Traição

On the Northwind Trail, just before sunrise, my flashlight cut across the inside of the SUV and landed on five lifeless bodies. My hands shook as I dialed 911. "Hello? I'm on Route 296, the Northwind Trail. Everyone in my car… is dead." The operator's voice was calm but quick. "Please confirm your location. Officers are on their way." My words dropped heavy and flat, like stones hitting the ground. "I'm on Route 296, about three miles east of the mountain pass. The plate number is NA318X. Five people inside the car are dead… and I'm the only one alive."

News of my groom's death arrived, but I shed no tears. Instead, I quickly reclaimed his shares and had his death officially recorded. Why? I was reborn. In my previous life, my family had adopted three boys to accompany me since childhood, all of whom were potential candidates to be my husband. As the heiress of the wealthiest family in the country, my father feared I wouldn't be happy marrying someone else we weren't familiar with. I chose Jayden, the most capable of the three brothers—but just three days after the wedding, he passed away. In my grief, I gave up on remarriage. With Jesse and Joel's persuasion, I lived the rest of my life as a widow. Upon reaching eighty, I went to Massalia, where we once pledged our love. There, I encountered Jayden…who had supposedly died sixty years ago! He was living with my maid, who had gone missing decades ago, surrounded by children and grandchildren, living a happy and contented life. When I realized I had been deceived my whole life, I was so enraged that my vision suddenly darkened. I died of a brain hemorrhage on the spot. When I awoke, I had returned to the day the news of his death had arrived. Let's see how a man who should have died intended to continue living!

As my body was pulled from the desolate marsh, Kian, the Alpha I had been mated to for ten years, was in the middle of his Mating Ceremony with his Beta, Sienna. My rotting corpse was mangled beyond recognition by layers of different wolfsbane poisons, my very bones stained black by the toxin's deep penetration. Even the pack's eldest healer retched at the sight of it. But, Kian, seemingly unfazed by the gruesome discovery, exchanged vows with Sienna before the Moon Altar. They received the blessings of the entire pack, while no one remembered me, even though I had only been missing for three months. It wasn't until my brother Ronan, the pack's Head Enforcer, began his investigation and found a shattered moonstone deep within my skeletal remains. "Ronan... if anyone can hear this... the Rogue Alpha has infiltrated..." The fragmented, static-laced voice that emanated from it made my brother freeze. When the truth was finally revealed, I was proven to be not the traitor who eloped with a Rogue Alpha, but the hero who died protecting the pack. And as for that Alpha who always looked down on me? He completely lost his mind.

Diego llegó tarde a nuestra boda. Cuando finalmente apareció, entró al salón tomando del brazo de Liliana con delicadeza. Traía puesto el traje de padrino, mientras que el de novio había sido abandonado en el sofá como si fuera un trapo viejo. —Diego, ¿por qué te pusiste...? —comencé a preguntar. —¡Inés! —me interrumpió bruscamente, con la mirada alerta—. Piensa bien lo que vas a decir. Sé generosa, y no me hagas odiarte. Sonreí, decepcionada. Como Liliana Martínez, su primer amor, había perdido la memoria, habíamos quedado atrapados en el juego de ayudarla a recuperarse. Teníamos que esconderle todo lo malo y tratarla con cuidado, evitando cualquier cosa que pudiera alterarla. Diego se acercó a mí y me abrazó con ternura. —Inés, ¿puedes entenderme? —me susurró al oído, antes de darme un beso ligero. Obedecí, le agarré la mano al padrino y caminé hacia el altar del matrimonio junto a él. El otro día, me encontré a Diego en un centro comercial mientras yo compraba cosas para nuestro bebé que iba a nacer. Me detuvo, y sus ojos, enrojecidos, se clavaron en mi vientre: —Inés... Todo esto era una farsa, ¿no? ¿Por qué estás embarazada?

My mother was the best portrait artist in the police station. She had a strong sense of justice and brooked no evil. However, all I got was a sharp retort when I called her to save me. "You know it's your sister's coming-of-age celebration today, and you're cursing her? Kidnapped, are you? Fine, the kidnappers can kill you for all I care." She assumed it was a prank call. So, she refused to go to the police station and do her job. I wasn't saved in time and was tortured to death. When the DNA report came out, she came to the scene all wobbly. She drew a portrait of me with my bones as reference, her hand trembling all the way. "Jessica? It can't be her. This is a mistake!" She tried again and again. Yet, it didn't matter how many times she redid it as the portrait showed my face. My mother, who had hated me my whole life, teared up.

