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When I joined my pregnant wife at her class reunion, I heard the thoughts of her male bestie. 'Once she kicks her bum husband to the curb, the money's all mine!' He was snuggling up to my wife, raising his glass in salutations with a perfect smile, but I still caught the flicker of disgust in his eyes. 'Stupid sow thinks I'm in love with her? Who would care about her if it weren't for her money?' He had no idea that Mary's family had gone bankrupt long ago, and her life of luxury now was all thanks to me!

When I died with a smile on my face, right before my brother's eyes, he looked as if the anguish might tear him apart. Yet, for twenty-one years, he hadn't stopped wishing I would meet this exact end. It all traced back to my fifth birthday—the day I had innocently hoped our parents would come home from their business trip to celebrate with me. They rushed back that night but never made it. A car accident took both their lives. From that moment on, my brother resented me, despised me. He didn't just stand idly by as our cousin snatched up my work as her own; he encouraged it. And when my landlord threw me out, it wasn't a random cruelty—it was my brother pulling the strings. All he had ever wanted, from the very beginning, was to see me die a miserable death. But when he finally got his wish… why did he cry, pleading for me to come back, begging me to call him 'brother' one last time?

Melati adalah seorang gadis desa yang sangat cantik dan baik hati tetapi ia mempunyai trauma dengan laki-laki karena di acara pesta pernikahannya sang calon suami tidak hadir dan menghilang begitu saja. Hingga suatu ketika ia bertemu dengan Prayoga, yang mampu mengubah pendirian dan meluluhkan hatinya. Prayoga Dinata, seorang pewaris tunggal dari keluarga besar Mardi Dinata. Ia menolak dijodohkan dengan Laras, karena jatuh hati kepada Melati yang tak lain adalah putri seorang petani biasa, segala cara ditempuh oleh Prayoga agar dapat mendapatkan perhatian dan menikah dengan Melati termasuk meninggalkan rumah. Setelah perjuangan yang dilakukan Prayoga termasuk menentang Perjodohan dengan Laras dan perjuangan untuk mendapatkan cinta Melati akhirnya menemukan hasil, keluarga Prayoga akhirnya menyetujui hubungan mereka. Tetapi Melati hanya berpura-pura mencintai Prayoga untuk membalaskan dendamnya kepada keluarga Bagas, Dengan cara merebut Prayoga calon tunangan Laras, adik dari Bagas. Dengan kesungguhan dan ketulusan Prayoga akhirnya mampu meluluhkan hati Melati dan membuatnya mulai mencintai Prayoga. Namun ketika seminggu setelah pernikahan mereka, Melati bertemu kembali dengan Bagas dalam keadaan cacat. Akibat kecelakaan yang dialaminya pada hari pernikahannya dengan melati. Melati yang mengetahui peristiwa tersebut menjadi iba, tetapi ia tidak bisa melakukan apa-apa karena telah menjadi istri Prayoga. Bagas yang berusaha merebut kembali hati Melati akhirnya mempengaruhi Prayoga agar meragukan kesetiaan istrinya. Ia menganggap bahwa Bagas dan Melati ingin hidup bersama. Melati yang kecewa dengan pernyataan suaminya akhirnya kembali ke rumah keluarganya dalam keadaan hamil. Apakah Bagas akan mendapatkan hati Melati ? Dan akankah Prayoga akan menyadari kesalahannya ? Ikuti cerita selengkapnya.

While my husband, Gerald Brown, was abroad negotiating a business deal, he was drugged and spent the night with a female secretary from a rival company. The drug’s side effects scrambled his memory so badly that he forgot who I was. He kicked me out of the master bedroom and let the secretary smash my grandmother’s heirloom. I told myself he was sick and stayed silently by his side. But when I suggested taking him for a medical checkup, he hit me for the first time. “Who do you think you are? Only Ailey is allowed to touch me. If she gets jealous, you’ll regret it.” When the secretary framed me, he pushed me down the stairs, and I suffered a miscarriage. Late one night, when my heart condition flared up, I went to his study for medicine but overheard him talking to his friend outside the door. “Faking amnesia to bring Ailey home is one thing, but why replace your wife’s heart medication? Now, she’ll never return to the hospital for surgery.” Gerald just chuckled. “If I don’t keep her weak, she’ll go to the hospital and check the hospital records and find out I was never drugged. Ailey’s been timid since childhood and even went undercover for me in a rival company. I can’t betray her.”

