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When my husband accompanies his childhood sweetheart to the vet to treat her pet fish, my son accidentally spills his drink on her. My husband watches as his childhood sweetheart's eyes redden. Then, he slaps my son hard and throws a stack of cash at him. "This is your chance to make up for your mistakes. Buy Wendy a dress—make sure it's white!" My son dries his tears while holding onto the money. He roams the streets, searching for a white dress in the middle of the night. When he finally finds one, he ends up getting beaten to death by some drunk hooligans. Even in death, he clutches the bloodied skirt tightly. I burst into tears of despair as I hold onto his body and call my husband over a dozen times. However, he's too busy with his childhood sweetheart's fish. He blocks my number. When he finally calls me back, he sounds icy and angry. "Wendy is still waiting for that dress! Where has the little brat gone to? Can't he even handle such a simple task?"

Pergi dari kampung halamannya untuk tinggal bersama sang kakak di ibu kota membuat Sakya harus menyesali keputusannya. Bukan seperti apa yang diharapkannya, tetapi justru membuat hatinya hancur. Dengan tega sang kakak menjualnya ke tempat sebuah pelacuran. Beruntung baginya dapat kabur dari tempat tersebut hingga akhirnya ia bertemu dengan Nakula, seorang pria yang berprofesi sebagai seorang pilot. Sakya tidak tahu tujuan dan tak tahu harus ke mana pada saat itu, Nakula pun akhirnya menawarkan Sakya untuk tinggal di sebuah apartement miliknya sampai Sakya tahu akan ke mana setelahnya. Beberapa hari tinggal di apartemen Nakula membuat Sakya harus menelan pil pahit. Di malam itu Nakula yang baru saja mengalami patah hati karena diputuskan oleh sang kekasih. Pria itu mabuk dan memperkosanya. Beberapa waktu berlalu setelah kejadian nahas itu, Sakya mendapati dirinya hamil. Alin. Sahabat Sakya menuntut Nakula untuk bertanggung jawab atas perbuatan pria tersebut. Namun, dengan tegas Nakula menolaknya. Ia meyakini bahwa anak yang dikandung Sakya bukanlah darah dagingnya. Alin marah dan kesal. Ia berjanji akan menuntut Nakula. Namun, belum sempat Alin melakukannya, orang tua Nakula mendengar semua penuturan Alin dan meminta Nakula untuk bertanggung jawab atas perbuatannya. Nakula tak punya pilihan selain mengikuti apa yang diperintahkan kedua orang tuanya. Menjalani kehidupan berumah tangga dengan Sakya membuat Nakula sedikit banyak merasakan ketenangan. Namun, itu tak berlangsung lama saat cinta pertamanya kembali hadir dan meminta untuk merajut kembali kisah cinta mereka yang sempat terputus. Dilema melanda Nakula. Satu sisi ia ingin kembali bersama sang kekasih, tetapi di sisi lain ia juga tak ingin melepas Sakya. Sebuah pernikahan yang dilandasi tanpa adanya cinta dan hanya karena sebuah pertanggungjawaban. Akankah keduanya mampu menjalani kehidupan pernikahan seperti itu? Lalu bagaimana perjalanan pernikahan mereka? Akankah pernikahan keduanya berjalan semestinya seperti pasangan suami istri pada umumnya? Atau pernikahan ini akan berakhir karena tidak adanya cinta diantara mereka?

Bagaimana pendapatmu, jika mantan kekasihmu yang pernah menyakitimu datang kembali dan mengganggu hidupmu. Lebih parahnya lagi, dia satu sekolah denganmu dan satu kelas denganmu? Kamu berniat melupakannya atau mungkin kembali bersama dengan dia?

Desde a morte do primeiro amor de Luís Almeida, ele passou a me odiar por dez anos. Tentei agradá-lo de todas as formas, mas ele apenas zombava friamente: — Se você realmente quer me agradar, então morra. Aquilo doeu profundamente. Mas, quando um caminhão avançou na minha direção, foi ele quem se jogou na frente... e morreu sobre uma poça de sangue para me salvar. Antes de fechar os olhos, ele me lançou um olhar profundo e murmurou: — Teria sido melhor... se eu nunca tivesse te conhecido. No funeral, minha sogra estava inconsolável: — Eu devia ter deixado o Luís ficar com a Gabriela Nunes. Nunca deveria ter forçado esse casamento! Meu sogro me culpava com raiva: — O meu finho salvou sua vida três vezes! Um homem como ele... Por que não foi você quem morreu no lugar dele? Todos lamentavam o fato de ele ter se casado comigo. Até eu me arrependia. Fui expulsa do funeral, completamente atordoada. Três anos depois, uma máquina do tempo surgiu do nada — e eu voltei ao passado. Desta vez, escolhi cortar todos os laços com Luís... e realizar o desejo de todos.

When emotionally distant billionaire Ezekiel Kalu is forced to marry to fulfill a family inheritance clause, he signs a one-year contract marriage with Amara Obi, a headstrong artist struggling with mounting debts and secrets of her own. What starts as a calculated arrangement quickly spirals into something neither of them prepared for. Beneath the surface of their ice-cold agreement, old wounds, shocking betrayals, and an undeniable spark begin to tear down their defenses. But when hidden truths are revealed, will love be enough to survive the lies that brought them together?

