"I just need you to say yes and that's all, you may leave" "I won't say yes to being your girlfriend, but I would come over for dinner" "Why not my girlfriend, I want you to say yes to both?" He asked, I am sure he already knew the answer. "A lot is involved," I replied. If I had killed him, I would have still been stuck in the room because it used a fucking voice authenticator. I smiled at the thought of killing him. ...William Cruise is the CEO of a multi-billion company and the most eligible bachelor in town, with every girl on his tail to make him theirs, and his mother's constant pressure to get him married, he is forced to do the unthinkable. Halle Kayla, fills in for her sick mother and takes one wrong turn-an accidental encounter that would change her life forever. With society and everyone against them, would their love stand the test of time and prevail against all odds?
Halle's POV
"Sometimes I wish I never took that wrong turn, it's funny how one turn can alter the course of your entire life"
***
Life has never been easy for me, I learned to take up responsibility ever since I was a kid. It has mostly been me and my mom, my father isn't dead, quite the contrary he is alive and locked up for twenty years.
My dad is a good man, he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Growing up, I have heard stories of people wrongfully incarcerated and I sometimes felt they were nothing more than tales, how do you go to jail for a crime you are innocent of, then when the judge at the court who looked Canadian read the verdict from the jury.
"On the count of illegal possession of firearms, assault, and battery, and involuntary manslaughter, the jury thereby find Mr. Cameron Jackson guilty and sentenced him to 20years in prison with no parole"
Those were the words that changed my life forever. I was just fourteen when my dad was unlawfully convicted and I saw my mother break down and lose touch with who she was. My father was the love of her life-he still is and as they say; love changes people.
It changed my mother, we weren't rich but we were contended and we made an honest living. My mum worked as a cleaner at one of the richest billionaires in town, house. We were so happy when she got the job through a friend because it would help me concentrate more in school and I would only take a weekend part-time job. I had just gotten admitted into the university and I needed a lot of money to pay for my tuition fees and course materials. We used all the money my mom got from her job to pay for my tuition and the money I got from my part-time job to feed-we barely had any money to spare.
"Halle, are you sure you should miss class today," my mother said coughing, she had been having the flu for days and had missed work two days in a row.
"Mum if I don't go you will be fired and where else do we get the money to pay for my fee to go to school," I replied, biting my lips slightly. I was tense because I didn't know the first thing about being a cleaner. But Mrs. Clara, my mum's colleague and fellow housekeeper at the cruise mansion had called us yesterday and warned us if my mum didn't come in today, she would be fired, informing us that the head housekeeper was already asking about her whereabouts. I tried to explain to her how my mum's health has tremendously declined over the last three days and wouldn't make it to the bus station if she even tried.
"Then fill in for her," Mrs. Clara had suggested.
Now here I was dressed up to go for a cleaning job I had no idea whatsoever about.
"Remember, you need to__"
"Mum I am not a kid, I know how to clean a house" I interrupted her saying, "Just focus on getting better so that you can resume work and I do not have to miss class again"
"Okay darling I would, would Seth be dropping you there?" She asked.
"No mum, I haven't seen him this week, he has been busy with football practice" I replied, with a smile, obviously proud at the thought of my future athlete, talented boyfriend.
Seth is my college boyfriend, he is a total hottie, 6ft 4 inches tall, joc, blonde curly hair with blue eyes and let's not forget, he is the captain of the football team. When a high league college quarterback set his sights on a college freshman like me, I felt lucky-privileged.
I picked up my backpack, my mum nodded her head. "What about the lawyer?"
I thought I would escape before she asked me.
"I am yet to talk to him, Seth is yet to set the meeting"
I lied.
I lied, I had seen him but the price he had called out was outrageously high, I didn't want to tell my mum because I knew her; she would move heaven and earth to get the money if it meant getting my father out of jail. She nodded again with a familiar sadness hovering over her face. I hate lying to my mum, but she was all I got, and I can't bear to see her suffer-especially when that suffering had to do with love. Even if that love was my father, I would do anything to protect her.
I felt bad leaving my mum alone, especially at that state but what good was I to her if she got fired. I got into the subways and later took a cab to the cruise mansion. It was in a secluded area of town, and they asked for my Id card before I could enter the estate.
I stood in front of the mansion.
"What the__" I almost cussed out. This has to be the most beautiful and biggest mansion I have ever seen in my life. I used my mother's Identification card again to get in and I was escorted to the kitchen where I met Mrs. Clara who told me the area I would be cleaning and gave me my job description.
I felt a little bit overdressed for just cleaning, I wore a navy blue spaghetti strap top with black velvet trousers and blue loafers. I dragged the vacuum cleaner and mops upstairs and I was already tired. In such a big house, one can easily get tired moving around or even lost. I had been cleaning for thirty minutes and with every minute I appreciated my mum's strength.
"This house is fucking big" I cussed out loud this time. I wasn't even sure where I was supposed to clean. I picked up the housekeeping guide to study again when I heard a voice from behind me.
