When Josephina Peters falls victim to a hit-and-run, her life hangs in the balance. The culprit? None other than Nicholas Thompson, the ruthless CEO of LEAMS and a man notorious for his playboy and cassanova ways, arrogance and charm. In a desperate bid to save her daughter from a deepening coma, Josephina's mother makes a pact with the devil himself - Nicholas Thompson - a pact that comes with a steep price. As Josephina awakens, she's met with the shocking truth: that the pact was for her to agree to a two-year contract marriage with Nicholas Thompson, in exchange for saving her life. Josephina soon discovers that the man who saved her life is the same one who almost took it. She finds herself ensnared in a web of deceit and desire, torn between her hatred and her growing attraction to the very man who wronged her. Will the contract marriage work? Why does a billionaire, cassanova and popular CEO like Nicholas Thompson, want a contract wife? What happens when the rule of the contract is to never fall in love?
"Phyna! Phyna!"
"Don't you have an interview today? "
Her mother tapped her awake.
" Oh shoot!"
Josephina jumped up from the bed, and ran straight into the bathroom to shower.
It's been a year since her father passed away. It was just her and her mother and they struggled to get by. She needed this job like her life depended on it. So, being late was not even an option.
" I'll see you when I get back mum, wish me luck."
Josephina hugged her mother, and made for the door. She was looking really beautiful in her black, high-waist skirt, paired with a peach colour blazer. She had also taken all the necessary documents she needed with her.
"Best of luck, sweetie. May you be favoured."
"From your lips to God's ear, mum. Love you. Bye!"
Josephina yelled, as she stepped out of the house. The interview was for seven am, and she had just twenty minutes to get there. She quickly rushed down to get a bus, as she was already running late.
Her focus was completely on catching the bus, and she didn't notice that a car had swerved into the wrong lane. The driver abruptly pressed on the brakes, and all she heard, were the loud screech of the tyres, and a blinding light...
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"Oh Sh*t! Sh*t! D*mn it!! "
Nicholas yelled, holding his head in shock and frustration.
"Oh my God, Nick. What did you do?!"
Stanley yelled, horrified at what had just happened.
"I don't know, man. She just came out of nowhere. It wasn't my fault, okay?"
Nicholas said, as if he was trying to convince himself. He had lost hold of the steering within split seconds, and knocked a lady down from behind. She was lying face-flat to the ground and he couldn't see her face. Nicholas didn't get down from his car. He just sat there with his mouth hanging open, and his hands raking through his hair. After a while, he looked to the left and right.
Completely certain that no one saw him because it was still early, he zoomed off.
"What are you doing?! Have you lost your mind, Nick?!"
"Aren't you going to take her to the hospital?"
Stanley yelled, In total shock and disbelief.
"Look, i can't, okay? I can't be involved in this. It'll ruin my reputation."
Nicholas continued driving, without looking back.
"What do you even mean by that? I don't freaking believe you, Nick!"
"You just ran someone over. You don't need me to tell you that it's a serious crime!"
Stanley scolded.
"I didn't mean to, man. It was an accident. Someone else will surely find her and take her to the hospital. I know it."
He said, like he was trying to reassure and convince himself. Stanley resigned, shaking his head in astonishment at his friend's irresponsibility.
Josephina was lying unconscious on the floor, severely injured. She had blood seeping from her head, and running down her face. After some minutes, some few persons saw her. A kind stranger who arrived earlier at the scene, and was afraid she might not have much time, took her in his car and quickly drove her to the hospital.
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"Hello..?"
Olivia picked on the second ring.
"Am i on to Mrs Olivia Peters?"
"Speaking. Who's calling, please?"
Olivia asked, creasing her brow at the sound of the strange voice.
."It's Gabriel, calling from the hospital. I'm sorry to inform you, that your daughter has been involved in an accident."
The caller said.
Immediately, Olivia froze and she began to have palpitations.
"I think you're mistaken. My daughter went for an interview."
She tried to reassure herself.
"And your daughter happens to be miss Josephina Peters, right??"
The caller said, as he went through Josephina's documents, and I.D.
The moment she heard the stranger mention her daughter's full name, she immediately knew that was it! Her heart sank. She literally felt her airflow being restricted, like she was being asphyxiated.
Olivia arrived at the hospital moments later, and requested to see her daughter. Upon entering the ward where Josephina was, she gasped, and covered her mouth in shock. Josephina was placed on oxygen, lying lifelessly on the bed, with bruises on her body. Her head was wrapped with a bandage, that had blood seeping through it. It was so surreal, and she was in complete denial.
Her tears began to flow uncontrollably. Olivia walked towards the bed and knelt beside Josephina. She looked so pale, and Olivia gently held her hand.
"Hon- n-ey please don't do this to me, I beg you! You're all i- i have".
"Your father is gone, and i can't afford to lose you too. So please honey, open your eyes. Please Josephina."
She wailed uncontrollably. After a while, She decided to go see the doctor, when she met the good samaritan, who had brought her daughter to the hospital. He introduced himself and in tears, She thanked him profusely.
"It was a hit-and-run driver. He left her for dead. I met her lying in the pool of her own blood. How evil and wicked!"
