Kabanata 23 El Filibusterismo Buod

El día de mi boda, mi prometido y mi hermana Lana tuvieron relaciones en el cuarto de descanso, en donde los atraparon en el acto. Me volví el hazmerreír de todos. Fue mi amigo de la infancia Ramón quien públicamente me pidió matrimonio frente a todos, protegiéndome ostentosamente. Después del matrimonio, me obedecía en todo. Lástima que siempre tuvimos problemas en la intimidad. Hasta que este año, después de la fertilización in vitro, me embaracé. Después de eso me cuidaba aún más. Pensé que él era mi destino. Hasta ese día, que escuché su conversación con un amigo. —Ramón, eres demasiado cruel, Norma te trata tan bien, ¿cómo puedes porque Lana tiene miedo del dolor y no se atreve a parir, cambiar los óvulos para que Norma sea madre sustituta? Además, el bebé va a nacer en dos meses, ¿qué planeas hacer entonces? Ramón se quedó callado un momento, y suspiró. —Cuando nazca el bebé, se lo voy a dar a Lana, para cumplir uno de sus deseos. En cuanto a Norma, le voy a decir que el bebé murió. El resto de mi vida, la acompañaré. Así que era eso. Lo que yo creía que era cariño tierno, era para complacerla a ella. Me di la vuelta y programé un aborto. No quería a ese bebé sucio, y mucho menos ese matrimonio falso.

"Get the hell out of my room", he shouted as soon as I entered his room. Is he for real? How can he be this peaceful when I'm not able to sleep a wink last night after that kiss. I really want to smack him now. "Dude..who want to enter this stinking rotten room? I'm here to inform that your parents and my parents are visiting our home today", with that I turned my back and left. He gritted his teeth yet confusion laced in his eyes. "Exactly. You heard it right. You stinking rotten rat", I stuck my tongue out shutting the door. "Isabella Kingston. Come here right now", he roared while I rolled my eyes running fast to my room locking it up. ---------------------------------------- Meet Isabella Collins, 23, CEO of I&C industries, stubborn, sweet woman, who fears romantic relationships. Meet Aaron Kingston ,25, CEO of Kingston industries, arrogant handsome man who doesn't believe in romantic relationships. When Mr.Arrogant and Ms.Stubborn got into an arranged marriage will they fall in love or will they need a divorce to escape from each other? Read for more.

Mi hermana, María Sánchez, que siempre despreciaba la escuela, de pronto quiso presentar el examen para la universidad y les pidió a mis papás que me casaran con el hijo de un alto mando militar; a cambio, el general pondría el dinero para su carrera, un “apoyo” disfrazado de arreglo. Entonces supe que ella también había renacido. En la vida pasada, a María los libros le daban flojera: salió de la prepa y se casó con el hijo del comandante de zona, con un arreglo generoso de por medio. Luego a Bruno lo cambiaron a la frontera norte, a una Zona Militar pegada a nogales; a ella le repugnó el entorno y se negó a irse con la tropa. Yo, en cambio, terminé la universidad a puro trabajo y ahorro, entré a una dependencia pública con plaza base y me volví, por fin, capitalina de verdad. Ya metida en la vida castrense, María empezó a cobrar mordidas usando el nombre del suegro general. Lo metió en broncas con los de arriba; la Contraloría de la Militar lo bajó de puesto sin miramientos y, al final, la suegra la corrió de la casa. Tras el divorcio, la engancharon con una “asesoría” para invertir en la Bolsa de Valores; vino el desplome y quemó los ahorros de jubilación de mis papás. Sin salida, se me pegó y, cuchillo en mano, me obligó a entregarle mis ahorros y mi casa “para levantarse otra vez”. En el jaloneo me dio doce puñaladas. Me desangré. Cuando abrí los ojos otra vez, estaba de vuelta al principio: mi hermana les pedía a mis papás que me casaran con Bruno. Yo acepté encantada y me di de baja de la prepa de inmediato.

Cuando fui al hospital para verificar si el cuarto intento de fertilización in vitro había sido exitoso, vi a Francisco Gutiérrez —quien supuestamente estaba de viaje de negocios— ayudando cuidadosamente a una joven y hermosa chica a salir del sección de ginecología y obstetricia. La chica tenía el vientre tan abultado que parecía estar a punto de dar a luz. Francisco solo se desconcertó por un instante, antes de proteger a la chica detrás de él. —Laura, nuestra familia necesita un hijo para continuar el linaje. Cuando nazca el bebé, volveremos a ser como antes. Escuché claramente la determinación en su voz, y le sonreí diciendo que estaba bien. Ante su mirada sorprendida, guardé silenciosamente mis resultados médicos. El día que la chica dio a luz, dejé un acuerdo de divorcio y me alejé de él para siempre.

Being an orphan without everything, Rage only wants two things in his life: love and acceptance. But he is surrounded by worthless adults who only regard him as a tool for achieving their dreams. He was beaten up, and his body has been experimented with at a young age. He expects nothing from everyone but betrayal. Trust issue became his best friend. Rage. They named him Rage, a wolf without a last name. For the past 23 years, he knows nothing about himself except that he is Rage. When he stepped into the Lotus Pack, he was mistreated and despised by everyone—avoiding him as if he had a contagious disease. But Dane Steele, the Lotus Pack's Alpha King, and his family never see him as a threat. They adopt him as their son, lavishing him with love and attention. He never felt anything like this before. Rage had no idea he'd find a home at the Alpha King's house and fall in love with their only daughter, Daphne. He never anticipated Daphne to bring out the soft side of him, and somehow it affects him. But loving her is a sin... and he is a threat. He is the young man in the prophecy who will destroy the whole world. How can he love his "sister", the daughter of the Alpha King, if he has nothing to offer? He is just a wolf without a surname. A pariah...

