After going through a traumatic experience in her life, Cherry suffered from multiple personality disorder where she shut off her thoughts, memories, and sense of identity as a means to cope with the pain. Cherry not only lost all memories of her torturous past inside the catacombs of her broken mind but also the sweet memories of Herring, the man she loved with all her heart. The day eventually came, when she rose like a phoenix from the ashes. Cherry transformed herself overnight into a confident and charming woman; far different from her weak and shy self from before. However, Cherry might have gained life anew, but could Herring ever let his candy girl disappear from his life forever?
The bedroom was as cold as an underground bunker.
With her arms wrapped around her knees, Cherry Li curled up on the ground. Her face was painted with fear and hopelessness.
Suddenly, something occurred to her.
Her bottom lip couldn't help but tremble as she felt someone approaching the room.
"No..." she whispered. Her voice was raspy from the lack of water. "Please don't punish me. I was wrong...I was wrong..." Her head pounded as she murmured those words. Cherry Li closed her eyes. All she wished was for the ground to swallow her up once and for all.
She continued to whisper those words until the door slammed open. The sound echoed throughout the room but she didn't raise her head. Instead, she acted as if she didn't hear a thing.
The man walked towards her.
Feeling that someone was approaching her, Cherry Li froze and raised her head.
As she saw the man's angular face, she froze. He was as tall as a king and his face was as regal as it could get. He squatted humbly, staring at her.
The man's cold eyes felt as if they were staring into the bottom of her soul.
A shiver sent to her spine as fear overwhelmed her.
Seeing her fearful state, Herring Han's eyes narrowed. Did he really frighten her that much?
Thinking back to the misunderstanding they had the other day, the man's gaze left Cherry Li's face as he turned to the things scattered across the floor.
There were black suit near the bed, a pair of bright leather shoes, and a black-and-white striped tie. However, he noticed that there were several tears across his high-end suit. He pursed his lips.
Not far away, he spotted a notebook with a lock.
Herring Han walked towards the fallen notebook and picked it up.
"Give that back to me,"
Cherry Li screamed once she saw him pick it up.
He couldn't see the notebook, or else he would only hate her more.
It wasn't her fault that she loved the man. It wasn't her fault that she had fallen for him...
Whatever... Herring Han still shouldn't see the contents of that notebook.
She stood up and tried to take it from him. However, Cherry Li's strength couldn't even match up to him. The man slowly picked up the notebook. Because of her trembling body, she lost her balance and fell onto the carpet with a bang.
The man gazed at her coldly.
"Who were these clothes brought for?"
Although his housekeeper Gregorio Lin told him that the clothes were his size, he still wanted to hear it from her lips.
Cherry Li couldn't answer him. Her eyes widened. "Give me the notebook back,"
she said urgently.
Seeing the urgency in her eyes, his eyes darkened.
Herring Han bent over and gripped her jaw. "Tell me, who were these clothes brought for?"
With tears on her eyes, Cherry Li gritted her teeth. Her mind was still filled with the thought of stopping him from reading her notebook. "It doesn't matter who I bought them for. They wouldn't be for you anyway," she snapped.
It was the first time she had dared snap at him like that.
Her words made the tension even thicker. Soon, it felt as if they were spending the night in the Swiss Alps and the wind was slapping their faces relentlessly.
She shivered.
"For whom?" he repeated. His eyes darkened and his voice was as cold as ice.
Cherry Li laughed at the look on his face.
There was something different about her. It seemed as if something finally broke into her mind.
Cherry Li got up from the ground as she glared at him. "They were for Noah," she spat out.
Her heart throbbed heavily.
She resisted him without missing a beat.
However, Herring Han wasn't one to be played with.
He was like the tiger in a cage. One shouldn't mess with him if they didn't want to be devoured alive.
Cherry Li avoided his sharp stare.
Although he was scary, she didn't want to admit defeat.
He had her locked up here already. It wasn't as if he was going to do anything worse.
Now, he was even grabbing her notebook. He was always possessive about her everything. He was heartless like that.
Herring Han trampled on her heart right before her eyes, and she couldn't find herself living this life anymore.
"Tomorrow is Noah's birthday. He's turning 22, and I bought them for him. Are you satisfied?"
she said clearly as if she was a teacher explaining it to a child.
Herring Han clenched his fists.
Anger gushed from his stare. He strode forward and wrapped his hands around her throat. Cherry Li sputtered out, glowing red under the dim light. The light in her eyes started to fade.
Her head pounded much harder as she struggled under his grip.
It was as if her very soul had been shoved into a blender. Soon enough, she would come out broken.
Cherry stared at the ceiling in horror. Would she die like this? Die this desperately?
She was always submissive to the man in front of her, but now she dared to defy him.
It seemed that she was about to pay the price. She remembered the time when she had visited the doctor.
