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" I can never marry someone else. Not her at least!" Two weeks after my twin sister's passing, to keep the relationship between two families, my parents proposed the idea of marrying me off to my twin sister's husband. But, both of the family know, I DON'T suit their taste of having a daughter-in-law in a family like them where my sister was a perfect match for everything. But... He got married for the sake of the relationship between two families. " Don't ever think of getting close to me. I will make sure we both go different ways soon. In this world, only one person lives in my heart. She will be there forever!" I thought it was acceptable. He married someone ugly like me is enough to get satisfied for me. However, not only did I walk onto the thin and sharp layer of ice, but also I had to face the Cruelty of rich and beautiful people... My in-laws hate me too.
" Dear God! All I just want is to have a beautiful family with my dearest fiance. I wish nothing more!"
I heard my sister praying while her makeup artist and hairdresser were giving her the best look for her engagement party. Today is her engagement party and one week later, she will be wedded to her Fiancé.
Odette Anderson is my twin sister's name. A gorgeous 25-year-old girl who is well-liked by everyone. Her beauty to her personality, everything is as perfect as a rainbow after the rain. Her eyes are the ocean of summer, radiant blue and calm like spring. The blonde hair she got from my mother, adds the last card of her ethereal beauty.
Today, she is going to engage with her boyfriend, the son of our parents' best friend, a billionaire and obviously, a person with a great personality.
This is the second time I am going to meet him. He is handsome, cool and really easygoing. Not with me or anyone else. To my sister, of course. They're a perfect couple as if they're only made for each other.
" Juliette! Why didn't you change yet? How many times have I told you not to make us ashamed? Did you forget how much humiliation we received on that day?"
I startle when my mother snaps at me.
This is true. I humiliated them with my stupid look. I am not as beautiful as my twin sister. I am 25 years old. But people sometimes think that I am a 40-year-old woman. I weigh 210 pounds, Got a messy curly hair, dull brown hair not as eye-catching as my family's, and my eyes are brown, inherited from someone from my father's side. I actually don't have any idea who it is. lol.
But we both have the same face except for those eyes, hair and obviously the weight. My sister is like a female lead out of the magazine, whereas I am some stupid, lazy and ugly side character of the novel. No, I don't think even an artist would like to draw such an ugly character in their art.
" Stop dozing off! Juliette! Get changed. Don't break your new dress's zipper again. Gosh! Where can I go with this girl?"
As I yawn, My mother grunts throwing the dress on me that she bought for me. " Stop lazing around!!!"
" I won't, okay?" I curled my lip while rolling my eyes, what to do if I always feel so sleepy... Gosh!
" You will, Juliette. Don't be so confident. Just don't go to the front line when our engagement party starts. I don't want to be embarrassed!" Odette scoffs. As usual, her words feel like daggers being stabbed into my heart to bleed.
" Why? I am your sister. Also, I returned home to attend your engagement party. Can't you just be a little soft to your own Sister?" I asked. It's hurting my ego.
" C'mon! This is the main point. Did you look at yourself? I don't think your face resembles any human face. It's a pig face. Moreover, all of my friends don't like to stand with you. You will ruin their mood!"
" Odette!!! You are being too much!" I hiss. She is literally ignoring my feelings.
" Also, what if you fall and break the stage like you broke your chair! I don't want another shameful commotion on my important day!"
" I didn't break my chair, for god sake!!!"
" I don't care. I just want you to stay away from my party. Don't stand when my friends or fiance come. I don't want to feel humiliated..."
How could she! I travelled back home from another state, just to attend the engagement. How could she be so heartless with her own sister?
" Mom! Can't you tell something to her? How could she treat her sister like trash?"
" You are trash! Juliette." Odette laughs loudly, even the people who are in the room laugh at me like I am nothing.
" Mom! Your daughter is being too much now." I called Mom, trying to hold myself back but what breaks my heart more when my mother responds...
" Why are you so eager to stand in the front line? You will fall or trip over anytime. It will ruin Odette's image. Don't need to go front line." My mother adds, giving everyone another chance to laugh at me.
" Oh!" I smile forcefully. It somehow hurts.
" Anyway, Change the dress. If you don't fit in it. Don't come to the party! I don't have time to bring another one for you!-"
" Mom!!!!' I screamed.
" Just directly tell me that you don't want to attend the engagement party. I know I am going to humiliate you. Because I am not as beautiful as Odette is. I know, fine. I won't attend."
Tears stream down my face as I can't engulf the pain that they're causing, just using their words.
"Who told you not to come? Stop overacting! Also, stop crying all the time. It's disgusting!!!" Odette snorts, rolling her eyes.
