bold demand

I don't care how many zeros are on your paycheck, Miss Vance. In this building, I am God. And you are nothing but a trespasser." Christian Hawke is a tyrant in a bespoke suit. As the ruthless, hyper-dominant CEO of Hawke Shipping, he rules his billion-dollar empire with an iron fist. He is a man used to absolute, unquestioned control. So when his panicked board of directors bypasses him to hire me—the industry’s most lethal corporate fixer—Christian declares open war. He wants to break me. He tries to drown me in impossible workloads, freeze me out of boardrooms, and intimidate me with his towering, suffocating presence. But I didn't survive a cutthroat, male-dominated industry by backing down from arrogant billionaires. I am Elena Vance, and I don't flinch. Every clash between us is sharp, vicious, and electric. But anger is a dangerous fuel. During a tense, late-night storm locked in his top-floor office, the thin line between burning hatred and blinding frustration snaps. A screaming match turns into a frantic, breathless collision behind closed doors. It was supposed to be a mistake. A one-time release to get each other out of our systems. Instead, it opens a dark, addictive gateway. By day, we are corporate enemies plotting each other’s ruin in the boardroom. By night, we are tearing each other's clothes off in the shadows of his penthouse, crossing lines that can never be uncrossed. Christian thinks he can make ruthless demands in the bedroom just like the boardroom—but I am no one's captive. As corporate secrets unravel and outside enemies threaten to destroy the empire, the ice begins to melt, exposing a fierce, possessive intimacy neither of us saw coming. In a war where hearts are the ultimate casualty, who will be the one to finally bend the knee?

Amy who is a one of best doctors around the world died from an accident. She then found out that she reincarnated in a novel she once red, the novel that her one and only friend created, possessing the body of the villainess. The autobiography of a villainess. --- P.S. The picture is not mine and is credited to the artist.

The principal character in the book, "Fortune favors the bold", is a polygamous, heartless African man, although socially respected and perceived as cursed as a result of an unexpected bad turn on events. The protagonist, Asweda, faces severe physical injuries while looking for a midwife to assist his wife to deliver. He becomes an embarrassment to society when his wife gives birth to a male child who turns out to be a product of infidelity. He struggles to cover up the shame and, in the process, breaks the laid down society norms, an act which angered the ancestors, marking the onset and manifestation of a curse in his life. His family is very affected by drought, hunger, and famine. He struggles to sire a male child. Asweda, being a romantic man, marries up to four wives, one of whom turns out to be a night runner and a magician. On a migration mission, Asweda loses all his wealth to thieves, his gardener is killed, and his child becomes critically sick. He heartlessly butchered one of the thieves on a defense mission. Asweda makes a hard decision to bury his gardener in a strange foreign bushland, and later haunts him and demands to be buried in ancestral land. Asweda ignores the cleansing ceremony, which comes along with serious consequences. The now poor African man plots a rustling exercise in an attempt to gain wealth, killing an 'Oromo' man, in the process running away with a large number of cattle. The Oromo men attacked him on a revenge mission, chopping off his leg and throwing him in a cave where he spent quite some time eating rats for survival. The African polygamous man later reunites with the family, only to find all his wives have already inherited. He struggled to regain his wives. Asweda sires a son at his old age. Twelve years later, he blesses his son Obulala and then dies, partially satisfied. His brother, Ocholi, also died mysteriously. Betrayal, cunningness, wealth, and poverty manifest in Asweda's lineage.

