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Born to a single mother, Charmaine's dad left them a few months after her first birthday. She was solely cared for and raised by her poor mother, Mrs. Raven, who did all sorts of odd jobs just to put food on the table, but her health was failing. Charmaine lost her mother on her 18th birthday, and she was left all alone in this scary world to cater for herself. Pained by the death of her mother and the ordeal she had endured all these years, Charmaine swore to bleed the world dry for all its gold. Marred by her pathetic childhood, she locked up her heart and swore never to give love a chance. She set out on her quest to abandon her poor background and penetrate into elite society. She knew it wouldn't be an easy feat, but she was never one to give up. With the help of her best friend Oliver, Charmaine transformed herself into what every man desires: a princess in search of a prince charming with a loaded pocket. Will she succeed, or will her dead heart beat again? Delve in to find out!!!
"I have always hated noisy places, but what could I do when my so-called date chooses a bar over every goddamn nice restaurant in the city? These billionaires and their weird tastes," Charmaine thought.
I can't begin to explain how I'm feeling right now; my bodycon gown and 3 inch heels are really becoming too uncomfortable for me. If he had given me the slightest clue as to where we are headed tonight, I wouldn't even dare wear these. Well, I'm going to endure it all.
"Look at the big picture," she muttered to herself while patting her chest gently.
Nothing good ever comes easy, and if going on these blind dates is going to take me out of poverty, then I would gladly suffer and smile.
Let me rewind a bit to where it all began. I know some of you are a bit confused.
My name is Charmaine Raven. I graduated college a few years ago, and just a few months after graduation, I got a job with CBS News as a reporter. I don't really mean to gloat, but I'm the real deal.
I have carefully planned my exit out of poverty and made a checklist of my grand entry into affluence. I mean, what better way to snatch a rich man in the 21st century than to be the hand picking up their disgusting secrets they want hidden?
I know what you're thinking, but far from it. I obviously want to play it fair, but just in case all else fails, I won't mind blackmailing one into marriage.
Yeah, you can think of me however you want, but I'm never going to end up poor, and when I do get my prince charming with a running over pocket, I will rub it in your face.
"Charm, check this out," Linda said while hurrying over to Charm's desk.
It had been a very stressful day at work today with the field work and being stuck at the office. The only thing I wanted to hear was a way out of this tedious case I have, nothing more.
I didn't want anything to do with what Linda saw, but knowing her well enough, she isn't going to let me be until I listen to her.
I raised my head from the pile of documents heaped on the table to see what made her so excited.
"Go on!" she exclaimed, handing over her phone to me.
"What is it, Lin?"
"What you have always wanted"
I looked at the screen of the phone.
"A dating site?" I was a bit disappointed and almost threw the phone at her.
She quickly grabbed the phone from my hand and grabbed a chair close to mine.
"Not just any dating site charms; it is the dating site."
"How?"
"This dating site is just for elite society."
The mere mention of elite society brought life to my dying soul and light into my swollen eyes.
"Billionaire Hunters?"
"Yeah!"
"Come on, Lin, don't pull my legs."
"Did you even look at the membership fee?" Lin asked me.
"Oh my God, that's a lot of money."
"How on earth will an ordinary person afford that, and any dating site that asks for that much has so much to offer?"
The sound of Linda's last words kept playing in my head: "This is my jackpot, my ticket to affluence.
I have been searching for a way out of this stressful and tedious work, and finally the god of riches decided to smile at me.
I kept staring at the app while checking the requirements, but the only issue at hand was the membership fee. How will I survive the rest of the month after paying this much?
"Well, once I get my very rich husband, I don't need to worry about money anymore; I would gladly invest everything in this," I thought to myself, spinning my chair while smiling broadly.
I imagined myself going on a shopping spree, adorning my neck with diamonds, and going on expensive vacations.
"What is going on in that head of yours?" Linda asked while giving me the look.
"Nothing," I quickly replied.
"I doubt that" She stood up and went back to her desk while murmuring something about the huge membership fee.
"This reality stinks," I muttered to myself, looking at the heap of unsorted documents screaming for my attention. I just couldn't take it anymore, so I slammed my pen on a table.
I wheeled my chair to my personal computer and quickly typed in the dating site before I changed my mind.
I knew I was no billionaire, but lying a little won't do any harm. I had to transform myself a bit to attract and keep these men. Thanks to Oliver, it wasn't so difficult to convince the dating site that I belong to that class.
