Abandon 소설 & 이야기

To be his wife was never a dream—it was a lifelong sentence. Sa loob ng pitong taon, namuhay si Amber Lucille Rivera sa anino ng isang malamig at walang pusong kasal. Mahal niya si West Markus Lee ng buong-buo. Pero ang lalaking iyon? He never treat her well—not once. Nang makalimutan ni West ang ika-walong anibersaryo nilang mag-asawa ay doon na tuluyang bumitaw si Amber. Hindi siya ang kailangan ng kanyang asawa’t anak. Hindi siya kailanman kakailanganin ng mga ito lalo na’t bumalik sa buhay ni West ang babaeng pinakakamahal nito na si Zendaya Madrigal. Ilang taon ang lumipas, bumalik si Amber bilang isang tanyag na fashion designer at pintor. Ngayon, ang lalaking dating tumalikod sa kanya ay ayaw na siyang pakawalan. Maging ang anak niyang minsang tumalikod ay gustong bumalik sa kanyang mga yakap. Mabibigyan ba ni Amber ng pangalawang pagkakataon ang kanyang dating asawa at anak para sa masayang pamilyang hinahangad? O mananatiling matigas ang kanyang puso at pagtatabuyan ang mga ito?

The day I married Vincent Sorrentino, Lena, the Sorrentino family’s adopted daughter, threatened to jump off the steeple of the family church. Vincent left me standing at the altar in my custom wedding gown, no hesitation, just bolted after her. With every New York crime boss, politician, and oligarch staring at me, I looked out at the crowd and said loud and clear: “Any man who walks up here right now and says ‘I do’? I’ll marry you.” Three years later, Vincent was back into the Sorrentino family’s Long Island estate, Lena on his arm. I was sitting on the leather couch in the main living room, watching my favorate TV show. Vincent’s eyes locked on my huge pregnant belly, his jaw tight, growling through his teeth: “Whose bastard is in there?” I took a sip of orange juice, curled my lip into a smile, and said: “It's a Sorrentino baby, of course.”

Pendant cinq ans, mon compagnon destiné, l'Alpha Kaël, et moi avons vécu 98 cérémonies de marquage. Et chaque fois, ses crocs s'arrêtaient juste avant de m'atteindre le cou. Tout ça parce que l'Oméga qu'il disait considérer « comme une sœur » s'évanouissait toujours au moment parfaitement choisi. Lors de la 99ᵉ cérémonie, cette Oméga s'est de nouveau « blessée ». « Je te jure que je terminerai le marquage la prochaine fois », a dit Kaël en soulevant l'autre louve dans ses bras, sans même me jeter un regard. J'ai alors brûlé la robe de Luna que j'avais portée 99 fois, puis j'ai remis ma robe royale de princesse du Royaume d'Ombrelune. Ensuite, j'ai brisé le lien du destin et je suis partie sans me retourner. Ce n'est qu'au moment où Kaël a été frappé par une douleur brûlante et qu'il m'a suppliée de revenir que le Chaman lui a dit froidement : « Elle est une vraie princesse. Et toi, tu n'as jamais été digne d'elle. »

After being missing for eighteen years, I was finally found by my wealthy birth parents. The impostor—the young man who had taken my place all this time—dropped to his knees, sobbing. "Goodbye, Mom and Dad. Thank you for raising me. Now that Jason is back, this family doesn't need me anymore." My parents hugged him with heartbreaking tenderness. "Don't be ridiculous," they said. "You're our only real son." Even my fiancée confessed her love to him. "I don't care who you really are. You're the only one I love." They all orbited around him, like planets around the sun. When I was nearly killed in a car accident, they were too busy throwing a birthday party for his dog. So I packed my things in silence. Without a word, I accepted an invitation from the space agency to join a five-year satellite research mission in complete isolation. Yet after I left, it was like the whole family lost their minds. They scoured the entire country, desperate to find any trace of me.

In my previous life, no one loved me except my Alpha mate, Grayson. My parents and brothers treated me like a mobile wolf essence bank for my sister Victoria. But Grayson remembered I was afraid of the dark and quietly left a nightlight after my essence transfusions; he kept my casual mention of "wanting to find a quiet place to paint" in his heart, and casually gave me $5 billion to buy my favorite forest. When I confessed my feelings to him, though he was shocked, he still accepted my confession and promised he would definitely mark me. God knows how happy I was then—the person I liked actually liked me too. I only realized when I was dying that his kindness towards me was predicated on my continued donations of wolf essence to Victoria. After my rebirth, the first thing I did was spend five billion dollars to buy an isolated forest. "Miss Ember, are you sure you want to purchase this forest? If you buy it and move in, it'll be nearly impossible to contact the outside world." I nodded, my voice carrying a hint of relief. "That's exactly what I want—somewhere no one can reach me." But when I really left, why did my family and Grayson go crazy and beg me to come back?

