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Everyone in high society knows that Keith Ford, the scion, is intensely possessive and loves nothing more than showing off his affection.But ever since Ariel Levine's abduction, he realizes the importance of keeping her out of the spotlight.From that day on, his obsession borders on madness. When she develops post-traumatic mutism, he hires the world's top psychologists and brings them into their home to treat her. When she wants to go out, he builds a fully-equipped castle designed specifically for her. It's almost like a small city of its own.People say that Keith is keeping his mute wife under gentle confinement. But Ariel believes that he is just too afraid of losing her again after that one incident.For five long years, she has been living under his airtight protection, completely cut off from the world.One day, Ariel realizes her voice has finally returned. She sneaks out of the castle for the very first time and hails a cab to Keith's company to surprise him.But just as she enters the city center, the police stop her. 

In pursuit of his crush and driven by vengeance, he thought it would be a triumphant revenge feast, tormenting Sienna by binding her to him for five long years.Sienna loved Adrian for fifteen years, turning her back on the Mckinney family and giving it her all, only to find out upon her return that a demon's heart could never be warmed.Sienna lost her child and her mother, and in that moment, she came to a sudden realization."Screw you, Adrian, I don't want to love you anymore."Adrian, soon to be an ex-husband, panicked in an instant."Sienna, I'll agree to anything as long as we don't get a divorce." 


My critically ill mother tells me her dying wish is to see me marry. After begging my boyfriend, Gerald Chulp, for 27 days, he finally agrees to marry me.I wait at city hall, but even when business hours end, he still doesn't show up.The same day, Gerald's childhood best friend, Sheryl Snowden, posts their marriage certificate on social media. "Time flies. Just three more days until our one-month anniversary!"Seeing that, I realize Gerald had already taken his childhood best friend to city hall and gotten their marriage certificate on the very first day I begged him to marry me. Just then, I receive an apology message from Gerald. "Harriet, Sheryl's family was forcing her to get married. I couldn't just watch her marry some stranger and end up in a bad situation. Just three more days and we'll get divorced. Three days later, I'll marry you."Three days later, when Gerald shows up at city hall in a suit and tie, all he receives is a message from me."Goodbye, Gerald. Forever." 
"Ms. Keane, the test results are not very favorable. You've been diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. If you refuse treatment, you'll likely only have several weeks left to live—not even a month. Are you sure you wish to proceed without treatment? Does your husband agree to this?"
The doctor asks me over the phone.
"I'm sure… Yes, he agrees to this as well," I reply.
I gaze around the empty room after I end the call, feeling unbearably upset. I used to think the pain was just my recurring gastritis, but it's actually because of a tumor.
Sighing, I turn to gaze at the photo on the desk.
Silas Huntington, who's 18 in the photo, stares right back at me.
Even after all these years, I can still remember the day we took that photo. Snow had dusted our hair white, which made Silas ask whether this counted as us growing old together. 
On my birthday, Grandpa asks me, Harper Levinson, which man from the Zink family I wish to marry. I choose the fifth and youngest son without hesitation, and the elders are thrown into shock.
After all, everyone in our circle knows that I, the eldest daughter and future heiress to the Levinson Group, am deeply in love with their eldest son, Jonathan Zink. I've always insisted on marrying no one but him.
In my previous life, I did marry Jonathan. However, in our third month, I discovered that he was cheating on me with my illegitimate younger sister, Ruth.
That day, his eyes were filled with tears as he knelt before me. "Please forgive me. It was just an accident, I swear!"
I gave in but, ultimately, Grandpa found out and sent Ruth abroad. Jonathan believed it was all my doing, and from that moment on, he hated me to the bone.
Over the next few years, the elders in the family passed away one after another. We were always beaten to the punch in the market, and our company's confidential files were stolen.
On the very day I found out about my pregnancy, I was killed in a staged car accident.
Now, reborn into this life, I choose to let them fulfill their love instead. What I don't expect is when news of my engagement is announced, he storms into the engagement party and begs me to marry him. 
The traffic on the highway is at a standstill, and my two-month-old son, Benjamin Wagner, is wailing with hunger.
When I reach for the hypoallergenic formula I'd prepared, I find expired dog food instead. I begin scrambling for the formula, but my husband, Isaac Wagner, stops me.
"I gave the formula to Nancy because her dog's been having stomach issues lately. Just find something else to feed Benjamin for now. Nancy's dog cost 30 thousand dollars, so it deserves the two-thousand-dollar formula. Benjamin is a boy—he needs to learn to tough it out."
I yank my arm free from his grip and hiss, "Benjamin has severe allergies. He's reactive to over 200 substances and needs to drink the hypoallergenic formula. He's only two months old! He can't even handle solid food yet! You took his special formula to feed a dog. Do you want him to starve to death?"
Isaac frowns in annoyance. "Nancy's parents are gone. Rocky is the only family she has left. What's wrong with letting it have a little formula to ease its stomach? You're a mother. How can you be so heartless?"
I'm about to dash out of the car. "Is our son's life worth less than a dog's?"
Isaac slaps me and yells, "Our son will only grow strong if he experiences a little hunger and cold. It won't kill him to miss a few meals." 
I conceal my identity and successfully help my boyfriend, Zane Holt, in establishing his business. But he views me as a stepping stone to woo the heart of another rich woman, so he sets up an elaborate trap just for me.
In public, he showers me with love and affection, making me the most envious target of all women on the Internet.
But in the shadows, Zane hires a professional team to transfer his assets and create debts for me. Then, he tricks me into signing an insurance that comes with a huge payout, with the idea of fully milking what's left of my worth.
"Liz, everyone tends to aim higher in life. Don't blame me for being realistic. You're the one to be blamed for being dumb and poor. Remember to get reborn as someone with a better background in your next lifetime!"
Zane thinks his plan will unfold smoothly, and that he'll successfully marry rich. But what he doesn't know is that the Gibson heiress, who he has been flirting with on the Internet, is actually me.
The only reason why I've stayed by his side for the past five years is so that I can conduct an examination on whether or not he has the right to become the Gibsons' son-in-law.
"The examination period is over. Zane Holt, you're officially terminated!" 


