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"Has anyone heard of this city?! No one seems to remember it, and something horrific might have happened to it."

Kadang, cinta tidak perlu berlari. Ia hanya perlu seseorang yang cukup sabar untuk tetap berdiri di tempat yang sama—sampai yang lain berani pulang. Tujuh tahun lalu, Nayara Adinata pergi diam-diam ke luar negeri, meninggalkan Indonesia dan meninggalkan Elric Mahendra, lelaki yang pernah menjadi rumah teraman dalam hidupnya. Ia tak berniat kembali — sampai sahabat kuliahnya, Keira Adiwangsa, memintanya pulang untuk membantu perusahaan farmasi keluarganya yang tengah berbenah. Kini, Nayara kembali sebagai engineer dengan reputasi gemilang. Namun di balik meja rapat dan laporan teknis, ia mendengar suara yang dulu pernah menenangkan di antara bising dunia: Elric, kini direktur operasional perusahaan yang sama. Pertemuan itu membuat waktu berbalik. Bukan untuk menagih masa lalu, tapi untuk memahami bahwa beberapa perasaan tidak pernah selesai, hanya menunggu keberanian untuk kembali.

Takut dengan yang namanya pernikahan membuatku sampai hari ini memutuskan untuk sendiri, bahkan ketika saudara sepupu yang seumuran denganku saling bertukar cerita tentang anak-anak mereka, aku hanya bisa menjadi seorang pendengar dan mengulas senyum tipis sekadar membalas pertanyaan "kapan nikah?". Aku bahkan tidak bisa mengatakan pada siapapun tentang ketakutanku, tidak pada ayahku, apalagi ibuku. Ada apa denganku? Apa yang selama ini ku terima dari sikap kerabat ayahku lah yang menjadi salah satu alasan kuat trauma tentang pernikahan yang bahkan sejengkal pun belum ku tapaki. Kejadian demi kejadian membuatku semakin enggan menjalin komitmen dengan siapapun, mungkin sampai aku menemukan rumah yang tepat untukku pulang.

Rai’s worst day was not the one she woke up blind, but the moment she realized she’d married a monster. For the past seven years, she has escaped Cliff, her corrupt, sociopathic husband who refuses to divorce her. The last thing she needs now is another relationship, but some men are hard to resist. Gideon senses Rai’s apprehension, but that doesn’t deter him. It fuels his curiosity. What starts out as an innocent five-day cruise, soon turns into an attraction that could destroy them both. Cliff is clever, deadly, and resourceful. To defeat him, Rai must find courage and trust Gideon, even though his protective devotion might get them both killed.

It never crossed Danielle's mind that she would cross paths with her arch-rival, Karl, a business mogul in Northtide. Sparks flew but in more ways than one. One day, a reporter asked during an interview, "Mr. Burt, on behalf of the women, what is an ideal woman to you?" "Someone like my wife." Thus, Karl's secret marriage to Danielle spread across the world.

"I may be blind, Rain, but trust me, I’ll never miss the right hole or the perfect positions to put you in. My eyes don’t stop me from taking you until your legs give out. Open wide for me, wifey." Enzo Salvatore DeLuca, the ruthless billionaire mafia don, was untouchable—until the accident that stole his sight. Now, with time running out, he needs an heir to secure his legacy, and Rain is forced to take her stepsister's place as his bride. Rain always dreamed of a Christmas wedding with the perfect husband, but marrying a blind stranger wasn’t in her fantasies. How could a man who couldn’t see fulfill her wildest desires? He’d need help with everything, and she couldn’t imagine how he’d live up to the man she’d always fantasized about. What she doesn’t know is that he sees every move she makes, from the constant bite of her lips whenever he talks, to the way she walks around naked in the room, thinking he wouldn’t see her anyway, down to the way she watches him with longing whenever he’s changing. What he lacks in sight, he makes up for in raw intensity, dominance, and an ability to give her everything she never dared to ask for. He doesn’t do love. He doesn’t do gentle. But with Rain, he might just find more than the healing he never thought possible, and the revenge he had been seeking. "If you ask me, the only reason I need eyes is to see your eyes rolling back when I fuck you. But for now, baby girl, I want to hear it. Let me hear you moan for me.”

After a vicious family power struggle, I fled to a small border town in the south. I took on a new identity and found work in a flower shop. Everyone believed I was dead. Then one day, someone from the family came to the shop to order flowers for the birthday party for Roman Jackson, the head of the Jackson family. The person who arrived was my former Underboss. She stared at me in shock and demanded to know why I had not returned to the Jackson family if I was still alive. She told me that Roman had kept watch over my grave for two years and that he had attempted suicide three times in the cemetery, each time stopped by someone else. Roman was my ex-husband. He had an adopted sister, Liliana. Fifteen years ago, her parents were gunned down while covering Roman's father's escape from a rival family. After that, Liliana became Roman's most cherished sister. She tampered with my armored car. The brakes failed, and the vehicle plunged off a cliff. I broke three ribs. Roman mobilized every resource the family had and pulled me back from the brink of death. She bribed my bodyguard and laced my red wine with a neurotoxin. I lay unconscious in the villa for three days and nights. Roman sealed off the entire city, hunted down everyone involved, and made them pay in blood. She tried to kill me, and he saved me. This absurd cycle went on for three years. Until the last time. She detonated a bomb at an arms deal I was overseeing, burning seventy percent of my body. As I was lifted onto the ambulance stretcher, I clutched Roman's suit and, with the last of my strength, begged him. "Kill her, Roman. She sabotaged the deal. Those are the family rules." He crouched down, his fingers brushing my bloodstained face. His voice was calm, almost cruel. "Liliana didn't mean to. Let it go. For the sake of what her parents sacrificed for the family." In that moment, my heart to him died completely.

Dendam, dendam, dan dendam. Satu tujuan Livy untuk meraih posisi ketua dalam Mafia The Shadowup milik ayahnya.Dia akan memiliki posisi itu dengan syarat harus membunuh 101 pemuda. Dan disinilah Livy sekarang, memakai topengnya dan menyusun strategi balas dendam terbaik yang bahkan mengorbankan perasaan pribadinya dan orang pertama yang dicintainya.

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Never in her wildest dream did Mishka imagine that her life would be turned upside down as soon as she step into London. “Marry my grandson!” Grandpa Leo’s demand threw her off guard. Marriage was not part of her plan, yet she accepted the offer to marry the hottest eligible bachelor in London, leaving her dreams behind. Christian had everything pictured ahead of time. He planned to propose to his girlfriend right after claiming the position of CEO in the Knight Group, but a woman crashed all his plans. “If you want to take over the position of CEO in Knight Group, then you must marry the girl I have chosen for you!” Grandpa Leo’s firm decision put his future at stake, but Christian quickly came up with a plan. “I want you to sign these papers!” Christian demanded in his deep domineering voice, forwarding the file toward Mishka. “What is this?” She narrowed her eyes, taking the file. “Read and I’ll explain everything,” Christian answered. His cold eyes stared at her, and as soon as Mishka opened the file, her face lost all color reading the bold letters. "CONTRACT MARRIAGE" Will she give into Christian's demand or her masterstroke will change the dynamics of the trap he set for her? What will happen when Christian and Mishka's entirely different world would crash? Will love finds its way through the web of lies, deception, and mysteries? Let’s find out in the story! COPYRIGHT ©️ 2020 AUTHOR ANIKA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED