Mr. CEO, Please Stay - Chapter 10

[Mature Content:]Alaric was too close to Nicolette.Her mouth was just inches away from his.He could smell the lavender on her skin, the heat radiating from within her.But he held back, refusing to be carried away by her charm…“Mr. Allens…” she purred, and he looked down at her.Her eyes widened with desire, and he knew, in that moment, that if he wanted to kiss her, she would let him.The last thing he wanted was commitment. He knew that Nicolette didn’t want that either.But why was she this tempting?So willing?It was that willingness that confused him.She blinked, then swallowed as she pulled the jacket off her shoulders. His eyes lingered on her exposed neck.God.He just wanted to bury his mouth in that hollow spot.“Here,” Nicolette said calmly, extending the jacket to him.He took the jacket, his hand brushing hers just a second. She flinched, her face turning pink as she clutched the towel against her chest.His stomach flipped at the sight.If only that towel would give way to…Before he could stop himself, Alaric pressed his arousal against her stomach, pushing her against the wall, cornering her.She gasped at the sudden movement and for a moment, he lost his mind.“Cole…” he breathed, crushing himself against her.Her eyes gleamed with desire and a vulnerability that rocked him to his core.He would be foolish not to give in to this feeling.But he would also be a fool if he did.She had chosen to marry him.Not her boyfriend.And definitely not Lucian Crawford.Yet, he couldn't help it.She was only his for a year.But still…***************When her business and the gallery she inherited from her mother burn to the ground, Nicolette Voss is determined to rebuild—and get revenge on her father.She turned to her father’s rival, Alaric Allens, for an alliance.Alaric is willing to help, but on one condition—she must be his wife for a year.They called him Ruthless Alaric after an infamous incident 6 years ago. Alaric is back in town, and so are the crumbs of his past. But he is determined to change everything with a wife.He has his hidden agenda.She needs her revenge.But will this marriage between storm and steel survive the heat? And what will they do when deep secrets threatens to destroy them both?

“Then why don’t I marry you!” Yu Dong suddenly proposed.

“You…” Xia Feng thought he had misheard.

“You see, you’re looking for someone to marry to ease your mother’s heart, I also want to get married, we’re right in front of the doors to the Civil Affairs Bureau, and with all our papers too!” Yu Dong exclaimed while holding up her red household book.

“And the most important thing is that we just broke up with our exes. This is fate, ah!”

Right up until they left the Civil Affairs Bureau again, holding a newly registered red book, Xia Feng remained dazed still wondering, how did he end up getting married?

Did he just pick up a wife at the doors to the Civil Affairs Bureau?

What Xia Feng doesn’t know is that Yu Dong traveled back in time from 10 years in the future.

Now, having a second chance in life and able to secure a good husband, Yu Dong will live her life at full throttle and without regrets.

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Crossers invaded the world and thrust Humanity into an interworld conflict.Humanity's instinct for survival was stimulated—rekindling the ancestral bloodline's legacy that lies dormant within them. Vampires, Elves, and even Demons were not mere figures of fantasy, but rather the true ancestors of Humanity in ages past.Thus, Hybrids were reintroduced to the world.Lucivar Asarafall, a man of humble origin—failed to awaken his bloodline. Despite his good deeds, his family loathed him. In his final trial, he swore to succeed but fate intervened, he was chosen as the monthly sacrifice for his city.In a near-death experience, his bloodline awakened, an Angel.A turning point in his life, but soon he realized that he was not the Angel he thought to be.In a world where the rulers were descendants of Dracula, the Dark Prince—or Chi Long, the Inferno King, the bloodline of malevolent beings from realms beyond mortal comprehension coursed through Lucivar's veins.While others became Hybrids, Lucivar became the messenger of Evil Gods, a False Angel.“Who cares about good or evil? If I kill someone wicked, it's a win, one less rival in my way. If I kill someone noble, it is still a win—the world would've consumed them sooner or later. So why not let it happen by my hand? After all, I'm more practical. I became stronger and you get a painless death, win-win”———Very manipulative and unhinged MC, be warned. He's a slave to the Evil Gods.A trickster God.An arrogant God.A chaotic God.A wrathful God.A puritanical God.Read to find who these Gods are!———

Reverse Harem r18+She had only ever wanted a family. Love, safety, a place to belong.Instead, Victoria was betrayed by those she called family....sold to the High Council of Alphas, who claimed her blood could cure Moon Sickness, a deadly affliction putting werewolves into eternal slumber.Locked away in a lab deep within the Council's compound, Victoria became a living experiment. Drained of blood and strength, she withered away but in her final moments, she clutched a locket left by her late mother. A locket which she refused to open according to her mother's wish. She could only open it with her father but she never got the chance. At death door, she decided to open it.Only then did she discover its secret.The locket was actually a survival tool...enchanted with different tools meant for survival, ranging from food, clothes, weapons, medicine... everything she would have needed to escape.But then it was too late and her last breath wasn't a plea for rescue.It was a vow for revenge.And yeah, she got a second chance she wished for.Victoria wakes up few months before her scheduled death.Armed with memories of betrayal, the locket, and a thirst for vengeance, she plays the obedient child once more.When her family come to get her, she smiles sweetly and goes willingly with them.But then everything has changed.The same brothers who once offered her to the Council now treat her like something sacred.“You want the diamond necklaces?” the eldest murmurs. “It's yours. Always.”“No one will hurt you again,” growls the second. “Not while I breathe.”“I'll burn down the Council for you,” promises the third, once her tormentor…now her fiercest shield.“I bought the entire store,” beams the youngest. “You can pick whatever you want now”Victoria is stunned, suspicious and furious.What was going on?And then there's Darius Fenwick....the dark Alpha heir who delivered her to the Council. A student at the Elite Lycan Academy, where her brothers rule alongside two other powerful alphas who once watched her suffer.Determined to make them all pay, Victoria decides to infiltrate the academy.But the deeper she dives into this second chance at life…The more things gets complicated.The men who destroyed her?Now act like they'd die to protect her.