Valentines Day Read Aloud

Sa isang hindi inaasahang pangyayari, nasa bingit ng kamatayan ang buhay ni Rosianne Santiago dahil sa isang aksidente. Sa tulong ni Nathalie Lucero ay nabigyan siya ng pangalawang buhay ngunit may kapalit lahat ng tulong nito. Sa pamamagitan ng marriage contract ay nakilala niya si Jacob Illustre, ang lalaking bilyonaryo at ang papakasalan niya. Para kay Rosianne, pera lamang at utang na loob ang nagpapatagal at nagpapatibay ng kanyang sikmura upang ipagpatuloy niya ang kanyang pagpapanggap. Ngunit, unti-unti ng nahulog ang kanyang loob kay Jacob kahit alam niyang labag ito sa kanyang nilagdaang kontrata. Matigas man siya sa panglabas na anyo ngunit hindi maatim ng kanyang puso na ipagpatuloy niya ang panloloko habang minamahal niya ito kaya lilisan na lamang siya. Ngunit, sa hindi inaasahang pangyayari ay nagbalik si Nathalie at iniba nito ang takbo ng kwento. Hindi na mahanap ni Rosianne ang kontratang hawak niya bilang katibayan na napagkasunduan nilang dalawa ito. Paniniwalaan pa kaya siya ni Jacob nung malaman nitong niloloko siya nito? Ipaglalaban kaya ni Rosianne ang kanyang nararamdaman kay Jacob kahit na makulong siya? Mananaig kaya ang kanilang pagmamahalan O tatakbo na lamang siya at mamuhay ng payapa kasama ang dinadala niyang anak nila ni Jacob Illustre?

A broken relationship leaves her homeless just days before Christmas, forcing her to take a temporary job on a luxury holiday yacht. She expects nothing more than survival—until fate places her in the path of a powerful Alpha who should have been forbidden. What begins as a reckless mistake turns into a bond neither of them can escape. But jealousy festers close to home, and a vengeful enemy is determined to destroy her at any cost. Time passes, love blooms, and a pregnancy meant to unite a pack instead tears it apart. Cast out with nothing but her child, she is forced to rebuild her life from ashes, while the man who once rejected her uncovers a betrayal so deep it shatters his world. This is a dark holiday romance about obsession, revenge, shattered trust—and the price of believing a lie.

I was eight months pregnant when my water broke—the same day as the birthday of my husband’s adopted son. To keep my child from being born on the same day as his adopted son's, he forced me to wait until after midnight. He refused to take me to the hospital and locked me in the basement. Adrian Shaw looked down at me. His eyes were dark and hostile. “Elena, you're really good at picking the timing, huh? Of all days, you had to go into labor on Evan’s birthday.” I begged him to take me to the hospital. A trace of disappointment flashed across his eyes, and his voice turned cold. “You’re still trying to lie to me? I asked a doctor. Even if your water breaks, you don’t give birth right away. Some women don’t deliver for three days. “All this scheming is just to secure your position as Mrs. Shaw, so your child can compete with Evan for his birthday and his place. You've really thought this through.” I took a deep breath as despair washed over me. “The baby I’m carrying is yours too! Adrian, I’m begging you. Please, for the child’s sake, save her. As long as the baby is safe, I promise I’ll never show up in front of you again.” His expression darkened. He bent down, grabbed my chin, and replied harshly, “Don’t play games with me. “As long as you stay here quietly until after midnight, I’ll take you to the hospital. Once the baby’s born, you can finally use the child to secure your place and truly marry into the Shaw family.” Later, when my contractions grew unbearable and I cried out in pain, he found me too noisy and took Evan and his mother out to celebrate instead. By the time he remembered me and asked whether I had a boy or a girl, his secretary’s face paled. “Mrs. Shaw is… gone.”

NOEL DIDN’T JUST KISS ME, HE TRAPPED ME. AND AS I STARE AT THE FILE, I REALIZE THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS JUST BECAME A COUNTDOWN TO MY OWN PERSONAL DISASTER. When Anahera Kallio agreed to take on a high-profile client during the holidays, she never expected it to be Noel Rautio—the scorching-hot hockey star who is her brother’s sworn enemy on the ice. One stolen kiss under the mistletoe was bad enough, but now he’s got her cornered with a secret recording and a devilish ultimatum: stick with his therapy sessions or watch her career go up in flames. As the 12 Days of Christmas tick by, every heated session pulls them deeper into forbidden territory. Noel’s walls are cracking, Anahera’s resolve is melting, and the line between professional and passionate blurs into chaos. But with loyalties to her brother, hidden scandals and a ticking clock threatening to expose everything, this holiday fling could shatter more than just the ice. Unless they rewrite the rules and turn disaster into desire. Will Anahera escape Noel’s trap…or surrender to the ultimate holiday score?

