To pay for her mother and sister's medical bills, Daphne Laurel was forced to accept an offer to become the pretend wife of a sickly old tycoon in her care. She also suddenly had to perform the role of the stepmother to a hot young man who had a million charms, who unfortunately hated her very much. Hector Andino vows to do everything in his power he can to prove that his father's young wife is nothing but a gold-digger slut and that she must get rid of his family for forever. But the more he tries, the more he becomes entangled in a forbidden enchantment until there is no other woman he wants but the one woman he must never touch, his stepmother.
Hector Andino was moving his body over a woman's body that night.
He was still growling as he chased his release when a sudden memory broke his concentration.
And penetration.
"Fvck! I forgot to lock the door! Don't let that damn woman do it again!" Hector cursed as he sped up his movements until the woman below him moaned even louder.
This wasn't the first time Hector had brought a woman to his house and had sex in his room.
And there had also been several times when that damn woman, his father's young wife, had broken down his bedroom door and kicked the woman out before he could reach his satisfaction.
"Shit! Come on, hurry up, I'm almost there!"
"Ahh, Hector..." the moans of the woman below him grew louder.
But it was too late! Before Hector could finish his activity, the door of his room had already been violently kicked in again.
Crack!
And the young woman with all her arrogance entered there.
"Didn't I tell you that this house is not a place for immorality? Stop right now!" she snarled with a fiery glare.
Daphne Laurel could never help herself when Hector started throwing tantrums by bringing women into this house.
For Sex.
For his Satisfaction.
Especially since he was her stepson.
Not a real stepson because Daphne was only pretending to be married to Hector's father.
But of course, no one knew about the agreement, so everyone thought that Daphne was really married and became the legal wife of Victor Andino, the biological father of Hector Andino.
Damn! If Daphne's life had been a little better, she wouldn't have wanted to do all this either.
Daphne was forced to do this because her income as a nurse taking care of Victor Andino was still not enough to fulfill all her living expenses, as well as the medical expenses of her mother and sister.
But instead of living a better life after becoming a wife, Daphne's life vows became even more chaotic.
Victor asked Daphne to hide the man's worsening illness and pretend that he had recovered so that no one would take advantage of his illness to seize his company.
Victor told Daphne to take care of his house filled with bad people, and the most frustrating thing was that Daphne had to play the role of stepmother to the father's child.
How could it not be frustrating? Instead of a manageable child, Daphne was shocked when she first met Hector, who was far from a "child."
Hector was a grown man who was five years older than Daphne.
Hector was tall, well-built and handsome, with muscles all over his body, and if she had to describe him in one word, Daphne would choose "hot".
And that was not just an assumption because Daphne had indeed caught Hector several times while he was doing his hot activities, and the whole body of Hector on display was very hot indeed.
It was just that unfortunately, Daphne was not lusting over Hector at all and was instead disgusted at what the man and the women were doing.
"Shit! You're doing it again, damn woman! What exactly is your problem? Are you addicted to looking at my body, huh? You always interrupt me before I reach my satisfaction!" Hector screeched in annoyance as he immediately disentangled himself from the woman below him.
The woman immediately moved away while covering her naked body with a blanket.
"As a young lady you should be ashamed of doing this, you bitch!" Hector exclaimed again as he grabbed his pants and pulled them on unashamedly in front of Daphne.
Of course, Daphne could see how Hector's sensitive area was still standing erect.
But as usual, Daphne only wore a furious expression as her gaze remained fixed on Hector's face.
"I don't care what you think of me! I've told you time and time again not to do that in my house!" Daphne snapped no less fiercely.
"Oh, now you're getting a little ahead of yourself! Do you consider this your house? Ah, I forgot that you married my father because of this! Now your house is your treasure! You want to control everything, right? I wouldn't even be surprised if soon you'd poison my father so that he'd die quickly and you could inherit everything!"
"Shut your mouth, Hector! I'm not that kind of woman!"
"No need to pretending anymore, damn woman! I already know what kind of woman you are!"
Hector and Daphne stood facing each other closely, with their gazes equally sharp.
"Well, whatever you want to think of me you can! I won't bother explaining anything because you won't believe a word I say either!"
"Of course, I won't! Just wait until I unmask your true colors, bitch!"
Daphne laughed sarcastically at that. "Do whatever you want, Hector! But for now, I want that woman out of my house!"
Daphne quickly approached the woman who had just finished putting on her clothes.
"Good thing you moved fast before I threw you out on the street naked!"
Daphne pulled roughly on the woman's arm until the woman whimpered in pain. "Ow, Hector... help me! Akhhh!"
But Daphne didn't care about the woman's scream at all and pulled her all the way to Hector's bedroom door and pushed her out.
Hector, who was already angry, retaliated by roughly pulling Daphne's arm while closing the door to his room.
"Damn you, Daphne! I'm warning you, one more time you interfere in my business, don't blame me for getting rough with you!" Hector threatened with fire in his eyes.
But Daphne was not at all afraid of Hector's threats.
