Kabanata 10 Kayamanan At Karalitaan

Florence Lancaster is a hybrid who has the blood of two exceptional people in her veins. Having been abandoned since she was 10 years old, a man took her in and trained her as a tool to achieve his goals. She was referred to as Veilios, a conniving spy that is well-known among werewolves who go by numerous guises. But after being tasked with spying on a band of outlaws, she found herself on the Alpha King and Werewolf Council's list of most-wanted people, making her the target of their hunt. She spent years in hiding before being accepted into a pack, but everything fell apart when the pack she was with was attacked. In order to save a girl, she was forced into making a bargain with the attackers who demanded money in exchange. And she can only offer it to them by participating in an auction and working for a month as a werewolf's mistress. However, she had no idea that the new track of her life would bring her even closer to the destiny she had been trying to avoid for so many years. ........ She is strong-willed to escape. He is adamant about keeping her. She wanted to be loved. He doesn't want to be in love. Everyone wanted her, Everyone fears him. She belongs to him but he doesn't belong to her.

**Perfect Blind** *She pretended to be her blind twin. Then she watched her brother-in-law die. The killer tested her—held the bloody head five inches from her face. She didn't blink.* **But what he didn't know? She's not just pretending. She's hunting him too.** --- Jiang Yan has spent three months learning to be her blind twin sister: the walk, the voice, the empty stare. She breaks into Lin's apartment seeking a diary—evidence of a murder Yan committed ten years ago. Instead, she finds a body. A killer who knows sign language. And a "dead man" who won't stop breathing. Trapped in a locked room with two strangers and one lie, Yan must play the perfect blind woman while uncovering the truth: her sister isn't blind, her father isn't dead, and the murder she confessed to never happened. **In this family, everyone wears a mask. The only way out is to see through them all.** --- **Perfect for fans of:** - *The Silent Patient* (unreliable narrator) - *Gone Girl* (toxic sisterhood) - *Behind Her Eyes* (identity games) **Tags:** #PsychologicalThriller #TwistedFamily #BlindPOV #ShortRead #DarkSecrets --- **Word count:** 10,000 words | **Chapters:** 10 | **Reading time:** 45 minutes *Every chapter ends with a twist. The final page changes everything

Lily berharap segera menghilang dari dunia ini. Dunia yang tidak Lily harapkan. Lily hanya ingin bahagia disisa hidupnya. Disatu sisi Lily merasa beruntung memiliki teman-teman yang sangat menyayanginya dan selalu ada disaat Lily susah. Rachel dan Reyhan adalah sahabat terbaik yang pernah Lily miliki. Reyhan salah satu sahabat Lily diam-diam menyukai Lily, sosok yang baik, berhati lembut, dan kuat. Disaat Lily mengalami keterpurukan akan dunia nya gelap, muncul seseorang yang membawanya keluar dari keterpurukan. Hingga dialah alasan Lily untuk bertahan. Dia adalah Albara, sosok laki-laki yang mencintainya dan pernah menolongnya 10 tahun yang lalu. Apa Albara bisa membuat Lily bahagia?. Disaat itu juga, kebenaranpun terungkap. Ibu yang selama ini selalu menghakimi dan membencinya ternyata bukanlah ibu kandungnya. Kebahagian satu persatu mulai muncul menghampiri Lily. Tapi apakah semua kebahagian itu datang tepat waktu? ataukah sudah terlambat?. Lily harus bisa bertahan sampai dia mendapatkan donor jantung yang cocok dan bisa menjalani hari-harinya kembali bersama orang-orang yang dia sayangi. Cr cover by : canva

