What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 Book

Rachel Larson was adamant about marrying me, and she spent ten years stealing my heart. On the night before our wedding, I overheard her conversation with her friend. "You're marrying Leonardo? What about your side piece?" A moment of silence later, Rachel answered, "That guy? He's just a cheap replacement. Leonardo's the real deal. Don't compare my side piece to him. If he stays put and keeps his mouth shut, I might let him stay around. Leonardo's a broad-minded man. He won't mind." The side piece did not stay put. In fact, he caused a scene at the wedding the next day. He shoved me off the stage, but the woman who was supposed to marry me darted over to his side instead. Why? He was holding a piece of broken glass against his throat. Gutturally, he roared, "Choose! Me or him?" Panicked, Rachel kicked me away despite my injuries, and she roared, "Get out of the way! I need to take him to the hospital! If anything happens to him, I'll kill you!" She didn't need to wait that long. My heart died right there and then. … That night, I bought a flight ticket that would take me abroad and left her.

Every tear I shed feeds his ego. Every whimper, his pride. Every bruise he leaves behind, his silent claim over me. He takes me cold. Leaves me ruined. And I wait - quiet, breathless, for the next time he comes back to break me again. He thinks he has me in the palm of his hand. Thinks I’m nothing without him. A fragile wife, meek, obedient. A weakness he never needed. I let him believe it. I never tried to break the illusion. As long as I have his hands on me, As long as his shadows reach for me, That’s enough. But in the dark, daggers roam. And with every sound my heels make, they fall. He still thinks I’m glass, But he hasn’t heard me shatter.

Eight years ago, my cousin Wendy Cooper was involved in a drunk driving hit-and-run. Yet, my parents made sure all the evidence pointed toward me. The victim's family waited outside my school every day with gasoline, threatening to die with me. Because of that, the school took away my guaranteed admission to university. That day, my parents and brother all tried to persuade me. "Wendy's terrified. Just give her your spot to make her feel better." I refused, fought back, and even tried to talk them out of it. But the next day, they handed me over to the police themselves. Lance Stewart, my fiance and a powerful business tycoon, had orchestrated it all. As he was afraid I'd run or cause trouble, he personally pinned several charges on me and sent me to an isolated island prison. He left me with no way out. When my sentence began, he made me a promise. "Esme, just endure it for a few years. I'll get you out once Wendy graduates, and then we'll get married."

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Sabrina didn't even see it coming. In her defense, she didn’t mean to fall for him. It just happened. She and Ivan Golovin weren't supposed to exist but he was everything she wanted. But he's forbidden. He was her mother's best friend. And falling in love with him would cost her everything. She falls for the man not knowing he's the monster who wants to kill her.

This story started in an unexpected time, place, situation and expectations. Two people who has different paths, cross once. Victoria also known as Commando Delta work as an infiltrator and a skilled assassin. She became a member of a Dark WEB explorer where the organization infiltrates the accounts of criminals who are doing neither legal nor illegal things. Azithere, A CEO of some group of companies and the Emperor of the Mafia Empire itself who has never received any freedom of mind and peace will eventually find his liberty in a place called home. He fell inlove with a girl he met by chance and decided to protect her. He figured out as well that the woman he's setting his eyes with is no ordinary woman but a rare and a dangerous one. One of his men leaked her secret profiles about her coordination with the dark web, misunderstanding and conflicts rise between them as numerous information and rumors started to stir up. When Victoria found out who Azithere really is. Is she able to maintain her genuine feelings towards Azithere? What will happen if they were bound to kill each other?

Catherine Galhart had saved herself for the only man she ever paid attention to, only for fate to crush her young heart when he came home with his fated mate in his arms. Lost and heartbroken, she ran and hid as she slowly picked up her broken pieces. But when she thought everything was finally falling into place and she was ready to accept the love she felt she deserved, life threw another reality in her face — a destiny she could never escape. Will she finally cave in and let fate take control of her life? Or will she keep fighting for the life she knew she wanted from the very beginning? Join Catherine as she embarks on the journey from love lost to self-discovery, family, and friendship to finding a love worth fighting for. ***** THE ALPHA BLOOD CIRCLE: Book 1: She's The Luna I Want Book 2: The Beta and I Although this book can be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading Book 1 to understand the characters and the concept of the Claiming. ***** Follow me on my I G and F B for updates and teasers - author.cassa.m

Kasalukuyang live-in partner ng mommy ni Jean Tejada ang daddy ni Kaizer Julian Ezcalante nang ito ay atakihin sa puso. Hindi matanggap ni Kaizer ang biglaang pagkamatay na iyon ng ama lalo pa na ayon sa lumabas na autopsy, sinadya raw kitilin ang buhay ng daddy niya at hindi talagang inatake sa puso ang dahilan. Kaya naman gano'n na lang ang galit ni Kaizer Julian sa live-in partner ng daddy niya dahil wala namang ibang motibo para paslangin ang ama niya kun'di ang kayamanan ng daddy niya. Pinuntahan niya ang bahay ng live-in partner ng daddy niya. Ngunit ang napakaganda nitong anak na si Jean ang naabutan ni Kaizer. Lihim na napukaw ni Jean ang puso ni Kaizer ngunit sa kagaya ni Kaizer na galit at poot ang nasa puso para mabigyan ng hustisya ang pagkamatay ng ama, pilit niyang nilabanan ang atraksyon para kay Jean. Dahil tumakas ang mommy ni Jean na live-in partner ng daddy niya, sapilitang tinangay ni Kaizer si Jean. Ito ang naisip n'yang ipain upang mapalabas ang ina nitong nagtatago sa batas. Papahirapan niya ang dalaga. Kinulong niya ito sa bahay niya. Hangga’t hindi lumalabas ang ina nito ay hindi rin makakalabas ng bahay si Jean. Hindi lang iyon, kahit ang kalayaan nito ay kinuha rin niya. Pinilit niyang magpakasal si Jean sa kaniya kahit labag sa loob ng dalaga. Ayaw ni Jean dahil may iba itong nobyo at mahal din ng dalaga. Subalit ang pagtutol ni Jean ay walang saysay dahil maimpluwensya si Kaizer. Lahat ay kaya nitong gawan ng paraan para pumayag si Jean. Kaya abot langit ang galit ni Jean kay Kaizer. Sumumpa si Jean na hanggang papel lang sila magiging mag-asawa ni Kaizer at gagawa siya ng paraan upang makatakas kay Kaizer kahit sa ano mang paraan.

Joseph Larkin, my husband, who has been missing for seven years, suddenly comes back. Not only does he bring another woman back, but he is also asking me for a divorce. Joseph says, "Mabel risked her life to save me. That's why I have to marry her to repay her. If you know what's good for you, you'll tell everyone we're already divorced." Looking at his haughty expression, I calmly say, "But I've already married someone else." Joseph laughs disdainfully. "Who are you trying to fool? Everyone knows you only have eyes for me."

I no longer recognize myself. Not recognizing who I have turned to. Maybe it was meant to be this way. I don’t know how within the space of five years I and Noah turned into something that was never in my imagination. We turned to strangers. At this time four years ago, we were the newest couple, the Hollywood upcoming celebrities that everyone was rooting for, our relationship was the envy of the whole Hollywood… then everything changed. Then I threw it all away… even though I knew that he was ’it’ for me. I got greedy. I tried to match up his fame which was silly. You can’t compare a god and a prodigy. I was a prodigy but Noah…. He was a god.