Where Everything Was Just Fine

In the heart of New York City, where power is traded like gold and ambition can break you, Lily James is caught between two worlds. By day, she’s the epitome of grace, a picture-perfect heiress to the sprawling James family airline empire, bound by a legacy that stifles her every move. By night, under the cover of darkness, she sheds her delicate persona, becoming a fierce and untamed spirit—a woman who longs to break free from the chains of her family’s expectations. Her carefully curated life shatters when she is thrust into an arranged marriage with Vandaulf Claude Carlston, the cold, calculating CEO of Carlston Architectural Firm and ruthless heir to the rival Carlston real estate dynasty. To him, their union is nothing more than a business transaction, a means to strengthen their family empires. He dismisses Lily as fragile and unworthy of respect. But Lily isn't the meek woman he believes her to be—beneath her exterior burns an undeniable fire. At a Halloween party, fate intervenes. Lily, shedding her refined persona for the night, crosses paths with Vandaulf in the form of a bold, liberated woman he cannot resist. Neither knows the true identity of the other, and a night of passionate recklessness ensues. The consequences are shattering—Lily is pregnant. When she reveals the truth, Vandaulf’s response is cruel and devastating. He denies any involvement, accusing her of manipulation and deceit. His cold rejection cuts deeper than she could have imagined, leaving her shattered but resolute. In this world of power, deceit, and dangerous alliances, Lily and Vandaulf must decide: will they allow their differences to tear them apart, or risk everything to uncover the truth? The ultimate question remains: will Vandaulf ever acknowledge Lily's pregnancy as his own, or will their fragile truce crumble forever?

Taphney Louins Vergara, a 23 years old fine lady is already contented in her life. She could do anything she want and she could go anywhere she want especially that she is the only daughter of Danilo Vergara, the owner of Vergara Airlines. Ngunit halos gumuho ang mundo niya nang malaman na baon na pala sa utang ang kanyang ama dahil nalulong ito sa pagsusugal. Mapapalagpas niya ang pagiging sugarol at mala-daga nilang buhay buhat nang mangyari iyon ngunit ang hindi niya maintindihan ay bakit kailangan siyang ipambayad utang ng kanyang ama kay Ashton Mikael Santocildez, ang binatang nagmamay-ari ng casino kung saan minalas ang kanyang ama. Taphney will try to run! To hide! Ngunit sa bawat galaw niya ay agad siyang nahuhuli ng binata. Ashton just want her to oblige the contract. Be his wife only for a show and for three months. Ngunit hindi pa man natatapos ang kontrata ay may iba na siyang nararamdaman. She's starting to catch a feeling to the young and hot owner of the casino! Will they end up together? Or stick to each other's arms for three months because it's Just A Contract?

Prologue. “You are not her,” his deep, dangerously dark voice whispered softly in her ear. “W…what do you mean? I am not who?” holding her breath unconsciously, she stuttered. “My bride. You are not the woman I was supposed to marry. Where is she?” His hoarse voice pierced through her chest like a knife and she felt her knees go weak, and then staggered backward, shivering. “Where is my bride?” === Sapphire Rodriguez's life got turned upside down when she suddenly had to take her twin sister’s spot on her wedding day. When she thought nothing could be worse than the maltreatment she was getting from her family, her twin sister got involved in an accident a day before her wedding which caused her to go into a state of comatose and she had to be the substitute bride until the real bride wakes up to take back her place. When the billionaire who married her was smarter than she had expected, Sapphire knew that her life was never going to be easy because this husband of hers will not believe that she didn't cause her sister’s accident in order to take her place at her wedding.

ความสัมพันธ์ของเราลึกซึ้งเกินกว่าจะเรียกว่า Best friends แต่มันคือ Sex friends ทว่ามันคงไม่มีทางเป็นได้มากกว่านี้ สำหรับเขา 'แค่เพื่อน' ก็เพียงพอแล้ว

