Provocation

Shortly after Sophia and Elijah's marriage, Sophia suffers a miscarriage and the treatment of Sophia by Elijah and his family deteriorates. Sophia meets Elijah at his office and his ex-girlfriend Serena, with whom he has an intimate relationship. The neglect of her husband, the abuse of her husband’s mom, the provocation of her rival, and the marriage born out of children rather than love all make Sophia feel suffocated and repressed. She couldn't stand it anymore. She was going to divorce him. After the divorce, Sophia goes abroad to study art, and on the way, she discovers that she is pregnant. Daniel, the senior she is studying with, takes good care of her, but at that moment she discovers that Elijah has followed her abroad.

Cela faisait neuf ans que j'étais mariée à Ryan Toutain. Lui, un pur-sang, l'Alpha suprême de la Meute de Crocs d'Argent. Moi, juste une Luna par intérim, choisie pour une alliance politique au sein du clan. En neuf ans, il avait ramené cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf femmes. Ce soir, ce serait la deux-centième : une jeune Oméga à peine majeure, qui lui avait lancé des signaux d'accouplement en pleine réception. Ryan n'avait pas refusé. Il l'avait même ramenée sur nos terres. En entrant, la fille m'a aperçue assise sur le canapé du salon. Son regard s'est fait immédiatement narquois : « Alpha… c'est donc ça, ta Luna… celle que tu n'as même pas marquée ? » Ryan, affalé dans son fauteuil, a répondu avec nonchalance : « Ouais. » Elle s'est approchée, me dominant de toute sa hauteur, un sourire insolent aux lèvres. Sa main est venue tapoter ma joue, doucement mais avec une provocation évidente : « Écoute bien ce soir… comme ça, tu sauras enfin comment rendre un Alpha fou. » Cette nuit-là, j'ai dû rester plantée devant leur chambre, subissant jusqu'à l'aube les gémissements qui dégoulinaient de l'étage, comme un « rituel » d'humiliation. Au matin, Ryan est descendu comme d'habitude, l'air indifférent : « Prépare le petit-déjeuner. De la viande crue et du thé de cèdre. » J'ai refusé. Il semblait avoir oublié : notre union n'était qu'un contrat. Aucun marquage, aucun lien. Et il ne restait plus que trois jours avant son expiration...

Alpha Jakob gave me the grandest bonding ceremony five years ago. I became the world's most envied woman. Five years later, I received a provocative voice message from Jakob's first love, Molly. "I just got back to the pack, and all I needed to do was to play coy with Jakob, and he came right over. Tonight, he originally prepared blue fireworks for me. I don't like blue, but I decided to give it to you since I never liked to waste. You can use it during your anniversary." The day during our fifth mate bond anniversary, I looked at the blue fireworks blooming in the night sky, quietly waiting in my seat as I faced the empty seat opposite me. Molly's provocation came again. A photo of her having a candlelight dinner with Jakob. I didn't cry, and simply submit the application to terminate my mate bond with Jakob to the pack's Elder Council. At this time, my personal assistant told me she saw someone had applied for a grand bonding ceremony. "Luna Cynthia, the bonding ceremony is prepared by Molly for herself and Alpha Jakob. It will take place seven days later. Do you wish to stop it?" "There's no need to. If this is what Jakob wants, I'll make their wish come true." Jakob was still promoting how deep his love for me was, saying that I was the woman he loved the most in his life. But he didn't know that seven days later, I would leave the pack and never return again. That night, he collapsed.

Everyone is jealous of Scarlett Meyer's perfect marriage because her husband is so in love with her that it's literally carved into his bones. However, it isn't until the day she finds out she's pregnant that she realizes her husband, Joachim Davidson, has been cheating on her for the past two years. And the person he's cheating on her with? Katrina Greene, Scarlett's college bully. Katrina even has a pair of twins with Joachim. Katrina won't stop provoking Scarlett, and Joachim also continues lying to her face to be with Katrina. To get back at her cheating husband, Scarlett decides to abort her baby and fake her own death. But just before she leaves for good, she puts the abortion report and proof of Katrina's provocation in an envelope and gifts it to Joachim, telling him that he can only open it a few days later.

L’amour n’est jamais une ligne droite. Il est capricieux, imprévisible, parfois cruel, souvent brûlant. Il naît dans les endroits les plus inattendus, entre des âmes qui n’étaient pas censées se rencontrer, ou qui, au contraire, semblaient destinées l’une à l’autre. Mais que vaut le destin face au désir ? Sophie n’avait jamais cherché à tomber amoureuse. Séductrice par nature, elle savait jouer avec les cœurs sans jamais se laisser piéger. Mais Damien… Damien était différent. Il l’attirait autant qu’il la déroutait. Entre eux, c’était un jeu d’attirance et de provocation, un ballet enivrant où aucun des deux ne voulait céder le premier. Pourtant, quelque chose de plus profond se dessinait sous leurs joutes taquines, quelque chose d’inavouable… quelque chose qui effrayait Sophie autant que Damien lui-même. Elena, elle, pensait avoir trouvé l’amour aux côtés de Lucas. Doux, attentionné, toujours là pour elle. Mais alors pourquoi son cœur battait-il différemment lorsqu’elle croisait Damien ? Pourquoi cette envie dévorante de lui appartenir, même si elle savait qu’il ne lui était pas destiné ? Et Lucas… Lucas, fidèle et patient, se trouvait soudain face à une réalité qu’il n’avait jamais envisagée : l’amour ne suffisait pas toujours. Son cœur blessé allait-il s’accrocher à une femme qui ne pouvait l’aimer pleinement, ou s’ouvrir à l’inconnu, à une autre possibilité, un autre avenir ? Dans cette histoire, les cœurs s’égarent, les corps s’attirent, les âmes se tourmentent. Entre passion et raison, entre interdits et tentations, chacun devra faire un choix. Car au bout du chemin, une seule vérité demeure : l’amour est une flamme indomptable… et personne n’en ressort indemne.

