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While I Was Bleeding Out, He Lit Lanterns For Her
As I lay on the floor of our manor, bleeding out from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, I used my last ounce of strength to call my husband, Cole. I begged him for help, my vision blurring. But the only thing I heard was the clinking of champagne glasses and his mistress's giggle in the background. "Stop the drama, June," Cole snapped, his voice cold. "We're about to go on stage. Don't call again." He hung up, leaving me to die alone on the Persian rug while he accepted an award with another woman on his arm. I woke up in the hospital days later. My baby was gone. They had removed my fallopian tube. Cole finally arrived, smelling of expensive scotch and his mistress's perfume. He didn't hug me. He didn't cry. Instead, he leaned over my hospital bed, pressing his knee into the mattress until my fresh stitches tore open and bled. "You embarrassed me by calling an ambulance," he hissed. "My mistress, Alycia, says you're faking it. Clean yourself up." He left me bleeding again to go announce a $10 million donation to Alycia's "groundbreaking" medical research. I stared at the TV screen, numb. The research Alycia was taking credit for? It was mine. I wrote that patent years ago under a pseudonym. They thought I was just a poor, orphan housewife who needed Cole's money to survive. They had no idea I was actually a billionaire scientist hiding my identity. I pulled the IV needle out of my arm. A drop of blood fell onto the divorce papers I had been hiding. I didn't wipe it off. I signed my name right over it. Then I walked into the bank, reactivated my dormant account with $128 million, and bought the penthouse directly overlooking Cole's house. The mourning widow is dead. The avenger is born."Anna!"
"Coming!"
Anna walked in with a basket of Vegetables.
"It's not like I escaped, at least, that will never happen as long as you're still alive" She replied. Diana glared at her daughter, her gaze capturing her curves and beautiful face.
"You've got more pretty and thick, the men are treating you better, how's your night with Mr Will?"
Anna dropped the basket and moved over to the wet clothes in the bowl. She took one out and shook it, the little drops that shrunk out, wet her skin.
"Mr Will is just a brute" She replied as she dry out the clothes on the thin line in the backyard.
"I've told you to watch that mouth of yours, it will get you into trouble"
"Why are you yelling? Who do you think I learned it from, if not you"
"What?! Have you ever seen me going around cursing people?"
"I think that's what you thought me" Diana knew better than to argue with her daughter so she kept her mouth shut and left the backyard, leaving her to the chores.
" And there she goes again, leaving her unfortunate daughter to everything" Anna murmured as she continued to dry out the clothes. After she was done, she sat to sort out the fresh vegetables.
" Where in the word is she? Isn't she supposed to be here to help me out? I'm so going to kill her when I see her in the market place"
" Looking for me? " Anna flinched loudly at the sudden voice behind her.
Abigail, knowing she's successful in scaring her friend, laughed loudly as she emerged from the clothes on the line.
"You scared me, you thin girl!"
"And now someone is not pleased to actually see me, she's calling me a thin girl, I better leave for the market" Abigail muttered knowingly and pretended to leave.
Anna sighed and held her tiny wrist, forcing her to sit beside her. Abigail smiled and started out with the portion that was left out for her.
"What's your mom up to again?"
"Who knows what that crazy bitch has up her sleeves, I don't want to care"
"Is it true about your marriage?" Anna asked.
Abigail sighed and stopped working for a while as she stared at the blue sky. Noon was drawing near, faster.
"It's true but I managed to talk it out with the supposed groom arranged for me..."
"So...did he agree to stop?"
"No...he obviously has no other choice too"
"How old is he?"
"I heard...he's in his early twenties, lucky me....I thought I'll be getting married to a man with big pot belly" They laughed crazily.
"I'm happy for you" Anna smiled sweetly.
"I don't want to get married though"
"I know, but I think this is the best opportunity you have...what if you after rejecting him, they decide to set you up with a man with big pot belly?"
" I guess you're right, I can't believe we're getting married" Tears stung her eyes.
Anna smiled at first but when she had to process her words, she blinked at her in confusion.
