A U N T Artinya

Une destinée marquée par la complexité attendait inévitablement une personne née avec un handicap, en particulier dans sa quête de l’amour. Chloé Moreau, née avec l’ouïe faible, a été rejetée par sa propre mère et, une fois mariée, a dû faire face au ridicule et aux insultes de son époux, issu d’une famille influente, ainsi que de son cercle social. Lorsque le premier amour de son mari a surgi, cette femme a annoncé au monde sa volonté de reconquérir tout ce qui lui appartenait autrefois. Elle s’est même dressée devant Chloé et lui a lancé : « Tu ne sauras jamais ce qu’est réellement l’amour dans ta vie… T’as-t-il déjà dit "je t’aime" ? Il me le répétait sans cesse… » Ce n’était qu’à ce moment-là que Chloé a pris conscience de sa propre erreur. Son amour profond a été offert à quelqu’un qui ne le valorisait pas ! Elle aurait dû éviter d’épouser quelqu’un qui ne partageait pas ses sentiments ! Résolue à lâcher prise, elle a décidé de rendre la liberté à Dominique Bégonia. « Divorçons, je suis désolée pour toutes ces années », a-t-elle déclaré. Cependant, l’homme n’était pas d’accord : « Le divorce n’est pas envisageable, à moins que je ne meure ! »

In my past life, I walked away from an invitation to the elite Academy just to take the fall for Luca. He held my hand, swearing he’d get me out. Swearing he’d keep me safe for the rest of my life. Instead, I rotted in a cell until I died. While I was bleeding out on the cold floor, Luca was marrying the Don’s daughter, living the high life. When I opened my eyes, I was back. Luca was sixteen again, face pale as a sheet, shoving a bloody gun into my hands. "Elena, you're a lifesaver." I slapped the piece away. "Dream on. I ain't taking the rap for you this time."

For the past three months, I've slept only three hours every day just so my team and I can create an app. Thanks to our hard work, the app goes absolutely viral to the point we've garnered over 100 million registered users on the first week of its launch. At the afterparty, my wife, Stacie Woodward, announces that her godbrother, Tory Frost, who's the PR manager, will be the one receiving the million-dollar bonus. She then tosses me a few 50% discount coupons that can be used in shopping malls as my bonus. "You're just a code monkey—why do you need that much money anyway? You can have these discount coupons. Use them on anything you want. At least buy some nice clothes for yourself. Don't go around wearing these rags. You'll just end up humiliating me more." I plead to her in a low tone, "Have you gone crazy, Stacie? My dad needs the money for the best medication in order to save his life! Can you please stop joking around?" But Stacie clings to Toby's arm, looking high and mighty. "Your dad's dying, isn't he? He might as well stop wasting the public resources! I can always choose him a better grave and hold a nice funeral for him when his time comes!" As I look at Stacie's smug face, I just smile at her instead of getting mad at her. She must have forgotten that the app's core algorithm and the user growth model are built using my private, undisclosed technology stack. That means the copyright is mine and has nothing to do with the company. I just smile while nodding at Stacie. That night, I activate the technology stack's self-destruct and migration protocols.

Clause 7 : on no account should children be brought into this contract, the result of which would have dire consequences. Guess what Vivian Cross did? Vivian Cross was once at the top of the society's scale until unfortunate events took place and she lost all that she had except one. Desperate and in need of help, she lunges herself into an unexpected contractual loveless marriage with a man she once had the hots for but does true love really die? And when things go awry and she is forced to pick between a life of luxury and a forbidden baby, what does she do when she realizes that the man she thought was just distant actually doesn't want her and to prove it, brings his first love back into the picture knowing fully well that it would hurt her beyond reasoning. This game of cat and mouse, will it go on forever or will Nate Stuart finally realize that he had all that mattered in his home?

She signed the divorce papers. He never signed away his obsession. Betrayed by her billionaire husband and replaced by her best friend, Veronica Stanford makes a desperate deal with mafia heir Monte "Four" Zagcanni: a fake marriage to hide her pregnancy. But their arrangement ignites into dangerous passion—just as her ex-husband returns, demanding his wife and the son he never knew existed. Now caught between the man who destroyed her and the devil who owns her, Veronica must choose: forgiveness or revenge.

