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Leon Vitorino Is there love at first sight? I believe so! Well, it happened to me as soon as I laid eyes on her. This woman looked like an angel. So beautiful and so perfect. Her eyes showed me a great sadness that made me want to protect her from everything and everyone. She still doesn't know who I am, but she will soon. Pleasure, I'm her CEO POSSESSIVE. Maria Eduarda If I had been told that on my birthday I would be raped and beaten, I would have laughed. A pity that everything I went through was not a simple bad dream, the one where when you wake up it's already morning and you forget about it. But it was not a simple dream, but a nightmare that came true and that made me commit an attempt on my own life. I tried to kill myself, yes! Am I wrong? Did I deserve this? Can a love overcome this pain? Come and discover this beautiful, passionate tale, and at the same time sad, and accompany this couple!

On the day of her wedding, Hazel's fiance dumped her and left her heartbroken. It led to her accident that same day. Now confined temporarily to a wheelchair, after being told that she might loose her legs forever if she doesn't get her surgery done, abused and treated unfairly by her own family, she accepted her fate and that was when she got an offer from a strange man. "I'll pay for your surgery, In addition, I'll give you 1 million dollars only if you agree to give me a child within a year" Without having any other option or any idea whom this man might be, Hazel signed the contract. A ruthless man, a damaged entity, merciless man... all of this was used to describe the cold ruthless billionaire in the country who spoke very few words. No one knew where he came from, whom he was or how he suddenly became so rich. The only thing they knew was that he was the lost grandson of the powerful Mancini Gray. Everyone in the country practically feared this man but they wanted to be acquainted and affiliated with him.

Aimee sat in the sprawling Manhattan penthouse, waiting for her billionaire boyfriend to return from a business trip. Then a breaking news notification popped up. It was a paparazzi photo of Hamilton holding a prominent socialite, announcing their upcoming corporate marriage. The medical records Aimee saw confirmed the worst: the woman was already twelve weeks pregnant with his child. When confronted, Hamilton didn't show a single ounce of guilt. He casually dismissed the baby as a mere "business arrangement" required by his family. He pinned Aimee against the wall and threatened to completely destroy her medical career. He swore to cut off her research funding, blackball her from every hospital in the city, and force her to live in the slums if she dared to walk away. He even sent his assistant with a Cartier diamond necklace, fully expecting her to accept the bribe and quietly play the role of his obedient mistress. Aimee felt a thick wave of nausea. She couldn't believe the man she had loved for years saw her as nothing more than a clueless toy whose dignity could be bought with filthy money. She took off his platinum necklace and placed his limitless black credit card on the marble vanity. "I would rather dig through the trash than spend another day as your pet bird." Aimee packed her faded medical scrubs into her old canvas suitcase and walked out into the freezing night, heading straight for the chaotic front lines of a public ER.

Caius glared at me as his jaw clenched. "What the fuck did you just do to my fiancée?" I can feel the rage in his voice. I took the bomb's activator from my bag and showed it to him. "Just one press here, and the bomb beside your woman will explode... All you have to do is sign that paper and we're good. I won't kill her anymore." Caius' lips parted. "You're fucking crazy... What kind of prank is this?! This isn't funny, Ms. Dominguez!" He raised his voice at me. I just smiled and pressed the knife deeper into his neck. I chuckled as if I'm out of my mind. "If you don't want that bitch to die... be my husband, Caius Lettiere." - Luisa met him... Caius Lettiere. She started stalking him, collecting his pictures, she enrolled at the university he's teaching in. She might threaten to bomb his fiancée, forced him to marry her, or even stay under one roof with him. An unhealthy feeling and obsession have bloomed inside her heart. She will do everything just to have him, by hook or by crook. Caius, a professor at a college university, has his eyes on Luisa. However, he pretends to hate her to make her more interested in him. When Caius's secrets are revealed to Luisa, will she change her mind and leave him, or will she become more obsessed and become his companion for life?

An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs by Sylvanus Griswold Morley

Equality by Edward Bellamy

Having a best friend who understands and adores you so much is one of the best gifts you can ever have but when romantic feelings set in, it becomes a different story especially when it seems like it’s one sided. This is the exact situation Jessica finds herself in. Let’s get on this journey with Jessica to see how she navigates her bestie-ship with Dean.

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist who is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers of the late 19th century. James has often been labeled as the "Father of American psychology".

Kelvin held her wrist and pulled her into a room in the hotel. "What are you doing?" Amelia asked, trying to tug at him. "Don't pretend you don't want this too." He said, rubbing his thumb at her hard nipples threatening to tear out of her dress, his eyes watching as her body responded to him. He held her neck in the most seductive way and pinned her against the wall. His hand went up under her black dress tracing her skin in a calculated path, as his fingers touched her already soaked pants, Amelia let out a soft moan and pulled him closer with a kiss. *** Amelia found herself getting married to her ex-fiancé's brother, it was an almost perfect revenge. Only to find herself wrapped deeper in the evil hands of the brothers. Would she ever be able to get her revenge and find her true love? Explore a tale of romance, suspense, treachery, and love. The fascinating novel 'For Her Sake' will have you reading until the very last page.