It's about Avery Williams, who is special as she is not just a wolf/witch, but she got two sides: her wolf- Angelstar, and her Veela-Anglica.She is a nerd, loser, and whom everyone made fun of, even her friends called her Wallflower.Usually, when the Moon Goddess finds you your other half, one or two mates the most there will be for you. But Avery is a different werewolf, she does not have one or two mates but four mates.She fated to the four most dangerous, most popular, and most arrogant boys in school, the four horsemen Alphas: Elijah Woods, Jake Stone, Andrew Bradford, and Matthew Steele.The four bad boys knew the whole time that she is their mate but doesn't want anyone to know, instead they hide their feelings about Avery. Avery finally finds out her mates are her bullies and torturer, but when she turns 19 on her birthday, that is when it all changes. That is when she finds out she is a Veela.Will Avery forgive them about they make a bet to see how to get her to fall in love with them? What if someone in her family's past wants her too and they kidnap her right at the dance.? What if the guys find her in time but she is married off the Vampire Prince: The Duke Conway...? Will the Quads break everything in their path to get to Avery including the walls she has built around her heart? It all remains to be seen in The Wallflower & The Alphas 

Oliver Jefferson, the king of the business world, vows not to marry. But one day, a new chapter of his life begins when he's forced to marry a younger wife!"Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Jefferson trashed the Westwood residence."Oliver asks, "Does she feel better now?""No…""Send a few people over to help her, then."…"Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Jefferson got into a fight with someone and landed them in the hospital."Oliver asks, "Is she happy with that?""No…"He continues with his work. "Let her continue, then."…One day, when Oliver finds that his wife has gotten into another fight, he flies into a rage. "You're asking for it, Grace!"Grace Gulliver complains, "You weren't like this in the past, hubby!"He points at her stomach. "You weren't pregnant before, were you?"The nerve of her, getting into a fight when she's seven months pregnant! It scares the living daylights out of her opponent and also Oliver, yet she's delighted that she's managed to win a fight without even lifting a finger! 



