7 First Kisses

Thirty days into our argument, my girlfriend kissed her first love passionately right in front of me. I quietly asked my boss for a transfer to the Northern City branch, which was thousands of miles away. Her friends clapped and teased me. “Ivan, your girlfriend’s getting a new boyfriend. Aren’t you going to win her back?” I held her hand and sincerely said, “I’m sorry.” She looked down at me with a proud smile. “Okay, I forgive you. Tomorrow, pack your things. We’re going to see my parents.” I smiled and agreed. But she did not know I was leaving for Northern City that night.

Putri sulung Duke Yoargi, Qilistaria La Yoargi, yang memiliki penampilan terkutuk ini, … begitu dibenci oleh semua orang. Mereka mengejeknya, mereka menghinanya, mereka merendahkannya, dan mereka pula tak menginginkannya. Qilistaria benar-benar tak disukai, apalagi diterima. Terutama, selepas sang Duke Yoargi, ayahnya, mengadakan sebuah sayembara untuk membiarkan orang membawanya pergi dari kediamannya tersebut, sebagai apa pun yang dikehendaki, … semacam istri, selir, budak, atau bahkan sekadar perempuan rendahan pemuas nafsu. Akan tetapi, pertanyaannya, … apakah ada, yang akan mau menerima monster seperti Qilistaria? Semuanya berpikir, bahwa orang gila sekali pun, … tak akan pernah mau mendekati sang putri terkutuk tersebut. Apalagi ini, sampai mau menjadikan perempuan mengerikan sepertinya sebagai seorang istri. Namun, …. ————— "Istri, apakah kamu tahu? Cinta sejati yang selama ini kamu cari-cari itu, bukanlah cinta dari sepasang kekasih yang saling mencintai apa adanya, … bukan pula cinta sepasang kekasih yang tak memandang ras, agama, suku, beserta status." "Kalau begitu, apa cinta sejati yang selama ini kucari sampai kelelahan ini, Suamiku?" "Nah, soal itu, … cinta sejati itu adalah, …." —————

Pangarap ni Liezel ang magkanobyo at makangasawa ng gwapo at mayaman para mai-ahon sa hirap ang pamilya na sa kanya lang umaasa kaya naisipan niyang sumali sa controversial na dating app. Nang manalo sa billionaire's app si Liezel, ang premyo isang mayaman at gwapong bilyonaryong mapapangasawa. Walang kaalam alam si Randy na sariling kasal pala niya ang kanyang dadalohan. Nagulat siya nang tinotoo ng ama ang pagsali sa kanya sa app dahil sa pagiging workoholic niya. Hindi niya iyon matanggap, at sinisisi niya si Liezel dahil sa pagiging ambisyosa nito. Hanggang nagdadala siya ng babae sa bahay para pasakitan ang asawa niya na walang ibang ginawa ang asikasohin at mahalin siya. Mag-work kaya ang ganitong set up ng Billionaire's App? matutunan kaya siyang mahalin ni Randy na sa sandaling panahon ay natutunan agad niyang mahalin? Hanggang saan siya magtitiis?

I had everything planned a month in advance for our holiday. I was going to take my wife and daughter on a trip to see the country's beautiful landscapes, but just before we were supposed to leave, they both disappeared. I ended up standing alone in the pouring rain, trying to call them. My daughter's voice came through over the phone—it was cold and impatient. "Mommy's having dinner with Uncle Skyler. We don't want to go anymore." Right after that, the call was cut off. I had been blocked. They locked me out of the house on purpose and left me to freeze out there all night. The rain had already drenched me, and I was running a high fever that turned into pneumonia. Meanwhile, the two of them were off enjoying a vacation with Skyler Shire. That was the moment I knew—this marriage was well and truly over.

When the criminal tortured me to death, I was three-month pregnant. But my husband Mark - the city's most prominent detective - was at the hospital with his first love Emma, accompanying her for her medical checkup. Three days ago, he demanded me to donate my kidney to Emma. When I refused, telling him I was two months pregnant with our child, his eyes had turned cold. "Stop lying," he had snarled. "You're just being selfish, trying to let Emma die." He pulled over on the dark highway. "Get out," he ordered. "Walk home since you're so heartless. " I stood there in the darkness and was kidnapped by the vengeful criminal, whom Mark had once imprisoned. He cut out my tongue. With cruel satisfaction, he used my phone to call my husband. Mark's response was brief and cold: "Whatever it is, Emma's medical checkup is more important! She needs me right now." The criminal let out a dark chuckle. "Well, well... Seems like the great detective values his ex's life more than his current wife's." When Mark arrived at the crime scene hours later, he was horrified by the brutality inflicted on the corpse. He angrily condemned the murderer for treating a pregnant woman so cruelly But he didn't recognize that the mutilated body before him was his own wife - me.

