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Pour Alexie, cette soirée n’aurait dû être qu’un moment léger entre amis. Jusqu’à ce qu’un défi insensé soit lancé : séduire un parfait inconnu… en une semaine. Elle accepte par fierté. Juste un jeu. Rien de sérieux. Mais lorsque son regard croise celui d’Ethan, tout bascule. Il ne cherche pas à plaire. Il ne sourit pas. Il observe. Avec une intensité qui semble dévorer chaque défense qu’elle tente d’ériger. Chaque geste, chaque regard volé, chaque proximité forcée devient une nouvelle épreuve. Alexie se découvre vulnérable face à un homme qui ne laisse rien transparaître… et qui réveille en elle des sentiments qu’elle croyait bien enterrés. Ce pari devait être facile. Ce n’était qu’une plaisanterie. Pourtant, plus elle s’approche de lui, plus elle sent que le danger n’est pas dans la séduction… Il est dans ce qu’elle pourrait perdre : son cœur. Un pari. Un inconnu. Un lent embrasement qui pourrait les brûler tous les deux.

My child-free husband went back to his hometown for a funeral, and after he returned, he suddenly wanted me to have a baby. He was one of the best obgyns in the state, so he handled my IVF procedure himself. After more than 160 hormone shots, we finally heard the baby’s rhythmic heartbeats for the first time, which made my usually calm husband tear up. Soon, he tightened every part of my routine, from a strict diet to my schedule, and once my belly started showing, he barely let me get out of bed. I thought he was just being overly protective. But then, right by my ear, I heard a nasty little boy’s voice. [Which player starts their mission inside the womb? And she’s not even my mom!] [Just four more months. My dad will make sure she dies on the operating table so he can keep only his son.] [After that, he’ll bring my real mom back, and my mission will be complete!] I canceled my afternoon checkup immediately as soon as I heard this. Did the system forget to tell him that he wasn’t the only player in this world?

My sister-in-law, Esmerelda Black, hates that her mother, Ruth Jennings, favors me. To make things worse, she has the ability to hear Ruth's thoughts. And she uses that gift against me. When I tell Ruth to have more vegetables to stay healthy, Esmerelda says, "Clara is such a cheapskate not to buy you meat. She doesn't ask her own mom to eat more vegetables." When I encourage Ruth to exercise more to build strength, she says, "Mom, you're already old. You should be taking it easy. Clara wants you to work yourself to death." Slowly, Ruth grows to hate me. In the end, Esmerelda acquires the family business, seizes the fortune, and trafficks me to North Maldia to die. However, when I open my eyes again, I have her gift too—I can also hear Ruth's thoughts.

In my previous life, everyone in my family could hear my mother's inner thoughts. I managed to land a new job. The pay was high, and the benefits were great. Instead of being happy for me, she was deeply anxious. She thought, "With her education and her abilities, how could she possibly get a job like that? She must've slept her way to it." After my father heard that, he refused to let me go to work. He stormed into my workplace, made a huge scene, and got me fired. I was furious and decided to move out for a while and stay at my boyfriend's place. On the surface, my mother supported my decision. Deep down, however, she was desperately trying to stop me. She thought, "What should I do? That boyfriend of hers has been married for years. He even has a child. She's someone's mistress. "If she really moves in, that man's wife will surely have a go at her. She'll embarrass the rest of us!" To keep me from leaving, my younger brother broke both my legs with a stick. Then, they locked me inside the house and leave me to suffer on my own. My wounds festered and became infected. I begged them to take me to the hospital, but my mother sighed inwardly, thinking, "She's so rebellious. No matter what anyone says, she insists on leaving this family. "In truth, there's nothing wrong with her legs at all. Once she gets to the hospital, she'll definitely escape." After that, everyone ignored my pleas and left me to die in agony. Even at the very end, I never knew who was to blame for my death. When I open my eyes again now, I realize that I, too, can hear my mother's inner thoughts.

Arabella découvre qu'elle est enceinte de son mari, Richard Giodano. Elle veut l'en informer lorsqu'elle l'entend parler au téléphone avec Eve Rogers, son ex-amante. Depuis le retour d'Eve aux États-Unis, Richard veut divorcer. C'était son plan depuis toujours, jusqu'à ce qu'il découvre qu'Eve le trompe avec son meilleur ami. Cinq ans plus tard, ils se croisent par hasard à une fête et Richard découvre que son ex-femme est non seulement de retour avec un enfant, mais qu'elle est aussi la séduisante PDG d'Eagle Homes and Interiors. Même lorsqu'elle fait semblant de ne pas le connaître, il jure de tout pour la récupérer et la reconquérir.

Perasaan kagum yang dimiliki Lisa Braun kepada Thomas Archer, sahabat ayahnya sendiri berubah menjadi hasrat yang tak terkendali. Apalagi ketika Tom sendiri memiliki hasrat yang lebih dalam dan Lisa adalah tempat untuk melampiaskannya.