On my birthday, my husband of five years accompanied his childhood sweetheart to celebrate her dog's birthday. Avery Simpson published a loving post: [The happiest baby in the world. Mom and Dad will be with you. I hope you're always happy.] Seeing the words "Mom and Dad", I commented a question mark with confusion. The next moment, I found myself blocked. Charles Logan called me and lashed out at me. "Why do you always have to mess things up at the worse possible time? You're worse than a dog. How despicable!" Shortly after, Avery changed her profile picture to one of her and Charles, hands intertwined. When I saw the obvious provocation, I didn't get angry like before. That's because I had already made up my mind to get a divorce.

"Are you sure you want to deregister everything that has to do with you, Ms. Shaw? Once it's all settled, you will essentially cease to exist. No one will be able to trace you." Nancy Shaw looks at the clock pointing to midnight before saying firmly, "Yes, I'm sure." Hansen Holland's lover has won the wager. He spends his and Nancy's first wedding anniversary with his lover. That's why Nancy doesn't want him anymore. … Hansen thinks Nancy will never leave him, no matter how out of line he acts. He sinks deeper into his lover's tenderness and turns a blind eye to her provocation of Nancy… until Nancy disappears. That's when he panics and descends into terror. When he finally finds Nancy, he sees her in the arms of a man who only has eyes for her. Hansen falls to his knees before her, looking humbled. "I'm sorry, Nance. I know I did you wrong. Let's go back to how things used to be." Nancy links arms with the man beside her and smiles winningly. "It's too late for that. You're out, Mr. Holland."

Two mafia heirs. One dangerous obsession. Sasha Mikhailov was sent to watch Nico Vescari—and kill him when the time came. Nico was sent to negotiate peace… or set the world on fire. What begins as a game of power and provocation spirals into something neither man can control. Violence becomes foreplay. Secrets become chains. And between blood and betrayal, they find the one thing more dangerous than war—each other. Dark. Addictive. Devastating. This is the story of two broken men who will burn the world before they let go.

Titre : Altitude Interdite À trente mille pieds d’altitude, les lois du désir échappent à la gravité. Mila, hôtesse de l’air élégante et insoumise, connaît parfaitement les règles du ciel… et comment les contourner. Habituée aux jeux de regards et aux plaisirs furtifs, elle pensait pouvoir maîtriser toutes les turbulences. Jusqu’à ce qu’elle soit affectée à une nouvelle rotation long-courrier sous les ordres du commandant Nolan Elven . charismatique, froid, terriblement attirant. Entre eux, la tension est immédiate. Un mélange de provocation, de défi, et d’attirance brûlante. Mais à bord, il y a aussi Zoé, une autre hôtesse au charme félin, ancienne amante de Nolan , et qui n’a pas dit son dernier mot. À mesure que les escales s’enchaînent, les limites s’effacent. Dans les hôtels d’escale, les uniformes tombent et les jeux interdits commencent. Mila se retrouve prise dans un triangle électrique, entre le commandant qu’elle veut dompter… et la femme qu’elle ne peut ignorer. Jeux de pouvoir, jalousies, corps emmêlés dans des nuits où tout se consume jusqu’à ce qu’un choix s’impose. Mais à trop voler près du feu, Mila risque de s’y brûler.

Elian Lanchester doesn’t need a bodyguard, he needs the world to stay out of his way. Cold, calculated, and impossible to touch, the tech billionaire has built an empire with his brain and burned bridges with his bite. But when a stalker’s threats become dangerously real, his board forces him to get a bodyguard. Unfortunately, they send Dax Reyes, a man Elian hates genuinely. Back in military university, Elian was the guy everyone idolised because of his riches while Dax was a scholarship student who swore to be a ruthless dedicated soldier. Dax is rugged, discreet and unshakably disciplined. The ex-military bodyguard is everything Elian despises and everything he can’t stop watching. Dax isn’t intimidated by Elian’s wealth or his venom. He’s unbothered in the face of provocation, even when the tension burning between them threatens to set the house on fire. But Dax has secrets of his own. He has a family, a past and a line he swore never to cross. When one kiss turns into something that can no longer be denied, Elian and Dax find themselves on the edge of something real and terrifying. Then a bullet changes everything. Desire turns to devastation. Lies twist into betrayal and just when Elian thinks he’s been used and discarded, he discovers the truth was never what it seemed. Now, it's a race against the silence they've both used as an armor. And this time, loving each other might be the most dangerous thing of all.