Quand Son Masque Est Tombé, Je Me Suis Éveillée

Après trois ans de mariage, Ariane Lenoir a découvert que son certificat de mariage avec Bastien Sorel n'était qu'un faux. La véritable « Madame Sorel » n'est autre que sa meilleure amie, Noémie Vallon. Pendant trois ans, Bastien et toute sa famille l'avaient traitée comme une dupe. La raison ? Une terrible accident, celui-là même où elle avait failli perdre la vie pour sauver Bastien, l'avait privée à jamais de la possibilité d'enfanter. Et quand elle demandait pourquoi : Bastien : « Je t'aime. Je voulais juste un enfant. » Noémie : « Je ne veux pas vous séparer, je veux juste faire partie de votre vie à deux. » Ariane : « Vous êtes complètement malades ! » ... Ils voulaient jouer ce jeu pervers ? Parfait. Ariane allait désormais mener la partie. Ils lui avaient volé son avenir ? Elle a épousé l'héritier et est devenue leur cliente. Ils lui avait refusé un vrai mariage ? Sa nouvelle belle-famille lui a offert un cérémonie somptueuse à plusieurs centaines de millions. Ils la croyaient stérile, une femme incompétente ? Elle attendait désormais des jumeaux, et savoura à l'avance leur rage impuissante. ... La nouvelle du mariage de l'héritier s'était répandue comme une traînée de poudre, et tout le monde semblait plaindre sa nouvelle épouse. Dans les salons chuchotait-on qu'il gardait au cœur une « femme de sa vie », un premier amour inoubliée, même après son propre mariage. Certains assuraient, qu'il avait frôlé l'irréparable le jour où elle avait dit « oui » à un autre. D'autres juraient l'avoir surpris, les yeux embués devant les films où elle jouait, qu'il revisionnait inlassablement. Alors, quand après la naissance des jumeaux, Ariane, feignant la résignation, a murmuré qu'elle « devait les réunir, lui et son grand amour », il l'a serrée férocement contre lui, paniqué. « C'est quoi ces conneries ? Mon cœur, tu DOIS me croire ! »

Synopsis: “If disownment is the way to escape… I will file to be by your side.” Don Angelito De Silva Marquez is a possessive, lawless but charismatic son of a Governor. He studied law to cover up all his family’s secrets. At an early age, he is cognizant of how dirty politics is played. One crucial night, an innocent boy accidentally witnessed how he intentionally killed a treacherous auditor. His father’s henchman job is at risk; he needs to find someone to substitute him in jail. Denver is threatened to be murdered as he anxiously follows his order. Don Angelito won his first case with him. However, Denver cannot trust a liar. The Governor's son must do something to protect his ideals and name. In their roller coaster of hatred and love, can they take the truth when they're looking for each other six years ago?

One drunken night and Kayla’s life turned upside down–she had sex with the man she adores a lot, the perfect C.E.O of the company she dreamed of joining, Brandon Moore! But one thing that made it more complicated is when she got pregnant and she had to give up her dream job at Moore Food Corporation when she found out that the man she had sex has a girlfriend. Five years and she didn't have a plan to tell this secret to Brandon but then her son insists on meeting him. Her plan was to seduce and make Brandon fall in love with her but as soon as their love started, she discovered something that she couldn't believe was true—behind Brandon’s perfection lies his secret identity that she had to endure if she wanted to stay with him. Is she going to stay if she finds out he’s an Alpha who’s running an underground business?

Alice Collins had always wished she could provide a comfortable life for her mother and two younger sisters, as the four girls had been through great financial difficulties since their parents' separation. So, when she turned eighteen, Alice decided to try her luck in another country. Determined to take the risk, she moved to Los Angeles, aiming for one goal: to do everything possible to help her family. But, as not everything was easy, especially when finding herself in a country where she knew nothing, Alice faced challenges that made her feel an immense desire to give up and return home defeated. However, as a divine miracle, an opportunity arose for her to work as a maid in the Scott family's house. Years went by, and Alice became beloved by that family. Her salary even increased, giving her the chance to pay for an arts college scholarship. Everything seemed perfect, but she didn't imagine that there would be someone in that family, who had not visited for years, who would awaken the most intense feelings in her. Upon meeting her boss's son, Joshua Scott, a strikingly intriguing and sexy man, owner of one of the biggest cosmetics companies in London and with a reputation for being a womanizer, Alice found herself wondering if it was worth paying the price of falling in love.

Kabera is a girl from a poor family. While in high school, she decides to snatch people's snacks and steal their things to sell and earn money. One day, she decides to snatch food from a little girl. The girl tells her that she is the daughter of the governor and that she will tell her father. Kabera threatened her not to say anything and as the little girl was afraid, she didn't say anything until the last day of the school year when she came with her big brother Ariel who is also the governor's son. She told him that Kabera often snatched her snack. That's how Ariel went to meet Kabera to ask her for explanations but...

