In a small, impoverished town, o young lady named Alexandra struggles to find hope amidst the hardships of her life. Growing up in an environment marred by poverty and a mother struggling with addiction, this subjects Alex to physical and emotional torment. She dreams of future where she can escape the shadows of her past and build a better life for herself. Fate intervenes when Alex secures a job as a maid in a grand white mansion owned by the enigmatic and wealthy businessman, Julian Blackwood. Alex and Julian's path continue to cross, and they develop an unlikely bond. Despite their different backgrounds, they find common ground in their shared experiences of loneliness and isolation. Julian, drawn to Alex's resilience and determination, begins to see her in a new light. Together they confront the ghosts of their past and face the challenges that threaten to tear them apart. Through their journey, they discover the true meaning of love. Will their love be strong enough to overcome the obstacles in their path?
'zrrrr! zrrr!' I could hear the sound of my mum snoring from where I'm standing doing the dirty dishes, I could tell she passed out from having too much alcohol. The only time she's sober is if her alcohol finish and we don't have money for a new one.
She always tell me that I'm lazy, that's why I don't make more money. Whereas I have several jobs I'm doing and all the money I make from those jobs, she always spend them on alcohol. The house we are staying in was brought by my father before he died. He died when I was ten years old and now I'm eighteen years old.
My mum suffered a great loss with his death and since then she has not been herself. She has dated a lot of men after, some who are alcoholic like her, some who are abusive and some who even make passes at me. And she always bring whoever she's dating to the house to live with us.
The house has worn out after my mum has sold everything in it, the house was the only thing left that truly belongs to us and she has threatened me many times that if I don't make enough money, she would sell the house or marry me off to old man Harry, whose breath stinks due to too much drinking.
I finished the dishes and checked whether we have anything left to eat this morning, because if she wakes up and realized that I've not prepared anything for her to eat, its another problem. We have two eggs remaining from the eggs given to us by George- a farmer who I usually help out in his farm for some foodstuffs in return. I saw that we have a small bread remaining, so I prepared the eggs to eat with the bread.
I have just finished eating my own share when I heard my Mum grunting from where she's Lying down, "Hmp! bring me water, I'm thirsty, and bring me food too" I quickly stood up from where I'm sitting to get her water and food.
"I will be going out to help George on the farm, we don't have anything left to eat" I said bringing water and food to her. She snatched the food and drink from my hand and started scoffing it down her throat.
"Tell that old man to give you plenty food or pay you, you can't be working and he will be paying you with small foodstuffs, if not look for another job"
"Okay I will, do you need anything else before I go"
"yes, give me some money, I need to buy more drinks" She said stretching her hands. "I don't have any money" I told her
"You stupid girl, did you spend all the money already. what about the money you made from cleaning Mrs wood's house last week" She shouted angrily. "Well, I would still have money left if you did not use everything to buy Alcohol" I said shouting back at her
She stood up angrily from where she's sitting making the plate on her lap fall and gave me a big slap. I fell down on the floor crying while holding my cheeks and she started kicking me and shouting
"You stupid girl, who said you could shout back at me, I let you stay in this house you ungrateful whore. Make more money or else you will be living on the street with no roof on your head" After kicking me for a while, she left me on the floor crying and went to her room.
I stood up and cleaned up the remnants of food left on the floor, clean the dishes and went out to help George on his farm.
Mia Maxwell, a young pretty lady work her ass off for an Advertising company. She was practically invisible among most of her Co workers except some of her close friends until she was noticed by the CEO of the company- A ruthless, strict, yet insanely hot Man who saw Mia and claim she must be his. #Steamy hot story
In the previous life, Maggie Johnson was so cowardly, gullible and stupid that she was coaxed by her fiance and stepsister and then broke her legs and lost everything including her fortune, love and even life. However, she was so lucky that she was reborn in the year before everything happened. Since her life restarted, how could she repeat a previous tragedy? Therefore, in this life, she took the opportunity to improve herself and take revenge on the ones who had ever insulted her. Facing the people who had humiliated her previously, she became smart and experienced to break their frames and tricks that had caused her to hurt in the previous life. Finally, no one could stop her pace to amaze the world any more.
Janice, the long-forgotten legitimate heiress, made her way back to her family, pouring her heart into winning their hearts. Yet, she had to relinquish her very identity, her academic credentials, and her creative works to her foster sister. In return for her sacrifices, she found no warmth, only deeper neglect. Resolute, Janice vowed to cut off all emotional bonds. Transformed, she now stood as a master of martial arts, adept in eight languages, an esteemed medical expert, and a celebrated designer. With newfound resolve, she declared, "From this day forward, no one in this family shall cross me."