"Tuan muda, calon mempelai anda melarikan diri." "Apa?" James, laki-laki tampan pewaris tunggal dari salah satu keluarga old money di Indonesia membelalakkan matanya karena ditinggal calon istrinya tepat di hari pernikahannya. Namida Hamasaki 23 tahun melarikan diri tepat di hari pernikahanya dengan James Oliver Baskoro 30 tahun setelah melihat video mesum calon suaminya dengan wanita lain yang dikirimkan seseorang kepadanya. Dengan hati hancur Nami pergi mengikuti langkah kakinya yang entah akan membawanya kemana. James sangat marah karena telah dipermalukan oleh calon istrinya, ia bertekad untuk mencari Nami dan membalaskan dendam padanya atas penghinaan yang ia terima di hari pernikahan dengan mencoreng nama baiknya. Siapa sangka setelah bertahun-tahun mencari Nami, James akhirnya menemukan Gadis yang sangat ia benci ketika berlibur di Hawai dalam keadaan Nami yang hilang ingatan. Nami tidak mengenali James dan telah melupakan peristiwa yang telah membuatnya berlari di hari pernikahan dan keluarganya. Tentu ini membuat James senang, karena ia pikir keadaan Nami yang hilang ingatan akan memuluskan rencana balas dendamnya.

23 year old, Harshika is a curvy girl who is the perfect definition for "adamant". At the age of 13, she lost both of her parents in a car accident. Due to his unconditional love for his sister, her uncle had brought her to his house and reared her as his own daughter. She is staying in the servant quarter of the RN mansion with her uncle's family. Her only desire and goal is to marry her crush, RN mansion's younger son, Naresh kumar. Her world and embody will always revolves around her crush naresh.. Her entire focus will be on how to get closer to him. At one point she came to know that he was in love with his childhood sweetheart tashvi.. Cruel revelation shattered her dreams and desire mercilessly. Even after she knew his relationship, she was very determined that her dream and desire to be his wife should never be broken. Therefore, she began to proceed her evil plan to break off his relationship with the idea of ​​making him as her's. How will she cope when fate smashes all of her plans and turns her life upside down ??. What will happen when she was forced to get marry because of the conspiracy she made ??. Peep into the story to know how destiny played a game in her life..

"Jane! Jane!! You must stop", Andre raised his voice at her as he tried to catch up with her. " Don't come close to me Andre, it's painfully obvious that we really just used each other, we keep lying to ourselves but we know that this.....this thing we have done all this while cannot be called love", she turned to scream at him as tears poured down her cheeks. Andre was shaken and froze in his tracks, the hurt in her eyes too visible to be ignored. The winds of fate blows a single mother, Jane moss 23 into the path of Andre 25, the heir apparent to the Fernandez group of companies. The relationship begins with suspicion and confusing circumstances, they are finally forced together by an exchange that would be mutually beneficial. Jane wants to sell her liver to offset her huge debt and set her daughter up before she dies as she has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor while Andre's estranged mother needs a new liver. As they spend time together, an unlikely romance blossoms between the billionaire son and a dying woman. How will Jane's only child Stephanie adjust to the new man in their lives? Will Andre's Proud father approve of the opportunist lurking around his son? Will they both summon the courage to admit to themselves that they love each other?

Taphney Louins Vergara, a 23 years old fine lady is already contented in her life. She could do anything she want and she could go anywhere she want especially that she is the only daughter of Danilo Vergara, the owner of Vergara Airlines. Ngunit halos gumuho ang mundo niya nang malaman na baon na pala sa utang ang kanyang ama dahil nalulong ito sa pagsusugal. Mapapalagpas niya ang pagiging sugarol at mala-daga nilang buhay buhat nang mangyari iyon ngunit ang hindi niya maintindihan ay bakit kailangan siyang ipambayad utang ng kanyang ama kay Ashton Mikael Santocildez, ang binatang nagmamay-ari ng casino kung saan minalas ang kanyang ama. Taphney will try to run! To hide! Ngunit sa bawat galaw niya ay agad siyang nahuhuli ng binata. Ashton just want her to oblige the contract. Be his wife only for a show and for three months. Ngunit hindi pa man natatapos ang kontrata ay may iba na siyang nararamdaman. She's starting to catch a feeling to the young and hot owner of the casino! Will they end up together? Or stick to each other's arms for three months because it's Just A Contract?

Zara Thomas is 23, broke, exhausted, and desperate. A waitress clinging to dead-end shifts and shattered dreams, her world collapses further when her mother is diagnosed with cancer.and the bills are more than she could ever afford. Out of options, out of time, and out of hope, Zara does the unthinkable: she sells one night of herself for money. She walks into a luxury hotel suite expecting shame. she meets Alexander Sterling a dangerously magnetic billionaire who strips her down with his eyes and undoes her with a single touch. One night. No names. No emotions. Just survival. Until fate twists cruelly. A week later, she lands a dream job… as his personal secretary. He’s cold, commanding, and acts like she’s invisible. But his gaze lingers. His touch remembers. And so does hers. What begins as tension spirals into a relationship laced with passion, pain, and everything neither of them expected. But just as Zara starts to believe in something more, a ghost from his past returns, lines blur between duty, desire, and something deeper, past secrets begin to surface, and one devastating truth could change everything. Will love be enough to rebuild the empire they lost or will the weight of their past destroy everything they almost had?