When Dad Realized I Was Gone

Moana Evangelista thought marrying Luke Verde would finally give her the happiness she had dreamed of. But six months into their marriage, all she finds is cold distance, no affection, no warmth, not even a touch at night. And then Luke’s father comes home. Zacharias Verde is everything her husband is not. He is attentive, intense, and dangerously tempting. One forbidden night ignites a desire neither of them can control. Was it a single mistake, or the beginning of something they can never walk away from?

Lucas Fenrir was the son of the Alpha of the Silvertail Pack, born as the pack's greatest pride. When his Luna and first love, Nara Boris, chose to leave, he married me in a fit of rage—the most unremarkable Omega in the pack. Everyone said I was just a substitute for Nara. They were waiting to see me abandoned, to see me cry, and to see me beg on my knees. Nonetheless, I always smiled and calmly fulfilled Lucas' every demand. I helped him stabilize the pack's morale, stood up for him in public, and even defended him against the rumors that he had rekindled his past romance with Nara. Until one day, I saw him on the streets during the Moon Goddess Festival. He was holding Nara, kissing her deeply. Meanwhile, I simply turned my head away in silence from behind the crowd and pretended I saw nothing. A few months later, I was diagnosed with wolfsbane poisoning that had spread to my nervous system. My condition was beyond saving. I was admitted to the ICU of the pack's hospital, with only a few days left to live. Lucas came when he heard the news. His eyes were bloodshot as he roared and grabbed my dying body. "Why didn't you tell me? Why are you trying to die alone in secret?" I looked at his unhinged expression, my gaze as gentle as it had always been. There was even a faint mocking smile curling at my lips. "Lucas, I've never loved you. "The one I loved… was actually your twin brother—Derrick."

My mom often makes an example out of someone when it comes to parenting. Unfortunately, I'm that someone, while my little brother, Raymond Nelson, benefits from it. Ever since I was four years old, my mom had been using this method. If Raymond breaks a bowl, I'm the one kneeling on the floor to pick up the pieces. If Raymond destroys something belonging to someone else, I'm the one writing the reflection report on his behalf. Mom tells me, "You're the older sister here. Since you can't keep your brother in line, you're the one at fault." But Raymond can never get rid of his bad habit of stealing and lying. When Franklin Harris, the owner of a grocery store, comes knocking on our door, Raymond points at me once again. "She was the one who stole your money!" In order to help Raymond get rid of this problematic habit of his, Mom decides to hand me over to the owner. "Sorry, Franklin. It's my fault for not raising my child well. I'll give my daughter to you. You can do whatever you want to her, be it scolding her or beating her up." Little does she know that I will never go home after Mr. Harris takes me away.

I lost everything in a single night—my pack, my home, my whole clan. Found by Hades, the owner of an assassin group called the Nameless, he trains me into a merciless killer called Viper. But all I can think about is avenging my parents. I can’t stop thinking about the fire, the screams, the look of terror in my mother’s eyes as she hid me in our closet. And to my greatest surprise, Hades offers me a deal: kill Alpha Tyler, one of the strongest Alphas in the werewolf territory, in exchange for my parents’ killers. Everything crumbles when I realize Alpha Tyler is my fated mate, but that isn’t what freaks me out—it’s the fact that I’ll have to live with him and spy for Hades. What if I get caught? What if Alpha Tyler discovers that the woman living under his roof is an assassin sent by the Nameless? What if getting close to him, feeling things I shouldn’t, ruins everything and makes me fall for the one I’m supposed to kill?

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."

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.

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?

I woke up naked beside a man I hadn’t seen in eight years. Before noon, the scandal was everywhere. By noon, I’d lost my position as CEO, my name, and my marriage. But the worst betrayal wasn’t the headlines. It wasn’t walking in on my husband and my best friend planning my downfall and mocking me. It was finding out the man I loved, my sweetheart of five years, made me a surrogate without my knowledge. The twins I'd been carrying for seven months weren't mine. But it failed to break me. It only made me stronger. After all, I wasn't just a mother—I was a CEO.

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.

95% of the book has explicit contents, discretion advised. I loved Liam Stonovich for three years. He was my first, my last, my everything. When I heard he was going to propose, my heart soared. I went to his place, brimming with hope—only to have it all ripped apart. Liam was in the shower. With his ex. And the ring I thought was meant for me? It was on her finger. I wasn’t his forever. I was his rebound. Shattered, I headed to the most elite sex club in L.A., just to have fun and forget about my heartbreak. That’s where I met him—Shark, a.k.a. Michael Stone. A man whose presence alone screamed danger and sèx on legs. I gave him a lap dance, thinking it would be nothing more than a one-night fling. But I became his obsession, and he, my wet dreams. Then I learned the truth. Shark is Liam’s father. I thought it was all going to end there, but the enemies attacked, and secrets unfurled, revealing who I truly am. Now caught in the web of the most dangerous men in the underworld, who’s going to save me?