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Lauren, a young woman who has been mistreated by her stepmother and sister after her mother's death. She is a hardworking individual who is looking for a peaceful life, away from the chaos and drama of the wealthy. Lauren's life takes an unexpected turn when she goes on vacation and meets Kaizer, a famous bachelor and CEO who is in need of a fake girlfriend to avoid an arranged marriage. Kaizer proposes a deal to Lauren, offering her a way out of her current situation in exchange for pretending to be his girlfriend. Lauren is torn between her desire for a peaceful life and the opportunity to escape her stepmother and sister's mistreatment. She must navigate the complications of a contractual marriage and the challenges of living in the high society world. As Lauren and Kaizer's relationship develops, she must also confront her feelings towards him and decide what she truly wants. The story will explore themes of family, love, and self-discovery as Lauren makes difficult choices and ultimately chooses what is best for herself.

With a heavy heart, in order to fulfill the wishes of her father who was terminally ill and would not survive long, Clarabelle Aimee decided to join the reality show At the First Time I Meet You in the city where she lived, Sydney. Clarabelle was sure, with the help of love experts, she would find the right man, who would be her life partner. Jordan Gerald, was desperate to join the At the First Time I Meet You event because he wanted to win a bet with his friends. In order to be accepted by the experts, Jordan played a joke about himself in the reality. Meeting for the first time at the altar, Clarabelle was stunned by Jordan. Jordan was fascinated by Clarabelle's beauty. Jordan's sweet attitude during the introduction period in the reality show they participated in, made Clarabelle begin to fall in love with Jordan. Unfortunately, after the event, living a real life, Jordan's cover began to be exposed. Surprise after surprise Clarabelle met and made her heart disappointed again. Stay or separate? Which would Clarabelle and Jordan choose? Was marriage in At the First Time I Meet You just a game?

Calla was rejected by her alpha mate, which made her a lone wolf. Out of anger, she wanted to plot revenge against her former pack and prove to them that she was a worthy she-wolf and was supposed to be Luna. With her being banished from the pack, she found her hope in the hands of the cruelest pack in the land. Can she prove them wrong and be strong enough for herself and her new pack? Will the rejected mate be given another chance to love again despite the failure of her first mating?

“Do you taste that, sweetheart? That’s the taste of you signing your life away. Because from this day forward until the end of the world, I own you. Body, mind, and soul. Every inch of you belongs to me, Jazzlene Agatha Hart.” Adam Meadows is a ruthless billionaire, his heart hardened by a relentless thirst for vengeance. Consumed by the brutal murder of his family, his life's singular goal is to amass wealth and exact retribution. Relationships are a distraction he cannot afford, and he dismisses them as trivial. But Adam's meticulously controlled world is upended when he is compelled to look after Jazzlene Agatha Hart, his best friend's sister and a soon-to-be HRM graduate. Initially resistant, Adam's loyalty to his friend forces him to agree. As he spends more time with Jazzlene, the unexpected happens. An unfamiliar sensation stirs within him, something he thought long buried. The cold ice around his heart begins to crack, threatening to melt entirely.

Eunice was happy when she married the man she loved, but she was also having a hard time dealing with him. Despite this, she cared for him and endured everything, as they had gotten married for the sake of their parents' wishes and their company. She hoped that one day her husband would learn to love her and accept their marriage, but she was wrong; he paid more attention to his ex than to her. One night, Eunice was surprised to see her husband standing in front of her room drunk. He suddenly pulled her into the room, and they had sex. She gave herself to him even though he was drunk. A month later, Eunice found out she was pregnant. Afraid that her husband would not believe her and would reject their child, she chose to stay away and walked away without saying anything about her pregnancy. A few years later, Eunice returned with their child. If their paths crossed again and destiny reunited them, what would Eunice do? Would she tell the truth that they have a child, or would she choose to keep it a secret?

Cristianus is a Billionaire man and Lily is a famous and best architect in their town. Lily admire Cristiano for a long time but Cristiano didn’t even know her even though their both parents are friends and business partners. One night they both attended a party and that night happened their one-night stand. They didn’t know that one night's mistake could change their life, especially Lily when he got pregnant. When both parents knew about it, they were forced to get married for the sake of the baby and the sake of their family name. When they got married and started to live under the same roof, Lily took responsibility to be a good wife to Cristiano but Cristiano didn’t appreciate all her efforts. He always brings girls into their houses and makes Lily look like a slave. He’s also abusive and hurting Lily physically, he didn’t let her meet her friends and stopped her from her work. Until one day Lily decided to escape Cristiano but when Cristiano discovered about that he hurt Lily again physically because she was already loving her and being more possessive of her until she bleed and caused her miscarriage. Cristiano realized what he just did but it was too late because he can’t bring their baby back. Whether he liked it or not, Lily decided to run away from him and he gave that to her because he knows that she need space to heal. Cristiano realized that he loves Lily and he’s just afraid to show it but it was too late because Lily is mad at him. He gives Lily time to heal and after a year he will pursue her again even if it’s not that easy anymore.

The world will shatter again, once they meet. Everything in Nina Gabriel's life was already planned since she was just in her mother's womb. She was ready to marry the man her parents destined for her until she met a mysterious man who for the first time immediately grabbed her attention, even though there was that she was of suspicion and fear for him. Hayes Xavier has something she can’t figure out what and why she’s interested in getting to know him even better. But what she didn’t expect were the things he revealed especially he was claiming that she was the woman he loved a thousand years ago. The First Alpha | Book 1 of Mysticshire

Cianna Juarez has everything every woman could dream of. Beauty and cleverness, riches and fame. But that one thing she could never ever have is the love of the man she loved the most, Alexander Malin Del Rio. They have been friends since time immemorial, but he never showed interest on her romantically. She did everything to make him love her, anything to keep him away from his love. To the extent of ruining their friendship. But fate turned a complete flip when something happened between her and Santiago Lopez, the man she hated the moment she laid eyes on him for his arrogance though he grew up as an orphan. She thinks so little of him because of his background. One sinful and drunken night changed her life in a blink of an eye. Afraid of people’s prejudices and judgments, she left Malolos carrying the very fruit of that mistake.

"Who's that woman you're with on this picture? Are you the father of that baby she's holding?" Tears started to run down my cheeks. "Are you having an affair?!" I shouted at him, while my heart seems to be breaking into pieces. I gave everything I had for him, because that's how I love. My only dream is to have a happy and complete family with him, to have a child, but it seems that he's already fulfilling that dream to another woman. What can you really do if the man who promised you in front of God, that he would love you faithfully, is already secretly having an affair?

"Good morning, sir," she said with a smug smile and glanced at the man who was standing in front of the class-Zachary Villarreal, her ex-boyfriend. Angered for her family, Atasha returned to the Philippines after a two-year stay in America. She had heard of her half-sister's upcoming wedding and could not accept it. She could never accept that the people who ruined her life-her unborn child's life-would be happy. She wanted them all to live the same miserable life as hers. "Beg at me, Professor, as you serve my wrath," she mentally noted.