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When Vera Sinclair’s longtime boyfriend dumps her for the heiress she unknowingly replaced, she’s devastated but not broken. For years, she played the role of the perfect girlfriend, filling in the gaps while he pined for another woman. But now? She’s done being second best. Just when she thinks she’s free, a powerful billionaire, Asher Donovan enters the picture with an intriguing proposition. He needs a fiancée to silence his family’s constant matchmaking, and Vera, with her newfound indifference to love, is the perfect candidate. But Asher isn’t just any billionaire, he’s her ex’s former business rival, the one man who can make her ex regret ever letting her go. As Vera steps into the world of high society on her own terms, she realizes that being a “substitute” was never her destiny. She was meant to be someone’s first choice. And this time, love might just come with the sweetest revenge.

2년 동안 부강현의 아내로 살았다. 그 시간 동안 소윤슬에게 ‘사랑’은 없었다. 가사도우미처럼 묵묵히 살아가던 어느 날, 강현의 첫사랑 한신아가 돌아왔고, 둘의 계약 같은 결혼은 허무하게 끝나버렸다. “부강현, 사랑이라는 콩깍지가 벗겨진 너를... 내가 왜 다시 돌아봐야 하지?” 강현은 아무런 망설임 없이 이혼 서류에 사인했다. ‘소윤슬은 절대 날 잊지 못할 거야.’ 그렇게 믿었다. 하지만 이번엔 달랐다. 윤슬은 정말로 돌아보지 않았다. 시간이 흐르며 하나둘 드러난 진실들. 상처 위에 덧씌워졌던 오해가 걷히고 나서야, 강현은 모든 잘못이 결국 자신에게 있었음을 깨달았다. 그러나 후회도, 사과도, 눈물도 더 이상 윤슬의 마음을 되돌릴 수 없었다. 그리고 어느 날, 윤슬이 SNS에 올린 한 마디. “진심으로 날 사랑해 줄 사람을 찾습니다.” 그제야 강현은 미칠 듯한 질투와 집착 속에서 진짜 사랑이 무엇인지 깨달았다. 하지만 이번엔, 그 사랑을 붙잡을 자격조차 그에게 남아있지 않았다.

The chaos in the love story of Lesha the good girl and her lover the millionaire bachelor Xavier. Will their love last or end throughout the chaos. Let's find out together in Our Beautiful Chaos (O.B.C.)

UNE TRAGÉDIE ROMANTIQUE LESBIENNE Il arrive un moment dans la vie de certaines personnes où elles se sentent comme des acteurs jouant un rôle pour lequel quelqu'un a changé le fil de l'histoire. Toast With Jelly est une histoire puissante d'une femme venant à se connaître à travers une série d'événements tragiques de la vie.

When I was ten, I accidentally overheard my mother on the phone. It seemed like she was talking about me being a switched-at-birth rich girl, and that my real last name was Gardner. The coldness and cruelty my mother had shown me all these years suddenly made sense. When I turned 11, I paid an adult to get a maternity test done for both my mother and me. The results confirmed that I was indeed her biological daughter. I kept the report to myself and pretended I was still in the dark.

"Hidden Queen" is a romantic royal love and action novel that follows the journey of Princess Isabella, the youngest daughter of King Frederick and Queen Emilia, who possesses the gift of mind-reading. Isabella has spent her entire life hidden away from the public eye, but when a dark force threatens the kingdom of Ardenia, she realizes that she must use her gift to save her family and her people. As Isabella struggles to come to terms with her destiny, she meets Prince Alexander, the charming and charismatic heir to the throne of the neighboring kingdom. Despite their differences, they are drawn to each other, and a passionate love affair ensues. But their happiness is short-lived as Isabella discovers that the dark force threatening the kingdom is none other than Prince Alexander's own father, King Maximilian, who seeks to expand his empire by conquering Ardenia. Isabella and Alexander find themselves torn between their love for each other and their duty to their respective kingdoms. As the battle for Ardenia rages on, Isabella's gift becomes both a blessing and a curse, as she must navigate the intricate web of political alliances and the treacherous nature of court life. But with Alexander by her side, Isabella is determined to do whatever it takes to protect her people and claim her rightful place as the Hidden Queen of Ardenia. Filled with romance, intrigue, and pulse-pounding action, "Hidden Queen" is a thrilling tale of love, power, and destiny in a kingdom where nothing is as it seems.

Bon à rien durant toute sa vie, un jeune homme de caractère cruel et dévastateur sera fera kidnappé par des hommes puissants pour servir de cobaye pour leurs besoins meurtriers et personnels. Alors dans ce monde ignoble et dans une forêt d'horreur il se verra naître à nouveau, Bon à quelques choses et connaîtra ainsi par la suite tout ce qu'ils convoitait dans son ancienne vie. L'amour, la puissance, la gloire. Ainsi tel un meneur de jamais vu, il massacra tous ses ravisseurs, et criera " Que le chasseur fut chassé" alors, ainsi soit donc, les chasseur chassé.

Love can hit you when you least expect it. It could be a soft easy wind that caresses you and gets stronger over time till it absorbs into your body and heart. Other times it can hit you like a gale-force wind and take every breath you will ever have. Laken stole my breath. She was my gale-force wind, and I will gladly give her every breath I have just to keep her safe, alive, and mine. If I have to live without her then I don’t want my breath. I don’t want anything but her. I will go to hell and back to get her from the grips of death.

« Mlle Bernard, vous avez fait six fois FIV pour avoir ce bébé, voulez-vous vraiment l'abandonner ? M. Thomas est-il aussi d'accord pour interrompre cette grossesse ? » « J'en suis sûre, il sera d'accord. » Léa n'avait pas dormi de la nuit, sa voix était rauque, mais une lucidité qu'elle n'avait jamais eue brillait en elle. « L'intervention a été programmée dans une semaine. » Une semaine plus tard, ce sera l'anniversaire de mariage avec Alex. Tant mieux, elle voulait que tout finisse là où tout avait commencé. Elle a réservé son billet de départ, sa main a lentement caressé son ventre, là où une petite vie encore informe grandissait. Depuis cinq ans, elle attendait son arrivée avec espoir. Mais elle n'aurait jamais imaginé qu'au jour où son vœu se réaliserait, elle choisirait d'abandonner cet enfant.

Mario Aubert runs from a tricky marriage contract, losing everything he owns in the process. He becomes broke and resorts to womanising and drinking in the long run. Ironically, he picks a special interest in Belle, a one-night stand, who appears rather suspicious. Unfortunately, she is gone from his life, and he can't reach her no matter how he tries. He starts to find her everywhere, desperate to put the pieces of the puzzles together.