when did half life 2: episode 2 come out

On a snowy night in Northville, Riley Zimmer is abandoned by her first love, Logan Hayes, and marries Ethan Quinn, who has secretly loved her for eleven years. After four years of a cold marriage, Logan returns, family pressure mounts, and rumors spread. Riley gradually realizes the marriage was his long-planned way of loving and protecting her. When the truth comes out, she finally runs into his arms and entrusts him with the rest of her life.

In her previous life, Laura Hampton mistook a cunning woman for her closest friend and gradually fell into the web of lies spun by Angela Harrison. Cast aside by her family, she met a tragic end beneath Angela's car.This time around, Laura knows the truth: her childhood savior was never Angela. Seeing through Angela’s façade, she decisively steers clear of her traps—and discovers that Eric Pearson has been quietly watching over her all along, in both lifetimes.Slowly, Laura exposes Angela's true face to her parents, ultimately driving her out of the Hampton family and ensuring she faces the consequences she deserves.

For five years, Luna Stone pretends to be deaf and mute, not for herself, but to help Sean Porter survive his darkest years. Quietly, she also funnels her parents' entire inheritance into keeping his studio afloat. She asks for nothing. She says nothing. Then Sean recovers his hearing, his studio becomes a company, and life turns good again. In an unguarded moment,he says out loud what he actually feels: he never wanted to marry her. His heart still belongs to someone else. Luna hears every word. She walks away without making a scene, and into a waiting arrangement with Kilan Arden, the man she was always supposed to find.

After being reborn, I decided to write my sister's name on the marriage application. This time, I would help Sebastian Holt achieve his wishes. In this lifetime, I took the lead—I let my sister wear the wedding dress first and put the engagement ring on her finger. I personally orchestrated every encounter between Sebastian and my sister. When he took her to the capital city, I headed to Southport University without a second thought. In my previous life, even when I was over 50 years old, he and our son still knelt before me, begging for a divorce. This time, I would fulfill his final romantic destiny with my sister. Living this second life, all I wanted was to spread my wings and soar high, free from love's entanglements.

At 20, single mom Holly Seth had to deliver food during her maternity confinement to support her son. A year earlier, Jack Blake had saved her from trouble at a school sodality. That accident brought them together. When Jack found out Holly had borne his son, he immediately took them both under his wing with utmost care, and the family of three lived happily ever after.

Nathan Young, the wealthiest man in Delphville, lost his fiancée in a car crash. The perpetrator, Emily Cohen, who was once a famous lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison. When she got out, she became a street sweeper in destitution and got mixed up with Nathan by accident. She knelt on the floor begging him, "Nathan, have mercy." Nathan merely snickered, "Emily, I'm never going to let you go." They say that Nathan is cold-hearted, but he doted on Emily. By a twi

John Brooke has spent years doing construction work to put his girlfriend through school. The day she finally graduates, he shows up with a ring.She shows up with news that she's marrying his best friend. The whole humiliating scene plays out right in front of Luna Taylor, CEO of Taylor Group, who happens to be passing by. She sees in John something she rarely encounters— genuine goodness. On impulse, Luna proposes. He says yes. John's ex watches the man she discarded walk into a life she couldn't have imagined for him and realizes too late exactly what she threw away.

Ada Walton has saved Sid Cissie's life once, but Gail Rob stole the credit and ran away after she caused Ada's father's death in a car accident. Three years later, Ada happens to find out about the affair between her best friend, Poppy Lee, and her fiancé, Reg Wagner. Under Reg's grandfather's will, he won't get his family inheritance unless he marries Ada. To pay off her mother's mounting medical expenses in the hospital, Ada forces herself to enter into a contractual romance with Sid. Soon, things become uncontrollable...

After her fiancé and stepsister betrayed her, Zoey Quin hastily married Henry Tyler, her fiancé's uncle. She thought it was just a mutually beneficial cooperation, but little did she know that Henry had loved her for years. After several twists and turns, Zoey was touched by Henry's tenderness and attention to detail, and she finally learned of his long-hidden affection. Then they lived happily ever after.

