Did The Dog Die

I paid Curtis Robinett 200 thousand dollars a month to be a standby blood donor. My fiancée, Eden May, thought it was a waste of money. So she reassigned him to work part-time as her personal assistant instead. When Curtis accidentally submitted my marriage license appointment as a divorce filing for the 99th time, I kicked open Eden's office door. She didn't even look up. "We're in no rush to get married anyway," she said calmly. "Curtis is just careless. That's how he's always been." Later, in the emergency room, I called Eden while doctors rushed around me, my throat shredded from yelling. "Where's my emergency medical kit?" I rasped. "What did you do with it?" Curtis answered instead, his voice warm and smug. "You mean the expensive leather bag you kept in the cabinet? I swapped it out for a large party snack box. It holds everything just fine, and honestly, it looks a lot more cheerful. "Ms. May's brother and sister-in-law are both career soldiers. Your bag didn't really match that image, so I thought this would be more appropriate." My vision dimmed. My hands shook as I told Curtis to come donate blood. Eden laughed softly and cut in, "Stop pretending you're anemic just to get attention. If you're actually sick, deal with it. You're at the hospital; I think the doctors are fully capable of keeping you alive. Curtis is afraid of needles. He's not coming." Then, she hung up. She didn't appear until the surgical lights finally went dark. "Curtis had me bring you chocolate milk," she said. "It's good for recovery. It's not that he didn't want to help. He just faints at the sight of blood." She placed a settlement waiver on my bed. "I was the one who told him not to come. That 200-thousand-dollar monthly salary is his pay as my assistant. It has nothing to do with you. You didn't have to call the police for that. Sign this, and I'll go get the marriage license with you." I thought of what I had just seen in the operating room. Eden's brother, Harvey May, was bleeding out on the operating table, waiting for a lifesaving drug that never came. In the final moments of surgery, he could do nothing but lie there and die. I looked at her and said evenly, "You're the immediate family. It's not my place to sign that."

In the VIP lounge of an underground casino, Maeve, the Falcone family's princess, had been plied with too much hard liquor. Fueled by alcohol, someone goaded her into revealing the most shameless thing she'd ever done to win over the Don. She swirled her glass, pointed at me dealing cards behind the table, and threw her head back with a laugh. "Seven years ago, when Declan was in a coma after a shootout, I took his private phone. And I deleted the distress message that bitch sent him. Every last trace of it. Then I replied in his name: You're a burden. Go die." "You'll never guess what happened next. That idiot stood outside the safe house all night in a downpour, like a stray dog. I almost died laughing…" The room erupted in crude laughter. Only the man enthroned at the head of the table remained silent. The crystal whiskey glass in his hand shattered with a sharp crack. Blood mixed with the amber liquor, trickling over the veins on the back of his hand before dripping onto the carpet. His murderous, bloodshot eyes were locked on me. I calmly dealt the last hole card in front of him and offered a clean, white silk handkerchief. "Don Declan, you should wipe your hand. Blood on the felt is bad luck." After all, some stains never wash out.

On the day before the competition, someone knocked me out when I was on the street before locking me up in a cage. For three days and three nights, I was chased around by a ferocious dog that kept biting and attacking me. Because of that, my wounds began leaking pus due to infection. Later on, five rich ladies had me locked up in a room. After chaining me up like a dog, they began tormenting me out of fun. When I finally got rescued, I had suffered from countless fractures. Even my internal organs went out of place from the beatings. My older sister, Claire Bowman, whom I'd been relying on since young, had me sent to the hospital immediately. There, I received a rabies vaccine. Meanwhile, my fiancee, Heather Vega, killed the mutt right in front of me in order to help me exact vengeance. She also stripped those ladies down and put them through a humiliating parade in public. After that, she kicked them off to the slums, where they became playthings for the beggars. But as I was lying on the hospital bed, I accidentally overheard Claire and Heather's conversation. "Do you think Christopher will resent us if he ever finds out that we're the ones who've set the dog and the ladies on him just so we can make Samuel the winner of the competition in order to repay him for his benevolence?" Heather's tone was unusually icy. "Christopher's just a replacement for Samuel. This is his fault for not knowing his place and insisting on fighting over the top spot with Samuel! I'm just teaching him a lesson! "Soon, I'll marry him in order to make it up to him. Then, I'll take care of him for the rest of his life. This is already enough." I did my best to hold my tears back while feeling my heart throb in pain. It turned out that the most important women in my life were also the ones who had ruined my lifelong dream. Since they didn't care about me at all, I chose to abandon them as well.