18+. Carmen is the secretary of Kay and Bay's corporation. She fell in love with the Billionaire CEO,Kay who has intentions of marrying her. Their story is one filled with unending passion of love and affection. Kay on the other hand becomes obsessed with his darling wife despite the unfavorable circumstance shaking their marital life. Carmen recounts the sweet memories of their interesting and intimate moments of living as a couple amidst the doubt and rage of others

He met me at the bar. Instead of making me feel like a prostitute and a dirty woman, he made me feel like a princess and respected. So how can I follow our rule of 'not falling in love'? Eh isang linggo ko pa lang siyang kasama sobrang lakas na ng tibok ng puso ko. Which woman wouldn't fall for him? He might be the perfect man I've ever met. Pinaramdam niya rin sa akin na ako lang ang kaisa-isang taong sandalan niya.

“You,” Hades snarled, his eyes burning into Claudine’s, “are a viper in my bed. A ticking time bomb.” Claudine’s lips curved into a chillingly beautiful smile. “Darling, in your bed, I’m whatever you desire.” ~~~~ This isn’t your typical enemies-to-lovers romance. This is the story of the infamous daughter of the worlds greatest russian Kalashnikov Omerta,a woman driven by vengeance, who wanted the downfall of Hades Vancouver, the dangerous American mafia leader. Death was too merciful a punishment for the man who murdered her parents. But in a twist of fate, she’s caught in his grip and forced into marriage with him—the very man she swore to destroy. To Hades, she’s not simply his wife. She’s a snake he’s obsessed with, a woman he wants to bend to his will and claim in every way imaginable. Her true identity is hidden from him, but he’s been obsessed since the first night he fingered her into a screaming, squirt-filled orgasm that felt like a soul-shifting experience. The same night she stole from him. Now, trapped in a deadly game of forced proximity, where desire is both a weapon and a weakness, one wrong move could ignite a war that consumes them all. But when Hades discovers the tracker in her old gunshot wound, a relic of a past encounter, the game changes. Read on to find out if things were falling out of place for these characters, or perhaps things were falling into the right places.

To the public eye, Kayla Williams seems to have it all. A perfect home, A happy marriage, and enough money to buy a country if she pleases. It’s all a lie. She married a piece of shit, has an empty home, and let us just say she is barely holding her company together. But when Lucan Vesley, older, cold, dominant, but surprisingly gentle, offers her and her husband a forceful partnership that would solve her problem, it comes with a catch only she is aware of: 100 days to do with her as he pleases, to get her out of his system and mind. Everything changes. What starts as a contract affair spirals into so much more than either of them expected. Throw Kayla’s fragile heart in the mix, and the stakes of them ruining each other become higher.

Menjadi seseorang yang di anggap beban adalah hal yang tidak mudah. Sulit namun tak ada yang bisa di lakukan. Terluka namun tak bisa di ungkapkan. Sakit namun tak bisa di jelaskan.Selamat datang di kisahku. Bahagiakan dia jika kau tak mau sampai kehilangannya.

On our wedding anniversary, I canceled all my meetings and made a reservation at a restaurant. That evening, my wife, the renowned investigative journalist Amaya Shaw, called me. “Efim, I’m sorry! I just received a tip from a source. It’s urgent. “It involves inside information about a well-known company. I have to go verify it immediately!” But the next day, I saw that Javor Furey, the junior she had brought along, had posted a collage on his social media. The central photo showed Amaya wearing a childish birthday hat. Her head was pressed against Javor’s, as they made a wish together in front of a cake covered in candles. This was the caption. [Thanks, my dear Ms. Shaw! Even in the midst of her busy schedule chasing big stories, she remembered to give me this surprise birthday!] [Chasing big stories.] I stared at those three words. Then, I glanced at the limited-edition bag on our dining table. It was the one she had been raving about for half a year. It was the anniversary gift I had prepared for her. I felt absurd. I commented just two words under that post. [How touching.] Her call came in almost the second I hit send. She sounded furious. “Efim, do you have to be so sarcastic? “It’s just an anniversary. How old are you? Why are you still celebrating such childish anniversaries?” From our first year of marriage to the present, her “tip-offs from informants” and “special circumstances” always took precedence over our promises. This time, she could not even be bothered to come up with a plausible excuse. I did not say anything. I hung up and blocked her number. This marriage was over.