Lazo Familiar

I'd been assigned overseas for three months, but I wrapped up my work ahead of schedule and flew home early to spend New Year's Eve with my wife. While waiting for a ride, I scrolled through TikTok and came across a video captioned: [Marrying the one you love feels like winning a war.] Then the scene shifted, and my world tilted. The bride slung over the groom's shoulder… was my wife. At first, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. But then I spotted familiar faces—her relatives, unmistakable in the crowd. I didn't hesitate. I checked the hotel location tagged in the video and shoved my phone toward the taxi driver. "Change the route. Take me here," I said. "I'm going to catch them in the act."

Binar Jelita, seorang gadis yang tumbuh di panti asuhan, berjuang keras untuk bertahan hidup. Beragam pekerjaan paruh waktu ia jalani demi memenuhi kebutuhannya. Suatu hari, ia mendapatkan pekerjaan sebagai pelayan di sebuah bar eksklusif dengan gaji yang menggiurkan. Namun, tak disangka, ia dipaksa untuk menemani seorang pejabat kaya. Meski berusaha menolak, Binar tak berdaya melawan tekanan mereka. Ia dicekoki minuman keras yang telah dicampur afrodisiak. Di tengah kesadarannya yang mulai memudar, sosok seorang pria tiba-tiba muncul. Pria itu membawanya keluar dari neraka yang menjeratnya. Namun, siapa pria itu? Mengapa wajahnya tampak begitu familiar? Apakah ia memiliki hubungan dengan masa lalu Binar?

After wrapping up a book signing out of town, I received a message from a friend on the way home. "This personal trainer is something else. He can do all kinds of things with an exercise ball." He also sent me a Live Photo. In the Live Photo, a woman was lying on an exercise ball, pinned down by a man. Her hair was covering her face. In the Live Photo that was a second long, I heard a familiar moan. I called my fiancée. "Where are you?" Her voice was a bit hoarse, "I'm training with an exercise ball at the neighborhood gym, babe. I have a big surprise waiting for you when you get home." I snorted and said, real slow, "How about I give you a big surprise right now? Open the door!"

En la reunión familiar, mi esposo, el Don de la mafia, le dirigió apenas una mirada a su secretaria. Eso bastó para que me diera la vuelta y me fui, cancelé la celebración de nuestro aniversario de bodas y decidí que ya había terminado con él, por lo que me apresuré a firmar los papeles de divorcio que había preparado hacía mucho tiempo. Cuando Matteo Santoro vio el acuerdo, me llamó de inmediato, con la voz tensa, por la furia apenas contenida. —¿Qué intentas hacer esta vez? ¿De verdad es solo por haber mirado a Elena? —Sí —respondí—. Porque la miraste.

Keith Anderson, the perfect son and the perfect CEO who is admired by everyone in town had a dark side. Once a spoiled brat who did a sin which he wouldn't able to accept himself lives in constant fight with his innerself. To get remorse from his sins he did a ironic thing. He became the city's most feared Mafia Don under a disguise as Kenny. His ideology is simple. He did a sin and now he became the devil who doesn't allow anymore sins. Julie Lexington, a 25 years old single mom who was disowned by her family after she got pregnant by an guy and refused abortion. Unfortunately, her five years old daughter is diagnosed with a dangerous disease and she don't have enough funds to afford her medicine. And that's when their path crossed. "Maybe you should sell yourself." Julie heard the bartender say and controlled her anger and started walking away from the bar as her shift ends. "He will pay 2000 dollars per hour." the bartender continue and smirked seeing Julie stopped walking and looking at him hesitantly with her hazel green eyes. Those dollars can give her daughter best treatment. She gulp down the pain in her throat as she prepared herself to sell her body to an unknown stranger. "Ahem ahem" she heard the locking of door and turned around to see a masked man with familiar eyes but she can't make out who is that. "I thought I spoiled your life." he whispered misunderstanding her situation as her eyes welled up hearing a familiar voice again. No this can't be. She told to herself as she came face to face with the guy she gave herself to years ago. "Keith?" and he stood frozen to his place wondering how she know his name.

