Verdades Secretas Capítulo 5

I woke up in a penthouse dressed up for Christmas, having no memory of how I got here. With a stranger sitted beside my hospital bed, his dark eyes watching me like I was something precious he was afraid to lose. He says his name is Damien Cross, my husband. He says we were in an accident two weeks before Christmas, and that I've forgotten everything about our perfect life together. But nothing felt right. The staff won't meet my eyes. My phone had no history. And when I found a journal hidden behind wrapped gifts in my dressing room, the handwriting is mine, but the words were a warning: Do not trust him. Leave before Christmas. You know what he did. Damien surrounded me with holiday magic, kisses under the mistletoe, and planned romantic surprises beneath twinkling lights. He's everything a husband should be: protective, tender, devoted. Yet his love felt like a cage decorated with ribbons and bows. The closer we got to Christmas Eve, the more I remember fragments of another life. Arguments,Fear,Betrayal. One night I tried to run from him in the snow and never made it out. Now I have until Christmas Day to uncover the truth about my past before Damien's version of our love story becomes the only one that matters. Because the man who saved me might be the same man I was trying to escape.

“Damn it, Viola! Do you even hear yourself? You’re miserable, and you’re pretending it’s normal!” Logan says, clenching his fists beside him. I drag in a shaky breath. “What do you want me to do, Logan? Just leave my marriage?” “Yes!” I freeze. He steps closer. “Leave. And let me love you the way you deserve.” *** She thought heartbreak was the worst thing he could do to her. Then he came back. Three years ago, Logan Reynolds chose ambition over love, leaving Viola McCoy behind—and breaking her heart in the process. Determined to move on, she made a choice—one that led her into the arms of Julian Cruz, a man who vowed to love her but only saw her as a means to an end. Now, trapped in a loveless marriage, Viola endures the whispers, the neglect, and the bruises she hides beneath designer sleeves. But when Logan returns as the new CEO of Reynolds Publishing—her boss—Viola’s carefully constructed world begins to crack. He sees through her forced smiles and polite lies. He soon realizes the woman he left behind is still fighting to be heard. Logan is determined to save her. Viola? She’s certain she can’t be saved. But in the middle of stolen glances, midnight confessions, and the words they can’t say out loud, one question remains: Can love be rewritten, or are some stories doomed to end the same way twice?

Luke Contrero badly wants the innocent and very beautiful Isabelle dela Vega. He was even willing to marry her just to have her. Isabelle thought that they would have years of marital bliss but an immensely hot beast like Luke could never be controlled. Her dream turned into a nightmare. He was well-known while she was a nobody. He lusted after her but she loved him. He wanted to possess her body and soul and she gave herself and heart to him. He broke her so she escaped him...or did she?

เรือคือบ้าน มหาสมุทรคือมารดร หากแต่ชายฝั่งคือขุมทรัพย์ กองโจรสลัดประจำเรือแบล็กคาเคนจึงมุ่งหมายที่จะปล้นสะดมคฤหาสน์เก่าของตระกูลลอร์ดแห่งหนึ่งประเทศอังกฤษ แต่ผู้ใดจะรู้เล่า ว่าหีบสมบัติที่พวกเขาปล้นขึ้นเรือมาจะเป็น...โลงศพของแวมไพร์? แค่ถูกทางกองทหารหมายหัวลงบัญชีดำก็ว่าหนักหนาแล้ว เมื่อต้องมาเจอกับ ลอร์ดเกรแฮม แวมไพร์ที่มีอายุมากกว่าห้าร้อยปี เห็นทีว่าชีวิตของลูกเรือคงจะหาไม่กันในวันนี้ เดือดร้อนถึง กัปตันออเดรย์ แบรล์ ที่ต้องเสียสละตัวเอง เพื่อรักษาชีวิตลูกน้องจากการถูกลงมติเสียงข้างมากให้พลีกายแทนทุกชีวิต มันใช่เรื่องที่เขาจะต้องมาเสียสละเหรอ!? โชคดีที่ลอร์ดเกรแฮมไม่ได้กระหายเลือดถึงขนาดกล้ากัดกัปตันโจรสลัดรูปงามแต่โสโครกซกมกตรงหน้าได้ ทว่า...ไม่ได้หมายความว่าจะไม่ กิน ต่อให้ไม่ได้กระหายเลือดแต่ก็กระหายรัก ความปรารถนาที่เก็บกลั้นมากกว่าหลายร้อยปีถูกปลดปล่อยในครานี้ โดยมีกัปตันจอมกะล่อนเป็นที่รองรับอารมณ์ คอยดูเถอะ ถึงฝั่งเมื่อไร ข้าจะเอาลิ่มไม้ตอกเจ้าให้จมดิน! ออเดรย์สาบานไว้กับตัวเองว่าจะต้องเอาคืนแวมไพร์มากราคะนี้อย่างสาสมแน่นอน!

