Independent Urban のウェブ小説 & Betrayal ストーリー

She did the unthinkable for love and paid for it with eight years of silence. Evelyn married Anthony knowing his heart belonged to someone else. She told herself it was enough to be near him, to be his wife in name and raise their son. Meanwhile she forgot that love without being loved back is a slow kind of poison, and Evelyn has finally run out of time to pretend. The divorce papers are signed. The chapter is closed. Anthony spent eight years blaming Evelyn for the life he never wanted. He lost Sylvia, the woman who owned every corner of his heart, because of a single night he cannot take back. Now, with the ink barely dry on their divorce, Sylvia is back in the city, and Evelyn is suddenly a stranger wearing a cold, unreadable face he has never seen before. When Anthony reaches for the past he lost, a gunshot rings out at a memorial gathering, and a secret buried eight years ago begins to claw its way to the surface. A secret so ugly such that it will force every single person in this story to question what they thought they knew. Who really destroyed this family? Who has been lying from the very beginning? And when the truth finally breaks open, will Anthony choose the woman his heart never forgot, or the woman he never truly saw? Shattered by Choice is a gripping tale of betrayal, buried love, second chances, and the dangerous cost of choosing wrong. A story about the lie we call sacrifice, the truth we call love, and the day the two collide.

He makes you touch the sky when he’s between your legs, claiming your body with a passion that dismantles your defenses. He takes root in your chest, reaches the darkest corners of your mind — and it excites you. Maybe that’s what connected you two. He saw your worst side and loved you. You saw his worst and loved him back. DON, The Pitbull — as he became known for his brutal bites inside São Paulo’s fighting rings — arrived in the city while fleeing a barbaric crime, forced to rebuild his life in the shadows. Today, he is the “King of Tartarus,” ruler of an underground fight club sponsored by powerful businessmen and corrupt politicians. On a cold São Paulo night, his path collides with that of a reckless, drunken girl who runs him over on a deserted street. From that encounter, an uncontrollable obsession is born between them. Louise lives in a world opposite to Don’s. Wealthy, the daughter of influential figures, she once had a perfect life — until she discovered it was nothing but an illusion. It’s when the criminal steps in that she finds her emergency exit. Don is the shot of adrenaline she desperately craves. He is the drug that intoxicates her. The punishment she deserves. And Louise can’t resist. The attraction between them is forbidden, and little by little it awakens the darkest instincts within the criminal. It’s as if he can see a side of Louise that no one else can — a side she fights fiercely to keep hidden. Lou knows Don carries a disturbing past. That he is dangerous and violent. But what should make her afraid and push her away is also what excites her… and fuels a ravenous desire.

What happens when the playboy needs a woman to play with?Niko is the first son of the Sutton family but yet he has no authority in the family. With his playboy identity and unserious ways, he is stumped when his family needs him to have a serious relationship before they can consider giving him an opportunity at the family business.There come in Reyna, who agrees to be a pretend fiancée for Niko considering that she has an urgent need for money and he is known to not look at one woman twice. Will she really be safe from him or would they both end up with feelings they can’t describe?The plot changes however, when they discover that not only is he not what they think but is even stronger than the entire family.

Elise Delaney thought she had the perfect marriage until her fifth wedding anniversary became the night she discovered her husband was cheating on her. But the affair is only the beginning. Behind closed doors, Gideon Shaw and his mistress are plotting to steal Elise's controlling shares in the company her father left her. They believe she's too trusting to notice. They're wrong. Instead of confronting her husband, Elise pretends she knows nothing. While Gideon kisses her goodnight and lies to her face, she secretly investigates the missing money, forged documents, and suspicious transactions hiding inside his carefully built empire. Then his mistress approaches her with a secret of her own. She wasn't Gideon's only victim. As the two women reluctantly join forces, Elise uncovers evidence that reaches far beyond her husband's betrayal. Gideon knew her family long before he ever met her, and her marriage may have been part of a plan from the very beginning. Now Elise has one goal: expose the man she once loved before he destroys everything her father left behind. Because once you've been betrayed by the person you trusted most, you learn a painful lesson: Once bitten, twice shy.

Mr. Rajendra Singh Chauhan got his darling granddaughter and the only heir of the Chouhan family, Krishika Chauhan, married to a lowly worker of his office knowing that Krishika will never be able to adjust in a middle class family. After all, what became such a compulsion due to which Rajendra Singh Chauhan had to get his granddaughter married to a lowly worker in his office.

