ACE OF FATE - Chapter 35: Inescapable Terror

#Married #Office RomanceJerica Evans, a devoted wife and clerk at City Hall, feels her world slowly unraveling as the cracks in her once-loving marriage deepen. Her husband, Jared, a high-powered lawyer with a fierce courtroom reputation known as “The Siberian Beast,” has grown distant, and his cold demeanor leaves Jerica questioning everything. Once the pillar of her life, Jared now feels like a stranger, more lighthouse than man—steady but unreachable, leaving Jerica adrift in loneliness and suspicion.When she catches him leaving work early with a mysterious woman in a red dress, her world shatters. As she balances her growing suspicion with the suspicious arrival of Harold Braddock, Jerica's former flame, the lines between loyalty, betrayal, and her own desires blur. Her once steady life spirals as her husband’s frosty demeanor and her own emotional wounds collide.As the emotional distance between her and Jared widens, Jerica must decide whether to fight for a love that seems to have slipped away—or walk away from the man who once completed her.What will she decide? What is Jared's secret? Was their marriage truly over? Has she truly stopped loving him?This is a heartstring-pulling journey of love, pride, and the devastating cost of hidden truths and unspoken desires, where one woman must decide if she’ll fight for the man she married or leave him behind to save herself.Please support the book by voting. Leave reviews and tell me what you feel in the comments.

Four years after the Third Nightmare, something unexpected happens. A group of people find themselves in a strange theatre, which tells them to react to someone's story...?

Gentle and infatuated serious old cadre X natural tease and slice rogue Pippi

After Gu Zhong’s soul flew away and scattered, the fragments of his soul were scattered in the heavens and all walks of life, and each life would not end well because of unclear knowledge of people.

Being robbed of the country, being riddled with black material, being framed by climbing, being accused by thousands of people…

Ling Yan, who was finally able to pick up pieces and fight for his wife, came to the small world of the soul to see Gu Zhong’s miserable fate…

Let me see who dares to touch my wife? !

So the Lord God started a busy career of saving his wife.

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One of the world’s emperors and princesses

Di Shi: I would like to give all of it to you, Haiyan Heqing. Give up everything, including emotion and life.

Your Highness: So, this posture is still not very proficient. Why don’t you teach me a little more, sir?

Imperial Master:…Your Highness, please respect yourself!

The second agent in the world and the queen

Agent: I will pave a bright and smooth road for you, and no one will be able to bully you and humiliate you from now on.

Actress: There are rumors outside that I have a relationship with the gold lord. Is my sister responsible for me?

Agent: What do you want to do next?

The World’s Three Righteous Path Alliance Leaders and Demon Sect Leaders

Alliance Leader: I will offer you the entire martial arts forest to avenge your bloody revenge.

Cult Master: It’s so boring to fight and kill. Since the pavilion master knows the world’s affairs, why not practice one or two tonight?

Alliance Leader: I’ll look for any other martial arts secrets!

The Four Astrologers and Rebels of the World

Astrologer: The world abandons you and hates you, so I will be the enemy of the world and help you change your life against the sky.

Disobedient: The immortal master might as well count, when is it suitable for the bridal candle?

Astrologer:…There will be a strange treasure in the world tonight in Benjunguan.

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In the Heart’s Kingdom, a kingdom where vampires reign and humans were nothing but livestock, Lilou, a peasant, found herself being preyed upon by the worst maniacal vampire of his kind. However, as terrifying as what he addressed her as his ‘reserved meal’, this vampire also called her his bride!

Except:

My eyes brood with fear, gazing at the still-beating heart in his hand. “My Lord, pardon me but… is this the bloody proof you promised to show me?” I asked, my voice shook as I gulped down whilst struggling my trembling knees from giving away.

“Mhm… do you now believe I’m good at capturing hearts?” The silver-haired man, bearing those menacing pair of deep crimson eyes stared proudly at me after a nod. I gasped when he clenched his hand and squeezed the fresh heart to smithereen.

“Yes, milord. You’re good at it, literally.” I’m mortified, watching the pieces of the heart fall as he approached. His every step made me take a step back until my back reached a solid pillar.

“Huh,” Samael chuckled briefly, stopping in front of me. His long, pointy nails that were covered with blood traced my elbow down to my hand. Gently, he clipped my forefinger in between his, guiding it before his lips. “Did I pass your test, though?” He asked, the sharp tip of his nail played over the tip of my finger.

I stared at his penetrating gaze as I reluctantly answered, “Barely.”

He smirked, nodding in satisfaction before he pressed his nail on the tip of my forefinger that was quick to produce a drop of blood. “Such sweet aroma.” He whispered, placing my bleeding finger in his mouth and licked it with passion.

His menacing gaze never left mine as he consumed a bit of my blood. “Does that mean you’re accepting my invitation?” Keeping my finger in between his fangs, Samael inquired.

I bit my lower lip unconsciously, my heart within my chest drummed as my back broke into sweats. “But… I’m just…” I paused, hoping my answer would put an end to this. “… I’m just a human.”

Samael clicked his tongue, displeased at my response as he let my finger go. “No,” He whispered.

My entire body stiffened when he bent over, caressing my shoulder up to my neck by the apex of his nose, as his hot breaths prickled my skin.

“You're not just a mere human... you are my human.” He stressed before I sensed his lips part and the tip of his fangs against my skin.