White Lotus Meaning In

BLURB: When Catrina Lombardi is forcefully thrown into the world of the ruthless loan shark and sex club owner, Vincenzo Morano, she never thought she could capture his heart. But she longs for her world where her daughter is strapped to a machine, battling for life. And when Julian St Clair mistakes her for his missing fiance, Maria De la Fonte, he would do anything to unravel the truth and capture her heart.

Karina Moon tak pernah menyangka akan bertemu dengan idolanya, seorang aktor bernama Justin Kim di sebuah semak-semak dekat rumahnya. Karina yang mabuk, jatuh ke semak-semak tanpa sengaja. Karina jatuh tepat di pelukan Justin Kim yang sedang terluka dan bersembunyi di balik semak-semak itu. Sama-sama tidak sadarkan diri hingga pagi, Karina dan Justin ditemukan oleh warga setempat sedang saling berpelukan. Berita tentang Justin dan Karina tersebar ke seluruh negeri, sebab Justin adalah aktor terkenal. Untuk memulihkan nama baiknya, Justin menawarkan kontrak kerja sama dengan Karina yaitu untuk menjadi istrinya selama enam bulan. Karina yang mengidolakan Justin dan terlilit hutang, segera menerima tawaran itu. Karina sama sekali tidak menyadari kalau Justin tidak pernah berhubungan dengan wanita manapun karena sebuah alasan yang rahasia. Justin bukanlah manusia biasa! Justin adalah half-demon. Pertemuan pertamanya dengan Karina di semak-semak adalah sebuah kecelakaan, karena Justin dilukai oleh musuhnya. Lalu siapakah Justin sebenarnya? Bagaimana reaksi Karina ketika ia mengetahui yang sebenarnya soal Justin? Akankah Justin jatuh cinta pada Karina?

"Mom, help! Dad locked me in the car!" It was 2:00 pm in the blazing heat of a summer afternoon, and my heart stopped when I heard my daughter's panicked voice. I immediately began searching for my daughter, but my husband sounded impatient when he answered my call. "Holly's in a bad mood. I'm taking her to the amusement park. Why are you overreacting? She'll be fine." He sounded annoyed and hung up immediately after he was done speaking. The dial tone buzzed in my ear, but all I could think was that he'd better pray nothing happened to her.

When her identical twin sister and her mum pass away in a road accident, Araya and her dad move from London to Texas for a fresh start. In an effort to deal with the pain, Araya creates an online account in her late sister's name. In an unexpected twist of events, Pierce, the guy she has a crush on becomes friends with Sky, her online utraego. As senior here begins, the pressure on Araya mounts as she deals with high school, coaching a famous footballer, and running her own players' agency. As she falls more in love with Pierce and it looks like he might return her feelings, she has to decide whether to tell him her secret or not. Things become even more middled when Gunther, Sky's boyfriend whom she also likes gets back into the picture, and Pierce starts falling for both Sky and Araya, without knowing that they are one and the same. Will Araya finally choose herself? Or will she forever live in Sky's shadow?

The day I found out I was pregnant with my second child, the impossible happened: the baby in my womb spoke. "Stupid sister, are you even listening? Mom said that as soon as you graduate, she's selling you off. That money is for my future wedding!" My daughter went still. She didn't say a word, didn't confront me, didn't even cry. She just quietly applied to study abroad. And from that day on, I never heard from her again. My husband, seeing how devastated I was, moved to comfort me. But the baby's voice cut through the silence once more. "Comfort her? You're the biggest fool in this house! When I'm born, I'm not calling you 'Dad.' My real dad is that handsome guy from the bar!" The color drained from Sean's face. Before I could utter a word of explanation, he dragged me straight to the hospital for a paternity test. The results came back quickly—my best friend had pulled some strings to expedite them. And there it was, in cold, clinical print: NO PATERNITY BIOLOGICALLY ESTABLISHED. He didn't let me speak. He filed for divorce immediately. In a panic, the baby's voice cried out from inside me again, "Why is the idiot backing out now? Did he finally figure out Mom tricked him? The one who saved his life all those years ago wasn't her—it was her best friend!" That one sentence shattered my entire world. My husband turned his back on me and married my best friend. As for me… the shock and grief hit me like a physical blow. I felt a hot, sudden gush of blood. Before the doctors could save me, I died on that cold hospital bed, my hands clutching my swollen belly, my mind still reeling, unable to comprehend how my life had unraveled so completely. It wasn't until I was reborn, and once again heard the treacherous little voice inside me, that I finally began to understand the truth.