Darya spent three years loving Micah, worshipping the ground he walked on. Until his neglect and his family's abuse finally woke her up to the ugly truth-he doesn't love her. Never did, never will. To her, he is a hero, her knight in shining armour. To him, she is an opportunist, a gold digger who schemed her way into his life. Darya accepts the harsh reality, gathers the shattered pieces of her dignity, divorces him, takes back her real name, reclaims her title as the country's youngest billionaire heiress. Their paths cross again at a party. Micah watches his ex-wife sing like an angel, tear up the dance floor, then thwart a lecher with a roundhouse kick. He realises, belatedly, that she's exactly the kind of woman he'd want to marry, if only he had taken the trouble to get to know her. Micah acts promptly to win her back, but discovers she's now surrounded by eligible bachelors: high-powered CEO, genius biochemist, award-winning singer, reformed playboy. Worse, she makes it pretty clear that she's done with him. Micah gears up for an uphill battle. He must prove to her he's still worthy of her love before she falls for someone else. And time is running out.
"Love is blind!" Lucinda abandoned her beautiful and comfortable life because of a man. She married him and slaved off for him for three long years. One day, the scales finally fell off her eyes. She realized that all her efforts were in vain. Her husband, Nathaniel still treated her like shit. All he cared about was his lover. "Enough is enough! I quit wasting my years with an ungrateful man!" Lucinda's heart was shattered into many pieces, but she summoned up the courage to ask for a divorce. The news caused a stir online! A filthy rich young woman recently got divorced? She was a good catch! Countless CEOs and handsome young men immediately swarmed to her like bees to honey! Nathaniel couldn't take it anymore. He held a press conference and begged with teary eyes, "I love you, Lucinda. I can't live without you. Please come back to me." Would Lucinda give him a second chance? Read to find out!
P-please, I beg you. Come let's go tell Christian I had no hand in whatever happened, p-please." I clutched the lapel of his jacket desperately. "Let's go. You need to tell my husband you were paid." "Young lady, you're harassing me." His tone was cold and his stare granite. But I could care less. "You harassed me first! You had sex with me without my consent, my husband knows and now I'm pregnant with this child he doesn't want. You ruined my marriage! I-I hate you!" ************************************ Caught by her husband with another man on their matrimonial bed the morning after her birthday, Hailey Codza could not defend herself. As though it's not enough, she gets pregnant. Her enraged husband decides to pay her back for her infidelity by having an affair with his ex-girlfriend - Denise Kellers, the family Hailey never knew she had. Losing her family's wealth and company to her husband and his ex (now girlfriend), she is devastated, homeless and penniless as all her credit cards are blocked by her husband. She sees the man who is responsible for her pregnancy. The man she has no idea how he'd found his way to her matrimonial bed - Jared Johnson. Jared is annoyed when this strange woman disrupts his meeting and accuses him of ruining her life, marriage and impregnating her. It affects his business deals and having no choice, he marries her to calm the public whilst engaged to someone else. But he loathes her and allows his family treats her badly. Hailey who has fallen in love with Jared is broken when she can no longer take the humiliation. She signs the divorce papers and leaves, only to arrive six years later to the country as a self-made, secret billionaire and a mother of twins. Now her two ex-husbands are begging to have her back...
Trigger warning!!! Intended for mature readers who enjoy morally complex, slow-burn, poseesive, forbidden, dark romance that pushes boundaries. ***EXCERPT*** Blood everywhere. Trembling hands. "No!" My eyes blurred. His lifeless eyes stared back at me, his blood pooling at my feet. The man I loved-dead. Killed by the one person I could never escape - my stepbrother. *** Kasmine's life was never hers to begin with. Kester, her stepbrother, controlled and monitored her every move. At first, it was all sweet and brotherly until it began to turn into an obsession. Kester was the Alpha, and his word was law. No close friends. No boyfriends. No freedom. The only consolation Kasmine had was her twenty-first birthday, which was supposed to change everything. She dreamt of finding her mate, escaping the sickening control of Kester, and finally claiming her own life. But fate had other plans for her. On the night of her birthday, not only was she disappointed that she wasn't mated to the love of her life, but she found out that her mate was none other than him - Her tormentor. Her stepbrother. She'd rather die than be mated to a man whom she had known as her big brother all her life. A man who would do just anything to make sure she was his. But when love turns to obsession, and obsession turns to blood, how far can one girl run before she realizes there is nowhere else to run to?