하룻밤 No! 한평생 Yes

과거, 금영은 영안후부(永安侯府：가문 또는 귀족의 칭호로, 주로 황실과 연결된 권력 있는 가문)의 적녀였다. 흠천감(钦天监: 봉명과 길흉을 점치는 관청)의 예언에 따르면, 그녀는 태자비의 운명을 타고난 여아라 칭송받았었다. 그래서 모두가 훗날 그녀가 태자비가 되고, 마침내 황후의 자리까지 오를 것이라 믿어 의심치 않았다. 원래 그녀에게는 끝없는 영화가 펼쳐진 인생이 주어졌어야 했다. 그런데, 혼인을 앞두고 있던 어느 날, 영안후부의 진짜 적녀가 돌아온 것이었다. 그날 이후로 부모는 그녀를 외면했고, 오라비는 그녀를 증오했으며 태자는 그녀의 출신을 부끄러워했다. 그들은 진짜 적녀를 떠받들며 금영의 길을 하나하나 끊어냈고, 마침내 죽음으로 순결을 증명하라며 몰아세우기까지 했다. 그러나 지금, 그녀는 다시 한번 삶을 얻게 되었다. 하지만 이미 미약이 탄 술을 마신 상황, 또다시 위기가 찾아왔으나 그녀는 과거를 떠올렸다. 순결을 지키기 위해 목숨을 끊었던 그 삶을 다시 반복할 수는 없었다. 그리하여 이번에는 순결 대신 살아남는 쪽을 택했다. 결국 도망치던 그녀는 누군가의 품에 뛰어들었고, 본능적으로 상대의 목을 끌어안으며 몸을 밀착했다. 그러자 낮고도 냉정한 목소리가 그녀에게 물었다. “내가 누군지 알고 이러는 것이냐.” 흐릿한 시야 속에서 마주한 깊고도 차가운 눈동자. 금영은 떨리는 목소리로 중얼거렸다. “폐하….” "그렇다면, 썩 물러가거라!" “부탁드립니다… 폐하, 저를… 안아주십시오.” “....” 그렇게 하룻밤으로 끝날 인연이라 여겼지만, 황제는 이미 책봉 준비를 하고 있었다. 하지만 정작 금영은 아무 일도 없었다는 듯 떠났다. 그렇게 몇달 뒤, 그녀는 자신의 몸에 새로운 생명이 깃들었다는 것을 알게 되었다.

지난 생에 남편이 갑작스러운 뇌출혈로 세상을 떠나고 막대한 빚만 남겼다. 고등학교에 다니는 아들을 위해 부모님이 남겨주신 집을 팔고, 이를 악물고 알바 3개를 하며 빚을 갚았다. 과로로 쓰러져 병원에 누워 있을 때 명문대에 합격한 아들은 웃으며 전화를 하고 있었다. “여보세요? 아빠, 저예요. 이 여자가 곧 죽을 것 같아요. 제가 보험을 들어놔서 최소 10억은 받을 수 있을 거예요. 아주머니랑 빨리 귀국하세요.” 그가 말한 '아주머니'는 남편과 오랜 이웃이었던 윤아였다. 알고 보니 그 모든 빚은 남편과 윤아가 돈세탁을 위해 조작한 가짜 채무였고, 남편은 위장 죽음으로 법망을 피하려 했다. 그리고 아들은 부잣집 도련님이 되겠다는 욕심에 내가 죽어가는 것을 차갑게 지켜봤다. 다시 눈을 떴을 때 나는 남편이 뇌출혈로 위장해 사망한 그날로 돌아와 있었다.

여자친구와 헤어진 뒤, 남지훈은 수술 비용 1800만 원 때문에 여대표와 결혼한다.

결혼 3개월 전, 남친이 SNS에 내 동생과의 혼인신고서와 배 불룩한 채 찍은 화보 사진을 올렸다. [합법적으로 맺은 결실. 우리에게 작은 생명이 찾아왔습니다.] 내 동생은 그 게시물 아래 부끄러워하는 이모티콘을 달았고, 내 엄마는 그 게시물에 하트까지 누르셨다. [아이 낳으면 내가 대신 키워주마. 너희는 둘만의 세상을 즐겨.] 나는 참지 못하고 댓글에 물음표 하나를 달았다. 그러자 다음 순간, 남친이 나를 향해 버럭 소리치며 달려들었다. “그냥 1년 동안만 결혼하는 거야. 아이만 낳으면 다시 나를 놔준다고 했어.”

