" Please." she croaked out, the pain slowly paralyzing her body. " No! I can't marry you anymore, Sage. You're broken, used, and tainted. How am I supposed to marry you now knowing so many men used you like a fucking public property?" Enrique snapped, glaring at his fiance who was on the hospital bed. " She was raped, Enrique. How can you say this?" Sabrina growled, not believing what he just said. " Not my fault but I can't marry her now. I can't even look at her after knowing how dirty she is. I'm sorry Sage but our story has to come to an end here." Enrique looked at his childhood love, on the bed helplessly drowning in her own tears as he walked out of the room. --- Love wars all fights but unfortunately, Enrique's love couldn't. He walked out on the very first step leaving Sage to deal with herself. Two years later, he is back in the same town only to marry Sage's sister. Will he regret his decision or will it be too late? Read to find it all out.
-SAGE-
My heart was crashing against my ribcage, fear was clawing my throat as I slid down from my seat. It wasn't even a minute after Amicus Walker, my lawyer frowned down at me.
"Ms. Martinez, what are you doing?"
" Uhh... I was just... looking for cracks in the building's foundation." I whisper as he lets out a sigh.
" Please get up." He pulls me up on the chair.
" Ms. Martinez, please pull yourself together. This is the final moment." He says patting my back.
His words did no help. This is the final moment that didn't give me any courage instead added more to my growing anxiety.
The clicks of metal cuffs sent goosebumps across my skin, my eyes stilted on my lap avoiding any chances of meeting the sight of them. With shaky hands, I tucked a few strands of hair behind my ear for the hundredth time. I just wanted to go home.
My lungs constricted the moment my senses picked the sound of the door swooshing open. Swallowing the lump forming in my throat, I bit my lips trying to gulp in the air just like Sabrina had taught me.
It didn't work. Nothing did.
The sound of footsteps shuffling already had me in tears, I dug my nails into my palm as the room grew quiet. My eyes pricked with tears as I forced them to focus down on my lap. This is the final moment, Sage!
" I need you to calm down, Ms. Martinez. You're ripping off the material of your dress," Amicus mutters tapping his fingers on the wooden table. If only it was that easy to be done as it was said, if only . . .
I gulped loudly. Once. Twice. Thrice.
" I can't do this," I whisper, breathing erratically.
"Ms. Martinez-"
I slid down from my seat, hiding under the table from their evil gazes. My breath came in short pants as I rocked myself back and forth.
Amicus crawled under the table beside me, his face held a pang of sadness and frustration.
" Please. Please, just let me go. I don't want this. They're going to hurt me . . . Again." I cry pulling my hair.
" You have to be strong, Ms. Martinez. Don't you want justice ?" He mumbles gently.
" I wanna go home. I wanna go home." I chant but he shakes his head, pulling me up from the floor.
" You have to be brave, if not for yourself then for the little Sage they have killed. I promise you, this is the last time you're sitting here. It's the final hearing and if you lose courage now, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for this." Amicus growls.
" I can't," I whisper feeling the weak side of me taking over.
" You can. You can, Ms. Martinez." He nods holding my shaky hand into his.
" All rise."
Amicus gripped my arm, pulling me out of my seat as the judge entered the room. There was a chorus of people shuffling around to greet the judge.
I gripped Amicus' hand tightly, supporting my jello legs. He kept stroking my knuckles with his thumb, it wasn't soothing but I liked it there.
" Be seated."
I threw myself in my seat, it felt as if my head was burning down, the mental walls I had built were crumbling with each passing second.
" This is it." Amicus whispers.
As he stands, I watch with blurry eyes, walking up to the center of the room and handing a file to the man seating near the judge.
" The court has taken its time to decide and based on the evidence given plus the testimony of the witnesses, we have concluded that both the defendants have been proven guilty." the judge spoke as goosebumps broke across my skin.
The sweat beads felt heavy against my skin as I bit my lips trying to hold my anxiety in place.
" It is proven that Ian and Sean Romano are guilty on the account of abduction, sexual assault, human trafficking, and accessory to murder. Based on all discussions so far, this court declares seven years of imprisonment for Sean and Ian Romano." the judge spoke.
The bang of gavel echoed through the room sealing his words.
" No, please. Don't do this to me," Ian screamed falling on his knees.
I watched him with blurry eyes, no emotion, no sympathy, I couldn't feel anything towards the boy crying for his life.
Sean stood beside a wailing Ian, his eyes didn't hold any grief for the dark, hideous future he had dug for himself instead they held rage and an unsaid promise to me.
" Finally, it's over." Amicus sighs turning towards me.
" Well done, kiddo." he smiles patting my back.
Is it? Is it over or has it just begun?