Nang dahil sa malaking halagang kinakailangan ni Cielo para sa pagpapa-opera ng kaniyang ina upang agapan ang pagkabulag nito ay pumayag si Cielo sa isang kasunduan.  Iyon ay pakasalan ang kasintahan ni Solenn na si Warren Sandoval ngunit bawal siyang umibig sa lalaki. Taksil man kung tawagin, ngunit hindi mapigilan  ni Cielo and damdaming sumisibol para kay Warren. Nalaman din ni Cielo na may pagtingin din si Warren sa kan'ya ngunit nagtatalo ang puso’t isip niya sa kung anong susundin. Lalabag ba siya upang sundin ang puso? O susundin ang dinidikta ng isip na tumupad sa kasunduan upang tumanaw ng utang na loob? 

Valerie Farrell is a businesswoman in her twenties who was born into a wealthy family but has worked hard since she decided to be independent to be able to live in her own harsh reality. She has a bizarre dream about a foreign world and people a week before her birthday, and what's strange is that she remembers every aspect of it. She is involved in an accident at a specific event for their family reunion, and she wakes up in a strange room with a new name, Zhilux Vociferous, which the people there have given her. A world that is significantly different from the one she is familiar with. “My empress, please stay with me,” said a familiar voice from her strange dream.

After the heated kiss, Sebastian's expression softened, his eyes still burning with desire. "I wasn't avoiding you," he whispered, his voice laced with sincerity. "I just want you to focus on your studies, not me all the time. You're a topper, baby," he said, a hint of pride in his tone. "And if you don't score well, I'll think it's because of me." His gaze locked onto hers, intense and serious. "In college, we should remain like professors and students—professional and detached. But outside..." His voice dropped to a husky whisper. "You can consider me your boyfriend, husband, friend... Daddy." **** "Adeline!" he exclaimed, his voice filled with emotion. But as he wrapped his arms around her, she distanced herself, her body language screaming rejection. "Sebastian, don't," Adeline warned. "Why didn't you answer my calls? I've been worried sick, imagining the worst, and feeling helpless. It's been three agonizing days since I last saw you, and I've been unable to focus on anything." Adeline remained silent, "What's wrong, Adeline? You're scaring me," he pleaded. "I'm pregnant," she stated. Sebastian's face lit up with joy, his eyes shining with excitement. "Oh, Adeline! We're going to be parents!" he exclaimed. But his happiness was short-lived, as Adeline's next words shattered his dreams. "I'm going to abort this child," Adeline declared. Sebastian's world crumbled around him, his heart shattering into a million pieces. "But before I do, I wanted to tell you," Adeline continued. "That's why I'm here—to end this chapter of our lives and move on." Adeline's voice dripped with finality. "Everything between us ends with this child," she declared.

Krystal Wallace never thought her life would have any dent on it, until she caught her long-term boyfriend cheating on her with another lady, during their trip to Vegas. Heartbroken, Krystal opted to vent her anger on alcohol at a local pub nearby. A decision that got her drunk and landed her on the bed of a stranger, after a one night stand. Having no recollection of what'd happened, Krystal returned home with a mantra, "What happened has happened and it account to nothing." However, what happened in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas, because, it didn't take long for Krystal to realize that the stranger she'd had a one night stand with, was Lucas Vanowen, CEO of the multimillionaire Vanowen Groups and he'd left his seed growing inside her.

Autumn Banks was an average college student finishing up her last year before she would graduate with her masters in psychology. She was smart. Her education was everything to her. Until one crisp cool evening changed the course of her life entirely.