The eminent Lord of War, Alexander Kane, returned home with honor, only to find out that his daughter was locked in a dog cage and his wife was cheating on him…

They tried to erase her. She survived. Raised in a place designed to break children, she grows up learning one rule above all else: endure quietly. Hunger is discipline. Pain is routine. Obedience is survival. She doesn’t know her real name, her family, or why certain men with clean shoes and cold eyes always seem to be watching. Until the night she runs. Bleeding, hunted, and half-dead, she escapes an institution that was never meant to let her live past usefulness. What she doesn’t know is that the symbol burned into her skin isn’t a punishment it’s a claim. A mark left by a powerful underground network that doesn’t lose what it owns. Her collapse brings her into the path of three brothers who rule the city’s shadows men whose wealth buys silence, whose violence is surgical, and whose loyalty to blood is absolute. At first, she’s just another wounded stranger pulled from the streets. Then one brother recognizes the mark. And everything changes. Because years ago, the brothers tried to dismantle a trafficking empire known only as The Circle. They thought it was gone. They were wrong. The girl they saved isn’t a random survivor she’s a missing investment. A living mistake The Circle intends to reclaim. As fragments of her past surface, a terrifying truth emerges: she wasn’t abandoned as a child. She was stolen. Trained. Conditioned. And when she escaped, she didn’t just save herself she reignited a war. Hunted by a network that erases people without a trace, and protected by men who don’t lose once they claim something as theirs, she must decide whether she’ll keep running… or turn and burn everything that tried to own her.

Her sister committed suicide because she could not bear the betrayal she made to her. Maya Strong was a normal girl with dreams of her own but life dealt her a terrible hand. She was betrayed, abused, escaped death, and lost allies. Her life changed on a fateful night she ran away from her boyfriend only to be captured and lured to a life of misery.***WARNING THIS BOOK HAS STRONG GRAPHICS***If you are not strong at heart I advise you not to read because things get dark.

Life wasn't what Elayna thought once she married her nouveau riche husband. She has found out the hard way that all that glitters isn't gold. Nick is hired to protect Elayna. He thought from rival business owners and paparazzi, but soon finds out it's someone even more dangerous...Her husband.

Diane Mary luke is an ambitious and career driven woman in her twenties. She believes her life was perfect and smooth sailing until she caught her boyfriend cheating. . . . . . "How dare you?!" Diane's voice thickened as she felt tears stung her eyes as she stared at the person that was her whole world in the arms of another.

Ruby Lovato built the only working cold store on the Castelmare docks, and she died outside its gate in the snow while her fiancé and her little sister watched her through the glass. Then she woke up on New Year's Eve, twelve weeks before the sun went dim, with a voice in her head that only she could hear. She knows the date the dust comes. She knows which banks will fail, which roads will close, which medicines will stop arriving, and what a tin of salt will be worth by September. What she does not know yet is that Cesare and Vittoria have been sleeping together for two years, and that everything they did to her at the end, they were already rehearsing at the beginning. This time she is going to keep her warnings to herself and buy the warehouse first.

A major romantic disappointment leads Lizandra to leave her hometown and accept a job offer in Rio de Janeiro, but her impulsive act leads her into a scam. Lizandra finds herself trapped in a big city where she knows absolutely no one. However, an accident introduces her to wonderful people, and perhaps she has found a true family. Now, she just needs to convince the handsome and arrogant Heitor Alves de Bragança that she's not a con artist willing to take advantage of people who have only helped her.

"Ivy, you are not good enough for my family. You just seem to be getting more difficult with each passing day, and frankly speaking, you're not useful to me anymore," Leon said, standing in front of her in his half-naked state. ___ When Ivy discovered her fiancé in a hotel room with her cousin, her world came crashing down. They had been planning to get married in the coming months, but he clearly no longer cared. They say patience is rewarded, but in Ivy's case, the opposite seemed true. She had endured his physical, mental, and verbal abuse, hoping he would change, but she was clearly mistaken. Sleeping with her cousin was the final straw, and Ivy decided to walk away. However, when she realized he had taken all of her money and even taken out debt in her name, she found herself facing a race against time to pay off these debts. "Be my surrogate, and you won't have to worry about the loans anymore!" her creditor pleaded. Left with no other choice, Ivy agreed to be his surrogate. But what would happen when he brought in his donor, only for her to discover that it was Leon, her ex-boyfriend?

