Modern Maria Clara

Para devolverle a mi amor platónico el derecho de heredar su familia mafiosa, le di una de mis córneas. Sin embargo, cuando él recuperó la vista, mi familia prefirió que se casara con mi hermana mayor en lugar de conmigo. En mi vida pasada, intenté encontrarlo y explicarle todo, pero me rechazó. Por si fuera poco, mi familia me exilió y morí la noche de su boda con mi hermana. Y entonces, renací antes de mi exilio. Esta vez, decidí abandonar mi grupo mafioso y a mi amor platónico por voluntad propia... Pero, ¿aquel jefe mafioso despiadado? Él se derrumbó por completo.

Before the day of my husband's succession as the Don, my stepsister personally tattooed the "Inverted Angel's Eye"—the mark of a traitor—onto my back. My husband didn't just turn a blind eye; when the family vendetta broke out, he withdrew all the elite guards to protect my "pregnant" stepsister, leaving me alone in a defenseless city to face the slaughter.  "Elena, you are strong enough to protect yourself. But Sophia is fragile, and she is carrying my firstborn. She needs the protection more than you." Facing a siege of heavy firepower, I survived by the skin of my teeth. He thought I would swallow the insult for the sake of the family's reputation. He didn't expect that I would kick open the doors of his coronation ceremony wearing mourning weeds, flanked by the FBI and the Commission, and personally strip him of his title. "Goodbye, Lorenzo. This time, I choose to be the Don."

I died five years ago. Now my husband, the Don of our Mafia family, wants me to take the fall for his sister again—this time for accidentally killing a British noble's heir during an arms deal. He's holding a fake confession letter with my forged signature, storming into my old apartment in the rust district, only to find it empty. Frustrated, he grabs the corner store owner downstairs, demanding to know where I am. The owner pauses, wiping his hands on his apron, calmly tells him: "Serafine? She died five years ago." "Heard it was retaliation from a rival family during the gang war. They ambushed her in an alley... shot her over a dozen times. She died immediately." My husband, Lucien, refuses to believe it. Convinced the owner is on my payroll, hiding me to help me escape his reach. He scoffs, his eyes filled with scorn: "Oh, so what? Because I called her out for messing up that last job, now she's throwing a tantrum?" "You tell her, if she doesn't come back and take the fall in three days, I'll revoke her grandmother's 'special family protection'! Let the old woman rot!" With that, he storms out, his rage still simmering. The owner watches him leave and sighs, shaking his head. "There's no grandmother left to protect... That woman passed away not long after Serafine did... couldn't survive the winter without our family's medical supplies and protection..."

Being the head of the family, kay Marco na atang ang responsibilidad na palaguin ang kumpanyang itinaguyod ng pamilya pati na rin ang pagpapalaki sa nakababatang kapatid na si Beatriz. He had worked hard, played all his cards wisely para marating ang kung anumang narating niya ngayon. Aside from being the CEO of Fuentabella Conglomerate, together with his two mates ay naitayo nila ang FHM Management. He then finally decided the inevitable, to settle down because part of him longed for something warm like the sunshine. How cheesy it may sound he wanted something like what Beatriz possess. Love and family. Everything was doing fine. He's waiting for Poleen to be ready until he get a taste of her. Her sweet, innocent Cielo. Consuelo Sta. Maria, ang dalagang napiling ipakasal kay Stefano Hernandez. Ang naturang kasal ang magiging kaganapan sa matagal ng plano ng parehong haligi pamilya. She give it a try, kung para sa abuelo niya ay gagawin niya ang lahat. Stefano seems nice sa kabila ng pagiging stiff at aloof. Until their paths cross, the remarkable Marco Antonio Fuentabella Would she succumbed to heat everytime Marco initiates it? Paano na ang nalalapit niyang kasal kay Stef? Would she commit?