"Miss Li, you're under increasing mental pressure lately. It would be disadvantageous to your health. If it's not alleviated, I'm afraid that you will suffer from Dissociative Disorder," the doctor once told her.
From then on, things had started to go downhill. "You feel extremely dissatisfied with your life and want to do everything to bury your past. The worst result would be memory loss."
Cherry had laughed then once she heard it.
She had no way to save herself.
With this devil by her side, her symptoms would never be relieved and her spirit would always be crushed continuously inside the household.
Dissociative Disorder... This is another name for Multiple Personality Disorder. She might be replaced by another personality and forget everything that came from this torturous past.
She was a world-renowned divine doctor, the CEO of a publicly traded company, the most formidable female mercenary, and a top-tier tech genius. Marissa, a titan with a plethora of secret identities, had hidden her true stature to marry a seemingly impoverished young man. However, on the eve of their wedding, her fiance, who was actually the lost heir to a wealthy dynasty, called off the engagement and subjected her to degradation and mockery. Upon the revelation of her concealed identities, her ex-fiance was left stunned and desperately pleaded for her forgiveness. Standing protectively before Marissa, an incredibly influential and fearsome magnate declared, "This is my wife. Who would dare try to claim her?"
Drugged and deceived, she bore a child amidst tragedy-her son, falsely declared dead at birth. Fueled by the agony, she disappeared, only to return years later with both her daughter and an adopted son, driven by an unyielding desire for revenge against those who had wronged her and her late mother. The plot takes an unexpected twist when the haunting truth surfaces: her son is alive, and his father is a powerful CEO.
Rosalynn's marriage to Brian wasn't what she envisioned it to be. Her husband, Brian, barely came home. He avoided her like a plague. Worse still, he was always in the news for dating numerous celebrities. Rosalynn persevered until she couldn't take it anymore. She upped and left after filing for a divorce. Everything changed days later. Brian took interest in a designer that worked for his company anonymously. From her profile, he could tell that she was brilliant and dazzling. He pulled the stops to find out her true identity. Little did he know that he was going to receive the greatest shocker of his life. Brian bit his finger with regret when he recalled his past actions and the woman he foolishly let go.
"I'm going to tell you what I have in mind," he murmured. "First you're going to strip down until you're completely naked," he whispered against her ear. "Then I'm going to tie you up so you're completely powerless and subject to my every whim." "Mmm, sounds good so far," she murmured. "Then I'm going to insert a plug to prepare you for me. After that I'm going to spank that sweet ass of yours until it's rosy with my marks." She shivered uncontrollably, her mind exploding with the images he evoked. She let out a small whimper as he sucked the lobe of her ear into his mouth. God, she could cum with just his words. She was already aching with need. Her nipples tingled and hardened to painful points. Her clit pulsed and twitched between her legs until she clamped her thighs together to alleviate the burn. "And then I'm going to f**k your mouth. But I won't cum. Not yet. When I'm close, I'll flog you again until your ass is burning and you're on fire with the need for relief. And then I'm going to f**k that ass. I'm going to take you hard and rough, to the very limits of what you can withstand. I won't be gentle. Not tonight. I'm going to take you as roughly as you can stand. And then I'm going to cum all over your ass. Are you ready to be completely and utterly dominated?"
COALESCENCE OF THE FIVE SERIES BOOK ONE: THE 5-TIME REJECTED GAMMA & THE LYCAN KING BOOK TWO: THE ROGUES WHO WENT ROGUE BOOK THREE: THE INDOMITABLE HUNTRESS & THE HARDENED DUKE *** BOOK ONE: After being rejected by 5 mates, Gamma Lucianne pleaded with the Moon Goddess to spare her from any further mate-bonds. To her dismay, she is being bonded for the sixth time. What’s worse is that her sixth-chance mate is the most powerful creature ruling over all werewolves and Lycans - the Lycan King himself. She is certain, dead certain, that a rejection would come sooner or later, though she hopes for it to be sooner. King Alexandar was ecstatic to meet his bonded mate, and couldn’t thank their Goddess enough for gifting him someone so perfect. However, he soon realizes that this gift is reluctant to accept him, and more than willing to sever their bond. He tries to connect with her but she seems so far away. He is desperate to get intimate with her but she seems reluctant to open up to him. He tries to tell her that he is willing to commit to her for the rest of his life but she doesn’t seem to believe him. He is pleading for a chance: a chance to get to know her; a chance to show her that he’s different; and a chance to love her. But when not-so-subtle crushes, jealous suitors, self-entitled Queen-wannabes, an old flame, a silent protector and a past wedding engagement threaten to jeopardize their relationship, will Lucianne and Xandar still choose to be together? Is their love strong enough to overcome everything and everyone? Or will Lucianne resort to enduring a sixth rejection from the one person she thought she could entrust her heart with?
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