The Villain has Perished - Chapter 48 An Ambush

“Block him.”“He's technically still my boss.”“Then block him with dignity.”The call ended again.And then started again.I let out a sound somewhere between a growl and a sob, then finally answered with the enthusiasm of a snail crawling through salt.“Yes, Mr. Walton?”“Have you changed your mind yet?”I collapsed onto the towel and gazed at the sky as though it might consume me entirely if I pleaded sweetly enough.“Do you ever take a break?” I asked, shielding my eyes with one hand.“You're avoiding the question.”“Because it's a dumb question.”He exhaled, the sound sharp and irritated even over phone. “It's not a dumb question. It's a business offer.”“It's a weird offer-one that I already said no to.”There was a brief pause, and I could practically hear him clenching his jaw through the speaker.“You are acting unreasonably.”“ Unreasonable?” I sat up. “I'm not the one drafting fake girlfriend contracts like it's a normal Tuesday.”“Isabella-”“Certainly not, Mr. Walton.” I mimicked his tone perfectly. “I told you I'm not doing it. You need to find someone else to play pretend with.”SYNOPSISIsabella Miller thought saying no to her boss’s fake dating offer was the end of the story.But Adrien Walton doesn’t take no—especially not when he’s convinced she’s a gold digger.Suddenly, her student loans are piling up, her father’s vet clinic is on the brink of eviction and her brother is about to be kicked out of college. Coincidence? She thinks not.Adrien Walton is calm, calculating—and he's just pulled every string to corner Isabella into the perfect position.Now she’s stuck choosing between pride and survival.So she agrees to his offer: be his fake girlfriend.No feelings attached. No drama. Just business.Or so she thought.“Conference Room B. Fifteen minutes,” he said, passing by without a glance.The folder he pushed across the table landed with a thud.I opened it. The contract. All of it.---Enemies to lovers? Check.Slow burn? Hmmnyea.Banter so sharp it might file your nails? Yes.Delicious workplace tension? Of course.Tension that could melt steel?Absolutely.Smut?? Wanna find out?Welcome to corporate romance warfare. There’s no escaping this contract.

[Ding!! Business Empire System Activated]After his business tycoon dad passed away, Kim Suho inherited 1 million dollars as the fifth son, but before he could use it, it was taken by the system.“I have to use the whole amount in a legal business to get double the amount? That's so easy.”Kim Suho was elated to see the system giving him the easiest task ever. He would receive double the money if he used the entire amount in a legal business within just one week.Confident in his plan Kim Suho bought a struggling T-shirt making factory. What he didn't expect was that there were people in the company who had the potential to make it great again from scratch.As he sees the companies under him becoming the world's number one Business Empire, he finds himself regarded as the country's foremost philanthropist and greatest entrepreneur ever, leading environmentalist, permanent president of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, A legendary business tycoon and industry-recognized “greatest boss ever”“Damn, I Don’t Want to Build a Business Empire,” Kim Suho said sadly.Additional Tags:#lightromance#businessmanagement#girlsfallinlovefirst#handsomeprotagonist#richtopoortorich#misunderstanding#no-booba

Elias' world was destroyed right in front of his eyes. Only after his transmigration did he learn that there was nothing natural about its destruction.“Mother, I passed my Practical Exams! I was so lucky to get a weak world like Earth for my practicals! It only took a few months!”The person who destroyed his world was the eldest son of the family he was transmigrated to, the Ashborns.He could never forget his sister's cries when she suffered and eventually died from the virus that wreaked havoc in his world. And here he was, the person responsible, laughing.Elias wanted to repay the favor. He wanted to bring absolute ruination to these people. And for that, he had to play by their rules. He had to become the Architect of an Apocalypse…

This world has fused with another world and such fusion leads to the rise of Martial Artists.Chen Shouyi becomes the master of the ‘Book of Knowledge’. He can deduce cultivation arts, and optimize secret manuals with the help of it.But the first time he enters the space created by this Book, there's an accident.“Brother! Brother! What happened to you?”“Wake up, I promise I'll never intentionally annoy you again.”“Please wake up!”“Brother! Brother... Dad! Mom! Come quickly, my brother has fainted.”