Adrian Prescott, the enigmatic, untouchable ruler of the night. Whispers followed him, tales of a man too cold for human connection, especially with women. Then came Annabelle Sullivan, and with one fateful night, Adrian's icy world shattered. Now, he has a singular, consuming hunger: Annabelle will be his. She is to be his woman, the vessel for his heir-a child destined for a billion-dollar legacy. And if she dares to resist? He'll bind her to him, night after relentless night, until she yields. Annabelle's hand instinctively goes to her abdomen-a growing life, a silent testament to his claim. But even with his child inside her, his hold remains absolute. Adrian's eyes burn with a fierce, possessive fire, a battleground of desire and frustration. He's offered her his heart, his very name, his unwavering devotion. Yet, she still dreams of escape. No longer content with just an heir, Adrian will now claim her entirely-to lavish her, to possess her, and to ensure Annabelle Sullivan never, ever slips away.
Annabelle smashed a wine bottle onto the head of the chubby Maximus Cromwell and as she ran out of the hotel room, she felt as though her body was burning like a blaze.
Her vision was blurry; her single remaining iota of rationality told her that she needed to escape.
She had no idea where she was heading, she just knew she needed to keep running in one direction.
As she passed by the swimming pool, she lost her balance.
Her foot slipped, and she plunged into the water. In her desperate struggle, she vaguely grasped onto a muscular figure.
Being a non-swimmer, she held onto this 'floater' as if it was her last resort, refusing to let go.
At the same time, it felt like she touched a piece of ice upon her contact with this 'float,' which surprisingly gave her burning body a much-needed relief and comfort.
"Hot...Help me...please Help me..." she said.
Adrian Prescott, seeing this woman who suddenly jumped into the water and was clinging onto him, a trace of surprise flickered in his eyes, before getting drowned in the depth of his pupils. She was soaking wet, her svelte figure outlined by her drenched white dress. But her eyes were innocent as they looked at him as if she was unknowingly alluring him like a siren.
Sure, some women dressed in more revealing clothes within his sight before, but seeing their bodies only triggered his disgust and held no interest for him.
Yet, she... He felt a surge of warmth throughout his body. For the first time, touching a woman's body didn't bring him disgust; on the contrary, he wanted to possess her entirely.
Adrian lifted her chin with his fingers, staring at her like a beast hunting its prey, "So, you've resulted to using this method to attract me, to throw yourself into my arms! Very well...you're the one." He lifted the woman who was wrapped around his body and walked out of the swimming pool. At that moment, he heard the bodyguards' hurried footsteps.
The bodyguards had received the news.
That an unidentified woman had dared to intrude into the private rest area of Adrian Prescott.
Before they could approach, he turned his back to the bodyguards, obstructing any eyes that would fall on the woman's body, and fiercely warned,
"LEAVE! Without my permission, you're not allowed to come closer."
After speaking, he directly carried her away from the swimming pool and into his room. When he threw Annabelle onto the bed, she, now without a cold source, felt the flames in her body burn even more intensely. She slightly parted her mouth, which was as tantalizing as a rose, and murmured, "Hold...want to hold!" She had lost all rationality, acting purely on instinct. Adrian looked at the woman on the bed, her dark hair sprawled out like seaweed, his gaze hotter than before.
"You're rather forward! Can't wait, can you?" He enveloped her body, unable to bear tearing her clothes, saying, "As you wish." The next day.
Annabelle slowly opened her eyes, feeling a headache, and her body was even more sore and unbearable as if all her strength had been drained. But when she saw the scene before her, she was completely stunned.
She was being held by a man, nestled against him like a little rabbit, his strong arms encircling her waist, tightly imprisoning her body, not allowing her to leave.
The man's face was breathtakingly handsome, each line of his features, perfect.
His lips were thin and it was said that those with thin lips were often unfeeling, but there was no denying that his beauty made one want to kiss those lips.
Yet when memories surged into her mind like a tide, remembering every minute and second of what had happened the day before, all Annabelle wanted to do was run! She had shamelessly and boldly clung to this man yesterday.
What was even more unacceptable was that her father had come to her apartment and handed her a glass of juice.
After drinking it, she started to feel dizzy, and soon after she passed out.
When she woke up, she found herself in a hotel.
Mr. Cromwell had told her firsthand that her father, in order to save his company from going under, had reached an agreement with him to "give" her to him.
Despite her futile resistance and desperate escape, her body kept getting hotter until she slipped into the water in her daze, and then held onto this man.
At that moment, she followed her body's first instinct, disregarding the situation's backstory, and decided to run and think later.
She carefully peeled the man's arm from around her waist, attempting to get out of bed.
But instantly, her waist was tightly held with a force, even stronger than before.
Soon, she was back in the man's arms. In a panic, she lifted her eyes and met with the man whose eyes were as black as ink.
"Trying to escape?"
Annabelle was both terrified and embarrassed, her voice trembling, "Let go of me! I had a...little trouble last night! Anyway, let's consider yesterday an accident. We owe each other nothing! I need to go!"