Justice was dragged back from the slums by her biological father, only to be sold off to the billionaire Aguirre family. Her purpose was simple: marry their comatose heir to secure a three-hundred-million-dollar lifeline for his company. Her stepmother and stepsister sneered at her cheap canvas shoes, treating her like a contagious disease. "A high school dropout from the slums marrying a billionaire? It's a miracle your trashy bloodline is getting anywhere near the estate," her stepsister Emery mocked. At the sprawling estate, the "comatose" heir, Auguste, was secretly conscious. Disgusted by his new bride, he orchestrated her enrollment at an elite prep school, hoping the ruthless rich kids would break her. On her very first day, Emery ambushed her, loudly broadcasting Justice's "dropout" status to the entire classroom and turning her into an instant social pariah. The teachers tried to humiliate her with impossible calculus, and the students treated her like garbage. They all thought she was just a pathetic, uneducated pawn they could easily crush and discard. They had no idea that her "dropout" file was a manufactured ghost, or that the Aguirre family's top intelligence network had just hit a military-grade firewall trying to look into her past. Justice didn't panic. She flawlessly solved the university-level equation on the board, then walked into the cafeteria and looked right at Emery. "She has no Barnes blood. She is a squatter living in my father's house." With three casual sentences, Justice completely incinerated her stepsister's elite life. The billionaire heir wanted to play games? She was about to show them all what a real monster looked like.

Nicolay and John Hay worked closely with Lincoln in the White House. Together they produced a ten volume biography of the 16th President. This condensed one-volume edition, completed by Nicolay, is acclaimed for maintaining the larger work's breadth and clarity. In itself, it is a fair and complete study of Lincoln, his achievement, and his times.

A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church

Gregory William, a charming playboy billionaire, had never grasped the true meaning of life-until he met Camila. She isn't as beautiful or classy as the women revolving around him. But Camila has something none of them do: an effortless ability to make him laugh, even in his darkest moments. To Gregory, she is flawless. To Camila, he's just a friend. Their connection is deep and intoxicating. But two things stand in their way: her upcoming wedding with another man-and her growing addiction to the bond they share as friends. Because sometimes, the heart wants what it can't name. Can a friendship built on laughter survive the pull of something more? How long can "just friends" survive when hearts are already in too deep?

"You don’t deserve to be a member of the Donaldson family. Get out!" Having returned as the long-lost biological daughter, Fiona Donaldson was detested by everyone in her household. Her fiancé cheated on her with her fake younger sister; her elder brothers berated her as shameless; even her birth father cared nothing for her life or death. To make matters worse, she had crossed paths with Ewart Blake—the ruthless, cold-blooded head of the Blake family, and also her fiancé’s maternal uncle. "Let’s pretend nothing happened last night," Fiona intended to cut all ties and go separate ways. Yet this overbearing man insisted she take responsibility for him. He threatened to expose her secret identities—the miracle doctor with unparalleled medical skills, a bestselling screenwriter, and the hidden owner of a top-tier design firm—if she refused to marry him. When Ewart Blake was young, he was tasked with safeguarding a certain girl. Years later, they met again when she was framed and ended up in his bed. He originally planned to fulfill his old promise and shelter her under his protection, only to discover this woman was far less fragile than she appeared, and instead full of clever schemes…

"You're mine, June." "I'm not yours, Mr. Macaulay." "You're mine. Mine alone. Every inch of you belongs to me. I will not have another man touch you, ever," he growls through gritted teeth. "I'm not yours. Not until you claim me," I fire back. "Until then, I'm just a woman who warms your bed... just like I'll warm other men's beds too." His pupils dilate as his grip tightens around my arm. "Do not test me, June," he says, voice low and deadly. "I swear on my life, any man who so much as lays a hand on you... I'll rip his fingers off and feed them to my dogs." _________________ June Fontaine had always loved her boyfriend too deeply, giving him her heart even when it tore her apart. For three years, she lived in the shadow of his ex, a relationship that slowly swallowed her. Until one night changed everything, and she broke up with him. Fueled by heartbreak and the bitter sight of her ex moving on like she never mattered, June made a dangerous, impulsive choice that threw her into the arms of a stranger she could not forget-even after she ran from him. Two weeks later, she saw the stranger again-now richer and more powerful than she could have imagined. In a city like Las Vegas, men like him do not chase. They own. And he wants her. Obsession becomes possession. Desire becomes dangerous. He cannot let her go. She cannot stay away. While he falls for her in a way that feels almost forbidden, he holds back, haunted by a past that refuses to let him claim her. But she refuses to be hidden. She refuses to be just another secret in a powerful man's world.