After the cruise ship strikes a hidden reef, panicked passengers shove me and Kristen Langford into the sea. My boyfriend, Elijah Jensen, is the ship's captain, so he plunges into the water. But instead of saving me, he grabs Kristen and boards the last lifeboat. I thrash and cry for help, but he slaps my hand away. "You can swim. Stop pretending for attention!" Elijah snaps. "Kristen's body temperature is dropping. I have to get her to a hospital!" The waters around me are pitch-black, and his words feel like a death sentence. When the tracking bracelet I always wear is discovered inside a shark, Elijah dives alone into shark-infested waters, searching for three days and nights. In the end, the brilliant captain who once ruled the oceans can never sail again.

"I'm wanted, Kimberly. Wanted by the Mafia..." Those were my father’s final words before he died in my arms. Moments later, I saw those legs step out of the shadows, marking the beginning of my nightmare. Leonardo Fiore, a cold Mafia Don,who is determined to use Kimberly as a tool in his game for power. His world is cruel and his words are like ice. "There's no love here, Kimberly,” he whispered. It's not part of the deal.” But Kimberly isn't one to accept whatever fate brings, without a fight. “If your love is not part of the deal, I'll make it mine to claim” she declared, feisty, crashing her lips onto his. As tension arises, Kimberly must decide : will she melt Leonardo's icy heart or lose herself trying to survive in his dangerous world?

When you, a nerd, get stood up by your ex and wait all night in a bar on New Year's EveThat's when you meet the hottest hockey team captain who asked you to pretend to be his date so he could dump his latest girlfriend.When you're being pestered by your ex to get back together, he shows up and tells your ex to fuck off.Your ex says, I know this is just a deal and you can't possibly like her.He (kisses you in front of everyone): Deal, Like this?

Solene only ever wanted two things in life, to be free of her mother's cruelty and to get into a prestigious college. Her dreams fell short when her mother announced her marriage to billionaire Alfred Campbell, the father of the one guy that made her life a living hell in school. Noah Campbell is not only a spoiled rich brat, he's made it his life mission to torment Solene. Now she's to live under the same roof as her hot tormentor. Solene thought it would be her worst nightmare, but something else came to life inside her. Their relationship skyrocketed from enemies, to lovers sharing passionate kisses in the room. Will Solene's relationship with Noah shield her, or will it destroy the very life she's spent a long time building?. Find out in this irresistible, forbidden, steamy, step sibling romance.

Danika has the perfect life. Perfect family. Perfect friends. Perfect grades. Perfect mate. Perfect, right? No. She has a few secrets she hasn’t admitted. Secrets like Hadley Robertson. So how does she escape this? Reading. And Hadley… he has a few secrets of his own too.

Luke Contrero badly wants the innocent and very beautiful Isabelle dela Vega. His body is screaming for her. How she makes him feel is beyond what he had imagined. Magkaiba man ang mundo nila, he will do anything to have her...kahit pakasalan pa niya ito. Being young and naive as she is, Isabelle thought that they will have years of marital bliss but an immensely hot beast like Luke can never be controlled. Her dream turned into a nightmare.He is well-known while she is a nobody. He lusted after her but she loved him. He wanted to possess her body and soul so she gave herself and heart to him. He broke her so she escaped him.......or has she?