Single Mother

" I swear on my mother's life, Slade. I'm not in love with Caleb," Sophia, Slade's wife, begged, kneeling down. " It's too late! Let's get a divorce, so you can have him all to yourself!" Slade said ruthlessly, his amber eyes showing no pity. ……. Slade Ryder, a brilliant medical doctor and outcast, was brutally murdered by his stepbrother, Caleb. Caleb had always been jealous of Slade's exceptional medical research skills in Capital M City. When Slade got married to Sophia, Caleb's childhood crush, Caleb was driven to kill him. He injected Slade with a deadly poison that could kill him within minutes. Just as Slade was about to die, a golden necklace given to him by his late mother glowed brightly, giving him a second chance. Fueled by a desire for revenge, Slade rose from the ashes, determined to reclaim his rightful place. He vowed to make his step brothers, ex-wife Sophia, and his parents pay for their past wrongs. With the power of the golden necklace and his medical expertise, Slade rose to the top, crushing his enemies and proving that he would no longer be underestimated.

A few months before Emily turns 18, her father dies. She goes to Baguio to live with her mother, her stepfather Miguel, and her half-brother Migo. Emily misses her father terribly that she finds it hard to fit into her new home, despite her mother's sympathetic efforts and her half-brother's irresistible cuteness. Good thing, Emily seems to be friendly enough to have made new pals, like Denver, who, it turns out, sees her as more than a friend. Then Emily meets a mysterious young man who suddenly appears and disappears; and he's always dressed in black leather jacket and denim pants whom she gets to know as Lance Monroe. Emily is smitten by Lance's romantic gestures and protective ways. He teaches her to play the piano, and brings her roses, and he even rescues her from bad guys, and helps her overcome her fears. She feels she has found in Lance her knight in shining armor who will rescue her from her incurable loneliness and deathly sadness. But Emily's family and friends are alarmed that she has become secluded and deluded in her own imaginary world. In the end, she has to decide what matters most to her and where her heart truly is.

[The System must never fall in the hands of the Garracks] This was the final message left behind by Rael’s mother, one of the head researchers of Project System, humanity’s sole hope for survival in the Interstellar Era. The System, an item possessing mysterious properties, the fruit of humanity’s century's worth of labour was now left in his hands. And he…had to protect it. After all, the day it falls into the hands of the world-devouring race of Garracks was when humanity was doomed for extinction.

It was already six years since Chance stormed out of his mother's house burning with fury because she wouldn't tell him about his father and his true identity. But life hasn't been to him as he thought it would, he now lives the exact contrast of what he knew before. Poor, broke, penniless, and to make it worse, unaccepted in the new world he found himself. Schooling at the Elite Society University (ESU) was a tug of war, as only the rich and famous had their way there. On the eve of her birthday, Vinita Irons, his girlfriend of almost a year betrayed him, chosing to roll with the elote circle and hence saw Chance as an embargo to her progess. Together with her new friends, they humiliated Chance and treated him like trash. At the highest of it all, his mother requested he returns back home, she had finally agreed to reveal his true identity to him. Unknown to all his bullies and everyone who despised him, Chance O'Connor was the son of a billionaire businesswoman who was also a presidential candidate for the country and a trillionaire father who was King of the major four empires in the country. He left campus as the trashboy, Chance Franklin, and returned as the trillionaire empire ruler, Chance O’Connor. What fates has he destined for them all?

Chris is an intelligent man who gives his all for a woman who can't reciprocate his love. Liana used him for her education and made sure he was humiliated over and over especially when he needed her the most when his father died. He finally found his grandfather and mother who were out to help him regain his father's company after his father's death.

Davide went from being a maltreated son in law, used by his wife as her mother's blood bank, to being the secret heir of the West's family. As Davide tries to navigate his new life, his lucky break didn't seem to last. His in-laws are back, and an unknown enemy that seeks to pull him back to being nothing. The future isn't certain, and one wrong decision can turn his life, back around.

Angus Knighton hits rock bottom when his mother is dying and his arrogant wife and her family keep humiliating and insulting him for being poor.All that changes when a man in expensive clothes meets him in the hospital and shocks him with the news that he is the grandson of the richest man in the country. Now Angus is rich and can buy anything in the world, but then his wife divorces him because she doesn't think she can endure his poverty anymore…

Marcus Dezian finds out that he has been betrothed to marry Ciara Monavi, who becomes an underrated multi-Billionaire's daughter, so he tries to get her love by enrolling in her school but with serious hate from his mother in-law and her family, the Son In-law accepts his life threatening rejection, not until he gets chosen by a system that gives him powers! And now he swears to make his wife, his queen, while his enemies will bow and plead! indeed!

Brandon, a lazy and unskilled young man, drastically changed into a tough and feared fighter. He went on an adventure to find his true self, until he became a Muslim convert. Brandon avenged the death of Mr. Badrun's wife's child. Likewise, his older sister tries to avoid the pursuit of her stepmother. Because she will be forced to become a prostitute. Brandon finally protects his sister from her mother's coercion. What is the story of their adventure? Will Brandon be able to avenge Mr. Badrun?

Luthando wakes up in the cramped shack he shares with his mother and younger sister, Ayanda. The chapter paints a vivid picture of Alexandra — the chaos, noise, dreams, and despair. He reflects on the promises of post-apartheid South Africa and the reality he’s living. He spends his day searching for jobs, printing CVs at an internet café he can barely afford, facing rejection after rejection. A small injustice — being dismissed rudely by a wealthy business owner — ignites something deep inside him.