short story with surprise ending

Jack Schulz was the biological son of Jennifer Lynn, a respected surgeon. Due to a misunderstanding with his father, Jennifer resented Jack but favored her adopted son, Matthew Zane—the child of her former lover. After Matthew hit Jack with a car, Jack suffered internal bleeding and was rushed to the hospital. Doctors repeatedly called Jennifer for consent to operate, but she refused to believe the situation.Losing hope, Jack gave up on survival. Matthew found Jack's kidney donation form and secretly changed it to authorize full organ donation. Meanwhile, Jennifer was desperately seeking a heart for Matthew. Unaware of the truth, she ended up dissecting her own son and transplanting his organs into Matthew. Though the body looked familiar, she believed Matthew—until a DNA report confirmed the donor was her real son. Only then did she realize the devastating truth.

Pure comme un lotus, la jeune femme Lila, après une planification minutieuse, s'apprête enfin à épouser la première grande famille du Nice, la famille Huet, et à devenir une personne influente. Mais le jour du mariage, elle reçoit la nouvelle de l'infidélité de son petit ami Noé. Accompagnée de son groupe d'amis, elle se rend sur place, mais à sa grande surprise, la personne impliquée s'avère être la mère de Noé. Au moment où l'identité réelle de « la maîtresse » est révélée, le rêve de Lila d'être la jeune épouse d'une grande famille s'effondre.

Jade, ayant reçu une bonne éducation, se retrouve contrainte de travailler temporairement comme femme de ménage. À son grand étonnement, elle passe une nuit avec Arthur, le PDG de l'entreprise, qui pense avoir partagé ce moment avec Lina. Décidant de prendre ses responsabilités, il envisage de l'épouser. Cependant, le jour du mariage, il découvre avec surprise que sa belle-mère a déjà demandé un livret de mariage à son nom, et que la mariée n'est autre que Jade. Au milieu des erreurs et des malentendus, ils commencent à se sentir attirés l'un par l'autre et finissent par tomber amoureux...

Betrayed by her stepbrother Edward and left to die with nothing but regrets, Celeste Welsh gets a second shot at life. This time? She's playing for keeps. Revenge against Edward is at the top of her list—but things get complicated when love unexpectedly walks in. Now, she's juggling payback and passion, determined to live this life with no regrets. Sweet, fierce, and unstoppable, Celeste is rewriting her story…

In their previous lives, the empress and the consort spent their whole lives locked in a bitter rivalry. It wasn't until their deaths that they uncovered the truth—they had both been pawns in the emperor's game. Their children were used to turn them against each other, and their families had all perished at the emperor's hands. Reborn, the empress returns to the very day the emperor falsely accused her of causing the consort's miscarriage. This time, she does everything she can to protect her former enemy. But before she can offer an explanation, she discovers that the consort has been reborn as well. Once they confirm their shared secret, the two women turn from rivals to allies, determined to take down the unfaithful emperor together. In their previous lives, the emperor's power was still shaky at this point, and he relied heavily on the political influence of both women's families. This time, the empress uses his greed against him and brings him to his own downfall. At the story's close, the consort embraces a life of peace while the empress ascends the throne with grace. For once, the women of the imperial harem live peacefully, free of rivalry. Who says a woman can't wear the crown?