In her previous life, Laura Hampton mistook a cunning woman for her closest friend and gradually fell into the web of lies spun by Angela Harrison. Cast aside by her family, she met a tragic end beneath Angela's car.This time around, Laura knows the truth: her childhood savior was never Angela. Seeing through Angela’s façade, she decisively steers clear of her traps—and discovers that Eric Pearson has been quietly watching over her all along, in both lifetimes.Slowly, Laura exposes Angela's true face to her parents, ultimately driving her out of the Hampton family and ensuring she faces the consequences she deserves.

Noah Linsey wakes up in a world where humans form bonds with magical beasts, and he's one of the beasts.He is a lowly F-rank spider, promptly abandoned by the girl who contracted him when he proved too weak to be worth keeping. Left for dead, something inside him activates. A system that lets him devour other creatures and evolve without limit. Noah crawls out of that near-death experience and never stops climbing. Shadow Lair, demon beasts, Overlords, all fall before him or kneel to him. When foreign species begin invading and ancient mythological monsters descend on his homeland, Noah has become something that rewrites the definition of power. No one crosses his country and walks away.

Modern-day doctor Luna Winslow accidentally travels back to ancient times and becomes the unfavored consort of Lord Henry Reign. Little did she know, there was a deep-seated grudge between her and Lord Henry from their past lives. Upon her arrival, she encounters severely wounded patients and narrowly avoids being wrongfully imprisoned. As their paths continuously cross and clash, their relationship gradually transitions from estrangement to closeness, ultimately coming together in true love.

Growing up as a girl from the slums, Sophia encounters the most incredible opportunity in her darkest hour: she's chosen as the heir of the largest organization in the world! As Sophia steps onto this glorious but dangerous path, she'll have to face many trials. Even with the immensely powerful Louis by her side, her victories must come with sacrifices. Sophia will have to rely on her own efforts to truly rise from the ashes...

Three years later, when they reunited, Donna's first words to Henry were: "Mr. Ferrell, let's have a fake marriage."Having been deceived out of her fortune by the boyfriend she had supported for years, Donna finally realized the price she had paid. Well, if that's the case, she'd just switch to a different man.At the civil affairs office, Henry grabbed her arm tightly: "I never said I wouldn't agree."

At the graduation ceremony's class change, when the 3S-rank pillar of light—symbolizing the strongest talent—engulfs me, the entire venue falls silent. My awakened profession is actually "Dragontamer," a class that vanished a century ago along with the dragon race! Amid the mocking laughter, I touch the dim dragon crystal in the principal's arms. In an instant, the crystal shatters, ancient dragon roars echo through the heavens, and legendary skills never before recorded materialize in the void. The next day, I enter the forbidden zone and use my blood as a catalyst to awaken dragon spirits that have slumbered for millennia. Nine massive dragons burst through the sky, their wingspans blocking out the sun. In a globally broadcast ultimate showdown, I softly chant in dragon tongue, and the enemy's million-strong army retreats like a tide. It turns out that what dragontamers tame isn't just dragons—it's the wildest power in this world, the immortal war spirit of the dragon race!

Noah Linsey wakes up in a world where humans form bonds with magical beasts, and he's one of the beasts.He is a lowly F-rank spider, promptly abandoned by the girl who contracted him when he proved too weak to be worth keeping. Left for dead, something inside him activates. A system that lets him devour other creatures and evolve without limit. Noah crawls out of that near-death experience and never stops climbing. Shadow Lair, demon beasts, Overlords, all fall before him or kneel to him. When foreign species begin invading and ancient mythological monsters descend on his homeland, Noah has become something that rewrites the definition of power. No one crosses his country and walks away.

In her past life, Vivian Walker forced Isaac Lowe to marry her, only to live in loneliness and regret. On her deathbed, deceived by Isaac's first love, Gigi Smith, she died believing he had never cared for her. But when Vivian opens her eyes again, she's back forty years in the past—right at the moment she threw away her future for Isaac. This time, she doesn't think twice. With a deep breath, she tears up the withdrawal form, choosing herself and the life she deserves.

The mysterious secret agent Peter Rogers was awarded the National Medal of Honor by the President and had retired from the military. While dining out with his daughter Leslie, Peter is mistaken for a blind date by the beautiful CEO Sydney Greenfield, and the two unexpectedly get married. When his classmate and ex-girlfriend, who were unaware of Peter's true identity, encountered him again, they subjected him to various insults and ridicule. Upon hearing about this, Sydney publicly revealed that Peter was her husband, putting everyone to shame.