Team Umizoomi: Milli

The day my boyfriend, Lucian Farrell, and I, Roxanne Schmidt, decide to register our marriage, the million-dollar diamond ring he'd promised me turns into a can tab. So, I broke things up with him on the spot. In a panic, Lucian fishes out the purchase receipt. "I just forgot to bring the ring. If it bothers you, I can go home and get it right now," he coaxes. My gaze lands on the figure hurrying toward both of us. "There's no need for that. Your 'little shadow' has already brought it over for you," I replied indifferently. Evelyn Wiley rushes up before me with tears in her eyes. A large diamond ring is wedged tightly around her swollen ring finger. "I just wanted to help Ms. Schmidt try the size. But it wouldn't come off no matter how hard I tried…" she explains between sobs. Lucian's face darkens instantly. "Who said you could touch it? The ring was meant for Roxanne!" he snaps. He wrenches at the ring, but it doesn't budge at the slightest. I watch the commotion before me with my arms folded. All of a sudden, a laugh escapes me. "It's simple. If it won't come off, then we can just cut her finger off."

J’ai reçu une vidéo pornographique. « Tu aimes ça ? » L’homme qui parle dans la vidéo est mon mari, Mark, que je n’ai pas vu depuis plusieurs mois. Il est nu et sa chemise et son pantalon sont éparpillés sur le sol. Il est en train de faire l’amour avec une femme dont je ne peux pas voir le visage. Les seins dodus et ronds de cette femme rebondissent vigoureusement. Je peux clairement entendre les bruits de claques dans la vidéo, mêlés à des gémissements et des grognements de luxure. « Oui, oui, baise-moi fort, chéri », hurle la femme avec extase. « Vilaine fille ! » Mark se lève et la retourne, lui claquant les fesses tout en parlant. « Mets ton cul en l’air ! » La femme glousse, se retourne, balance ses fesses et s’agenouille sur le lit. J’ai l’impression que quelqu’un m’a jeté un seau d’eau glacée sur la tête. Ce qui est déjà mauvais, c’est que mon mari a une liaison, mais ce qui est pire, c’est que l’autre femme est ma propre sœur, Bella. *** « Je veux divorcer d’avec toi, Mark », j’ai répété au cas où il ne m’aurait pas entendue la première fois, bien que je sache qu’il m’avait clairement entendue. Il me regardait avec une mine renfrognée avant de répondre froidement : « Ce n’est pas à toi d’en décider ! Je suis très occupé, ne perds pas mon temps avec des choses aussi ennuyeuses, n’essaie pas d’attirer mon attention ! » La dernière chose que j’allais faire était de discuter ou de me quereller avec lui. « Je demanderai à l’avocat de t’envoyer le contrat de divorce », c’est tout ce que j’ai dit, aussi calmement que possible. Il n’a même pas dit un autre mot après cela et il est simplement passé par la porte devant laquelle il se tenait, la claquant durement derrière lui. Mes yeux se sont attardés un peu distraitement sur la poignée de la porte avant que je n’enlève l’anneau de mariage de mon doigt et que je ne le pose sur la table.

Belvida Calderón étouffe dans une cage dorée. Chaque jour ressemble à un autre, chaque sourire qu'on lui impose creuse un peu plus le vide en elle. On l'admire, on l'envie... mais personne ne l'écoute. Pas vraiment. Puis il y a eu ce regard. Celui de Stéphane. Un gardien sans importance aux yeux du monde, mais dont les yeux ont percé les murs qu'elle pensait infranchissables. Un seul instant a suffi pour faire trembler tout ce qu'elle croyait immuable. Depuis, quelque chose gronde en elle. Un désir de vivre autrement. D'aimer sans permission. De fuir, peut-être. De tout perdre, sûrement. Mais pour enfin devenir elle-même.

Wilhelmina glaubte, sie hätte alles: einen liebevollen Freund, eine vielversprechende Karriere und eine strahlende Zukunft. Doch als Reiner sie verlässt, weil sie sich ihm nicht hingeben will, sucht sie Trost in den Armen eines geheimnisvollen Fremden. Was sie nicht weiß: Dieser Fremde ist Silvan, der Milliardärskunde, den sie beeindrucken möchte. Ihr Leben gerät aus den Fugen, als sie sich wieder mit Reiner versöhnt und Silvan in einem beruflichen Kontext gegenübersteht. Gefangen in einem Netz aus Lügen, Verlangen und Verrat, muss Wilhelmina zwischen ihrem Herzen und ihrer Zukunft wählen. Wird sie die wahre Liebe bei Silvan finden, dem Mann, der ihre Leidenschaft entfachte und zugleich ihr Vertrauen brach? Oder wird sie sich für ein sicheres, bequemes Leben mit Reiner entscheiden, dem Mann, der sie betrogen und für selbstverständlich gehalten hat?

Have you never tasted it, the taste of yourself on the lips of a lover? Caterina De Santis, an art teacher and single mother who has lost everything, has found a new job, although this one, is not what she expected and will plunge her into a completely unknown world, where sex, mafias and rivalries will turn her precarious world upside down. Hades Visconti, a millionaire mafia leader, has set his eyes on the shy and lonely Caterina, unaware that his own brother, Zeus, also wants her for himself and has known her for a long time. A war has been unleashed between brothers, both leaders and powerful billionaires, will lead the young woman down dark and sinister paths where passion and tragedy will pursue her relentlessly, throwing her into an abyss from which only love will be able to save her. Will Caterina be able to survive the Visconti brothers, or will she be the one to throw them into the arms of love for the first time?