Sa mundong pinatatakbo ng digital codes at madugong transaksyon, si Laxus ang hari. Sa umaga, siya ang makapangyarihang CEO na nagpapaikot sa mundo ng negosyo. Sa gabi, siya ang malupit na Mafia Boss na naghahari sa ilalim ng mga anino. Hawak niya ang lahat. Yaman, koneksyon, at buhay ng mga taong nangangahas na banggain siya. Ngunit may isang bagay na hindi niya kayang kontrolin nang buo: ang sarili niyang system na pinoprotektahan ng kaniyang pinakamahusay na tauhan. Si Amara ay hindi lamang isang empleyado; siya ang henyo sa likod ng mga firewall ni Laxus. Bilang kanyang Personal Software Developer at Elite Hacker, siya ang nakakakita sa lahat ng dumi at lihim na ibinaon ni Laxus sa ilalim ng mga encrypted files. Siya ang may hawak ng "Kill Switch.” Ang mga impormasyong sapat upang mapabagsak ang kumpanya ni Laxus at maipakulong siya habambuhay bilang isang kriminal. Gusto nang tumakas ni Amara. Gusto na niyang iwan ang madilim na mundong ito na puno ng panganib. Ngunit sa ilalim ng kumpas ni Laxus, ang pag-alis ay katumbas ng pagtataksil. Alam ni Laxus na ang utak ni Amara ang kaniyang pinakamalakas na sandata, ngunit ito rin ang kaniyang pinakamalaking banta. Kaya naman, gagamitin niya ang lahat ng kaniyang kapangyarihan upang panatilihin ang dalaga sa loob ng kaniyang "golden cage." Sa pagitan ng mga hacking encounters at mapanganib na engkwentro sa labas ng opisina, isang mas mapanganib na apoy ang nabubuo sa pagitan nila. Habang sinusubukan ni Amara na i-bypass ang puso ng kaniyang boss, unti-unti naman siyang nahuhulog sa bitag ng isang lalakeng handang pumatay para lamang manatili siya sa tabi nito. Sino ang unang bibigay? Si Amara ba na may hawak ng mga ebidensyang makakapagsira kay Laxus, o si Laxus na handang sunugin ang buong mundo para lamang sa minamahal niyang si Amara?

Lenas Welt brach zusammen! Der Mann, mit dem sie eine Nacht verbracht hatte, war ihr Universitätsprofessor. Und als wäre das nicht schlimm genug – sie war auch noch schwanger. Mit zitternden Händen legte sie ihm den Schwangerschaftstest vor. Professor Strauß gab ihr zwei Möglichkeiten: Erstens: Abtreibung. Zweitens: Heirat. Und so heiratete Lena ihren eigenen Professor – Hals über Kopf. Nach der Hochzeit schliefen sie in getrennten Zimmern. Eines Abends stand Professor Strauß mit einem Kissen vor ihrer Tür. „Die Heizung in meinem Zimmer ist kaputt. Kann ich heute bei dir übernachten?“ Lena, noch ganz naiv, ließ ihn herein. Am nächsten Abend stand er wieder da. „Immer noch nicht repariert. Nur noch eine Nacht.“ Am Ende zog Professor Strauß schließlich bei ihr ein. Seine Begründung: „Wir sparen Heizkosten. So bleibt mehr Geld für das Baby.“ —————————————————— Die Medizinische Fakultät des Waldmeer-Vereins war eine Elite-Universität. Professor Tobias Strauß war dort eine Legende – der jüngste Professor in der Geschichte der Fakultät. Er trug immer einen Ehering, aber niemand hatte je eine Frau an seiner Seite gesehen. Eines Tages konnte ein Student seine Neugier nicht mehr zurückhalten und fragte im Seminar: „Professor Strauß, Sie sind verheiratet, nicht wahr? Wann stellen Sie uns Ihre Frau vor?“ Professor Strauß rief plötzlich einen Namen: „Lena Schmidt.“ Reflexartig stand eine junge Frau im Saal auf. „Hier!“ Unter den Blicken aller Studenten lächelte Professor Strauß sanft: „Darf ich vorstellen: Das ist meine Frau, Lena Schmidt. Sie ist eine sehr angehende Herzchirurgin.“