Kalah menjadi abu. Menang menjadi arang. Ini adalah kisah tentang pertikaian sengit di antara para putri yang ikut serta di dalam perebutan mahkota Putri Purba. Tujuh bersaudara yang sedari kecil hidup bersama-sama dengan bahagia, … mulai menjalani hubungan persaudaraan yang kacau nan berantakan, … dikala mahkota yang didamba-damba telah jatuh ke tangan putri yang bahkan sama sekali tak mengharapkan takhta kerajaannya sedari awal. Akankah takhta kembali beralih kepada orang yang sudah seharusnya menerimanya sedari awal? Ataukah sang putri yang dijatuhi bingkaian hiasan kepala terbuat dari logam mulia, lengkap dengan intan dan juga permata itulah, … yang pada akhirnya akan tetap menjadi pemimpin kerajaan? "Apa kau ingin tahu, kesalahan terbesar apa yang pernah dibuat olehku di sepanjang hidupku ini?" Sang putri tertua kerajaan ini, si Putri Mahkota yang bahkan tak dapat menggapai gelaran mahkotanya lagi, Putri Purbararang, … bertanya dengan wajah yang pahit terhadap sang putri baik hati, yang saat ini tengah berdiri berhadapan dengannya diluar sel penjara. "Kesalahan terbesarku adalah, pernah membuat hatiku yang sudah hancur ini, untuk menyayangimu dengan segenap hati …." Dia berucap lirih semacam itu, diiringi dengan lelehan air mata. "… Purbasari." Air mata keputusasaan yang akan senantiasa ia dapatkan, dikala berhasil dikalahkan oleh adik kandungnya sendiri, Putri Purbasari, lagi dan lagi.

When Charlotte Knight runs out of options, she reluctantly agrees to her parents’ outrageous plan of marrying a complete stranger. To her, it feels less like taking responsibility for her actions and more like being sold off like a commodity, but just when she thinks things can’t get worse, they do. At the wedding venue, Charlotte is stunned to find her supposed groom exchanging vows with another woman. Humiliated and overwhelmed, Charlotte acts on impulse, kissing the cab driver who brought her there. To her surprise, the cabman is none other than Liam Blackwood, and he makes her an unexpected offer of getting married to her instead. Knowing this could work in her favor, Charlotte agrees. But is it truly to her advantage? When reality sets in and she’s faced with choices she never anticipated, can she find redemption? Or, will love bloom in the ruins of betrayal?

One reckless moment was all it took to set them on fire. His lips were on her skin, his hands gripping her like he'd never let go-Dylan devoured her, owned her, and marked her as his possession. His voice was dark and full of promises, unraveling every bit of restraint she had left. His kisses are on fire, his whispers sinful, and every stolen moment leaves her aching for more. Huli na para iwasan pa ang namumuong pagnanasa at pagmamahal nila sa isa't isa. But will sharing tender love every night be enough? Or will surrendering to temptation cost them everything? It was a gamble and taking risks for both of them. She loves him, and all she wants is to be with him. He loves her and all he needs for his life to be complete. Yet . . . loving him could ruin her . . . And letting her in could destroy him. She should stay away from him, and he should let her go. But some obsessions are impossible to escape . . . Some nights were never meant to end . . . And some temptations are too wicked to resist . . .. . . even if surrender means risking it all.

Laura has spent a century living among humans, hiding her claws and burying her rage. Now, she's back in the game—with a forged identity and a single goal: infiltrate the Alpha of Eldridge Pack and end the bloodline that destroyed her family. All signs point to Sebastian Eldridge—the cold, composed Alpha with the same eyes that haunt her memories. She applies as his bodyguard, ready to strike. But plans never survive first contact with chaos. Enter Marcus: Sebastian’s younger brother. Too loud. Too charming. Too nosy. He’s everything an alpha shouldn’t be… And now—thanks to an unfortunate twist of fate—Laura’s new assignment. She came to kill an Alpha. Instead, she’s stuck babysitting the one wolf who might just drive her over the edge… or into something far more dangerous. Because in this pack, nothing is what it seems—And the closer she gets to the truth, the harder it is to tell who the real enemy is. Is it Sebastian or Marcus?

On the day I discovered I was pregnant, my husband's first love—who also happened to be my half-sister—returned.