เควิลนั่งเอนกายพิงพนักพิงเก้าอี้ตัวใหญ่ ในมือแกว่งไกว่แก้วไวน์ไปมา แล้วกระดกมันลงคอรวดเดียว เขามองหญิงสาวยืนก้มหน้า เธอมองมือตัวเองที่จิกกันไปมา เขาขมวดคิ้วเล็กน้อย ไม่เข้าใจในสิ่งที่หญิงสาวตรงหน้าเอ่ยเมื่อครู่ "เธอว่ายังไงนะ?" ชายหนุ่มเอ่ยถามคนตัวเล็กที่ยืนนิ่ง เธอยังคงก้มหน้ามองพื้น เขามองเธออย่างไม่เข้าใจ "ถ้าพี่ยินดีช่วย ปราณยินดีขายความบริสุทธิ์ให้พี่" ปรรณพัชร์เอ่ยเสียงสั่น พยายามรวบรวมความกล้าของตัวเอง เธอมีเหตุผลที่ต้องทำแบบนี้ ทุกอย่างเกิดขึ้นเพราะความจำเป็น ไม่มีใครอยากขายความบริสุทธิ์แลกกับเงิน ไม่มีใครอยากทำในสิ่งที่น่าอับอาย แต่ที่เธอทำก็เพราะไม่มีทางเลือก "...." ชายตรงหน้าไม่พูดอะไร ปรรณพัชร์จึงเงยหน้าขึ้นมองเขา คนตัวโตที่นั่งอยู่ เขาดูเหมือนจะไม่พอใจที่เธอพูดแบบนี้ "ถะ...ถ้าพี่เควิลไม่ช่วย ปราณ..." "ถอดเสื้อผ้าแล้วมาหาพี่!"

Happiness is a luxury, why didn't God let me receive it, or because my fate was so unlucky that I didn't receive love and protection in the first place? So maybe I have never found my happiness and home so that I can understand how sacred that feeling is, so I appreciate it so much. "Hurry up and go, live like a normal person, have a normal life. Be like everyone else, laugh when you're happy, cry when you're sad. Feel those emotions." ............. "Chen, hold my hand, are we a family now?" "It's okay, Clause Chen, I promise to never deceive or harm you. Come back here, from now on this will be my home, your family." The child still stood there silently looking at the outstretched arms in front of him, neither saying anything nor taking it. What are emotions? What is love? Rain has fallen! Perhaps God is crying for that child or is he crying for the child's journey ahead with no hope left?

A town with a strange past. A group of teenagers with secrets to hide. A world inside a box and a man who should no longer exist. Will they ever find out where they truly belong?

After my world came crashing down - read between the lines, lost my job, my land lord threw me out, my purse was stolen...- I accepted my best friends idea.To move in with her brother.Cliche right?Let me tell you.It gets worse.We hated each other since like...Forever?But suddenly there is this other side of me that finds his good qualities he always managed to hide.Days pass but attraction grows stronger.now should I fight the chemistry or surrender myself to playboy enemy? ********I don't want her in my home.She hates me since the day we met.But what other choice do I have since my sister allowed her to use her bedroom while she gets back on her feet.But as much as I try to keep my distance from her, I can't.There is something about this girl that pulls me closer.The more she fights our chemistry, the more I want to show her how good we can be.Will she be able to change a well known playboy, or will our chemistry burn to dust?

My roommate branded herself as an influencer against beauty standards, vowing to free girls from appearance anxiety. Strangely, whenever she stayed up late partying and broke out in pimples, they would appear on my face instead. When she fooled around and caught an infection, the rashes spread across my body. The more radiant she became, the more monstrous I looked. People recoiled from me. Friends cut me off. My own boyfriend, before a crowd, told me I should just die. Then my roommate got pregnant, yet it was my stomach that swelled like I was eight months along, scarred with terrifying stretch marks. She, meanwhile, looked more flawless than ever, appearing barefaced on camera to encourage girls not to fear their looks. I knew something was not right. When I tried to dig for answers, my roommate and boyfriend trapped me in a basement. They tortured me until I died. Only then did I learn the truth. He owned a cursed amulet that shifted all her pain onto me. The moment I opened my eyes, I was back on our first day of college together. This time, the game is mine. I'll make sure they pay.

One heart is broken and one heart is just finding for lust and heat, the two of them met in an unexpected place—wherein the undeniably insane connection and lust between them started. *** Eura Vegaz was a widow for two years. After her husband’s unexpected death she found it hard to fix her broken self. She decided to have a trip to gather herself again. Then, she found herself in El Paraiso, a small town with breathtaking beauty. El Paraiso was ruled by the Saldieguez, from politics to business. Her path crossed to the CEO of Nirvana Hotel and the youngest of Saldieguez named Luther. In Paradise Club, where all fantasies happened, the two of them had an agreement—to be “Strangers with Benefits”. With Eura being a brokenhearted widow and Luther as a troublesome playboy CEO, will things work between the both of them? Will the “Strangers with Benefits” contract between them work? Because the both of them know, at the end of the day . . . they’re just strangers to each other.