The man said to her. She was in complete shock, at how a human being could do something so evil. "Oh m- my G- God! "
"How could a human being be so heartless and cruel?"
"May that monster experience Karma in its full, glorious splendour!"
She said, in tears. She was crying all over again, like her heart would fall out from her chest. When the man saw how she reacted to the gory details of her daughter's accident, he immediately stopped talking, and consoled her. He had initially made part payment, before they commenced treatment on Josephina. The kind man encouraged her to stay strong for her daughter, and he left.
Now, Olivia was totally confused on how and where to begin. She had no money to pay for the hospital bills. No savings, whatsoever. Lost in deep thoughts, the doctor sent for her.
"I'm so sorry ma'am, but your daughter suffered a severe injury to the brain. Unfortunately, she's in a Coma."
Olivia went numb. The whole word just stopped, and the word 'Coma' kept ringing in her head. Coma! shaking her head, she kept screaming No! No! No! She broke down and cried her eyes out.
"Take it easy, ma'am. She's still partially alive. She only has minimal brain activity, and very reduced basic reflexes."
The doctor tried to console her.
"Doctor, please speak English."
She said, impatiently.
The doctor understood her plight, so he decided to break it down in simple context, and be completely honest with her.
"It's a fifty-fifty percent chances, ma'am. She would be kept alive through hydration and nutrition, delivered through a feeding tube." "Although, i advice she be taken to a better hospital. "
"One that specialises specifically in such areas, in order to guarantee her chances of survival. "
Five years ago, he upped and left his wife without informing her. He had always felt unworthy. As a result, he decided to go and become a better man. It took him five whole years of daily hard work. When he was satisfied, he returned as a powerful and honorable man. He intended to start a family with his wife. But he got back to meet the greatest shocker of his life. He actually had a daughter!
Three years ago, Cecilia was left battered and alone by the man she loved most, Alston, yet she bravely completed the wedding ceremony while pregnant. Three years later, although they were married, they grew apart over time. Cecilia focused on her career, no longer foolishly believing in love. But her transformation instantly threw Alston into a panic... And what is the secret from 11 years ago that Cecilia has always been reluctant to reveal? *** "She went to a law firm, met with a lawyer..." A lawyer? Is Cecilia suing someone? Who? Is there any recent litigation against the company? Alston suddenly chuckled coldly, "Who could she sue? I'm the CEO of this company. How come such a matter doesn't come to me first?" The assistant swallowed nervously, speaking softly, "Sir, there's no litigation against the company. She met with... a divorce lawyer."
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?
They don't know I'm a girl. They all look at me and see a boy. A prince. Their kind purchase humans like me for their lustful desires. And, when they stormed into our kingdom to buy my sister, I intervened to protect her. I made them take me too. The plan was to escape with my sister whenever we found a chance. How was I to know our prison would be the most fortified place in their kingdom? I was supposed to be on the sidelines. The one they had no real use for. The one they never meant to buy. But then, the most important person in their savage land-their ruthless beast king-took an interest in the "pretty little prince." How do we survive in this brutal kingdom, where everyone hates our kind and shows us no mercy? And how does someone, with a secret like mine, become a lust slave? . AUTHOR'S NOTE. This is a dark romance-dark, mature content. Highly rated 18+ Expect triggers, expect hardcore. If you're a seasoned reader of this genre, looking for something different, prepared to go in blindly not knowing what to expect at every turn, but eager to know more anyway, then dive in! . From the author of the international bestselling book: "The Alpha King's Hated Slave."
Warning! Mature Contents! ***Excerpt*** "You belong to me, Sheila. I alone am capable of making you feel this way. Your moans and body belong to me. Your soul and your body are all mine!" *** Alpha Killian Reid, the most dreaded Alpha in all of the North, wealthy, powerful and widely feared in the supernatural world, was the envy of all other packs. He was thought to have it all... power, fame, wealth and favour from the moon goddess, little was it known to his rivals that he has been under a curse, which has been kept a secret for so many years, and only the one with the gift of the moon goddess can lift the curse. Sheila, the daughter of Alpha Lucius who was an arch enemy to Killian, had grown up with so much hatred, detest and maltreatment from her father. She was the fated mate to Alpha Killian. He refused to reject her, yet he loathed her and treated her poorly, because he was in love with another woman, Thea. But one of these two women was the cure to his curse, while the other was an enemy within. How would he find out? Let's find out in this heart racing piece, filled with suspense, steamy romance and betrayal.
The day Raina gave birth should have been the happiest of her life. Instead, it became her worst nightmare. Moments after delivering their twins, Alexander shattered her heart-divorcing her and forcing her to sign away custody of their son, Liam. With nothing but betrayal and heartbreak to her name, Raina disappeared, raising their daughter, Ava, on her own.Years later, fate comes knocking when Liam falls gravely ill. Desperate to save his son, Alexander is forced to seek out the one person he once cast aside. Alexander finds himself face to face with the woman he underestimated, pleading for a second chance-not just for himself, but for their son. But Raina is no longer the same broken woman who once loved him.No longer the woman he left behind. She has carved out a new life-one built on strength, wealth, and a long-buried legacy she expected to uncover.Raina has spent years learning to live without him.The question is... Will she risk reopening old wounds to save the son she never got to love? or has Alexander lost her forever?