Plane And Solid Geometry

Travis Villaflor does not lose. In business, he conquers. In life, he dominates. With godlike beauty, ruthless intelligence, and power that bends men twice his size, he has built an empire where everything and everyone falls into place exactly as he commands. And he belongs to Cathyrine Reva. At least, that is the lie he has repeated for years. Because there was once a boy. Raine Montemayor. Fifteen years of age. Soft-eyed and devoted. Recklessly in love. A boy who trembled but still offered everything. His body, his heart, his soul. And the confession, it terrified him. So he crushed it. “I’m straight,” he said coldly. “I only see you as a brother.” And just like that, he destroyed the only person who had ever looked at him as if he were something more than a god. Raine left for Canada soon after. Travis thought distance would erase the memory. Well, it didn’t. Years later, Raine returns. But the boy Travis rejected is gone. The man who steps off the plane is controlled and polished. Sinfully beautiful. His smile no longer innocent, but knowing. His presence no longer pleading, but commanding. Raine no longer looks like he belongs to him. And that is unacceptable. He has a girlfriend, a reputation and a name built on control. Yet every time Raine turns away from him… every time someone else dares to touch him… Jealousy tastes like blood in his mouth. He wants to drag him close. Mark him. Remind him. “You think you’ve outgrown me?” Travis murmurs one night, voice low and dangerous. “You think you can come back here and pretend I don’t own every part of you? You're wrong baby. You're mine, only mine. Even your brothers can do nothing about it. I possess you.

À peine arrivée dans son nouveau lycée, une jeune fille naïve et protégée découvre brutalement la cruauté d’un monde qu’elle ne connaît pas. Trompée par un ancien ami qui orchestre son humiliation devant tous les élèves, elle comprend vite qu’elle n’aura pas sa place dans cet univers où règnent les Alphas, puissants et redoutés. Mais alors qu’elle croit pouvoir s’enfuir, sa mère lui révèle un secret bouleversant : leur vie va changer, et elles doivent désormais rejoindre un domaine mystérieux où l’attendent de nouveaux liens de sang. Derrière les murs de ce manoir imposant, elle fait la connaissance de quatre demi-frères, héritiers destinés à devenir rois Alphas. Leur beauté et leur puissance n’ont d’égales que leur hostilité. Entre rancunes, humiliations et regards troublants, chacun semble la considérer comme une étrangère, voire comme une proie. Très vite, des secrets enfouis remontent : manipulations, rivalités fraternelles, et un danger plus grand encore qui plane dans l’ombre, lié à son propre loup intérieur. Tiraillée entre peur, attirance interdite et pressentiment d’une menace imminente, la jeune fille sent que sa vie vient de basculer dans un jeu dangereux. Ses demi-frères seront-ils ses protecteurs… ou ses geôliers ? Et surtout, pourra-t-elle dompter la puissance incontrôlable qui sommeille en elle, avant qu’elle ne devienne elle-même l’arme de sa propre perte ?

Passei toda a minha vida vivendo à sombra da minha irmã, Juliana, a mulher que todos no círculo dos herdeiros da máfia adoravam e protegiam. Ela não fazia ideia de que eu havia renascido. Assim como na minha vida anterior, ela sorriu de forma doce e gentil, insistindo para que eu escolhesse meu noivo primeiro, fingindo ser atenciosa e generosa. Mas, desta vez, eu recusei. Na minha vida passada, acreditei ingenuamente que ela tinha boas intenções. Casei-me com o homem que ela recomendou, Chester Kane, um herdeiro que diziam estar paralisado após uma emboscada. Abandonei meu direito de herança para me tornar sua cuidadora, seu apoio e remédio contra a solidão. No entanto, não importava a quantidade de carinho que eu desse, o coração dele permanecia congelado. A verdade só veio à tona durante a celebração da gravidez da minha irmã. Quando um assassino de uma família rival apontou a arma para a barriga dela, o homem que não se levantava havia anos subitamente ficou de pé. Ele me empurrou direto para frente do cano. As sete balas atravessaram meu útero. Enquanto eu caía, vi-o puxar minha irmã para seus braços, protegendo-a com o próprio corpo e tomando o último tiro por ela. Só então entendi. Ele nunca esteve paralisado. Sua família nunca o havia abandonado. Ele fingiu estar doente porque o coração de Juliana pertencia a outro homem, e ele se recusava a ficar preso a mim. — Desculpe, Tania. — Ele disse. — Eu menti para você. Mas eu não podia deixar Juliana perder o herdeiro que ela carrega. Vou pagar o que te devo na próxima vida. Quando abri os olhos novamente, estava de volta ao dia em que meu pai pediu que escolhêssemos nossos parceiros de casamento. Desta vez, eu não escolhi ninguém. Mas, naquela época, eram eles que imploravam pelo meu amor.

