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Zoé Bennett ne voulait qu'une seule chose : se venger de son ex. Après avoir été humiliée et laissée devant l'autel, tout ce qu'elle désirait, c'était faire son entrée dans cette salle de bal en femme fatale, au bras d'un cavalier parfait. Mais comment son gigolo engagé pour l'occasion avait-il pu se révéler être… un milliardaire ? Devant elle se tenait Christian Kensington, PDG terriblement séduisant et follement arrogant du Domaine Kensington, l'un des hommes les plus riches du pays. À cet instant précis, Zoé avait eu l'impression que le sol se dérobait sous ses pieds. Pas de problème ? Si, il y en avait un. Et pas qu'un seul. Tout l'internet croyait désormais qu'ils formaient un couple. Et le plus gros souci dans tout ça ? Le grand-père de Christian y croyait lui aussi. Désormais, Christian devait entretenir le mensonge s'il voulait hériter de l'entreprise familiale. Zoé, elle, ne voulait qu'une chose : sortir de cette situation sans se faire poursuivre. Mais à mesure que la frontière entre mensonge et réalité s'estompait, elle sentait le piège le plus redoutable se refermer sur elle : retomber amoureuse. « On m'a déjà laissée tomber, Christian. Je ne referai pas la même erreur. » « Qui t'a dit que cette fois, tu serais la seule à perdre ? » Une comédie romantique pleine de rebondissements, de secrets bien enfouis et d'un désir impossible à ignorer. Zoé trouvera-t-elle le courage d'ouvrir à nouveau son cœur ?

[Voici la version française du roman anglais 'The Mafia Don’s Innocent Love'.] Artemy Loskutov... Connu pour mon comportement glacial, ma nature impitoyable et mes talents mortels, j'inspire le respect et la peur à tous ceux qui croisent mon chemin. L'amour et l'affection n'ont pas leur place dans mon existence ; mon seul but est de me venger de la détestable mafia Cavalieri, responsable de la mort prématurée de ma mère. Lorsque je tombe sur une jeune femme, battue et cachée sous mon lit, je l'épargne non pas par gentillesse, mais je la considère comme une simple possession, un jouet à manipuler. Rebecca Cavalieri... Je m'étais habituée aux hommes qui cherchaient à m'exploiter, à me faire du mal et à me rejeter. La confiance est un concept insaisissable, et mon cœur reste caché sous des couches d'angoisse. Artemy, cependant, a réussi à déterrer et à rallumer la flamme vacillante en moi. Il a réveillé mes émotions endormies. Mais s’il découvre l’ampleur réelle du danger que je représente pour lui, je risque de perdre non seulement son affection, mais aussi ma vie.

No dia do meu casamento, meu noivo e minha irmã, Celeste Paiva, foram flagrados juntos na sala de descanso, em um momento íntimo. Eu me tornei motivo de chacota para todos. Foi então que meu amigo de infância, Ivan Siqueira, ajoelhou-se diante de todos e me pediu em casamento, protegendo-me de maneira grandiosa. Após o casamento, ele foi totalmente atencioso comigo. Infelizmente, ele não conseguia corresponder às expectativas na intimidade. Nossa vida sexual nunca foi harmoniosa. Somente neste ano, depois de recorrer à fertilização in vitro, consegui finalmente engravidar. Depois disso, Ivan tornou-se ainda mais cuidadoso comigo. Eu acreditava que ele era, enfim, o meu destino. Até o dia em que escutei sua conversa com um amigo. — Ivan, você foi cruel demais. Bárbara faz tudo por você, como consegue trocar os óvulos dela para que Bárbara seja barriga de aluguel só porque Celeste tem medo da dor do parto? — Além disso, faltam apenas dois meses para o nascimento do bebê. O que você pretende fazer depois? Ivan ficou em silêncio por um instante e suspirou. — Depois que o bebê nascer, vou entregá-lo para Celeste, realizando o maior desejo dela. — Quanto à Bárbara, direi que perdemos a criança. — E então, vou passar o resto da vida ao lado dela. "Era isso, então." "Todo o cuidado e carinho que recebi, tinham um único propósito: ela." Dei meia-volta e marquei uma cirurgia. Esta criança manchada, eu, Bárbara Paiva, não a queria mais. E essa falsa união, menos ainda.

My sister-in-law, Esmerelda Black, hates that her mother, Ruth Jennings, favors me. To make things worse, she has the ability to hear Ruth's thoughts. And she uses that gift against me. When I tell Ruth to have more vegetables to stay healthy, Esmerelda says, "Clara is such a cheapskate not to buy you meat. She doesn't ask her own mom to eat more vegetables." When I encourage Ruth to exercise more to build strength, she says, "Mom, you're already old. You should be taking it easy. Clara wants you to work yourself to death." Slowly, Ruth grows to hate me. In the end, Esmerelda acquires the family business, seizes the fortune, and trafficks me to North Maldia to die. However, when I open my eyes again, I have her gift too—I can also hear Ruth's thoughts.

A fake heiress exposes her real identity so that I can be found—all because she wants me to marry the crippled man who's supposed to be her husband. She puts on an act before the whole family, wanting to drive a wedge between us. She has no idea we can all hear her thoughts. When she slashes her palm and frames me for it, she's cursing in her heart. "Hit her, you worthless man!" When she falls down the stairs and blames me for it, she's thinking, "Teach her a lesson, you silly old woman!" When she buries herself in my brother's arms and acts aggrieved, she's actually thinking, "He's such a loyal dog." My father, mother, and brother are stunned by what they hear. Then, they're infuriated. I merely laugh and turn away, acting like I don't see anything. I just want to complete this special mission as soon as possible.

