9 Hours

After catching her fiancé cheating with her best friend just hours before their wedding, Flora walked away from everything—her dream, her reputation, and the man she thought she’d spend forever with. Desperate to escape the heartbreak, umalis siya ng lungsod, determined to forget… kahit sa loob ng isang gabi lang. Pero hindi niya inakala na ang gabing iyon ay magbabago ng lahat, dahil doon niya nakilala ang lalaking hindi niya dapat gustuhin — Damien Garcia. He was everything she shouldn’t want—rich, ruthless, dangerously charming. The kind of man who could ruin anyone who dared cross him. Yet in his arms, Flora felt something she hadn’t felt in years—safe… seen… alive. Dapat isang gabi lang iyon ng pagkakamali—pagkakamaling mawawala pagdating ng umaga. Pero parang may ibang plano ang tadhana. Ilang araw lang ang lumipas, sa engagement party ng kaniyang ina, bumagsak muli ang mundo ni Flora nang muling nakita ang lalaki. Nalaman niyang siya pala ang bagong stepbrother niya at ang bagong boss niya sa trabaho. Cold, demanding, and always in control, si Damien ang uri ng lalaking walang gustong kalabanin. Pero sa likod ng mga saradong pinto, ang lalaking iyon na kinatatakutan ng lahat — ang lalaking gustong angkinin si Flora nang buo. Alam niyang mali. Alam niyang dapat siyang lumayo. But obsession doesn’t care about rules… at ganoon din si Flora. Lalabanan ba ni Flora ang namumuong pag-ibig kay Damien, o susuko sa isang mapanganib na pagnanasa na maaaring sumira sa kanilang dalawa?

Madam Pratt, my mother-in-law, was in critical condition after a car accident, desperately needing surgery. However, as the lead surgeon, I—Lilianne Davis—stood by, casually scrolling through short videos on my phone. My best friend, Tiffany Owens, who was also a doctor, was far more anxious than I was. She grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the operating room. “Lily, why are you still stalling? Hurry up and save her!” I took a step back, clutching my stomach in pain as her face twisted in shock. “I have cramps so bad I can’t even stand. You do it.” In my last life, the moment I heard about Madam Pratt’s accident, I had swallowed a painkiller and rushed into surgery, working for hours to stabilize her. I had barely stepped away from the operating table when alarms blared. “Lilianne, what have you done? The patient is experiencing acute hemolysis!” “Call the family now!” Gareth Pratt stormed in, his face twisted with rage. He slapped me hard in the face. “Lil, you’re a professional surgeon, yet you gave my mother the wrong blood transfusion?!” I froze, reaching for Madam Pratt’s medical report to explain, only to find that the A-type blood I had seen before had somehow changed to B-type. The medical board arrived, and a blood test revealed traces of hallucinogens in my system. “Unbelievable! Taking illegal substances before surgery? That’s a cardinal sin for a doctor!” In the chaos, Emma Pratt, Gareth’s teenage sister, grabbed a scalpel and stabbed me multiple times. Blood gushed from my arteries, and I collapsed in a pool of crimson. As my vision faded, I couldn’t understand what had happened. I had never taken illegal drugs. Besides, I was absolutely certain of Madam Pratt’s blood type. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment right before stepping into the operating room.

When Tessa Shoreman read Henry Jennings' cancer report, she immediately paid her hard-earned money of sixty thousand to the hospital. She had saved the money from working part-time while she was in university. However, she was worried the money was not enough, so she held back her fear as she sold a kidney to the black market to get more. As she walked to the ward door with a heavy bag filled with cash, she heard shrill laughter coming from inside. "That cheap woman, Tessa Shoreman, got tricked by us again. Haha!" Tessa's hand gave pause right when she was about to push the door open. What did he mean by saying she was tricked? Tessa looked through the glass on the door to see inside the ward. When she left, the man looked extremely weak, but he was now sitting up lazily in bed. Henry had a cigarette in his mouth, and he was blowing smoke rings nonchalantly. He did not look like a cancer patient at all. "It's been two years, and that woman still has no idea." "If she hadn't beaten Serene to first place, Henry would never have left behind his life as a rich heir and planned such an elaborate scheme to become a working-class man living in a cheap rental home. The way that cheap, penniless woman looks at Henry is so amusing." "We agreed that the punishment ends when Henry and Serene get engaged. It looks like time is almost up. We've probably punished her 108 times in the past two years." "The first time was lying to her that Henry didn't have a suit for a job interview. She worked tirelessly for 72 hours straight before she earned enough money for one, but that suit was given to the domestic help to use as a cleaning cloth. The second time was tricking her into believing Henry had a high fever. She forfeited during the finals of a scientific research competition to race home and take care of Henry in the hospital…" "Sigh. Too bad it's coming to an end. I'm going to miss entertaining myself with her."

