Tadao Ando Works Novels & Stories

Vanessa Diamond wasn't what anyone wanted, her brash personality and tomboyish ways turned everyone against her, even her family. Knowing she wasn't wanted Vanessa left home, and moved to the bustling city of New York. She had hoped it would be a place where her dreams would finally come true, but its not always that easy. Forced to work in a gentlemen's club she begins to fit in somewhere...perhaps this is where she was meant to be. But after one 'lucky' night with the Mafia's boss Christiano her life is turned upside down again... But she's ready for the challenge.

Mi esposo, con quien llevo cinco años casada, resultó ser el heredero perdido de la familia mafiosa, Rhys. El día que lo reincorporaron a la familia, tomó a nuestro hijo de la mano y se dirigió a un lujoso coche de un millón de dólares con Isla, su novia de la infancia. Luego, frunciendo ligeramente el ceño, me dijo: —Hazel, solo me llevaré a Isla y a nuestro hijo conmigo. Tú quédate aquí por ahora. Una vez que haya asegurado mi posición en la familia Rhys, volveré por ti. Asentí con calma y acepté su disposición sin protestar. Sabía que incluso si forzaba mi regreso con él, no terminaría bien. En mi vida anterior, lloré e insistí en ir con él. Sin otra opción, Sam me llevó de vuelta a la familia. Sin embargo, no pasó mucho tiempo antes de que Isla me incriminara, acusándome de filtrar los secretos de la familia mafiosa Rhys. Según las reglas de la familia, fui sentenciada a muerte. Cuando se ejecutó el veredicto, mi hijo me gritó con los ojos enrojecidos: —¡Te odio! ¡Si no hubieras insistido en venir, no tendría a una traidora como madre! ¡Habría tenido una mejor mamá hace mucho tiempo! En ese instante, mi corazón se rindió. Renacida en el momento justo antes de que mi esposo reclamara su identidad, esta vez elegí dejarlo ir sin dudarlo, dejando de interponerme en la felicidad que él y nuestro hijo deseaban.

—Padrino, ¿así es la postura correcta? Estábamos en el Club Deportivo y le enseñaba a mi ahijada la técnica para entrar al agua. Briseida se inclinó, dejando su trasero bien firme en alto, y sin querer terminó rozando mi paquete. Sentí un corrientazo, una sensación eléctrica que me sacudió. Pero lo que más me excitó fue lo que pasó después de que saltara. Como era malísima para nadar, empezó a chapotear con desesperación en cuanto entró al agua y, entre tanto ajetreo, se le soltó el hilo del bikini. Me lancé de inmediato a rescatarla. Ella forcejeaba y se aferraba a mí con todas sus fuerzas, haciendo que se la rozara una y otra vez. Y lo más increíble era que su padre estaba ahí mismo, observándonos a un lado de la alberca.

My Alpha mate has canceled our carefully planned honeymoon trips fourteen times for his Omega secretary. The first time, because of the secretary's phone call about "lost territorial maps," he didn't hesitate to abandon me at a strange Nordic airport. The second time, because of the secretary's plea for help, he drove back alone to the pack's core territory, leaving me alone in the dangerous hunting grounds. For four years, I carefully planned fourteen honeymoon trips, but each time my mate would abandon me to choose to accompany his Omega secretary. Finally, I stopped insisting and decided to give up this mating relationship that was never firmly chosen. But when I joined the Alpha Council's secret research project and decided to leave forever, he cried and searched the whole world for me.

Elena Hart once believed she had a perfect life—married to powerful billionaire CEO Adrian Kingsley and trusting her closest friend, Sophia Bennett. But everything collapses the night Elena discovers Adrian and Sophia together. Accused of betrayal and forced into a humiliating divorce, she is cast out and blamed for destroying the marriage. Broken and alone, Elena disappears, leaving behind the world that judged her without knowing the truth. Three years later, a mysterious and powerful businesswoman begins shaking the corporate world by quietly acquiring companies connected to Adrian’s empire. Elegant, confident, and far stronger than before, Elena returns under a new identity. She is no longer the abandoned wife—they now stand in her shadow. At the center of the story are complicated relationships. Elena and Adrian share a past built on love, misunderstanding, and deep betrayal. Sophia, once Elena’s best friend, now stands as her greatest rival, determined to keep her secrets buried. As Elena’s return disrupts their lives, tensions grow and old emotions resurface. Like the raw honesty captured in Music for Chameleons, where contradictions define identity, each character in this story hides truths behind carefully built masks. But as Elena moves closer to uncovering what really happened the night her life collapsed, one question remains—was Adrian truly her betrayer, or was someone else manipulating everything from the shadows?

