Dou Kyu Sei

C’était le jour que j’avais tant rêvé. Vêtue de blanc, je croyais rayonner. J’attendais. J’attendais Ara, l’homme que j’aimais plus que tout, plus que moi-même. Les heures ont passé, lentes, lourdes. L’attente s’est changée en angoisse, puis en un étau de détresse qui serrait ma gorge. Ma mère était là, sa main sur la mienne, mais aucun réconfort ne pouvait atteindre l’endroit glacé où mon cœur se fissurait déjà. Une notification. Une lueur d’espoir absurde. Peut-être un accident, une urgence, quelque chose , n’importe quoi , d’excusable. J’ai ouvert l’application. Et j’ai vu. En direct : lui souriant , sous une voûte que je ne connaissais pas, il tenait la main d’une autre. Il glissait un anneau à son doigt. Il prononçait des vœux...pour une autre. Mon monde s’est arrêté. Puis il s’est effondré en silence, en poussière fine. Et dans mon ventre, il y avait notre secret. Notre enfant. La nouvelle que je gardais pour ce soir, comme un dernier cadeau, un sceau sur notre bonheur. Le gage d’un amour qui n’existait déjà plus. La douleur a été si totale, si absolue, qu’elle a éteint la lumière. Mes jambes ont cédé. La soie blanche a fouetté l’air puis s’est alourdie contre le sol. Et une question, une seule, qui brûlait ce qui restait de mon âme : Pourquoi ? Pourquoi m’as-tu laissée là, avec ton enfant dans le ventre et ta promesse en cendres ? Pourquoi as-tu choisi de me tuer ainsi devant tout le monde ? Le noir m’a prise. Mais avant qu’il n’emporte tout : je ne me réveillerais plus jamais la femme qui a cru au rêve.

Seis anos atrás, Giovanna Vieira perseguiu com intensidade o rapaz mais bonito da Faculdade de Direito, João Barbosa. Depois de três meses de namoro, ela o descartou sem peso na consciência, com uma única frase: — Estava enjoada de dormir com você. Seis anos após o término, os dois se reencontram. A antiga garota rica e o jovem pobre tiveram os papéis invertidos. João se tornou um advogado de elite, enquanto Giovanna, endividada, carrega a filha consigo e sofre violência doméstica. Como advogado responsável pelo divórcio dela, João a encara com um olhar carregado de sarcasmo. — Tudo isso é consequência das suas próprias escolhas. Giovanna sabe que João a odeia até o fundo da alma. Ela decide não se envolver mais com ele e, no dia em que vai embora, sorri e deseja felicidades pelo novo casamento. Mas João percorre montanhas e vales apenas para chegar até ela. Numa pousada de uma cidade pequena, ele encurrala ela em um quarto escuro; com os olhos vermelhos, prende o corpo dela nos braços: — Você realmente tem coragem de me abandonar mais uma vez?

Cette histoire se passe au Cameroun... Bonita, orpheline de père et de mère va vivre toute son enfance chez sa tante. Entre cette dernière qui est dure avec elle et son mari qui la harcèle sexuellement, elle ne sait plus à quel saint se vouer. Tout va en vrille lorsque, après la mort de sa grand-mère, celle-là même qui la soutenait inconditionnellement, son oncle essaye encore d'abuser d'elle. Elle s'enfuit et se fait aider par Ahmadou, un jeune mototaximan du quartier d'avec lequel une idylle va naître, idylle qui va sûrement souffrir de la différence entre leurs niveaux scolaires.

Lucie et Florent sont amoureux l’un de l’autre depuis l’université et ont entretenu leur relation jusqu’à leur mariage. Tout allait bien jusqu’au jour où Lucie a été promue dans l’entreprise où elle travaille, ce qui l’a conduite à multiplier les voyages d’affaires. Florent se sent désemparé. Non seulement sa femme gagne plus d’argent que lui, mais en plus, bien qu’il ait sa propre petite entreprise de livraison et qu’il s’en sorte correctement, c’est Lucie qui prend en charge les dépenses les plus importantes du foyer et contribue même à l’évolution de son entreprise. Cette situation l’empêche de s’imposer face aux choix professionnels de sa femme. Il fait de son mieux pour encaisser, mais l’absence prolongée de Lucie pèse de plus en plus sur lui. À la maison, c’est leur femme de ménage, Andréa, qui gère tout. Ne supportant plus la situation, Florent tente d’en parler à Lucie pour qu’ils trouvent une solution. Mais elle n’est pas prête à écouter, son travail passant avant tout. Sa famille, de son côté, s’impatiente : après plus de deux ans de mariage, ils veulent voir des petits-enfants. Mais Lucie, encore une fois, ne se sent pas prête. Un jour, dépassé par la frustration et le manque d’attention de sa femme, Florent se tourne vers Andréa. Cette dernière, en plus d’être efficace dans son travail, est une véritable bombe, avec un corps envoûtant. D’abord réticente aux avances de son patron, elle finit par en parler à sa mère. Celle-ci, voyant une opportunité, l’encourage à céder… avec un but précis : prendre la place de Lucie.

