Welch Ave Barber Shop

After getting fired from my company, I returned to the countryside, spending my days playing rummy with my grandmother, but my entire family went insane, searching for me everywhere. It was because my younger sister, the family's prodigy jewelry designer, couldn't come up with a single design after I left. In my previous life, at the National Jewelry Design Competition, she managed to produce designs identical to mine before I even finished mine. Everyone assumed I had copied her work. Even my own family testified in her favor. The company accused me of misconduct and plagiarism, claiming my actions had tarnished their reputation. I was fired on the spot and ordered to pay a huge fine. My family, seeing me as nothing but a burden, threw me out of the house. Crushed by the weight of family betrayal and public judgment, I fell into depression, only to be killed on the street by one of my sister's obsessive fans. As my consciousness faded, I couldn't understand why my sister managed to create the exact same design before I did. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day I just signed up for the National Jewelry Design Competition.

Et si le hasard, déguisé en panne sur une route oubliée, devenait la clé d’un amour impossible ? Et si l’homme le plus dangereux que vous ayez jamais rencontré était aussi celui qui vous sauverait… à sa manière ? Jade Carter, 20 ans, est une jeune mécanicienne farouchement indépendante, élevée par son père dans la petite ville d’Elkridge Falls. Elle vit pour son garage, sa liberté, et les routes qu’elle répare plus qu’elle ne parcourt. Grayson Elias Blackwell, 32 ans, est le PDG impitoyable d’un empire technologique et sécuritaire. En pleine mission secrète, sa voiture tombe en panne — sabotée — au cœur d’une forêt isolée… où le destin lui met Jade Carter sur la route. Ce qui aurait dû être une rencontre brève devient une collision frontale entre deux mondes. Jade sauve Grayson d’une embuscade mortelle. Puis, plus rien. Il disparaît. Jusqu’à ce qu’il revienne, des semaines plus tard, quand son père s’effondre et que Jade n’a plus d’issue. Grayson lui propose un contrat : un an de mariage en échange de l’opération vitale de son père. Dégoûtée, brisée, elle accepte. Mais Jade n’a jamais été une femme qu’on possède. Et Grayson n’a jamais voulu aimer. Entre secrets, trahisons, protection et passion, un jeu dangereux commence où les règles ne cessent de changer. Et quand un bébé entre dans l’équation… la donne explose.

I regressed to the day I auctioned for the school idol’s sugar baby agreement after her family went bankrupt. This time, I chose to stand by and watch coldly, rather than saving her… Because after I saved her last time, she was forced to marry me due to the rumors spreading at the auction. For the eight years we were married, she made me keep my distance from her. At the same time, she gave her old flame my company and my assets, even bearing him three children. When Gwen Hughes kicked me out of the house, she sneered at me. “It’s all your fault! You acted holier-than-thou, buying out my contract and spreading rumors so I had no choice but to marry you! If it weren’t for you, Ivan and I wouldn’t have missed each other for all these years!” After that, I died in agony. Now that I had regressed, I would not interfere in their lives again.

My husband forced me into labor the same day his widowed sister-in-law went into labor. I was only seven months pregnant when he dragged me to the hospital and demanded that the doctors induce me. Eugene Cobb locked me inside the delivery room, his expression tense and urgent. "The baby Fiona's carrying has a rare disease. The doctors say he'll die as soon as he's born. They need umbilical cord blood and special stem cells during delivery to save him! My brother's already gone. It's my responsibility to take care of her and her child." A four-inch-long induction needle pierced into my body. Violent contractions crashed through me, cold sweat soaking my back. I said weakly, "Fiona's pregnancy has been perfectly healthy. How could the baby suddenly have a rare disease? And my pregnancy is high-risk. The doctor said I need to carry to term. If you force an early birth, you'll kill both our baby and me!" Eugene frowned slightly and pinned me firmly to the hospital bed. "The doctor already explained everything. The baby just needs to be born two months early. Nothing will happen." As Fiona Smith's screams rang out from the delivery room next door, something seemed to occur to him. "You're not trying to get rid of Fiona because I've been taking care of her all the time, are you? I told you a long time ago I'm only helping her because she's my sister-in-law. How can you be so vicious?" I stared at the blood spreading beneath me and begged through tears. As long as he spared the child, I was willing to divorce him and give them my place. Eugene's eyes filled with impatience. "What are you talking about? I'm the baby's father. Why would I harm my own child?" My umbilical cord blood and stem cells were finally used on Fiona's baby. Both mother and child were declared safe. Only then did Eugene finally remember us. But when he arrived at the hospital room, the only thing waiting for him was an empty bed.