" Strip." his cold voice echoed in the room. " Wha. . .aathh ?" my voice came out shaky. " Strip now babe," he asks in an innocent voice tempting me to empty all the bullets in his skull. " No." I mutter as he raises his eyebrows in amusement. " If you don't strip right now, I will tie you on my bed and eat you out until the whole fucking town hears you scream. Then I will fuck you until you forget your name," he whispers as if challenging me. I didnt want to undress my dignity in front of a criminal but being an officer on duty , nothing comes more important than my duty , not even me so . . . I stripped in front of a criminal . --- The Lovestory Of A Cop And Criminal. Almost everyone has heard the lovestory of people who have poles apart but it barely happens that people fall in love with worlds apart. He is a mafia leader , a certified bastard with animalistic cruel acts , he lives in the world of crime and survives on the blood of innocents. She is a badass cop. Not a total good girl but a dutiful officer but she has a secret revenge to complete against the certified bastard. What happens when they fall in love ? But how will they fall in love when they are so different ? And if they do , their story will be a unique one . Why ? She's too clean for his dark world and he's too dirty for her bright world. This is their FATAL LOVE.... [ IS A REALLY DARK STORY . CONTAINS R*PE , VIOLENCE AND TORTUROUS EMOTIONAL TRIGGERING SCENES. STRICTLY 1*+ ]
After a devastating divorce with the man she had been married to for over three years, Rachel thought her life was over. Her family disowned her, they wanted nothing to do with her anymore and she couldn't blame them. She had just divorced David Hart, one of the top successful bachelors in the country and heir to the Hart industries. But they would never understand that she didn't divorce him, he divorced her after she caught him cheating on her with her god-damned best friend! Rachel was just about to end everything by jumping off a bridge when she was saved by the most unexpected person. The boy she once bullied severally in highschool because he always wore ugly glass and was from a poor background, how come that glass make him so hot now? Why was he helping her get revenge on ex-husband who is trying to make her life even more miserable? And most important how did he get so handsome? What exactly does he want from her? ... No, you must want something, anything. If you can really help me get revenge on David and Lana, I can't just let you do it for free". Ethan went quiet for a while. I held my breath waiting for what his request might be. If it was something money could buy, I'll try my best to get it for him even though I was somehow broke right now. "You're right I do want something". He said after thinking for few minutes "What?" I asked slowly. " Until you get your revenge on David, Lana and every other person you want, you will live here". Live here as in...? " Wha... What are you saying? ". I stammered hoping he wasn't saying what I thought he was saying. I tried to step back but I missed a step and almost fell on the bed but Ethan caught me holding me in his muscular arms. Ethan moved his face closer to mine be was so close, our nose almost touched. " I want you to be with me! ".
Lindsey's fiancé was the devil's first son. Not only did he lie to her but he also slept with her stepmother, conspired to take away her family fortune, and then set her up to have sex with a total stranger. To get her lick back, Lindsey decided to find a man to disrupt her engagement party and humiliate the cheating bastard. Never did she imagine that she would bump into a strikingly handsome stranger who was all that she was currently looking for. At the engagement party, he boldly declared that she was his woman. Lindsey thought he was just a broke man who wanted to leech off her. But once they began their fake relationship, she realized that good luck kept coming her way. She thought they would part ways after the engagement party, but this man kept to her side. "We gotta stick together, Lindsey. Remember, I'm now your fiancé. " "Domenic, you're with me because of my money, aren't you?" Lindsey asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Domenic was taken aback by that accusation. How could he, the heir of the Walsh family and CEO of Vitality Group, be with her for money? He controlled more than half of the city's economy. Money wasn't a problem for him! The two got closer and closer. One day, Lindsey finally realized that Domenic was actually the stranger she had slept with months ago. Would this realization change things between them? For the better or worse?
Allison fell in love with Ethan Iversen, the soon-to-be Alpha of the Moonlight Crown pack. She always wanted him to notice her. Meanwhile, Ethan was an arrogant Alpha who thought a weak Omega could not be his companion. Ethan's cousin, Ryan Iversen, who came back from abroad and was the actual heir of the pack, never tried to get the position nor did he show any interest in it. He was a popular playboy Alpha but when he came back to the pack, one thing captured his eyes and that was Allison.
She doesn't remember getting married. Why? Sophia went to Las Vegas only to drink her pain away. Little did she imagine, she would end up becoming someone's wife. But who’s the lucky guy? Who knows? Even she doesn't remember. She was fucking intoxicated! All she has is a marriage contract with an expiry date and a bank balance big enough to pop her eyes out. Contractual terms: 1. Do not marry anyone else unless I permit you. 2. Try not to whore around. Your mother-in-law wouldn't be happy. 3. If I request a live-in relationship. You have to comply. 4. Sex is optional. 5. Contract Termination? Sorry Honey... In my family, couples don’t divorce. PS: I was kidding. Let's catch-up after three years to end this shit and get more money. If there are rules against having sex while drunk, there should be rules against getting married while drunk too. Because THIS isn't fair!
Stella Richard married Rene Kingston in the place of her sister Sophia due to some reasons. But from the beginning, she knows that her marriage was just a time-limit contract and once the time was up she had to go. For RK, this marriage was just a burden but for her, it was a gift from God. Because RK was the man who she had loved all her Youth... So, in the meantime of her marriage, Stella did her best so that this marriage may work out. But on the day she found she was pregnant, her husband gives her the divorce paper and said... "I don't want this child. Don't forget to abort." These words come out of his mouth, like a bomb for Stella, and changed her life... She signed her name on the divorce paper and left the house... Because she doesn't want to be with such a cold-hearted man... Five years later... RK bought the company In which Stella worked. But Stella did her best not to have anything to do with him... Because she had a child and she didn't want him to find out about him... But one day When Stella picked up her son from school he saw her... RK, "How dare you had a child with another man?" Stella, "I don't think it has anything to do with you." RK was about to say more when his gaze fell on the child beside her... His face looked as same as when he was young...
Marrying her best friend was a dream come true for Kelly, but everything truly has a limitation. Pierce is Kelly’s first love, but as his best friend, she knew well there was always another woman deep in his heart. Lexi Gilbert. The woman Pierce could never forget even if he had already been arranged to marry Kelly. *** Kelly finally realized their happy marriage of the last three years was just a beautiful dream when Pierce asked for a divorce just because Lexi returned. She could only be his best friend even if she was carrying his baby. *** Since their friendship had become a cage, Kelly chose to set him free, as well as the miserable herself. But why then, it was Pierce who became the one who refused to move on? To make matters worse, her devil stepbrother also domineeringly stepped in at the same time, asking her to be his. *** Her Prince Charming vs. Her Devil Stepbrother? How could Kelly save her heart in this battle of love and hate?