Kehilangan segalanya di masa muda hingga harus terjerumus ke dalam lembah prostitusi membuat Gendhis merasa harus merelakan perasaannya pada sosok cinta pertama. Terpisah oleh keadaan di masa SMA, tak lagi bertemu bertahun lamanya, Gendhis dan Rai sang dokter muda dipertemukan oleh takdir dalam situasi yang asing tapi begitu emosional. "Kamu harus pake pengaman, Rai. Aku ini pelacur," bisik Gendhis menahan dada Rai yang sudah mulai melepas dress miliknya, menampilkan bra hitam berendanya. "Aku bukan Rai yang kamu kenal di 10 tahun yang lalu, Ndhis. Aku tau resiko dari keputusan yang kuambil." Rai yang kini menjelma menjadi seorang dokter spesialis muda nan mulia, bertekad untuk tidak lagi melepas Gendhis yang masih dicintainya. Namun, bagi Gendhis, strata sosial yang membentang di antara mereka adalah jurang pemisah tanpa dasar yang tak bisa diabaikan. Gendhis hanya tidak tahu, betapa sekali Rai berjanji, pantang baginya untuk mengingkari. Cinta mereka akan banyak diuji, akan banyak melukai. Namun kepercayaan Gendhis yang dulunya telah pudar, kini perlahan berhasil Rai buat bersemi kembali.

Putriku sakit parah dan membutuhkan sejumlah besar uang untuk pengobatan. Sementara itu, suamiku bukan hanya langsung menyerah dalam memberikan pengobatan, tetapi juga memulai hubungan asmara dengan teman masa kecilnya, Rachel Linata. Dalam keputusasaan, cinta pertamaku, Collin Luandra, mentransfer 10 miliar ke rekeningku dan menemaniku merawat putriku. Namun, putriku tetap tidak dapat terlepas dari cengkeraman maut. Enam tahun kemudian, Collin dan aku memiliki anak sendiri. Saat pergi ke rumah sakit untuk melakukan pemeriksaan kehamilan sendirian, aku mendengar percakapan Collin dengan dokter. "Pak Collin, kamu dan Bu Rhea juga sudah punya anak kalian sendiri sekarang. Gimana kalau apa yang terjadi waktu itu terungkap?" "Waktu itu, Rachel sakit parah. Aku mau nggak mau pakai sedikit trik supaya Rachel bisa terima transplantasi jantung dari anak itu. Lagian, Rhea sudah hamil lagi sekarang. Dia seharusnya nggak akan permasalahkan hal itu lagi." Saat ini, aku baru menyadari bahwa putriku sengaja didiagnosis secara salah. Collin telah diam-diam mentransplantasikan jantungnya kepada Rachel.

Banyak bab kekerasan dan 21+ harap bijak memilih bacaan Perasaan cinta Leila begitu besar terhadap Jack di masa lalu, walau pria itu tidak pernah ingat kepadanya. Kini keduanya di pertemukan dalam ke tidak sengajaan dan berakhir dengan sebuah pernikahan dadakan. Perasaan Leila yang masih sama dengan 10 tahun lalu, menerima lamaran Jack tanpa mengetahui bahwa ia hanya istri yang tidak pernah di cintai. Dengan kata lain, di nikahi dan di ceraikan demi bisa kembali kepada cinta pertama. “Aku minta maaf, berapa uang yang ingin kau mau. Aku akan memberikannya padamu, asal kau enyah dari hidupku.” Lelia masih diam menatapi Jack yang kini bukanlah Jack dulu yang ia cintai lagi. bukan pria yang membuat dirinya dari itik buruk rupa menjadi angsa. “Aku tahu, yang kau inginkan hanya cerai dariku.” Jack terdiam, ia menatapi kepergian Leila dari rumah yang mereka huni bedua selama setahun ini. Hingga indentitas asli Leila terbongkar dan berhasil kah Jack mengejar cinta Leila kembali. Disaat wanita yang sudah ia sakiti begitu dalam, ternyata benar-benar menghilang dari hidupnya.