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A Dance with the Devil
Anastasia Chadwick is a twenty years old, wayward and careless lady. All her life, she had been a slave to her own mother who turned her into something she never imagined herself to be, but she wished to find someone who loves her or someone she could love, before she dies, which is still a long jou/0/74614/coverorgin.jpg?v=a0c17eeee9f8ce72f5a9a9fc9ae638cd&imageMogr2/format/webp)
In the depths of darkness
A group of friends, in search of a break far from the daily routine, rents an isolated house on the edge of a mysterious lake for a stay of a few days. At first, the place seems peaceful and perfect for relaxation, but little by little, strange phenomena disturb their tranquility. A evil presence, l/0/83128/coverorgin.jpg?v=67471c8bf799c7ab9e5e7c5863e0e2ec&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Elysian Ruin: A Husband's Reckoning
I spent hours preparing Thanksgiving dinner, the turkey golden and perfect, a silent testament to the quiet life in our upscale suburban home. My wife, Izzy, was supposed to be home, but her booming lifestyle brand, Elysian Living, always came first. I was the unacknowledged foundation, the silent/0/86016/coverorgin.jpg?v=2a8e0eb409e6ff1cfab4e85717a90316&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Finding Light In Darkness
After a devastating scandal shatters her reputation, Ivy Carson flees the ruthless corporate world of New York City for the quiet solitude of a small coastal town. Determined to rebuild her life far from the headlines and betrayal, she finds peace in anonymity-until the past catches up with her in t/0/44037/coverorgin.jpg?v=71801081635bc1dcbb8f8bbf6a6e6455&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love Me In Darkness
Under the cover of darkness, when the night envelops the world, Pennelope Casey finds herself entangled with the man of her dreams. He exudes charisma, oozes sexiness, and what initially seemed like a fleeting encounter without introductions has now evolved into a year and a half of pure pleasure. W/0/66678/coverorgin.jpg?v=6c8118f66ec2f7706e7419d86104940f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Love In Darkness
Amer was a fallen angel, cloaked in mystery, his celestial mission guiding his every step. Nena had no idea of his true nature, no inkling of the storm that would soon consume her world. Sent to succeed in a task of divine importance, Amer hadn't counted on fate intervening in the form of a stubborn/0/24910/coverorgin.jpg?v=20250124155313&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Mafioso In Darkness
Although pragmatic, by day he is a correct being, apparently the prince charming that women look for in a fairy tale, being in reality insidious, because when the moon rises he is a crooked, frivolous man, he is dangerous, at night his dark side and the most evil desires take over his dark and relen/0/22246/coverorgin.jpg?v=3d35ea99f9f4f5a011fdb3aa93d759e4&imageMogr2/format/webp)
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The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve Chronicles
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Life in Darkness
Sheena Carlos, when she was young, did not have the same experiences as other people. She was never allowed to leave their mansion, and her parents even forced her to work as a maid. Sheena could not see the true beauty of nature as she grew up, she could not have learned to read or write without t/0/68296/coverorgin.jpg?v=3856eebc660b4bb59945a7d2318d1d3f&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A love forged in Darkness and Desire
"It won't fit," I whispered, my breath hitching as he leaned closer, his lips grazing my ear. His voice was dark, commanding, and impossibly seductive. "You have no idea what your body is capable of. Relax and let me teach you." Alessia never believed in fairy tales. Life had taught her that happy/0/67275/coverorgin.jpg?v=c863a61c99c18fecb248b06495355ad1&imageMogr2/format/webp)
THE CHRONICLES OF A LONE LUNA
Have you ever heard of a Luna without a wolf? That was Hazel's reality. The news left her bewildered-she couldn't believe the moon goddess would deny her a wolf. At first, Hazel thought it was some kind of divine trick, that her wolf would awaken eventually. But she was wrong. In the wolf hierarchy/0/22958/coverorgin.jpg?v=b7a0297490719846e648ba11938cba62&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Moment in Time - Descending in Desire of Darkness
In a moment in time Everything change I don't know if it was once, it was in the battle with the dark versions of the black multiverse, he was the blackest knight, it could be another, or all, they didn't know who, but what they did know was that it was one or all of them at the same time. At the sa/0/69317/coverorgin.jpg?v=532e9b775111b35bc4f594ef1a0e235d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
The Last Dance
In this romantic tale, Ava Moreno, a gifted dance instructor, is enlisted to teach Julian Blackwood, a charming entrepreneur, the waltz for his high-profile wedding. As their lessons progress, Ava and Julian cultivate a profound bond, but their divergent backgrounds and Julian's looming nuptials jeo/0/20515/coverorgin.jpg?v=c3bddaae4078a9fa3ce6359134b3c3bf&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Dance with a dead one
My ..father" is a strange man and he has some rules. 1. Don't bring to our home any boy or girl. 2. Don't drink or take drugs. 3. Do not take provocate clothes. 3. All the time say with whom you are and where you are. 4. Never walk alone at night. 5. And the last but most important never speak with/0/59071/coverorgin.jpg?v=2b908cfc7dd5434a41fe4cf73501865d&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Love Dance With The Underworld
Ashley’s world is turned upside down when she falls for Joe, a man entangled in a dangerous web. Forced to confront a dark past he desperately wants to leave behind, they become targets in a ruthless game of betrayal. With Nick, a vengeful enemy, threatening to expose them all, Ashley’s tech skills/0/26166/coverorgin.jpg?v=8c4f6db1030119bd2a36c59c4def57b2&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A DANCE TO MY HEART
Arianna dexson, a popular hip-pop singer and the youth beloved in California,who had lived all her life being in one show or the other, with her best friends or with her family.... Single all her life and gives no man room for long conversation due to all what she heard about heartbreak from many gi/0/49305/coverorgin.jpg?v=4036d5f87c85ce1b23cc131fd67d90db&imageMogr2/format/webp)
A Private Dance For The Professor
Gabriella worked at the strip club and she never gave private dances to men until she met Vito Salvatore, a young heir to Salvatore's empire but he disguises himself as a teacher at her college. This makes their relationship more complicated because it's illegal in their country but it gets worse af/0/70876/coverorgin.jpg?v=20250209105613&imageMogr2/format/webp)
Bloodbound: Trapped in His Darkness
"They say love is a fairytale, but mine starts with a contract and a man who has lost everything..." I was the unwanted daughter, a pawn in my family's games. When they forced me into a contract marriage with Ethan Blackwood-a man once poised to inherit an empire but now confined to a wheelchair-I t/0/15768/coverorgin.jpg?v=548f25d7d268fcaac7ad65f11e5536c3&imageMogr2/format/webp)