Tres meses antes del divorcio, Celia Sánchez presentó su solicitud de traslado de trabajo. Un mes antes, le envió el acuerdo de divorcio a César Herrera. Tres días antes, sacó todas sus pertenencias de su casa compartida y se mudó de allí. *** Tuvieron un matrimonio de seis años, pero cuando César apareció ante ella con su primer amor y su hijo, pidiéndole que el niño lo llamara "papá", Celia finalmente comprendió la realidad: si él la había hecho sufrir una y otra vez a causa de su actitud parcial hacia esa mujer y a su hijo. Además, César la consideraba como la verdadera "amante" y eso le daba vergüenza, entonces debía poner fin a ese matrimonio para que él pudiera quedarse con su primer amor para siempre. Sin embargo, cuando ella desapareció de su vida, él se volvió loco. Ella creía que César se casaría con su amor, como había supuesto, sin saber que ese hombre poderoso lloraría frente a los medios, suplicándole humildemente su amor. —Nunca he sido infiel, ni tengo ningún hijo bastardo. Solo tengo una esposa que ya no me ama. Se llama Celia Sánchez, ¡y la extraño mucho!

I married a man who loved my step-sister. Our marriage was a contract—cold, clinical, temporary. No love. No expectations. And above all, no pregnancy. I told myself I could endure it. That loving him quietly, faithfully, invisibly, would one day be enough. I was wrong. For four years, I lived as a ghost in my own marriage—watching the man I loved choose her, again and again. I sacrificed my pride, my dreams, and my voice, waiting for him to see me. Then I discovered I was pregnant. I had broken the contract. But more than that, I had broken myself. So I left. Years later, I am no longer the woman who begged for scraps of affection. I am powerful, independent, whole. I rebuilt my life, reclaimed my stolen legacy, and became the woman I was always meant to be. Now, the man who once overlooked me stands at my door, desperate for answers—about the son he never knew existed, about the woman he destroyed, about the love he threw away. But some love is realized too late. When the woman you ignored becomes the one you can’t have, and the child you never wanted becomes your only chance at redemption—can a heart that never chose you suddenly deserve a second chance?

I went to pick up my older brother who was out at a gathering. That was when I overheard him ask Nathan, "Haven't you been dating someone? It's been so long, and I still haven't met her." I suddenly tensed up. Nathan and I had been together for three years, but we had always kept it a secret, so no one knew. Nathan replied lazily, "She's not my girlfriend, just a pastime. It's not like I plan to marry her." I clenched my fists and pushed the door open without hesitation.

Forced to be married by her parents, Avery found herself stuck in a loveless marriage. She couldn’t leave because of the blood pact made by her parents, and was killed by the hands of his husband. When she thought that it was her end, she was given a chance to rewrite her destiny. Will Avery succeed in escaping her ruthless destiny?

My mother-in-law needed blood when she fell down the stairs and suffered major blood loss. The doctors were worried that the blood bank did not have enough of her blood type, so I called Rebecca Chilton on the phone to get her to hurry to the hospital to help her mother. Fortunately, she arrived on time, and my mother-in-law was saved and was no longer in danger. Before I could relax, I found out another piece of bad news. When Rebecca was not by his side, her severely depressed crush jumped off the building. It happened not long after she left for the hospital. Rebecca was filled with regret and blamed me for everything, so she pushed me off the building as well. When I opened my eyes again, I found out I had been reborn. This time, I decided to respect her choice, but she ended up regretting it instead.