Celeste Chapter 9

Celeste berada pada hari-hari terakhirnya sebagai seorang mahasiswa. Dia punya banyak rencana yang sudah tidak sabar untuk dilakukan begitu sah menjadi alumni. Tetapi hal buruk menimpa restoran milik papanya, memaksanya untuk mengubah rencana hidupnya. Hatinya yang mudah kasihan kepada orang lain yang tertimpa kemalangan, mendorongnya untuk setuju dinikahkan dengan pria yang tidak dikenalnya. Malang tidak dapat ditolak, pertunangan terpaksa dibatalkan saat harinya tiba. Celeste yang baru saja merasa bahagia bisa mewujudkan mimpinya yang semula terpaksa harus membuang jauh rencananya lagi. Sang adik yang terkenal dingin dan kurang disukai banyak orang mengajukan diri untuk menggantikan sang kakak.

Five years ago, attorney Celeste Morgan destroyed the most dangerous man in the country Dante Navarro, heir to a criminal empire. Her victory made headlines. His downfall made history. Now, she’s the one in ruins. Her husband’s betrayal has shattered her perfect life. Her reputation is in ashes. Everything she built with blood and brilliance is gone. Then, on the night she loses everything… she meets him. A stranger with eyes sharp enough to strip her bare. A touch that feels like sin. One night of forbidden desire until dawn reveals the cruel truth. She’s just slept with the man she sent to prison. And he’s been waiting for her. When Dante reappears with an offer “Be mine for three years. I’ll give you back your power… and your revenge.” Celeste is pulled into a deadly game of dominance, desire, and deception. By day, she’s his lawyer. By night, she’s his obsession. But as passion blurs into something far more dangerous, Celeste uncovers a secret that changes everything Her brother’s death wasn’t an accident. And Dante Navarro may be the only man who can help her uncover the truth… or the one who caused it. Two enemies. One irresistible temptation. A war built on lust, lies, and lethal secrets. In a world ruled by sin and revenge, someone will win. Someone will burn. And no one will walk away clean.

Pretend to be his fiancée. Save her brother’s life. Don’t fall in love with a man who can’t see the truth. Celeste Harper is a master of voices, but her own life is a tragedy. Drowning in the suffocating medical bills for her comatose younger brother, she’s one missed payment away from losing the only family she has left. Until a cold-blooded offer from the city’s most powerful matriarch changes everything. The Task: Step into the designer heels of Vivian Lancaster—the socialite who abandoned her fiancé, Lucian Aldridge, the moment a brutal accident stole his sight. The Target: Lucian. A billionaire CEO turned into a recluse, a man whose bitterness is as sharp as the shards of glass that blinded him. He’s a wounded predator in a gilded cage, and he hates the woman who left him. The Problem: When Celeste speaks, Lucian doesn't just hear his fiancée—he hears the only reason he has left to live. Now, Celeste is trapped in a dangerous game of sensory deception. Every touch is a risk; every whisper is a lie. As she navigates the dark hallways of his estate and the growing, electric tension between them, the lines start to blur. To the world, she’s a gold-digger seeking redemption. To Lucian, she’s the only light in his darkness. But secrets in the Aldridge empire are never buried deep enough. In a world where he can’t see her face, Celeste must decide: how long can she play the role of a ghost before she disappears entirely? Because when the bandages come off and Lucian finally sees the truth—it won’t just be his heart on the line. It will be her life.

Born into one of the main Brazilian mafias, Celeste Brandão fights to escape the fate that awaits her. However, at the age of sixteen, she was chosen to be the alliance that would unite two of the biggest American mafias, in a struggle for honor and power, marrying none other than the "Knight of Death", Kaanadan Salvatore, the current Capo dei Capi of the Washington mafia. And now, at twenty-one, the day she dreaded the most has arrived: her wedding. Despite the fame that her future husband carries and the fear he causes in her, Celeste is determined to escape this world without choices, even if she has to defy her worst nightmare. But Kaanadan's predatory and dark way will provoke an internal conflict with several doubts and desires, the main one being: If even an implacable heart is capable of love.

In the world of werewolves, tradition is everything. Ancient customs, passed down through generations, dictate that females endure brutal mating ceremonies, leaving them scarred both physically and emotionally. When Celeste faces her own impending mating, she makes a daring choice: to escape the pack and forge her own path. Only days before her Hunt, she runs away to the Marines. The next Alpha of the Crystal River Pack can scent his mate while he is at the Hunt at the Silver Lake Pack. Yet he can't find her. The new Alpha warns Wyatt that if he chases after Celeste, she will run from him. He courts her through old fashioned letters carefully orchestrated through her brother. While he is in the Navy and she's in the Marines, they cross paths, but he keeps his distance. Will she manage to break free from the oppressive traditions that have claimed so many before her, or will the relentless pull of her family and heritage drag her back? The Hunt chronicles the terrifying mating rituals of the werewolves. However, interwoven in a story of masochism, true love is born. Are the bonds of love, friendship, and the fight against tradition strong enough to save Celeste? Find out in this moving narrative about challenging the status quo and the courage it takes to forge a new destiny.