Cathryn Woods was a Fine Arts student, who joined a Tattoo Design Contest, in which her best friend, her model, failed to show himself on that fateful day at the event. Desperate for the winner's cash prize so that she could pay for her school fees at an Art University, she convinced (well 'convince' is rather an understatement), a random guy at the beach she found to be her model instead. Her model turned out to be Alexander, a playboy who was the lead vocalist of a rising teenage boy band, and is it a coincidence that they go to the same university? Their flirty conversations and humorous banter also made their mutual like for each other bloom. Things will take into a serious turn when the redhead realized she fell hopelessly in love for the first time and with a player nonetheless, whom she met last summer. Will she be brave enough to risk herself in the name of love? Even auditioning as a supporting vocalist for the band just so she could always be near Alexander? What will Cathryn do if she knew that one of the band members had also caught the love bug for her? Messy love triangles are fun, yes, but Cathryn wished she could turn back time and hadn’t taken it to heart because the games can easily get brutal. YUMMY EXCERPT: updates every other day "Shut the fuck up, will you?" Alexander opened the book and picked another paragraph to read. "The urge to have sex is excruciating if you attempt to deny it. You don't want to be sleeping in my bed when it hits." He arched his eyebrows. "Understand what I'm hinting at?" "Why didn't you tell me you loved this kind of story?" Alexander bit his lip and his hooded eyes regarded her. "I could just tell you stories instead of you reading them for hours." "Based on your experience, huh?" She blurted it out before she could stop herself. Cathryn blushed furiously. Embarrassed, she tried to distract him from reading it. "Give that book back." Alexander continued like the infuriating fucker he is. "Oh yeah. Sweat broke out all over her body, imagining him super horny and determined to have sex with her. The idea didn't horrify her." Cathryn grasped the book from his hands but Alexander kept on raising it higher. She jumped, almost taking hold of the cover but Alexander had pushed her shoulder away in an attempt to stop her from getting the book back. She pushed him harder, kicking him with her shoes and they both fell on the couch, jerked out of balance. Alexander had instinctively wrapped his hands around her tiny waist to keep her from falling on the floor while Cathryn's hands were on his shoulders, moving to his chest. They stared wide-eyed at each other before Alexander's gaze transfixed on her mouth and one of his hands moved to caress her back with his fingers. "By the way, your best friend told me that you wanted to tell me something." He held her a moment, his hands on her body and his face a glowing heat onto hers.

Kesialan telah mempertemukan Nathan dengan Annastasia uang merupakan seorang iblis penjaga dunia paralel. Anna menyuguhkan magis kepada Nathan si psikopat yang tidak kenal ampun agar bisa membebaskan dirinya, ketika Anna tidak sengaja tertangkap oleh mahluk tersebut. Nathan tentu saja tertarik, bukan pada magis atau pun paras yang Anna pancarkan, ia tiba-tiba sangat menginginkan Anna ketika dia bisa mempertemuka Nathan dengan Ibu tercinta serta membantunya membalaskan dendam kepada Ayah yang membuang dia serta para adik tercinta. Bagaimana kelanjutan dari kisah Annastasia dan Nathan? Saksikan hanya di Pesky Of Demand.

Theo’s life in a forgotten small town was never easy — scraping by, carrying the weight of his family’s shattered dreams, and hiding a talent that could change everything. When he leaves for the big city’s art school, everything he thought he knew about life—and love—is about to be turned upside down. In a world of skyscrapers and secrets, Theo meets Isabella—a perfect, polished daughter of privilege with a darkness of her own. Their worlds couldn’t be more different, but maybe that’s exactly what they need. Dark humor, biting sarcasm, and raw emotions paint a story about fighting for your dreams, surviving the lies of family, and discovering that sometimes, love is as messy as the life you’re trying to escape.

Armed with a curious mind, unwavering determination and a heart filled with dreams, Williams ventures into uncharted territories, encountering remarkable people, breathtaking landscapes, and unforeseen challenges along the way. Through his extraordinary exploits, he discovers not only the vastness of the world but also the depths of his own courage, resilience, and capacity for growth. As he navigates through thrilling escapades and poignant moments of self-discovery, Williams'story becomes a testament to the power of embracing the unknown and chasing one's dreams with unwavering passion.