When millionaire Wade Harrison woke from transplant surgery, his first words were, Hug my boys. But he had no boys! Convinced his new heart was telling him to look after his donor's sons, he headed to Texas, to set up their secret college fund...and met their beautiful mother, Dixie McCormick, who really set his pulse racing! Dixie sensed something oddly familiar in the handsome stranger, and gave him a job washing dishes in her busy diner. When Wade finally confessed the truth, she didn't know what to think -- she'd already fallen for him. But now Wade faced a difficult decision -- return to his life in New York society, or follow his heart into Dixie's loving arms....

Luxian Maxwell’s life was already spiraling—a terminal diagnosis, haunting dreams, and a sense that something about him just didn’t add up. Then came Damien. Cold, powerful, and unsettlingly familiar, Damien claims Luxian is the reincarnation of a girl who once betrayed him. But the more Luxian tries to escape, the deeper he falls into a web of forgotten lives, supernatural forces, and a past that refuses to stay buried. Why does no one remember Mr. Wilson’s death? Why does Damien’s touch feel like a memory? And why is Luxian changing? As his dreams blur into reality and deadly truths surface, Luxian must confront the terrifying possibility: He’s not just being punished for someone else’s sins. He might be the key to unleashing something far worse.

Dara sering memimpikan hal yang sama, yaitu bercinta dengan seorang pria misterius yang memiliki aroma maskulin yang terasa familiar bagi indra penciumannya. Mimpi itu terus berulang, hingga membuat Dara penasaran sosok di balik suara bariton yang menggetarkan hatinya. Sampai suatu hari, masalah di kantor membuatnya harus berhadapan dengan seorang CEO arogan bernama Alvian, rival bisnisnya. Terdesak, Dara terpaksa menerima bantuan dari Alvian, dengan syarat Dara harus menikah dengannya. Namun, satu per satu kejanggalan mulai muncul setelah mereka resmi menikah. Dara merasa Alvian menyimpan banyak rahasia. Terlebih, suara dan aroma khas Alvian mengingatkan dara akan pria misterius di dalam mimpinya....

In Valle Vitale, nothing stays buried. Not blood, not secrets, and certainly not the dead. Auryn was trained to be sharp, silent, and dangerous. Working as a risk analyst for Obsidian—a private security firm that caters to powerful clients with darker secrets than most—was supposed to be her quiet cover. But after a savage attack on her first night, she realizes nothing about Valle Vitale is safe. The creature that mauled her wore a familiar face. The man who saved her is her cold, beautiful billionaire boss—Killian DuskBane, an Halomir. And the people she had spent all her life loathing might be her only hope of surviving what comes next. Something ancient stirs in the dark, something that once shattered the world. And now, it’s calling to her. But she's just the spark. And every faction—Mystic, Halomir, Hollowed, and human, is about to burn.

Llevaban tres años de matrimonio, y Mauricio Soto había perfeccionado el arte de dañar el corazón de Rebeca López. A pesar de la indiferencia de sus suegros y la decepción de su mentor, ella seguía aferrándose a la ingenua esperanza de derretir el hielo de su esposo con su sincero amor. Hasta ese día. El día en que descubrió que la verdadera dueña del corazón escondido de su esposo era nada menos que la prometida de su propio cuñado. Qué absurdo. Quiso tener un hijo, pensando que al menos un lazo así los uniría hasta la vejez, solo para que le dijeran que no tenía ese derecho. Qué ridículo. El día de su aniversario de bodas, Rebeca tomó una decisión radical: partir para no volver. Se sumergió en su investigación científica, ganó prestigiosos premios y llevó en alto el nombre de su país. Brillaba con luz propia, y a su alrededor no faltaban hombres excepcionales que anhelaban conquistarla. Tres años después, Rebeca salía de la clínica de maternidad tomando de la mano a un niño. Mauricio, al verla, se abalanzó sobre ellos con desesperación que rayaba en la locura. —¿Ese es tu hijo? Ella, en cambio, esbozó una sonrisa desde la altura que le daba su nueva vida, mirándolo como a algo que quedó muy atrás. —Dar a luz a mi hijo, ¿qué tiene que ver contigo, mi exesposo?