PROLOGUE : What wouldn't we do for our children ? A mother is capable of doing anything to save her kids. That's exactly the case for me-Carla, a twenty-year-old woman, mother of twin girls, and divorced from an irresponsible and criminal ex-husband. I find myself in a delicate situation when my ex kidnaps our daughters and forces me to steal priceless jewelry from the office of the powerful, ruthless, and bloodthirsty Sheikh Mohamed, who has come from his country solely to attend the inauguration party for the purchase of his new company in America. To avoid losing my children, I accept-against my will-to do what that vile man asks of me. I do everything I can to get a job as a waitress at the party in order to carry out my mission. During the event, I see the Sheikh from behind, deep in conversation with his advisors and collaborators. I quietly slip away toward his office, which, to my relief, isn't locked. My heart races as I start searching through the drawers until I find a small bag filled with golden jewelry. I feel a rush of relief that everything has gone smoothly, but I'm not proud of what I've just done-I've never stolen anything in my life. But I have no choice. My daughters' lives are on the line. I thought I had planned everything perfectly. What I didn't expect was for the Sheikh to catch me red-handed. What fate does the Sheikh have in store for me ? Will I make it out of this ? Will I be able to save my children ?
CHAPTER 1
(POINT OF VIEW : CARLA WILLAR)
-Finally, Franck, are you crazy for hurting your daughters ?
_Kids I never wanted, never loved, and never will, he says, his eyes full of hatred.
At only twenty-seven, Carla Willar feels like life has beaten her down. She's exhausted-mentally, physically, emotionally. Since she was a little girl, she has only known pain. First came the abandonment-her mother walked away the day she was born. Then came the neglect-her father, an alcoholic, never gave her a second of love or care. And as if fate wasn't done playing cruel games, she ended up married to a man who turned out to be the most disgusting human being she has ever encountered : Franck.
Now she stands in front of him, the man who once vowed to protect her, watching him tear her world apart again.
Carla is a cleaning lady. A beautiful one-with long, dark hair, deep brown eyes, and a natural elegance that not even her simple clothes or long hours of labor can hide. She works endlessly, scrubbing floors, washing linens, and taking on any job she can, all to provide for her twin girls. She refuses-absolutely refuses-to let them have the same traumatic childhood she did.
Her biggest regret ? Marrying Franck. Without hesitation.
She isn't formally educated, but she's sharp-smarter than most people give her credit for. Since the age of ten, she's been working non-stop. She's washed laundry, cleaned houses, and worked as a waitress in restaurants, just to survive.
She meets Franck when she's twenty, serving tables in a small restaurant. She's innocent then-clueless about love. Growing up without a mother's advice or a father's protection, she doesn't recognize the red flags. Franck appears so responsible, so serious, so charming. And when he shows interest in her, she doesn't hesitate to fall for him-hard.
Two years later, they're married. They move in together, and for a short while, things seem okay. But that illusion shatters quickly. Franck starts staying out late, drinking, and eventually... he turns violent.
At first, she lies to herself. She believes he's just stressed. That he'll change. But he never does.
She uses her own savings to pay the rent, to buy food, to cover all the household expenses. Franck does nothing-he contributes nothing. He simply drinks, disappears for days, and returns only to curse her or hit her.
The day she tells him she's pregnant is the day he throws her out into the street. Spits on her. Tells her he never loved her-all because she refused to abort their babies.
She spends five years raising her girls alone. No help. No support. Just her and her daughters against the world. And somehow, despite the odds, they find joy. They smile. They laugh. Carla works, they go to school, they dance in the kitchen, they fall asleep in each other's arms. Life is hard-but it's peaceful.
Until today.
Now Franck is back. And he's taken her daughters from her.
If you never loved them, give them back to me, please. They're all I have, she begs, her voice cracking with desperation.
Then you'll have to do what I tell you first, he replies coldly.
She shakes her head, unable to process how she ever shared a bed with someone like him.
How could I have been so blind ?
Only after he kicked her out did she learn the truth. Franck is a thug. He doesn't have a real job-he never has. He steals. He attacks people. He spends his nights gambling and getting into fights. He lives off chaos.
They're your daughters, for God's sake ! Don't you have a heart ?! she cries, the pain in her chest unbearable.
If only she had known how vile men could be, she would've never opened her heart. That's why she's avoided love ever since. For five years, not a single man has touched her. Not because she doesn't crave affection-but because she no longer trusts anyone.
Mom, please help us ! her daughters scream, their tiny voices piercing the air.
Tears blur her vision. She tries to run to them, but two of Franck's men hold her back. Rough hands grip her arms. She fights, kicks, struggles-she doesn't care if she gets hurt. She just wants to hold her babies.
My babies, I'm going to get you out of there ! Don't worry, Mommy loves you so, so much !
Take those little pests to the room, Franck barks.
Carla watches in horror as her daughters are dragged away, sobbing. She collapses to the floor, her knees giving out, her hands trembling as she cries uncontrollably.
Oh, Carla, stop crying already. You're getting on my nerves.
