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Isang mabigat na desisyon ang ginawa ni Adrianna, nang magpasya siyang iwanan ang nobyong si Mando sa probinsiya para sa ambisyon at kagustuhang umahon sa hirap. Ngunit pagdating niya sa Manila, ibang trabaho pala ang sasalubong sa kaniya. Akala niya'y magiging katulong siya ngunit sa isang maingay na lugar siya dinala, pinagsuot ng manipis na tela, na halos makita na ang kaluluwa niya. Wala siyang choice, hindi rin niya alam kung paano pa makakaalis sa lugar na iyon. Subalit isang lalaki ang nagligtas sa kaniya mula sa kamay ng isang Japanese customer na gusto siyang bilhin kapalit ng kaniyang pagkababae. Si Armani. Dinala siya nito sa malaking bahay at inoperan ng trabaho roon. Ngunit mas nagulat siya ng alukin siya nitong maging asawa nito. Mayaman ito at alam niyang kaya nitong ibigay ang lahat ng gusto niya. Noong una'y tumutol siya dahil sa agwat ng kanilang edad pero dahil sa ambisyon at kagustuhang umahon sa hirap, pumayag siya. Ibinigay ni Armani lahat ng gusto niya, pera, magagarang kasuotan, mamahaling alahas, lahat nakuha niya dahil dito. Naging masaya si Adrianna, hindi dahil mahal niya ito kung 'di dahil sa yaman at karangyaang natatamasa niya. Ngunit sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana ng biglang mag-cross ang landas nila ni Mando at ang nakakabaliw pa, ipinakilala ito ni Armani bilang anak nito. Nagulo ang mundo niya. Sa pagbabalik ba ni Mando ay muling babalik ang nararamdaman niya rito o sa loob ng limang taon, natutunan niyang mahalin ang ama nito na si Armani? Ngunit paano kung tila ipinapaalala sa kaniya ni Mando ang pag-ibig na mayroon ito para sa kaniya? Kung paano niya ito minahal.

Setelah istriku mengalami keguguran. Menurut dokter, dia tidak akan bisa hamil lagi seumur hidupnya. Istriku menangis-nangis meminta maaf kepadaku, menyuruhku untuk melupakannya dan mencari wanita lain yang bisa memberiku anak. Aku memeluknya dengan hati pilu dan menegaskan padanya bahwa aku tidak peduli kami punya anak atau tidak. Saat aku memeluknya pula, dia tidak bisa melihat bahwa bibirku menyeringai. Obat aborsi tradisional yang aku beli dari desa rupanya benar-benar manjur dan bekerja lebih cepat dari dugaanku. Karena bayi yang dia kandung sama sekali bukan anakku.

Oria Juanda adalah dewi kampus polos yang terkenal di Universitas Zimbra karena kesuciannya yang memesona. Di hati sekian banyaknya mahasiswa pria, dia adalah cinta pertama yang tak tergapai. Sampai hari ini, forum kampus tiba-tiba membocorkan foto-foto pribadinya. Dalam semalam, reputasinya hancur, hak beasiswa pascasarjananya dicabut, bahkan saat berjalan di jalan pun ada orang yang menanyainya, "satu malam berapa harganya". Tapi ... hanya satu orang yang punya foto itu, yaitu pacarnya: Zerian Canadi! Semangat Oria hancur, dia berlari ingin menemui pria itu untuk meminta penjelasan. Namun tepat saat hendak mendorong pintu, terdengar suara sahabat Zerian dari dalam, "Kak Zerian, jurus kamu ini benar-benar kejam. Begitu foto-foto pribadi itu dirilis, reputasi Oria segera hancur, hak beasiswanya juga lenyap. Lihat nanti apa dia masih berani bersaing dengan Chelsea soal apa pun."

Back when I was 20, I supported a girlfriend. I paid for her education and even found the best doctors for her mother, who had cancer. The sweet, brilliant girl stayed with me for four years. However, my family went bankrupt after my parents died. I even injured my eyes and broke my legs. I watched her have a heart-to-heart talk with her childhood friend, tears in her eyes. I left without a word, and she never sought me out. Years later, I saw her again while picking up trash outside a hotel. She had become a wealthy CEO and was about to marry her childhood sweetheart. Her gaze at me was cold and indifferent. I bitterly asked, "Do you still hate me?" Yet, with tears streaming down her face, she replied, "Yes… I wish you were dead."