Behind the Amen Grace Williams grows up believing that faith means prayer, obedience, and trusting God without question. Raised in a loving Christian home, she learns about kindness, integrity, forgiveness, and perseverance from her family, teachers, friendships, and the people who shape her life. As she grows from a curious child into a young woman, Grace begins to discover that faith is more than the words spoken in church or the prayers that end with “Amen.” Life brings difficult choices, unexpected relationships, painful lessons, and moments that challenge everything she believes about love, trust, obedience, and God. As Grace searches for answers, she must learn to distinguish between faith and fear, love and control, truth and manipulation. When the people she trusts most begin influencing the choices that shape her future, Grace must decide whether to remain silent or finally listen to the voice within her. Because sometimes, the greatest battles do not begin during the prayer. They begin after the “Amen.”

A NOVEL ON STOCKHOLM SYNDROME BOOK 3 OF A THREE BOOK SERIES *TRIGGER WARNING* This book contains scenes that some readers may find disturbing… and also slightly annoying. “Miss. Iris, do you believe she has a point?” she asked and returned to her seat once again. “I don’t think so, her father and uncle deserve to go to jail.” My answer extracted a smile from her like she was proud of my response. “My name is Christine; I am a renowned medico-legal psychotherapist. Been in the business for over twenty years and that is what a case of Stockholm syndrome looks like. In my years of experience, we see situations similar to this but its our job to help the victims realize” “Wow…” I started, really amazed at what she had said and what her work entails. I was only concerned why they locked me in a room with a psychotherapist “it must be difficult at times” I added. “yeah, its difficult every time” she laughed “but today isn’t about me, I have a question for you.” There was a brief pause in between before she carried on “Does Hunter deserve to go to jail?”

After discovering her longtime boyfriend cheated on her, Evelyn Hart walks into a blind date arranged by her family angry, heartbroken, and determined to erase the past. Sitting across from a calm, sharply handsome stranger, she blurts out the most reckless idea of her life: “Let’s get married.” To her disbelief, Jesse Ward agrees. Evelyn thinks she’s marrying a stable, ordinary man who might give her a quiet life. What she doesn’t know is that Jesse wasn’t her intended blind date at all and that he’s secretly a powerful billionaire who lives far from the spotlight. As they settle into marriage, unexpected feelings begin to grow. But Jesse seems haunted by something unspoken. And Evelyn can’t understand why he sometimes looks at her like he already knows her. A sudden accident shakes loose a buried memory in Evelyn’s mind: a reckless night years ago, a stranger whose face she never forgot and that face matches her husband’s perfectly. In that instant, everything clicks into place. Their marriage was impulsive. Their meeting was accidental. But their connection? It began long before either of them realized.

The leader of the largest mysterious organization, Dragon Gate, had become live-in son-in-law. Five years later, the assessment is over! You were once humiliated because of me. Now, I'll definitely make you shine brightly...

After Gwen volunteered to get married to Andrew in order to revive her father's failing business, her world seem to crumble as she found out the man she would spend the rest of her life with had no iota of feeling for her; instead he treated her like she's non-existent. But when he found pictures of Gwen with an anonymous person in a compromised position, he threw her out and warned her never to come back. How would Gwen survive when even her own family didn't believe her? And with the new life now growing inside her, will she be able to overcome the storm and come out triumphant?

A Young boy that has been chased out to death with his mother, in the most powerful family in the world. His grand father was ruthless and greed on money. The old man dispised his daughter in law for marrying his son. Jae's father can't do anything but to obey his father the old man and take full control of him.He was regretful that he didn't protected his wife and son from being chased out of the family.The mother in son was chased to death and severely wounded.Later on Jae's mother has died due to severely injured and due to too much blood loss.Jae cursed his family that he will come back and exact revenge for those who hurt and killed his mother.An mysterious old man found this young and innocent child who was unconscious beside his lifeless mother.He recognized his face, and immediately helped him and treat him.

Promise was born into silence — a silence woven from an oath made before she could speak. Her village called it tradition. Her mother called it survival. But to Promise, it was a prison. She dreamed of Lagos, of lights and cameras, of a life that stretched beyond clay walls and whispered fears. Yet when the truth of her birth is revealed, everything she longs for seems impossibly far. The elders insist she must never leave. Her mother pleads with her to stay. And the weight of generations threatens to bury her voice. Between love and loyalty, fear and freedom, Promise must choose whether to surrender to a curse or defy it — even if it means breaking her world apart. The Girl Who Broke the Silence is a sweeping tale of tradition and defiance, of love and survival. It is the story of one girl’s fight to claim her name in a world that tried to silence her.