I, Zadie Weatherby, am the daughter of Jacob Weatherby, the richest man in the country. Three years ago, I donated my bone marrow to my paternal grandmother, Marissa Notley. After that, I stayed in a nursing home so that she wouldn't worry about me. But when I return to Jirvia, I find that my brother, Luca Weatherby, who once spoiled me rotten, is telling everyone that Sally Weatherby is his sister and the true Weatherby heiress. But in reality, Sally is just an adopted child. The grandmother I risked my life to save holds Sally's hand and says, "Sally is my one and only precious granddaughter." They then claim that I was the adopted child the driver had found near a heap of trash. And so, Sally takes my place as the Weatherby heiress and even marries my fiance, Aidan Yorke. In my last life, I let them take my wedding dress and the trillion-dollar heirloom necklace my maternal grandmother left me. All I wanted was for them to acknowledge me as family, but they cruelly drove me to my death. Now, I have a second chance at life after going back in time. I rush to the venue where the wedding is being held. Once there, I tear the necklace from Sally's neck and strip off her wedding dress. "How dare you steal from me, you tramp!"

Christine, fille unique d’une famille richissime, avait tout : le luxe, la beauté, une vie de princesse intouchable. Jusqu’au jour où tout a volé en éclats. Lors d’une croisière en Europe, elle est enlevée et séquestrée dans la cale du navire. Battue, humiliée, elle ne comprend rien : ses ravisseurs cherchent une mystérieuse parure, un collier que sa famille aurait acheté à prix d’or. Christine, elle, n’est au courant de rien. Trois jours plus tard, un jeune homme serveur sur le bateau, avec qui elle avait partagé une nuit de passion la sauve et l’aide à fuir jusqu’au continent. Mais à son retour, la réalité la frappe de plein fouet : la faillite de l’entreprise familiale, le suicide de son père... Ruinée, elle n’a d’autre choix que de se reposer sur son mystérieux sauveur. Au fil des épreuves, elle s’attache à lui, touchée par ses attentions et sa présence constante. Mais une fois rentrée dans son pays, elle découvre l’impensable : cet homme, qu’elle croyait être un simple serveur, est en réalité le cerveau derrière son enlèvement. Et cette histoire de collier semble étroitement liée à la chute de sa famille. Trahison, secrets et faux-semblants : face à cette vérité bouleversante, Christine parviendra-t-elle à affronter le passé ? Et quel avenir reste-t-il pour deux âmes liées par le mensonge et le désir

My name is Daniella Limebear. In my past life, my long-lost younger sister, Heidi Limebear, returns home. On her very first day back, I hear the faint whispers of her heart: "At the riverside, I saw the other kids learning to swim with their dads… I wish I could join them." The next day, I drive Heidi to the clearest stretch of river in the countryside. I teach her to float and paddle, guiding her hands with mine. Without warning, she lets out a scream and disappears beneath the water. I plunge into the river, fighting against the current to reach her. Suddenly, she clutches my arm and pulls me under. With the last of my strength, I push her toward the shore. Water fills my lungs, and darkness swallows me. Amid the piercing wail of the ambulance siren, Heidi curls into our mother's arms, tears streaking her cheeks. Mom slaps me across the face. In Dad's eyes, there is only utter disappointment. "Heidi has already endured so much while she was gone for ten years! I can't believe you would try to drown her the moment she comes home!" he snaps. I stand frozen, unable to defend myself. Shortly after the incident, a group of troublemakers just outside the school gates corners Heidi. Once again, I "hear" her cries of despair echoing in my mind: "He said if I don't meet him tonight, he'll set our home on fire! Daniella, please save me! You're the only one who can." The moment I arrive at the scene, I'm immediately surrounded by a group of thugs. With cruel, mocking smiles, they close in from all sides. "Don't blame us. Your precious younger sister paid us five thousand dollars to kill you." "She claimed that once you're out of the picture, the billion‑dollar inheritance goes straight to her." Just as I begin to suffocate, I notice Heidi standing not far away. Her face remains perfectly calm and composed. When I open my eyes again, I realize I've returned to the day she was found and brought home. Once more, her inner voice echoes in my ears: "I really want to swim… I wish Daniella would take me."

The day I marry Navy Captain Dean Aldridge, I hear his stepsister Shirley Pierce's inner voice. "Diane is so beautiful and graceful. I wish I could be like her, but I'm nothing more than an unwanted burden in this family… "I really adore her, though. I saved up my allowance to buy her a bracelet as a wedding gift, but I'm afraid she'll think it's unlucky and refuse it." In my last life, those words had filled my heart with pity. I'd accepted the bracelet and even taken Shirley under my wing, teaching her to read and write. But not long after my wedding, my health began to deteriorate for no reason. It wasn't until I lay dying that I discovered the truth—the bracelet Shirley had given me was cursed, and she'd deliberately made me hear her inner voice. She'd long been in love with Dean and was determined to make the Aldridge family hers one day. Now, when I open my eyes again, I find myself back on my wedding day.