When seventeen-year-old Willow Hayes moves into the remote Thorne mansion with her mother's new husband, she expects awkwardness - not a supernatural war for survival. Her stepbrother, Kael Thorne, is the arrogant king of Crestwood High and heir to a secret werewolf Pack. But when their eyes meet, an ancient Mate Bond snaps into place, marking Willow as the one person who can prevent Kael from succumbing to the deadly Feral Shift - a state of uncontrolled rage that means death. The problem? Kael's father, Alpha Marcus Thorne, sees Willow's humanity as a fatal weakness that endangers the entire Pack. His rival, the brutal Darek Ironfang, sees her as the perfect weapon to destroy Kael's claim to leadership. And Sierra, Kael's scorned ex-girlfriend, will stop at nothing to expose their forbidden connection. Caught between werewolf politics and deadly Pack law, Willow must transform from invisible high school student to strategic mastermind. As Kael faces three brutal Trials to claim the Alpha title - the Blood Hunt, the Leadership Rite, and the Ritual of Dominance - Willow becomes his secret weapon: the Obsidian Anchor, using their psychic bond to control his Feral instincts from afar. But the bond demands a terrible price. Each time Willow stabilizes Kael's wolf, she risks fragmenting her own mind. When betrayal strikes from within and enemies attack from without, Willow must make an impossible choice: save herself, or save the wolf who has become her entire world. In a final, devastating confrontation, Kael faces the Feral Shift in front of the entire Pack. Only Willow's unprecedented psychic command - and her willingness to sacrifice everything - can pull him back from the brink. Together, they forge a revolutionary new law: the Alpha's power is incomplete without the Mate's wisdom.

My physics teacher held up my test paper with an 18-point score in front of all the students and parents and said, “Students like this are hopeless. I don’t even know how someone like this passed the high school entrance exam. “I didn’t think there was a way to cheat on the high school entrance exam, but it turns out there is. It gives people like this a chance to cheat.” He did not just insult my intelligence but also questioned my character and family. “Well, it’s not surprising. Only a junk-collecting family could raise a kid like this.” I curled up in my seat, too scared to say anything. But my stepmom could not stand it anymore. She smacked the chalk box off his desk, pointed at him, and yelled, “Who do you think you’re talking about?! “I send my kid to school and pay all the tuition and book fees! How did it turn into us being a junk-collecting family?! “You can’t even teach properly, and I haven’t called you out for it! Have you no shame?! You don’t deserve to be called a teacher! You’re just a piece of trash!” For some reason, she suddenly seemed imposing and heroic to me.

As Don Julian Vitale's woman, I've accompanied him every step of the way, from the streets all the way to the peak. It all starts because I don't like the way Julian's god-sister, Milena Santoro, uses so much force in dressing my wounds that I've dismissed her in favor of other people. The next day, my explicit photos are plastered all over the underground casino's chips. I clutch my abdomen, which still sports the stab wound I've blocked for Julian. As I search for him, I end up overhearing his subordinates' lewd laughter outside a private room. "Winona sure is hot, Don Vitale! Now that her body's printed all over the chips, our luck has tremendously increased as well!" "That's not it! Previously, Don Vitale rewarded me by letting me grope Winona's chest! Because of that, I was able to seal a business deal that's worth tens of millions of dollars!" "Then again, Don Vitale, won't Winona get into a fight with you for spreading her explicit photos like this?" Julian puffs out some smoke while toying with a casino chip with my crotch printed on it. "She's just a plaything whom Lady Luck favors. Without my protection, she's even lower than a mutt. Besides, she's nothing compared to Milena, and yet she has the gall to complain about how much force Milena uses in dressing her wounds?" As the crotch-imprinted chip is flung onto the table carelessly, I feel my heart dying once and for all.

A cosmic sentient species that called themselves "Deities" made the first contact with humans out of necessity. 100 Years later, humans have discovered fractures deep within space-time. Inside these fractures, undefined concepts redefine themselves, the rationale is irrational, life is an enigma, and time is tangled. Is it a realm of God or a sanctuary of Cthulhu? Humans call them "Akashic Glitch". A 16-year-old Cadet, Creed Gryffon at the bottom of the hierarchy, finds a forbidden artifact that might have the potential to disrupt the entire power balance.

Setelah sepuluh tahun terpisah, Hanson bertemu dengan Kiara, adiknya. Sosok manja itu sama sekali tak berubah, kecuali wajahnya yang semakin cantik dan tubuhnya yang sexy. “Kakak, temani aku tidur seperti dulu. Aku takut petir,” rengekan manja itu terngiang di telinganya. Apalagi saat melihat tubuh indah itu dalam balutan piyamanya, membuat hasratnya sebagai lelaki tergugah. “Kakak, jangan tunangan. Aku nggak suka kakak perhatian sama gadis lain. Aku mau perhatian kakak cuma buat aku.” Apakah Hanson bisa bertahan, atau justru keduanya akan jatuh ke dalam dosa.

Saras tidak pernah menyangka hidupnya akan berbalik arah begitu cepat. Dikhianati dan diceraikan saat mengandung, ia memilih menutup hati dan menjalani hari hanya bersama anak kecil yang menjadi dunianya. Hidupnya tenang, meski penuh luka yang tak terlihat. Luka masa lalu membuatnya menutup rapat pintu hati, terutama pada pria kaya yang selalu identik dengan kesombongan dan permainan kuasa. Hingga Dennis datang pengusaha dingin dengan rumah tangga di ambang kehancuran. Pria itu penuh luka, tapi kehadirannya perlahan menghangatkan ruang hati yang lama beku. Di antara keraguan dan trauma yang membelenggu, Saras harus memilih, tetap bertahan dengan dinding pertahanan yang ia bangun untuk melindungi dirinya dan anaknya, atau berani membuka hati pada Dennis, seorang pria yang terluka, namun mungkin bisa menghadirkan kebahagiaan baru.