Camille, dix-neuf ans, servante de cuisine dans un château isolé, vit avec sa mère malade dans une pauvreté digne mais précaire. Quand on lui ordonne de monter préparer le bain du Seigneur Alistair, elle pénètre dans l'univers clos d'un homme brisé. Lord Alistair, trente-huit ans, vit reclus depuis cinq ans, hanté par la mort de son épouse Rosalind , une femme belle et cruelle qui le trompait ouvertement avant de mourir dans un accident de chasse dont il fut accusé. Les rumeurs du village en font un fou dangereux, et les servantes qui montent à ses appartements en redescendent « changées », pour finir par fuir. Dès leur première rencontre, une attraction magnétique s'installe entre Camille et Alistair. Ce qu'elle croit n'être qu'une corvée devient un rituel intime : dans l'eau chaude du bain, il laisse tomber ses défenses, et elle découvre sous l'écorce dure un homme terrifié par ses propres sentiments. Mais leur relation naissante est menacée de toutes parts : · Élise, la femme de chambre jalouse, qui convoite Alistair depuis des années et ourdit une machination pour chasser Camille · Thibault, le neveu d'Alistair, jeune héritier charmeur qui s'éprend de Camille et provoque la jalousie dévastatrice du Seigneur · Le fantôme de Rosalind, qui plane sur chaque instant , Camille ressemble physiquement à la défunte, et Alistair doit apprendre à voir en elle non un reflet, mais une femme à part entière · Les peurs de Camille elle-même, tiraillée entre son désir grandissant et les avertissements de ceux qui l'aiment

LIBRO UNO Él es dueño de la escuela. Yo apenas sobrevivo en ella. Cuando mi mejor amigo, Matt, elige a mi acosador por encima de mí, algo dentro de mí se rompe. Entonces aparece Lucien Knox Ravenscroft. Heredero de la Academia Ravenscroft, peligroso, intocable y muy consciente de que ella es su ex. Me ofrece un trato: una relación falsa que pone a toda la escuela de cabeza. Yo quiero que Matt se arrepienta de todo. Él quiere venganza por haber sido reemplazado. Entonces llega su apuesta. Si Matt vuelve a notarme, yo gano. Si no, le pertenezco a Lucien durante todo el tiempo que él quiera. Cuanto más fingimos, más real se siente. Y Lucien nunca juega con suavidad. LIBRO DOS Aurora Harrison nunca planeó convertirse en Barbie Noir, la stripper más codiciada del club clandestino de la élite neoyorquina. Pero cuando su madre enfermó y su padre la dejó sin nada, hizo lo que tuvo que hacer para sobrevivir. Cinco años después, baila en las sombras, rezando para que los fantasmas de su pasado nunca la encuentren. Pero algunos fantasmas siempre regresan. Kai Mercer ya no es el chico dorado que ella una vez amó. A los treinta años, es un CEO multimillonario con un imperio secreto construido sobre el deseo, el poder y el pecado. El mundo ve a un empresario impecable, pero a puerta cerrada… —Ha pasado mucho tiempo, Aurora. Él gobierna el club más prohibido de la ciudad, oculto de su padre, del público… y de la chica que lo rompió. Hasta que Aurora entra en su suite privada para un baile de veinte mil dólares. Una mirada. Un susurro. Una chispa. La quiere de vuelta—de forma obsesiva, peligrosa, completamente suya.