« Un conte fantastique, poétique et ténébreux, une passerelle entre les générations »Soline est une petite fille de 10 ans qui mène, auprès de ses parents Manon et Julien, une vie paisible dans un pavillon cossu d'une petite ville de la banlieue de Lille. C'est une enfant douce et rêveuse. Un peu têtue aussi. En somme, une fillette ordinaire... à un détail près. Elle n'existe pas. Elle est le fruit de l'imagination de ses parents qui, peinant depuis des années à avoir un enfant, se sont façonné en rêve une fille idéale.La vie de Soline bascule quand, un jour, Manon tombe enceinte.Instantanément, la fillette disparaît de son esprit et de celui de Julien, et se retrouve projetée dans un univers parallèle, étrange et biscornu : Le Monde des Rêves Abandonnés. Réceptacle de toutes les histoires inachevées, des amis imaginaires oubliés, des personnages et décors de romans jamais terminés ou de films jamais réalisés...

“Thirty minutes for 10 thousand dollars.” That was the deal. Julian Valentino is the “Holy Billionaire,” an ice-cold CEO who views love as a liability. After a brutal Valentine’s Day betrayal, he didn’t just swear off women…. he chose a path of strict celibacy, vowing to keep his body as untouchable as his empire. For years, he has been a saint in a world of sinners, until he is anonymously drugged in his own hotel. With his control now crumbling and his body on fire, he turns to the only woman who can quench the flame: THALIA. Popularly known as "Tee" in elite lounges, she is a high-end sex worker who doesn’t believe in fairytales love and only lives for the bag to fund the search for her lost identity. What she expects to be an easy paycheck turns into a nightmare when a city-wide murder triggers a 48-hour security lockdown. Now trapped with a possessive, drug-fevered billionaire, thirty minutes of service becomes two days of raw heat and secret whispers. But when the doors finally open, Julian doesn't want to let her go. He wants a new deal... a new contract to buy her time and be her exclusive client. And that is when it dawns on Thalia that she has walked into a trap. Behind the closed doors, another contract was waiting. She isn’t just a worker anymore… with the outside contract? She’s now the very weapon sent to destroy the Valentino empire. CONTENT WARNING: This story is strongly 18+

I never had the intention of getting married because I was pregnant for him but it happened and a part of me was excited because I was getting married to the man of my dreams,So I got married to a solid 10 ,Luke Mayfair. He was my crush in college and somehow I got married to him because we had a baby after a one night stand. My marriage with Luke was the worst decision of my life,Luke and his cruel mother,Madam Claire made my life miserable but my only driving force in the marriage was my beautiful daughter I caught him in bed with my best friend. Apparently she was the woman of his dreams. He didn't feel any remorse for having an affair with my best friend and my best friend was not remorseful either. Divorced paper was served and I was kicked out of the house like a piece of trash.I endured marriage for 5 years and they sent me away like I was trash without even letting me see my daughter one last time.As if that wasn't enough they tried to kill me . Fast forward to two years later,I made an epic comeback as a famous fashion designer joining hands with the most powerful man in the family,My ex husband's uncle.Now my ex husband wants me back but now he has to get through to his uncle first.

"He's maybe a devil, but he's my devil." Hindi inakala ni Valentina Jade Villamayor na sa dinami-rami ng manliligaw niya ay kay Devon Miles Joaquin pa siya na-inlove. Hindi lang ito isa sa "The Famous Orphans," nagmula din ito sa pamilya na mortal na kaaway ng pamilya niya. Bukod pa roon, halos isumpa niya ito noong una nilang pagkikita. But they fell in love with each other, at ipinangako nilang hinding-hindi nila hahayaang magtagumpay ang mga pamilya nila sa pagpapahiwalay sa kanila. Ngunit sadya yata talagang nakatadhana silang magkalayo. Inakala ni Val na iniwan siya ni Devon at napilitan siyang magbago ng identity at palakihin ng mag-isa ang anak nila. 10 years later, he came back as her boss and she's his secretary. Pero hindi maintindihan ni Val kung bakit galit na galit sa kaniya si Devon. Gayung ito ang nang-iwan pagkatapos makuha ang pagkabirhen niya. Ito ang umalis, so bakit ito galit na galit? At anong gagawin nito kapag nalaman nitong nagbunga ang pagmamahalan nila noon? The media call them The Famous Orphans - adopted and raised to be billionaire heirs. Five of them and Valentina fell in love with the one they called“THE DEVIL.”