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A stunningly handsome but arrogant man and a street smart girl from the orphanage cross paths in an unexpected and life changing way. After a near fatal accident, Zane, the 'demi-god' in the eyes of everyone due to his looks, takes in Kimberley, a girl who doesn't care about his beauty and insults him instead. When their tangled emotions lead him to play with her heart so she will fall for him, and after making her love him, he abandoned her. But neither of them is prepared for the shocking truth: she was carrying his child, after the night stand they had before he sent her away. Seven years later, their past collides in a twist of fate. Will love heal the wounds of the past, or will hatred tear them apart again? Now seeing her with a ring and a son:::: Now seeing him with a clingy lady who was obsessed with him.
Kimberley's POV
Being an orphan wasn't the worst thing in the world. Well, maybe it was, but when you had a best friend like Nina Mather, it at least came with a side of chaos.
We weren't just orphans, we were menaces. The Sisterhood at St. Agnes Orphanage had tried everything to discipline us. Prayers? Didn't work. Locking us in the library? Just made us smarter troublemakers. Extra chores? We'd find a way to make them fun, like turning laundry duty into a soap-slide contest.
And the neighborhood? Oh, they hated us.
Take Mr. Donovan, for example. Evil incarnate in the form of an old man with a bald head that shined like a freshly waxed floor. He ran a grocery store nearby and was always yelling at us for "stealing air" when we stood too long outside his shop. So, of course, Nina and I took it as a personal mission to irritate him.
Like last week.
I had the brilliant idea to fill a brown paper bag with rotten eggs and leave it in front of his door. Nina, being the daring idiot she was, lit it on fire and rang the bell. We ran so fast, but we still heard his furious scream as he stomped on it, the nasty smell exploding all over his shoes.
We didn't stop there. There was also Mrs. Thompson, who reported us to Sister Margaret every week for "harassing her poor dog." In our defense, her dog started it. It barked at us every time we passed, so we may have... barked back. Loudly. Maybe we also howled at 3 AM just outside her window for fun.
What can I say? We were creative.
But it wasn't all fun and games. Surviving as an orphan meant hustling.
By the time I turned nineteen, I had mastered the art of survival. I printed flyers for local businesses mostly sketchy ones, like "Lose 30 Pounds in 3 Days" or "Palm Readings by Madame Zelda" (a woman who I swore just Googled horoscopes before each session).
I hustled hard, handing out at least 200 flyers a day and earning just enough to afford food that wasn't the orphanage's cardboard-like bread. Nina sometimes helped, but mostly, she spent her days dreaming about marrying a rich old man so we'd never have to work again.
But life wasn't all harmless trouble and street hustling. Because that's the thing about growing up poor in a dangerous city eventually, trouble finds you before you can find it.
It happened fast.
One minute, I was walking home, thinking about the leftover sandwich I had saved from lunch. The next, a black van screeched to a stop beside me, and before I could run, a rough hand yanked me inside.
Panic. Heart racing. A sack over my head. The scent of sweat and cheap cologne suffocating me.
"Keep quiet, girl," a gruff voice warned. "You just made the wrong people mad."
My mind raced. Which wrong people? Mr. Donovan? No, he wouldn't kidnap me over rotten eggs... would he?
They drove for what felt like hours before dragging me into a warehouse. When they finally pulled off the sack, I was face-to-face with a man who looked like a bloated frog in a bad suit.
"You've been interfering in our business," he sneered.
I blinked. "I pass out flyers. Unless you own the Lose 30 Pounds in 3 Days scam, I don't know you."
Wrong answer. Frog-Man slapped me across the face.
I saw stars, but I refused to give them the satisfaction of fear.
I had two options:
1. Sit and wait for death.
2. Be the crazy girl they regret kidnapping.
Naturally, I chose Option Two.
So, I started screaming. Not normal screaming insane, high-pitched banshee wailing.
"OH MY GOD, I'M ALLERGIC TO CRIMINALS! I'M GONNA DIEEEE!"
The men exchanged panicked glances. One even took a step back.
Then, I upped my game. I started convulsing, eyes rolling back dramatically. "IT'S HAPPENING! I CAN SEE THE LIGHT!"
"Shit, is she having a seizure?" one of them asked.
"I...I don't know!"
They were freaking out now. Idiots.
The moment one of them bent down to "help" me, I grabbed a nearby chair and slammed it into his face. He crumpled instantly. The other guys weren't fast enough.
I kicked one in the groin, grabbed a metal pole, and smashed the warehouse window open.
Then I ran.
I sprinted through dark alleyways, barefoot, heart hammering. My body ached, my head was spinning, but I couldn't stop.
And then BAM.
A blinding light. A deafening screech of tires.
Pain.
The impact sent me flying onto the hard pavement. Everything blurred, but I heard voices. Male voices.
"Holy shit, man, I think you killed her."
"No, no, she's still breathing. Right?"
I tried to move but groaned in pain. My entire body felt like I'd just lost a fight with a cement truck.
Then I saw him.
Or rather, his blurry, stupidly handsome face.
Messy brownish-blond hair, piercing golden-brown eyes, and a strong jawline that looked like it was sculpted by the gods themselves.
He was crouched next to me, staring like he didn't just commit a hit-and-run.
