The villagers believe the kingdom is cursed and that women cannot get pregnant, which is causing fear of extinction among them.. women cannot bear children.. They fear humanity will die.. The world has become infested with monsters and everyone fears a great evil ... In this environment, only two families will procreate, and one of them will be Cateline's family. The young Cateline in one climactic night with a mysterious man, the young woman becomes pregnant, and when she finds out whose, her life turns upside down. Little does she know that the man who had a night of ecstasy and passion is no ordinary man.
"I can't wait for the day of the party to arrive... I need to sew a new dress!"
Lucinda says, bouncing happily as she twirls around holding the hem of her skirt, imagining the dress she would make.
"Stop chattering and get back to stirring that spoon. We don't want to burn the candy!"
Catiline replied, focusing on stirring the wood to increase the flames of the fire.
Her face was full of charcoal stains. Each time she tries to clean with her hands, it gets even more dirty, you could see how focused the young woman was. She frowns, checking closely if she had put enough wood.
"You'll never find a husband, not in your way!"
Lucinda says, picking up the spoon she had left aside and slowly stirring the pot again. She looks at her sister with a bold smile on her lips and continues.
"You know! You're already old enough to get married... I'm sure we'll find beautiful rich suitors at the party. Maybe we'll marry some merchant, or better, someone from the army... God, it would be splendid, sister!"
Lucinda happily talks, while her sister looks serious.
Cateline thinks it's hard to find a man who is not injured or crazy from the war.
Lucinda is ambitious and wants more than just marriage.
Cateline sighed, and picked up another spoon nearby and went to the pot to assist her sister, who was lost in her thoughts and had almost stopped stirring the candy..
"You know we're not going to the party, right?! We will stay at the entrance, selling sweets, or have you forgotten, sister?"
Cateline says a little disappointed at her sister. She knows how much Lucinda wanted to go.
"I know, but what if we sell everything? Who knows? Even if it's at the end of the party... What do you think?"
Lucinda answers with a sad expression on her face that soon goes away. She focuses on the candy thoughtfully.
"That's it! Let's sell all the candy before the party!"
She smiles again, bringing cheer to the place.
Cateline gives a smile, looking at her sister. She knew how lively the young girl was and never gave up.
"Look, I don't mind just selling the sweets, you can go to the party..."
When Cateline says this, Lucinda turns to her and replies.
"No way I'm leaving you alone! No way... We'll sell everything together, and if some thief or whatever, a pervert, comes, I will not leave you alone selling the sweets, never sister."
Lucinda was always responsible, just like everyone else in the family. She cared for everyone's safety and health always first. With all those wars and disasters going on, the family needed to stick together more and more.
"Right... So let's sell all these sweets..."
Cateline says, confident in what she had just said. She smiled at her sister sincerely.
The two wrapped the sweets in banana leaves and corn, which smelled delicious. They only had a few jams left to make. Despite the hard work, the young women would soon reap the rewards..
All income from the property depended on their recipes and items produced by them. The party in the village would be a great opportunity to earn extra money, so the girls were working hard to produce as much as possible for such an event.
Two days pass and the time for the long-awaited party had arrived. Lucinda was excitedly packing the small cart, putting everything they needed to take to sell. She hums softly, smiling.
She wears the dress she said she had made especially for that day. It was a green dress, made with fabrics she bought with her savings when she went to the village.
Lucinda was always very beautiful. Her dark blond hair and greenish eyes were striking, as was her body. She was very short. This always attracted men.
The young woman was cautious. She wanted someone rich, or with a lot of money at least, so she never gave anyone the ball.
Cateline, on the other hand, had honey-colored hair like her father's, greenish eyes that pulled her mother's, like her brothers.
Cateline was much taller than her sister, with a beautiful body too, but due to lack of delicacy and sensitivity men never paid attention to her, the girl always wore old clothes, and did not take care of herself well, but this was never a problem for her, since she did not care about the opinion of others. Cateline was saving her savings to buy her long-awaited house, with an enormous space for plantations.
"You look beautiful!"
Says Milenna, mother of Lucinda, Cateline and Martin.
She had just come from the garden, with her youngest son Martin, where she was harvesting some vegetables for dinner, he was stunned to see his sister.
"Mommy, has Lucinda become a princess?"
Martin asked while pulling a part of his mother's dress, who soon after heard the question burst into laughter with Lucinda.
"No, dear... But who knows one day, right?"
She says, putting the basket of food on the floor.