When I send the family car to the body shop for maintenance, an employee discovers a cat pregnancy guidebook wedged in the slot between the front passenger seat and the door. The cat's name is Rose. The signature shown on the furparent's slot belongs to my husband. "Christian Johannson, furdad of Rose." I'm stunned, to say the least. We don't keep cats at home. Coincidentally, Christian calls me on the phone. I ask him, "There's a guidebook in the car. When did you keep a cat?" He chuckles lightly in response. "There was a pregnant stray lingering around the company. I found it pitiful, so I brought it to the vet. It had already given birth last month. Now, it and its babies are the apple of the whole company's eye." With a smile, I praise Christian for being a kind-hearted soul. After ending the phone call, however, I begin reading the guidebook meticulously. Rose is apparently a short-haired cat. She's now two years old. As for the cats living in Christian's company, I've seen them in his colleague's social media posts before. All of them are tabby cats. After closing the guidebook, I take down the vet clinic's name. Then, I drive over to that location.

Amora Hamilton is a bratty orphan who did nothing but to party. Losing her parents and wealth at a young age, she seeked for fun instead of taking life seriously. Emmanuel and Enric De La Vega, the twin Alphas who hate each other to death because of an incident in the past, did nothing but work and make their companies prosper. One night, inside a club, Amora was having the time of her life partying like there was no tomorrow. The next morning she found herself lying in bed, naked, together with the twins. Their lives started to crumble when Amora got pregnant with the culprit, unknown. The chaos of finding out which of the twin CEOs is the father has begun..

I didn’t just lose my mate on the night of our Ascendance Ball. I lost my dignity. Standing in the center of the gilded ballroom, in a dress that cost more than my life, I watched Drail choose her. My best friend. He didn't just reject our fated bond; he laughed while doing it, his hand resting on her pregnant stomach. Cast out. Humiliated. Rogue. I ran into the storm and straight into the chest of a monster. Derek Montenegro. The Ruthless. The exiled Prince of the European packs. A man with tattoos crawling up his neck and a reputation for breaking bones as easily as he breaks hearts. He’s cold, commanding, and dangerously beautiful. He offers me a deal. A contract. "Marry me, Raya. Wear my mark. Become the Queen of the underworld, and I will give you the power to crush the people who broke you." I thought I was signing a deal with the devil to get revenge. I didn't know the devil had a twin. And I certainly didn't know that the rejection wasn't an accident—it was the first move in a war between brothers, and I am the weapon they both intend to wield.

Three years ago, my father marries me off to Evan Blackwell, the CEO of Blackwell Group, for the family's interests. Everyone thinks I'm done for because Evan is known for being ruthless and cruel. Yet, he's nothing but gentle to me, and he never raises his voice at me. He even has my initials, SH, tattooed on his chest. Every year on our anniversary, fireworks bloom across the city right on the dot. They spell out my name and the loving words he dedicates to me. On our third anniversary, the fireworks suddenly replace my name, Selena Holloway, with Serena Harroway. Before I can ask about it, Evan immediately calls his subordinates and tears into them. "What's going on? How could you mess up my wife's name? Do you want to lose your jobs?" I hastily tell him it's fine and that the thought is what truly matters. In the end, he lets them off the hook. However, he pushes me until my legs are shaking and my voice is gone that night. When I wake from the night that leaves my whole body humming, he's already seated at his desk and buried in work. He asks me to grab a folder for him, yet I open the wrong drawer and stumble upon an old photo album. It contains intimate photos of him and a young woman who looks strikingly like me. There's a confession on the back of every single picture. "I miss you so much, Serena."

Rhounzi was going through a typical break-up with her beau until she met Hazard, the only man that provoked her dominant nature. Rhounzi's typical day had evolved into an amusing one since that day, and she was enjoying it. Their relationship, however, has backfired spectacularly; she discovered him with another woman. Rhounzi has never been reluctant to cut ties from her prior boyfriends, and she did so throughout that time. Since their breakup, every lady who was engaged in their split has mysteriously vanished, leaving only strange messages behind. Rhounzi had recognized at the moment that her lighthearted days were about to become hazardous. Why? Because a walking nightmare gave her the sweetest dream she'd ever had.

Depois que minha irmã perdeu a lucidez, o noivado com a influente família Montelo caiu sobre mim. Acreditei que era um presente do destino: finalmente me casaria com Francisco, o garoto que meu coração amou desde sempre. Mas na noite de núpcias, fui deixada sozinha e virei motivo de riso em toda Cidade Antoril. Pior ainda: ao descobrir um segredo cruel da minha irmã, ela me matou. Jogou meu corpo como lixo, como se eu nunca tivesse existido. Mas o tempo, às vezes, nos dá uma segunda chance. Acordei no dia em que os destinos foram trocados. Francisco estava lá, ajoelhado diante da minha irmã confusa, beijando-lhe os dedos com devoção: — Bian, não importa como você esteja, você sempre será o amor da minha vida. Dessa vez, não hesitei. Virei as costas e aceitei o pedido de casamento de Leonardo Zuanetti — o CEO frio, inalcançável… e estéril. Mas Francisco enlouqueceu. Implorou para que eu voltasse. Tarde demais.