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One Night With My Billionaire Boss
I woke up on silk sheets that smelled of expensive cedar and cold sandalwood, a world away from my cramped apartment in Brooklyn. Beside me lay Ezra Gardner—my boss, the billionaire CEO of Gardner Holdings, and the man who could end my career with a snap of his fingers. He didn’t offer an apology for the night before; instead, he looked at me with terrifying clarity and proposed a cold, calculated business arrangement. "Marriage. It stabilizes the board and solves the PR crisis before it begins." He dressed me in archival Chanel and sent me home in his Maybach, but my life was already falling apart. My boyfriend, Irving, claimed he had passed out early, yet his location data placed him at my best friend’s apartment until three in the morning. When I tried to run, I realized Ezra was already ten steps ahead, tracking my movements and uncovering the secret I’d spent twenty years hiding: my connection to the powerful Senator Grimes. I was trapped between a CEO who treated me like a line item on a quarterly report and a boyfriend who had been using me while sleeping with my closest friend. I felt like a pawn in a game I didn't understand, wondering why a man like Ezra would walk up forty flights of stairs on a broken leg just to make sure I was safe. "Showtime, Mrs. Gardner." Standing on the red carpet in a gown that cost more than my life, I watched my cheating ex-boyfriend’s face turn pale as Ezra claimed me in front of the world. I wasn't just an assistant anymore; I was a weapon, and it was time to burn their world down."You take over my shift but don't sell the wine. There are all kinds of people there, so don't get into trouble with any beasts. You will be dead if you are captured by a brute!"
Kelly Garcia thought about what her friend Vivian Sanches' words and had only one thought.
She would be dead this time!
Kelly tried to push away the man who was hugging her to force her to drink, but she only pushed a layer of fat on his stomach. She smelled the stench of smoke, and this round-bald man made Kelly feel disgusting.
She violently raised her arm, pushed away the wine glass in the fat guy's hand, the liquor spilled on his pants.
"I'm just a waitress, not a..."
Not a prostitute.
Before she finished her words, the fat guy became furious and slapped Kelly violently.
"You are just a prostitute so don't overreach yourself! I am paid to sleep with you! And it seems that you won't obey me without some special things."
After he took out a packet of powder and poured it into the bottle, he pinched Kelly's chin and poured the bottle of wine directly into her mouth.
The cold liquor was poured into her throat. Kelly was choking and coughing constantly.
The fat guy reached out to rip her clothes.
Kelly wore short cheongsam, which was the uniform of the bar. They changed the traditional Chinese frogs to ordinary press buttons, which were much easier to unbutton.
In an instant, her charming body was shown.
The fat guy seemed very greedy.
Kelly hit him in the face with her elbow and ran outside without any hesitation when he ached.
The fat guy got up and chased after her.
"Bitch, don't you know who I am? How dare you run!"
He grabbed Kelly's hair and pulled it so hard that Kelly screamed loudly in pain and fell backward.
She was kind of hopeless.
"So, who are you?" She heard a pleasant voice.
Kelly turned back and saw a man in a black windbreaker standing a step away. He was tall and handsome.
He stared at Kelly like a hawk with his extremely gorgeous eyes. When he saw the hand at Kelly's waist, he seemed to be angry.
The man grabbed the fat guy's shoulder, and the fat guy suddenly felt as if his shoulder was about to be dislocated and he was unable to exert any strength.
Kelly's waist was loosened and got away from the fat guy.
Before she could leave, she was pulled into a firm embrace.
She smelled the pleasant odor instantly and felt like smelling it somewhere. It made Kelly extraordinarily relieved.
The man's voice sounded overhead, "Which hand did he touch you with?"
Kelly was stunned.
Before she could speak, she heard a frightening howl.
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Kiss Never Enough
Kelly Garcia was adopted by the Garcia family when she was young. But her adoptive parents just took her as goods which would be sold to a rich family. So she was engaged under her parents’ pressure when she was eighteen. She knows that no one can help her, so she studies design hard in university,/0/19392/coverorgin.jpg?v=bae5659a41c27cfaa517f16b40b28392&imageMogr2/format/webp)
He was never mine
Carmen was in one-sided love, and she didn't know that until she got married to Liam, her high school crush. After getting married to him, his attitude towards her changed. But Carmen stayed in the marriage and endured his inappropriate behavior towards her. However, everything changed when she met/0/63931/coverorgin.jpg?v=20250305113737&imageMogr2/format/webp)
SHE WAS ONCE MY PATIENT
Joyce pulled away, wrap her arms around his neck, undressing him with her eyes. She started unbuttoning his shirt one after the other. " Wait , what are you doing?" Smith asked surprised with her attitude. She moved to his ears and whisper silently. " Make Love to me" He quickly moved a little fr/0/45973/coverorgin.jpg?v=f519081b2aab2d8e9b3bb173365a1f0c&imageMogr2/format/webp)
He Was Once My Uncle
I quickly combed my hair because it was said that Ninong Raphael's visit was today! Wow after two years we will meet again! I'm thrilled, I've had a crush on Ninong for a long time, it's like he has all the qualities I want in a man. Papa and Uncle Raphael are best friends, in other words Papa/0/86409/coverorgin.jpg?v=466a314c6b0f735ac068dca0f42ff627&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Wedding That Never Was
