Summer Camp Part 6

Maira seorang wanita berusia 25 tahun, dirinya yang berasal dari kalangan menengah kebawah selalu dipaksa menurut, pada setiap keadaan yang diciptakan oleh mereka yang dari kalangan atas.  Dua tahun yang lalu dia dipaksa menikah dengan anak bos ayahnya, mau tidak mau dia harus menerimanya. Ayahnya sendiri merasa tidak enak jika harus menolak. Maira merasa dijadikan tameng untuk menutupi aib keluarga bos ayahnya.  Dua tahun berlalu, kini Maira tengah mengandung buah cintanya bersama Alfin, namun hal menyakitkan harus kembali terjadi. Bukan sambutan bahagia yang dia dapatkan dari suaminya melainkan sebuah kesakitan yang tiada terperi. Bagaimana tidak, Alfin–suaminya meminta Maira untuk menggugurkan kandungannya. Dia sama sekali tidak peduli dengan perasaan Maira saat ini. Cinta yang mulai terajut di antara keduanya, kini mulai kembali merenggang, hubungan keduanya kembali dingin. Kembalinya Tania–mantan kekasih Alfin, membuat kehidupan Maira menjadi banyak gelombang. Tania kembali dengan menawarkan sebuah cinta pada suaminya. Dan hal itu disambut baik oleh Alfin. Lalu mampukah Maira mempertahankan posisinya sebagai Istri sah Alfin?  Mampukah Maira mempertahankan hak hidup calon anaknya? Atau justru Maira memilih pergi dari kehidupan Alfin dan menemukan cinta yang lainnya?

It's nighttime, and I'm on the toilet with my phone. I fire up Battleborn Arena, ready to grind a few ranked matches. But an unknown number flashes on-screen and cuts me off. Annoyed, I decline the call, and a WhatsApp message pops up immediately. "Run! Edgar just snapped. He's going to kill us all!" My hands tremble. Edgar Maguire… Isn't he already dead?

In the final seven days after I decided to depart for good, I transformed into the daughter my family had always dreamed of. I conceded to Remy's every whim, never to fight or deny her. When she wanted to use my work for a contest, I deferred. When she wanted me out in the frost and howling wind, I did just that. My quiet compliance led my family to think that I had learned the error of my ways. "You've finally accepted that you owe Remy so much, and that you have to compensate her!" Even until the end, they never understood why I couldn't care less. "Fiona, why aren't you saying anything?" To that, I could only smile. "Isn't this what you've always wanted?"

Eu interrompi uma gravidez antes que completasse três meses — e ele nunca sequer soube disso. Ele estava ocupado demais reacendendo as coisas com a ex, ainda preso às chamas do passado. Para fazê-la se sentir confortável, deu a ela o meu quarto principal como se não fosse nada. Chegou até a transformar o que deveria ser a nossa festa de noivado em uma festa de boas-vindas para ela. Deixou que eu me tornasse motivo de chacota para todos ao nosso redor. Então virei as costas, cortei meu vestido de noivado e aceitei me casar com o homem que minha família havia escolhido para mim.

I was the Falcone family's top consigliere. Their brain. And today, I was walking away—handing over the books to every legitimate business I ran, severing my final tie. My protégé couldn't understand. "You're the future of this family, Aurelia. You can't just leave." I shook my head with a bitter smile. They didn't know. I'd been secretly married to the Don, Vittorio Falcone, for three years. I thought my looks, my mind, and everything I gave him would be enough to win all of his love. A hit at the docks three months ago showed me the truth. I took a bullet. Emergency. I needed the family surgeon—which required Vittorio's direct order. I called him over a dozen times. But when he finally answered, all I heard was a soft, breathless voice on his end. "Vittorio, we haven't cut my birthday cake. Will you hold my hand and cut it with me?" That voice. My best friend. The woman Vittorio once had a crush on. Carina. In the safe house, weak from blood loss, I dug the bullet out myself and had one of my men rush me to a family clinic. Right before they wheeled me into the OR, Vittorio burst in—carrying Carina. Twisted ankle. Needed a doctor. Now. My surgeon was dragged away. The antibiotics came too late. The wound got infected. I fought for my life for a week. When I woke up, I stared at my phone. Not a single message. The tears finally came. I understood. I was just the woman he'd been forced to marry after he was drugged and slept with me. A scandal averted. All he cared about was my value and his reputation. And me? The secret princess of the Rossi family, who gave up everything to build his empire. All for nothing. So I prepared four parting gifts. A celebration of our mutual destruction. Then he'd never see me again.