" You two are so mean. Always been a mean to me!"
I storm out of the room while crying. This is nothing new but still, it's my sister's special day, who was born on the same day as mine, we grew up together.
" Why are they so bad to me? Why? I am ugly, I didn't make myself - Ouch!"
My hand immediately reaches to my forehead when I bump into someone. But I couldn't raise my head, the tears had no plans to stop. My heart keeps squeezing to bleed...
" Are you okay?"
I look up, my tears have messed up the light makeup, my sister's makeup artist put on me secretly.
The person with a soft voice whispers nearby me, is my sister's Fiancé. He always holds a cold and Unapproachable Aura. But I saw him smiling or making jokes with my sister.
How nice to have someone who loves you unconditionally. And my sister got everything you can only imagine to have. Parents' love, talent, beauty and a partner who will kill anyone for her. Isn't it nice?
" I am... I am fine. Thank you!"
I walk by him. Right now,
" Who is she? She was crying!" My sister's Fiancé asked his assistant.
Huh! My attention goes to him, whose eyes are admiring my sister...
As expected, ugly people, don't have the right to be remembered. It was last week when he visited my sister and we bumped into each other and shared greetings. Today, he doesn't even know who I am.
It always happens. Since the very beginning of my life, Although I wasn't chubby I was dull enough not to be noticed by anyone. My sister's appearance was enough to keep me in the shadows.
Even when I was born. Everyone was busy admiring how beautiful my sister was, and I was crying alone in the cradle. Sometimes, My grandma, a snowy white snow, English woman, tells me jokes about how ugly I was when I was born. First, they thought I wasn't my father's child. But because of the resemblance between me and my sister, they didn't do anything like a DNA test or something.
And this is how, Since childhood, my family indirectly taught me that there is rank in everything. Even if it's within the family or the society. The more beautiful and talented you are, the more you'll get valued.
And, what should I debate about it? In my 25 years old life, nobody told me that they liked me or had a love at first sight... Crazy! Have you ever seen anyone getting a love at first sight on an ugly girl?
Even their smile looks like a joke.
" Angel! My beautiful angel! Why are you leaving?"I stop, hearing the familiar voice.
"Dad???"
My father, the only person in my life who never talked to me rudely, walks towards me.
But...
If there is a chance to choose someone between me and my sister. My father will save my sister without any second thoughts.
" Why are you crying? Are you hungry? I bought so much chocolate for you. Go home and have some chocolate."
" So that I don't attend the party?" I ask, knowing that he will accept my mother's decision.
" N... No. Why. Why would you have to... I mean, my angel doesn't like crowds. Won't it be a good decision not to attend the party?"
" Dad!!!!" I grit.
" I am her sister. Twin sister who grew up with her. I.. I wanted to - Never mind... I will do what you think is good for you all. After all, it doesn't matter if someone like me doesn't stand next to you. Please have another family photo without me this time too..."
" Angel!!!"
" I am not your angel. Don't mock me with your words, Dad. I hate you all. I am not your family!!!"
Everyone is hurting me. They're so selfish. On our graduation day, My parents got a family photo together and I wasn't there. They were so busy with my sister's achievement that they didn't even feel the empty spot which belonged to me. So even if I disappear from their lives, they won't be sad or miss me. I know that very well.
If you stand before the huge family photo of our family, you can clearly see, how different we are. My mother and father both were holding my sister's hand while I was standing like an outcast next to my grandparents who were also smiling at my sister.
And the more time pass, the more I have realized, I am just a worthless wallflower in the middle of our family circle.
On her twenty five birthday, Zara Kingston got an ultimatum - Win the Competition Or Marry to the man her father arranged for her. With utter disbelief and shock she accepted, since she was confident enough to win. However after losing the competition, she thought this wouldn't be a matter of discussion after the suffering she went through. But her entire life crumpled upon when she learned that not only her best friend's child was her long term boyfriend but also her family sold her to the Cruel Mafia, Dominic Antonio. To get back on them, she broke the first condition - She lost her virginity to a stranger. However, like a twisted fate, she faced a major outcome of her action. Will she be fine when her husband know that she had a boyfriend before and seemingly he might not be her first time?
For three years, she had never been able to see her husband who left the Aisle without showing his face. She kept waiting for his return home, despite everything. Her mother-in-law treated her like a slave until he returned. The day she thought she would be happy to see her husband who she has been waiting for three years, he appeared along with his first lover and declared that he only loves his girlfriend. Three years of their marriage broke within three days, she left, stepping onto his prestige. After three years, in a business meeting, she appeared as the biggest shareholder of his Enemy company. His Ex-Wife Is Now A Big Shot.
