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Flash Marriage To My Best Friend's Father
I was once the heiress to the Solomon empire, but after it crumbled, I became the "charity case" ward of the wealthy Hyde family. For years, I lived in their shadows, clinging to the promise that Anson Hyde would always be my protector. That promise shattered when Anson walked into the ballroom with Claudine Chapman on his arm. Claudine was the girl who had spent years making my life a living hell, and now Anson was announcing their engagement to the world. The humiliation was instant. Guests sneered at my cheap dress, and a waiter intentionally sloshed champagne over me, knowing I was a nobody. Anson didn't even look my way; he was too busy whispering possessively to his new fiancée. I was a ghost in my own home, watching my protector celebrate with my tormentor. The betrayal burned. I realized I wasn't a ward; I was a pawn Anson had kept on a shelf until he found a better trade. I had no money, no allies, and a legal trust fund that Anson controlled with a flick of his wrist. Fleeing to the library, I stumbled into Dallas Koch—a titan of industry and my best friend’s father. He was a wall of cold, absolute power that even the Hydes feared. "Marry me," I blurted out, desperate to find a shield Anson couldn't climb. Dallas didn't laugh. He pulled out a marriage agreement and a heavy fountain pen. "Sign," he commanded, his voice a low rumble. "But if you walk out that door with me, you never go back." I signed my name, trading my life for the only man dangerous enough to keep me safe.****
VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL.
Sitting at the farthest end of the assembly Hall, he adjusts his glasses on the bridge of his nose as he watches them stroll into the hall..
They were three in number,all beautiful, charming, exuding confidence...
But they weren't his concern.. His main concern was her..
Hailey Bloom...
Their leader....
He cranes his neck and that's when he sees her entering after them..
She always liked to walk behind...
A smile automatically breaks on his face as he watches her stroll in,her long beautiful legs leading the way...
Her dark lustrous hair braided into an all back cornrow, revealing every contour of her beautiful oval shaped face...
Her pretty brown eyes rolling,scanning the auditorium,probably searching for an empty seat....
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His gaze was torn off her when he felt himself nudged roughly from his seat as he tumbles onto the floor...
Laughter rang endlessly in his ears as he struggled to find his glasses that had fallen off his face...
"Hey nerdy.. Looking for this?" A deep voice says beside him...
Jason squints his eyes and nods immediately when he realises it was his glasses...
"Here take it"
Jason stretches out his hand to take it only for the guy to pull back..
Again,laughter rang in his ears...
It took him a while to realise they were mocking him.. Making fun of him..
He sighs..
This has been his daily routine at school...
They always made fun of him at the slightest chance they got...
And to make matters worse, they had found out he had a huge crush on the schools most popular girl...
He knew it was impossible to get Hailey to notice him.
They were totally the opposite of each other.
It was like mixing water and oil..
They would never merge..
The oil would always end up on the surface of the water...
Hailey...
He sighs again...
She was every guy's dream.. The kind of girl every one wanted to hung out with...
She was beautiful, intelligent, confident, independent... Name it..
And he,Jason Michaels had always admired her from afar...
"Hey nerdy!!!"someone screams,jolting him out of his reverie.
"Give me back my glasses please" he says in exasperation..
"Give him the glasses Jack" a female voice commands and he notices the owner of the voice immediately.
He didn't need to see her face before recognizing her. He had imprinted her voice in his brain.
He could feel his teenage heart beating loudly against his chest as she knelt him,giving him his glasses...
"Here" she says softly..
Jason takes it and puts it on immediately...
He stares at her and gives her his best smile
"Thank you"
Hailey doesn't smile back.. She gets up,brushes dirt away from her skirt and begins to walks away..
His heart sunk but he doesn't give up.. Not now.. Not when he had finally managed to have her this close....
He gets up and rushes out after her..
It was dark outside but luckily there were no teachers supervising because usually it was a Friday. And teachers don't usually supervise prep on weekends.
"Hailey wait!" He calls out...
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Hailey frowns when she hears her name. She stops walking and turns,waiting for her caller to catch up. Whoever it was needed to make it fast else she was going to snap any moment...
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Forgetting You.