I've been reborn back to the day my husband, Logan Lane, cheats on me. The first thing I do is request my colleague, Emma Kerr, to switch shifts with me at work. In my previous lifetime, Logan slept with my best friend, Yvonne Colton, behind my back. Since the toys they had used in their session were far too intense, their bodies ended up getting stuck together, so they had to be sent to the ER. Emma performed a surgery on them. Logan and Yvonne were fine after that. Upon receiving the news, I couldn't accept reality at all. I cried so much that I ended up fainting. When I woke up, Logan sent me a document. The document stated that if I were to demand a divorce, I couldn't take a single cent with me. That meant I had to give up on all of my assets. I refused to do so. But Logan merely chuckled coldly in return. "Mariella, Yvonne and I are just friends with benefits. You're the one who insists on getting a divorce, which makes you the one ruining our family. It's only natural that you can't take a single cent with you." I tried to go to the court to prove that Logan was the one cheating on me in our marriage. I even tried to file for a divorce there as well. But then, I found out that someone had already deleted the security footage in the hospital during my collapse. This left me without any solid evidence at all. On the day I lost the court case, Logan didn't hesitate to rub salt into my wound. "Just give up already, Mariella. So what if you have evidence and videos of my infidelity? You're just a regular doctor in the ER, whereas I'm the CEO of Lane Group. I'm the one who earned all of the assets. In fact, I have to give you extra money every month because that meager salary of yours can't sustain you at all. Who would rule in your favor anyway?" I couldn't do anything about Logan's underhanded ways at all. In order to stay with him, I had already cut off all ties with my dad and my family, who happened to be the only support I had in my life, a long time ago. Feeling extremely defeated, I wandered on the street in a daze. That was how I got run over by a speeding truck. When I open my eyes again, I've gotten reborn. The first thing I do is to switch shifts with Emma.

A week after I gave birth via C-section, Mark Whitman invited his friends over to celebrate the birth of our son. The crowd was boisterous—more than a dozen people. Not one of them bothered to remove their dirty shoes. The wooden floor was soon covered in muddy footprints. Mark came into the room and, without a hint of concern, ordered me out of bed. "Everyone's waiting outside. Don't just hide here and rest—you're embarrassing me in front of our guests." I had no choice but to push through the pain, forcing my body to prepare a huge meal for the large crowd, all on my own. When I carried the final bowl of steaming soup to the table, Lily Hoyte—whether intentionally or not—jabbed her hand against the wound on my abdomen. My hand trembled from the sudden pain, and the bowl slipped slightly, spilling the hot soup onto Lily's shoes. Mark's face darkened instantly. "What the heck did you do, Cammy? Lily rushed here right after her plane landed from overseas to see our son, and this is how you treat her?" The crowd quickly chimed in. "Come on, Cammy, no need to be so petty." "Mark and Lily grew up together. If there was really something between them, do you think you'd even be here now?" "Do you even know how much those shoes cost? They're limited edition—easily over ten thousand dollars. And you just ruined them." Lily stood up awkwardly, her eyes misting with tears. "If Cammy doesn't like me," she said softly, "then I'll leave. I don't want to be a bother." But Mark grabbed her hand in an exaggerated display of protection, his voice harsh as he turned to me. "Wipe Lily's shoes clean. Right now." His partiality for Lily made something sharp twist in my chest. My lips quivered as I fought back tears. "The wound on my stomach hasn't healed yet. I can't bend over." At that, his expression grew colder. "Don't use childbirth as an excuse. If you can't bend over, then kneel and wipe them. And if you won't, get out of my house!"

Él susurró el nombre de ella novecientas noventa y nueve veces mientras dormía. Nunca el mío. Durante cinco años, le di todo a Vincent Bonanno, el heredero de una de las dinastías mafiosas más poderosas de Europa. Hice de su casa un hogar, recordé cada detalle descuidado que soltaba e incluso abandoné mi sueño de convertirme en artista, creyendo que un día, finalmente, me elegiría. Pero cada vez que aparecía Alessia, su lealtad se inclinaba hacia ella. La noche en que el fondue hirviente me dejó cicatrices en los brazos, él se apresuró a protegerla de un rasguño que apenas le enrojeció la piel. En público, su mirada nunca se quedaba conmigo, en cambio solo se perdía en ella. Yo era la esposa ante la ley, más nunca lo fui en la práctica. Así que me marché. Solo con una maleta, los papeles del divorcio que firmó sin darse cuenta y un secreto que nunca planeé compartir: tenía tres meses de embarazo. Él se dio cuenta demasiado tarde. Para ese momento, el divorcio ya era real, al igual que el expediente de la clínica. Y para cuando se dio cuenta, yo había desaparecido. En aquel momento, el hombre que alguna vez gobernaba ciudades con un poder despiadado, estaba dispuesto a poner el mundo patas arriba para encontrarnos. Él tenía soldados, dinero y mil disculpas que nunca me dio cuando yo todavía era su esposa. Pero yo ya no era la mujer que suplicaba por su afecto. Era una madre, una artista y una sobreviviente. La pregunta no era si Vincent podía alcanzarme. La cuestión era si, cuando lo hiciera, alguna vez lo dejaría volver a la vida que destruyó.

