The Good Lie

On Valentine’s Day, my girlfriend Florence Higgins was rushed to the hospital after accidentally eating undercooked wild mushrooms. Half-conscious on the hospital bed, she murmured, “Michael… I owed you too much. If my family’s company hadn’t been on the brink of collapse, you wouldn’t have left, and I wouldn’t have ended up with Noah.” I am Noah Owens. As for Michael Connor, he was the love of her life. The one she cherished most during her youth. What she seemed to forget was that when her family’s company was about to collapse, Michael had been the first to walk away. During those seven years, I was the one who helped revive her company, the one who stayed by her side. I believed she might eventually have a change of heart, but I never expected her to abort our child for the sake of her first love. At that moment, I finally understood that you can’t force warmth where there is none.

When I received the news that my fiancé, Ellison Perez, had postponed our wedding for the 18th time, I happened to be walking out of the hospital, clutching my medical report. Once again, he had delayed our wedding for an entire month, all because of my adopted foster sister, Becky. I thought about what the doctor had told me. After hesitating for a long time, I finally dialed Ellison's number. "I can't wait until next month. If we can't get married tomorrow, there won't be another chance." However, Ellison only took my words as another fit of childish willfulness. "Don't be unreasonable, Lily. Have you forgotten how Becky took your place as the hostage? She was tortured for a whole month before being rescued." "It's because of you that she developed severe trauma. Now you can't even wait one more month for her to recover?" I could hear my parents' voices chiming in over the line. "Becky still suffers from extreme fear of men. Ellison is the only one who can calm her down. Isn't it your fault she ended up like this?" "You're being selfish, Lily. A wedding can wait, but Becky's condition can't!" I had known for a long time that ever since that incident, my entire family had chosen Becky's side. Even so, tears streamed down my face. "Fine," I said softly. "Postpone it." I clenched the medical report tightly in my hand. They did not know that just moments ago, the doctor had told me the truth— I was in the final stage of liver cancer. I only had one month to live.

I've loved Jonathan Pickle for half my life. I used my family's resources to help him attain success. However, in the third year of our marriage, he brought his mistress home to stomp all over my pride. That wasn't the worst of it—he even destroyed my family. … I open my eyes to see Jonathan in his university days. Unexpectedly, I'm not the only person who's been given a second chance at life.

"If I knew I would lose all of it, I would have let you go from the beginning." Those were the last words Nadine said before collapsing from falling down the stairs. "If you had never been in my life, you wouldn't have lost it all." And the last thing she remembered was the cold face of her husband, who was disgusted to see her. Nadine thought it was the end of her life. And when she opened her eyes hell would await her. "Wait.. Why is it so comfortable in hell? And why is it similar to my room?" When Nadine opened her eyes she didn't feel any pain in her head and she was still wearing her nightdress. The sound of her mobile phone alarm made her startled. And what surprised her most, she found out the date on her phone. She returned three years ago. More precisely, one day before her wedding day with her husband. In disbelief, he circled her house, asking the servant what date it was. But they have the same answer. "God... Must be joking! Ha ha ha... For all day...." She laughed frantically. "If You want me to pay for my sin, choose before I've forced him to marry me." She bit her nail nervously and began to think. "I separated him from his lover once to marry me. Make an innocent man become a cheater and a despicable husband. Kill our unborn baby to get his attention. And end my life in misery. Now I have a second chance. I have to fix everything. Everything.... Maybe he and my unborn baby will forgive me and I won't die young." How can Nadine fix this mess? Can she get her husband's forgiveness? Or will she end up losing everything like before?