Adrian's eyes were instantaneously filled with a wave of tumultuous rage, threateningly questioning, "An Accident? Leaving? After being intimate with me, you want to leave? Do you really think I would allow that? Whether you intentionally sought my embrace or are just playing games now, I need to warn you! From this moment on, I am your only man. You can't go anywhere! Stay by my side and quietly bear my child!"
What! Annabelle was dumbfounded, "What, is this man mentally unstable?" Annabelle blurted out, "No! Let me go! We have no relationship, you... just regard everything from yesterday as ... a one-night stand. We owe each other nothing. Let go of me, I want to leave now!"
From Adrian's eyes emerged a more chilling look. He held her even tighter, "We owe each other nothing? You owe me a child, or maybe ... multiple children! After yesterday, there might already be my child in your belly, possibly even not just one. Even twins, I would not mind. I permit you to bear them."
Countless women hope to bear his child, to be his heir.
But even after layers of selections, picking out the most optimal women in all aspects including genes, appearance, figure, and so on, he does not want a second look at them, let alone allow them to bear his children.
The thought of even touching them disgusted him.
The housekeeper, Old Cole, suggested that he might as well pick the most suitable woman for in vitro fertilization, which could prevent the germophobic him from having to touch women.
But he also insisted that the woman who is carrying his child is someone he approves of and is satisfied with.
And this woman is the first one to satisfy him. This is her! Annabelle flushed, rejecting him in a normal person's line of thought, "Sir, if you believe... I might get pregnant, and you are worried about potential consequences, then you don't need to worry, because I will buy contraception. If you're still not reassured, you can watch me take it. Therefore, there will be even less likely to be... any child-bearing relationship between us. Sir, please be reasonable and let go of me!"
Adrian was utterly infuriated, she actually dared to refuse?
"Taking contraceptives? Do you think I would let you take them? At this moment my child might be in your womb, taking contraceptives would be equivalent to murdering him! Without my permission, you don't think about touching him."
Coincidentally, stumbling upon his fiancée's infidelity at an exclusive upscale party leaves business executive Alexander 'Xander' Westwood devastated. Desperate to numb the pain, he succumbs to a drunken one-night stand with an omega who absconds with his wallet, phone and expensive watch the next morning. Despite his impending loveless marriage to a cheating fiancée, Alexander feigns contentment to spare his family disappointment, burying himself in work. However, a chanced encounter outside his apartment reveals a shocking truth: the battered omega, Rosie, carrying his unborn child, is none other than the fleeting stealing one-night stand.
Rachel used to think that her devotion would win Brian over one day, but she was proven wrong when his true love returned. Rachel had endured it all—from standing alone at the altar to dragging herself to the hospital for an emergency treatment. Everyone thought she was crazy to give up so much of herself for someone who didn’t return her feelings. But when Brian received news of Rachel’s terminal illness and realized she didn’t have long to live, he completely broke down. "I forbid you to die!" Rachel just smiled. She no longer needed him. "I will finally be free."
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.
They don't know I'm a girl. They all look at me and see a boy. A prince. Their kind purchase humans like me for their lustful desires. And, when they stormed into our kingdom to buy my sister, I intervened to protect her. I made them take me too. The plan was to escape with my sister whenever we found a chance. How was I to know our prison would be the most fortified place in their kingdom? I was supposed to be on the sidelines. The one they had no real use for. The one they never meant to buy. But then, the most important person in their savage land-their ruthless beast king-took an interest in the "pretty little prince." How do we survive in this brutal kingdom, where everyone hates our kind and shows us no mercy? And how does someone, with a secret like mine, become a lust slave? . AUTHOR'S NOTE. This is a dark romance-dark, mature content. Highly rated 18+ Expect triggers, expect hardcore. If you're a seasoned reader of this genre, looking for something different, prepared to go in blindly not knowing what to expect at every turn, but eager to know more anyway, then dive in! . From the author of the international bestselling book: "The Alpha King's Hated Slave."
After two years of marriage, Sadie was finally pregnant. Filled with hope and joy, she was blindsided when Noah asked for a divorce. During a failed attempt on her life, Sadie found herself lying in a pool of blood, desperately calling Noah to ask him to save her and the baby. But her calls went unanswered. Shattered by his betrayal, she left the country. Time passed, and Sadie was about to be wed for a second time. Noah appeared in a frenzy and fell to his knees. "How dare you marry someone else after bearing my child?"
Linsey was stood up by her groom to run off with another woman. Furious, she grabbed a random stranger and declared, "Let's get married!" She had acted on impulse, realizing too late that her new husband was the notorious rascal, Collin. The public laughed at her, and even her runaway ex offered to reconcile. But Linsey scoffed at him. "My husband and I are very much in love!" Everyone thought she was delusional. Then Collin was revealed to be the richest man in the world. In front of everyone, he got down on one knee and held up a stunning diamond ring. "I look forward to our forever, honey."
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