Steph After

At a time when the Northeastern population was punished by intense misery, due to the terrible drought that cracked their feet under the scorching sun that seemed to hate them, a family of retreatants was forced to get rid of everything, even their children, afterwards. to be cowardly expelled from their lands. And it is in this scenario of a people condemned to suffering that we will learn about the story of Mercedes, a woman who from an early age had to learn to live with the pitfalls of the miserable life that fate gave her. When she was a child, she was raped by pedophiles in a brothel of her aunt, Izabel, who was a juvenile. Ten years later she is unjustly accused and imprisoned, beaten, threatened with death and the victim of persecution. His biggest reason for living is the thirst for revenge that feeds his soul after so much suffering, but everything will change after he finally knows true love.

After having the opportunity to become the sole heir of the most traditional family in the region, coming from a humble origin and without significant roots, Luís Gustavo loses his lucidity when he learns that he had passed the three most important courses offered by the largest and most reputable universities of the State, becoming a man totally distant from the reality that surrounds him. After failed attempts to cure him, despite all available resources, his adoptive mother abandoned him to fend for himself, ending up like so many other beggars who begged for bread on the streets of the city and lived in the open, without any hope of a cure. However, years later destiny takes charge of reversing his luck and gives him lucidity, allowing him an impressive restart.

She was running away from pain. He was enjoying his bachelor party. An accident. One night. And a love that will change everything. Celina believed she had a perfect marriage... until she was betrayed in the cruelest way possible. With her husband always sleeping away from home and growing increasingly distant, her joy faded along with the woman she used to be. In a last-ditch effort to save the relationship, she decides to surprise him. But she is the one who receives the final blow. After catching her husband in the arms of his secretary, she wanders aimlessly through the streets, drowns herself in drink, and, in the rainy weather, runs over a homeless man. Afraid of scandal, she decides to take him to a hotel to help him, without imagining that this dirty and mysterious man would awaken uncontrollable desires in her. And so, they experience a night of pure pleasure. What was supposed to be just one intense night turns into a whirlwind of twists and turns. Kicked out of her home and assaulted by her husband, Celina needs to rebuild her life. But fate surprises her once again: at a job interview, she meets the man from the hotel again. Now clean, elegant... and her new boss. Thor Miller. An arrogant, cold man who pretends he has never seen her. And as if that weren't enough, he is engaged. And Celina is pregnant. Between love and hate, dangerous truths, scars from the past, and secrets that threaten the future, the two will need to face a connection that began by chance and has the power to change everything.

Lucia grew up in a family where psychological abuse was the order of the day, but she was still a positive woman who wanted to get ahead. After the death of the only person who loved her and supported her from the bottom of her heart, she is forced to sell the only thing that is worth much to her. She was forced to sell the only thing that was worth a lot to her. Her virginity, in order to buy the other part of the house.  Adriel Lund is the magnate CEO and owner of a chain of luxurious hotels, he is a practical man and will be the buyer of Lucia's virginity, who is dazzled by her virtues, but it will not be easy when the obstacles begin to appear. Adversities loom for these two.  Is love in the air?  Will Lucia be able to overcome what dwells in her mind and prevents her from being happy?

Sabrina will not let his piece of heaven go free, as he often calls the woman he declared as his from the first moment he laid eyes on her. Sabrina was forcibly married to the German mobster when her father went bankrupt. Sabrina loves in a dark and sadistic way in the light of her life, but she just wants to run away. After an attempt on the life of his wife and the sudden death of his only sister, the mobster decided to have someone exclusively to take care of his treasure. Erick, an arrogant, overbearing but fucking hot bodyguard; will shake the German mafia, when the queen of the beast, is released by him. Sabrina won't leave things like that, he wants Erick dead, and his queen back...

