Pastry chef Isabelle Marie Campbell is fired from her job in a coffee shop following a report by a billionaire, leading to her struggle to save her late mother's bakery with a deadline to vacate her space in a month. Fortunately, she lands a job as a personal chef to an old American-based, Italian billionaire. Her heart twists when she finds out that he is the grandfather of the cold-hearted, hot-tempered, and arrogant Alessandro Levon Moretti, an Italian billionaire heir based in New York City. He was also the same man responsible for losing her job. His grandfather's health was fast deteriorating, and he needed a woman to marry fast or lose his inheritance. As Isabelle contemplates either quitting her dream job or enduring Alessandro's unwelcoming presence, he walks up to her with a cold and arrogant expression. "Be my girlfriend for three months. We shall have a contract for it...
Isabelle Campbell
It's already the end of the month. Still, the pervert douche 'My manager' has refused to give me my last month's pay.
"I'll pay last month's and this month's by the last day of the month" his useless promise rang in my head.
I know I should have taken some actions to make him pay me up. If I didn't need the money urgently, I wouldn't have to come to work here. I have my mother's bakery down the street but business has been slow and I can't keep up with rent.
I would have gotten a cheaper space and moved out of there, but that bakery holds so much memory of my mum that it's so hard to let it go. Thinking of my mum changed my mood suddenly and the heaviness I had been trying to keep away was slowly getting in my heart. Too much hurt for this weak heart to bear.
I looked down at the cupcakes I was icing and smiled. I made a happy face on all the cupcakes, even though I was sad and miserable.
I picked up a cupcake and smiled when memories Mum showing me how to ice the cupcakes this way. My train of thought was interrupted by a commotion happening outside the kitchen.
I went out to check what was going on and saw a young man, in a grey, expensive-looking suit looking down at the scared-looking Eliose in anger. His stance and how his fists were curled said a lot about how angry this man is.
I walked up to them. "What's going on here?" I asked Eloise.
"I-he di-"
"I am the customer here, so you look at me and ask me the question, not this incompetent child behind you" his voice was as cold as ice. Sharp as a knife, they cut through my patience and laid-back act.
I gestured for Eliose to leave then turned to the young, handsome, angry man who was throwing a tantrum.
"Sir, what is the problem?" I asked in the sweetest voice I could muster.
"Well, your workers here can't get a simple order right" he points in the direction Eliose went in "I asked for tea. Freaking TEA!!! And I was given coffee, even after I made it clear that I hated coffee so much"
My eyes went wide like saucers. He's the VIP tea guest. Shit!
"We are so sorry for the mix-up sir, please have your seat, let me get the rig-" he put his hand in my face to shut me up.
I hate people's hand on my face.
"You messed up" his hand went back to his side, thankfully.
"That's why I want to rectify it. Please have a seat sir, and I'll get the correct order for you right away" I waited for him to sit but he didn't, he just stared me down and scoffed.
"I want to speak to your manager" he crossed his arms.
I shook my head. Eliose is in deep shit.
"Sir, it doesn't have to get to that. I take full responsibility for it. It's my fault you got that order, it's a mistake" I tried to convince him, but my heart did a million summersaults as I imagined how harshly the manager would handle Eliose for this mistake. "Please, we can solve it without involving the manager" I plead.
His emotionless eyes scanned my entire appearance and he chuckled nastily.
"Look at you, miserably begging me not to report your incompetency." He shook his head.
His comments immediately made my blood boil.
Miserable? Incompetent? Who the hell does this guy think he is?
I wanted to lash out but I needed this job and my two month's pay. I wouldn't shit on this guy for his slip and wrong choice of words.
Taking in deep breaths and hiding my clenched fist in my apron. I forced a smile on my lips but couldn't stop the daggers my eyes narrowed his way.
"Sir, I am sorry if you felt that way about our service." I said in between gritted teeth "This won't happen again, and I will make sure your order is greatly and carefully made to avoid cases like this from happening"
He picked up his phone from the table. "It wouldn't happen again" he stated then typed on his phone.
"Yes, it wouldn't. Let me get your order for you sir" I said, trying to stylishly pry at what he's doing.
He looked down at me and stopped typing. "That wouldn't be necessary..." he looked at my chest then back to my face "Belle" my nametag. "I would make sure you're disciplined mercilessly, then you would sit up and learn to serve your customers well and not be as incomp-"
"The HELL is wrong with YOU?" I yelled, not being able to take it any longer.
I am so proud of my skills and I agree mistakes do happen, doesn't give him the right to insult me over and over again in my face.