I was a struggling musician in Brooklyn, barely making ends meet. Then I found Vic, an amnesiac girl with wide, scared eyes, and my world changed. We shared instant noodles and cheap wine, her laughter filling my cramped studio. She believed in my music, even when I didn't, and her gift of my grandmother' s vintage guitar pick became a symbol of our pure, impossible love. But then, Vic remembered her past. She transformed into Victoria Ashford, a cold, sharp heiress, returning to her glittering world. The woman who once fussed over my paper cuts now looked at me with polite indifference. Our profound connection was replaced by her mother' s demands and Spencer Hayes, her new, polished fiancé. I became her humiliation, a relic from a life she disavowed. At a lavish gala, she dismissed my pain when Spencer' s friends deliberately crushed my guitar hand. The hand I needed for every note, every chord, now irrevocably damaged. My music, my livelihood, my very soul, was shattered as she stood by, unmoving. How could the girl who understood my deepest dreams become this calculating stranger? How could she watch my life' s passion be destroyed without a flicker of remorse? The truth was colder than any winter: she saw my suffering as mere inconvenience. Then, her mother offered me a million dollars to disappear. A breakup fee for a love she never recognized. I took it, not as defeat, but as the only way to escape the golden cage and rebuild. I left, determined to forge a new path, far from the echoes of what we once were.

In the gutter underbelly of the city, where power and passion collide, Eunchal, an innocent college student, finds herself entangles with the dangerous and alluring Jaeha, a ruthless mafia heir. Their relationship turns in a passionate love fueled by possessiveness, jealousy, obsession and dark desires. As they navigate through their intense connection, Eunchal is drawn into a world where love is both a weapon and a curse, facing the consequences of her boyfriend's violent lifestyle. In this dark romance world, passion becomes a battlefield, where lust and loyalty clashes. Eunchal must decide how far she is willing to go for her love when faced with Jaeha's cruel nature and the dangerous enemies that threaten them to tear apart. With each thrust of their bodies and every whispered promise, Eunchal discovers the depths of her desire, pushing the boundaries and testing the limits of their devotion.

Ethan Fani, a rising star in the business world, finds his heart shattered after a betrayal by his partner. Desperate to see his son happy again and protect their family's legacy, his father devises a plan: pay someone to date Ethan and restore his confidence. Enter Anna Hobbs, a young woman thrust into adulthood by family tragedy. Struggling to provide for her father and sister, she's drawn to the promise of quick cash when she stumbles upon an intriguing job opportunity. But as she delves deeper into the charade, Anna realises that the price of easy money may be higher than she ever imagined. Can Anna keep her secret from Ethan, or will their burgeoning connection unravel everything? In a world where love and deception collide, Ethan must navigate the thin line between truth and fiction, risking her heart in the process.

In order to fulfill her grandfather's last wish, Stella entered into a hasty marriage with an ordinary man she had never met before. However, even after becoming husband and wife on paper, they each led separate lives, barely crossing paths. A year later, Stella returned to Seamarsh City, hoping to finally meet her mysterious husband. To her astonishment, he sent her a text message, unexpectedly pleading for a divorce without ever having met her in person. Gritting her teeth, Stella replied, "So be it. Let’s get a divorce!" Following that, Stella made a bold move and joined the Prosperity Group, where she became a public relations officer that worked directly for the company’s CEO, Matthew. The handsome and enigmatic CEO was already bound in matrimony, and was known to be unwaveringly devoted to his wife in private. Unbeknownst to Stella, her mysterious husband was actually her boss, in his alternate identity! Determined to focus on her career, Stella deliberately kept her distance from the CEO, although she couldn't help but notice his deliberate attempts to get close to her. As time went on, her elusive husband had a change of heart. He suddenly refused to proceed with the divorce. When would his alternate identity be uncovered? Amidst a tumultuous blend of deception and profound love, what destiny awaited them?

To pay for her mother's life-saving surgery, Holly Austin became the fiancée of the billionaire Kirk Knapp, and in her desperation, made the mistake of falling for him. But when she confessed her feelings, he laughed. He showed her a black leather ledger where he'd itemized her entire existence-the clothes she wore, the food she ate, her mother's medical bills-down to the last cent. "This is what you are to me, Holly," he said, his voice dripping with contempt. "A transaction. An investment. Don't ever confuse my responsibility with affection." He made it clear his only real affection was for his young ward, Jaida-her uncanny lookalike. He would panic over a tiny scratch on Jaida's arm, yet dismissed the cost of Holly's mother's life as a simple task completed, like taking out the trash. The moment her mother was safe, the transaction was over. She walked out of his life without a word. He would soon discover that the 'asset' he'd so casually dismissed was the only thing holding his world together.