"I want to hear it from you. I want to watch you look me in the eye and tell me they aren't mine… without looking away even once." I swallowed hard, because the game he was playing was cruel. I knew that the slightest flicker in my expression would feed his suspicions. I lifted my chin, met his gaze without blinking, and spoke slowly, "They. Are. Not. Yours." The muscle in Damian's jaw tightened, and his breath brushed my face, warm and steady. "You've gotten better at this, Harper," he murmured, using my last name like a provocation. "But you're still not that good." "Or maybe you're just hearing what you want to hear," I shot back, fighting the suffocating closeness. "You hate losing. But sometimes, losing is inevitable. Accept it and get out of my life." Stella was desperate. After dropping out of college to pay off the debts her father left behind, all she wanted was a fresh start, even if that meant forging a résumé and swallowing her pride to land a job as the secretary to the ruthless CEO Damian Winter. What she didn't expect was that her new boss would be as irresistible as he was dangerous. Or that a series of sharp provocations and intense encounters would lead to an indecent contract. A secret agreement ruled by power and desire, in which Stella committed to satisfying Damian's every whim, with one single condition: she could never get pregnant. But what would happen when Stella discovered she had broken that rule? Now pregnant and emotionally shattered, Stella learned from the news on TV that Damian was engaged to a wealthy heiress. Hiding the truth seemed like her only option. But secrets would never stay buried forever.

Jussara is a young nurse who, after a devastating betrayal, accepts an unexpected job: caring for CEO Gabriel Monteiro, a powerful, bitter man scarred by a severe accident. Torn between resistance and a growing attraction, she tries to focus on her duties, but Gabriel has plans that go beyond simple treatment. Together, they will confront physical and emotional wounds, uncovering desires that could either heal them or consume them completely.

They say wine gets better with age. And being the assistant to the most powerful CEO in the country is far from easy… but I love it. Andrew Tanner is a good man, someone I deeply respect, and I’ve always kept things professional—no matter how dangerous it is to admit that he’s also incredibly attractive. He’s much older than me, and I know my place. Or at least, I thought I did… until a private email lands in my hands by mistake, changing everything. After nearly twelve years at the top of the company, Andrew never imagined that his greatest temptation wouldn’t be a billion-dollar deal, but his assistant—young, brilliant, and far too close. When someone from his past resurfaces with a dangerous blackmail, threatening to destroy everything he’s built, Johari becomes his strongest support… and his greatest weakness. A relationship between them is taboo. Forbidden. Andrew is nearly forty-five. Johari is twenty-eight. He’s her boss. She knows it. They both feel the attraction. Can they keep their feelings a secret… or will desire expose them both? **** ©Work registered with Safe Creative.

Astrid waited for Joshua all night as she usually did... And the first thing she received, instead of a cold greeting, was the divorce papers. “Why?” were her only words when she saw the agreement. Joshua looked at her indifferently. “It's enough. It's a waste of time to continue this marriage. In the first place, if it weren't for my grandfather, I wouldn't have married you... Sign it!” he shouted. Astrid, her eyes filled with tears, hurriedly took the divorce agreement and put it in her mouth. “I don't want a divorce!” Astrid cried. Joshua didn't respond, he just looked at her and walked away. After all, it was difficult to get into the heart of someone like Joshua. She stood firm in her decision. She had married to take care of her mother's health... Until she lost her too, leaving her with nothing left to hold on to. “He doesn't feel anything for me,” she said, wiping her teary eyes. “In the future, I will never appear in front of him again.” She took her luggage and, accompanied by a heavy snowfall, disappeared along with her footprints in the snow. She left behind only her signature on the divorce agreement. With a trembling body, she escaped. Five years later, a little boy reminded her of the person she tried to forget.

August Montgomery was a powerful, untouchable CEO. Cold, ruthless, and impossible to read. After being betrayed by the only woman he ever trusted, he built walls around his heart and refuses to let anyone get close. With a dangerously handsome face and piercing green eyes that can freeze a room in seconds, he runs his empire with an iron fist and a wounded soul. Eloise Beaumont was beautiful, bold, and armed with a razor-sharp tongue. Left at the altar by the fiancé who ran off with her own cousin, she accepted a job as a secretary without realizing she was about to work for the most feared man in the company. She didn't bow. He couldn't resist. Between sharp banter, power games, forbidden desire, and nights thick with tension, two hearts scarred by the past begin to discover that love might be the most dangerous game of all. Especially when pride and pleasure collide.