The old Daphne might have been weak and helpless.
But the Daphne who had experienced so many things to survive was not the old Daphne anymore.
The current Daphne was not afraid of anything, including Hector's threats.
Daphne looked at Hector with the same fire in her gaze as she lifted her chin haughtily.
"Just so you know that I'm not afraid of your threats at all, Hector! I will always harass and meddle in your affairs because you are my stepson! And one more thing! Be polite to me and call me Mom!"
Hector laughed sarcastically at that. "Call you Mom? Be polite to you? Huh, well, this is how I'm going to be polite to a woman like you!"
Without another word, Hector immediately grabbed Daphne and threw her body onto the bed.
Hector quickly locked Daphne's body underneath him by holding both of her hands next to her head.
"What are you doing, Hector? Let me go!" Daphne screamed in a sudden panic.
"Why are you screaming, Daphne? Didn't you say you weren't afraid of me, huh? You should know, Daphne, I'm in need of a release tonight and since you kicked my woman out, then replace her in my bed!"
**
Valeria lost everything in one night-her family, her home, her pack. And now, she wants blood. A peace union turned massacre. A sister chosen as tribute. A choice that demanded her body... and cost her everything. Humiliated. Rejected by her mate. Exiled to be a slave to the most ruthless Alpha King the realm has ever known. But death didn't claim her. Destiny had other plans. From the ashes of betrayal, she rises-carrying a dormant, forbidden power within her veins. A power that could shake the foundations of the werewolf world... if awakened. But to unlock it, she needs an Alpha-strong enough to handle her storm, brutal enough to match her rage. Alpha Lucien-the cold, ambitious warlord who wants the Alpha King's throne more than his own next breath. When she offers him a deal laced with danger and desire, he accepts... but under one condition: No feelings. No attachments. No weakness. As war brews and secrets unravel, one question remains: When the Tyrant Alpha King comes for her-will Lucien defy destiny to save her... or will he let her burn?
Alpha Rocco and three other powerful Alphas, rulers of a mafia kingdom, arrive in Switzerland to expand their territory. Confident and ruthless, these Castellano wolves never expected to find their destined Lunas in the fierce, rebellious Bianchi sisters-a family of mafia women determined to protect their independence. As the possessive Alphas attempt to claim them as their queens, the Bianchi sisters refuse to submit, shattering the Alphas' pride and hearts. What will happen when love is mixed with rejection, and egos collide? And when Alpha Rocco discovers that his Luna is not only bound to him but also fated to his worst enemy, Nikolai Drakov-the bloodthirsty vampire-how far will he go to claim what is his? *** My Luna clutched Nikolai's arm, speaking to him in a hushed tone. His golden eyes flared with anger, so intense I feared he would reveal his true nature. Their words were too low for me to hear, but I caught Nikolai's lips moving, whispering only one thing: "You are mine."
Alaric Montgomery is a woman-hater, heartless, and an arrogant playboy. The word ‘marriage’ isn’t in his vocabulary. However, because of a letter and Zephyrine Calista’s grandmother’s last will and testament, he found himself in a chaotic situation. He needed to marry her, and that didn’t sit well with his system. With no other options in mind, he made a deal with the woman. But Alaric didn’t expect that it would lead them to a private room. How could he escape the situation? Would he be able to turn away from the woman who first made him experience a unique kind of happiness? And what if one day he wakes up realizing he loves Zephy, but someone else already owns her, his own twin brother, Leopold Montgomery?
With all her heart, Rachel devised a bold plan during a drunken night to deliver herself to Declan, her best friend’s brother. Harbored feelings for him for a long time; she believed that getting pregnant by him would make him hers. But her plan took an unexpected turn. Instead of Declan, she mistakenly gave herself to someone else. Devastated, she went home without her carefully guarded femininity, and she encountered a shocking incident upon arriving at their house. She lost her family and got impregnated by a man she didn’t know. Left without her family’s support and carrying the child of a stranger, Rachel faced a daunting challenge. How would she find the strength to persevere without anyone to lean on? And what would Rachel do when she discovered that the father of her baby was already engaged and about to get married? How could she reveal the truth to him? Would this unforeseen twist of fate bring about redemption or deepen the heartache for everyone involved? *** “C-Christopher, I’m in pain!” I shouted at him, but he continued to drag me until we reached the living room. He leaned me against the wall. “Ah!” I winced in pain. “I never thought I would hurt a woman, but this is all I can do.” My heart raced with fear as he looked at me from head to toe. My eyes widened as he suddenly choked me. “C-Chris—to...” I could barely utter his name due to the intensity of his grip on me. Tears welled up in my eyes as I looked at him, hoping he would have mercy on me. I could only close my eyes. But I opened them wide when I felt his lips forcefully press against mine. It was a punishing kiss. He bit my lower lip, and I tasted the rustiness on my own lips. I wanted to beg him to stop, but I couldn’t. He didn’t want me to speak. He didn’t let go of my lips. His lips pressed harder against mine. I flinched when I felt his hand forcefully squeezing my breast. “How did I get you pregnant? Is it like this? Did I do this? Help me remember how I got you pregnant!” He angrily demanded as he released my lips. His eyes were burning with intensity. But it lasted only a moment before he kissed my lips again, simultaneously squeezing my left breast. “P-please, s-stop.”
