10 Year Gap

I'm the second child of the family. Because of that, I'm also the one everyone neglects by nature. The birthdays of my older brother, Joe Thompson, and my younger sister, Lyra Thompson, are jotted down on the calendar by my parents. But they always fail to remember my own birthday. Joe and Lyra often have new clothes to wear, whereas my parents keep forgetting to buy new clothes for me. Heck, Joe and Lyra often receive holiday gifts! Meanwhile, my parents never bother giving me anything during the holidays. In fact, when we're traveling back to our hometown, my parents end up ditching me at a deserted highway rest stop when the temperature is extremely low…

On my way to a meeting at work, I call my daughter, who is at home. Instead, I hear a voice identical to mine over the phone. She claims that she is me three years in the future. "Dezarae, go home to Liv right now. Your daughter is in danger." I am stunned. I argue in disbelief and question who is behind this prank. When I step on the accelerator, she stops me sternly. "Do not drive ahead any further. There will be a traffic accident at the intersection where Peace Street is." In the next second, at the intersection that is less than 30 feet away from me, two cars collide. Cold sweat starts to trickle down my back when the woman with a voice identical to mine says, "Liv will fall off a building and die in three hours. This is your only chance to save her."

Have you ever been inlove with your best friend and never found the courage to say the word and voice out what's stuffing you in your chest? this is a love story of a girl name Zoe Marcus a nineteen years of girl who found herself loving her childhood best friend Arabella Anderson but was unable to say the one word that will make her accept her love. She watch her date Rowan, a guy they grew up with. no matter how much she wanted to confess her feelings, she couldn't not after seeing how happy Arabella wad with him. But it so much happened that Rowan never loved Arabella, but Zoe. Will Arabella accept Zoe after finding out about her true feeling for her? What will happen when Rowan becomes so obsessed over Zoe and will be willing to do anything to get her? read to find out.

Eight years after I married that award-winning actor, he publicly declared he was dating the top starlet, Celine James. He even posted a picture of the two of them celebrating their adopted “baby’s” birthday. I did not call him to interrogate him as usual. Instead, he hurriedly explained, “It’s just a pet we adopted. As its ‘dad’, I have to be there for its birthday.” I said calmly, “Rather than adopting a furbaby, why don’t we get a divorce? Then you can have an actual baby with her.”

Maya adalah wanita berusia 21 tahun, wanita yang sangat sederhana dan polos, dibesarkan di sebuah panti asuhan, dan ia sangat beruntung karena Rendra, putra konglomerat menikahinya, tapi yang membuat Maya menderita adalah sikap sang mertua, yang terang-terangan menentang pernikahan Maya dan Rendra, hingga sebuah kesepakatan dilakukan, jika Maya tidak hamil dalam waktu satu tahun, maka Maya dan Rendra harus mengakhiri pernikahan mereka. Rencana licik pun dilakukan Ambar, mertua Maya, setiap malam, Ambar memberi pil kontrasepsi untuk Maya, dengan dalih memberi vitamin, tujuannya jelas, supaya Maya tidak bisa hamil. Rencana Ambar untuk memisahkan Rendra dan Maya berhasil, dengan segala upaya, dan konspirasinya Ambar berhasil membuat Rendra berselingkuh dengan Arnia, sahabat kecil Rendra, yang juga merupakan putri dari seoarng pengusaha dibidang kosmetik. Di tengah perceraian Maya dan Rendra, ternyata Maya hamil, tapi sebuah kecelakaan membuat Maya harus menderita amnesia, dan ia justru menganggap Fardian, sang pengacara perceraian sebagai suaminya. Fardian yang memang menaruh hati pada Maya, ia memanfaatkan kesempatan itu untuk menikahi Maya. Pernikahan Maya dengan Fardian merubah nasib Maya, enam tahun berlalu, Maya menjadi seorang pelukis, dengan hasil karya lukisan yang sangat di minati pecinta seni lukis, hingga membuat Maya, menjadi wanita yang berbeda.

It was Hana Verlice’s engagement party — but the only thing she could think about was that night six months ago. The night Dante Carter pinned her against the backseat window of his car,cheeks pressed to the glass, her dress lifted to her waists, with his mouth buried between her legs. Now, she was hours away from marrying his older brother. Elijah Osborne Carter — the perfect man, heir to Osborne Pharmaceuticals, and her father’s last hope of saving their crumbling empire. But as she slipped into her designer dress, her mind couldn't stop thinking about the one man she could never have. Dante. The mistake she was supposed to forget. The temptation she swore never to touch again. The younger brother who disappeared after that night and was never supposed to come back. But as she stepped out of her dressing room to join her soon-to-be husband at the party, there he was. Leaning at the foot of the stairs like raw sin. Messy hair. Dark eyes. That cocky mouth that once had her moaning his name in ecstacy. Her pulse quickened as her knees threatened to give out. She tried to breathe. To stay still. But one look at him… and she knew she was in trouble. “What the hell are you doing here?” she whispered, her voice barely holding. He smirked, slow and knowing as his gaze dropped shamelessly to her lips. “Did you miss me, cookie?”