Have you ever wondered how your life will be when everything you know just changes and the person you used to be changed in a way that makes you very scared even afraid of yourself?She wasn't a saint, not a good person, and made a lot of wrong choices in life. Her choices led her to a place that made her get enlightened and review herself for the better. When she wanted to end it all and make it up to those people that she wronged, fate had something entirely different from what she had imagined. All it took was a bite and her life was changed forever.He lost everything at the hands of the greedy people in his pack. He vowed to get his revenge and pay them back one hundred-fold. He fulfilled that vow, he got what he wanted but never did he think that he will be cursed to be one without a mate even in his late thirties.He lost all his hope and lived for the sake of the pack that was with him when he was at his lowest. Being a rogue king, having a lot of enemies at his back, he knew that he shouldn't fall.Living in a dark world with no hope of light and pink bubbles, all it took was a bold move from her and he knew that very second that he found her.Bold, defiant, daring, and above all confident. What more could a scarred rogue Alpha like him ask for?His Venus!!! 
Can't believe the Moon goddess my own great great great grandmother would curse her own grandson to a life of misery. Blessings are what they say mates are, mine are a curse. Before I knew how badly mates could destroy you, tear apart your soul, I craved mine. Craved finding my other half, now I know better. Mate’s are a distraction one I couldn’t afford, yet here I am still searching for my little white wolf knowing I will be damned when I finally catch her, that I will once again have to tear off another piece of my soul when I am forced to kill this one too.
Mate’s are no blessing and the Moon Goddess, well I have given up on her, my mother is a pure hybrid a direct descendant of the Moon goddess herself,making her the hybrid Queen until she handed her title to me stepping down, now I am the cursed Alpha king. My father was a werewolf so the only good thing I got out of my mother being a hybrid was being the ultimate predator, luckily I was also blessed with a wolf. My twin sisters were like my mother, just hybrid's, no wolf's no shifting, my younger brothers were like me though, tends to run in the female side the hybrid genes. I only craved blood in wolf form, my sisters craved it all the time.
My family were the only hybrids except for the mutations made by Kade a crazy scientist who was hellbent on revenge for a feud that had nothing to with us only my grandfather but that didn’t stop for trying to destroy us, he used my grandfathers blood to become immortal we thought after finally killing the bastard everything was going to be fine. Well until I found my first mate, she was a hunter and what a disaster that was. I was blinded by the mate bond and she was using me to get to my pack, my family so knowing that it ended in her death.
I won't stand for betrayal and having to kill her destroyed me. Yet now my grandmother has decided to fiddle with the Fates again and give me another dud for a mate. A second chance mate and this one has been eluding me for months now. 

Emery Young spends a wild decade by Kieran Carter's side. She thinks she's done her best to accommodate his every request.However, when her mother is gravely injured in an accident and ends up with her life hanging in the balance, he abandons her to head to the police station. He wants to bail out his true love, who is the culprit behind her mother's accident.Later, her mother passes away with a heart full of pain and resentment. Meanwhile, Kieran takes his true love abroad to console her.Emery holds the urn that contains her mother's ashes and questions him, but all he says is, "Get lost if you can't handle it."So, she leaves him. However, that's when he comes running after her, using a marriage certificate to declare his possession of her. "We're legally married, Emmie."Emery links arms with her date and laughs at the sight of the marriage certificate. Then, she grabs it and throws it back in Kieran's face with a sneer. "You're a pathetic bastard."His love is too little, too late. She doesn't need it.…Everyone knows that Emery is introverted and demure, while Kieran is wild and unruly. They seem to come from different worlds, yet they're bound for a decade due to a mess-up.She thinks they'll eventually fall for each other because of their promise to marry, but she later realizes his heart will never beat for her when she sees how agitated he gets over someone else.Her meeting with him is nothing but a mistake. So, when the mistake is unraveled and their paths no longer intertwine, there's no need to remember him. 

DARK ROMANCE "Sir, I am in a dire need of loan. Its very important, my friends life is at stake. I assure you I'll try my best to return the loan asap." She breathlessly said it all. Her eyes were filled with hope and expectations. He was her last hope.
"Miss Sheharzaad," Shehryaar said, while standing up from his chair causing her to instantly stand up.
"Yes sir" she replied, her voice troublesome yet confident.
He walked towards the other side of the table and sat on the chair parallel to her.
"Keep sitting, please." He said, like a gentleman and she sat down. She tightly held her hands together. A life could be saved by his single yes.
"Sir please," she pleaded.
"I agree. You can have the loan, but I have a condition."
"I agree to your every condition sir" she replied with a little smile of victory on her face.
"Think before you speak, Miss Sheharzaad."
"I trust you."
"I want a one night stand with you." He dropped the bomb.
............
"Every women is nothing but a , a and you're also one of them." He said making her wriggling double against the ropes, which tied her.
"You're wrong." She replied with a sheer determination in her eyes.
He harshly gripped held her chin and bobbed her head up towards him.
"Oh, I'll prove it to you then." He spoke with an immense intensity and a promise in his eyes.
"You'll now serve me as my personal escort, Sheharzaad." He declared and threaded his fingers into her silky locks, pasting his lips on hers, her brutally.
He didn't trust womankind and she was a strong woman.
He wanted shatter and break her into pieces so he could satisfy himself. 