"Shit," he muttered. "She's hot."
I blacked out.
When I woke up, I was in a ridiculously fancy bedroom that smelled like expensive cologne and bad decisions.
The idiot from the car accident sat across from me, looking too casual for someone who nearly killed me.
"You alive?" he asked, smirking.
I glared at him. "No. You killed me. This is my ghost haunting your ugly ass."
He snorted. "If you're well enough to insult me, you're fine."
I tried to sit up, but pain shot through me. "Where the hell am I?"
"My house," he said, lazily leaning back. "I figured after hitting you, the least I could do was make sure you weren't dead. My best friend Talon wanted to dump you at a hospital, but I thought, 'Why not take her home?'"
"Oh wow. How romantic," I said dryly. "Almost dying because of a rich drunk guy is every girl's dream."
He grinned, clearly enjoying my sarcasm.
"Well, you're here now, sweetheart. And I don't like people owing me." His golden eyes glinted mischievously. "So, let's just say... you're mine until your debt is paid."
I stared at him, horrified.
Oh, hell no.
Returning to her hometown to rebuild her life, Amelia's journey takes a dark turn when she's kidnapped by a mysterious and dangerously alluring man. Tortured but captivated, she finds herself caught in a whirlwind of forbidden attraction. Her mate's love pulls her one way, but her kidnapper's dangerous temptation ignites a fire she never knew existed. As secrets unravel, Amelia faces an impossible choice...follow her destiny or surrender to temptation.
The day Lilah found out that she was pregnant, she caught her fiancé cheating on her. Her remorseless fiancé and his mistress almost killed her. Lilah fled for her dear life. When she returned to her hometown five years later, she happened to save a little boy's life. The boy's father turned out to be the world's richest man. Everything changed for Lilah from that moment. The man didn't let her experience any inconvenience. When her ex-fiancé bullied her, he crushed the scumbag's family and also rented out an entire island just to give Lilah a break from all the drama. He also taught Lilah's hateful father a lesson. He crushed all her enemies before she even asked. When Lilah's vile sister threw herself at him, he showed her a marriage certificate and said, "I'm happily married and my wife is much more beautiful than you are!" Lilah was shocked. "When did we ever get married? Last I checked, I was still single." With a wicked smile, he said, "Honey, we've been married for five years. Isn't it about time we had another child together?" Lilah's jaw dropped to the floor. What the hell was he talking about?
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Mia's life is spiraling out of control. Abandoned by her mother, bullied mercilessly at school, and thrown into a household of four dangerously attractive stepbrothers, she's desperate to find her footing. "You look absolutely edible," Sean growled, his eyes devouring her. Mia felt a rush of heat between her thighs "Oh, you think so?" she purred, turning to face him. She reached out and traced her fingers along the ribbon that wrapped around his waist. "Well, I've been waiting for this all day. And I'm starving." Sean's smile grew into a predatory grin. "Then let us feast," he said, and in a flash, the ribbon fell away, exposing his rock-hard length. He stepped closer, and Mia felt the warmth of his breath on her face as he whispered, "You're going to take every inch of us tonight, aren't you?" With Rolex's teasing smirk and Sean's quiet, hot stares, Mia doesn't know where to turn-or who to trust. Every glance, every touch leaves her breathless, confused, and craving more than she should. Will Mia survive their games, or will she lose herself in a dangerous world of secrets, seduction, and forbidden desire? One house. Four brothers. Endless temptation.
Blinded in a crash, Cary was rejected by every socialite—except Evelina, who married him without hesitation. Three years later, he regained his sight and ended their marriage. "We’ve already lost so many years. I won’t let her waste another one on me." Evelina signed the divorce papers without a word. Everyone mocked her fall—until they discovered that the miracle doctor, jewelry mogul, stock genius, top hacker, and the President's true daughter… were all her. When Cary came crawling back, a ruthless tycoon had him kicked out. "She's my wife now. Get lost."
The dream of everyone with regards to marriage is to be able to find that special someone and settle down with them. Even arranged marriages grant you an opportunity to meet your partner briefly before the wedding. How will you feel about waking up in the morning with someone sleeping next to you who is not just anyone but your legally married partner yet with no memory of how that had happened in just a few hours of going out the previous day? This is the story of Jason Haward and Julia Harrison, two strangers trapped in a marriage they never planned. The quest to find out why led to the unfolding of a mystery which made them realize they are both living a lie. To find out more, read this amazing story of love, betrayal, revenge and murder.
Veronica is an eighteen-year-old omega who falls into an emotional breakdown when her Mate, who was soon to be the Alpha of the Sun crest pack, turns against her, hurls hurtful words at her, and rejects her on the night of the full moon festival because he and everyone in the pack, including her, thinks she is an omega. As if the pain of rejection, helplessness, and worthlessness wasn't enough, she lost her best and only friend to the cold hands of death when rogue wolves attacked their pack. Right in the presence of her mate, she was tagged as someone who always attracted problems and calamities anywhere she went and he turned a blind eye and watched as she was banished from the pack. With hatred for her life, she runs deep into the woods that were off-limits and jumps off to end her life, but in a turn of events, something else happens. What would her mate do when he finds out that Veronica is not who he thinks she is? Will she be able to forgive him? What fate lies ahead for them?