“Mau?” Surya Setiawan menatap wanita yang menerjang masuk ke dalam pelukannya dengan wajah memerah, nadanya terdengar santai. Joana Widodo sedang kambuh. Ia gigit bibirnya dan mengangguk. Sudah setahun menikah, namun suaminya, Fajar Geraldi nggak pernah sekali pun sentuh dia. Karena itu, Joana menderita gangguan histeria, setiap kali kambuh, ia diliputi hasrat yang begitu kuat. Hingga suatu malam ia pergoki suaminya diam-diam cium foto kakaknya. Baru saat itu ia sadar kalau selama ini ia cuma pengganti. Kondisinya pun makin parah. Ia terpaksa pergi ke rumah sakit. Di sana, ia bertemu seorang dokter muda yang tampan. Saat pemeriksaan berlangsung, ia hampir kehilangan kendali dan nyaris …. Nggak nyangka, keesokan harinya saat masuk kerja, dokter yang semalam periksa dia dengan begitu intim ternyata adalah presiden direktur baru yang tiba-tiba ditunjuk? Joana berniat pura-pura nggak kenal dia. Namun, ia justru dipromosikan jadi asisten pribadi di sisi sang presiden direktur yang baru. “Surya, aku sudah punya suami. Apa kamu mau jadi pihak ketiga?” Di dalam kantor, Joana dipaksa duduk di pangkuannya dengan kaki terbuka, wajahnya merah padam karena kesal. Pria itu cengkeram pinggangnya dan cium dia. “Sayang, kamu lupa? Kemarin malam, semalaman kamu panggil aku suami.” Belakangan, Joana nikah lagi tanpa menoleh ke belakang. Mantan suaminya justru menyesal, dengan mata merah memohon ke dia, “Joana, ayo kita mulai lagi! Asal nggak cerai, kamu mau apa pun akan aku turuti!” Joana menatapnya dingin. “Maaf. Aku nggak tertarik dengan pria yang nggak mampu jadi suami seutuhnya.”

It only takes one unfortunate evening for Amara: she is jobless, she catches her fiancé with her stepsister, and her own father places the blame on her. One too many drinks led to Adrian Cole, a powerful CEO and the greatest rival of her ex-fiancé. Adrian gets to offer to treat her mother when she becomes critically ill, one of those very few moments in Amara's life when she doesn't have enough money for her treatment. He makes her one proposition: Amara must marry him for three years. Jealousy, lies, and an ex trying to return threaten to rip apart their contract marriage. Amara attempts to walk away, but Adrian refuses to let her go. Until the truth comes out. Now she wants her freedom. He wants another chance. And three years may not be enough.

For the hundredth time, my dad hints at us that he really wants to become a grandfather during New Year Eve's dinner. Lydia Cooper, my wife who has insisted on living a childless life for the past decade, just smiles before placing more food on his plate. After dinner, she ducks out to the balcony and murmurs into her phone, "Be good, now. Mommy will visit you a few days later." I can feel my blood running cold in my veins as I stand in the living room with a glass of water. As I approach Lydia, I do my best to keep my voice light and teasing. "I just heard you say the word 'mommy.' Do you have an illegitimate child out there somewhere?" Lydia rubs her nose, her tone now awkward. "You might be hearing things. It was just my friend's child…" My heart plunges into my stomach pit at her words. I've been in love with Lydia for ten years. It's only natural that I know how she acts whenever she's lying.

All her life, Nicole was told that a woman isn’t supposed to have a voice or speak up for herself. She was raised to obey and to say yes to everything they wanted, and she did just that. She said yes to them taking everything from her and agreed to marry the man her family chose because he was deemed the right match to help the family business. They told her he was the best man for her, and she believed them. She gave in back then, but no more. All they said were lies. He wasn’t the right one for her, nor would he ever love her as much as she loved him. Or was she mistaken? In a maze of deceit and manipulation, she decided to take control of her life and end it all. They think she’s powerless, but she’s not. As Nicole embarked on her new journey, she faced several unexpected challenges. Hidden truths from her past came to light, alongside dramas and plots from those who wished her harm. Could Nicole put her past behind her and embrace the future, or could she get the love she had wasted for so many years?