"What the hell are you doing here" the voice called out in fury, I turned back to meet his furious gaze.
"I ask again, what the hell are you doing here"
I trembled, as fear gripped me, I had been discovered and my mum would be fired.
**Cathy's world was a storm.** An orphan, tossed from one foster home to another, she clung to hope like a lifeline. Then came a scholarship – her ticket out. But fate had other plans. Love, a sweet poison, crept into her life in the form of Carlos, a prince charming with a deadly secret. Betrayal shattered her dreams, leaving her alone and pregnant, with nothing but the clothes on her back. Just when she thought she'd hit rock bottom, a mysterious stranger offers a lifeline and a new love, GABRIEL. But danger lurks in. Can Cathy survive the betrayals, the lies, and the heart-stopping twists to find love, justice, and a future for her child?
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!
"You're my wife in name only, on paper only. My heart and love will never be yours." Edward made it clear to Daisy that she was nothing to him. They were both victims of family greed -- the marriage was arranged for them. Six years passed. She remained quiet, gaining a reputation in the army as a tough-as-nails colonel. When she walked into his life again, Edward fell in love with this woman, unlike any he had known. She surprised and delighted him. But will Daisy take him back? Can their son keep them together? Can the rift between them be healed? Pick this one up and find out!
For three years, Jessica endured a loveless marriage while her husband pretended to be impotent. His lies unraveled when a pregnant mistress surfaced. After six months of secretly collecting proof, Jessica threw him out and built her own billion-dollar empire. After the divorce, she transformed into an irresistible figure, attracting admirers. As she left her office one day, she met Kevan, her ex-husband's brother. He stepped in, confronting her. "Was I just a tool to you?" Jessica's lips curled into a calm smile. "How much compensation do you want?" Kevan's voice softened. "All I want is you."
Madisyn was stunned to discover that she was not her parents' biological child. Due to the real daughter's scheming, she was kicked out and became a laughingstock. Thought to be born to peasants, Madisyn was shocked to find that her real father was the richest man in the city, and her brothers were renowned figures in their respective fields. They showered her with love, only to learn that Madisyn had a thriving business of her own. "Stop pestering me!" said her ex-boyfriend. "My heart only belongs to Jenna." "How dare you think that my woman has feelings for you?" claimed a mysterious bigwig.
In order to fulfill her grandfather's last wish, Stella entered into a hasty marriage with an ordinary man she had never met before. However, even after becoming husband and wife on paper, they each led separate lives, barely crossing paths. A year later, Stella returned to Seamarsh City, hoping to finally meet her mysterious husband. To her astonishment, he sent her a text message, unexpectedly pleading for a divorce without ever having met her in person. Gritting her teeth, Stella replied, "So be it. Let’s get a divorce!" Following that, Stella made a bold move and joined the Prosperity Group, where she became a public relations officer that worked directly for the company’s CEO, Matthew. The handsome and enigmatic CEO was already bound in matrimony, and was known to be unwaveringly devoted to his wife in private. Unbeknownst to Stella, her mysterious husband was actually her boss, in his alternate identity! Determined to focus on her career, Stella deliberately kept her distance from the CEO, although she couldn't help but notice his deliberate attempts to get close to her. As time went on, her elusive husband had a change of heart. He suddenly refused to proceed with the divorce. When would his alternate identity be uncovered? Amidst a tumultuous blend of deception and profound love, what destiny awaited them?
She was hurt. She was bullied and made fun of. And the only hope that kept her going was finding her mate. She has always been weak. Weak to the world. Why? Because she was a lantern. She didn't have a wolf. That's what everyone thought about her. When she found her mate, he wanted her to be his slut and not a wife. She might be an omega, but it doesn't mean she will take disloyalty and betrayal lightly. So she did something that no one in history ever did. She rejected an Alpha. "I, Alexis Clark, reject Brandon Sterling, the alpha of Black mist pack, and consider myself a free soul until I decide so."; Were her last words before she left that torturous place and became a rogue. A rogue that everyone was fearing and finding. Why? Because she was the rogue that has become one of the biggest problems of almost all the packs in the country. She was Alexis Clark. A rogue that rejected an Alpha, stealth food, kill other rogues, and more than that was living with humans and studying with them. What will happen when her case is given to the world's most dangerous alpha, Sebastian Sinclair, who has taken it upon himself to punish this rogue. The one who hated rogues and omega to a level that was beyond understanding. Why? Because his mate was an omega, who betrayed him with a rogue before dying. How will Alexis tackle this alpha, in whose College she was studying and living under hiding for almost a year? What will Sebastian do when he finds out the new girl he had been talking to is none other than the rogue omega that he had decided to kill? "To love you with all my might was my only wish, but you were the only one who gave me endless suffering. So today, I promise myself to not fall for anyone."; A simple saying that both Alexis and Sebastian had vowed upon. Will they be able to find their love amidst all these problems?