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Shattered and betrayed by the family she loved and trusted, Marina Downtown's world and mental heart crumbled. She was exploited and used for her singing talents, also drugged by her best friend, and she fell into drug addiction. After two years of being alone and wandering around with no soul, she unexpectedly crosses paths with Adams, the Ceo of Nart Enterprises. A night of passion, but hell the next morning her addiction kicks off in front of him, as she destroys everything. Determined to save her, Adams falls in love with her soul and promises to bring life into the shattered heart and heal her soul. Can he help her quit her addiction? Will Merina open her heart to the man? Can she trust again? Dive into this story of "Chasing Merina" to find out.
In a run-down apartment in the outcast of the city where people with different bad lifestyles live. The street was filled with dirt and portholes. It rained that morning so everywhere was filled with mud but the people there weren't bothered especially the children.
Roars of men arguing about unnecessary matters, mothers calling for their children, and the sound of crazy laughter from the ladies who had nothing to do other than smoke and gossip and when it's nighttime, they go out to sell their bodies.
It was Afternoon and the sun pierced into the room of Merina, shining on her sleeping face making her scrunch her face while using her hands to block the light. The blasting voices were like an alarm that made her wide awake. She sighed and sat up on the bed. Her head throbbed with pain, that's the consequence of getting drunk. She rubbed her forehead hoping to ease the pain but it won't just go away so she just stood up and walked to the bathroom to do her daily routine. After she was done bathing and brushing, she came outside with a towel wrapped around herself. She didn't bother using a treatment or rubbing cream on her body as she deemed it unnecessary, since she felt no one was looking at her anyway, she didn't even have the money for it. All the money she gets from singing in the club and on the subway has been spent on alcohol and drugs. She opened her wardrobe which had just little clothes, everything in it was black and full of trousers and a shirt which she had bought for cheap prices at the night market. She picked one and wore it, not bothered with the fittings or the torn shirt.
Merina looked at herself in the mirror, she looked badly battered, she sighed and walked to the cabinet to bring out her makeup bag to cover up her puffy eyes as she decided to set off to the bar to have a drink.
She was greeted with the crisp and cool air after stepping out. She inhaled deeply but her nose twitched when she mistakenly inhaled the pungent smell of cigarettes, her face remained indifferent as she was used to the pungent smell. She adjusted her clothes and walked forward, not looking at anybody, she looked like a wandering soul that mistakenly ventured into a new place.
The bar was not far from where she lived so she chose to walk there, as she had always done when she didn't have enough money. The sound of music attacked Merina immediately as she walked into the bar, her eyes scanning for a space to sit.
"Hello, pretty! Can I sit with you?!" A man's voice sounded next to Merina who had just sat down and was about to order a drink.
She looked at the man who just asked her a question, she saw the mischievous light in his eyes and knew he was up to no good, but she wasn't scared, as this was not the first time encountered scumbags since she started this crazy lifestyle of hers. Since he was the one who said he wanted to buy her a drink, she saw no reason to reject a free drink, so she nodded which got the man so excited as he thought she was so easy to catch. He immediately signaled to the bartender who bought some drinks after a few minutes.
"So...pretty, what's your name?" The man asked as he looked lustfully at the still-indifferent Merina.
"Why aren't you answering? I bought you a drink so I think I should have your attention, right?" He asked irritatedly. He didn't know why the person who had accepted his drink wouldn't even look or pay attention to him. Her face wasn't that beautiful, but he wouldn't deny she had a sexy figure man would die for, even if she was wearing something baggy it still couldn't hide her shape. But he wondered why her face was full of makeup which looked a little upsetting to look at.
"Scam!" Merina's cold voice sounded in the space, freezing the man. He looked surprised at first then suddenly anger filled his eyes.
"How dare you tell me to scam after taking my drink? Do you know who I am?! Since you took my drink then you are mine for the night!" The man said as he pointed at the cold Merina who still sat stiffly on the couch. She had maintained the same posture since she came and only moved when she raised her glass to her lips.
Her lips suddenly curled up in a smile when she saw the finger pointed at her, she raised her hand and grabbed the finger and bit down so hard making the man scream which disturbed the nearby people who were dancing and drinking but when they saw there was no danger, they ignored the screaming man and focused on what they were doing.
"Sorry! I hate being pointed at, it reminds me of some bad memories." Merina's voice sounded so soft as she apologized, but only the person who was bitten knew the terror he felt when she bit his finger, it was like she wanted to cut off his finger. He looked at the indifferent face as she raised her hand like a robot to clean the blood stain on her lips, making her look like a devil. He couldn't stop the chill that covered his body.
"You are crazy! Crazy human, you ought to see a therapist, your brain needs to be checked! Don't worry about the drink anymore, take it!" He said in horror before running out of the bar, he didn't want to stay here at all.
"Yes, I am crazy... you don't need to tell me as I have been told many times before, haha! It's nothing new!" Merina laughed crazily as she muttered to herself still drowning the drinks that were bought by the man.
After drinking her fill, she suddenly felt pressed, so she stood unsteadily and walked around. She knew the toilet was just nearby as she was a regular there, but she was so drunk today that she couldn't find her way to the toilet. After so many unsuccessful attempts to find the toilet, she found an open door, and thinking it was the toilet she entered and immediately rushed to the toilet of the room which she was glad she found because she had almost wet her pants. After urinating she came out of the toilet, with an unclear eye, she decided it was time to go back home as she knew she was dead drunk, but who knew she would bump into a hard body immediately she came out of the toilet.
"Ouch! My nose!" Merina cried out in pain as she touched her already red nose.
"Who are you? And what are you doing in my room?" A male voice sounded which scared Merina awake.