Boyfriend on Demand is a romantic comedy with a touch of futuristic fantasy that follows Li Mi-rae, an overworked and emotionally exhausted webtoon producer who has lost faith in love. Buried under endless deadlines and the pressure of creating perfect romance stories for others, Mi-rae turns to a subscription-based virtual reality dating app that promises the ideal boyfriend—no misunderstandings, no heartbreak, no real-world complications. Inside the app, she meets B-7, a charming and seemingly flawless virtual partner designed to match her every preference. What begins as harmless escapism soon becomes something far more complicated as Mi-rae finds herself relying on their nightly encounters for comfort, laughter, and the connection she thought she no longer needed. But when a system glitch allows B-7 to cross into her real world, Mi-rae’s carefully controlled life is thrown into chaos. As the line between artificial intelligence and genuine emotion begins to blur, she must confront a question she never expected to ask: If love feels real, does it matter where it came from? Filled with witty banter, workplace chaos, heartfelt moments, and unexpected twists, Boyfriend on Demand is a story about burnout, vulnerability, and discovering that the most unpredictable relationships are often the ones we never planned for.

A story of love, loss, and the will to rise. In the misty mountains of Dehradun, Arina was never meant to be quiet. While other girls in her family were taught grace and silence, she chased speed — racing motorcycles through fog-covered roads before sunrise, dreaming of becoming an engineer in a world that told her machines weren't meant for her hands. When a reckless race gets her suspended and her father shuts every door in her face, it's the women who raised her — her fiercely gentle mother and her unbreakable, widowed Bua in Mumbai — who teach her that some fires aren't meant to be extinguished. They're meant to be protected. But Arina's story doesn't end on that mountain road. She found love once — fierce, complete, the kind that made her believe softness and ambition could coexist. And then she lost him, to a killer who was never found. It was that loss, that grief with nowhere to go, that forged the woman she would become. Years later, she is the businesswoman no one believed she could be — brilliant, ruthless, and untouchable in an industry built by men who never expected her to survive it, let alone rule it. She has raised her son alone ever since, wearing her grief like armor, trusting no one, needing no one. Until her family comes back. They call it reconciliation. They call it healing old wounds. But behind their sudden warmth lies a debt, a desperate bargain, and a dangerous man — a powerful CEO known as the King of Jaipur — who saw her once, wanted her, and offered to save her family's collapsing empire in exchange for her hand in marriage. Her father said yes before she ever knew the question was asked. Now Arina must decide who she really is: the daughter still aching for her family's love, or the woman who built an empire out of grief and will burn it all down before she lets anyone own her again. Some women are born bold. Others are forged that way.

Sophie Wexler transmigrated into a novel about The Galaxy, becoming the vicious, F-rank Healer-class cannon fodder. The original owner constantly caused trouble and made things difficult for the female lead, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Upon transmigrating and seeing that everything had been ruined by the original owner, Sophie's only thought was: "What kind of nightmare start is this?!" To escape the original owner's fate, Sophie Wexler worked diligently, conducted herself conscientiously, stayed away from the male and female leads, compensated the soldiers harmed by the original owner, and strove to be a model citizen of The Galaxy, absolutely refusing to be the cannon fodder 'offed' by the Imperial Marshal! Broke and powerless, Sophie also had to support a man who'd been innocently dragged into the original owner's mess. She had no choice but to hustle. She started live streaming, became a masked singer, and held concerts. At first, netizens were scornful: 【Tsk, how good can she possibly sound?】 Later, the netizens were forced to eat their words. 【Damn, that's so good I'm on my knees!】 【What the hell, the violent episode of my Disorder Period has actually been soothed?!】 【The toxins in my Spiritual Sea have actually been eliminated!】 Her live streams went viral, the masked singer became a huge sensation, and tickets for her concerts were snapped up across The Galaxy. Sophie was content, thinking, "This time, I must have finally escaped the original owner's fate, right?" But what do you know, the man I've been doting on and supporting is actually the Imperial Marshal?! --- One day, Yancey Forrest came home to find that the boisterous person who was always claiming to be good to him was gone. His eyes darkened. Provoke me and then think you can leave? After catching her, Yancey traced his fingertips along Sophie's neck, smiling gently. "Why run?" Sophie trembled. "You... you're the Imperial Marshal?" His identity exposed, Yancey Forrest took her hand and slowly placed it on his own neck ring. "You know I won't kill you, don't you?"