"I apologized, told you we would get your order right this time and you're just proving to be a stubborn, spoilt rich baby throwing tantrums at the slightest issue arising" I didn't think when I spoke. I am too angry to know what I am saying to him.
"I wonder how you handle crisis at work when the littlest thing gets you, this worked up and makes you throw tantrums" My gaze burned through his cold eyes. "That's if you work and mummy doesn't feed you" I muttered.
In a flash, the coldness in his eyes now burned with anger. I swore I saw fire in his eyes when I said those words. Probably hit a nerve then.
He took a step towards me and pointed to himself. "You dare talk to me like this?" his voice became dangerously low, deeper, and this time, fire wrapped around his angry question.
I'm scared now. "You don't talk to people badly if you don't want to be spoken to in that way" My voice sounded so mild and I think I squeaked the words out.
He chuckled, his eyes still held the fire in them and his expression turned emotionless. He wanted to say something but then I heard my manager's voice from behind me and that's when I knew I was screwed.
"Answer me, Campbell? Is it true you disrespected our VIP guest?"
My heart is beating so hard, having a heart attack would not be a surprise.
I turned around to face Mr. Freeman whose face was red in anger, like it would explode in seconds. He was looking at me like I killed someone or stole from the bank. Like a wicked king about to banish an innocent little girl for senseless reasons.
"Mr. Freeman, I wa-" he raised his hand for me to stop then pushed me aside to apologize to the jerk behind me.
"I will make sure she's disciplined right away," he said in the kindest tone ever.
"I want her fired this instant or you lose a big customer" his voice sliced through my heart like a sharp knife.
I whipped around like the breeze did the magic, my eyes wide open upon hearing his ridiculous request. My eyes went to Mr. Freeman who is now looking at me with eyes that have never looked at me kindly since I started working here.
"You heard the man, get out and every one of your pay is canceled because you nearly cost this shop a valued customer" he points to the door "Out of here before I have you thrown out by Big Nelly" he pointed to the big guy sitting by the door and pushed me so I can leave.
I looked at the arrogant man who made me lose my job by a simple command. He was now seated scrolling on his phone as my now pathetic ex-manager tried to talk to him and probably interest him with the new snacks I started making for the shop.
My blood boiled, my fist clenched by my side, my teeth gritted and my eyes glared hatefully at him. I wish the sky fell on his head and something bad happened to him for what he did to me.
I turned around and went to pack my belongings then left the only place that would have saved my mum's bakery.
It was still morning, so I headed for the bakery just stayed there, and asked my mum to strengthen me. On my way, I got a text from a former customer asking for a thousand cupcakes and muffins delivered to her tomorrow for a retreat she's doing tomorrow evening.
My mood instantly changed and I wasn't gloating over what I just lost. The money might not be up to my salary of two months but it's enough to put a down payment till I can get the rest.
I rushed to the bakery to start working on the order, I dialed my best friend/manager of the bakery to come help me out if she was not busy with her new job. I pressed the call button and looked at the front of the bakery. I stopped in my tracks when I saw the majority of my equipment laid carelessly on the floor, someone picked up one of the expensive pans and ran in the opposite direction.
"Hey!" I walked in between the equipment, careful not to damage anything. I looked inside and saw Mr. Darren coming out of the door with two guys carrying out the oven. They dumped it outside the door and Mr. Darren locked the door. "What is all this sir?" I looked at the equipment and then back at him.
He threw a paper at me and pointed to me. "I warned you. Told you I would take it out by the end of the month if you don't have the money ready"
My heart clenched when I read the quick notice he threw at me. "I said I would get it for you today" My voice shook, my eyes watered and I had to blink them to clear my sight.
"Do you have the money now?" I shook my head "It's the end of the month, you didn't keep to your end of the agreement and I did, so bye" he turned around to leave but I stopped him.
"I just lost my job, give me more time. I would pay it up" I cried.
He hissed and gave me a once-over. "No more time and this begging doesn't look good on you. Get some other place you can manage and stop disturbing the market for me" he smiled and spoke, a hint of greed in his tone "Someone would come in tomorrow to check the place out and hopefully buy it off for good" he laughed then turned and walked away from me.
I sat on the floor and read the notice again. My eyes were filled with tears and I didn't hold them back this time, I let it fall as I sob. I heard footsteps again and when I looked up, it was the same person who had stolen some equipment of mine. The person took another pan and ran away.
I didn't have the strength to stop him anymore.
