Kana was considered a burden to her uncle's family, which led to debts, and her uncle ended up dying. Kana was then forced to pay off those debts, but it turned out that her uncle had already used Kana as collateral for a loan to Ivander-one of the richest resort entrepreneurs in Europe and Asia. Ivander wanted to make Kana his contract wife as a shield against Jenni-his Ex-Fiancée. However, after they got married, Iola-Ivander's sister-disapproved of their marriage. She attempted to trap Kana, but Shein-Iola's fiancé-always defended Kana, which made Iola jealous. Then Jenni suddenly appeared and continuously incited Iola to hate Kana. Not only that, but Jenni also tried to set up Kana in a way that would force Ivander to divorce her, but Ivander trusted Kana more. Eventually, Jenni devised a grand plan. Iola was kidnapped while Kana and Iola decided to go on vacation together, with Jenni playing the role of a hero. Unfortunately, Jenni's evil plan was exposed due to Kana's quick thinking and Iola's testimony, resulting in Ivander throwing her in jail. Ivander then gave Kana a vacation gift. There, they opened up to each other, and seeds of love began to grow. Ivander even gifted Kana one of his resorts and provided her with initial training as a café manager. It turned out that the chef at the café was Alex-a long-time friend of Kana who secretly had feelings for her. Alex began to approach Kana, making Ivander jealous. Alex wanted Kana, but upon discovering that she was already married, he became increasingly obsessed. Alex was blinded by jealousy and pressured Kana to divorce Ivander. Kana was torn because, deep down, her heart didn't want to part from Ivander, even though it seemed inevitable. Kana was kidnapped by Alex for refusing to divorce Ivander. Ivander tried to rescue her, and they both expressed their feelings for each other. Ultimately, Kana was saved, and Alex was apprehended. Now, Kana became the owner of the resort and remained Ivander's wife under a more equitable marriage agreement.
"You're such a jinx!" the aunt screamed, grabbing Kana by the collar as she stepped into the house. The 21-year-old woman was forcefully dragged and thrown to the floor, her knees and palms slamming hard against the tiles.
Her heart and breath seemed to stop for a moment. She didn't even feel the pain in her knees and palms. Her eyes widened as she stared at her blurry reflection on the floor. Kana looked at her aunt with fear.
"W-what is it, Aunt?" she whispered.
"You still dare to ask? You jinx!" Suddenly, her cousin appeared, screaming hysterically from her room, tears streaming down her face. Kana's attention shifted. Why was her cousin crying? She turned to her aunt, whose face was flushed.
"I don't understand. What happened? Where's Uncle?" confused, Kana tried to get up, but her aunt approached her and yanked her short hair, pulling Kana's head back.
"Au-aunt... it hu-hurts..." Kana whimpered, trying to hold her aunt's hand to stop her from pulling her hair harder.
"Hurt, you say?" the aunt whispered, pulling Kana's hair even harder.
"Just this little bit, you complain about pain? Then what about me who has had to endure ten years of having a jinx like you?" the aunt screamed. Kana could only close her eyes tightly, hearing the piercing scream that stabbed her heart.
Being called a "jinx" was nothing new to her since she first came to this house after her parents died 14 years ago. Her uncle insisted on taking custody of her because he was the only family Kana had left, even though her aunt and cousin disagreed. As a result, whenever there was a problem in this house, Kana was always blamed.
"Au-aunt... at least, tell me, what's wrong? What happened? Did the debt collectors come again?" Kana tried to think clearly, even though her heart had been torn apart by her aunt and cousin's words and actions.
But her hair was pulled again, this time making her wince.
"You ungrateful child! You act as if the problem will be solved just by asking?" the aunt's voice rose. The woman in her forties looked at her sternly.
"If you only knew... your uncle..." The woman in her forties' voice began to tremble.
"Because of you..." Her breath hitched, her voice suddenly disappeared. Kana couldn't get any clues about what had actually happened while she was at work.
"You jinx! If you only knew, because of you, Dad died!" her cousin shouted, which sounded like a bolt of lightning to her. Kana couldn't believe what she was hearing. It couldn't be! Both of her hands immediately went up and covered her ears.
"No... This can't be!" Kana hysterically denied, which earned her a hard slap from her cousin, causing her aunt's grip on her hair to loosen, leaving a strand of hair in the forty-year-old woman's hand.
"It's all because of you, Kana!" her cousin accused, now staring at her with blazing eyes.
"Be-because of me?" Kana repeated, holding her cheek where she had been slapped.
"You ungrateful child!" Her aunt immediately pulled her collar.
"Do you want to act innocent?" the aunt snapped.