« Nathaniel. » J'ai cligné des yeux pour retenir les larmes qui me montaient aux yeux. Je ne pleurerai pas devant cet homme. « Comment peux-tu me regarder comme ça et me parler ainsi ? » « Je ne me trompe pas, n'est-ce pas ? » « Nathaniel ! » ai-je crié, complètement bouleversée. « Nous étions ensemble, bon sang ! » « Nous ? » Il a ri, amusé par mon explosion. « Tu es folle. Il n'y a pas de "nous". » ~~~~ La maison ne devrait jamais être un champ de bataille, mais pour Sarah Pierce et sa fille, c'est exactement ce qu'elle est devenue dès qu'elles ont franchi le seuil. L'hostilité de son père était prévisible ; les fiançailles de son ex-petit ami, Nathaniel Storm, avec sa sœur, en revanche, ne l'étaient pas. Sarah a rassemblé son courage et a demandé Nathaniel en mariage, qui l'a regardée comme une étrangère. Mais alors qu'ils tentent de surmonter cette union forcée, Sarah découvre un écheveau de secrets de famille et de vérités troublantes – des vérités qui pourraient tout détruire.

Tania Hale is the last Luna from the Blue Moon Pack. At the age of 17, her kingdom, Porthove gets attacked by a strong rival pack known as The Demilune Pack. She watched her parents get killed and burnt while some of her people are taken as slaves, including herself to the Kingdom of Crescida to be ruled by the Demilune Pack under the leadership of their tyrant King, Alpha Avalon. She endures 7 more years of pain, agony and slavery and on the day that marks the anniversary of her parents death, she is to be married to King Avalon's aggressive son, Lexi. Tania escapes from Lexi, finding her way into the woods with the werewolves of Demilune Pack chasing after her. She gets saved by Talon Ashford who she later discovers to be an Alpha who had gone rogue from Crescida. Talon seems to hold many secrets which Tania is determined to discover. But as time progresses, the flame of love fans between them and one by one, Talon's hidden secrets unfolds, taking a toll on their love life and Tania's quest to save her people from slavery. Will she choose to choose to save her people, forfeiting her relationship with Talon or will she choose to remain with him?

Alyssa suddenly becomes a rogue slave once her pack gets attacked by rogues and her mom is killed, she runs to another pack for refuge but she lands into the hands of the ruthless Alpha. Alpha Lance has always had the face of the man who killed his parents in his mind, he swore revenge on the man, and he finds out Alyssa is the daughter of the man who he swore revenge on, and she's his mate. Alpha Lance promises to make Alyssa suffer for her father's mistake, and Alyssa is hurt that her mate who she thought would love her is behaving this way with her. Alyssa becomes a slave in the shadow moon pack, and she tortured everyday by the Alpha. Will Alpha Lance change his mind? Will Alyssa forgive him? What will she do when she realizes she has a bigger enemy and hater than the Alpha?

“I should punish you.” “Maybe you should. Or maybe you’re all bark, no bite,” I shot back, my voice daring. His eyes darkened, and in a blur, I was over his shoulder, my skin burning where he held me and the cold air kissed my bare ass. “Your skin” His voice was low, almost reverent. “So fucking smooth.” Before I could retort, the world shifted, steam rising around us. He set me down, steadily, fingers brushed the hem of the shirt I wore, his shirt. He slipped it away without hesitation, leaving me bare under his gaze. “What are you doing?” I whispered. “Punishing you.” —— Rayna gave up everything for love. She abandoned her pack, killed her wolf when she rejected her destined mate, and gave herself entirely to the man she thought would stand by her forever, Alpha Dario. But when Dario found his fated mate, he didn’t hesitate to cast Rayna aside, leaving her broken, and utterly alone. One night of drowning her sorrows at a bar changes everything. Rayna witnesses a brutal murder—one carried out by none other than Alpha Sven, the ruthless Mafia leader feared across packs. What Rayna doesn’t realize is that fate isn’t done with her. Sven isn’t just her captor, her tormentor, her obsession—he’s the very mate she rejected long ago. He remembers her rejection like a scar carved into his soul, and he’s not interested in forgiveness, he doesn’t want her love. He wants to see her surrender in obedience, her body bound to his until she can’t deny him anymore. Rayna must decide whether to keep resisting the bond—or surrender to the one man who has both the power to destroy her and the claim to own her.

All her life Roxanne obeyed everything that her father said, even though she didn't mind being treated badly by her father and her step mother's family. At least Roxanne can still be engaged to Luke, whom she loves and who she thinks is her mate. But, all Roxanne's hopes were shattered when she found Luke betraying her with Vivian – Roxanne's stepsister – with her own eyes Roxanne saw Luke sleeping and making out passionately with Vivian. Roxanne was very disappointed when she found Luke's betrayal, the anger that she had long harboured finally wanted to be vented to the people who had treated her badly. It just so happened that at that time Roxanne used Theodore who was the Alpha King of the Werewolf Clan and intended to make him her own man, that’s why Roxanne had to tame him!

My mother is gravely ill and needs a million dollars for surgery. I run all over the city, desperately trying to borrow the money. Just when I'm at my breaking point, my childhood friend shows up, holding a check for one million dollars. His condition? He wants to marry me. Everyone's waiting for me to say yes, but I calmly refuse. Because in my last life, even after I married him, my mother still died. Her surgery failed. Later, I accidentally overhear a conversation between him and a doctor. "Christopher, you sabotaged the surgery just to transplant Alice's mom's kidney into Jennifer? Was it worth it? If Alice finds out, you’re done." "I just want Jennifer to live. And honestly, marrying someone like Alice? My life is already over." That's when I realize our entire marriage was nothing but a carefully woven lie. He did it all for the woman he truly loved.