Chord Donna Donna Mga Nobela at Kwento

Quand Elijah m'a trompée, je n'ai pas pleuré ni fait de scène. J'ai fait semblant de ne rien savoir. Quand il a continué à voir sa maîtresse, Naomi, j’ai serré les dents et supporté en silence. Après tout, j'avais un fils adorable avec Elijah. Il m'aimait, et je voulais lui offrir une famille unie. Ce n'est que le jour où j'ai appris que mon fils, Kai, s’était rendu chez Naomi avec Elijah et qu'il l'appelait « tante Naomi » avec affection que j'ai cessé de vouloir endurer plus longtemps. J'ai dit à mon ami d'enfance que je voulais divorcer. Il m'a regardée droit dans les yeux, en disant : « Hazel, tout Néopolis sait qu'Elijah t'aime plus que sa vie. Et son pouvoir s’étend partout. Le quitter ne sera pas une tâche facile. » Cependant, j'ai répondu : « Alors Hazel va mourir. Sous les yeux d’Elijah. Qu'il regarde sa femme mourir sous ses propres yeux. À partir de ce moment-là, Hazel Foster n'existera plus dans ce monde. » Quand j’ai compris que Kai s’était déjà attaché à Naomi, j’ai réalisé que ces deux années de souffrance n’avaient servi à rien. Cette fois, je ne veux plus ni de mon mari, ni de mon fils.

In my fourth year of becoming the wife to Matteo Costa, the Don of the Costa family, as know as La Rosa Nera, I no longer insist on making our relationship public. He has once told me that he will publicly announce my identity as Donna on our wedding anniversary this year. But ever since Vera Barbieri returns to the country, Matteo never brings this up again. He puts all his attention on Vera and always places all her needs first. He even abandons me on the highway because of a single phone call from Vera while my mother is on her deathbed. My mother never gets to see me one last time before she dies. At this moment, I finally give up on him. I prepare the divorce agreement and book a ticket to leave Nevoli. The day after tomorrow, I will leave this place and leave Matteo to his childhood sweetheart.

Ohne es zu bemerken, war ich zur unsichtbaren Frau an der Seite meines Mannes Adrian Kane geworden, eines Dons der Mafia. Ich blieb zu Hause, versunken in der Hausarbeit, während er seine Sekretärin Viola überallhin mitnahm, eine Frau, die zehn Jahre jünger war. „Ich glaube, sie ist klug“, sagte Adrian einmal. „Sie weiß, wie sie mir helfen soll.“ Heute Nacht war unser zehnter Hochzeitstag. Im Wohnzimmer lagen ein elegantes Designerkleid und eine Halskette. Für einen Augenblick war ich glücklich. „Endlich“, dachte ich, „hat Adrian beschlossen, mich zum diesjährigen Mafia-Ball mitzunehmen und mich als seine Donna vorzustellen.“ Nur dass das Kleid und der Schmuck für Viola bestimmt waren. Später in jener Nacht erwischte ich Adrian, wie er heimlich mit Viola ins Haus schlich – beide betrunken, die Hände überall, völlig gleichgültig gegenüber meiner Anwesenheit. Ich brauchte nur einen einzigen Anruf. „Ich möchte dem Programm von Ärzte ohne Grenzen beitreten. Schicken Sie mich weg.“ Bevor ich Adrian heiratete, hatte ich eine Zukunft in der Medizin gehabt. Ich hatte alles für ihn aufgegeben. Und jetzt? Jetzt war es an der Zeit, mich für mich selbst zu entscheiden und alles hinter mir zu lassen, was mir ohnehin nie wirklich gehört hatte.

In my last life, my sister Serena Vega ran to Monaco the night before her wedding, and my family shoved me into her dress before dawn. Damian Lucchese, the young Godfather of New York, had been waiting at the altar for her. The moment he lifted my veil and saw me instead, the warmth in his eyes went cold. For five years, I was his hidden wife. The underworld knew he was married, but no one knew to whom. My parents blamed me for stealing Serena’s place and still failing to keep his heart. Then Serena came home. That Christmas, Damian took her and my parents to his mountain estate. When a blizzard hit, his men rushed everyone onto the helicopter. No one remembered me. I died in that frozen house, three months pregnant with Damian’s child. When I opened my eyes again, Serena had just returned to New York. This time, I would not beg for love. Only when I truly walked away, none of them had the right to regret it.