Can Love Happen Twice? Yes! Love is a beautiful feeling that can bring us joy and happiness. It is a magical experience that can make us feel alive and complete. However, when love fails, it can also bring us pain, disappointment, and even despair. It is normal to feel that love can only happen once, especially after a heart-wrenching breakup. Sometimes we fall in love with a person so deeply that after a breakup we are totally shattered. The same thing happened with Sebastian Russo when his first mate betrayed him with his best friend. His heart has been frozen since then. He could not feel for a woman. He had been drowning in the pit of darkness until one day, Alessandra King showed up in his life like a ray of first light brightening his dark life. She succeeded in awakening his emotions which have been locked for a long time. They both find their true love in their second chance.  Alessandra's past was not an ideal one. She loved her mate and died at the hands of her own sister who loves her mate. Destiny gave her another chance to find herself four years back. She wanted to take revenge on her mate who betrayed her and decided to change her fate. But her life took a ninety-degree turn when Sebastian's ex-mate came back with his heir. Will Alessandra be able to get love in this life?

허유나: 임유환, 우리 이혼해, 당신 나에게 어울리지 않아. 임유환: 내가 당신에게 어울리지 않는 것이 확실해?

If I know one thing, it is that I know nothing for sure. I know nothing about my existence, who I am and the one I love. My name is Baela Rossi and although I am a really smart girl, I make really poor choices. I agreed to be mated to this worldly guy I barely knew, who was a wanderer without a pack. My reason? - He intrigued me...he was rebellious, arrogant, wickedly handsome and he saved my life!  I fell hard for him but I felt something was wrong because he acted cold towards me. I was too innocent and naive to believe someone as cold would be my mate after he had the world at his feet. It took him becoming the alpha of my pack and I losing my place for me to realise the bitter truth of my existence - it was all built on deceptive honesty and now my life was worthless! In my deepest grieve, I turned to him as my Alpha and my future mate but instantly nothing was the same. He changed towards me to my surprise...the one who had my heart and he rejected me! I could see the hell in his eyes...the hell he wanted to put me through. He wanted to erase his very memory from my mind...but our fate was already sealed, a fate I could never have imagined...

***Warning: Mature Audience Only*** No Safe Word is a sinful collection of short stories where control is the ultimate game, and surrender is inevitable. From ruthless CEOs to dangerous strangers and forbidden rivals, every short stories teases the edge of pleasure. Each story pulses with obsession, domination and a passion that burns through every rule… just when you think you’ve had enough, it pulls you deeper into a world where there is no safe word. Dare to play? There’s no turning back once you say yes.

After Ryan Spencer cheated on me again with his secretary, I completely lost it. When my mind started to spiral, I grabbed the fruit knife off the table. I just wanted it to end. “Why are you hurting yourself again? He doesn’t love you anymore?” I looked up. The sixteen-year-old Ryan was walking toward me, heartbreak written all over his face. His voice was gentle. “Tell me who he is. I’ll make him pay.” I stared into the bright, earnest eyes of the boy standing in front of me. I didn’t say a word. I simply lifted my hand and pointed at his face. Later, Ryan was the one who had me admitted to a psychiatric hospital. When the sedative began to wear off, the teenage boy appeared again, sitting by my bed. He stared at the man outside who looked just like him. The light in his eyes faded little by little. Then he spoke, his voice strained. “I don’t care who he is. I’ll kill him.” The sixteen-year-old Ryan never lied to me. When he said something, he meant it.

Grace White, a weak werewolf with cowardly alpha blood that runs through her veins, is an obedient daughter that strives to stay out of her father’s way and pay her stepmom's hospital fees. Though living with an abusive father, Gracey always finds the time to stop and appreciate life and the joy of being alive. However, when her stepmom’s hospital fees begin to triple, her stresses begin to consume every ounce of joy she has left. Being a girl who lives a life grounded on morals, the thought of selling herself as a house maiden/servant, as her father suggested, to earn enough money, sounds absurd at first. Yet when there seems to be no other option, and her mom’s life hangs in the balance, she decides to sell herself in the largest and most esteemed auction that El Salvador hoists every year. Her mixed feelings towards the auction become subdued, as the moon Goddess gifts her the person she has always dreamt of having. But will he accept her, or hurt her much more than life itself? …but whatever he chooses to do, he needs to remember that: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.