Audrey Young has two secrets.As the only heir to the century-old Young family, she hides her real name and lives under another, "Mrs. Baker". But the man she calls her husband isn't the man she loves.Everyone thinks Audrey married Cameron Baker to move up in the world. What they don't know is that she only fell for him because he's basically Ian Shaw's double.For three years, she's swallowed her pride and played the part of the perfect wife. But every night, Cameron's somewhere else, wrapped up in another woman's world.Then a car crash lands Audrey in the hospital. Even then, Cameron demands that she donate blood to his dead brother's widow.That's when Audrey finally sees how absurd it is. She's spent three years living as someone else's shadow.She slides the ring off her finger without a flicker of hesitation. "Cameron, let's get a divorce."It's only after she walks out on Cameron that he finally realizes how badly he's screwed up.At a high-profile awards ceremony, he offers her 10% of Baker Group shares, calling it his declaration of love.Audrey just let out a quiet laugh. "We're strangers, Mr. Baker." 





At night, it was already midnight when Asher came home from dinner.He knew that Nora would come to The Howe family today. His grandpa Howard had asked Asher to meet Nora, but he refused on the grounds of work. He was not interested in this fiancee at all, and the engagement would be broken sooner or laterAfter returning to the room, Asher took a bath and went to sleep.Probably because he drank a little too much tonight, Asher didn't realize there were other women in the room until he lay down.He was slightly stunned. In the darkness, Asher could not see the woman's face. She turned over and hugged him. The girl murmured, "Good bear, don't make any noise. Just sleep."Asher was frozen.The woman had a very familiar smell, the same as that person...Probably because of the alcohol, Asher didn't move, lying down with Nora and falling asleep. 


Cercei's eighteen years of existence were marred by excruciating pain and suffering solely because of her uncanny resemblance to Vienna, the Alpha's daughter. Cercei found it unbearably cruel that she possessed the same beauty as Vienna, which made Vienna feel insecure, leading her to subject Cercei to relentless torment.Despite the numerous hardships, Cercei received love and care from her parents, and she remained humble. Although their Alpha never respected them and treated them as mere servants, her family found happiness. However, everything changed dramatically on her eighteenth birthday when their Alpha ruthlessly killed her father without a valid reason and mercilessly crushed his heart underfoot after digging it out.Enraged and seeking revenge, Cercei felt powerless until she encountered the King Alpha of the North, whom she slept with. This chance encounter changed her life abruptly, cracking all the hidden secrets and lies her mother had carefully concealed for eighteen years. The revelation shattered Cercei's belief in her perfect family and parents, leaving her questioning everything she had ever known.#Caught in an Unexpected Romance Writing Contest 

Emma Brown’s life changes forever when she enters into a marriage of convenience with the enigmatic billionaire Alexander Hastings. What begins as a strategic alliance quickly spirals into a complex web of secrets, betrayal, and unexpected emotions. As Emma tries to navigate the cold, unfeeling walls Alexander has built around himself, she discovers that their union is not just a business arrangement, but a key piece in a much larger, dangerous game.Caught in the crossfire of family secrets and corporate power struggles, Emma finds herself battling not only for her husband’s love but for her own survival. With each passing day, the stakes grow higher, and the truth becomes harder to discern. As enemies close in and trust is shattered, Emma and Alexander must decide whether their love can withstand the weight of their pasts or if their marriage was doomed from the start. 
I'm Aurora, an unmated commoner, an inferior bloodline. My parents taught me a lot of things growing up, but the most important one is never piss off a royal. They run the world, they make the rules, and they are brutal when they don’t get exactly what they want, especially an unmated commoner girl.Most royals fuck commoner girls for fun, knowing we couldn’t possibly fight back. Some of them do it to get their release and then kill them, leaving behind no chance for an heir that is a half-breed. I’ve never seen a commoner female return from the palace.There aren’t many of us left in my pack, but my alpha has managed to convince the royal warriors that there aren’t any unmated females in his pack and if there were, he would gladly hand them over I’m unmated, only a year and half away from turning twenty to feel my mate. I pray to Moon Goddess that I need the protection of a mate.Until that day, a tall, brute man walks into my house like he was invited in. I tremble while he grins.He is a Royal. 