Unang kita pa lang naming dalawa, para na kaming mga aso't pusa. Hindi kami nagkakasundo kahit maliit na bagay ay pinagtatalunan namin. KAHIT NAPAKALIIT LANG NA PROBLEMA, NAGAGAWA NAMING PALAKIHIN!To be honest, I don't like him. Napakayabang niya pero hindi dahilan 'yun para hindi siya magustuhan ng mga babae sa University. Paano ba naman kasi, sino naman ang hindi magkakagusto sa kanya? Gwapo siya at matangkad, swak sa panlasa ng madla! PERO DATI 'YUN!Dahil simula nang makilala ko ang totoong Siya, hindi ko namalayang nahulog na pala ako sa kanya. I can still remember what I've said."I will never fall in love with him. Ever!"But I was wrong because...I am now IN LOVE WITH THE CAMPUS HEARTTHROB.

"I've transferred the three hundred-dollar rent to you. Thanks, Samuel." A contact named Misty has sent my husband, Samuel Tucker, a message on WhatsApp. I snatch his phone immediately, only to be stunned by what I see. "Rent? Samuel, you told me that this is the income you earn from your part-time job!" Samuel's expression freezes on his face. Then, he tries to snatch his phone back. "Darling, my brother has already passed away. It's difficult for Misty to raise two children on her own…" As I caress my tiny baby bump with a hand, I feel my heart sinking at his words. "Which residence is this rent for?" Samuel parts his lips hesitantly. A long time later, he finally tells me the residential area's name. I'm completely flabbergasted at that point. The luxurious apartment sitting in that particular area is an asset that my deceased parents have left for me. Also, the rent there is worth 10,000 dollars. Yet, Samuel has rented it out to my widowed sister-in-law, Misty Patterson, and her children for only 300 dollars!

La sœur adoptive de mon mari m’a invitée à dîner, et pendant le repas, un tremblement de terre a eu lieu. Mon mari, pompier, est arrivé immédiatement pour nous sauver. Cependant, comme nous étions toutes les deux coincées sous la même grosse pierre, il ne pouvait sauver qu’une seule personne. Afin de sauver en premier sa sœur adoptive, qui était fragile et malade, mon mari m’a abandonnée, malgré le fait que j’étais enceinte de cinq mois. Je l’ai supplié de me sauver. Il a laissé la grosse pierre briser mon bras. « Ysaline a toujours été fragile et malade, si on la laisse ici, elle mourra. » Mais après ma mort, il est devenu fou.

« Tu vas me tuer pour t'avoir trahi ? » demandai-je, le cœur battant la chamade. Il s'approcha, me saisit par le cou et me murmura à l'oreille : « Enlève tes vêtements et écarte les jambes pour moi, petit oiseau. » Il était le parrain de la mafia, impitoyable, craint, et il devait une épouse. Mon frère était criblé de dettes. Pour sauver sa peau, il m'a vendue à la Cosa Nostra. À l'homme qui m'avait été promis, Damiano Lombardi, l'homme le plus dangereux de la famille criminelle new-yorkaise. Mais au lieu d'accepter mon sort, j'ai fui – loin, vite, sans me retourner. Des années plus tard, il me retrouve. Je pensais qu'il me tuerait pour l'avoir déshonoré. Mais Damiano ne veut pas ma mort, il veut se venger, obtenir son obéissance… et m'avoir. Ce qui avait commencé comme un mariage arrangé se transforme en une obsession dangereuse. Damiano Lombardi n'est plus seulement l'homme que j'ai fui. C'est lui dont je ne peux m'échapper : son contact, sa fureur, son amour. Mais dans l'ombre de notre passé, des ennemis guettent. Et dans ce monde, l'amour n'est pas un refuge. C'est une arme. Damiano était un véritable dieu grec. Les filles se jetaient à ses pieds et je me croyais si différente d'elles, mais je me trompais.

When I was six months pregnant, I was visiting the hospital when I saw my husband with his childhood friend, who had recently returned to the country. I was left holding my own prenatal checkup report, watching as they celebrated their soon-to-be born child. Still, Kelly Wallace appeared worried and even sounded guilty. "Quentin, you didn't have to come with me—I'm fine alone. If Jolin finds out, she'll definitely have a fight with you. She's pregnant too… it'll affect her mood and the baby." Quentin Smith was confidently nonchalant. "No, she won't—she always obeys me and loves me too much. If she does argue, I'll just divorce her!" My heat broke, tears of misery rushing down my cheek. But it was true. I loved him so much that I couldn't even bear to argue with him and always obeyed him. Even so, that didn't mean I was going to maintain this sham of a marriage after learning about his deceit. Since he didn't want me and our child, then I could raise my baby alone. Wiping away my tears, I called a number I hadn't called for five years. "Dad, can I come home?" "Oh, Jo! You finally called. Of course you're always welcomed home!" Hanging up, I booked a ticket for a flight to Switzerland that was due to depart a week later. I'd be out of his hair, so why was he losing his mind when he couldn't find me?