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"You know how this ends,” He snarled, his own eyes flickering across my face before they met mine again “Now I`m going to kill you.”

An unexpected pregnancy, a love shattered by fear, and a desperate struggle to reclaim what was lost. "The Billionaire's Ex-Girlfriend" delves into the story of Ana and Diego, whose relationship was torn apart by mistrust and apprehensions. After Ana decides to raise her child alone and embark on a new life, fate plays its hand and brings them together once again. However, Diego, now consumed by remorse and certain that the child is truly his, is determined to win Ana back. While he seeks to rebuild trust and prove his love, Maria, Diego's current girlfriend, will stop at nothing to sabotage their reconciliation. Amidst breathtaking twists, cunning intrigues, and an enduring passion, Ana and Diego must confront their deepest fears and fight against all odds to discover if their love is strong enough to weather the storms of the past. "The Billionaire's Ex-Girlfriend" is a captivating tale of love, redemption, and choices that shape the future, taking readers on an emotional rollercoaster that will leave them eagerly anticipating each new chapter.

Anna could never have imagined herself marrying one of the country's wealthiest businessmen. She never wanted this marriage, and she despises the man she'll soon call husband. However, she agreed to marry him and abandon her cherished lover just for sake of her father's business. She had always been a problem to her parents, and she believed that this was the only time she could be useful to her family. She will, however, have no idea that the man she is about to marry is not an ordinary person. Ibrahim Saunders is not a hasty man, and he has his own motives for choosing Anna Rae as his partner. There are two reasons for this. First, he holds a grudge against her family. Second, he has been in love with her since then..... "If I knew you were going to marry him, I'd never let you leave like that. Your life will be wrecked......" "I'm destined to live in misery with that man as long as he can save my family…." "Love.... I don't love her she is just a pawn who will take me to my destination..."

After taking her stepsister’s place, Yvonne Miller is married into a wealthy family. To take back her family business, she plots each step she takes carefully. Everyone knows Stephen Anderson is a cruel and ruthless person. Yet, his ugly and uncultured wife has him wrapped around her little finger. Stephen doesn’t mind that his wife’s an ugly duckling. On the contrary, he dotes on her excessively. When he hears gossip about his wife being ugly, with cosmetic surgeons offering her discounts, he whirls into a rage. “These blind dogs! My wife’s the most beautiful woman alive!” he insists.With that, a rumor spreads in Northerna City that Yvonne is Stephen’s retribution for his past misdeeds… Until one day, Yvonne returns from abroad drop-dead gorgeous, sending shockwaves all across the city. However, she doesn’t show up in Stephen’s life again. “What do you take me for, coming and going as you please?” he demands. Stepping aside to present the young kid behind her, Yvonne says in chagrin, “My child’s father?”

***Completed*** can be read as a standalone book. please note posted chapters are currently unedited.Knight of the queen or not, I am the expendable one, the one that shouldn’t be here, and the one that shouldn’t be alive. By all accounts, I should have died 13 years ago. A question I always ask myself, every time my eyes open: why am I still alive? Why did the gods let that old priestess find me so many moons ago and bring me back from the dead? Why did they allow me to live?I still wonder what my role is in this story and believe me there is more to this story than any of us know. I can feel it, see it unfolding, almost taste it. The last three years have just been a prelude to something bigger, something yet unseen and unknown. Lamia and Mathias may be the main characters, but we all had a role, an important part to play. Unfortunately, the script of our lives had been hidden away or maybe it just hasn’t been written yet.****Sent on a quest by his beloved Queen Lamia; Hunji finds himself back at the beginning. The place where his old life ended, and where the goddess granted him a second chance. On the hunt for a witch, Hunji must face his past - A past that left him broken. When the goddess breathed new life into him, he took an oath to serve her. Now that promise is being tested.He has survived his past but it's the future that threatens to turn his world upside down. That and the little witch who he was sent to find, protect and bring home; is hellbent on throwing a curve ball at every plan he had.

Paano kung mabuntis kang hindi mo alam at paano nangyari . Yan ang malaking katanungan sa isip ni Irish Vicente na mahinhin,disente at hindi makabasag pinggan kung titignan. Pangarap ni Irish magkaroon ng anak ngunit gusto niya kasal na ito at ang lalaking mahal niya ito ang Ama.Ngunit paano kung mangyari lahat ng gusto pero kapalit nito ay sakit ng damdamin ang kapalit!!! Mapapaibig kaya ng isang Yael Mondragon ang isang Irish na walang ibang hangad kundi ang makaganti sa taong nanakit sa kanya. Paano kung saka lang nila marerealized na mahal na mahal pala nila ang isat isa kung magkalayo na at nasaktan ang isat isa. Mabubuo pa kaya ang pamilyang binuo nila dahil sa pagpapanggap O magiging totohanin na? Magagawa pa ba ni tadhana ang paglapitin sila ? Gayong galit sila sa isat isa!

Deborah was abused all her life. During her childhood, she was mistreated by her stepmother and stepsiblings, causing her to lose her ability to speak due to the trauma. As an adult, she thought things would change when she married the man she loved, Roger Peterson, but he hated her with a passion and considered her a nuisance for being mute. Roger was always distant and never cared about the pain he caused her. Instead, his attention fell entirely on his childhood sweetheart, spoiling her and making her his mistress. Afraid of being alone, Deborah endured her marriage to Roger for three years, thinking that if she loved and understood him, he would notice her worth and leave his mistress. But she soon realized that would never happen and had reached her limit. Deborah wanted a divorce to seek her own happiness. Even if Roger refused to out of pride, she wouldn't give up because she had found a reason to fight for her right to live a happy life.

The one thing Joey Linton regrets is giving up all she has and getting into a secret marriage with Zachary Gray for three years.The moment his first love returns, she has no choice but to pack up and leave.But unbeknownst to anyone, life has other plans in store for her. She peaks in life after the divorce.She is Chloe, the top-notch designer. She is the Fulham heiress, unknown by all. And she is a genius investor, who accurately predicts the trend of the market. When her ex-husband shows up at her wedding, he whispers tenderly into her ear. "May I wreck the wedding?"All Joey says is, "I don't think I know you that well."

When Kendall Maxine Muller is forced to marry the young billionaire, Lance Andrei Russo, her world turns upside down as he vows to make her life a living hell. To him, she is just an opportunist, using him for her own financial gain. But little did he know, there is more to the story than he believes, and he can trust no one. Not friends, not family! Can he even trust himself?

As the only pureblood vampire of her generation, Esper was expected to choose a husband by the end of her 21st winter. It was something that she had been looking forward to since she had come of age. Some of the most sought after bachelors have traveled from around the globe just to compete for her hand. But she never expected to capture the attention of two suitors. Her heart is torn between the quiet but romantic Seraph Solar, the heir of the prestigious Imperial Guard, and the ever brooding Maxim Huiyan, the CFO of one of the oldest vampire enterprises: Xiafeng Legacies. How would she choose between them? And would the one she rejects give her away willingly to the other?