Ich war eine Werwölfin, im achten Monat schwanger mit dem Hybridkind meines Vampir-Gefährten. Als die Wehen einsetzten, sperrte mein Gefährte, Justin, mich in einen eisigen Sarg, in den Runen eingraviert waren, die eine Geburt unterdrücken sollten. Ich schrie. Ich flehte ihn an. Er sagte nur: „Warte.“ Doch all das geschah für seine Jugendliebe. Isolde. Die reinblütige Vampirin benutzte dunkle Blutmagie, um seinen reinblütigen Erben auszutragen – ohne je mit ihm geschlafen zu haben. Das erste Vampirkind seit tausend Jahren erhielt den ultimativen Segen des Ursprungs. Es reinigte die Blutlinie und brach einen Fluch, der seit Generationen bestand. „Diese Ehre gehört Isoldes Kind“, sagte Justin, seine Stimme kalt wie Eis. „Du hast bereits meine Liebe, Gracie. Dieser Sarg sorgt nur dafür, dass du nach ihr gebärst.“ Die Schmerzen der Wehen rissen durch meinen Körper. Ich flehte ihn an, mich zum Blutspring-Heiligtum zu bringen. Er beugte sich zu mir, seine kalten Finger packten mein Kinn. „Hör auf mit dem Schauspiel. Ich hätte es früher erkennen müssen. Du hast mich nie geliebt. In der Werwolfwelt bist du eine Außenseiterin. Du willst nur meine Macht und meinen Titel.“ „Du bist so verzweifelt, dass du unser Kind mit deinen wilden Wolfstricks gefährdest, nur um den Segen eines Reinbluts zu ruinieren… Du bist Gift.“ Tränen liefen über mein Gesicht. Ich zitterte, meine Stimme zerbrach. „Das Baby kommt – ich kann es nicht aufhalten. Bitte… ich schwöre einen Bluteid. Mir ist der Segen egal. Ich will nur dich!“ Er schnaubte verächtlich, ein Hauch von verletztem Verrat lag in seinen Augen. „Wenn du mich geliebt hättest, wärst du nicht zu meiner Mutter gegangen. Du hättest ihr nicht den Kopf gegen Isolde verdreht.“ „Ich komme zurück, sobald sie den Segen erhalten hat. Schließlich ist das Kind, das du trägst, auch meines.“ Er hielt draußen Wache vor dem Heiligtum, in dem Isoldes Ritual stattfand. Er schenkte mir keinen weiteren Gedanken. Nicht, bis er sah, wie der Segen Isolde wie eine Krone aus Licht umgab. Er befahl seinem Blutsklaven, mich freizulassen. Doch dessen Stimme zitterte vor Angst. „Mein Lord… Gracie und das Kind… ihre Lebenszeichen… sind verschwunden.“ In diesem Moment zerbrach Justins Welt.

Ang buong akala ni Hikkary ay wala nang katapusan ang ligaya sa piling ng pinakamamahal na kasintahang si Zayden, ngunit nagkamali siya dahil nagwakas iyon nang malaman niyang pareho sila ng kanyang matalik na kaibigan ng lalaking minahal. She painfully ended their relationship and sacrifice her happiness just to please her best friend. Sa lahat ng desisyon na nagawa niya, iyon na siguro ang pinakamahirap at pinakamasakit— ang magparaya para sa kasiyahan ng taong itinuturing niyang pamilya. Ngunit hanggang saan siya pwedeng magparaya? Hanggang saan siya magsisinungaling sa totoong nararamdaman niya? Titikisin na lang ba niya ang sariling damdamin para sa kasiyahan ng iba?

For three years, we held a wedding in name only—my husband, Kit Rutgers, a pilot, canceled our marriage registration eighteen times. The first time, his female trainee, Katy Ferguson, had a test flight. I waited outside the county clerk’s office the whole day. The second time, he got a call from her mid-drive, made a sharp U-turn, and left me standing on the side of the road. After that, every time we planned to make it official, some crisis with Katy mysteriously arose. Eventually, I chose to walk away. But the moment I boarded a plane to Solara, he lost his mind—and chased me there.

Warning :Some chapters are sensitive, please skip if you are sensitive. Olivia June was the happiest girl in the world,she had a loving boyfriend but her world shattered first day at oak mountain school,she meet the most handsome,and devilish nightmare bully. Olivia June's world turned and dropped like a bomb.

**+21 Contenu explicite, tabou et addictif.** Vous allez le regretter. Et pourtant, vous en voudrez encore. Elle gémissait, même quand elle savait que c'était mal. Il serrait plus fort, tirait plus profond, et elle en demandait davantage. **Tabou : Liens & Péchés** vous entraîne sur des chemins où le désir a un goût de péché, une odeur de cuir, un son de chaînes et le poids de noms qui ne devraient pas se trouver dans votre lit. Ici, le plaisir est brut, interdit, chaud comme du fer rougi. Ce sont des récits qui mêlent soumission et pouvoir, sang et luxure, liens physiques et émotionnels, des corps qui se reconnaissent même quand le monde dit qu'ils ne le devraient pas. Frères. Beaux-pères. Professeurs. Élèves. Chaque histoire est une invitation indécente, et vous allez l'accepter. Ce recueil n'est pas pour les faibles. Il est pour ceux qui jouissent avec la conscience sale, le corps marqué et l'âme en flammes.

“How can I love you, when you’re full of lies, Josh... Or should I call you Eros?” Erato Adeline Devin, a glamorous playgirl, falls for Josh DePiero, only to discover he’s actually Josiah Eros Luchesse, the son of a powerful mafia boss. As their romance intensifies, secrets from Josiah's dark past begin to surface, pulling them into a dangerous world of crime and betrayal. Now, Josiah must protect Erato from the violent shadows of his family’s legacy. But can their love survive the lies and danger that threaten to tear them apart?