"Why did you vow if you don't want me?" She asked finally to let her all pain out. " I gave you everything. What do you need more?" He said annoyance was visible in his hardened eyes. " Acknowledge me as your wife. Tell me, I am your wife!" She demanded, tears streaming down her cheeks. " That will never happen!" Marrying a Billionaire, she thought she would have a wonderful married life. But not knowing that she would be a side character in her own story. Her love of life, her husband abandoned her right after her wedding.
Some people appear in life as blessings in disguise. Not knowing where my life was heading after facing betrayal after betrayal, Someone appeared in my life as my stepdad. What is it? A love? In love with my ex-stepdad whose appearance seems to be a shield for me. Who kept protecting me even after all the lies I had told him. After Mom lied about her identity. I fell in love with him, my mother's contracted husband who divorced her right after he got to learn about her true identity. But he kept me protected as my legal guardian, who makes me his family. And, I fell in love with his sincerity and his warmth.
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?
"You're a creepy bastard." His eyes smolder me and his answering grin is nothing short of beautiful. Deadly. "Yet you hunger for me. Tell me, this appetite of yours, does it always tend toward 'creepy bastards'?" **** Widower and ex-boss to the Mafia, Zefiro Della Rocca, has an unhealthy fixation on the woman nextdoor. It began as a coincidence, growing into mere curiosity, and soon, it was an itch he couldn't ignore, like a quick fix of crack for an addict. He didn't know her name, but he knew every inch of her skin, how it flushed when she climaxed, her favourite novel and that every night she contemplated suicide. He didn't want to care, despising his rapt fascination of the woman. She was in love with her abusive husband. She was married, bound by a contract to the Bratva's hitman. She was off-limits. But when Zefiro wanted something, it was with an intensity that bordered on madness. He obsessed, possessed, owned. There'd be bloodshed if he touched her, but the sight of blood always did fascinate him. * When Susanna flees from her husband, she stumbles right into the arms of her devilishly handsome neighbour with a brooding glare. He couldn't stand her, but she needed him, if she was ever going to escape her husband who now wanted her dead. Better the devil you know than the angel you don't. She should have recalled that before hopping into Zefiro's car and letting him whisk her away to Italy. Maybe then, she wouldn't have started an affair with him. He was the only man who touched her right, and the crazy man took no small pains in ensuring he would be the last.
Life was perfect until she met her boyfriend's big brother. There was a forbidden law in the Night Shade Pack that if the head Alpha rejected his mate, he would be stripped of his position. Sophia's life would get connected with the law. She was an Omega who was dating the head Alpha's younger brother. Bryan Morrison, the head Alpha, was not only a cold-blooded man but also a charming business tycoon. His name was enough to cause other packs to tremble. He was known as a ruthless man. What if, by some twist of destiny, Sophia's path were to intertwine with his?
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.
What happens when a hook-up gets complicated by a baby? Can she hide the secret from him? Or will he show her how possessive he can be when he learns she's carrying his child? "Seven years ago, I had a one-night stand with my brother's best friend, who also happened to be my lifelong crush. The next day, he vanished leaving me pregnant. Now, I am a single mom raising our son in the same small town. Recently, he returned to attend my brother's wedding and the truth about our son was finally revealed. As he reclaims his place in our lives, the sparks between us reignite. However, danger from his past threatens to shatter our newfound connection. I am torn between my love for him and my fear of getting hurt again, especially now that I have two hearts to protect - our son's and my own."
Betrayed by her mate and sister on the eve of her wedding, Makenna was handed to the ruthless Lycan Princes as a lover, her indifferent father ignoring her plight. Determined to escape and seek revenge, she captured the interest of the three Lycan princes, who desired her exclusively amid many admirers. This complicated her plans, trapping her and making her a rival to the future Lycan queen. Entwined in jealousy and vindictiveness, could Makenna achieve her vengeance in the intricate dance with the three princes?
Five years ago, Alessia La Rosa's life took a drastic turn when, suffering from memory loss, she wed to Dominic Carter under her grandfather's mysterious arrangement. But their marriage was a facade, bringing her only humiliation and heartache as Dominic showed no love, and she couldn't conceive. Upon discovering Dominic's infidelity, Alessia sought liberation through divorce. Yet, fate had more in store for her. Five years later, spurred by an anonymous email hinting at her lost child's whereabouts, she returns to the city with her twin babies in tow, determined to uncover the truth. As she navigates the tangled web of her past, a surprising twist awaits. Dominic, upon meeting her again, finds himself drawn to the woman she has become, unaware of her true identity as his former wife. Little does he know, the woman he's falling for is not only his ex-wife but also a powerful Doctor and Master Hacker.