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The playboy billionaire's name was number one on her blacklist. She vowed never to marry the man labelled as the 'panty ripper.' But Destiny has a different plan... Ava Maxi dreamt of nothing but having a life in peace and harmony. She was just a girl who wants nothing but happiness. She works as a Hotel Attendant in a Business Hotel, drives her own car, owns a small house, and most of all has a loving boyfriend of long two years. Her life was perfect and she have nothing more to ask. Her seemingly perfect life takes a different turn when her alcoholic father looses to a gambling match with both the house she worked hard for and the car she thrift herself just to afford was taken as a collateral to his debts. Despite not being a father to her all this years, she can't afford the only father she have to go to jail. Poor and homeless, she let the incident pass and start a new life free of stress knowing she have a boyfriend to support her. However, on the day day of their private wedding her boyfriend did not show up. Soon she discovered that she wasn't his only 'baby.' She goes to a bar and gets drunk. With the last of her money, she checks into a hotel and enters a room... Not hers... Ava looses her virginity to a man, the owner of the room she tress passed... Not just an ordinary man but to Eros Abraham, the notorious billionaire who changes girlfriends faster than flipping books. On the same night he proposed marriage.
The playboy billionaire's name was number one on her blacklist. She vowed never to marry the man labelled as the 'panty ripper.'
But Destiny has a different plan...
Ava Maxi dreamt of nothing but having a life in peace and harmony. She was just a girl who wants nothing but happiness. She works as a Hotel Attendant in a Business Hotel, drives her own car, owns a small house, and most of all has a loving boyfriend of long two years. Her life was perfect and she have nothing more to ask.
Her seemingly perfect life takes a different turn when her alcoholic father looses to a gambling match with both the house she worked hard for and the car she thrift herself just to afford was taken as a collateral to his debts.
Despite not being a father to her all this years, she can't afford the only father she have to go to jail. Poor and homeless, she let the incident pass and start a new life free of stress knowing she have a boyfriend to support her.
However, on the day day of their private wedding her boyfriend did not show up. Soon she discovered that she wasn't his only 'baby.'
She goes to a bar and gets drunk. With the last of her money, she checks into a hotel and enters a room... Not hers...
Ava looses her virginity to a man, the owner of the room she tress passed... Not just an ordinary man but to Eros Abraham, the notorious billionaire who changes girlfriends faster than flipping books.
On the same night he proposed marriage.
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One of the most amazing thing in the world is having someone who falls in love with you whom you thought you never had the chance with.
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PROLOGUE
"Do you know who I am?"
He leaned closer, his hot breath fanned my face, his lips then moved to the sensitive flesh under my ears with palpable eagerness while he watched tremble under his seduction.
I sucked in a breath when he bit the skin under my ears sending shivers down my spine. His hot melting gaze was enough to transform my throat into an arid land as dry as Sahara Desert.
"Y-yes. Who wouldn't know you?" I respond heating up hoping at the same time he would not notice the growing anticipation concealed behind my impassive mask.
As if under a trance, my heavy eyelids fluttered close. It was three in the morning and my whole body ached from our tireless passionate lovemaking and it was now screaming to have rest. An hour of sleep would be a good idea but being a captive of this man, as cold hot blooded as he, made the thought seem impossible.
"Good." I felt the warmth of his lips stretch into a smile. I sighed with relief as he lapsed into silence. Thank God! I mumbled inwardly as I drifted into the magical portals of dreamland.
"Do you like me then?" He whispered seductively as his hands slither under the sheets where my naked body reside, his fingers left no part of my nakedness unexplored.
My eyes snapped wide open, the last remnant of sleep fled and I became totally awake as if I've been splashed with icy cold water in the face.
The sudden question rendered me speechless for a while. Like him? Goodness NO! The Eros the panty ripper was not my dream guy! He was a good girl's worst nightmare.
"No!" I shot him an icy look when I finally recovered. "I will never like you." Horrified, I tap his fingers that invaded the triangle in between my legs.
"Even better." He replied to my dislike, he seemed to be overjoyed for a man who've just been told he's unlikable.
He rolled on the top of me after he flung the blanket that covered my nakedness and replaced it with the weight of his feverish body.