She looks up at him with pure hatred.
You're nothing but a drunk ! A disgusting, broken man ! You'll pay for this. One day, God will make sure you pay.
He laughs, a twisted grin spreading across his face.
I've got a mission for you, sweetheart.
I won't do anything for you. Do you hear me ?
He stands, calm, amused, like he's enjoying the pain he's causing. He walks toward her slowly, sliding his hand into his pocket.
Then you'll have their deaths on your conscience, he says without the slightest hint of emotion.
Carla freezes.
Her breath catches. Her heart slams against her chest. He wouldn't-would he ?
No. He would. She sees it in his eyes. He's capable of anything.
What do you want me to do ?
His lips curl into a wicked smile.
There's an inauguration party tomorrow. A powerful sheikh will be attending. It's taking place at his estate. Your mission is to sneak into his office and bring me some jewels. Expensive ones. The kind that can change a man's life.
Carla stares at him, numb. She feels like she's sinking into darkness. Her daughters' lives depend on her. But this... this is stealing from a powerful man. One wrong move, and she could end up dead-or worse.
She wants to scream. She wants to run. But she can't. Because she's a mother. And nothing matters more than saving her children.
Even if it means walking straight into hell.
PROLOGUE This is the story of Angélica, a beautiful 25-year-old Canadian woman, the only child and heiress of the most powerful family in Canada. Angélica is a top model, the most famous one in Canada since she turned 20. She's naturally cheerful, optimistic, and very sociable. I live a peaceful life until the day everything falls apart-five years ago, I'm caught in a house fire with my parents in our mansion. That night, I lose both of them. And I lose my face. The fire leaves me disfigured. It's the hardest moment of my life-not just losing my parents, but having to accept that my face is permanently burned and changed forever. After many rounds of surgery, most of my face remains the same-damaged. People reject me. I can't work as a model anymore. From one day to the next, I become a shadow of myself. Even though I'm still an heiress and have everything money can buy, I miss something essential-love. I feel so alone. People avoid me like the plague. The worst part is that no man ever approaches me now, and it hurts deeply. I've never known love before, and all I want is to experience that wonderful feeling that seems to make everyone so happy. But with how I look, that seems impossible. I live in a dull, repetitive routine, every day the same... until I meet someone online. A young man. I fall in love with him-deeply. We've never met in person, but I already feel like I'd give anything just for him to love me back. We keep chatting online, day after day. But my world crashes again when he finally meets me face-to-face. The look on his face says it all. Especially because... he's a telenovela actor. Will he be able to love me despite my appearance ? How far am I willing to go for the man I love to love me back ?
Summary Moving reunion As she approaches her marriage Aude a young woman of thirty beautiful, virtuous and independent went to a shop of dresses to marry to meet the famous and reputed stylist she did not know, she was so super excited to order her wedding dressthat she was impatient to meet this one .. But all her enthusiasm disappears when she finds herself in front of the stylist who was nothing other than the love of her youth. Dave Figerson was her first love, she loved her in silence since their school curriculum but she had never dared to tell her of her feelings ... So see him again for years made her feelings reborn that she had tried to make disappear for years ... Her reunion was so overwhelming for her that she was no longer sure to marry her fiancé with whom she had been in contact for five long years. All this complicated even more for her when Dave began to take her interest in her as a woman. What will happen when she cancels her engagement as well as her marriage? Will she end up his life with Dave? His fiancé who was a dangerous man would they let them live their love? How much would he go for the prevented to be happy?
Summary The widow and the billionaire Already 2 years old that she was a widow, 2 years that she was harassed by her brother-in-law for married him after having torn away all her husband's property. Today the shy young woman with green eyes, fragile wise and very beautiful to join the two ends, hiding her status as a widow and being convinced that by leaving the country and changing work she could escape her brother who terrified her more than everthat he had become rich thanks to the property of her husband. Moving to her, she found herself face to face with her worst enemy. Since the young woman lives in fear and insecurity until the day she met a beautiful billionaire, dominant, arrogant cold and very hostile towomen who will make a marriage proposal on contract. Does the young woman accept? What will happen when the billionaire knows that she is a widow? Will they love each other? Will the billionaire protected him from his brother -in -law?
The choice of Diego Santibanez Diego Santibanez aged 25 is the most famous and rich man in Mexico, his family being more famous in Mexico he was a man who was respected despite his age. Rude, uncompromising and impulsive, he always got what he wanted. The day of his wedding with the woman of whom he was madly in love, a young unknown appeared in front of everyone accompanied by a 5 -year -old boy. When the young woman affirmed that it was their son he did not want to believe it until he leaps in the past, he then realized that the young woman was the woman with whom he had a night stroke at one of his trips 5 years ago. Everything became complicated for him when a choice imposed himself on him, his present or his past? Are you going to denied his son and choose the woman he always wanted? Where are he going to choose his son and give up his marriage since he could not ask his future wife to raise her son especially since the biological mother will never accept him. What choice will he do? Will he finish by loved his son's mother if he ever gave up his marriage? im when a choice imposed himself on him, his present or his past? Are you going to denied his son and choose the woman he always wanted? Where are he going to choose his son and give up his marriage since he could not ask his future wife to raise her son especially since the biological mother will never accept him. What choice will he do? Will he finish by loved his son's mother if he ever gave up his marriage?