"But, Aunt, what caused Uncle's death? T-this must be a mistake. Maybe it's a scam! You know, Aunt, there are many scams going around to extort money-" Suddenly, Kana was spat on.
"You dare say that? I even saw my husband's lifeless body at the morgue!" the frustrated aunt screamed, gasping for breath. The forty-year-old woman raised her head again, staring coldly at Kana.
"He died this afternoon after being hit by a car on his way back from looking for a guarantor for his debt!" the aunt screamed again, which made Kana go limp. Her aunt's grip on her collar loosened. The forty-year-old woman then sat limply on the floor.
A single tear rolled down Kana's cheek. Her heart felt shattered hearing her aunt's story, but deep down, she thought the same. Her parents had died to fulfill her desire to vacation in the mountains, and now her uncle had died to support her.
"I'm so-sorry..." Suddenly, her collar was pulled again by her cousin.
"If you want to apologize, then give me all your salary!" her cousin demanded, making Kana's eyes widen. Salary? That's right, she had just been paid today. Her cousin's attention shifted to the sling bag still hanging on Kana's shoulder.
"Where is it? Where did you keep your salary?" The 18-year-old girl pulled the sling bag off Kana's shoulder and rummaged through its contents brutally.
"I-it's-"
"Here it is!" Her cousin found a rather thick white envelope with Kana's name on it. Her cousin showed the white envelope in front of Kana's face.
"Consider this your payment for living here all these years!" she sneered, then threw the worn sling bag back at Kana. The 18-year-old girl took out the contents of the envelope and counted the bills.
"Only one hundred and twenty dollars?" she pressed, attracting her mother's attention.
"Your salary is only one hundred and twenty dollars? Do you think how much money my father has spent until he had to die! You jinx!" Kana was pushed hard by her cousin, causing her to fall to the floor.
"Bu-but, Aunt... my salary as a waiter is only-" Suddenly, Kana's hand was pulled forcefully by her aunt.
"Au-aunt...."
"Get up!" the aunt ordered in a cold voice.
"But, Aunt...." Kana whimpered, looking at her aunt with trembling eyes.
"I said get up! Or else!" the aunt shouted again, which immediately made Kana stand up. Right after that, her aunt dragged Kana towards the front door.
"Au-aunt... where are we going?" Kana asked, confused.
"Where are we going, you say? Now it's your job to find the rest of your uncle's debt! You're the one who has to pay it!" the aunt screamed.
"Bu-but, Aunt... It's already late, where am I supposed to find the money-"
"Do anything, even sell your body! The important thing is that you can only come back when you have Thirty two thousands dollars!" the aunt screamed again, making Kana's eyes widen once more.
"Thirty two thousands? Isn't Uncle's debt fifty thousands dollars?" Kana remembered, she had even helped her uncle make a list of people her uncle owed money to.
"Do you think that debt doesn't accrue interest? You ungrateful child!" Her aunt opened the door and threw Kana out of the house so hard that the energy-less body was thrown out, but suddenly, a hand caught her.
Kana raised her head and found a man with slicked-back hair wearing a turtleneck shirt and leather jacket staring straight at her aunt and cousin.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa... What's going on here? Is this how this family mourns?"
Kana frowned at the arrogant and cold voice of the man. Kana then turned around, seeing her aunt and cousin standing there, their eyes wide. The man's aura was so strong that it made the atmosphere tense.
Her aunt's trembling index finger pointed at the man who was now standing beside Kana.
"Wh-who are you?"
" Don't say anymore word than you already have, don't..." I stuck a finger out at him, sauntering away on my heels when a hand wrapped itself around my arm. Breathlessly he whispered, "You know that I do love you and...fine, what exactly was I supposed to do?" "Protect me and stand up for me. That is what you do for someone who you claim you love!" ************ Out to spite her ex-boyfriend after he had broken up with her on her birthday, Daphne slept with a stranger who turned out to be his uncle while trying to rebuff his words that she was unwanted by others. Was she ready for the wild chase that followed when he found out years later that she had been pregnant with his heirs and that she had been hiding the truth all this while? Faced with the ruthless CEO, known as the beast, who wasn't ready to back down, Daphne does everything possible to make sure her kids wouldn't be taken from her, but what happens when love gets in the mix of it all? Would she be able to conquer these weird feelings and give in her all amidst her scars? And with how deadly he turned out to be? And faced with her ex who still wants her back, what choice is she going to make?