"Marry me then."
Holy Moly! The country's playboy offered marriage? He must have lost all his mind from the alcohol he consumed. He seems so high, I wonder what kind of forbidden drugs he had taken.
"No, I will never marry you." The mention of marriage shocked me to the core. I pushed him hard but my struggles was futile. My flailing hands was captured by an iron clutch. The last thing I knew my hands are pinned to my head by his strong arms.
My treacherous body became even hotter as his gaze lingered on my skin. The intimate position we're entangled in bed made my whole body burned with desire.
"Marry me." He repeated with a dangerous glint upon his exquisite grey eyes. The magical words I dreamed of hearing sounded like a death threat coming from his mouth. When his lips curved into a frosty smile, right at the moment I realized I'm destined to be doomed.
Knowing his sinful escapades, marriage was the last thing I was expecting to hear from Eros Abraham's lips that charmed a hundred girls to their doom. He was the mega playboy I told my self to steer clear off. However, this unfortunate night snared me into entering this dangerous territory.
The playboy billionaire's name was number one on my blacklist. I vowed never to marry the man labelled as the 'panty ripper' but it seems I was about to swallow my words.
"No! I will never marry you." The decision to never marry him was final as I fought his unblinking gaze.
"I'm afraid you have no choice honey." His lips curved into a chilling smile, cold enough to frost the burning hell of underworld. "We did not use protection, too late to say No."
His arms loosened it's hold and I pushed him away rather forcefully with the last of my strength. Fear engulfed my body and it was now clutching my throat making me gasp for air.
Dear Lord, what have I done? I did not recall signing up to this complicated relationship. One drunken moment will changed the rest of my life.
I buried my deep into the pillow with warm tears swarming down my cheeks. His fingers gently caressed my back in an attempt to calm me down but his tender gesture provided no consolation.
The memories of what exactly happened flooded into my memory reminding me that it was entirely my fault.... I was left no choice but to agree with his proposal after my forbidden entry with in the devil's territory.
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She thought he was the villain. He was only trying to save his soul. Rena lives in a world of sunshine, sweets, and simple dreams. Until one reckless decision drops her into a dark realm of secrets, curses and werewolves. Kidnapped, heartbroken. She doesn't know who to trust anymore especially not Logan, the arrogant, cruel Alpha who's keeping her as a hostage. Until she discovers his dark secret. He's been hearing her thoughts all along. Now the walls between them are crumbling. And when feelings grow where hatred once lived, a curse demands that blood becomes a love that demands sacrifice. But how can she give her heart to the one who might need it to die?
After two years of marriage, Sadie was finally pregnant. Filled with hope and joy, she was blindsided when Noah asked for a divorce. During a failed attempt on her life, Sadie found herself lying in a pool of blood, desperately calling Noah to ask him to save her and the baby. But her calls went unanswered. Shattered by his betrayal, she left the country. Time passed, and Sadie was about to be wed for a second time. Noah appeared in a frenzy and fell to his knees. "How dare you marry someone else after bearing my child?"
Janice, the long-forgotten legitimate heiress, made her way back to her family, pouring her heart into winning their hearts. Yet, she had to relinquish her very identity, her academic credentials, and her creative works to her foster sister. In return for her sacrifices, she found no warmth, only deeper neglect. Resolute, Janice vowed to cut off all emotional bonds. Transformed, she now stood as a master of martial arts, adept in eight languages, an esteemed medical expert, and a celebrated designer. With newfound resolve, she declared, "From this day forward, no one in this family shall cross me."
Kallie, a mute who had been ignored by her husband for five years since their wedding, also suffered the loss of her pregnancy due to her cruel mother-in-law. After the divorce, she learned that her ex-husband had quickly gotten engaged to the woman he truly loved. Holding her slightly rounded belly, she realized that he had never really cared for her. Determined, she left him behind, treating him as a stranger. Yet, after she left, he scoured the globe in search of her. When their paths crossed once more, Kallie had already found new happiness. For the first time, he pleaded humbly, "Please don't leave me..." But Kallie's response was firm and dismissive, cutting through any lingering ties. "Get lost!"