I clicked on the submit button, and I was now a member. I threw my hands in the air while I stretched my body. The rumbling in my tummy reminded me that I had eaten absolutely nothing for lunch and dinner. I looked at the watch on my wrist, and it was a few minutes past 8 p.m.
"Damn, I'm working late again."
I stood up from the chair, parked my stuff in the bag, and turned off the lamp on the desk as I made my way out of the office.
"Good night, Lin."
"Good night!" she screamed right back at me, but I was already out of the office.
I threw myself on the bed when I got home, but remembering I hadn't eaten, I went to the fridge to bring out the left-over fried chicken from yesterday. I threw it into the microwave, and I began undressing.
"Freedom at last," I murmured to myself while pulling off my bra. I quickly dashed into the bathroom, and a few minutes later I was out.
I danced to the microwave, took my dinner, and was about to settle down to consume my chicken when the constant chiming sound coming from my phone just bugged me.
I took out my phone to see tons of notifications from the billionaire hunters.
"Oh my God!" I let out a scream.
I quickly took out my computer and logged in. I had more than 10 winks and I had been matched to Declan Wright.
"Wow, that's fast!" I exclaimed. I checked out his picture, and he was handsome.
"Uuuuuuuh!" I exclaimed.
I took my computer to sit comfortably on the sofa while chatting with my newly-matched prospective husband.
Call me whatever you want, but I'm optimistic. I rushed to the fridge in search of a fruit juice, I chewed on my chicken while chatting away, and after what seems like forever, we agreed on a first date.
I dropped my computer on the sofa while I danced around the room. I knew I was going to abandon this life of lack and want, but never did I dream it would be so soon.
I knew I had to look my best, even if I had to rent every single thing I was going to put on.
I was still thinking about what to wear when my phone rang, and I picked up the phone to check who the caller was.
"Hey smarty!"
"Charmer, you're sounding so happy; did you finally trap any rich, ugly dude?"
"Come on, but I did charm a rich dude, and a handsome one at that."
"Who is this unlucky dude?"
"It's an online dating site?"
"What now?"
"You know what? Shuu off my phone, you go."
I ended the call. Oliver is my best friend; we met at college, but he can be mischievous most times and has a special talent for getting on my nerves.
Oliver's parents are also insanely rich, but he makes a living for himself running his tech corporation. Even though I admire him for that, but if my parents were that rich, I wouldn't work for a day in my life, I will spend the rest of my life living with them and inherit billions. But different strokes for different folks
Some Elite parties I have attended have been because of Oliver; I was always his plus one because he can't seem to keep a woman for more than one week. Even his parents got used to seeing the poor reporter.
" Fuck me, yeah!" the groaning continued. The closer I got, the louder the groaning became. "Tell me that I am sweeter than your Luna," Celine commanded the minute she saw me. While grinning so wickedly. "You are sweeter than my mate," he groaned, plunging hard into her. A wolf assassin was betrayed by her mate and left to die on a forest floor but the moon goddess gave her another chance at life, Some unfinished businesses that needed taking care of, Would she seek revenge? or would she forgive him? What happens when she finds out that the moon goddess blessed her with another mate, a rare gift, but she was that special? Would she give love another chance? Or Would she throw it all away? Find out in this suspense-filled book, ASSASSIN LUNA!!!!
After loosing her mother to cancer and having to leave New York, the city she had known all her life for reasons best known to her dad. She hoped for a fresh start and a better future in Boston, where she worked two jobs as she prepares for college. Things took a turn when the godlike man she met at the ice cream shop she worked at turned out to be Mace Hunter, the billionaire cartel leader of the New York City, the Capo Dei Carpi of one of the Biggest crime syndicate in the Mafia World, whom her father owed a large sum of money. Mace being true to the mafia teachings and beliefs, that to forgive is a weakness, took Matilda as payment for the debt owed. Though he had plans to put her to work at one of his prostitution rings to atone for her fathers sin, but fate presented a rare opportunity that turned Matilda fate from a debtor to Mace Hunters contract wife. "Where the heck is my money?" "I will never dream to cross you but if you will just give me a little more time, I will get your money ready for you sir". The inferno boiling inside me, I could have sworn would burn him to the ground with only his ashes as his remains. "I'm not going back without my money and since you can't pay back, I will just have to take my pound of flesh". My pleas fell on deaf ears, as he dragged me out. "Nooooooo Matilda!" Dad kept on screaming my name. can she survive living in the lions den for 2years? will she loose her heart or will he?