It felt like heaven to fall in love with the cruelest man on the earth for Evangeline Parker. Her ex-husband, Colton Black, who reciprocated her feelings by cheating her with her own sister, abandoned her with their unborn child on the streets. Broken and devastated, Evangeline built a new life with her son with a hope to never look back at her dark past but destiny had some other plans for her. Five years later, she finds herself facing her past but this time, they come with their fatal motives. On the day, she met her betrayers, they tried to kill her but the fate gave her another chance to reborn and rectify the mistakes she had done in her past life.

Because of her first love's piano competition, my fiancee, Ashley Blake, postpones our wedding for the 17th time seven years into our relationship. On the eve of the competition, she chops off my ring finger just because Marc Tyson claims I injured his hand and ruined his ability to compete. The pain of losing my finger leaves me crying in agony, but she simply holds him in her arms and stares me down with indifferent eyes. She says, "Stop pretending, Troy Clinton. You're a grown man. What's all this fuss over losing a finger? Besides, you merely lost one finger. Marc has lost the dream he spent his whole life chasing! This is what you owe him." Her cruel words shatter my heart into tiny pieces. She has forgotten that my fingers are also meant to dance across piano keys. "The wedding next week is postponed," she says dismissively while covering Marc's reddened fingers. She adds, "This has nothing to do with Marc. It's simply because you can't wear a wedding ring with a missing finger anyway." Clutching my bleeding hand, I finally wake up to reality. From this moment onwards, we owe each other nothing.

Hindi lubos maisip ni Althea na matatapos ang noon ay mala-fairy tale love story nila ng kanyang asawa na si Hendrix. Hindi kaagad niya napansin ang naging pagbabago rito, hanggang sa para nalang itong bomba na sumabog sa mukha niya. Her husband is cheating on her, at alam ito halos ng lahat ng mga kaibigan nila maliban sa kanya. Nang kinompronta niya ito ay madiin nitong itinatanggi ang mga paratang niya, kahit pa ba matibay ang mga ebidensyang nakakarating sa kanya. Dahil sa sakit, pumayag si Althea sa prinopose ng mother-in-law niya, ang sikretong papirmahin ng annulment papers si Hendrix at siya na raw ang bahala rito. Kapalit ng pagpayag niya ay ang malaking halaga na ibibigay ng mother-in-law niya. Pero sapat nga bang kabayaran ang pera para sa sakit ng pagtataksil ng asawa na noon ay labis niyang minahal?

Mi hermana menor, Sophie Sawyer, quedó embarazada antes del matrimonio, dio a luz a un niño en una pequeña clínica y luego desapareció. El doctor usó la dirección que ella dejó para encontrar a mi familia y me entregó al niño. Mis padres se arrodillaron y me suplicaron que lo criara, y así fue como yo, una mujer soltera, luché por salir adelante cargando a un niño. Cuando finalmente logré criarlo, Sophie regresó, parada junto a un jefe importante, cubierto de oro. Ella tomó a su hijo y lloró, acusándome de estar celosa de ella, de robarle a su hijo y de separarlos. Mi sobrino cortó lazos conmigo sin dudarlo, eligiéndola a ella por encima de mí. Mis padres me echaron de la casa. Los vecinos me condenaron. Desesperada, salté a mi muerte. Cuando volví a abrir los ojos, estaba de regreso en el día en que Sophie dio a luz.

Namoramos por cinco anos. Nesse tempo, meu noivo — um advogado — cancelou nosso casamento 52 vezes. Na primeira, a estagiária dele errou um documento. Ele voltou ao escritório às pressas e me deixou esperando sozinha na praia o dia inteiro. Na segunda, durante a cerimônia, soube que a estagiária estava sendo humilhada por outro advogado. Ele foi ajudar ela, e eu fiquei sendo alvo de piadas entre os convidados. Depois disso, sempre havia algum problema com ela que o fazia me abandonar de novo. Até que me cansei. No dia em que saí da cidade, ele me procurou desesperado. Mas eu já tinha ido embora.