"No matter how bad someone is, if you keep showing love, they are bound to change, right?" So she believed. That was why she was willing to risk it all just to be his wife. Unfortunately, all she got was heartbreak and scars that can never heal or concealed.Accused of what she knew nothing about, Elena Kent's tried everything to prove her innocence. But nothing changed. Only to discover that her husband was behind it all, just to save her best friend from going to jail, Elena was condemned to prediction. She lost everything. The two years she spent in prison became her worst nightmare. At last, something died in her heart. Two years later, while trying to fix the pieces of her broken life and to fall in love again, Williams Hunter met her by circumstances, and he just couldn't let her go. He tried every means to get her back, even though they're terrible. He just wanted her back, even if it meant caging her to his bed forever. And yet, she simply refused to love him again. "What do you want me to do, Elena? I want your love back. I will give you everything I have and the world just so you love me. If you said this two years ago, I would have been the happiest woman on earth. But now, nothing you can give would change anything, not even your life."At last, she realized that the devil can never change. He will only break your heart again. It's not worth it.
"Love is never the excuse to hurt people.
When Elena Kent was pressed down on the bed by the man, she was still wondering what was going on.
This man was her supposed husband. Elena could feel the man's hot and strong body under the dim light; she was not even clear about his appearance.
But the man didn't give her much time to think.
For the past three years they were married, Williams Hunter has only returned twice. Though she was reluctant to give her v-card to him, still this was the man she had loved for eight years.
Although she professed to be a tough girl, she cried when she felt the man inside her body.
She couldn't believe that she had given her first time to her drunk husband, whom she has only met twice since they got married.
'Do you have any idea how much I want you, Anna?'
Elena froze; she couldn't contain her tears. If she was correct, Anna was her best friend whom she tells everything. Anna was closer to Williams due to their differences. When she found out that she had feelings for Williams and confronted her, that was when she got the shock of her life that she had always pretended to be her.
After a long night...
Elena could not recall when she fell asleep. However, when she woke up, the man was still asleep with his face buried in the pillow. She felt embarrassed and angry, so she sat up, got dressed, and left the room quickly. She went to the bathroom, looking at her reflection in the mirror; she felt like a drowned cat.
When Williams woke up, he looked around, saw the stain on the bed, and realized what happened.
Elena finished cleaning up. Just as she was at a loss for what to do, the bathroom door opened; they were both staring at each other through the mirror.
'I will transfer some money to you. Get a contraceptive, because this night never happened.'
That was all he said, went back to the room, dressed up, and left without even taking a glance at her.
Elena sat on the bed and cried until nighttime. She was heartbroken.
Then she went out to buy the drugs. After that, she went back home, kept the drugs in the cabinet, went to prepare dinner for herself.
For three years, she lived alone to the point she preferred it as it was now part of her." Elena grew up with her aged grandmother. Her father abandoned her mother when his mistress gave birth to a son for him.
He brought his mistress home and told her mother that he didn't want his lineage to end. Her mother became devastated; she couldn't bear the pain of the betrayal and became mentally unstable, ending her life.
Her father married his mistress barely three days after the funeral. Her stepmother said she didn't want her around, so her father sent her to live with her aged grandmother, and that was the last she heard of him.
She managed to get a scholarship to the best school in the city. She was a very intelligent student.
That was where she first saw Williams. He was one of the most popular kids in school. Her school life wasn't a good experience as she was treated like rag due to her poor background.
Then Anna became her friend when she helped her with her assignments. They got really close, and that was when she began telling Anna about her feelings for Williams, who encouraged her to talk to him.
She never did; instead, she begged Anna to help her. It was later she realized that Anna also had feelings for him and instead told lies about her just to spoil her name.
Everything she did to make Williams notice her, Anna pretended to be the one who did them. Although she never really understood why Anna did that after all she treated her well and helped her whenever she needed it.
Elena spent the remaining time of the night remembering the past.
After all her reflection she realized that the only time were she was happy truly were not much and that was the time her mother was alive and the time she spent with her grandmother in the village, these were the only moments she was carefree.
Just roaming about in the village going to the ocean and joining the fisherman. She really missed her mom and her grandma who has been in a coma for three years and probably won't wake up for lifetime.
The next day, she prepared for work. She worked as a designer in a publishing firm. Though the pay wasn't much, it was enough to cover her living expenses and her grandma's treatment.
Although she didn't enjoy working there, it was better than nothing and also helped her forget, at least sometimes. When she was done, she got a call from the hospital that her grandma's case had gotten worse.
She should come over. Then she rushed to the hospital. The doctor told her that they needed to do a brain surgery for her grandma, else she won't last up to six months.
The price of the surgery was $18,000, which was more than her yearly earnings. She left the hospital feeling devastated.
She then called the office to tell them that she will be absent from work. She took care of her grandma spent some time with her and went back home after, immediately she slump on a chair and feel asleep.
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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."
Betrayed by her mate and sister on the eve of her wedding, Makenna was handed to the ruthless Lycan Princes as a lover, her indifferent father ignoring her plight. Determined to escape and seek revenge, she captured the interest of the three Lycan princes, who desired her exclusively amid many admirers. This complicated her plans, trapping her and making her a rival to the future Lycan queen. Entwined in jealousy and vindictiveness, could Makenna achieve her vengeance in the intricate dance with the three princes?
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Corinne devoted three years of her life to her boyfriend, only for it to all go to waste. He saw her as nothing more than a country bumpkin and left her at the altar to be with his true love. After getting jilted, Corinne reclaimed her identity as the granddaughter of the town’s richest man, inherited a billion-dollar fortune, and ultimately rose to the top. But her success attracted the envy of others, and people constantly tried to bring her down. As she dealt with these troublemakers one by one, Mr. Hopkins, notorious for his ruthlessness, stood by and cheered her on. “Way to go, honey!”