In highschool, Nico Callahan is a bully and he chose Dakota Backford to be his victim. Dakota hates him with all her hard and will never forget what he did to her. One day, they both meet again and he doesn't recognize her at all. She lose a lot of weight and she's a lot more confident too. Once he knows who she is, all he wants is to keep her close.
"I get it, dad! I get it!" I chuckled. I'm currently talking to my dad on the phone.
"Okay then, Dakota. I'll see you next month." He said and I ended the call.
As a 24 years old woman, my parents constantly worried about me. They always wanted to make sure that I'm happy and that I'm doing okay. I was bullied at school and I was stressing out a lot. At first, I never told my parents about it. I don't want to stress them out because they already have a lot on their shoulders.
After highschool, I told my parents that I want to study abroad and my parents let me. They were going to send me out anyway. I studied in London and I loved it. My family decided to move to London too because they somehow knew that I need them.
I started to change when I start my diet. I started to go to the gym and eat healthy. I lose a lot of weight and became so much happier.
As the youngest member of the family, I have two older siblings. One sister and one brother to be exact. Jane is an architect and Simon is a doctor. My parents are in trading industry. I studied business in college and decided to take over my parents business.
I moved back to LA a year after I graduated from college. My parents are still in London and they will move back soon.
"Dakota.." I turned to Celine and she looked at me confused.
"What?" I asked.
"Why are you daydreaming at Friday morning?" She asked and I'm actually just tired these days. There's so many deadlines, good for her that she's a chef. She doesn't have any.. deadlines.
"Just tired, that's all."
"You need to take care of yourself, you become skinnier." She sighed.
"I just need a day of rest, that's it."
"You know, I think I should cook for you everyday and send it to your house." She took her phone out from her bag.
"No, please don't."
"Dakota, if you're sick, your parents will make you go back to London." She said in my mom's tone and I rolled my eyes.
"I'm a grown woman." I put my highheels on and put some files inside because I have to go to the office.
"You're obviously still a daddy's girl." She said as she grabbed her cup of coffee.
"I'm not." I grabbed my mirror to check myself.
"Yes, you are."
"No."
"You need to go now?" She asked and I nodded.
"The meeting is in 45 minutes." I looked at my watch.
"Okay, just go. I'll close th door for you later." She said as I walked out the door. I grabbed my car keys and walked into the lift. I left my apartment and quickly go to SouthWest Company for a meeting.
We're planning to make a big collaboration and we predicted that a lot of companies will join us. There's around 50 companies which is pretty good.
I got off my car and walked into the building. I have 15 minutes left. I don't like being late so I ran to the meeting room on the 3rd floor with the stairs. I needed to prepare some things too.
When I opened the door, I crashed into someone. I apologized quickly but I was stopped by that person. I turned my head to see Nico Callahan.
"Sorry." I said without thinking. He looked at me dumb struck. I raised my eyebrows looking at him.
"It's okay, it's my fault anyway." He smirked.
"Okay." I said as I pulled my hand away. I don't want to see him, he's my biggest enemy and the only person that I wanted to kill.
"Wait!" He said as he grabbed my upper arm. I pushed him away and walked towards the meeting room. My heart was beating so fast because I just met my bully. He's the last person that I wish to see in this beautiful earth.
"Hello everyone, thank you for gather here today to discuss our collab project." The leader, Joey, said and I can't hear anything after that. I felt my back burning like someone was watching me. I turned my head to look around the room and I found Nico already have his eyes on me.
The meeting went well and I swear I only heard 20% of the discussion. After the meeting, I avoided people as much as possible. I don't want to bump into Nico again.
I walked out from the room but someone caught my arm. I turned to see Nico, I let out a sigh.
"Hey, I just.."
"I'm in a hurry." I said and pulled my arm away. Instead of letting me go, he pulled me closer.
"What's your name?" What? He what?
"I'm in a hurry!" I said and I took the opportunity to elbow him and ran to the lift.
"I swear I don't want to see you again, Nico Callahan. You ruined my life once and I won't let you ruin it again." I said to myself.
Kai Moretti A young billionaire from New York who invented softwares for tech companies. Certified playboy and famous for his ways of luring women with their sweet words. He knew he will never settle down because he doesn't want to fulfill his family's wish. Deandra Serano Leading a couple of companies that Serano has and being a part of ILLICIT makes her the perfect woman for a man to bring home. If you dare to mess with her, you should start digging your own grave. She's dangerous and knows how to play mindgames.
Silas Quinton Famous chef that lives in Dubai living his dream by owning 25 luxury restaurants all over the world. He loves his job so much and he swore he'll live in Dubai for the rest of his life. He went back to New York to attend his father's birthday and have an encounter with fate that he never expected in his life. Evangeline Mayford She has the second lead curse. Wherever she goes, she'll always be the second lead. She never get her happy ending. She owns the Mayford jewelry and fashion company which makes her so rich. She was taught to be selfish most of the time by her parents and that's what made her the villain in people's eyes.
Dalton Serano He's trying to be the perfect son and wants to make his father proud in every aspect. He graduated from Harvard and then continued his master degree in Stanford. He wants to live his father's expectation at all times. Ellie Lexington Sweet and hardworking woman. She came from a wealthy family but after she got rejected by her first love, she wanted to proof him wrong. She works so hard to get where she's at now. After 7 years, she gets to face with the devil himself again.