She looked at the person who she bumped into and was immediately shocked by what she saw. Though she was still drunk, she was not blind and knew how to tell a high-quality man when she saw one, she also knew when there was danger just like now.
"Your room? You are so weird... how can you call the toilet your room?" Though Merina sensed danger she was drunk.
Adam Nart looked at the drunk girl who was spitting nonsense out of her mouth speechlessly. He had gone for a dinner party somewhere nearby but he wasn't careful enough and drank a spiked drink given to him by the waiter. He had let down his guard as he felt no one would dare drug him but he underestimated human greediness. He had immediately left the party when he noticed something was wrong with his body, he didn't even wait for his assistant as he drove himself out of there but he didn't expect what he was drugged with to be so strong, so he decided to find a place to stay for the night so he could calm down and by coincidence, he saw this bar and immediately ordered for a room.
He was trying to take off his clothes and soak in cold water to clear his head when he saw the lady barge in drunkenly, he had wanted to yell for her to get out but he decided to watch and see what she was planning but he never expected it to be a drunk lady who had mistakenly his room for the toilet. Looking at her caked-up face which was still scrunched up in pain, he couldn't help but find it amusing.
"I think you should open your eyes wide and see if this is a toilet or a room," Adam said coldly to the girl. He had no time to argue with a drunk woman as he could feel his body heating up so badly, his eyes couldn't help but roam the girl's body and he found out she was well endowed. Realizing what he was thinking about, he held his head speechlessly. This drug was so potent.
"Get out! I don't want to hurt you, so get out before you regret it, lady." He warned as he pointed at the door signaling her to leave immediately, but would Merina listen? The answer was obvious.
"I hate being threatened the most! So I won't leave! I will sit here and see what you can do!" She said stubbornly as she sat down on the bed with her beautiful eyes looking challengingly at Adam.
"Then don't regret it!"
Belinda thought after divorce, they would part ways for good - he could live his life on his own terms, while she could indulge in the rest of hers. However, fate had other plans in store. "My darling, I was wrong. Would you please come back to me?" The man, whom she once loved deeply, lowered his once proud head humbly. "I beg you to return to me." Belinda coldly pushed away the bouquet of flowers he had offered her and coolly replied, "It's too late. The bridge has been burned, and the ashes have long since scattered to the wind!"
Elisa watched as the most important people in her life showered the evil imposter-The fake heiress, with love. Elisa, the lost daughter of one of the most wealthiest family was found 18 years later and was brought back to her rightful home. However, someone had already taken her place. A fake heiress, the pampered little princess. Her coy acting and innocent façade made Elisa's real mother love her more than Elisa, her real daughter. That made Elisa, though, the true daughter end up as an adopted child. "Elisa, could you try not to appear in front of her too much as it could trigger her insecurities." Her parents had told her because of the fake heiress. "Elisa, You've taken everything away from her. Why can't you give her a little more?" Her fiancé had ordered her. Because of an unfortunate accident plotted by Isabelle-The fake heiress, Elisa was sent to prison and her family cut ties with her without a second thought. Four years, after much torture which led to her being crippled and blind on one eye, she was released, but got hit by a truck. While laying on the pool of her blood, she wanted to question, Why? Why had they all treated her so cruelly, while they love Isabelle unconditionally? She badly wanted to rip off Isabelle's mask of innocence, to reveal the fake, manipulative woman beneath. She was full of hatred. But after her death, she woke up back to when she was 18 years like all that happened were all nightmare. She was elated. She was reborn to re-live all that had happened in her last life, but now, her mission was to reveal mask beneath that woman and make everyone that made her suffer in her past life pay. It was her time for revenge! And definitely, she won't mess this up!
Kaelyn devoted three years tending to her husband after a terrible accident. But once he was fully recovered, he cast her aside and brought his first love back from abroad. Devastated, Kaelyn decided on a divorce as people mocked her for being discarded. She went on to reinvent herself, becoming a highly sought-after doctor, a champion racer, and an internationally renowned architectural designer. Even then, the traitors sneered in disdain, believing Kaelyn would never find someone. But then the ex-husband’s uncle, a powerful warlord, returned with his army to ask for Kaelyn’s hand in marriage.
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience, but Carrie made the mistake of falling in love with Kristopher. When the time came that she needed him the most, her husband was in the company of another woman. Enough was enough. Carrie chose to divorce Kristopher and move on with her life. Only when she left did Kristopher realize how important she was to him. In the face of his ex-wife’s countless admirers, Kristopher offered her 20 million dollars and proposed a new deal. “Let’s get married again.”
"Never let anyone treat you like shit!" I learned that the hard way. For three years, I lived with my in-laws. They didn't treat me as their son-in-law but as a slave. I put up with everything because of my wife, Yolanda Lambert. She was the light of my life. Unfortunately, my whole world came crashing down the day I caught my wife cheating on me. I have never been so heartbroken. To have my revenge, I revealed my true identity. I was none other than Liam Hoffman—the heir of a family with trillions of dollars in assets! The Lamberts were utterly shocked after the big reveal. They realized what fools they had been for treating me like trash. My wife even knelt down and begged for my forgiveness. What do you think I did? Did I take her back or made her suffer? Find out!
Yelena discovered that she wasn't her parents' biological child. After seeing through their ploy to trade her as a pawn in a business deal, she was sent away to her barren birthplace. There, she stumbled upon her true origins—a lineage of historic opulence. Her real family showered her with love and adoration. In the face of her so-called sister's envy, Yelena conquered every adversity and took her revenge, all while showcasing her talents. She soon caught the attention of the city's most eligible bachelor. He cornered Yelena and pinned her against the wall. “It's time to reveal your true identity, darling.”