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“Do I want a taste?” his voice deeper than he had ever spoken. His eyes pinned on me like I was the only thing that fascinated him. “What do I do?” I thought to myself as he moved closer to me, I wanted to run away, to resist him but I was pinned to the wall by him. “Gosh I hate this man so much” his scent, his body, his beautiful green eyes, he was driving me crazy. I know this is wrong, he has a fiancee and all but that makes me want him even more. “Get on the bed and spread your legs” his cold voice woke me up and then I remembered I was just a maid to him. “Yes master”.

"Gue tahu lo nerima pernikahan ini karena cinta mati sama gue. Siapa sih, yang bisa nolak pesona kegantengan ini?" Erick berdiri di hadapan gadis lugu yang tadi siang baru saja sah menjadi istrinya. "Denger, ya, Lan. Gue bisa aja kasih semua yang lo mau. Nafkah lahir maupun bathin, tapi tidak dengan cinta. Karena tidak ada hal di dunia ini yang lebih gue cintai selain diri sendiri. Jadi lo jangan berharap banyak. Bilang aja kalo nyesel! Kita bisa cerai besok." Lani yang mendengar itu hanya bisa duduk tergugu dengan mata sendu. Demi memenuhi permintaan sang kakek, Sultan Wardhana, Erick terpaksa menikahi Lani, anak dari asisten rumah tangganya, setelah diancam tak diberi jatah warisan.

Pernahkah terpikirkan oleh seorang pria untuk menikahi seorang gadis yang menderita skizofrenia (ganguan jiwa)? Kisah ini becerita tentang seorang gadis bernama Zara yang kehilangan keperawanan dan semua anggota keluarganya, karena sebuah tragedi. Kepedihan hidup membuat Zara menderita skizofrenia (gangguan jiwa). Akan tetapi cinta pertamanya, Arlan memutuskan tetap untuk menikahinya. Pernikahan tidaklah mudah bagi Arlan ia harus merawat Zara dengan segala permasalahannya dan menjaga kesetian cinta ketika orang ketiga mulai masuk ke dalam rumah tangga mereka.

"Please, don't do this, I have a husband... I am married" Ash begged with her joined hands while walking backward. Tears streamed down her cheeks, blurring her vision. In a snap, his handsome face contorted in distaste and his eyes lost all their warmth. "Not tonight! Tonight you are mine. And ONLY MINE," he paced towards her like a predator. "Michael...Michael..." Ash shouted her husband's name as her back hit the cold wall. He started caressing her cheek with his knuckles. He leaned forward and whispered in her ears "he has sold you to me, for tonight. So, tonight the only name you are allowed to take is mine. And believe me, angel, I'll make sure you scream my name while I'll do things to you that I have been wanting to do with you since the moment I saw you" He said in his raspy voice. He had been imagining this moment since the day he had laid his eyes on her. And finally, he got her. Daniel slammed his bow-shaped hungry lips on her soft plumpy ones just after finishing his sentence. She squeezed her eyes shut letting tears tumble out.

A love story between a cold-hearted mafia and a slut After being close to paying off her father's debt Melanie was sold to the cold-hearted mafia Who was seeking for revenge

"I was naive and grateful. Happy that I had a place I could call home, but I was wrong. He was surrounded by evil and too blind to see it. I had to pay the ultimate price for his blindness..." Willow.*************** Willow Brooks learned a hard lesson that she wasn't meant to recover from. Framed for murder and executed for it. She was given a second chance to rectify her mistakes, save lives and change the outcome of events. The catch was she had only one year to fail or succeed; if she failed, both she and her wolf would be damned forever, never to be reborn. The other problem that loomed in her mind was if she succeeds, will she live beyond the year?

Aubrey Devlin is a newbie in Hollywood, but she's climbing up the stairs of fame at a high speed. When Aubrey's favourite singer and actor, Jordan Hill, surprises her at one of the most famous TV shows her life will turn upside down. Life won't be the same for either of them. Happiness will be there, but so is sadness. Slowly, they'll fall for each other, but fate has its certain way of testing their relationship. Will they survive?

Finding herself in the middle of a bar attack, she ends up in Denzel's arms. A Mafia boss and the CEO of a technological company. He is dangerous but she is dangerously attracted to him. He can't allow her into his world but destiny brings them back together. What happens when she is caged in his love but it's too dangerous. Can he always protect her from his enemies?

Ashley, a billionaire who always seen true love as a sham, all she ever wanted was to have a man she could control because her parent were never really cared about her, in order to get a child, she proposed a contract marriage to a man, Josh all he had to do was to get married to her and she bears a child. He won't have to cater for them, all she had to was to care for them and do whatever she wants, of course she was well off but everything changes after her encounter with Brayden Brastivala, the hottest, new billionaire in town and her rival, Brayden on the other hand is nothing but a manwhore, who could have any woman he wanted but definitely not Ashley Brown. Josh turns out to be an obstruction to their love, the man she had an earlier arrangement with. Facebook: Adegbaju Kafayat Instagram: heritage_kofoworola Email: kofoworolakafayat08@gmail.com WhatsApp: 08115837370

After his first love returns, Yvan Jenkins asks Yuna Feron for divorce. Yuna knows very well that she doesn’t have his heart, so she resolutely agrees. Unexpectedly, someone is determined to kill her and nearly succeeds in taking her life. Seven years later, Yuna returns. Yvan says, “You’re not dead!” Yuna smiles. “Mr. Jenkins, if you want to collaborate, you must beg me for forgiveness over what happened in the past.” Later on, Yvan finds out about the existence of their children. He asks Yuna about them, only for Yuna to comment, “Mr. Jenkins, shamelessness is a condition that needs to be treated.” The second she turns away, Yuna pats her chest in relief, scared out of her wits that he’d steal her children away. Yet, later, Yvan cages her in his arms and says, “Yuna, not only do I want the children, but I want you too.”