Ahn Dong-goo

At my best friend's wedding, a girl lunged forward and caught the bouquet—only for it to slip from her hands and land squarely in my arms. My best friend, Lauren Walker, beamed at me. "Madison, looks like you're the next bride." The guests exchanged knowing glances and turned toward my boyfriend of eight years—Mason Ryder, the CEO of the Ryder Group. But he calmly plucked the bouquet from my hands and casually passed it to the girl standing beside me—his secretary, Natalie Carter. "She caught it first." He ruffled my hair, his voice gentle. "Be good. Give it back to Natalie for now. We'll wait for the next time." The spotlight—and the guests' attention—shifted with the bouquet, settling on Natalie. I looked at her startled yet shy expression, then rested a hand on my stomach and forced a bitter smile. Mason didn't know there wouldn't be a next time. Our eight-year promise had already come to an end, and we still hadn't taken the step into marriage. And I had already promised my parents, who were royalty, that next week, I would leave and return to Montelvia to inherit the family legacy.

Dinnda nyaris gila kala sang suami dan adik madu yang tengah hamil menyiksa mental dan fisiknya terus-menerus. Untungnya, sahabat Dinda datang dan menyadarkannya untuk bangkit! Hanya saja, mengapa dalam perjalanan balas dendamnya, Adam--sepupu sahabatnya yang terkenal sebagai pemilik perusahaan dingin--mendadak ikut membantu Dinda?

Aku. Antonia Dior. Wanita berusia 30 tahun belum menikah. Menjadi budak cinta selama 11 tahun namun dicampakkan dan berakhir menyedihkan. Pria itu Alpha Benjamin, laki-laki yang usianya di bawah aku 5 tahun, penyelamat kewarasan mentalku dari kekejaman sosok mantan pacar laknatku. Laki-laki kejam yang sudah memperbudakku jatuh dalam gelimangan cinta yang begitu menyedihkan. Selama 11 tahun aku tenggelam dalam kebohongan cintanya yang ternyata palsu dan berakhir pria jahanam itu tidur dengan adik tiriku sendiri yang selama ini selalu menyimpan rahasia penuh misteri. Bagaimana jadinya kalau aku membalas perbuatan pria 11 tahunku itu dengan menikahi anak dari kakaknya sendiri, keponakan tersayang yang selama ini didewakan di keluarga besarnya?

Cantik, kaya, sukses, semua ada pada Anita. Kecuali suami. Di usianya yang ketiga puluh dua, dia masih melajang. Saat desakan menikah bagaikan teror, Anita pikir, dia butuh suami kontrak. Dan Edo, si pengamen ganteng cocok untuk itu.

"You don't look at me with amusement. No girl has ever done that to me, especially while playing basketball. If you think you're an exemption, think again. I'm Kise Joaquin Falcis. Everyone falls for me." Since Kise saw Keisha at his cousin's birthday party, he started liking her. When their eyes met, Kise felt his heart skipped a beat. And at some point, he bowed down that this girl would like him back too. But something was preventing Keisha from admitting her feelings. She didn't want him to know that she had also fallen for him. What was stopping her from liking this guy? What must be the reason for her cold treatment? Was it really because of his annoying haircut? Or was it something else?

Hugo Laurent is determined to have me as his wife. He pursues me for a decade, resolute in winning my heart. But the night before our wedding, I overhear his conversation with his friends. "Are you going to marry Katherine just like that? What about your secret girlfriend?" Hugo is silent. Then, he says, "She's just a stand-in. She can't compare to Katherine. I'll consider keeping her by my side if she doesn't kick up a fuss. Katherine's generous—she won't mind." The following day, his secret girlfriend crashes our wedding and causes a stir. She shoves me off the stage, but Hugo darts toward her to protect her—she holds a jagged shard of glass to her neck and threatens suicide. "Are you going to choose me or her?" Hugo panics. He shoves me aside despite my injuries and snaps, "Get out of the way—I need to take her to the hospital! I'll make you pay if anything happens to her!" My heart dies in that instant. That very night, I purchase a flight ticket out of the country and leave him behind.