The last thing I remembered was the cold, seeping into my bones on the operating table, as doctors frantically tried to stop the hemorrhaging. Then, the words that shattered my world: "The baby… the baby can' t be saved." My baby, gone. And in a flash, I remembered my husband Liam' s venomous snee/1/101165/coverorgin.jpg?v=7f704e42afd39641d0aea981b9af0497&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Love That Never Was
I was a brilliant scientist, but in my family, I was always the shadow to my perfect, manipulative sister, Jetta. On the day I was set to receive the prestigious Harrison Award, my family was only focused on her graduation party, dismissing my life's work as a mere hobby. That same day, I was bruta/0/99503/coverorgin.jpg?v=e3397de932d26b650c48608048225a2b&imageMogr2/format/webp)
THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS
They buried her with lies... They mourned her with guilt... But Alira was never truly gone. When Alira discovers the affair between her sister and her husband, the man she once built her entire world around... confrontation turns to tragedy. Her life is stolen in a single, cruel moment but fate giv/0/55735/coverorgin.jpg?v=401d97c434793f187a61fc7fcf73884e&imageMogr2/format/webp)
THE MAN WHO WAS ONCE MINE
Amelia’s story traverses the intricate web of love, betrayal, and self-discovery. From the tender roots of infatuation in her youth to the tumultuous reunion with Dorian years later, every twist and turn unveils a new layer of complexity. Their chance encounter at a class reunion ignites a spark th/0/81325/coverorgin.jpg?v=7809d7b82d3d3b7030fd98717bfe4340&imageMogr2/format/webp)
My Ex's "C" Was Never Me
Another wire transfer pinged. It was another "apology payment" from Victoria Sterling, my girlfriend of five years. This one was different: $500,000. Far more than her usual fifty thousand, a sum that had already made me secretly rich. I' d played the role of the devoted, slightly naive boyfrien/1/106856/coverorgin.jpg?v=20260304101328&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love Was Never in the Contract
Isla Hart has one priority: survival. Drowning in bills and personal struggles, she needs money, fast. So when Lucien Cross, a powerful and emotionally distant CEO, offers her a lucrative deal to pose as his fiancée, she accepts. The rules are clear: no emotions, no attachments, and no complications/1/102950/coverorgin.jpg?v=528bf413bad0f89c28e502dfba1b23bf&imageMogr2/format/webp)
She was never his to own
When Elena Rodriguez fled her abusive billionaire husband while pregnant, she thought she'd never see Alexander Blackwood again. Eight months later, a catastrophic accident steals his memories-erasing six years, including their marriage and the monster he became. The man who wakes up is Alexander/0/21079/coverorgin.jpg?v=20220105143723&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Love Which Was Never Forgotten
"But, as always she came back to me as I went back to her" "one day we don't have to sneak out to be with each other, not worry about others, we will marry in the same church where I first time felt something for you, we would move into our own house, with a swimming pool in the backyard and a bea/0/63175/coverorgin.jpg?v=b83984ae603227d2a8a9d45fe1f59bdf&imageMogr2/format/webp)
NEVER KNEW HE WAS A MAFIA
Her father and stepmother died, leaving her to the brutal hands of her step brother. Her stepbrother is heartless. He treats her as a maid, is it a torture? She however discovers that she has been sold. Sold to a Ruthless Mafia, just to serve as a settlement for her stepbrother's debt. Now she fea/1/107460/coverorgin.jpg?v=04f03e657a4749edf4bfad06f72708a8&imageMogr2/format/webp)
His wife was never meant to survive
Arthur Lucas is a billionaire who survives by control, not love. When a scandal threatens to destroy his empire, he needs a wife fast. Someone clean, respectable, and silent. Kiah Taylor needs money to save her brother from prison. Their contract marriage is supposed to be simple. But the scandal is/0/93750/coverorgin.jpg?v=5791b8774b19bc771d82bf5a33f53b40&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Dazzling Queen Unmasked: She Was Never Ordinary
Three years into marriage, Brett's past love returned from overseas. Without warning, Caylee received divorce papers. "I've treated you fairly, Caylee. You're too cruel to stay as my wife. Please leave," Brett said. She signed the papers and walked away, knowing her debt for Brett's help was/0/76424/coverorgin.jpg?v=1f1f00800da35e5cf86ce12ac1f1b225&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Love That Was Never Mine
Madelyn spent years in a marriage built on lies, loving a man whose heart had never been hers. It had always belonged to her adopted sister, Rebecca. When the truth came crashing down, everything she believed in shattered with it. Broken and betrayed, she walked away, determined to reclaim the piece/0/24003/coverorgin.jpg?v=e2ee81becb09b212527130b3f3640183&imageMogr2/format/webp)
He Was Never Mine To Keep
There are two sides of a coin, heads, and tails. Both represent a whole, without either side of the coin, the coin will be incomplete. There will always be something missing but combined they make the coin whole. Two sides of a coin, they might seem insignificant but both are important, for a coin i/0/27718/coverorgin.jpg?v=8ec5b97056badf722fc7153b3c877b2f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
You are Enough
A young woman battles mental health problems and an abusive past that she must overcome. She is a young mother of twins and works two jobs to help take care of her kids. Come with her on a journey of a lifetime as she learns to cope with her demons and maybe find love in the process./0/23936/coverorgin.jpg?v=20211104140807&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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