1940 Arthur Koestler Novel

I begged my boss, Arthur Hutton, ninety-eight times for us to get officially married. Each time, he canceled our plans because his childhood sweetheart deliberately lured him away. On the ninety-ninth attempt, I waited for him at the city hall. Arthur simply patted my head and then put up a sign on the door that read, [Serena Xander and Dogs Not Allowed.] He said indifferently, “Millie’s throwing a fit, and I can’t calm her down. I need to marry her first. “I’ll divorce her, so just wait for me. Next Wednesday is a good day. I’ll marry you then.” But he did not know that I only had ninety-nine chances to give. I would be resigning the following week.

Lana Sofia, supermodel ternama di tanah air yang memiliki karir yang sangat bagus. Wajahnya yang cantik, otaknya yang cerdas, dan gayanya yang high class nyaris membuat hidupnya terlihat sempurna. Namun sayangnya, hidup Lana tak seindah di layar kaca. Selain menjadi Model, rutinitas setiap harinya adalah bertengkar dengan pelakor. Sebagai wanita kuat, ia tidak mungkin diam saja jika direndahkan oleh selingkuhan- selingkuhan suaminya. Sampai kapanpun, Lana tidak sudi mengalah pada wanita- wanita perusak rumah tangga. Demi kelancaran karirnya di dunia model, Lana rela bertahan dengan Arthur selama bertahun- tahun. Karena jika Lana menceraikannya, maka Arthur akan menyebarkan rahasia yang bisa saja membuat karirnya hancur.

Helenina Baron setuju untuk berpura-pura menjadi adiknya dan menggantikan posisi sang adik untuk menjadi pengantin seorang pengusaha kaya raya yang terkenal tidak memiliki hati bernama Arthur Rutherford. Namun dengan cepat sandiwara yang Helenina lakukan itu terbongkar, dan ketika dia pikir semuanya selesai sampai di sana, ternyata dia salah. Karena Arthur Rutherford justru mengikatnya dalam sebuah janji pernikahan yang tidak pernah Helenina inginkan sebelumnya. Dan pria itu memiliki niatnya sendiri. Kemudian terobsesi padanya. Apa yang harus Helenina lakukan untuk lepas dari kungkungan suaminya yang tidak berperasaan itu? ***

Blind billionaire, Arthur Belmont casts off his cloak of misery and embraces a strong will to face the world again as he falls in love with his caretaker, Stacie Grey. His raging desire to have a perfect love life drives him into undergoing the life-threatening eye surgery. A huge risk he was willing to take. However, having his sight back turned out to be a nightmare. Nothing was like he'd fantasized. Stacie had disappeared. His company was on the verge of bankruptcy. So many secrets lurked around. Arthur's reality was a dark one – a reality he had to salvage at all cost. Will he unravel the mysteries alone, or yet again, crawl back to the love that almost destroyed him in his search for solace?

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"Berbagilah dengan Mbak, Zay." “Demi Allah. Aku tidak sudi berbagi denganmu, Mbak. Tidak akan pernah!” tolak Zayna menjerit. “Sampai kapan pun bila kamu memaksa untuk berbagi, lebih baik aku berpisah dengan Mas Fatih!” tegas Zayna. Hati Zayna tercabik-cabik sampai untuk bernapas saja susah. Pedih dan sakit. Hati siapa yang tidak sakit? Ketika mendengar seorang wanita meminta untuk berbagi suami?

“Marry me Giselle.” He breathes into my neck. “I can't, you belong to another Romero.” I whisper. Giselle Gilmore, a girl whose past has been turned upside down in a life of crime and violence gets involved with Romero De La Rosa, the most feared and powerful Mafia Lord and becomes too attached to his daughter Lauryn De La Rosa. When she gets a chance to reunite with the family, a long time family alliance made with another Mafia family engaging Romero De La Rosa to another woman in marriage appears and any bridge of the arrangement will lead to the biggest war ever witnessed in the underworld. Will Romero De La Rosa bend backwards to the underworld rule or will he fight for his love.

Tatlong buwan na siyang buntis—tinakbuhan sya ng boyfriend nya kaya wala syang katuwang sa buhay. Desperado din syang magkapera para sa operasyon ng kapatid. Sa ospital, isang batang umiiyak ang lumapit sa kanya, mahigpit na yumakap at tinawag siyang “Mama.” Bago pa man siya makapaliwanag, dumating ang bilyonaryong si Lucien Montclair. Sa halip na pasalamatan siya, pinagbintangan siyang nanlilinlang. Para sa lalaki, siya ay isang impostor—isang multo na nagpapaalala sa babaeng nang iwan dito. Ngunit nang malaman nitong desperado siya para sa pera, binigyan siya ng isang alok na hindi niya kayang tanggihan. Ang maging babysitter ng anak nito. Sa ilalim ng iisang bubong, araw-araw niyang nararamdaman ang bigat ng titig ng lalaki—galit, hinanakit, at isang mapanganib na pagnanasa na unti-unting kumakain sa kanila pareho. Sa pagitan ng kasinungalingan, galit, at isang lihim na hindi niya kayang ibunyag… paano kung ang lalaking kinamumuhian siya ang siya ring magpapatibok ng puso niya?

Sofia just landed a job as a housekeeper and nanny in a luxurious apartment in the city's wealthiest district. What she didn’t expect was to run into Archie, a famous actor who happens to live in the same building. While he’s charming to everyone else, Archie has no problem showing Sofia his rudest side from the very start. As their worlds collide, they’re forced to navigate a tense neighborly coexistence filled with conflict—but will it always be that way? "I'm not your fan, you damn narcissist!" "My job is to pretend, and I have to say, you're terrible at it, sweetheart."

I never meant to fall for him. When I took the job at Mr. Grey’s mansion, I only wanted a quiet life. Clean, cook, keep my head down, and earn my money. Nothing more. But then I met him. Mr. Grey was nothing like I expected, he wasn’t cruel or careless like the rich men I’d heard about. He was calm, strong and Kind in a way that caught me off guard. The more I watched him, the more I wanted to understand him. He rarely smiled, he kept his distance. But there was something in his silence, something gentle, something real. Slowly, I started to care. Then I started to feel something more. And just when I thought I had figured out my heart, and started winning his That was when his son, Adam, appeared. Bold, playful, and dangerously curious about me. The kind of man who likes trouble and causes it. Now I’m caught between duty and desire. Between a man whose heart I’m starting to love and another who’s trying to pull me away from it. This is my story. A story of quiet longing, forbidden feelings, and the one man who sees me like no one else.