And Then I Chose My self By Chiara

They said I was beautiful — but not real. That my smile was perfect — but my past made me broken. I spent years trying to prove I was more than the girl who changed her face to survive the world’s cruelty. I married Julian Vale, believing love would finally see me. I called Serena Blake my sister, trusting her more than my own reflection. And when my world collapsed under secrets, silence, and the weight of never being enough — I disappeared. Then I opened my eyes… Ten years earlier. Before the surgery. Before the vows. Before I forgot who I was beneath the makeup and the mask of confidence. This time, I don’t need to be fixed. This time, I don’t need to be forgiven. I remember every lie. Every betrayal. Every time I silenced my voice to keep the peace. So I’m not here to win back love. I’m not here to punish the past. I’m here to become the woman I was always meant to be — unedited, unafraid, and finally, completely seen. I was more than pretty. This time, I’ll live like I believe it.

They said the moon chooses wisely. But when the moon chose her twin, no one questioned it. Alira Vale was born seconds before her sister, yet somehow spent her entire life behind her second glance, second choice, second best. While Elira bloomed early into a powerful wolf adored by their pack, Alira remained unshifted at nineteen, whispered about as moon-cursed and quietly tolerated out of obligation. Still, she endured, with kindness that never hardened, with strength no one bothered to see. Until the night everything shattered. On the eve of the mating ceremony, Alira's long-awaited bond awakens, only for her mate to reject her publicly and claim her twin instead. Humiliated, broken, and abandoned by both fate and family, Alira does the unthinkable, she calls into the forbidden dark beyond pack borders. And something answers. Not wolf nor vampire but something far worse. In a world where wolves and vampires barely coexist without bloodshed, Kael Draven, a feared hybrid born of both bloodlines, should never have come for her. Yet he does. Drawn not by duty, not by politics, but by something deeper. Something dangerous. Something like fate, but far more intentional. As war brews between species and secrets unravel about her delayed transformation, Alira must confront a truth no one prepared her for: she was never late, she was never weak, she was never meant for them. And the man who chose her? He may be the beginning of everything, or the end of them all.

I spent my whole life being Lucas DeLuca’s promised bride, his childhood shadow, the girl everyone believed would follow him anywhere. For twelve years, we planned the same future: the same family trial, the same city, the same fight to prove ourselves beyond our bloodlines. Then one night, Lucas changed his assignment to London for Vivian Castor and laughed that I would crawl after him before the seals closed. He was wrong. I stayed with the Rossi research program, burned the gift I had made for him, and chose the work I had bled for instead of the man who took my devotion for granted. Lucas thought my silence meant weakness. He thought my love made me easy to control. By the time he realized he was the one who couldn’t live without me, I was already gone. And I wasn’t about to run back into his arms. I was building my own kingdom.

Brianna, unlike some children, had a perfect childhood, teenage and even early adulthood or so she thought. Her parents were what you would describe as overprotective, yet it was for a reason. Brianna never saw this as a problem until it actually became a problem when she finally decided to grow. Brianna later discovered that the biggest secret of her being has been kept hidden from her all of life. Though she carried it everywhere, she wasn't aware of it. She meets Derek, a wealthy, too known CEO who makes her want to go against everything her parents have ever taught her. He ignites something in her that awakens that part of her that she never knew existed. They both didn't want to fall so deeply in love but then love happened and something about Brianna's past stands in the way of these heart wrenching feelings. Do you think her past would ruin everything for the duo or would rather make it possible for them to be together? Find out in EITHER YOU OR YOU; mated by fate.

When Sophie learns that the new investor at her design firm is Ethan Cole, her husband, she already knows she is about to lose. Not because her work is weak, but because her rival Vanessa is Ethan's unforgettable first love. For years, Sophie has fought Vanessa over everything: family, status, love, and now career. But after one more public humiliation, Sophie finally stops competing. This time, she gives up Ethan and chooses herself.

Right after the SAT results dropped, the admissions representatives from Blackridge University practically fought over me so fiercely it felt like they'd set the whole room on fire. They made an outrageous offer just to win me over, claiming that I could bring one friend along with full admission. As the clock reset, I chose no one this time around because I'd already lived through it once. In my last life, I didn't hesitate to pick my childhood best friend, Shawn Hooper. I gave him a ticket into a world he could never hope to reach without my help. And what did I get for it? A look of pure disgust. "You're pathetic," he sneered. "It's laughable that you'd dare use something like this to drive a wedge between Madison and me." Madison Cole was our class president. She was the golden girl and everyone's favorite girl. She couldn't handle losing both the guy she loved and the future she thought was hers. So, she jumped from the roof of a building. Shawn found her final message and lost his mind. He told me the class was having one last bonfire party just outside town. It was a lie. He took me there to torture me before leaving me to die. Our entire class covered for him. Every last one of them told the police I'd slipped near the ravine and fallen by accident. … A week after my death, my parents died in a supposed highway pileup. My soul never moved on, and that was how I discovered the truth—Shawn had orchestrated everything. When I reopened my eyes, I quickly realized I was back on the day when Blackridge University fought to recruit me. I wouldn't choose anyone this time. No, the only one I would choose was myself.