Hailey Bloom is valley view high school's most popular girl. She is the envy of the girls and a sight for the sore eyes of the guys. She is beautiful, sexy, alluring, intelligent, bold, confident and gracious. She has everyone's attention when she walks. Jason Michaels is the schools nerdy boy with/0/4605/coverorgin.jpg?v=0fe14569ae4a5bab8691b79553064157&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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The Other Man's Child
Selene was just eighteen when her life was rewritten. Pregnant, abandoned, and forced into a marriage of convenience, she carried another man's child down the aisle-without the man she married ever knowing the truth. Years later, her marriage to Tom Harold is a cage of cold words and hollow promis/0/43349/coverorgin.jpg?v=4a1d59f672ebfd523b1cabf9de1e3a90&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Surrogate CEO's Child
"I want you to stop being a model so that we can start planning for pregnancy. I want to have a child soon because my mother is pressuring me," Alexander requested of his wife, Cesilia. "I don't want to. My body will change, and I won't be suitable for modeling anymore. If you're in a hurry, I can/0/65777/coverorgin.jpg?v=afcf0c9a92af5f7254debdc26c5fea58&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Last Moon Child
19-year-old Ember Stone discovers she's the last living Moonchild, born with the power to control the lunar cycles. Forced to flee her home, Ember joins forces with enigmatic werewolf, Liam Nightingale, to uncover the truth about her family's past and the sinister forces seeking to exploit her power/0/57073/coverorgin.jpg?v=a7233ba70dd0d47a5eaa84af00506efa&imageMogr2/format/webp)
THE BILLIONAIRE'S SECRET CHILD
"The shadows of the past lingered, like the whispers of a forgotten melody. Alina's heart raced as she stood before the grandiose mansion, The wind carried the faint scent of lavender, transporting her back to a time she'd rather forget. A time when her innocence was stolen, leaving behind a trail o/0/69311/coverorgin.jpg?v=d3d84775de0185d835d20a23a11f448b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Billionaire Secret Child
Seven years ago, Emily Reuters, a young intern at her father's prestigious architectural firm, met billionaire real estate developer Wade Barrett at a masked charity ball. Their connection was instant and electric, leading to a night of passion. But by morning, Emily left Wade without revealing her/0/1659/coverorgin.jpg?v=20171123152440&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Child of the Moat
As for the grown-ups the story is not written for grown-ups, and if they want to know why it begins with such a gruesome first chapter, let them ask the children. Children like the horrors first and the end all bright. Many grown-ups like the tragedy at the end. But perhaps the children are right an/0/54134/coverorgin.jpg?v=06ffd6af9c8e8ddbb2bf2147f964e461&imageMogr2/format/webp)
HIDING THE BILLIONAIRE'S CHILD
PROLOGUE The girl ignored the rumors she heard around her. He had just walked down the hospital hallway and all that was in mind was to escape the area. The girl's face and the emotional emotions can be seen on the girl's face. "I'm pregnant?!" "It can't be" it added. "I want to go home." It whis/0/56736/coverorgin.jpg?v=39c15561696a3c9cdd4938afab2bc6ab&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Carrying The Billionaire's Child
“I don't want anything to do with her, I would rather marry her mother than marry her.” Manny felt insulted. Angry, she slammed her fist on the table, picked up the papers that needed signing and then tore it into pieces. ***** Manny, a lady with a perfect life and heiress to the Millicent's fas/0/20795/coverorgin.jpg?v=ba4e5d008117782faae22dd6df6e2c40&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Unwanted Child
"What do you think that I won't be able to find who you are?" Krish strangles Ziva horrifying her "Please let me go...I didn't do anything, I promise that I will leave your place and go away from your life" she spoke with trembling lips, crying in pain "Tsk...tsk...You are late for that, I gave/0/11612/coverorgin.jpg?v=db876afee0e0f37be9148e653f3c8a04&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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The Grandiose Billionaire's Unknown Child
Wealthy New York business man Brian Adams was used to going after what he wanted, but this time it was what he didn't want that making him proud on some stranger's door in the godforsaken hamlet of sweet water, Texas. And he didn't want his younger brother to marry his obviously gold-digging fiancee/0/2672/coverorgin.jpg?v=8036bae176fe8b728489ba8e9668dd57&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Story of a Child
There is to-day a widely spread new interest in child life, a desire to get nearer to children and understand them. To be sure child study is not new; every wise parent and every sympathetic teacher has ever been a student of children; but there is now an effort to do more consciously and systematic/0/2277/coverorgin.jpg?v=f73e1e5a9de8f41d0899e95d969c5362&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Saturday's Child
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part/0/14499/coverorgin.jpg?v=a4bd3d445566f5cc446d0476d7797722&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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The Child I Carried Secretly
I was recovering from surgery for a stress-induced ulcer, the price I' d paid for building an empire with my husband, Braden. He said he was at a work dinner. He lied. From my hospital bed, I found his anonymous online confession: a sordid tale of his affair with a young intern while his "sick" par/0/53901/coverorgin.jpg?v=20240327145312&imageMogr2/format/webp)