Ich war seit drei Jahren mit dem besten Freund meines Bruders, Emilio Slater, zusammen, aber er war nie bereit, unsere Beziehung öffentlich zu machen. Trotzdem habe ich nie an seiner Liebe zu mir gezweifelt. Schließlich war er vor mir mit 99 Frauen zusammen, doch wegen mir hörte er auf, sich für irgendwen sonst zu interessieren. Selbst wenn ich nur leicht erkältet war, ließ er milliardenschwere Projekte stehen und eilte nach Hause, um sich um mich zu kümmern. Doch an meinem Geburtstag, als ich voller Vorfreude dabei war, Emilio von meiner Schwangerschaft zu erzählen, vergaß er zum ersten Mal meinen Geburtstag und verschwand spurlos. Die Haushälterin sagte mir, er sei zum Flughafen gefahren, um jemanden Wichtiges abzuholen. Ich hetzte dorthin und sah ihn mit Blumen in der Hand, das Gesicht voller nervöser Erwartung, wie er auf eine Frau wartete – eine, die mir erschreckend ähnlich sah. Später erzählte mir mein Bruder, sie sei Emilios erste Liebe, die eine, die er nie vergessen könne. Wegen ihr stellte Emilio sich gegen seine Eltern, und als sie ihn verließ, brach er völlig zusammen. Danach suchte er 99 Frauen, die ihr ähnelten, um die Leere zu füllen. Mein Bruder sprach voller Bewunderung über Emilios tiefe Hingabe, ohne zu ahnen, dass ich nur eine dieser Ersatzfiguren war. Ich beobachtete Emilio und seine erste Liebe lange, sehr lange. Dann ging ich ohne zu zögern zurück ins Krankenhaus. „Herr Doktor, ich will dieses Kind nicht mehr.“

My husband, Gavin Chapman, is giving his secretary, Natasha Gardner, exactly what she wants. He's making her his wife. To pull it off, he fakes a lab accident, pretends to have amnesia, and brings her home. In his office, Gavin wraps his arms around Natasha and murmurs indulgently, "Not just Mrs. Chapman. Even if you want to pretend to be the vice president for a week, I'll let you." My eyes dim, but I let the lie go on. The next day, at a press conference, Gavin holds Natasha's hand and tells the world she's his real wife. He even threatens to kick me out of the company and take over all my research data. Dozens of cameras swivel toward me, waiting for my outburst. But I stay silent and simply sign the termination papers. Gavin doesn't know that the pharmaceutical project he believes will be done in seven days isn't quite finished. There's still one final step, and I'm the only one who knows how to do it.

Am Abend vor der Hochzeit, der Verlobte, Professor für Geschichte, Theo Günther, feierte jedoch mit seiner krebskranken erste Liebe eine traditionelle Hochzeit in einem abgelegenen Dorf. Er hielt die Hand von Julia Richter unter dem Sternenhimmel und lächelte sanft: „Nach der Tradition gilt die, die zuerst heiratet, als die rechtmäßige Frau. Selbst wenn ich bereits ein Zertifikat mit Elina Meyer habe, bleibt sie nur eine niedere Konkubine.“ Mit den Glückwünschen der Anwesenden tranken sie den Hochzeitswein und betraten das Brautgemach. Ich jedoch, sah alles ohne zu weinen oder zu schreien, reservierte ruhig einen Termin für die Abtreibung. Von fünfzehn bis dreißig Jahren habe ich Theo fünfzehn Jahre lang geliebt. Doch in seinem Herzen hatte immer nur meine Stiefschwester Julia Richter ihren Platz. Wenn dem so ist, lasse ich los. Später trat ich der isolierten geologischen Forschungseinheit in der Antarktis bei, ließ Theo nur einen Scheidungsvertrag und ein Scheidungsgeschenk. Doch aus irgendeinem Grund, Theo Günther, der mich stets verachtete, erlangte plötzlich weißes Haar in einer einzigen Nacht.