Loving a man who doesn’t want to marry you is the most painful thing in the world. He is the devil who can kill you and throw you out like a piece of garbage. Hearing the news of Hunter’s marriage left Adeline devastated. Until one night, Adeline had made the mistake of delivering herself to a man who would soon be someone else’s. “Don’t you have a little me in your heart, Hunter Bennett?” Adeline asked softly. “No, you don’t. You were never in my heart. To me you’re just like every other woman I’ve slept with,” Hunter replied sharply. That night made Adeline realize that Hunter was a man she could never reach. An unrequited love made Adeline choose to leave and disappear forever from the man. After years of disappearance, the universe reunites them again. So how will Adeline and Hunter continue when Adeline’s love has been shrouded in hatred?
Rumors said that Lucas married an unattractive woman with no background. In the three years they were together, he remained cold and distant to Belinda, who endured in silence. Her love for him forced her to sacrifice her self-worth and her dreams. When Lucas' true love reappeared, Belinda realized that their marriage was a sham from the start, a ploy to save another woman's life. She signed the divorce papers and left. Three years later, Belinda returned as a surgical prodigy and a maestro of the piano. Lost in regret, Lucas chased her in the rain and held her tightly. "You are mine, Belinda."
Rachel used to think that her devotion would win Brian over one day, but she was proven wrong when his true love returned. Rachel had endured it all—from standing alone at the altar to dragging herself to the hospital for an emergency treatment. Everyone thought she was crazy to give up so much of herself for someone who didn’t return her feelings. But when Brian received news of Rachel’s terminal illness and realized she didn’t have long to live, he completely broke down. "I forbid you to die!" Rachel just smiled. She no longer needed him. "I will finally be free."
In the previous life, Maggie Johnson was so cowardly, gullible and stupid that she was coaxed by her fiance and stepsister and then broke her legs and lost everything including her fortune, love and even life. However, she was so lucky that she was reborn in the year before everything happened. Since her life restarted, how could she repeat a previous tragedy? Therefore, in this life, she took the opportunity to improve herself and take revenge on the ones who had ever insulted her. Facing the people who had humiliated her previously, she became smart and experienced to break their frames and tricks that had caused her to hurt in the previous life. Finally, no one could stop her pace to amaze the world any more.
"There will be no falling in love, we will only act as a loving couple when we are in public, we will share a room to make it believable, but no intimacy, touching is off-limits. We'll only have sex once a month, and that's solely to produce an heir. You won't interfere in my business, and I won't interfere in yours. You will be my wife in every sense and you will not be involved with any other man," he said, arrogance seeping from every word. I watch his mouth move, I'm not ready to fall in love with any man, especially not one as arrogant and egoistic as him. I can handle acting as a loving couple, and as for intimacy once a month. I can agree to that just to satisfy my sexual cravings with no strings attached. "Where can I sign?" I asked since I had nothing to lose. *** Nadine's wedding dreams turned to nightmares when she caught her sister and fiancé cheating! With a secret recording, she's ready for revenge. But then mysterious billionaire Logan West offers a deal: A Contract Marriage to take down her ex's empire. But what Nadine doesn't know is her life is getting complicated as she takes her chance to get revenge or risks everything for a chance at love?"
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!”
"Lucien, let's get a divorce," I said in a peremptory tone that was long overdue, the most decisive farewell to this absurd marriage. We had been married for exactly three years-three years that, for me, were filled with nothing but endless loneliness and torment. For three years, the husband who should have stood by my side through every storm, Lucien Sullivan, had completely disappeared from my life as if he had never existed. He vanished without a trace, leaving me alone to endure this empty, desolate marriage. Today, I finally received his message: "I'm back. Come pick me up at the airport." When I read his words, my heart leapt with joy, and I raced to the airport, thinking that he finally understood my love and was coming back to me. But his cruelty was far worse than I could have ever imagined-he was accompanied by a pregnant woman, and that woman was Carla, my closest and most trusted friend. In that moment, all of my previous excitement, all my hope, and all of our shared laughter and tears turned into the sharpest of daggers, stabbing into my heart and leaving me gasping for air. Now, all I want is to escape from this place that has left me so broken-to lick my wounds in solitude. Even if these wounds will remain with me for the rest of my life, I refuse to have anything to do with him ever again. He should know that it was his own hand that trampled our love underfoot, that his coldness and betrayal created this irreparable situation. But when he heard those words, he desperately clung to this broken, crumbling marriage, unwilling to let it end-almost as though doing so could rewind time and return everything to how it used to be. "Aurora, come back. I regret everything!" Regret? Those simple words stirred no emotion in me-only endless sadness and fury. My heart let out a frantic, desperate scream: It's too late for any of this!