AYUMU ASO

Receptionist Susie wanted to run away—the new owner of her company was Greek millionaire Leos Kiriakos! He had become even more charming since she had last seen him. Fourteen months ago, Susie met him while working under contract and had fallen in love. She’d given him her body and her heart and believed he loved her back. But that had been an illusion. When she visited his apartment, a scantily clad woman answered the door, so Susie ran away. And now she had no desire to see him again. She thought she might be able to leave the office before Leos spotted her, but she was wrong.

Marnie met Italian tycoon Leandro at the café bar where she worked and decided to move in with him. A year later, although her days are filled with love, Marnie is haunted by anxiety. He won’t tell her anything about himself, and he doesn’t ask her anything about herself, either. Wanting to know where she stands, Marnie tells him how she feels, but she’s met with cruel words—it seems she is nothing more than a mistress to him. Hurt, Marnie decides to leave Leandro. Then she discovers that she’s pregnant with his child…

Samantha meets Alessandro, the brother of the bride of Samantha's old friend—a friend whom she still has feelings for. Initially, Samantha dislikes Alessandro, who has exhibited hostility toward her since their first meeting at the wedding. However, one day he forcibly steals a kiss from her. His ulterior motive is to protect his sister from Samantha—he has discovered Samantha's feelings for his sister's husband, and so he plans to seduce her for himself! Samantha soon realizes that she loves Alessandro, despite his cold black eyes that imprison and disturb her heart. Even though she knows that his seducing her doesn't stem from love, she can't control her feelings toward him….

WARNING! All of Lynne Graham ML are the same, so common sense says if you typically disliked one Lynne Graham/Ayumu Aso ML you will dislike them all. They are rough arrogant, forceful, and twisted. If you don't like that kinda romance, please disregard this. If you still read this knowing all that, you either are a glutton for punishment or secretly like that type of ML and just pretend as you hate it in the comments to justify yourself for enjoying such a cold-hearted sadistic guy. :) After all, how does that saying go "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" Enjoy!