Lindsey's fiancé was the devil's first son. Not only did he lie to her but he also slept with her stepmother, conspired to take away her family fortune, and then set her up to have sex with a total stranger. To get her lick back, Lindsey decided to find a man to disrupt her engagement party and humiliate the cheating bastard. Never did she imagine that she would bump into a strikingly handsome stranger who was all that she was currently looking for. At the engagement party, he boldly declared that she was his woman. Lindsey thought he was just a broke man who wanted to leech off her. But once they began their fake relationship, she realized that good luck kept coming her way. She thought they would part ways after the engagement party, but this man kept to her side. "We gotta stick together, Lindsey. Remember, I'm now your fiancé. " "Domenic, you're with me because of my money, aren't you?" Lindsey asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Domenic was taken aback by that accusation. How could he, the heir of the Walsh family and CEO of Vitality Group, be with her for money? He controlled more than half of the city's economy. Money wasn't a problem for him! The two got closer and closer. One day, Lindsey finally realized that Domenic was actually the stranger she had slept with months ago. Would this realization change things between them? For the better or worse?
Kaelyn devoted three years tending to her husband after a terrible accident. But once he was fully recovered, he cast her aside and brought his first love back from abroad. Devastated, Kaelyn decided on a divorce as people mocked her for being discarded. She went on to reinvent herself, becoming a highly sought-after doctor, a champion racer, and an internationally renowned architectural designer. Even then, the traitors sneered in disdain, believing Kaelyn would never find someone. But then the ex-husband’s uncle, a powerful warlord, returned with his army to ask for Kaelyn’s hand in marriage.
To the public, she was the CEO's executive secretary. Behind closed doors, she was the wife he never officially acknowledged. Jenessa was elated when she learned that she was pregnant. But that joy was replaced with dread as her husband, Ryan, showered his affections on his first love. With a heavy heart, she chose to set him free and leave. When they met again, Ryan's attention was caught by Jenessa's protruding belly. "Whose child are you carrying?!" he demanded. But she only scoffed. "It's none of your business, my dear ex-husband!"
Life was a bed of roses for Debra, the daughter of Alpha. That was until she had a one-night stand with Caleb. She was sure he was her mate as determined by Moon Goddess. But this hateful man refused to accept her. Weeks passed before Debra discovered that she was pregnant. Her pregnancy brought shame to her and everyone she loved. Not only was she driven out, but her father was also hunted down by usurpers. Fortunately, she survived with the help of the mysterious Thorn Edge Pack. Five years passed and Debra didn't hear anything from Caleb. One day, their paths crossed again. They were both on the same mission—carrying out secret investigations in the dangerous Roz Town for the safety and posterity of their respective packs. Caleb was still cold toward her. But as time went on, he fell head over heels in love with her. He tried to make up for abandoning her, but Debra wasn't having any of it. She was hell-bent on hiding her daughter from him and also making a clean break. What did the future hold for the two as they journeyed in Roz Town? What kind of secrets would they find? Would Caleb win Debra's heart and get to know his lovely daughter? Find out!
Darya spent three years loving Micah, worshipping the ground he walked on. Until his neglect and his family's abuse finally woke her up to the ugly truth-he doesn't love her. Never did, never will. To her, he is a hero, her knight in shining armour. To him, she is an opportunist, a gold digger who schemed her way into his life. Darya accepts the harsh reality, gathers the shattered pieces of her dignity, divorces him, takes back her real name, reclaims her title as the country's youngest billionaire heiress. Their paths cross again at a party. Micah watches his ex-wife sing like an angel, tear up the dance floor, then thwart a lecher with a roundhouse kick. He realises, belatedly, that she's exactly the kind of woman he'd want to marry, if only he had taken the trouble to get to know her. Micah acts promptly to win her back, but discovers she's now surrounded by eligible bachelors: high-powered CEO, genius biochemist, award-winning singer, reformed playboy. Worse, she makes it pretty clear that she's done with him. Micah gears up for an uphill battle. He must prove to her he's still worthy of her love before she falls for someone else. And time is running out.
Life was perfect until she met her boyfriend's big brother. There was a forbidden law in the Night Shade Pack that if the head Alpha rejected his mate, he would be stripped of his position. Sophia's life would get connected with the law. She was an Omega who was dating the head Alpha's younger brother. Bryan Morrison, the head Alpha, was not only a cold-blooded man but also a charming business tycoon. His name was enough to cause other packs to tremble. He was known as a ruthless man. What if, by some twist of destiny, Sophia's path were to intertwine with his?