Darren Conte is rich, famous, spoiled and an asshole. He's your typical popular guy and not to mention that he's a playboy too. One day, he met a girl that made his life miserable. She crashed her motorcycle to his brand new car, she then managed to slap him in front of a lot of people and not to mention he's going to be her mentor. He hates her but can't help to think about her multiple times a day.
Ares Anderson needs a fake girlfriend for 6 months and his one and only choice is Athena Matthew. She has a clean background and he knows that she's the type of girl that his family will like. He offered to give her a restaurant and money in exchange for her time and act in front of his family. At first, he kept reminding her that everything is fake but slowly he's the one who can't keep his hands to himself. He's eating his own words but he doesn't want to admit it. Will he still let Athena go or keep her?
Christian Russo is the new boy at school. On his first day, he already got a lot of admirers and one of them is Hailey. Christian always tries his best to get rid of her but she's blindly in love to even care. He treated her badly one day and her knight in shining armor came to rescue her. He hates him and he made her stop liking him but why when she agrees to move on, he's the one who can't seem to accept that she's hanging out with other guys. He hates her but she loves him. He begged for her to stop, and then he starts to regretting the second she moves on.
After three secretive years of marriage, Eliana never met her enigmatic husband until she was served with divorce papers and learned of his extravagant pursuit of another. She snapped back to reality and secured a divorce. Thereafter, Eliana unveiled her various personas: an esteemed doctor, legendary secret agent, master hacker, celebrated designer, adept race car driver, and distinguished scientist. As her diverse talents became known, her ex-husband was consumed by remorse. Desperately, he pleaded, "Eliana, give me another chance! All my properties, even my life, are yours."
Darya spent three years loving Micah, worshipping the ground he walked on. Until his neglect and his family's abuse finally woke her up to the ugly truth-he doesn't love her. Never did, never will. To her, he is a hero, her knight in shining armour. To him, she is an opportunist, a gold digger who schemed her way into his life. Darya accepts the harsh reality, gathers the shattered pieces of her dignity, divorces him, takes back her real name, reclaims her title as the country's youngest billionaire heiress. Their paths cross again at a party. Micah watches his ex-wife sing like an angel, tear up the dance floor, then thwart a lecher with a roundhouse kick. He realises, belatedly, that she's exactly the kind of woman he'd want to marry, if only he had taken the trouble to get to know her. Micah acts promptly to win her back, but discovers she's now surrounded by eligible bachelors: high-powered CEO, genius biochemist, award-winning singer, reformed playboy. Worse, she makes it pretty clear that she's done with him. Micah gears up for an uphill battle. He must prove to her he's still worthy of her love before she falls for someone else. And time is running out.
Once upon a time, there were two kingdoms once at peace. The kingdom of Salem and the kingdom of Mombana... Until the day, the king of Mombana passed away and a new monarch took over, Prince Cone. Prince Cone, has always been hungry for more power and more and more. After his coronation, he attacked Salem. The attack was so unexpected, Salem never prepared for it. They were caught off guard. The king and Queen was killed, the prince was taken into slavery. The people of Salem that survived the war was enslaved, their land taken from them. Their women were made sex slaves. They lost everything, including their land. Evil befall the land of Salem in form of Prince Cone, and the prince of Salem in his slavery was filled with so much rage. The prince of Salem, Prince Lucien swore revenge. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Ten years later, thirty-years old Lucien and his people raided a coup and escaped slavery. They went into hiding and recuperated. They trained day and night under the leadership of the fearless and cold Lucien who was driven with everything in him to get back their land, and take Mombana land too. It took them five years before they ambushed and attacked Mombana. They killed Prince Cone and reclaimed everything. As they screamed out their victory, Lucien's eyes found and pinned the proud princess of Mombana. Princess Danika. The daughter of Prince Cone. As Lucien stared at her with the coldest eyes anyone can ever possess, he felt victory for the first time. He walked to the princess with the slave collar he'd won for ten years rattling in his hand as he walked. He reached close to her and with a swift movement, he collared her neck. Then, he tilted her chin up, staring into the bluest eyes and the most beautiful face ever created, he gave her a cold smile. "You are my acquisition. My slave. My sex slave. My property. I will pay you in spades, everything you and your father ever did to me and my people." He stated curtly. Pure hatred, coldness and victory was the only emotion on his face. .
In her previous life, Kimberly endured the betrayal of her husband, the cruel machinations of an evil woman, and the endless tyranny of her in-laws. It culminated in the bankruptcy of her family, and ultimately, her death. After being reborn, she resolved to seek retribution against those who had wronged her, and ensure her family's prosperity. To her shock, the most unattainable man from her past suddenly set his sights on her. "You may have overlooked me before, but I shall capture your heart this time around."
After three years of loveless marriage, Kira was slapped with divorce papers. She has shown him her unrequited love throughout her entire marriage with him, but he decided to turn blind eyes all because of his lover. Distraught and heartbroken, Kira choose to sign the divorce papers with bitter heart. But then and there, she promised herself that when she's back, he will come crawling to her, but she will make him pay for hurting her. Join Kira as she transform to a wealthy heiress and soared as the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar empire, a remarkable healer and make her ex-husband pay!
Lucia Balstone thought she had chosen the right man to spend the rest of her life with, but he was the one who ended her life. Their ten-year marriage seemed like a joke when her husband stabbed her with a dagger. Fortunately, God is never blind to people's tears. Lucia got a second chance. She was reborn at the age of 22, before all the terrible things had happened. This time, she was determined to avenge herself and let those who hurt her pay! She made an elaborate list of her goals, and the first thing on her list was to marry her ex-husband's enemy, Alonso Callen!