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The Convict Heiress: Marrying The Billionaire
The heavy thud of the release stamp was the only goodbye I got from the warden after five years in federal prison. I stepped out into the blinding sun, expecting the same flash of paparazzi bulbs that had seen me dragged away in handcuffs, but there was only a single black limousine idling on the shoulder of the road. Inside sat my mother and sister, clutching champagne and looking at my frayed coat with pure disgust. They didn't offer a welcome home; instead, they tossed a thick legal document onto the table and told me I was dead to the city. "Gavin and I are getting engaged," my sister Mia sneered, flicking a credit card at me like I was a stray dog. "He doesn't need a convict ex-fiancée hanging around." Even after I saved their lives from an armed kidnapping attempt by ramming the attackers off the road, they rewarded me by leaving me stranded in the dirt. When I finally ran into Gavin, the man who had framed me, he pinned me against a wall and threatened to send me back to a cell if I ever dared to show my face at their wedding. They had stolen my biotech research, ruined my name, and let me rot for half a decade while they lived off my brilliance. They thought they had broken me, leaving me with nothing but an expired chapstick and a few old photos in a plastic bag. What they didn't know was that I had spent those five years becoming "Dr. X," a shadow consultant with five hundred million dollars in crypto and a secret that would bring the city to its knees. I wasn't just a victim anymore; I was a weapon, and I was pregnant with the heir they thought they had erased. I walked into the Melton estate and made an offer to the most powerful man in New York. "I'll save your grandfather's life," I told Horatio Melton, staring him down. "But the price is your last name. I'm taking back what's mine, and I'm starting with the man who thinks he's marrying my sister."PROLOGUE
After I shower, I was looking for something I can wear inside my closet when something catches my eye; a bear stuffed toy wearing a pink shirt with ‘Hug Me’ written on it, I smiled when I saw it in the corner of my closet that was partially covered by some of my clothes…I took it and held it…
Caressed that bear's face…
A memory came back to my mind…
A memory to this day is still very clear to me…
I miss him—so much… I’ve missed him three times more…
I shook and sighed tapping the stuffed toy. “How are you? Aren't you sad that you're alone there in my closet?” I said to the bear that I was holding and then smiled bitterly. “I miss him…I wonder, how he is now?” I sadly said, suddenly a tear falls down my cheek. I thought I would never cry again—when I think of him...
But it’s still hard to forget the past that gave you meaning, made you so happy, taught you how to love, that what is love really is, and what it feels like to be loved by someone you once dreamed of... it is difficult to forget the memories that come back spontaneously. A memories left and imprinted on my mind, soul, and in my heart... even a few years later, he still won't disappear from my mind... and I don't think that will happen either—to lose him from my heart and in my mind...if only…
A knock from the door caught my attention;
“Laine, will you fix my phone? I think there's something wrong with it,” my mom's voice.
“Alright, ma. I'll just get dressed,” I replied shouted. I faced the bear and stroked its face again. “I'll bring you back inside,” I said sadly. And then I got dressed and quickly touch up myself; when I came out of my room, I was surprised that the whole house was quiet, I think my mom and I are the only ones here now.
Where are the others? I went straight out to the porch and looked for my mom, I was shocked when I saw him sitting on the couch on our porch… I didn't think he was here; I felt my heartbeat faster once more and he was the only one who could do this to me. I stopped at the door and stared at him until my mom tapped my shoulder…
“Dear, I want some snacks, please buy me a pizza and burgers,” she said while pointing at whom I was facing.
He smiled sweetly at my mom who was able to show the dimple on his cheek, which is one of the reasons I loved him.
Those dimples…
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First Love: A Love Once Lost
Then Louis snapped. “Hey, Martin this is Lalaine, Lalaine this is Martin,” Louis introduced me with a goofy smile. I instantly turned to him and glared at him but he just shrugged. Then, he gestured to Martin who I saw already looking at me. So, I took a deep breath first and bit my lower lip. “H-hi/0/54100/coverorgin.jpg?v=c0fc7fa4ac7ca185deee1ca4254f9aa0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Billionaire's Betrayal: A Love Lost
Daniel West, a handsome and successful young billionaire, appears flawless and has everything. But he only has one flaw, which is his possessive nature. Daniel's possessive nature makes his girlfriend, named Isabella, feel suffocated and weary. The woman often called Bella ends up cheating with ano/0/86528/coverorgin.jpg?v=b2fb190a8ef9bdcf9db4378ec108e60b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Betrayed Ballerina: A Love Lost
The pain was an old, familiar ghost, living in my leg, a constant reminder of the dancer I used to be. My life had become a quiet echo of a forgotten dream, teaching kids the future I' d lost, marked by the silence of a world without applause. Then, the Grand Metropolitan Ballet called. Not a frie/0/86657/coverorgin.jpg?v=017aef2922e444b3cf93d47697e90496&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Betrayal: A Love Lost
I was Mark Thompson' s secret, his adoptive niece, and his hidden lover for three years. He took me in when I had nowhere else to go, becoming my protector and hero. Then, two pink lines on a pregnancy test changed everything. I went to tell him, hoping this baby would make our relationship real, o/0/87269/coverorgin.jpg?v=e55281fd017cc1a006a7672741574b4e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Mother's Vengeance: Love Lost
The sharp pain in my son Timmy's leg was the start of it all. A snakebite. I rushed him to Mercy General, where my older son David worked as an ER doctor. He would save his little brother. But the moment I burst into the emergency room, collapsing with Timmy limp in my arms, a blonde nurse named/1/102051/coverorgin.jpg?v=2d0cfeed499f81ff6149153e643f00e2&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love Lost, A Life Reclaimed
My world shattered with a piece of paper. A DNA test revealed I wasn't a Daugherty by blood, but an impostor. My husband, Kane, divorced me, and the real heiress, Britt, took my home, my life, and my son. Five years later, I was a waitress drowning in my foster mother's medical debt when they walke/0/55780/coverorgin.jpg?v=33c2dcfa1709f0e0dd33dc89a3c552c6&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love Once, Addicted For A Lifetime!