*°*The last thing Elizabeth Goodman and Marcus Sheldon want is to get married to each other.She is a billionaire and a spoiled rich princess who is being forced to marry a broody ranch owner just for the sake of fulfilling her father's will. Marcus also hates the idea of marrying a rich snob like her, but he was willing to do anything to get the hundred million dollars in his name left for him by Elizabeth's father in the will.How will these two cope with their clashing personalities and different lifestyle—Find out in **THE MARRIAGE CLAUSE**

I signed for my sister's dinner. Not for love. Not for glory. Just so she wouldn't go to bed hungry again. Now I'm carrying his heir — and Clause 7 says I'll never see this baby's face. Elara is an omega with nothing left. So when Alpha Kael Blackwood — cold, haunted, called the Ice Alpha — offers her a contract, she doesn't hesitate. One year. One heir. $200,000. Live in his house. Carry his child. Leave when it's over. What the fine print hides: Clause 7. If the baby is a male heir — a True Alpha — Elara's parental rights end at birth. No visits. No goodbyes. Just a check and a locked door. She discovers this at fourteen weeks. After the morning sickness. After the first kick. After she's already named her daughter. Kael Blackwood is not a good man. He buried his entire pack at nineteen. He hasn't smiled since. But Elara sees the cracks. The hallway light he leaves on because she's afraid of the dark. Her sister's crayon drawings taped to his fridge. The way his hand hovers over her stomach — never touching — when he thinks she's asleep. He's not supposed to care. She's not supposed to want him to. When an old enemy discovers Elara's pregnancy carries the prophesied heir, the contract becomes a death warrant. Kael must choose: Follow pack law and lose her forever. Or burn his legacy down — and keep her. The Ice Alpha's Contract is a complete standalone dark werewolf romance. No cheating. No non-con. Pregnancy from Chapter One. Guaranteed HEA. ---

Three years of marriage, and it all ends with two words. Sign it. He didn’t even look up when he said it. Just slid the papers across the table like I was another business deal to close. We weren’t supposed to fall in love it started as a contract, something practical, something safe. But feelings have a way of growing where they shouldn’t. For a while, I thought he cared. The quiet moments, the small things he remembered my favorite song, how I take my tea, the way I hate the rain. I thought they meant something. Turns out, they did. Just not for me. Every gesture, every soft word, was borrowed from a memory. From her. The woman who had him first. The one who left. The one who’s now back. So I signed. I smiled. I walked away. Not because I wanted to but because I had to. He doesn’t chase me. Not yet. But I can feel it the weight of everything unsaid still hanging in the air between us. Maybe he’ll realize what he’s lost. Maybe he won’t. Either way, this time, I’m not waiting around to find out.

Quand mon compagnon Alpha, Logan, a remarqué que je n'avais soumis aucune demande de dépense depuis trois jours, il m'a contactée de lui-même pour la toute première fois. « Bébé, j'ai déjà approuvé la prochaine phase de ta guérison de loup. Tu vois ? Tant que tu apprends à te tenir bien, je te donnerai tout. » Son ton restait si affectueux, comme s'il était vraiment un bon Alpha, inquiet et malade pour sa compagne. Mais il ne savait pas que lorsque son « Bébé » a clignoté sur l'écran de mon téléphone, j'avais déjà fini de rédiger l'accord pour rompre notre lien de compagnon. Avant de partir, la seule chose que je pouvais emporter avec moi était le vieux T-shirt que j'avais porté quand il m'avait marquée. Personne ne croirait jamais que la chère Luna de la Meute de la Lune Noire, en trois ans depuis notre cérémonie d'union, n'a même pas réussi à réunir cinq robes décentes pour elle-même. Chaque dépense ménagère que j'engageais devait être approuvée par le sceau de la Luna, le symbole même de mon pouvoir. « Sienna, gérer les comptes est trop fatigant. Ça va t'épuiser. » « Laisse juste Chloe gérer le travail fastidieux avec le sceau. Tout ce que tu as à faire, c'est d'être belle, d'être ma Luna parfaite. » Ainsi, le sceau de la Luna, qui aurait dû être le mien, est devenu quelque chose que je devais supplier auprès de Chloe, la secrétaire de l'Alpha qui était censée « gérer le travail fastidieux pour moi ». Il y a trois jours, ma louve était sur le point de s'effondrer. J'ai pleuré et supplié pour les deux cent mille nécessaires pour une intervention d'urgence. Mais Chloe a délibérément retenu le sceau, retardant l'approbation en prétendant une procédure inappropriée. Finalement, ma louve déjà brisée est devenue complètement silencieuse au fond de mon âme. Et sur ce, j'en avais fini avec cet Alpha aussi.

Jakielynn Rose siya ang babaeng pa astig-astig.Troublemaker. Walang magawa sa buhay. At trip lang niyang maging astig. Wala sa bukabolaryo nito ang takot. Siya mismo ang naghahanap ng gulo. Pero ang sa paghahanap nito ng gulo ay may matuklasan siyang tungkol sa kanyang totoong pagkatao. Matatanggap ba niya ito o iiwasan na lang at tumakbo.