Berminggu-minggu beberapa desa tampak seperti desa mati setelah malam tiba. Hal itu disebabkan karena banyaknya orang meninggal yang ditemukan pada pagi harinya dalam keadaan telungkup. Menurut kabar yang berbedar, mereka meninggal setelah bertemu pocong berwajah hancur dengan kedua bola mata merah besarnya. Kedatangan pocong tersebut juga selalu disertai dengan bunyi gemerincing andong, padahal di desa mereka sama sekali tidak ada yang mempunyainya. Jelas saja itu adalah andong gaib yang tengah ditunggangi oleh pocong penjemput nyawa. Hingga suatu malam, tepatnya pukul 20.10. Arkan yang baru saja pulang mengerjakan tugas di rumah temannya itu dibuat terkejut dan ketakutan bukan main karena kedua retinanya baru saja melihat pocong yang terlihat begitu jelas di dalam rumah kosong yang berada di tak jauh dari rumahnya. Lalu, bagaimana dengan nasib Arkan? Apakah ia akan menjadi korban selanjutnya yang akan dijemput menggunakan andong seperti korban-korban sebelumnya? Cerita seperti ini ada banyak sudut pandang, karena memang sebuah pocong andong yang sempat menggeparkan itu memang benar-benar pernah terjadi pada saat lumpur lapindo meluap hingga membuat beberap desa tenggelam.

On the day I vomit blood while eating on a livestream, I rise to the top in the platform streamer rankings. My older brother, Julian Everhart, bursts into my room, kicks over my streaming equipment, and violently shoves me to the floor. My fiance, Dominic Pierce, tells everyone on the livestream that I'm just trying to attract attention and rake up the views by faking my illness. In an instant, I get cyberbullied by everyone. The Internet users keep leaving malicious comments and cursing me to die. All of my photos are crossed out. Someone even dumps silver acid onto my front door. What everyone doesn't know is that I will die in three days because of Wolf Soul Deterioration. On the day I die, I start the livestream for the final time. Tens of millions of viewers rush into my stream instantly and begin cursing me out for my lack of morality. They bash me for faking my illness just to gain popularity and attract attention. But the next thing they know, my heart monitor flatlines right away. Everyone begins panicking instantly. Julian and Dominic shift into their wolf forms instantly and rush toward the hospital desperately begging me not to die.

On the day Andrew Selwyn is elected as the pack's Beta, we promise to have our bonding ceremony a month later. Seven days away from the ceremony, he suddenly decides to pursue his first love, Lucy Grimm. He wants to make up for the time they had lost apart. If he gets back together with Lucy, he hopes I will give them my blessing. If he can't win her over, he'd let go of his obsession and return to complete the ceremony. He'd spend the rest of his life loving and protecting me. Gazing at his sincere expression, I smile and say, "Alright. As long as it makes you happy, I won't stop you." The moment he turns and leaves, I can no longer hold back my tears. All along, Andrew's heart belonged to someone else. Later, I contact my best friend, Selena Jones, through the mind link. "My bonding ceremony has been canceled," I say flatly, my voice thick with helplessness. "Didn't you want me to lead the research team at your institute out of town? I'll do it. When do we leave?"

My boyfriend is a forensic artist. He was forced to make a harrowing decision to save his first love. At the killer's demand, he created a portrait from a photo—he never realized that the young girl in the photo was me in my childhood. Two weeks later, the police investigate a grisly bomb explosion and dismemberment case. The victim's identity was unrecognizable, and the investigation dragged on for days as the authorities desperately searched the blast site, looking for my remains. After three days and nights, they finally recovered enough of my remains to reconstruct my face. When my boyfriend unknowingly brought the shattered fragments back to life with his art, he was confronted with a horrifying truth—one that drove him to the edge of madness.