"Tunjukan semuanya padaku, jangan buat semua uang yang ku hamburkan padamu sia-sia." Damon Gasendra Pria dominan yang di gadang-gadang manusia setengah dewa. Kaya dan tampan sejak lahir membuatnya menjadi seorang sadistik yang angkuh pun arogan. Penyandang nama Gasendra dan penerus Gasendra Group membuatnya menjadi orang paling berpengaruh nomor satu di Indonesia sejak digantikannya posisi sang Ayah di usianya yang masih tergolong muda. Kelebihan lainnya tentu saja, penampilan. Kabarnya, tidak ada satu pria pun di negara ini yang memiliki ketampanan melebihi dirinya. Mata coklat terangnya, rahang tegasnya, dan tubuhnya yang menjadi fantasi liar banyak wanita. Seluruh wanita rela menjilati sepatunya demi merasakan malam panas atau bahkan hanya terlelap di satu ranjang yang sama dengannya. Namun Damon tetaplah Damon si tanpa hati, tidak ada satupun wanita yang bisa membuatnya meniduri mereka lebih dari satu kali. Tidak ada satu pun pelacur kelas atas yang belum pernah membuka kakinya secara suka rela untuk Damon. Namun bagi Damon, pelacur adalah pelacur, yang harus di bayar atas apa yang mereka sajikan. Damon, dan perasaannya yang mati terhadap perempuan. Wendy Hanya seorang gadis tanpa nama belakang dengan gangguan Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) yang akan membuatnya meledak-ledak saat kesabarannya habis dan amarahnya memuncak. Namun begitu Wendy tetap sosok wanita tangguh yang sudah tidak asing lagi dengan rasa sakit sejak kecil. Bersama sang Kakak, Wendy merasa bisa menaklukkan dunia. Tanpa adanya orang tua dan harta yang melimpah tidak membuat Wendy gentar sedikitpun, baginya kehadiran sang Kakak cukup untuk menjadi bahan bakar penambah semangatnya dalam menjalani hari. Apa yang akan terjadi jika Wendy mengetahui dirinya telah di tukar oleh Kakaknya untuk menjadi wanita dari Damon si pria dominan? Dan apa yang akan Damon lakukan jika perasaan yang sudah terkubur selama 9 tahun lebih kini kembali muncul setelah pertemuan tidak sengajanya dengan Wendy? Akankah balas dendamnya berjalan lancar? Akankah pertemuan dua makhluk tuhan paling rupawan ini berjalan lancar? Akankah Damon yang dominan bisa menamengi Wendy si pengidap IED?

A gorgeous new lawyer named Charlotte Lowell joins our law firm and claims she has been reborn. One day, a publicly listed company offers us a massive ten-million-dollar case. Charlotte warns our boss, Levi Howard, that the company has major issues. If we accept the case, we'll lose in court and be hit with a huge payout. Levi isn't sure if she's bluffing, but in the end, he listens and passes. The next day, that very company collapses. And the rival firm that took the case is hit with a compensation claim worth tens of millions of dollars. To celebrate dodging the bullet, Levi asks me to book a restaurant. But Charlotte immediately tells him not to go to that restaurant because that place is about to have a gas explosion. Hours later, the restaurant blows up just as she mentioned. News of it hits the trending list. After those two incidents, Levi is all-in on believing Charlotte's claim of having been reborn. In order to keep Charlotte, he gives her the executive position that was initially promised to me. When I hand in my resignation, Charlotte urges Levi to stop me. "If Yelena jumps to another firm, she'll use the resources she gained here to crush us. A year from now, we won't even have a firm left." Upon hearing Charlotte's words, my boyfriend and colleague, Finley Smith, steps forward to back her up. "Charlotte's right. I saw a job offer from Vera Legal in Yelena's email. She's really petty. If she joins Vera Legal, we'll surely face her revenge." Levi believes them and rejects my resignation. I file for labor arbitration, but it's no use. In the end, I'm demoted to a janitor at the firm. Driven by resentment, I fall into depression and end up hanging myself at the entrance of the firm. When I open my eyes again, I've gone back to the day Charlotte claims she has been reborn.

I, Gianna Johnston, am born into a family of prodigies. My dad, Henry Johnston, is a computer science professor from Hafford University. My mom, Naomi Liddell, is a medical professor at Starvard University. And my brother, George Johnston, is an international math olympiad champion. Meanwhile, I'm barely passing my math classes at school. George gets so mad at me that he immediately writes down three full sets of math exam questions and exclaims, "You're so dumb that you're nothing but an embarrassment to Mom and Dad and me! "Don't you even think about leaving the house and embarrassing us again without completing all these math questions!" Mom then forces a few pills straight down my throat. Those pills are one of her inventions, called "smart pills". However, she doesn't care that I'm choking so hard on them that my eyes roll to the back of my head. "Stop using excuses, saying that you're tired or sleepy. These pills will keep you up for 24 hours without sleep. That should be enough time for you to complete all those math problems!" Dad then turns on "Strict Mode" on the smart house system, Domi. He says to me, "And don't even think about escaping the house to look for help. I will lock the door and cut off every signal going in or coming out. If you don't finish your work in time, nobody will even care if you die here!" After that, the three of them leave me behind and head off for their vacation in Hervaii. While shutting the door behind them, however, the vase of flowers full of water suddenly crashed into Domi's control panel. I'm choking so hard on the pills that I feel asphyxiated. I keep banging my fists against the front door for help. However, Domi, who has now short-circuited, keeps repeating, "Please complete your math questions, Gianna. Study hard and be a good student. "Study hard and be a good student. "Study hard and be a good student." I grip the sheets of math problems in my hands in agony. Will Mom, Dad, and George finally be happy when they see that I'm giving up my life for this?

