The Ugly Truth

My husband, my son, and the woman who stole them, broke me into pieces. I was the perfect wife, the perfect mother… until I became invisible. So I walked away with nothing but my name and a promise: I’ll rise again. Then a dangerous and ruthless billionaire suddenly appeared before me. He looked at me like I was the only woman alive and said, “Marry me, Rosemary… and I’ll make the world kneel at your feet.” I told myself it was just a deal. But how do you walk away from a man who heals your scars with his touch and burns your soul with his love?

Lorsque le reflet d'un secret oublié émerge, le fils d'un amour façonné par le mensonge se retrouve face à un miroir troublant. La quête de vérité s'amorce, comme un chemin obscur à travers une forêt dense, où chaque pas pourrait révéler des vérités enfouies. Les échos du passé résonnent, et les masques commencent à se fissurer, menaçant d'exposer l'obscurité tapie au cœur de cette existence façonnée par l'illusion.

Danice left the divorce papers on the bedside table. Ten years. She endured and stayed silent—all for the sake of love. Despite the opposition from those around her, she clung tightly to her position as Julian’s wife, believing that he cared for her. But it was all just her delusion. It had been ten years of a loveless marriage. Danice touched the burn scar on her face. This disfigured face had become both her shame… and her proof of love for him. But what she didn’t realize was that it had also become the chain that bound him to this lifeless marriage. He had married her… out of pity. That realization hurt more than any insult others hurled at her because of her appearance. She had held him back for ten years. And she had suffered enough. It was time to let go. Danice finally realized that her ten-year marriage had been a shackle—for both of them. Just as she found the strength to let go of the love that had never been returned… death came for her. When she thought she had stepped into the afterlife, she opened her eyes— Eleven years in the past. Unmarried. She hadn’t even met Julian yet. Danice believed that a merciful God had taken pity on her and granted her a second chance— A chance to live for herself, to love herself. And so, that’s exactly what she did. She avoided meeting Julian at all costs, and even found a way to escape the accident that had once disfigured her face. Everything seemed to be going smoothly— But... Why was the man who had never once looked her way… suddenly appearing everywhere she went? This… this wasn’t like the past at all!

Five years ago, Skye discovered that her husband was about to be killed by a chandelier, so she stepped in and saved him, leaving the Chandelier falling on her face. This accident gave her a deep scar on her face which made her very ugly. She was bullied, hated and discriminated just because of her face. Skye had hope that her husband loves her despite her ugly looks but not until she caught him cheating on her with her secretary. Like that wasn't enough, he humiliated her, denied her baby and even watched his mistress push Skye over the rooftop. They both believed that Skye is dead but after two years, Skye returns back to the city as the most beautiful woman in the world alongside her new fiancé, Phil. She had gone through a facial surgery and is back to the city for one thing, which is REVENGE!

Randy William has lived his life behind gates of gold, wealthy, protected and perfectly lost. At twenty, a storm brew inside him, questions about his desire, his truth and who he really is Then comes Carlson, seductive, untouchable and hiding a dangerous secret.what started as temptation quickly spiral into betrayal, when Randy learns he was just a Dare-A twisted game. But the lies run deeper, a predatory Dean , a hidden engagement. A past that isn't his. As everything unravels, Randy must face the hardest question of all . Is he brave enough, to become who he was never allowed to be? Some truths free you, but Some truths destroy everything first.

In the second installment of the book, Ryo and Oliver try to navigate life after their "breakup." Ryo decides to move on with her life, she decides to find love and live. But can she really move on and pretend she doesn't have feelings for Oliver? Can she pretend she doesn't see him hurting? The most important question is, will Oliver let the girl he loves fall in love with someone else? Is he going to remain stubborn or will he show Ryo that he is worth her love? This is the turning point in their life, they will either stand together or break each other's hearts forever.

When I have a pen in my hand and paper before me, I think I want to write something to cast every despair in my pathetic life away. I have a figure of a depressed guy whose fate is too much: saving the world. He is not stupid nor even smart, he is not ugly nor even good looking. He is just a nijikon (A person who loves an anime character more than the real one) like me. He once thought to give up on life, but an event changes his life. I'm sure you guys start guessing how the story goes, but too bad, this one is different than the others.

Scarlett was supposed to walk down the aisle in white silk, glowing with love and a secret growing inside her. Instead, she walked out of a hospital with shaking hands, a shattered heartbeat, and a womb that would never feel the flutter she had been so excited to announce. Her fairytale didn’t just crack. It detonated. On the same day she should have become a wife, she became a woman drowning in betrayal—betrayal delivered by the very man who had once fixed her broken-down car and promised her a forever. While the world demanded answers from Daniel Cross, the perfect fiancé on camera, Scarlett hid in a borrowed guest room, wearing a stranger’s dress and a grief no one could soothe. But heartbreak has a way of sharpening bones.

I have just secured a massive ten-million-dollar deal during the Black Friday Sales. I have endured several days of hectic work, yet I still find myself unable to turn down my girlfriend, Charlotte Ward. We spend the night in passionate abandon and finally fall into a heavy, restful sleep. The next morning, a loud thud jolts me awake. When I open my eyes, I realize that it's my luggage. Charlotte suddenly says, "This is the end for us, Robert. It's time for you to move out. I've already wired the money for your past services, along with your salary. So get going." I find myself caught in a daze and about to move to question her, but she stops me dead, jabbing her fingers into my chest. "Know your place, Robert. You're nothing but a gigolo to me. I might, maybe, let you keep your job in Ward Group if you beg." I almost reach out to grab her wrist but stop myself. Instead, I smile broadly and say, "You've got it all wrong. Your company wouldn't survive without me, Charlotte."

After Lilura's last mission as assassin she completed her mission to k*ll the notorious Arthuro Maximilliano. She decided to hide herself from anyone. 1 year after, she went into hiding in France for more than a year and gave birth to her a beautiful daughter, and she decided to raise the child on her own. When she recovered after giving birth 2 years later she started her own small company. This is called “L Güzce” that holds the clothing line, and perfume company, she name this after of Lilura's child. This is what Lilura's life was like after her mission for being assassin. She knew that her husband was still looking for her, until she received a letter that she was waiting for her to agree to annul their marriage. —But there was a condition.. Lilura, she need had to return to the Philippines to face their Annulment. But upon returning, many things would happen while Lilura was in the Philippines, and everything she was hiding would come out. How could she hide herself child from her ex-husband how she can deal with the family of her ex husband? Will she be able to hide it until the end or will she just want to let go and give her ex-husband a second chance? Can she love her ex-husband again? Can Mr. Is Maximilliano.. Lilura’s husband who has been hiding from him for a long time or is he still the same as before? Is there nothing he can do? —————————————————————————————— This is the Book 2 from story of LILURA ÁSVALDR | THE ASSASSIN’S COLLABORATION. First you need to read the book 1 bago ang book 2 para mas maintindihan ang flow ng dalawang book. Salamat po!