On the day of her marriage, Maeve Lawson was set up and was sent to prison. After she got out of prison, she got into a shotgun marriage with a driver and intended to live a normal life with him.But unbeknownst to her, the driver was a powerful man who was also her sc*mbag ex’s uncle!Once they got married, Matthew, her husband, carried out his duties as her husband and took care of Maeve and her grandmother. He had no flaws as a husband, but Maeve knew that he did not love her. She originally thought that her normal, peaceful life would continue like this, but, one day, a rumor surfaced in Riverside City. The cold Matthew Stevens had turned into an obsessive, loyal puppy who doted on his wife and loved her to bits. He was absolutely hopeless. The sc*mbag who mocked his wife was sent to Africa. The people who mistreated his wife went bankrupt, lost their jobs, or were sued. They were all destroyed. Then, during a proposal that shocked the whole city, Maeve finally realized that she was the wife in the rumors… 


Natalie Bennett was ten years old when she lost her parents. The matriarchs of the Bennett and the Foster families decided to betroth her to Jeffrey Foster, who was 14 at that time.
Jeffrey had said to Natalie, "I'll always be here for you."
He was the one who made that vow. But he's also the one who ends up breaking it.
Despite being married for five years, Natalie can never win Jeffrey's heart over. She initially thinks that Jeffrey is cold and heartless by nature, but she witnesses later on just how gentle and caring he can be in front of the woman he truly cares about.
Heartbroken, Natalie trades the pregnancy report for a divorce agreement. Since then, she and Jeffrey part ways.
After the divorce, Jeffrey's life is thrown into disarray. Where's his tie? Where's the charger? Why doesn't the coffee taste like the one he drinks all the time?
The entire upper crust can't wait to savor Natalie's fall from grace. But unfortunately for them, she's an extremely outstanding woman. She makes a dazzling comeback to her workplace and keeps setting new domestic records. Just like that, she becomes the most popular artist.
Someone once comes across Jeffrey cornering Natalie with his hands on his waist. He murmurs in a humbling tone, "What is it that you don't like about me, Nat? I'll change my ways."
"I don't like the fact that you still like me."
"Well then, I'm never changing that. Never." 

Thaddeus Cromwell is about to marry his childhood sweetheart, Danica Watson. Louisa Graham, who has been by his side for seven years, neither cries nor makes a scene. Instead, she personally organizes a grand wedding for him.
On the day of Thaddeus' wedding, Louisa puts on a wedding dress as well.
Two bridal cars pass each other along a long, bustling street. As the brides exchange bridal bouquets, a customary gesture of goodwill in their country when wedding processions meet, Thaddeus hears Louisa say, "I wish you a happy marriage!"
Thaddeus runs after Louisa's bridal car for ten full miles before finally catching up. He grabs her arm and sobs tearfully, "Louisa, you're mine."
But a man steps out of the bridal car and gently pulls Louisa into his embrace. "If she's yours, then what about me?" 

After five years of marriage, she thought that she had successfully made him change his mind and have feelings for her.It never occurred to her that he would send her to prison for trusting another woman.She decided to go back to her family along with the baby in her belly.Her brothers were in an uproar!Aaron Mullen, her eldest brother, ordered, "My five younger brothers, listen up! Guarding Amelie and teaching the playboy a lesson is our top priority!"Rex Mullen, her second brother, said, "Amelie, chin up. Here, take this black card. Go ahead and go shopping as long as you are happy."Mark Mullen, her third brother, said, "Jewelry is all I have. Amelie, take as many as you want."Sergio Mullen, her fourth brother, stood up as well.Tyler Mullen, her fifth brother, was the same indignant.And Daron Mullen, her sixth brother, doted on her the same.Everyone went all out, afraid that the apple of their eye would be unhappy.Amelie Mullen smiled heartily.On the contrary, Lamont Byron regretted it so much and set out to get her back. 