D'aussi loin que je me souvienne, j'étais toujours amoureuse de Cassin Chauvin - le meilleur ami de mon frère, l'unique parrain de la mafia à Paris. Le soir de mon vingtième anniversaire, mon frère m'a promis une surprise. Je ne m'attendais pas à ce que cette surprise soit un Cassin très ivre et très docile. Une nuit d'insouciance. Un petit garçon. Cassin a accepté de m'épouser après l'accouchement. Mais le jour où j'ai donné naissance à Léo, Cassin n'a rien dit. Il a juste fait ses valises et a disparu pendant près de cinq ans. Puis il est revenu avec Alissa. Son premier amour. Et quand elle a vu Léo et moi, elle s'est enfuie et a disparu. Après ça, Cassin ne m'a plus quittée. Comme s'il essayait de devenir l'homme dont j'avais besoin depuis le début, comme si nous allions enfin commencer notre histoire. Mais les contes de fées sont des mensonges enveloppés de jolis papiers. Le jour du sixième anniversaire de Léo, nous allions dîner en voiture. Les freins ont lâché. La voiture a dérapé sur l'autoroute, les flammes léchant le moteur. Cassin est sorti. Puis il a verrouillé les portières. « Sans toi, Alissa serait encore à mes côtés. Maintenant, c'est à ton tour de souffrir. » À ce moment-là, j'ai enfin compris que Cassin ne m'avait jamais aimée. Quand j'ai rouvert les yeux, j'étais de retour à l'anniversaire de mes vingt ans. Cassin était dans mon lit, exactement là où je l'avais laissé dans le passé. Cette fois, je n'ai pas hésité. J'ai fui. Et en partant, j'ai passé l'appel que j'aurais dû faire pour la première fois. Celui à Alissa.

"There should be rules if we are even going to do this," he said without looking at me. "I have always lived by the rules." He slid a file towards me. "This is the contract. The rules are stated there." I opened the file and glanced through it. "You can take it home and study them; give me feedback tomorrow evening. But I will read out the rules for you now because they start now, and in case your brain can't comprehend them, then I can explain." Anger seethed through me, and I almost threw the file back at him, but when I thought about the money involved and how it would benefit little Sophie, I bit my lower lip to push back the anger. He continued. "Rule number one; don't you fall in love with me." His eyes flipped up to me. "Crystal clear," I said. "That would never happen." Ellen never had fun in college. One night she decided to have fun with her friends and slept with a handsome stranger who disappeared before she woke up. A month later, she found out she was pregnant and searched everywhere for him, but to no avail. Five years later, she moved to a new city and met the same man she never thought she would ever see again. He didn't remember anything about her, and he was now a cold, arrogant man who needed a wife, and she needed money. They agreed to contract marriage with strict rules, one of them being never to fall in love with each other. They were sure they wouldn't break the rule, but as sparks grew between them and became too much, they found themselves trying hard to keep to the rules. Who will break rule number one between them?

It didn't end when my husband brought back his ex to our house and made it publicly known that he wanted to divorce me. It all ended when he refused to save our daughter who was dying. When I asked him for the divorce papers, he thought that it was just a joke and expected me to be at his door pleading after a few days, but the news spread fast about my new romance with a wealthy surgeon. He realized that he wasn't ready to lose me and that he's made a big mistake by trusting his ex, but it was too late! FILLED WITH REGRET AND PAIN, HER EX-HUSBAND SOUGHT FOR A WAY TO RUIN HER NEW RELATIONSHIP AND WIN HER BACK, WOULD SHE GIVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE IF HE SUCCEEDS?

Dad is famous for being a total simp over Mom in the elite society. Naturally, he views Callie Archer, the stepdaughter whom Mom has brought with her, as his own. But Callie is afflicted with a severe case of walking phobia. Her feet couldn't touch the ground at all. Only when she's stepping on my back can she roam around in the house freely. So, whenever Callie looks in a certain direction, Mom will press my head down and force me to crawl toward Callie to serve as her doormat. The doctor issues a warning to my family that my spine is severely contorted. So when Callie wants to admire the flowers in the yard while wearing a pair of spiked shoes again, I can't endure the pain anymore, so I shiver slightly out of instinct. Callie ends up losing her balance and falling to the ground. She bawls like a baby afterward. Mom rushes over immediately before kicking me in the gut, her high heel lodging into my flesh. "It's extremely rare for Callie to be willing to leave the house! Why must you ruin her mood? Can't you just be more understanding and play your role as a doormat for the sake of your sister's illness?" Meanwhile, Dad scoops Callie into his arms, his heart bleeding for her plight. He coaxes her gently, telling her that he'll buy her new dresses later. I can only curl up on the ground while hacking up blood. But Dad just thinks I'm playing the pity card. He commands his men to throw me into the basement. Apparently, I can only be released once I've learned to stay stationary when I'm supporting Callie. As I clutch my broken ribs, I feel my tears flowing down my face as well as the blood from my injuries. I'm sorry, Dad. Next time, I will definitely not move a muscle, just like a corpse.

After I finished the Luna training that every she-wolf dreamed, I went to my Alpha, Damien, with a request. To break our mate bond. "All this, just because I missed your ceremony to help my late brother's mate, Lilith, with the rogues in her territory?" A smirk twisted his lips, his voice a low rasp. I nodded, silent. "I gave my brother my word before he died. I swore I would protect Lilith. I can't break that vow! Why can't you understand?" he whispered, sighing heavily. "Stop being so childish! Why can't you be reasonable, like Lilith is?" I pushed him away with a chilling calm. Ten years. For ten years after our bond was confirmed, I gave up everything. Every hobby, every dream… all to learn how to be his Luna. Everyone in the pack thought I was helpless without him. That I couldn't even survive without his protection. But this time, I was done. He didn't know I'd already contacted the neutral packs in another land. I was going somewhere his Alpha scent could never reach me.