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In my previous life, my husband had suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage, leaving behind a massive mountain of debt. For the sake of my son, who was still in high school, I sold the house my parents had left me, gritted my teeth, and worked three jobs to pay off the debt. Overworked and exhausted, my health deteriorated, and I eventually collapsed in the hospital. From my bed, I could hear my son, now a graduate from a prestigious university, smiling as he spoke on the phone. "Hello? Dad, it's me. Yeah, she's about to die. I bought insurance for her, so we should get close to one million. You and Aunt Rena should come back home right away." The "Aunt Rena" he spoke of was none other than my husband's childhood friend and neighbor who had known him for years. It turned out that the debts were all part of a massive money-laundering scheme between my husband and his childhood sweetheart. They had fabricated false accounts to hide their crime, and he had faked his death to escape the law. My son, eager to become the heir to wealth, had stood by and watched me work myself to death. When I next opened my eyes, I was back in the moment of my husband's feigned brain hemorrhage, the day it had all begun.

En una fastuosa fiesta, el joven heredero del sector declaró que la mujer con la que realmente quería desposarse era mi hermanastra en vez de mí. Me retiré con iniciativa y me casé con Leonardo Pérez, quien me quería durante muchos años. Después de casarnos, éramos felices y amorosos...Hasta que, al estar embarazada con gran esfuerzo, descubrí que en la leche que él me daba cada noche había contenido anticonceptivos. Y el collar de diamantes que guardaba en la caja fuerte, superficialmente destinado a pedirme matrimonio, llevaba grabadas las siglas del nombre de mi hermanastra, Olivia. Resultó que yo siempre había sido solo un obstáculo que él intentaba eliminar para su verdadero amor. Durante años fingió ternura solo para allanar el camino a mi hermanastra. Por más ingenua que fuera, en ese instante desperté por completo: una autorización de aborto, un acuerdo de divorcio… Leonardo y yo nos convertimos en extraños.

From a stall in the office restroom, I overhear someone badmouthing me. Henry Fielder, the intern I've been mentoring for three months, grumbles, "The guy's got zero people skills. He's a total fossil, like a robot stuck in one mode." I'm about to push the door open and jump in when someone laughs and piles on. "The paperwork is incomplete. The receipts aren't compliant. I can't reimburse it without a manager's signature. We could recite his canned empathy lines in our sleep!" Once they're gone, I quietly head back to my office. Later, Henry drops a thick stack of expense reports onto my desk. "Quit waving the rulebook and rejecting everyone's reimbursements." I skim the fake receipts, and for once, I don't call him out. Instead, I give a thin smile and say, "I have a headache. I can't make out the words."

Isabella Hart has always believed that love is a luxury she can’t afford especially with her mother’s life on the line. Struggling to make ends meet, she never imagined that a single contract could change everything. Alexander Voss, a wealthy and cold hearted billionaire, has one rule: marry by a certain deadline or lose his inheritance. Business comes first, and love is the last thing on his mind. When fate forces Isabella into a marriage contract with Alexander, their worlds collide in ways neither of them expected. What starts as a cold, calculated arrangement slowly stirs emotions they can’t ignore. Can a contract turn into real love, or will their differences tear them apart before it even begins?

—Por favor, deja de empujar. No puedo soportarlo más. El lugar del concierto estaba abarrotado. Un hombre detrás de mí sigue presionándome el trasero. Hoy estaba vistiendo una minifalda con una tanga debajo, y eso solo empeora la situación actual. Él levanta mi falda y se aprieta contra mis caderas. A medida que el ambiente se calienta, alguien delante de mí me empuja y retrocedo un paso. Mi cuerpo se pone rígido al sentir como si algo se hubiera deslizado dentro de mí.

Durante el ataque vampírico en la frontera, tanto yo como la amiga de la infancia de mi compañero nos vimos atrapadas en el campamento. Sin dudarlo un segundo, mi compañero, Damon, se transformó en lobo y la rescató. A mí me dejó sola, enfrentando un infierno de llamas y la embestida de los vampiros. Al día siguiente, solicité formalmente al consejo de ancianos de la manada que se rompiera nuestro vínculo. Él, con el rostro sombrío, me increpó: —Tienes la sangre de sacerdotisa que te permite sanarte. Lydia es más vulnerable. Por eso la salvé primero. ¿Acaso tienes celos de eso? Lo miré con serenidad y respondí: —Bueno, ahora ya no importa.

Cada Nochebuena, en la familia Marco se celebra una tradición absurda y cruel. Adrián Marco, heredero de la mafia, debe sacar un papel al azar para decidir si puede casarse conmigo. Porque yo no soy una de ellos. Porque no nací en la mafia. Si no aparece mi nombre, no hay boda. Durante cuatro años, Adrián sacó cuatro veces. Cuatro veces en las que mi nombre nunca apareció. Yo creí que luchaba por mí. Que estaba dispuesto a perder su lugar como Don con tal de elegirme. Cada fracaso venía acompañado de un abrazo. —Está bien —me decía al oído—. Siempre habrá un próximo año. Y yo esperé. Esperé tanto que dolía. Este año me prometí algo distinto: si mi nombre no salía… lo cambiaría yo misma. Pero entonces escuché la verdad, detrás de la puerta de su estudio. —Don… siempre sacas el nombre de Irene. ¿Por qué finges que no? ¿Aún no puedes soltar a Sera? Adrián no se detuvo. No dudó. —Sera me necesita. Haz lo de siempre. Cambia su nombre por uno en blanco. Cuando entré, el papel con mi nombre seguía sobre la mesa. El vacío, en la basura. Lo tomé. Y fui yo quien hizo el intercambio. Vi mi nombre caer en el fondo del cesto. Adrián Marco… ya no quiero esperar. Ni casarme contigo. Esta vez, tu elección será real.

Being a Cinderella, I was forced to marry a rich man who was crippled. But I was shocked when I met him. He made me realize that I deserved nothing but him. Now I don't care about his health situation. All I want is him by my side. That's all, I felt when I fall in love with him slowly, desperately and hopelessly. Until on the honeymoon, I finally found out, my husband who loves me dearly , met his first love who supposed to be dead. Will he leave me for her?

Blurb: **“You are nothing to me.”** Those were the words Kael Thorne spoke while rejecting his fated mate in front of the entire pack. For Eryx, an omega born weak and unwanted, that rejection did not just break a bond,it erased his life. Dragged from sacred ground, stripped of his name, and sold in a shadow auction like damaged goods, Eryx learns the cruel truth of his world: omegas are disposable, and mercy is a myth. But fate is not done with him. When the Alpha who shattered him buys him back with cold silver and unreadable eyes, Eryx expects pain, punishment, and ownership. What he does not expect is protection. Silence instead of touch. Walls instead of chains. And a bond that refuses to stay dead. As buried prophecies awaken and elders come knocking with blood on their hands, Eryx discovers his rejection was a lie meant to save his life,and that his broken soul carries a power capable of tearing packs apart. Now trapped between enemies who want to use him and an Alpha who would burn the world to keep him safe, Eryx must decide who he is beyond rejection. Because some bonds are not meant to be broken. And some omegas were never meant to kneel.

After dating Scott Kenta for 10 years, I said to him, "Scott, I'm pregnant." The file in his hands slipped and hit the floor. He frowned, clearly irritated. "Don't be ridiculous," he said. "This is a critical moment—my company's going public. I never planned on having a child." "It's fine. Your career matters more," I said, smiling gently. He didn't catch the meaning behind my words. I was pregnant, yes. But he wasn't the father.