The day I marry Navy Captain Dean Aldridge, I hear his stepsister Shirley Pierce's inner voice. "Diane is so beautiful and graceful. I wish I could be like her, but I'm nothing more than an unwanted burden in this family… "I really adore her, though. I saved up my allowance to buy her a bracelet as a wedding gift, but I'm afraid she'll think it's unlucky and refuse it." In my last life, those words had filled my heart with pity. I'd accepted the bracelet and even taken Shirley under my wing, teaching her to read and write. But not long after my wedding, my health began to deteriorate for no reason. It wasn't until I lay dying that I discovered the truth—the bracelet Shirley had given me was cursed, and she'd deliberately made me hear her inner voice. She'd long been in love with Dean and was determined to make the Aldridge family hers one day. Now, when I open my eyes again, I find myself back on my wedding day.

Christine, fille unique d’une famille richissime, avait tout : le luxe, la beauté, une vie de princesse intouchable. Jusqu’au jour où tout a volé en éclats. Lors d’une croisière en Europe, elle est enlevée et séquestrée dans la cale du navire. Battue, humiliée, elle ne comprend rien : ses ravisseurs cherchent une mystérieuse parure, un collier que sa famille aurait acheté à prix d’or. Christine, elle, n’est au courant de rien. Trois jours plus tard, un jeune homme serveur sur le bateau, avec qui elle avait partagé une nuit de passion la sauve et l’aide à fuir jusqu’au continent. Mais à son retour, la réalité la frappe de plein fouet : la faillite de l’entreprise familiale, le suicide de son père... Ruinée, elle n’a d’autre choix que de se reposer sur son mystérieux sauveur. Au fil des épreuves, elle s’attache à lui, touchée par ses attentions et sa présence constante. Mais une fois rentrée dans son pays, elle découvre l’impensable : cet homme, qu’elle croyait être un simple serveur, est en réalité le cerveau derrière son enlèvement. Et cette histoire de collier semble étroitement liée à la chute de sa famille. Trahison, secrets et faux-semblants : face à cette vérité bouleversante, Christine parviendra-t-elle à affronter le passé ? Et quel avenir reste-t-il pour deux âmes liées par le mensonge et le désir

Depois de renascer, decidi devolver meu noivo à sua primeira namorada.​​ ​Quando ele organizou uma despedida de solteiro para ela e não queria ser incomodado por mim, eu simplesmente fugi para outro país.​​ ​Ele disse que ficava irritado só de me ver; eu me demiti de forma rápida e limpa.​​ ​Ele sentia-se desconfortável em estar no mesmo país que eu; eu me mudei para o exterior imediatamente.​​ ​Por fim, ele quis dar mais segurança à primeira namorada.​​ ​Eu concordei com a cabeça e aceitei o pedido de casamento de outra pessoa.​​ ​Eu o obedeci uma e outra vez.​​ ​Tudo porque em minha vida passada, depois que me casei com ele, a primeira namorada, em um colapso, cortou os pulsos e cometeu suicídio.​​ ​Ele me culpou por tê-los separado, esfolou-me, arrancou meus tendões e drenou todo o sangue do meu corpo.​​ ​Desta vez, eu só quero viver em paz.​​ ​Mais tarde, enquanto eu, meu novo marido e nosso filho dávamos um passeio,​​ ​ele se ajoelhou diante de mim, chorando com uma dor tão intensa que parecia partir suas entranhas.​​ — Clarice, se você deixá-los, eu ficarei com você e vamos viver bem juntos.

After confirming I was pregnant, I suddenly heard my husband’s inner voice. “This idiot is still gloating over her pregnancy. She doesn’t even know we switched out her IVF embryo. She’s nothing more than a surrogate for Elle. If Elle weren’t worried about how childbirth might endanger her life, I would’ve kicked this worthless woman out already. Just looking at her makes me sick. “Once she delivers the baby, I’ll make sure she never gets up from the operating table. Then I’ll finally marry Elle, my one true love.” My entire body went rigid. I clenched the IVF test report in my hands and looked straight at my husband. He gazed back at me with gentle eyes. “I’ll take care of you and the baby for the next few months, honey.” However, right then, his inner voice struck again. “I’ll lock that woman in a cage like a dog. I’d like to see her escape!” Shock and heartbreak crashed over me all at once because the Elle he spoke of was none other than my sister.

Hilda Oakley, the charity case Mom and Dad take in, steals my family right out from under me. She slips drugs into me, driving me into a bipolar disorder. She turns me into someone who snaps and screams at Mom and Dad without meaning to. She paints me as someone rotten inside, as the bully at school, and as someone who'd shove her down the stairs at home. And because of that, my whole family turns on me. Mom calls me a bad seed. Dad says I'm no daughter of his. Then, they adopt Hilda and throw me out in the dead of winter. My bipolar flares. Naked, I sprint onto the rooftop and jump to my death. When I'm reborn, I realize I can make the thoughts in other people's heads audible. So, at the dinner table, I let Hilda's thoughts spill right before Mom and Dad. 'I kept that witch Valerie drugged for three years. She finally broke! They still don't suspect that Alex isn't really her brother. He's Susan's son. Once we poison Valerie's parents, the Coopers' fortune will belong to us.'