"I will work for you till I pay back the amount in full.. I want to be a maid.. Please… I don't want to be a breeder" I started to plead once everyone left the ward.. He saw her begging but his stone cold heart didn't melt. "I never tasted a weak duckling Alpha.." He smirked and walked toward me.. I walked back with fear till I hit the wall. "I am not weak." I said in a low tone and tried to push him away.. But his solid body didn't move an inch.. I could not breathe properly because of his aura.. "I will make you beg me for pleasure…" His words disgusted me. I didn't talk back as his Alpha tone was overbearing.. I felt weak wherever he was touching me.. "You will be my toy till you get pregnant.." I turned my head away with disgust but he touched my cheek roughly and caught my chin. He made me look into his eyes.. His hand covered my neck and gripped it hard.. "I will come to you every night to f**k you.." His eyes became devilish as if he was looking at his prey.. Suddenly I felt scared of him more.. and my breathing became suffocating.. He is pressing my windpipe to make me suffer… My eyes become red while I shake my head slowly... "No… no.." I murmured and I forgot to breathe in his presence.. He was scaring hell out of me.. "Girl.. You will be lucky if you get pregnancy soon otherwise I will have my ways to f**k you.." I dropped my eyes not able to hear such f***y words.. Tears rolled down my cheeks when he loosened his grip.. I don't want to believe that my father sold me as a breeder.. I can't accept it.. "If you agree or not.. it doesn't matter.. spread your legs when I come to you.." He pushed me back again and the tip of his nose touched my cheek while I looked at him scarily.. He nibbled on the crook of my neck and kissed my sensitive places… "Remember I am your Alpha from now on and don't you dare to say no…" he said huskily and pushed me back fiercely.. His cruel and harsh words made me fall back on the ground..
"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!
“Gabriel Bryce, how can you stand being so shameless?” Leonica asked, staring daggers at her atrocious husband and his mistress. “This is the house gifted to my by grandmother, yet you dare bring another woman into it? Aren’t you afraid that grandmother would be disappointed with you actions…?” Leonica’s words remained unfinished as an enraged Gabriel swung his hand through the air, smacking his palm clean on her left cheek. Leonica held her throbbing cheek, eyes wide and teary as she stared at her husband who glared down at her ferociously. “The nerves of you to mention my grandmother. You have no right to do so!” He spat, taking a step forward and jabbing his index finger painfully into her shoulder, making her take several steps back. “Bare this in mind, Leonica Romero, if not for the wishes of my late grandmother, I’d much rather be dead than associate myself with somebody like you.” *~*~* *~*~* Leonica Romero has always had a long time crush on Gabriel Bryce, CEO of Bryce Empire and Norway’s Business tyrant. Fortunately, at the request of his Ill grandmother, her family’s long time friend, Leonica gets the chance to marry her beloved. Feeling elated, she abandoned her position and dream job in the Romero household and becomes a humble housewife for Gabriel. However, Three years later, on the day of Gabriel’s grandmother’s funeral, Leonica is stunned speechless when he demands for a divorce, as his ex girlfriend Angelina Fernandez had suddenly returned, proclaiming her undying love for him. But that wasn’t the only shock Leonica received that day. Hours after Gabriel’s declaration for a divorce, Leonica wakes up in the hospital to a shocking news. She was two months pregnant. And Gabriel knew nothing about this!
BOOK 1- BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE BOOK. MATURE THEMES 18+ The book may contain s!xual scenes, sudden instances of possessiveness, mild violence. Sydney Morgan and Gavin Reed, high school sweethearts, had been married for over a decade. Five years of their relationship were filled with unconditional love; however, in the next six years, this changes drastically between them when Sydney takes advice from her best friend, Gavin's first love. When Sydney loses her baby, Gavin is left broken and vulnerable in the hands of his first love. She convinces him to divorce Sydney, and when he does, Sydney loses it and nearly gets hit by a car, but then the talk of the town, Gavin's rival, and CEO's son, hiding behind a facĂ de, comes to her rescue.
Everyone was shocked to the bones when the news of Rupert Benton's engagement broke out. It was surprising because the lucky girl was said to be a plain Jane, who grew up in the countryside and had nothing to her name. One evening, she showed up at a banquet, stunning everyone present. "Wow, she's so beautiful!" All the men drooled, and the women got so jealous. What they didn't know was that this so-called country girl was actually an heiress to a billion-dollar empire. It wasn't long before her secrets came to light one after the other. The elites couldn't stop talking about her. "Holy smokes! So, her father is the richest man in the world?" "She's also that excellent, but mysterious designer who many people adore! Who would have guessed?" Nonetheless, people thought that Rupert didn't love her. But they were in for another surprise. Rupert released a statement, silencing all the naysayers. "I'm very much in love with my beautiful fiancee. We will be getting married soon." Two questions were on everyone's minds: "Why did she hide her identity? And why was Rupert in love with her all of a sudden?"