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I received a pornographic video. "Do you like this?" The man speaking in the video is my husband, Mark, whom I haven't seen for several months. He is naked, his shirt and pants scattered on the ground, thrusting forcefully on a woman whose face I can't see, her plump and round breasts bouncing vigorously. I can clearly hear the slapping sounds in the video, mixed with lustful moans and grunts. "Yes, yes, fuck me hard, baby," the woman screams ecstatically in response. "You naughty girl!" Mark stands up and flips her over, slapping her buttocks as he speaks. "Stick your ass up!" The woman giggles, turns around, sways her buttocks, and kneels on the bed. I feel like someone has poured a bucket of ice water on my head. It's bad enough that my husband is having an affair, but what's worse is that the other woman is my own sister, Bella. ************************************************************************************************************************ āI want to get a divorce, Mark,ā I repeated myself in case he didn't hear me the first timeāeven though I knew he'd heard me clearly. He stared at me with a frown before answering coldly, "It's not up to you! I'm very busy, don't waste my time with such boring topics, or try to attract my attention!" The last thing I was going to do was argue or bicker with him. "I will have the lawyer send you the divorce agreement," was all I said, as calmly as I could muster. He didn't even say another word after that and just went through the door he'd been standing in front of, slamming it harshly behind him. My eyes lingered on the knob of the door a bit absentmindedly before I pulled the wedding ring off my finger and placed it on the table. I grabbed my suitcase, which I'd already had my things packed in and headed out of the house.
When I woke up with a hangover, I found a handsome and naked stranger sleeping beside me. --- Iām Tanya, a surrogateās daughter, an omega with no wolf and no scent. On my 18th birthday, when I planned to give my virginity to my boyfriend, I found him sleeping with my sister. I went to the bar to get drunk, and accidentally had a one-night stand with the handsome stranger. I thought he was just an ordinary werewolf, but they said he was Marco, the alpha prince and the most powerful Lycan in our kingdom. āYou slut, youāre pregnant! Fortunately, Rick is kind enough to let you be his mistress and save you from shame.ā my stepmother said, tossing a pregnancy strip on the table. Rick was an old pervert. No she-wolf could keep up with his sexual demand. No she-wolf could survive with him more than 1 year. When I was in despair, Marco came to my rescue. He got down on one knee, took out a ring and said he would marry me. --- I thought Marco married me because he loved me, but later I found that was not the truthā¦
P-please, I beg you. Come let's go tell Christian I had no hand in whatever happened, p-please." I clutched the lapel of his jacket desperately. "Let's go. You need to tell my husband you were paid." "Young lady, you're harassing me." His tone was cold and his stare granite. But I could care less. "You harassed me first! You had sex with me without my consent, my husband knows and now I'm pregnant with this child he doesn't want. You ruined my marriage! I-I hate you!" ************************************ Caught by her husband with another man on their matrimonial bed the morning after her birthday, Hailey Codza could not defend herself. As though it's not enough, she gets pregnant. Her enraged husband decides to pay her back for her infidelity by having an affair with his ex-girlfriend - Denise Kellers, the family Hailey never knew she had. Losing her family's wealth and company to her husband and his ex (now girlfriend), she is devastated, homeless and penniless as all her credit cards are blocked by her husband. She sees the man who is responsible for her pregnancy. The man she has no idea how he'd found his way to her matrimonial bed - Jared Johnson. Jared is annoyed when this strange woman disrupts his meeting and accuses him of ruining her life, marriage and impregnating her. It affects his business deals and having no choice, he marries her to calm the public whilst engaged to someone else. But he loathes her and allows his family treats her badly. Hailey who has fallen in love with Jared is broken when she can no longer take the humiliation. She signs the divorce papers and leaves, only to arrive six years later to the country as a self-made, secret billionaire and a mother of twins. Now her two ex-husbands are begging to have her back...
Catherine swallowed with her eyes closed and her lips slightly open, a moan escaped her lips when Lucas slid two fingers under her panties, "Lucas..." She moaned, lost in the sinful desire as her ex-boyfriend's dad moved his fingers against her rosy flesh... *************** Catherine, a young mother of two who came to the city with the hope of finding her twin's father only to be denied and deserted by him, found herself entangled in a forbidden web of craving. As the flame of passion ignites between her and the CEO, Lucas Leonardāher ex-boyfriend's fatherātheir affair takes them on a journey of temptation and sinful desires.Struggling with society's judgment and their own inner desire, Catherine and Lucas must steer the treacherous judgemental waters of the society and either fight for their love or let it crumble especially when her ex-lover came back to claim her and the twins. Will their love withstand the dishonorable whispers, or will it crumble under the weight of societal expectations and her ex-lover's conspiracies to win her back?