Summary Mila Willems A young Belgian young woman physiotherapist from a modest family decided to help Arthur Peeters the most renowned, the most, cold and cruel that there is in Belgium to remarcher. She set herself this objective that she should imperatively achieve because she was indebted to her, yes this man diabolically beautiful and cruel and who hated women had saved her during her violewas nailed in a wheelchair for two long years. She had hesitated for years to introduce herself to him because she was afraid but now she was determined to help him find the use of her legs for having saved him and especially out of love for him .. Yes, she loved this cruel man in silence for two years, he did not know him but she had known that it was he who had saved him two years ago thanks to his tattoo which he had in the neck and also his gold bracelet on which was inscribed the inile of his first name. Will she achieve her goal despite the execrable mood, humiliations and hatred that this billionaire was going to inflict on him? Will she have the courage one day to declare her flame? How will the billionaire react when he knows that she was the young woman he had saved in the past? Are you going to succeed in softening the heart of this icy man who was filling with hate? Will love are born between his two?
In the previous life, Maggie Johnson was so cowardly, gullible and stupid that she was coaxed by her fiance and stepsister and then broke her legs and lost everything including her fortune, love and even life. However, she was so lucky that she was reborn in the year before everything happened. Since her life restarted, how could she repeat a previous tragedy? Therefore, in this life, she took the opportunity to improve herself and take revenge on the ones who had ever insulted her. Facing the people who had humiliated her previously, she became smart and experienced to break their frames and tricks that had caused her to hurt in the previous life. Finally, no one could stop her pace to amaze the world any more.
Two years ago, Ricky found himself coerced into marrying Emma to protect the woman he cherished. From Ricky's perspective, Emma was despicable, resorting to underhanded schemes to ensure their marriage. He maintained a distant and cold attitude toward her, reserving his warmth for another. Yet, Emma remained wholeheartedly dedicated to Ricky for more than ten years. As she grew weary and considered relinquishing her efforts, Ricky was seized by a sudden fear. Only when Emma's life teetered on the edge, pregnant with Ricky's child, did he recognize-the love of his life had always been Emma.
Lindsey's fiancé was the devil's first son. Not only did he lie to her but he also slept with her stepmother, conspired to take away her family fortune, and then set her up to have sex with a total stranger. To get her lick back, Lindsey decided to find a man to disrupt her engagement party and humiliate the cheating bastard. Never did she imagine that she would bump into a strikingly handsome stranger who was all that she was currently looking for. At the engagement party, he boldly declared that she was his woman. Lindsey thought he was just a broke man who wanted to leech off her. But once they began their fake relationship, she realized that good luck kept coming her way. She thought they would part ways after the engagement party, but this man kept to her side. "We gotta stick together, Lindsey. Remember, I'm now your fiancé. " "Domenic, you're with me because of my money, aren't you?" Lindsey asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Domenic was taken aback by that accusation. How could he, the heir of the Walsh family and CEO of Vitality Group, be with her for money? He controlled more than half of the city's economy. Money wasn't a problem for him! The two got closer and closer. One day, Lindsey finally realized that Domenic was actually the stranger she had slept with months ago. Would this realization change things between them? For the better or worse?
Charlee was left at the altar and became a laughingstock. She tried to keep her head high, but ultimately lost it when she received a sex tape of her fiance and her half-sister. Devastated, she ended up spending a wild night with a hot stranger. It was supposed to be one-time thing, but he kept popping up, helping her with projects and revenge, all while flirting with her constantly. Charlee soon realized that it was nice having him around, until her ex suddenly appeared at her door, begging for another chance. Her tycoon lover asked, “Who will you choose? Think carefully before you answer.”
She thought he was the villain. He was only trying to save his soul. Rena lives in a world of sunshine, sweets, and simple dreams. Until one reckless decision drops her into a dark realm of secrets, curses and werewolves. Kidnapped, heartbroken. She doesn't know who to trust anymore especially not Logan, the arrogant, cruel Alpha who's keeping her as a hostage. Until she discovers his dark secret. He's been hearing her thoughts all along. Now the walls between them are crumbling. And when feelings grow where hatred once lived, a curse demands that blood becomes a love that demands sacrifice. But how can she give her heart to the one who might need it to die?
Allison fell in love with Ethan Iversen, the soon-to-be Alpha of the Moonlight Crown pack. She always wanted him to notice her. Meanwhile, Ethan was an arrogant Alpha who thought a weak Omega could not be his companion. Ethan's cousin, Ryan Iversen, who came back from abroad and was the actual heir of the pack, never tried to get the position nor did he show any interest in it. He was a popular playboy Alpha but when he came back to the pack, one thing captured his eyes and that was Allison.