After secretly registering our marriage, my lawyer husband would propose that we hold another wedding ceremony to make it up to me each time he explored a new position with his childhood friend.For the last three years, Michael Grant, my husband, brought up having a wedding 33 times and stood me up 33 times.The first time was because his childhood friend's dog died. To honor its memory, he said we couldn't have a celebration for three months.Meanwhile, I stood before our family and friends in my wedding dress, offering endless apologies on his behalf.The second time was because his childhood friend had period cramps. He turned the wedding car around to go make her tea.After that, every subsequent planned wedding ceremony ran into some kind of issue with his childhood friend.I cried. I caused scenes.But Michael would always say, "Tasha and I are just friends with benefits. You're my wife. Don't be so petty."After the 33rd time, I was finally exhausted.I pushed the divorce papers in front of him. "The cooling-off period is over. Let's go finalize the divorce." 
Suzy Shirley and George Laine had been married for three years, but the two had never met, and very few people knew about it.At night, Suzy was the president’s wife, lying inside George’s villa, cuddling with his dog and on the sofa that he personally designed. In the daytime, Suzy was the private tutor George hired, who took wages from him, and was at his mercy as he enslaved her.Nonetheless, even though Suzy could be at George’s mercy, others should not dream of it. If someone insulted her, he would be there to support her. If anyone else bullied her, he would beat the person to a pulp and obliterate them!Gradually, everyone noticed that George was treating Suzy differently, a kind of concern and care an elder generation had toward a younger generation, but different. The guy seemed so sweet and filled with adornment toward the girl. George was a devilish tyrant who had left his evil past behind, but for her, he became firm and ruthless once more!Some had even noticed Suzy’s changes as well. For example, as someone from an ordinary family, she actually wore luxurious jewelry worth millions of dollars. Someone even said to her in envy, “Her sugar daddy must be rich!”Yet, Suzy looked back at them in disdain and scorned, “Sorry but this is from my own personal brand!” 

After Martina Martinez and Benjamin Walker's breakup, paparazzi captured photos of the business tycoon entering the Walker family mansion with a mysterious woman late at night.This caused a stir, and this wealthy family was bombarded by various media outlets.During a phone interview, the gossip reporter asked, "Miss Martinez, how do you feel now that Mr. Walker has a new girlfriend?"Martina held her painful forehead and looked towards Benjamin, who was adjusting his suit by the floor-to-ceiling window. He gestured for her to come over and help him with his tie.Holding her phone, Martina responded, "It's... complicated!"The reporter's heart leaped with joy and asked, "Is it heartbroken?!"Martina was about to nod, but Benjamin raised his eyebrows and took her phone away.His deep and alluring voice was heard on the other end of the line, "New girlfriend? Whose?" 

She accepted a humiliating request to save her family business. Her father had tragically died after her pregnancy, and her fiance conspired with her stepsister to chase her out from the Mont family. Returning three years later, she had no choice but to provoke the arrogant man to reclaim her late father's villa. However, she was cornered by the man. Trembling, she said, "Mr Fudd, I didn't mean to offend you..." He pondered for a moment and said, "It's too late, I need compensation." Why was he grdually turning the fake marriage into reality? She blushed but he did not care. Amused, he frowned and stared at her. "You have children, what's the point of being so reserved?" With wide eyes, the cute munchkin standing next to her held her hand and said, "Mummy, I want a little brother!" 

In a world where betrayal lurks in the shadows and the lines between right and wrong blur, Claire Peterson stands at a crossroads. Now, on the brink of divorce, Claire finds herself at a pivotal moment, determined to prove her worth to those who underestimated her. Despite the betrayals she's endured, Claire remains resilient, her spirit unbroken. She harbors a quiet determination to show the world that she is capable of far more than anyone imagines.Meanwhile, Alexander Harris, the enigmatic heir of the prestigious Harris hotel empire, faces his own internal turmoil. Caught in a web of deceit and manipulation, Alexander grapples with the elusive truth, unsure of who he can trust.Secrets surface, alliances shift, and the true nature of those around them comes into question.Can Claire prove them wrong? Before it's too late, will Alexander manage to unravel the web of lies? 