The Mad Donna He Never Really Married For three years, I was Donna of the rising Valenti family. One day, Enzo was holding a meeting at a private cigar club. I worried about his stomach issues, so I went to bring him his usual antacids. Standing outside the private room, I heard his men laughing. “Don Enzo, are you really going to keep Clara hidden away at the Silver Lake villa forever?” “That mad Moretti heiress in the main house is still parading around as Donna of the Valenti family.” Enzo rubbed the bridge of his nose and scoffed. “If she hadn’t taken a bullet to the head for me and gone insane, and if I hadn’t desperately needed her family’s capital, I never would have married a woman with no blood ties to the life.” “But Clara is my legal wife. The family trust, the marriage certificate at City Hall, it’s all in her name.” “Stella’s just a plaything I keep at the main house. Once Clara gives birth to an heir, I’ll bring her home for good.” My knuckles turned white as I squeezed the small box of medicine, the cardboard crumpling in my hand. He had exchanged blood oaths and rings with me in the church, yet it was Clara who had signed the papers at City Hall. He played me for a fool, all to keep Clara’s reputation clean. Clutching the box, I turned and melted back into the shadows. He had no idea my sanity had returned three days ago. He would never guess I had already sent an encrypted message to my brother, who runs a business empire from our home in Solaria, far across the sea. I was done with this goddamn Valenti title.

Eu estava casada com Alexander há três anos. Todos temiam sua crueldade, mas ele sempre foi incrivelmente gentil comigo. Mas desde que Elena levou um tiro por ele durante um tiroteio, seis meses atrás, tudo mudou. Ele sempre dizia que ela se machucou salvando-o, então eu precisava ser compreensiva. No baile mais prestigioso da família, meu marido — o Don, Alexander — chegou com sua secretária, Elena, no braço. Preso ao peito dela estava o broche de rubi que simbolizava a posição da Donna da família. — Elena levou um tiro por mim. Ela gostou do broche, então deixei ela pegar emprestado por um tempo. De qualquer forma, você é a única Donna aqui. Tente mostrar alguma classe. Eu não discuti com ele. Apenas tirei minha aliança e puxei os papéis do divórcio: — Já que ela gosta tanto, ela pode ficar com ele. Inclusive com esse lugar ao seu lado. Eu também estou abrindo mão disso. Alexander assinou sem hesitar, um sorriso frio no rosto. — Que tipo de truque manipulador você está tentando agora? Você é uma órfã, separada da família, não vai sobreviver três dias na Sicília. Vou esperar você voltar implorando. Peguei um telefone via satélite criptografado que não usava há três anos. Alexander não sabia que eu era, na verdade, a filha mais nova da família mafiosa mais antiga da Europa. Mas a minha família e a de Alexander sempre foram inimigas. Para me casar com ele, eu tinha mudado de nome e até cortado laços com meu pai e meus irmãos. A ligação foi conectada. Respirei fundo e sussurrei: — Papa, eu me arrependo. Envie alguém para me buscar em duas semanas.

Seraphina Smith lived for the spotlight, a prima ballerina bathed in its every glow. But when a powerful sponsor fixates on her, that light morphs into a cage. Desperate, she flees, tumbling from her world of grace into the brutal, shadowed realm of Hugo Volkov, a ruthless underground boxer. He's an unexpected refuge, a dangerous calm in the storm she barely survived. Yet, as their forbidden connection deepens, Seraphina discovers her escape was just the beginning. The man she ran from is merely a ghost compared to the true threat, and Hugo Volkov isn't just her unlikely protector—he's the very reason her life is about to shatter all over again.