9年前、久遠乃亜は初めて蓮見凌央に出会った。その瞬間、彼女の心は彼に永遠を捧げられた。 3年前、乃亜は蓮見家に嫁ぎ、凌央の妻となった。彼女は、これで一生に一度の愛が手に入ると信じていた。 3年間、彼女は彼を宝物のように大切にし、自分を犠牲にしながらも、彼の心を温めようと必死に努力した。彼が最愛の人だと認めてくれる日を夢見ていた。 しかし...... ある人の心は、どれだけ努力しても温まらない。ある人の目には、いつまでも初恋しか映らないのだ。 3年後、乃亜は妊娠が発覚。同じ日に、彼の初恋の相手である高橋美咲が妊娠を派手に発表した。 乃亜は凌央に尋ねた。 「もし私が妊娠したら、どうするの？」 凌央は冷たく答えた。 「堕ろせ」 乃亜はさらに聞いた。 「じゃあ、美咲さんが妊娠したら？」 凌央は迷いなく言った。 「彼女が産む子供は蓮見家の長男だ」 失望と絶望に打ちひしがれた乃亜は、離婚を決意した。 しかし、彼は離婚届を引き裂き、乃亜をドアの前に押し付け、一語一語強調するように言い放った。 「お前は俺の女だ。一生俺だけのものだ」 乃亜は訴状を手に、彼を裁判所に告訴した。しかし、離婚判決を待つ前に、彼女は誰かに車で轢かれそうになり、流産の危機に直面する。 子供を守るため、彼女は妊娠を隠して遠くに逃げた。 数年後、彼女が桜華市に戻ると、男が彼女を追い詰めた。 「乃亜。俺の息子を盗んだ件、きっちり清算しようじゃないか」

9년 전, 강지한을 처음 만났던 그 순간, 심미연의 시간은 멈춘 듯했다. 그리고 3년 뒤, 그녀는 강씨 가문의 며느리가 되어 강지한의 아내가 되었다. 평생을 함께하며 서로를 사랑할 든든한 배우자가 생겼다고 믿었다. 3년간 심미연은 그의 마음을 얻기 위해 자신의 모든 것을 내려놓았다. 자존심도, 꿈도, 그리고 자기 자신마저 포기하며 오직 그의 가장 소중한 여자가 되길 바랐다. 하지만 강지한의 마음속엔 이미 첫사랑이 깊게 자리 잡고 있었다. 아무리 기다려도, 그녀가 들어설 자리는 없었다. 3년 후, 심미연은 자신이 임신했다는 사실을 알게 되었다. 그러나 같은 날, 그의 첫사랑이 임신 소식을 공개적으로 알리며 사람들 앞에 섰다. 억눌린 감정을 품고 그녀는 조심스럽게 강지한에게 물었다. “지한 씨, 내가 임신했다면... 어떻게 할 거야?” 그는 냉담하게 대답했다. “지워.” 그녀는 떨리는 목소리로 다시 물어보았다. “그 여자도 임신했대... 지우라고 할 거야?” 강지한은 차가운 태도로 답했다. “그럴 리가 있겠어? 그 아이는 강씨 가문의 장손이 될 거야.” 그 순간, 심미연의 마지막 희망은 완전히 부서졌다. 실망과 절망 끝에 그녀는 결국 이혼을 결심했다. 그러나 강지한은 그녀가 제출한 이혼 서류를 갈기갈기 찢어버렸다. 그리고 문 뒤로 그녀를 몰아붙이며 위협하듯 말했다. “이혼? 어림없어. 넌 내 여자야. 평생... 영원히!” 결국 심미연은 협의 이혼을 포기하고 소송을 제기했다. 하지만 판결을 기다리던 중, 의문의 사고를 당하며 유산 위기에 처했다. 자신의 아이를 지키기 위해 그녀는 망설임 없이 임신 사실을 숨긴 채 멀리 떠났다. 몇 년 후, 경성으로 돌아온 심미연 앞에 강지한이 나타났다. 그는 변하지 않는 차가운 눈빛, 비웃는 듯한 표정으로 물었다. “심미연 변호사님, 내 아들을 훔쳐 간 대가... 이제 제대로 계산해야겠죠?”