Cateline takes some baskets to the wagon. She is carrying some bread that she had just baked to sell. Her clothes are dirty with flour.
"Don't tell me you're going out like this?"
Lucinda asks as she approaches patting Cateline's clothes trying to get the dirt off.
Cateline wears a worn out dress, dark blue. It looked like they had worn it for years; it was already fraying and you could see some moth holes.
"Let's just sell things as usual. It's no big deal..."
Cateline speaks, lifting the heavy basket of bread to put in the cart, Lucinda holds a kind of package, wrapped in an old fabric.
"What is this?"
Cateline asks her sister, Lucinda holds out her hand handing over the item.
"It's a party! And I know you, I wouldn't let you ruin my groom hunt, you'd scare even the customers like that..."
Says Lucinda, smiling at her sister waving the package for Cateline to take.
"A dress...?"
She says after unrolling the fabric.
"Go try it on. Since I didn't take your measurements, I don't know if it will be good..."
Lucinda says, a little worried, but animatedly.
"Thank you very much. You know you didn't need it, sister."
Cateline gives a big hug to her sister who continues to hurry insisting that she try on the dress right away.
"Hurry up! We're going to be late, then you thank me!"
Lucinda says, pushing her sister into the house.
Cateline tried on the dress, it was long in light color, something very simple, usually the fabrics without color were much cheaper, Lucinda had little money and Cateline knew that, so she didn't mind the simplicity. Unfortunately the dress was a little tight, making Cateline's bust a little exposed, but nothing that a cape would not solve, so she would cover her marked curves.
Cateline had a long hooded cloak to cover the bare parts of her body. Soon it would get cold, so she would have no problem putting it on beforehand.
At Fairfax Castle, Lux suffers in a bad marriage to Alpha Cassius, who is cruel, cold and merciless. One day, she sees him kissing her younger sister in their bed, and it hurts her heart to be betrayed. Lux, pregnant, rushes out after seeing the painful scene, and with such pain she goes into premature labor and dies before her child is born. But she is given a second chance, Lux is reborn in a new body, she is given a new life. She joins a pack that is an enemy of her ex-husband's, and has the chance to be happy and find true love. And when she meets the leader of the pack: Alpha Zane Quimby, they feel a connection, for they are both predestined. Together, they will face the fury of Cassius, who wants to put an end to Zane's pack once and for all.
Amy Anderson Singh is on the brink of a new beginning with a crucial job interview at a prestigious company in San Francisco. This job could be the solution to her debts and the rising costs of her mother cancer treatment. But just as she is about to enter the interview room, her phone rings with devastating news: her mother has been admitted to the hospital in critical condition. Desperate, Amy rushes to the hospital, only to find her mom in a coma with his cancer in an advanced stage. The doctors explain that only expensive treatments can keep him alive for a while longer. Amid the panic and pain, Amy receives an unexpected proposal from the doctor: a very important and wealthy person offers a contract that will cover her mom treatments and pay off her debts, but she must sign a confidentiality agreement. Without hesitation, Amy accepts the offer, as the only thing that matters to her is saving her mother life. However, she has no idea who this mysterious person is that made the offer.
In the midst of New York's ruthless mafia scene, Nicolas Fernandes is the feared leader whose name inspires fear and respect. Rich, charming, and ruthless, Nicolas is known for getting everything he wants, especially when it comes to the women who always fall for his charms. However, the balance of power begins to waver when the police finally begin to close in on Nicolas. His once untouchable empire is under threat, and he finds himself trapped in a web of intrigue and danger. It is at this critical moment that fate intervenes in an unexpected way. Nicolas' path crosses that of Dr. Samantha, and from that day on, everything in their lives will change. Nicolas will be ardently attracted to her, but he will deny any feelings he has for her.
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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?"
"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?"
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."
He told her to call him Daddy. Not because he earned it, but because he fucking owned her. The moment she signed that contract, she stopped being a woman with dignity and became his filthy little plaything. His holes to use. His mess to ruin. He didn't just fuck her, he rewired her. Stripped her clean of boundaries and filled her with sin. Every punishment made her scream. Every game dragged her deeper into his twisted world. And the way he praised her... Good girl. She should've run the first time he said it. But Daddy doesn't let his toys leave. He breaks them until they beg to stay. ** Mia's life changed the night she let a stranger ruin her. One night. She never expected to see him again. Until she walked into her new job... and her boss turned around. Ace.Her one-night sin in a thousand-dollar suit. Only this time, he wasn't asking her to be his assistant. She was to be his wife.