Celeste Costa-Allegra was raised to be the perfect woman and the ideal wife for Darson Allegra. All her achievements as a woman were dedicated to her husband. One day, Darson brought a mistress into their home, even though Celeste was already four months pregnant. Her husband soon divorced her and callously abandoned her in a dangerous place after the mistreatment she had endured, while her in-laws stripped her of everything she had. Filled with hatred and resentment, she vowed to seek revenge against them. Little did she expect that, in that perilous situation, she would accidentally save the life of the infamous and ruthless Primo Semion Lombardi, who would then unexpectedly offer her a marriage proposal!

“Sign the papers, and don’t come back.” Those were the last words Celeste heard from her cold, heartless husband—the man she was forced to marry in exchange for her family’s survival. She thought it was just a deal: marry Killian Hart, play the role of the perfect wife, and disappear when the contract ended. But somewhere between the lonely nights and stolen glances, she made the mistake of falling for him... while he spent every waking moment with another woman. Until the night she found out she was pregnant. Shattered and humiliated, Celeste vanished without a trace, determined to raise their child alone—far away from the lies, betrayal, and the man who never wanted her in the first place. But five years later, fate drags her back to the city she swore she’d never return to. And this time, she’s not the helpless bride in a wedding dress. This time, she’s stronger. Smarter. And she has a daughter who looks just like him. But Killian Hart doesn’t do second chances—and when he sees the child she tried to hide, the ruthless CEO declares war. “I let you go once. I won’t make the same mistake again.” In a world full of secrets, enemies in disguise, and buried truths, can Celeste protect her child—and her heart—from the man who once broke it?

Celeste pensait avoir tout compris, jusqu’à la nuit où l’homme qu’elle aimait la rejeta devant tout le monde. Le cœur brisé et seule, elle ne s’attendait pas à trouver du réconfort auprès de la dernière personne dont elle devrait tomber amoureuse… son oncle. Une nuit interdite change tout. Maintenant, les secrets refont surface. Les loyautés sont mises à l’épreuve. Et quelqu’un dans l’ombre veut la faire disparaître, elle et son enfant à naître.  Celeste doit décider à qui faire confiance, avant que l'amour ne se transforme en piège. Et avant que le destin ne décide pour elle.

Lima tahun lalu, Ethan Deighton menyerahkan kebebasannya demi cinta. Ia menanggung kesalahan atas kejahatan yang tak pernah ia lakukan—hanya untuk melindungi wanita yang pernah berjanji akan menunggunya: Iris Valeska. Namun ketika gerbang penjara akhirnya terbuka, dunia tak lagi sama. Iris bukan miliknya lagi. Ia kini menjadi istri Marcus Cross, miliarder kejam—orang yang menghancurkan keluarga Ethan dan membuat ayahnya bunuh diri. Pengkhianatan itu membakar lebih dalam dari luka mana pun. Pria yang dulu percaya pada cinta kini hidup dengan dendam yang mengalir dalam nadinya. Ia bersumpah tak akan pernah percaya lagi… Sampai takdir mempertemukannya dengan Celeste Morel, seorang pewaris rapuh asal Prancis yang tanpa sengaja terseret ke dalam dunia gelapnya. Lembut. Polos. Segalanya yang sudah lama tak dipercayai Ethan. Ketika hidup Celeste terancam, Ethan melangkah masuk—bukan sebagai pahlawan, melainkan sebagai pria yang tak lagi tahu cara berpaling. Dan di mata Celeste, ia mulai melihat sesuatu yang dulu ia pikir telah hilang selamanya—harapan. Namun bisakah hati yang dibangun dari dendam belajar mencintai lagi? Ataukah harga dari keheningan itu akan menelannya sekali lagi?

残業中に突然死した後、私は家族に捨てられた偽りの令嬢に転生してしまった。 本物の令嬢は慌ただしく私から全てを取り戻すのに忙しく、私のほうはというと手元にある貯金で暮らし、たった三日で彼氏を三人も取り替えのんびりと過ごしていた。 それから、私は二か月後に妊娠していることが発覚するのだった。 しかし、子供の父親が一体誰なのか見当もつかなかった。 私はあの三人のところに一人ずつ会いに行った。すると、その有能社長たちはみんなその子供が誰のなのか二千億の賭けを始めたのだ。 三人が言い争っている時、私も手を挙げてそれに参戦した。 「この子はあなたたち三人の子供よ」 三人は私にあきれて全く信じていなかった。 でも出産の日、三人は自分の子供だと争いネットを騒がせることになるのだった。