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During lunch, an older female colleague asked me, "How old are you? Do you have a boyfriend? When are you planning to get married?" I shook my head. "Twenty-seven, no boyfriend, and no plans to get married." She was momentarily stunned. "What are you talking about? How can a woman not get married?" she asked. I smiled without responding. Realizing I wasn't joking, her expression darkened. "Did you work as a escort and get caught? Is that why no man wants you?"

When a predator becomes the prey… Alejandro Cortes was born into violence. As the heir to the infamous Cortes mafia family, he grew into something worse. Someone who bathes in the blood of his enemies yet with precision. A devil in a tailored suit feared across Italy. Ruthless. Untouchable. A man who ruled through blood and terror. Yet even devils have weaknesses. For Alejandro it was not his wife. It was his daughter. Nikolai Vassilliou built his empire differently. Not by any inheritance, but by hunger. By betrayal. By carving his name into the underworld through sheer brutality. Two monsters ruling two empires. Then one mistake changed everything. A hit meant for Alejandro’s wife ended with his daughter dead. Now Nikolai sits chained in a cold concrete cell. Broken, bleeding and at the mercy of a grieving father. The predator who once hunted… has finally become the prey. But revenge has a way of turning hatred into something far more dangerous.

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.

Saat tak sengaja berselancar di sosial media, Angga menemukan sebuah video yang membuatnya menyipitkan mata dan jantungnya berderak patah. Video pernikahan yang lewat di reel Instagramnya. Angga tak mengenali lelaki dalam video itu, tapi ia begitu mengenali jam tangan yang dipakai oleh lelaki di video itu. Jam tangan yang persis milik papanya. Apa memang benar itu papa Angga? Lalu, dengan siapa ia menikah? Padahal jelas wanita di video itu bukan mama Angga.

"Mari kita nikmati malam ini, Miley! Aku cuma mantan Papa tirimu." Miley terikat kontrak kerja seumur hidup sebagai sekretaris pribadi Aland- mantan papa tirinya. Miley tidak sadar jika sejak awal Aland sudah menyukainya, dan mencari cara untuk mendapatkan hati dan dirinya. Kunjungan kerja ke luar negeri menjadi awal kehangatannya dengan Aland, dan pada akhirnya Miley terjebak bara cinta Aland. Sekuat apa, seh pesona mantan papa tiri Miley? Ikuti kisahnya di Tertawan Pesona Mantan Papa Tiri. ***

Satu hari menjadi seorang istri, hari itu pula awal mula menjadi seorang janda. Hal itulah yang dirasakan oleh Indriana, putri tunggal dari seseorang yang sangat terpandang di kampungnya. Namun setelah sang Ayah meninggal dunia setelah Indri melakukan akad nikah secara dadakan dengan Andi, kekasihnya. Saat itulah kehidupan Indri berubah 180 derajat.  Sebuah pengkhianatan dan perselingkuhan terjadi di kehidupannya, dan menjadi momok menakutkan, yang membuat Indri tak lagi percaya dengan yang namanya cinta. Indri bertekad untuk melakukan pembalasan atas semua pengkhianatan yang berhasil membuatnya hancur. Akankah Indri akan kuat menghadapi semua ujian berat ini? Simak selengkapnya.

Scent witch, beautiful female assassin, or innocent tea shop owner? Mafia family's young master, terror vampire, or outstanding handsome genius? Gotha Edward Ethelbert and Coronis Emma meet on a snow-covered winter night in December, where the old tea shop has warm embers of a fire. He is a handsome genius with a cold and quiet personality who is a descendant of the illustrious Mafia family Gotha. She is a girl with a lively, innocent, and pure personality and a starlight smile. When fate brought them together, the genius Ethelbert discovered the hidden secrets behind Coronis's origin - a calculated assassin with a tragic past buried in the case of more than 15 years ago. A terrible fire destroyed the UVS orphanage. Even his true love is also not the real Coronis! More specifically, her always-hidden past is directly related to the Gotha family's bloody criminal scheme. His true background is also beginning to emerge. When everyone in the masquerade is wearing mysterious masks, Where will this love go?

Zona 21+ pembaca harap bijak dalam memilih bacaan. Kanya mengalami mimpi berulang yakni menusuk seorang pria yang tak dia kenal. Pria itu ada di dunia nyata, bahkan menjadi tetangganya. Kanya yang awalnya ingin menghindar Eros, malah terjebak hubungan asmara dengan pria itu, hingga tinggal dan tidur bersama setiap malam. Dia dikejar oleh psikopat dan mengira pria itu adalah Eros.

In a world where werewolves reign and family ties bind tighter than ever, Emmaline finds herself caught in a web of secrets, betrayal, and forbidden love. As the hidden daughter of the alpha, Emma has spent her life shrouded in darkness, overshadowed by her stepsister Natasha, the apple of her father's eye. Loathed by her own father for her inability to find a mate, he gives her a day to find a mate, or else she will be handed over to a sinister Alpha. Desperate, Emmaline ventures out into the pack, asking anyone willing to marry her. But when Emma's path crosses with a mysterious stranger, she discovers a shocking truth that changes everything: he's her mate. Thrown into a whirlwind of emotions and danger, Emma must navigate the waters between fulfilling her father's wishes. Emmaline had promised herself never to fall in love with this stranger, but he is determined to win the heart of our stone-hearted Emmaline. But will Emmaline be able to cope when she discovers her newfound mate is not just an werewolf, but a highly feared rogue Alpha? Faced with the choice, will Emmaline break her long-kept promise to avoid love, or will she embark on a tumultuous journey of love and adventure with a powerful Alpha by her side.

Emrys Jael Travieso stands as an independent woman propelled by the void left in her heart by parents who abandoned them since they were a kid. She got a scholarship from a prestigious school Azure Southridge College. Jael strives to prove herself, not realizing that her journey is about to intersect with a troublemaker named Percival Ross Alaric. As Jael delves deeper into Ross's troubled world, she discovers the wounds he conceals behind his carefree facade. Can she be the healing force he desperately needs mending the broken pieces of his soul? Or would she end up hurting herself?