I'm married to Don Antonio Gallo for ten years. My hands, which are originally meant to play the piano, have learned to assemble guns and take apart bombs for him. I was there with Antonio when he was just a lowly criminal, and I witnessed his entire journey to the summit, where he claimed the throne as the king of the underground casino. But right after Antonio becomes successful in life, he gets infatuated with a pure and innocent maiden from the slums. That maiden is Silvia Bianchi. She was delivered to Antonio's bed like cargo. A maiden like her is as pure as an angel, yet so delicate like porcelain. For the first time ever, Antonio, who's already used to bloodshed and violence, gets a taste of addiction. He's really good at hiding her presence. I only find out about it when I accidentally come across him and Silvia attending a prenatal checkup together. When I break down and demand an explanation from Antonio, he just hands over a divorce agreement nonchalantly. "Silvia doesn't have anyone to rely on, nor does she have a home to go back to. Once she has a proper title, she and her baby won't get bullied anymore. "If you sign this document, I'll give you 20% of my shares. Once Silvia gives birth to her baby, I'll make sure that the baby acknowledges you as their mother as well. Consider this my compensation to you." Of course, I can't accept it at all. I end up slapping Silvia on the face during her baby's first party. That night, my younger brother, Paolo Romano, gets crippled and strapped to the front of an armored truck. "This is the lesson you shall learn for hurting Silvia, Valentina!" I kneel on the ground and beg Antonio to stop. But the moment the engine starts, I feel Paolo's blood being sprayed all over my face. Sharp pain flares from my abdomen immediately. I can only clutch it while screaming hysterically before passing out. When I open my eyes again, I've returned to the day Antonio and Silvia are attending a prenatal checkup together. This time, I no longer ask Antonio any questions. Instead, I secretly sell all of the jewelry I've secretly kept and buy myself two plane tickets. Now, I just want to escape from Antonio with Paolo by my side.

Cette histoire est le tome 3. Vous pouvez retrouver le Tome 1, Regarde-Moi. Après le deuil déchirant de leur enfant, Ava et Vincenzo De Luca refusent de sombrer. Pour sceller leur renaissance, ils organisent un mariage somptueux, une odyssée luxueuse des rivages grecs aux palais siciliens, où le désir devient leur seule loi. Vincenzo, est prêt à tout pour reconquérir sa femme, mais l’ombre de la mafia plane sur leur sanctuaire. Pour protéger son empire et sa reine, Vincenzo doit honorer une dette envers la famille Romano. Chaque escale devient alors un jeu de séduction brûlant où la passion se heurte à la violence d’un monde sans pitié. L'équilibre vacille à Paris lorsqu'un vestige du passé d’Ava resurgit chez Christie’s, menaçant de briser leur union. Tandis qu'elle affronte ses démons, Vincenzo mène une guerre invisible pour verrouiller leur avenir. Dans l'univers des De Luca, le bonheur n'est qu'une trêve, et les prédateurs n'attendent qu'une faille pour frapper. Avertissement : Ce roman s'adresse exclusivement à un public majeur et averti. Il contient des descriptions explicites pouvant heurter la sensibilité de certaines personnes, notamment des scènes de violence physique et psychologique, de consommation de drogue et d'alcool, ainsi que des scènes à caractère sexuel. La lecture de ce contenu est déconseillée aux personnes mineures ou sensibles à ces thématiques. Note de l'autrice Cette œuvre est une fiction entièrement originale. Toute ressemblance avec des personnes existantes, des événements réels, ou d'autres histoires de fiction, publiées ou non, serait purement fortuite. Si certains thèmes ou archétypes peuvent évoquer d'autres œuvres du genre romantico-érotique, l'univers, les personnages et les intrigues de ce récit sont le fruit de l'imagination de l'autrice.