Elena Carter once had everything, a brilliant career, a respected name in medical research, and a family she believed was worth sacrificing everything for. As a pioneering pediatric immunologist, she was on the verge of a breakthrough that could save thousands of children suffering from a rare and deadly genetic disorder. But for love, she walked away from it all… choosing to become a wife, a mother to a fragile child who depended on her for survival. She believed her sacrifice meant something. However, she was wrong. Her husband, Marcus Thorne, lies a truth Elena never dared to see, a truth that begins to unravel the night a stranger sends her a message that changes everything. What starts as suspicion soon turns into something more devastating than betrayal. It isn’t just about another woman. It’s about stolen time. Broken promises. A decision that will cost Elena more than she ever imagined. When tragedy strikes and the truth finally surfaces, Elena is forced to confront a reality so cruel it shatters everything she once believed in love, loyalty, the man she trusted with her life. With nothing left to hold her back, she walks away. But she doesn’t leave empty-handed. She takes with her the one thing that still matters to her. Years later, she returns… no longer the woman he once overlooked, but a force the world cannot ignore. A doctor who saves lives. A woman who rebuilt herself from ashes. Fate brings them face to face again Marcus is left with a truth he can no longer escape: The woman he once took for granted… Is now the only one who can save what he holds dear. But some losses don’t fade. Some wounds don’t heal. And this time. Elena Carter may choose herself.

Sie kam, um die Vergangenheit zu vergessen. Er wollte nur das schützen, was ihm gehörte. Sofia ist eine Krankenschwester, die in Serenity Creek Frieden sucht. Ethan ist ein Cowboy, der verzweifelt versucht, die Familienranch am Laufen zu halten. Sie hatten keinen Grund, sich ineinander zu verwickeln … aber das Schicksal hat andere Pläne. Während die Dürre das Land quält und Rick Dawson allen Angst einjagt, entsteht ihre Liebe mitten in der Gefahr. Als ein altes Geheimnis über den Tod von Ethans Vater ans Licht kommt, erkennen beide: Manche Kämpfe gewinnt man nur Hand in Hand. Eine Geschichte von Mut, Geheimnissen und einer Liebe, die niemand aufhalten kann.

In der Nacht vor meiner Hochzeit zerbrach mein Leben auf die brutalste Weise. Ich kam früher nach Hause als erwartet und fand den Mann, den ich heiraten wollte, im Bett mit meiner eigenen Cousine. Verraten, gedemütigt und mit gebrochenem Herzen rannte ich davon — ohne zu wissen, wohin ich gehen sollte. In derselben Nacht führte mich das Schicksal zu einem mächtigen, unantastbaren Mann mit kalter Ausstrahlung und einem gefährlichen Blick: seinem Chef, einem gefürchteten und hoch angesehenen CEO. Was als ein einziger Fehler begann, wurde zu einem Wendepunkt, den ich niemals rückgängig machen konnte.

„Herr Doktor, sind Sie bald fertig? Ich halte das nicht mehr lange aus.“ In der Universitätsambulanz lag ich auf der Untersuchungsliege, den Blick vollständig vom Vorhang verdeckt. Das Instrument schob sich noch ein paar Zentimeter tiefer vor, und so sehr ich mich auch beherrschen wollte, ein gebrochener Laut entrang sich mir. „Nein!“ Der Arzt jedoch schwieg und bediente nur seine Geräte weiter, hob meine Beine dabei noch ein Stück höher.