The Brighter The Light

<> - Vanessa thought rock bottom was signing divorce papers with Derek Holland, a man with the emotional depth of a teaspoon. Turns out, rock bottom had a basement, and Ryker Holland was waiting for her down there with a smirk and a plan. Ryker, Derek's older half-brother (aka the family's dirty little secret), shows up offering Vanessa a deal: help her make her ex-husband, Derek Holland, jealous enough to come crawling back. In exchange, he secures his position as CEO. But Ryker isn't doing this out of kindness for he is petty and cruel. He would do anything to trample all over Derek, and now he has the perfect weapon. Vanessa, freshly dumped and just desperate enough to play along. And if she happens to enjoy making her ex suffer too? Well, that's just a bonus. As Vanessa sinks deeper into Ryker's twisted world of fake romance, secrecy and family dysfunction, things start getting real. Because fake love? It's a lot easier to control than real feelings. And Ryker has no idea what to do when the game stops being a game. Is Vanessa walking into a trap or building one of her own? Either way, the Holland brothers are going down. One's going to break, and the other's going to enjoy every second of it. _Disclaimer: This story features morally complex, flawed characters with twisted motives. It includes themes of manipulation, deception, and emotional cruelty. Reader discretion is advised.

ยิ่งผลักไส ยิ่งดึงดูด… ความรักไม่ได้เริ่มจากความหวานเสมอไป แต่บางทีมันก็เริ่มจากการ "กัดกันทุกวัน" การพบกันของคนสองขั้วไม่ได้เริ่มด้วยความหวาน แต่เต็มไปด้วยการปะทะคารม สงครามเย็น และบทเรียนหัวใจที่ไม่คาดคิด ทว่าท่ามกลางแรงกดดันของการเรียนและชีวิตที่แสนเหน็ดเหนื่อย ทั้งคู่กลับค่อยๆ กลายเป็นแรงผลักดันให้กันและกัน

Isadora finds herself in a bit of a dilemma when she finds out her boyfriend was only with her for the money, worst he is plotting with her her father and step-sister to claim the wealth, killing her on the night of their marriage. Broken by this betrayal, she went to the club to drown it all , while planning her next move, somehow she ended up in the bed of Michael King, the city's most powerful and feared man, his wealth untold and she was the heir to a million riches. And to make things better, Xavier is her ex enemy and so is her father. She instantly proposed a marriage between them, till death do them apart. But was this marriage a great help or her worse decision? What happened when She found out his true identity, what happened when his real lover came knocking, what happened when her Ex determination to end her get the better of her, What happens when the real truth comes out.

ชีวิตการเป็นเด็กฝึกงานของ “นับแต้ม” เหมือนจะไม่ง่ายซะแล้ว ในเมื่อคนประเมินการฝึกงานคือแฟนเก่าที่ตัวเองดันไปบอกเลิกนี่ซิ งานนี้แขวนพระองค์ไหนก็เหมือนจะไม่รอดเพราะเจ้ากรรม “ไนล์” เวรเขาแรงจริงๆ ค่า

“You wicked woman! You dare kidnap my daughter?" He growled, gripping her small wrist tight. Samantha squirmed, “You're mistaken, Sir, the child is not yours but mine!” “You dare say that again? Then explain the resemblance between us?” He retorted with raw hatred. Taken aback, all the color drained from Samantha’s face upon the realization he was right. How the hell did she overlook that? No, how the hell was it possible that he was the father of her child! ~~~~~~ It was an unspoken secret that Samantha's twin sister committed a grave sin in her marriage, thus Samantha became her sister’s substitute to bury that infidelity. However, on their 3rd wedding anniversary, Samantha discovers her husband’s infidelity. But that wasn't enough reason for her to -divorce him because she didn't want her daughter fatherless. But one act, one single act almost cost her life and that of her child and Samantha declared defeat, serving Zeke Frost the divorce papers, and left without looking back but with promises to revenge! However, fate had another path in store for her when she encountered the devil himself; Dalton Montclair. The most gorgeous man in the world and the youngest bachelor in the city. He's ruthless, he's got the looks, money, and fame. But what more? He's got a striking resemblance with her son!

“I should have refused.” I shook my head, my eyes sweeping towards the silver eyed devil standing before me, with no ounce of guilt or remorse in his eyes. “I should have never married you.” “That hurts my feeling.” That was a cruel joke, because we both know that he doesn’t even have feelings to begin with. “But there isn’t any man who could love you like I do; not even Thorne.” I paused when his long, cold index finger trailed my face stopping at my lips, and his eyes met mine again. They were dark… with lust. “Fuck you.” I muttered with hate and anger dripping in my voice. “I believe even right now, all you want is me.” He mused and he wasn’t wrong, because he never said I couldn’t leave. Yet, I found myself staying, and hoping he would change. “And all that completes me is you.” His lips cam crashing on mine. *** Eden Montclair is your everyday surgeon who tries to get by every surgery without complications, she has created high hopes for herself that she would inherit her grandmother’s hospital. She soon finds out that the hospital was dying and they might need to merger it with the biggest healthcare foundation in the country, only on the condition that her little sister, Evangeline marries the heir to the foundation. Eden’s life soon falls into chaos when Evangeline ran away to avoid that fate, and now Eden is in the front line to marry the Heir of the Adler Foundation. Theron Adler. A cold-blooded and precise surgeon, who doesn’t have many interests in life, and a diagnosed psychopath. That’s not all, he is also the older brother of her ex-boyfriend and they both had history together.

อุบัติเหตุเพียงครั้งเดียวกลับนำมาซึ่งความสูญเสียที่ไม่อาจประเมินค่าได้ โชคดีที่ยังเหลือคนในครอบครัวที่รอดชีวิตอยู่บ้าง แต่สภาพความเป็นอยู่อาจแตกต่างไปจากเดิมอย่างสิ้นเชิง

This Thanksgiving, Elmer Fuller finally agrees to go on a trip with me. But when I wake up in the hotel, I don't see him anywhere. I spend the entire day desperately searching for him, only to stumble across a social media post from his first love. It's a selfie of her and Elmer having a cozy family dinner with her parents. The caption reads, "Someone's finally meeting the parents on Thanksgiving night. Mom and Dad can stop pressuring me to get married now!" Around her neck is the scarf my mother knitted for me before she passed. I left a comment. "Stop using my things to flirt with my husband. Take the scarf off—you can have him." Not long after, she posts an update. The scarf is shredded into pieces and tossed into a dog bed, with the caption, "What trash—too filthy even for a dog!" Elmer likes the post.

When you're the most respected Italian Mafia Boss, you cannot afford to have personal ties. A lesson this man learned the hard way. Now, refusing to allow anyone close to him. His plan of solitude being rattled when a negotiation went wrong ends with him holding a student hostage in self-preservation. Their story wasn't meant to begin as it did.They weren't meant to meet this way. After all, she was only a university student and he was a ghost.When the most unforeseen circumstances cause their paths to cross multiple times, they have no choice but to acknowledge the dangers looming overhead.A final encounter between them forcing him to vow for her safety because he owes her his life. *Completed*

A handprint on the glass window in the bathroom leads to me discovering my husband's betrayal. I want to find that woman and make her and my husband pay.