has been searching for her ever since. Now, he finally has her, but their reunion is a nightmare. She sees him only as a kidnapper, and her love is replaced by fear. As Sera fights for her freedom, she discovers that their past is tangled up in dangerous secrets.

**NOVEL ONLY FOR 18+ AGE** If you are not into Adult and Mature Romance/Hot Erotica then please don't open this book. Here you will get to read Amazing Short Stories and New Series Every Month and Week. There are some such secret moments in everyone's life that if someone comes to know, it can embarrass them, or else can excite them. Secretly you wish to relive these guilty and sweet memories again and again. So let me share some similar secret and exciting moments and such short stories with you guys that make your heartthrob and curl your toes in excitement. Let get lost in the world of Forbidden Love Stories. Check My 2nd Book: Lustful Hearts Check My 3rd Book: She's Taken Away

After her divorce, Annalise Gracelyn Keaton decides to start a new life in Chicago. One day, Ann visits a hospital to address her ongoing menstrual issues following a miscarriage caused by her abusive ex-husband. There, she meets Dr. Daxton, an obstetrician who accidentally knows a little story of her painful past. Their initial encounter marks the beginning of a series of fateful meetings. Their romance blossoms in what seems like a serendipitous alignment of the universe: they live in the same apartment building, and Ann works at a café owned by Daxton’s sister. But, just as Ann begins to open her heart to Daxton, her ex-husband comes and threatens to shatter everything she’s rebuilt. How will Ann and Daxton keep their love amidst the mess? And how will they cope with the presence of another significant figure from Ann’s past—her first love? What if, after all this time, Ann finds out that her first love has been waiting for her, just like she did years ago? What if that man tells her that he has been searching for her and did everything he could to find her, even naming his hotel after her? And what if that man tells her that he still loves her? Will she go back to him? Or will she choose to stay with Daxton, her new love? *** “You’re free, Ann. You can choose to stay with me or go back to him—the reason you came here. Don’t you remember you chose Chicago because you still remember where he went 15 years ago?”~Daxton Alexander “If only I had searched for you harder, might we have still loved each other, Ann?”~Conrad Blake

Embun kembali mendapati pesan singkat di ponsel suaminya. Pesan yang selalu datang tiap awal bulan. Keluarga suaminya selalu meminta jatah bulanan tanpa peduli kabar anak dan menantunya di perantauan. Padahal bulan ini, Embun dan suaminya yang bernama Bumi, berencana meminjam uang di bank untuk dipergunakan membeli sebidang tanah. Mereka ingin membangun kos-kosan sekaligus tempat tinggal mereka. Kelak, itu akan menjadi sumber penghasilan kedua mereka. Tapi apakah mimpi itu bisa terwujud? Jika sebagian besar gaji Bumi dikuasai oleh ibunya?

"It's me against me, Tine. I am not here to lend you some options. You'll let go of that damn profession whether you like it or not. You're going to do as what as I say. You're all mine, baby. Mine."

Batari Abiyasa, seorang pelayan restoran, dipaksa menjadi istri Evaristo Xabier Santos. Pria yang berprofesi sebagai pengusaha kuliner dan model itu terpaksa menikahi Batari untuk menyelamatkan nama baiknya. Pernikahan mereka penuh konflik, terutama akibat pengabaian dari Xabier. Ditambah lagi, seseorang dari masa lalu suaminya berusaha menyakiti Batari. Sayangnya, mereka tidak tahu bahwa Batari punya cara sendiri untuk melakukan perlawanan karena dia bukan perempuan lemah.

Janine Mendoza is a very obedient daughter. She doesn't know how to lie in her parents and she value family among all. Maayos na sana ang buhay niya kung hindi lang siya napalapit sa lalaking lagi niyang kabangayan at naging paborito siyang asarin-Gemar dela Cruz. Nang dahil sa lalaki ay natuto siyang magsinungaling at sumuway sa magulang. Handa na sana niyang ipaglaban ang pagmamahal niya sa lalaki kung hindi lang nalantad ang sekreto ng kanilang pamilya. Isang sekretong sapat na para makasira sa tiwala't pagmamahal niya. Maniniwala ba siya sa nalaman niya o magpapatay malisya lang siya? Kaya ba niyang ipaglaban ang pagmamahal niya kung sa mata ng pamilya nila ay maling magpatuloy pa? Feelings niya laban sa pamilya, kaya niya ba?

Ephemeral -- A Modern Love Story revolves around a woman named Soleil navigating through the annals of life as it coincides with the concept of love that was taught to her by her Uncle: that love can be written on sticky notes, baked into the burned edges of brownies, or found in the triplet progressions in a jazz song. A story in which she will realize that love goes beyond the scattered pieces of a puzzle or the bruised skin of apples.