As Jason and I try to stay one step ahead of the Marching Tides and their nefarious associates, we draw ever closer to the shocking truth of who the mastermind behind the Marching Tides really is. Something tells me I’ll regret learning the answers at the end of my journey.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Dunia bagi seorang wanita memiliki pekerjaan bagus, rumah, mobil dan pekerjaan yang tetap. bagaikan dunia sempurna bagi seorang wanita bernama Evenly Morgan. Tapi semua itu pupus sudah, saat keluarga menyuruh melamar pekerjaan di rekan bisnisnya itu. ternyata tak semudah apa yang di kiranya, Bosnya yang tak lain pemilik tunggal perusahaan keluarga rockefeller, Faller Company, James Rockefaller. Sangat begitu arogan dan menyebalkan hingga membuat Evelyn emosi tiap hati tapi hanya bisa mengumpat dalam hati. hingga kebenaran kemudian perlahan muncul dan membuat seorang Evelyn begitu marah pada keluarga hingga membuat keputusan di luar prediksi BMKG.

Saka selalu percaya bahwa cinta pertamanya, Saskia, adalah kisah yang sudah selesai. Namun, saat Saskia muncul kembali di hidupnya dengan luka-luka yang tak pernah sembuh, Saka terjebak dalam janji lama yang mengikat dan tak mudah dilepaskan. Meski hatinya mulai berlabuh pada Agnia, gadis sederhana yang membuatnya merasa utuh, bayang-bayang Saskia terus mengusik, menuntut sesuatu yang pernah ia janjikan. Di antara dua wanita yang mewakili masa lalu dan masa depan, Saka berjuang menemukan pilihannya. Tapi, seberapa besar harga yang harus ia bayar untuk akhirnya mampu menjalani pilihan tersebut? Kadang, pilihan terdalam kita bukanlah antara benar dan salah... tapi antara hati dan janji.

He ruined her past. Fate made him her future. Ayla Rowan ran from the Bloodhowl Pack—and from Cade Thorne, the cruel Alpha-in-training who made her feel like nothing. Years later, she’s built a new life, far from the pack, far from pain… and secretly engaged to a human man who knows nothing of her werewolf blood. But fate doesn’t care about plans. When Ayla is forced to return home, the mate bond snaps into place. Cade—the boy who once shattered her—is now her fated mate. And he wants everything he once rejected. Her forgiveness. Her trust. Her heart. But Ayla already promised herself to someone else. Now, the Alpha who hated her is back—with power, passion, and a vengeance. And he’s ready to fight fate, the pack, and her entire world to make her his. Love was never part of the plan. But neither was destiny.

At nine months pregnant, I was in the final stretch of my term, and my body heavy with a baby due any day. But my husband, Vito Falcone, underboss of the family, had locked me away. He held me in a sterile underground medical room and injected me with a labor suppressant. As I screamed in agony, he coldly told me to endure it. Because his brother's widow, Scarlett, was expected to go into labor at the exact same time. A blood oath he'd made with his late brother declared that the firstborn son would inherit the family's lucrative West Coast territory. "That inheritance belongs to Scarlett's child," he said. "With Daemon gone, she is utterly alone and destitute. You have my love, Alessia. All of it. I just need her to deliver safely. Then it's your turn." The drug was a constant, agonizing torment. I begged him to take me to a hospital. He grabbed me by the throat, forcing me to meet his icy gaze. "Stop the act! I know you're fine. You’re just trying to steal the inheritance." "To get ahead of Scarlett, you'll stop at nothing." My face was ashen. My body convulsed as I managed a desperate whisper. "The baby's coming. I don't care about the inheritance. I just love you, and I want our child to be born safely!" He sneered. "If you were really that innocent, if you had an ounce of love for me, you wouldn't have forced Scarlett to sign that prenup, waiving her child's inheritance rights." "Don't worry, I'll be back for you after she's given birth. you're carrying my own flesh and blood, after all." He kept a vigil outside Scarlett's delivery room all night. It was only after seeing the newborn in her arms that he remembered me. He finally sent his second in command, Marco, to release me. But when Marco finally called, his voice was shaking. "Boss... the missus and the baby... they're gone." In that moment, Vito Falcone shattered.

2nd book in 'The Alpha's Hated Mate series' Anastasia Miracle is a new student at Rogue Community College. She has simple rules: study hard and stay away from trouble. But her plan crumbles when she locks eyes with Zeus Matthieu Valerious. One heated glance from the cold, enigmatic professor stirs something deep within her. However, the moment he opens his mouth, Anastasia realizes he is someone she should never cross paths with. As enemies turn up, and deadly secrets unveil, Anastasia is pulled into a world she only knew existed in fiction. Now Zeus has to decide whether to keep hating his little mate or let her into his realm of darkness. But, one thing is clear. There's no escaping fate.