I had been married to Alexander for three years. Everyone feared his ruthlessness, but he had always been incredibly gentle with me. But ever since Elena took a bullet for him during a shootout six months ago, everything changed. He always said she got hurt saving him, so I had to be accommodating. At the family’s most prestigious gala, my husband—the Don, Alexander—arrived with his secretary, Elena, on his arm. Pinned to her chest was the ruby brooch that symbolized the position of the Donna of the family. "Elena took a bullet for me. She liked the brooch, so I let her borrow it for a while. Regardless, you are the only donna here. Try to show some class." I didn't argue with him. I just removed my wedding ring and pulled out the divorce papers: "Since she likes it so much, she can have it. Including this seat next to you. I'm giving that up, too." Alexander signed without hesitation, a cold smile on his face. "What kind of manipulative trick are you playing now? You're an orphan, separated from your family, you won't survive three days in Sicily. I'll wait for you to come back begging me." I took out an encrypted satellite phone I hadn't used in three years. Alexander didn't know that I was actually the youngest daughter of the oldest Mafia family in Europe. But my family and Alexander’s had always been enemies. To marry him, I had changed my name and even severed ties with my father and brothers. The call connected. I took a deep breath and whispered, "Papa, I regret it. Send someone to pick me up in two weeks."

Quando Rafael Monteiro me traiu, não chorei. Não fiz escândalo. Fingi que não sabia de nada. Quando ele começou a manter Isabela Voss num apartamento do outro lado da cidade, engoli minha dor com toda a força que ainda me restava. Segurei as lágrimas até doer por dentro. Fiz tudo isso por uma razão: meu filho. Theo era pequeno, era lindo, era meu mundo inteiro — e me amava tanto quanto eu o amava. Eu queria dar a ele uma família de verdade. Uma família completa. Mas quando descobri que Theo havia ido por vontade própria até aquele apartamento e chamado Isabela de tia com um sorriso no rosto... Aí eu percebi que já não havia mais nada a salvar. Procurei meu amigo de infância, Lucas, e disse que queria o divórcio. Ele me olhou por um longo momento — aquele olhar de quem sabe de coisas que você ainda não quer admitir — e falou com voz grave: — Mara... Rafael Monteiro te ama como se a vida dele dependesse disso. Todo mundo em Valcrest sabe disso. Ele tem influência por toda a cidade, os contatos dele chegam onde você nem imagina. Sair assim, do nada... não vai ser tão simples. Respondi sem sentir nada. A voz saiu fria, como se não fosse minha: — Então que Mara Silveira morra. Que morra bem na frente dele, para que ele veja com os próprios olhos a mulher que ele tinha ao lado ir embora. A partir de hoje, Mara Silveira deixa de existir neste mundo. Foi só depois de saber que Theo preferia Isabela a mim que entendi: tudo o que aguentei nesses dois anos não passou de uma piada cruel. Por isso desta vez, tomei minha decisão. Marido e filho — não quero mais nenhum dos dois.

On our seventh wedding anniversary, I was straddling my Mafia husband, Lucian, kissing him deeply. My fingers fumbled in the pocket of my expensive silk dress, searching for the pregnancy test I'd hidden there. I wanted to save the news of my unexpected pregnancy for the end of the evening. Lucian's right-hand man, Marco, asked with a suggestive smile in Italian: "Don, your new little canary, Sophia. How does she taste?" Lucian's mocking laughter vibrated through my chest, sending a chill down my spine. He replied, also in Italian: "Like an unripe peach. Fresh and tender." His hand was still caressing my waist, but his gaze was distant. "Just keep this between us. If my Donna finds out, I'm a dead man." His men chuckled knowingly, raising their glasses and swearing their silence. The warmth in my blood turned to ice, inch by inch. The one thing they didn’t know was that my grandmother was from Sicily, so I understood every word. I forced myself to remain calm, keeping the perfect smile of a Donna fixed in place, but the hand holding my champagne flute trembled. Instead of making a scene, I opened my phone, found the invitation I had received a few days ago for a private international medical research project, and tapped "Accept." In three days, I would disappear from Lucian's world completely.