Nora Roberts The Mirror Audiobook

Felix Lindsey, the boyfriend of my childhood friend, Celine Fletcher, will be visiting her home for the very first time. I help Celine out by preparing a nice feast for the occasion. But Felix merely glances at the garlic butter shrimps before flying into a fit of rage. "You cooked food that I'm allergic to on purpose in hopes that I'll embarrass myself in front of Celine and her family! You'll definitely drag my name through the mud on purpose afterward so that you can replace me as her boyfriend, right? "Stop dreaming already! If Celine had feelings for you from the start, I wouldn't be in the picture right now!" With a perplexed look, I quickly explain to Felix that Celine's mom has hurt her leg, so she specifically called me here to help out with the cooking. Also, I already have a fiancee of my own, so I'm not interested in Celine in the slightest. But Felix just chuckles coldly at me. "Stop playing hard to get. I can tell who's a simp at first glance. You often cling to Celine under the guise of being her childhood friend. How utterly disgusting! "Why don't you take a look at yourself in the mirror? That way, you'll see how old and ugly you are! Who on earth will ever have her sights on you? Only a blind woman will ever fall for you!" Celine holds back her laughter the whole time. Just as I'm about to lash out at Felix with clenched fists, she has the audacity to hug him while looking very haughty. "My boyfriend has a really sharp tongue, doesn't he? Finally, there exists someone whose verbal firepower exceeds yours! I'd like to see if you have the guts to bully me ever again!" As I stare at Celine's nonchalant expression, I don't hesitate to deliver a heavy slap across her cheek. "Get the hell away from me! Both you and your boyfriend don't even have the right to speak to me!"

"You let another man touch what belongs to me?" Lucian’s hand, a possessive vice, encircled her throat. "How dare you? You're mine. The next man who lays a finger on you will beg for death." Lyra’s bitter laugh filled the silence. "Since when do you care? Wasn't I your 'land whale'? Your 'disgusting she-hippopotamus'?" CRACK. His fist splintered the plaster beside her head. "I. FUCKING. CARED. You were always MINE." "I counted every breath you took in his arms," Lucian whispered, his lips grazing the scar he’d given her. "Now he'll count his as I carve them out." Lyra stood unyielding. "You discarded me like trash. He picked up the pieces." The mirror shattered as he hurled her against it. "I WAS SAVING YOU." From what? The forced marriage? The night she miscarried, utterly alone? Lucian’s "care" came too late. Lyra never wanted this marriage—a gilded cage to a billionaire who systematically broke her. But with her mother’s life hanging by a thread, she sold herself to the monster who devoured her soul. Lucian crushed her, made her beg for scraps of dignity. Then, his best friend offered everything Lucian withheld—gentle hands, tender words, a love that didn't wound. Lucian returned. Now, he's a shadow, everywhere: watching her with hungry eyes, touching her with possessive hands, swearing this time will be different. He pleaded, on his knees, for her heart. But Lyra knows better. She’s uncovered three explosive truths: Lucian's first wife wasn't just gone; she was murdered. Her sister didn't disappeared. And the most dangerous lie of all? She's been sleeping with it. Game over? Or game just beginning? As Lucian's obsession escalates and the past claws its way back, Lyra will choose between revenge, accept or reject.

No casamento de Susana, só existiam dois segredos. O primeiro era que a família Santos não a aceitava como nora, e todo mundo enganou Vinícius para ele assinar, antes do casamento, um acordo de divórcio do qual ele nem tinha conhecimento. O casamento deles só podia durar sete anos. O segundo era... ela tinha dado à luz uma filha escondida de Vinícius. Em sete anos de casamento, Vinícius nunca soube que tinha uma criança de cinco anos. Susana achava que, em sete anos, se ela se entregasse de corpo e alma, um dia conseguiria aquecer o coração de Vinícius. Mas, a três meses do acordo de divórcio entrar em vigor, ela descobriu, assustada, que o marido também tinha um segredo. A mulher que ele guardava no coração, era a noiva do primo dele. Sete anos de entrega tinham virado uma piada absurda e ridícula! Susana perdeu toda a esperança, e decidiu que não ia mais contar que eles tinham uma filha. Ela se divorciou sem hesitar, foi embora sem olhar para trás e deixou o pai de lado, ficando com a criança! Ela só o via como uma ferramenta de reprodução que respirava! Até que Susana, de dona de casa alvo de deboche, voltou ao topo e se tornou a mais jovem vencedora de um prêmio de medicina! O homem que sempre a ignorou finalmente soube que ela já tinha decidido se divorciar fazia tempo, e que ela já não o queria mais. A existência da filha também veio à tona para todo mundo. O homem, sempre frio e distante, a encurralou na frente de todo mundo e perguntou, rangendo os dentes: — Divórcio? Deixar o pai de lado e ficar com a criança? Amor, você quer me matar? Susana segurou a mão da filha e sorriu de leve: — Sr. Vinícius, escute bem, a minha filha tem o sobrenome Oliveira, não Santos!