Raymond McDaniel, the uncle in a distinguished family. Clara Lawson, a woman with a child of her own. Everyone thought Clara's child was hers alone, but no one knew that the child was also Raymond's! They had a child from a passionate night years ago, from a one-night stand, it turned into.../0/21384/coverorgin.jpg?v=79ac9f29c16c302c8fab8fbfab83a7e5&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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A Legacy of Lies, A Love Lost
My family called me a cold, controlling workaholic. My husband, my sister, even the brother I raised-they all lived in the architectural empire I built, yet they resented me for it. Then, the doctor gave me a few months to live. But before I could even process my own death sentence, my husband was/0/18212/coverorgin.jpg?v=fcc6e05b0301f123baedd93bb9b00677&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love Lost
This story is a soft-core yaoi/slice of life about Haru, a boy aged 17, living in boarding school where he meets his new friends. Weak both mentally and physically, he finds new strength when he meets Aubrey, a carefree and confident boy whom he falls in love with. But Haru is too afraid to admit hi/0/52241/coverorgin.jpg?v=41592654530b2199a7f7679c99c65985&imageMogr2/format/webp)
LOST LOVE, FOUND LOVE
This is a high school love story about Amberlynn a girl who is from a Christian home and decided to go contray to her parents counsels against teenage intimate relationship with the opposite gender. On her first day in school,she had a huge crush on high schools demi god. They hit off together wi/0/40549/coverorgin.jpg?v=6c327d1e1122c7e3df8b77c9a75ff7ab&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love Only Comes Once
Casey McAddams left her old town and the love of her life, behind just to chase her career in acting in the Hollywood. After some years and she finally becomes a big time actress worth over millions of dollars, she is back home not to stay but to film a movie, then she saw the one man she is madly i/0/18635/coverorgin.jpg?v=273480d1a7442d3c23f7a251ca5c4fd4&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Live Twice, Love Once
Kate, a top coroner from the twenty-second century, had landed the exciting opportunity of time traveling. She went back in time as a sexy cheerleader, a completely different persona than her original one. In all the books that she had read, the heroine would meet all kinds of charming, handsome/0/9080/coverorgin.jpg?v=abfa60485884065c2233a3698af75fba&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Once a Week
Alan Alexander Milne was born in Kilburn, London on January 18th, 1882. He was a pupil at Westminster School and then Trinity College, Cambridge where he graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics in 1903. Whilst there, he edited and wrote for Granta, a student magazine. Coming to the attention of Punch M/0/20351/coverorgin.jpg?v=b3e04c48e8179314dd4e06e9f60479e0&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Once Upon A Prank
What started as a game quickly escalated to two dead bodies dying from some unknown reasons. The five friends find themselves in a dangerous spot when they discover that their school was a front for drug dealers. The killer has kidnapped one of the foursome and threatenes to kill her if they don't/0/49255/coverorgin.jpg?v=d120edfc595220e29f599bab7a546f88&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Once Upon A Nightmare
BLURBS/ DESCRIPTION. In the quiet town of Ocampos, a sweet yet sinister figure lurks the beneath the surface. For years, the town has enjoyed a peaceful co-existence, untouched by the violence and living in harmony. But their peaceful existence is shattered when series of gruesome murder rocks the/0/4153/coverorgin.jpg?v=6de8285b079f849941ffe3e22c6fc5e3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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Once Upon a Marriage
On the night of her highly anticipated jewel launch, Eloise's world shatters when her husband Lucian publicly divorces her on national TV, rekindling his relationship with his ex-lover Jennifer, who is also Eloise's step-sister. As Eloise picks up the pieces, she meets a new man, who happns to be he/0/94203/coverorgin.jpg?v=6b87dea8add46a967d2b707890d6885a&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Ghost's Vengeance For Lost Love
My family stormed into my apartment, not to celebrate my prestigious science award, but to drag me to my influencer sister' s party. They didn' t know that just downstairs, I was bleeding out on the cold basement floor after an attack. With my last breath, I called for help. My brother texted me t/0/51393/coverorgin.jpg?v=83698606298fb87247bca9cb3497242c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