No dia do julgamento, meu noivo, Tiago Assis, me pediu para não insistir mais na defesa da minha inocência e me pediu para assinar o acordo de confissão. — Eu sei que você é inocente, mas a Barbara está grávida de um filho meu. Eu não posso deixá-la ir para a cadeia. — Ele segurou minha mão, com lágrimas nos olhos. — Mari, eu também estou fazendo isso pelo seu próprio bem. Sem hesitar, assinei o acordo de confissão. Na vida passada, eu não aceitei assumir o crime no lugar da Barbara Lins. Como resultado, não só fui para a cadeia do mesmo jeito, como também fui torturada por ordem de Tiago até ficar estéril para o resto da vida. Agora que voltei no tempo, escolhi satisfazer o desejo dele. No dia seguinte, as notícias sobre meu suposto roubo de informações confidenciais se espalharam por todos os lugares. Barbara chegou a se apresentar como testemunha: — Sim, foi ela! Eu vi ela invadindo o Grupo Lopes com meus próprios olhos! Mas, à tarde, na audiência, o denunciante, Ricardo Lopes, retirou o processo e desistiu da ação. Sob os olhares surpresos de todos, ele tirou um anel de diamante e se ajoelhou diante de mim. — Mari, você aceita se casar comigo?

Mercy was all I asked for but I guess I didn't deserve it. Dragged by her long nappy hair, like a heavy bag carried by a weak person through the mud and sand. Her screams and begging fell of deaf ears, not even her father batted an eye. Torture seemed to find her everywhere, even now, as everyone applauded with smiles, wishing the newly wedded couple, a beautiful life ahead. A marriage that marked the beginning of endless an and undisturbed torture.

Llevábamos seis años de casados, pero en los últimos tres meses, mi esposo ni siquiera me había tocado. Decía que el trabajo lo tenía agotado, y yo, enamorada desde hace años, le creí sin dudar. Hasta que en el día de mi cumpleaños, escuché a sus amigos hablar en alemán a sus espaldas. —¿Ya terminaste con la otra? Antes ibas todos los días… no sé cómo aguantabas. —¿Y tu esposa? ¿No te dice nada? Mi esposo soltó el humo de su cigarro con indiferencia: —Hace meses que ni la toco. Claudia es buena en la cama y aún no me aburre… Lástima que salió embarazada. A mi esposa no le gustan los niños, así que le di dinero a Claudia para que se fuera al extranjero y lo tuviera allá. Apreté los puños con fuerza. Las lágrimas comenzaron a caer sin permiso. Él se acercó preocupado y preguntó qué me pasaba. Yo negué con la cabeza, sonriendo. —Este pastel que hiciste con tus propias manos… me emocionó mucho. Está delicioso. El pastel sabía dulce. Pero yo, que sí entendía alemán, solo sentía amargura en el alma.

Llevaba cinco años casada con Matteo, el Don de los Lamberti. Nadie sabía que yo era su esposa. No me interesaban los privilegios ni llamar la atención, así que preferí mantenerme invisible. Estábamos enamorados. Se sentía como si todavía estuviéramos saliendo, como en los primeros días. Pero mi primer día en el nuevo hospital lo echó todo a perder. —No lo va a creer. —Una colega se acercó con una sonrisa—. ¿A que no sabe quién es el esposo de la nueva paciente? Matteo Lamberti. Me quedé paralizada. “Si ella era su esposa... ¿entonces quién era yo?” Estaba embarazada. Esperaba al futuro heredero de los Lamberti. “¿Entonces qué lugar tenía el bebé que yo esperaba?” Mantuve la compostura. Hice la revisión y me comporté como una doctora profesional. Nadie notó el pánico que me carcomía por dentro. Me dije que solo eran rumores. Mentiras. Tenía que ser así. Luego escuché a Matteo llamarla “mi princesa”. Eso fue todo. Él ya tenía una nueva “princesa”. Y yo tenía que dejarlo ir.

Naya a grandi dans les rues animées de Cebu, aux Philippines, élevée par une mère aimante mais sans ressources. Elle a appris la résilience, la débrouille, et la force de rêver malgré la misère. Liora, elle, a toujours vécu dans le faste de la haute société parisienne, entre bals de charité, voyages en jet privé et deals d’affaires. Héritière choyée d’un magnat de la biotech, elle ignore tout de sa sœur jumelle. Leurs chemins se croisent lorsqu’un concours de circonstances amène Naya à travailler sous une fausse identité dans l’entreprise dirigée par leur père biologique. C’est là que toutes deux rencontrent Lysandre Varnier, un entrepreneur magnétique, aussi brillant qu’imprévisible. Lyam tombe d’abord amoureux de Naya, captivé par sa sincérité brute. Mais Liora habituée à obtenir ce qu’elle veut, s’entiche de cet homme qui ne fléchit devant aucun pouvoir. Sans connaître leur lien de sang, les deux femmes entrent dans une spirale de passion, jalousie et rivalité. Mais lorsque la vérité éclate les origines cachées, les mensonges d’un père, et l’amour partagé Naya et Liora devront choisir : s’anéantir pour un homme… ou affronter ensemble la vérité pour mieux se retrouver.