I've been married to my Mafia Boss husband for 15 years. When we first got married, he couldn't even afford a ring, but I didn't care; I loved him. I hid my identity. I secretly used my family's influence to help him build his empire from scratch, and I even bore him two children. His adopted sister always mocked me, calling me an old-fashioned housewife and saying I wasn't good enough for him. To avoid embarrassing him, I always endured it. Until our 15th anniversary, because both me and his adopted sister wore red dresses, he told me to stay in the kitchen: "Sofia's right. That red doesn't suit you. Don't come out until the banquet actually ends. Stay in the kitchen. I don't need the Dons from New York seeing you and getting the wrong impression." I was completely heartbroken and didn't argue anymore. I dialed a number I hadn't made in 15 years: "Principessa?" "It's me," I said, my voice steady. "Tell those old fossils on the Council... Isabella Corleone is coming home."

My husband is the Don of the entire New York East Coast Mafia. For ten years, I dimmed my own light to be his perfect silent partner, the dutiful wife who gave him the perfect heir. I thought we were the lovers who wou ld die for each other. Then came a mere associat. My husband and son had formed an alliance with the woman who seem want to take my place. But they just said, "Elena, you have the crown and the kingdom. She has nothing but us. Be generous." So, to make her smile, my husband trampled on my dignity again and again. To please her, my son affectionately calls her "Mom." In their eyes, I was the iron wall, the woman who would swallow any insult for the sake of the family honor. Until the fire. My husband locked me inside the burning room, to let me "reflect" on my jealousy. He didn't know that the fire didn't kill me. But it burned away the last ash of my love for him.

Untuk mengembalikan hak waris pria yang kucintai dari keluarga mafianya, aku memberikan salah satu korneaku padanya. Namun, saat dia mendapatkan kembali penglihatannya, alih-alih menikahkanku dengannya, keluargaku malah memilih kakak perempuanku untuk menjadi pasangan hidupnya. Di kehidupanku yang lalu, aku berusaha mencarinya dan menjelaskan segalanya, tetapi dia menolakku. Keluargaku sendiri mengasingkanku dan aku mati pada malam pernikahan antara dia dan kakakku. Kemudian, aku terlahir kembali, kembali ke masa sebelum aku diasingkan. Kali ini, aku memilih meninggalkan kelompok mafiaku dan meninggalkan pria yang dulu begitu kucintai. Namun pria itu? Bos mafia yang dingin dan tak berhati itu? Dia benar-benar hancur.

Mara Stein verlor ihr ungeborenes Kind. Zehn Jahre lang hatte sie Leonard Voss geliebt. Sie brach ihr Studium ab, heiratete ihn und war drei Jahre lang seine Ehefrau – pflichtbewusst, still und ohne sich je zu beklagen. Bis ein verborgenes Dokument auftauchte. Erst da erkannte sie die Wahrheit: Sie war nie seine Wahl gewesen, sondern nur ein Teil eines Spiels – eines grausamen Rollenspiels zwischen ihm und seiner ersten Liebe. Im Krankenzimmer erfuhr Mara, dass Leonard mit seiner ersten Liebe beim Hochseefischen war. Noch am selben Tag reichte sie die Scheidung ein. Die Frau, auf die man einst herabgesehen hatte, verschwand – und kehrte als jemand völlig Neues zurück: als gefeierte Designerin eines internationalen Luxus-Schmucklabels, als Lehrerin eines weltberühmten Pianisten, als Rennsport-Ikone, als Tochter des Außenministers, als Vorstandsvorsitzende eines börsennotierten Milliardenunternehmens … Während immer mehr Männer um Mara warben, verlor Leonard die Kontrolle. Er klammerte sich an sie und ließ nicht mehr los. Mara jedoch hatte genug. Sie inszenierte ihren Tod und verschwand – spurlos. Vor einem leeren Grab kniete Leonard Nacht für Nacht, bis er kaum noch stehen konnte. Und eines Tages stand sie plötzlich vor ihm. Lebendig. Unnahbar. „Meine Frau, komm mit mir nach Hause, bitte“, flüsterte er mit geröteten Augen. Mara lächelte ruhig. „Nennen Sie mich nicht so, Herr Voss. Wir sind geschieden. Und ich bin jetzt Single.“