Gabriel Thorne was seventeen when he met his fated mate across a burning packhouse during a sanctioned werewolf purge. The moment their eyes locked, the mate bond snapped into place with devastating clarity. Dominic Ashford, the youngest billionaire Alpha in North America, rejected him instantly and publicly, shattering Gabriel's world with five brutal words: "I don't have a mate." Five years later, Gabriel has been cast out from the Holy Order, disowned by his exorcist family, and is barely surviving as a paranormal investigator when catastrophe strikes. His father is dying from a curse that can only be broken by Alpha blood willingly given. Gabriel must return to the pack territory he was exiled from and beg the mate who destroyed him for help. Dominic agrees, but his price is cruel: a thirty-day contract where Gabriel lives in his penthouse, attends pack functions as his companion, and submits to experimental mate bond suppression therapy designed to erase their connection forever. Gabriel accepts because he has no choice. Dominic believes proximity will kill the bond. Instead, it ignites into an inferno neither can control. As they're forced together, dangerous truths emerge. The curse killing Gabriel's father wasn't random, it was orchestrated. Someone inside the Holy Order is funding a conspiracy to restart the werewolf purges, and the scandalous mate bond between an exorcist heir and an Alpha is the spark that could ignite a supernatural war. Now Gabriel and Dominic must choose: break their bond to preserve the fragile peace, or claim each other and risk destroying everything their worlds have built. Their love could save both species, Or it could damn them all.

Natali si Emely sa isang kasal na hindi niya ginusto at hindi kailanman gugustuhin. Ngunit para sa kaniyang pamilya, wala siyang hindi kayang gawin. Pinakasalan niya ang ama ng lalaking mahal niya, at nilunok ang lahat ng panghuhusga. Tiniis ang lahat ng masasakit na kapalaran, at pinilit lunukin ang kahihiyan. Kapalit ng pera, ibinenta niya ang sarili niyang kalayaan, pagmamahal, at kaligayahan. Sapat nga bang kabayaran ang pera kapalit ng kaniyang pagmamahal, kaligayahan, at kalayaan? Sapat nga ba ang pera para pawiin ang bawat masasalimuot niyang mga gabi? Sa pagpapakamartir at paghanap ng karamay, ano bang mas tamang piliin, kung ang pagpapakamartir ay papatay sa'yo at ang pagdamay ay mauuwi sa pangangaliwa? Saan hahantong ang kaniyang pag-ibig? Sa kaligayahan ba, katarungan, o sa bilangguan? [DISCLAIMER* The story contains sensitive themes such as marital rape, physical abuse, and adultery that are not suitable for young readers. The following chapters may trigger one's trauma. Read at your own risk.

My mother-in-law, Daisy Rothbart, gets pregnant around the same time I do. We even give birth to baby boys via cesarean sections on the same day. However, her infant dies later, and that's when she suddenly starts showering my son, Casey Dyson, with all her love and attention. After Casey officially takes over the family business one day, my husband, Jerome Dyson, and I die in an accident out at sea. However, my spirit remains close to Casey even after my death, and that's when I find out that he starts calling Daisy "Mom" while crying in relief. It is only then that I learn that the son I'd been bringing up for 20 years had been secretly switched at birth by none other than Daisy. When I open my eyes again, I realize that I'd traveled back in time to the day when Daisy and I were both scheduled to undergo cesarean sections at the hospital.

Lerina was exiled after her uncle managed to seize all of her parents' inheritance. He was forced to stay at the house of a friend's servant. He had to find a job at that time, but luck was not on his side. Until his friend Rivera heard from his parents that there was a rich man who wanted to have children without getting married. He offered it. Lerina, who really needed money for a place to live, daily life as well as tuition fees, finally accepted the offer. Five years later fate brought them together.

D'aussi loin que je me souvienne, j'étais toujours amoureuse de Cassin Chauvin - le meilleur ami de mon frère, l'unique parrain de la mafia à Paris. Le soir de mon vingtième anniversaire, mon frère m'a promis une surprise. Je ne m'attendais pas à ce que cette surprise soit un Cassin très ivre et très docile. Une nuit d'insouciance. Un petit garçon. Cassin a accepté de m'épouser après l'accouchement. Mais le jour où j'ai donné naissance à Léo, Cassin n'a rien dit. Il a juste fait ses valises et a disparu pendant près de cinq ans. Puis il est revenu avec Alissa. Son premier amour. Et quand elle a vu Léo et moi, elle s'est enfuie et a disparu. Après ça, Cassin ne m'a plus quittée. Comme s'il essayait de devenir l'homme dont j'avais besoin depuis le début, comme si nous allions enfin commencer notre histoire. Mais les contes de fées sont des mensonges enveloppés de jolis papiers. Le jour du sixième anniversaire de Léo, nous allions dîner en voiture. Les freins ont lâché. La voiture a dérapé sur l'autoroute, les flammes léchant le moteur. Cassin est sorti. Puis il a verrouillé les portières. « Sans toi, Alissa serait encore à mes côtés. Maintenant, c'est à ton tour de souffrir. » À ce moment-là, j'ai enfin compris que Cassin ne m'avait jamais aimée. Quand j'ai rouvert les yeux, j'étais de retour à l'anniversaire de mes vingt ans. Cassin était dans mon lit, exactement là où je l'avais laissé dans le passé. Cette fois, je n'ai pas hésité. J'ai fui. Et en partant, j'ai passé l'appel que j'aurais dû faire pour la première fois. Celui à Alissa.