After closing a 100-million-dollar business deal, I dip into an ordinary-looking cafe by the street on a whim. "I'll have a cup of cappuccino, please." The waitress, who's immaculately dressed, rolls her eyes at me before sashaying toward me. In a fake, nasally tone, she says, "I'm sorry, but there aren't any servers here. I'm the owner of this place." She eyes me up and down before continuing, "The prices here are relatively high for regular people. Are you sure you want to order coffee from me?" I pause in the act of massaging my temple. Finally, I scan around the cafe. "Your cafe is nothing to look at. Are you saying that you're not going to serve regular people, then?" The owner's friend jumps up to her feet instantly at my comment. Then, she starts berating me angrily. "Gianna has opened this cafe just to burn her free time and contribute to the community by giving them a taste of what it feels like to be rich! How dare you question her! "Do you even know who Gianna is? She's the successor of Luxara Corporation! Her boyfriend is Levi Anderson, the CEO of Miller Group! How dare you talk to her like this! You won't be able to make a living in Westford anymore!" I raise an eyebrow in response. The man who had kneeled before me with tears rolling down his cheeks while begging me to invest in his company… was the boss of Luxara Corporation, if I remembered correctly. Also, isn't Levi that live-in husband of mine?

Als ihr Ehemann sie von einem Tag auf den anderen verlässt und eine brutale hinterlässt, ist sie am Boden zerstört. Doch das Schlimmste steht ihr noch bevor. Von dem Verrat zutiefst erschüttert, muss sie die Kraft finden, sich neu aufzubauen, den Schock zu überwinden und sich den Folgen dieser erbarmungslosen Taten zu stellen. Ihre Reise zur Heilung wird sie dazu führen, eine ungeahnte innere Stärke zu entdecken und darum zu kämpfen, ihre Würde zurückzugewinnen.

Nahuli ni Louissa ang asawa na si Miguel katalik ang matalik niyang kaibigan na si Leandra, mismong sa gabi pa ng libing ng kanilang anak. Nadurog ang puso niya sa nasaksihan. Sa isang gabi, nawala ang lahat sa kanya—ang anak, ang tiwala, at ang pagmamahal na pinanghawakan niya nang matagal. Sa gitna ng matinding sakit, nagpakalunod siya sa alak at nagising na may katabi ng isang matipunong lalaki at pareho silang hubo't hubad. Kilala niya ang lalaki, kilalang-kilala niya, ngunit hindi niya inaasahang magkikita pa silang muli. Dahil ang lalaking iyon… ay ang tiyuhin ng sarili niyang asawa. Ang Tito Maximilian nito na isang bilyonaryo at kilalang abogado Sa harap ng dobleng pagtataksil, pinili ni Louissa na kalimutan ang dati niyang paniniwala. Kung nagawa siyang saktan ng asawa niya, bakit hindi rin siya gumanti? Sa isang laro ng puno ng tukso, lihim, at paghihiganti—hanggang saan siya handang bumaba para lang ibalik ang sakit na ipinadama sa kanya?

Pagkatapos ng tatlong taon na pagsasama, hindi inaasahan ni Avi na aalukin pa rin siya ni Silvestre ng divorce. “Can we... not get a divorce?” Pagmamakaawa niya. Mahal na mahal niya si Silvestre. Iniwan niya ang lahat at pinili ang lalaki sa kagustuhan na makasama ito. Ngunit bigo pa rin siya, pagkatapos ng tatlong taon, mahal pa rin nito ang dating kasintahan na si Arsen. At ngayon na bumalik na si Arsen, nais na siya nitong hiwalayan. Pain, betrayal and regrets were three powerful emotions. Iyon ang nagtulak kay Avi para pumirma sa divorce agreement at tuluyang iwan si Silvestre. Ngunit lingid sa kaalaman ng lalaki, si Avi pala ay isang mayaman at spoiled na anak ng chairman ng AMC Group! Her real name is Aeverie Dawn Cuesta, daughter of David Cuesta and spoiled sister of Rafael, Uriel and Sage Cuesta! Kinalimutan niya ang marangyang buhay dahil sa pagmamahal kay Silvestre. Ngunit dahil sa ginawa ng lalaki, napagdesisyunan ni Avi na bumalik sa dati niyang pagkatao. Gone the sweet-spoken and loving Avi, hello again to the secret millionaire and spoiled Aeverie Dawn Cuesta! Anong mangyayari kung muling pagtagpuin ang landas ni Silvestre at Aeverie? Paano kung ang dating walang thrill na Avi ay biglang naging drop-dead-gorgeous and unstoppable Aeverie? Paano kung huli na para malaman ni Silvestre na nahulog na pala siya sa dati niyang asawa? At paano kung nabalot na ng yelo ang puso ni Aeverie at hindi na nito kayang magmahal muli?

“Who the hell changed the screw tolerance by 0.007 mm?” “I did. Is there a problem?” Kimmy Zabel, our department’s “good-luck charm” and full-time slacktivist, did not even look up from her compact mirror, where she was carefully applying lip gloss. “It just didn’t look right, so I tweaked it. Do you really have to yell at me?” The production line had been running on the wrong spec for twenty-four hours. I hit the emergency stop. Keeping my voice steady took some effort. “These parts no longer meet export standards. If we miss tomorrow’s shipment, even a month of overtime wouldn’t cover the penalties.” “It’s one tiny number. You’re being so dramatic!” Kimmy snapped her makeup case shut. “Anyway, it’s New Year’s Eve. I’ve got a date. I’m not staying here to suffer with you people.” Before she even reached the door, I gestured to the staff to pull the shutters down. “For precision components like these, one number translates into a million-dollar loss. You can take these defective units and explain them to the regulators.”