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Setelah kematian kakakku, aku menandatangani pernikahan kontrak lima tahun dengan suaminya, Alexander Valendra yang adalah seorang mafia. Aku menjadi ibu tiri bagi keponakanku yang berusia lima tahun, Adriel Valendra. Di hari ulang tahunku, aku memakai kalung berlian milik kakakku yang sudah meninggal tanpa tahu apa maknanya. Saat acara makan malam keluarga, Adriel berjalan mendekat sambil membawa segelas anggur merah dan menyiramkannya ke wajahku. Anggur merah itu menetes di pipiku, aromanya yang tajam menusuk mataku dan mengotori gaunku yang putih. Dia menatapku, sorot matanya sedingin dan sekejam ayahnya. "Jangan pikir kamu bisa menggantikan ibuku hanya karena kamu sudah jadi bagian dari Keluarga Valendra," katanya sambil menyeringai. "Kamulah penyebab kematiannya." "Aku berharap kamulah yang mati. Jadi aku bisa menghancurkan batu nisanmu, dan bukan merayakan ulang tahun konyol ini." "Aku bersumpah, begitu aku dewasa nanti, hal pertama yang kulakukan adalah menenggelamkan kamu ke Sungai Mandira!" Kenangan itu menusuk setajam anggur tadi, dan yang bisa kurasakan hanyalah putus asa. Aku menatap anak yang sudah kuasuh selama lima tahun seperti anakku sendiri, dan rasa perih menusuk di dadaku. Aku dulu berpikir aku bisa sepenuhnya menyerahkan diriku untuk Keluarga Valendra, dan memenangkan hatinya dengan kasih sayang. Namun sekarang, aku hanya lelah dengan semuanya. Keluarga ini tak punya cinta, dan anak itu memandangku seperti musuh yang harus dihancurkan. Aku berhenti menipu diri sendiri. Sudah waktunya untuk melepaskan semuanya. Namun setelah aku pergi, Alexander dan Adriel kembali padaku, merayap seperti pecundang yang ketakutan, dan memohon ampun padaku.

Suamiku merekam proses kelahiran anakku, kemudian mengunggahnya ke situs porno. Video tersebut cepat menyebar, dan aku mendapatkan serangan siber. Orang tuaku menyewa pengacara untuk membantuku dalam kasus ini, tapi malah membuat masalah menjadi makin parah. Akhirnya, mereka mati terlindas mobil orang yang mereka tuntut. Aku bertahan dengan kondisi yang masih lemas pascamelahirkan, hanya untuk meminta keadilan bagi orang tuaku. Tapi suami dan ibu mertuaku malah bersekongkol. Mereka mengusirku keluar rumah saat tengah malam. Bahkan mereka memanggil sekumpulan orang yang lebih kejam dari binatang untuk menganiaya dan membunuhku saat diriku masih dalam masa pemulihan pascamelahirkan. Setelah aku mati, suamiku menolak melaporkan kejadian ini agar tidak dilakukan penyelidikan. Dia malah mengubur jasadku di sebuah gunung terpencil. Dia menguburkanku sambil mengomel, "Aku melakukan semua ini supaya kamu bisa hidup enak. Jangan salahkan aku kalau aku jadi kejam begini, itu karena kamu sendiri yang nggak menghargainya." Saat aku membuka mata, aku malah kembali ke hari saat aku baru saja melahirkan.

Aku dan adikku mengalami kecelakaan mobil. Jantungku robek, dan aku sangat membutuhkan operasi. Namun ibuku yang merupakan direktur rumah sakit justru memanggil semua dokter ke ruang perawatan adikku, untuk melakukan pemeriksaan seluruh tubuh padanya yang hanya mengalami sedikit lecet. Aku memohon pada Ibu untuk menyelamatkanku, tetapi dia malah dengan wajah tak sabar dan membentakku, "Kamu bisa nggak sih pilih waktu kalau mau cari perhatian? Kamu tahu nggak, adikmu hampir saja terluka kena tulang!" Akhirnya, aku mati di sebuah sudut yang tak terlihat seorang pun.

As I stepped out of my older brother's newly opened supermarket, the alarm suddenly rang. The sales assistant grimly reached out and grabbed me, "Miss, you haven't paid yet." I remembered that my buttons were made of metal, which triggered the alarm. After patiently explaining and easing the atmosphere, I said, "The owner of this supermarket is my older brother. He'll pay the bill." The sales assistant scoffed. "Your brother's the boss? Why not say he's your husband instead? You stole and refused to admit it. Pay up or I'll call the police immediately," she said and crumpled the receipt into a ball before throwing it at my face. I endured the humiliation and unfolded it. A baby pacifier for 100,000 dollars. Two packs of baby wet wipes for 200,000 dollars. Security personnel's hush fee, 300,000 dollars. All of the miscellaneous expenses added up to exactly one million dollars. I laughed in anger. "One million dollars? Why don't you just rob a bank? Go and get Chad Surrey. I want to see how I ended up with such a heartless brother." She rolled her eyes. "Don't pretend if you can't afford it, thief. Is Mr. Surrey someone you can see whenever you want?" When my parents came to help me, I said, "Only one of us exists in this family. It's either me or her."

Tiga hari setelah satu bulanan anakku, suamiku, Raka, mengatakan bahwa dia harus melakukan perjalanan dinas. Dia meninggalkanku, membuatku menjaga anak kami sendirian. Tiga hari kemudian, aku baru sampai rumah sakit dan melihat teman masa kecil suamiku yang bernama Indah mengunggah foto keluarga. Dia juga menambahkan tulisan di bawah foto yang dia unggah. "Foto liburan bahagia kami bertiga sekeluarga." Aku terkejut saat melihat Raka tersenyum lebar dalam foto itu, jadi aku menuliskan komentar tanda tanya. Dalam hitungan detik, Raka menelepon dengan nada menuduh. "Dia ibu tunggal, aku merasa kasihan karena nggak ada laki-laki yang menjaganya. Aku cuma nemenin dia foto saja, kenapa reaksimu berlebihan sekali?" Malamnya, Indah kembali memamerkan foto kalung emas. "Setelah mengambil foto keluarga, dia maksa ngasih aku kalung emas." Aku tahu bahwa Raka membeli ini agar Indah tidak marah. Namun, kali ini aku berniat meninggalkannya.

She ruined his life in four seconds. Now she has to pretend to love him. Reeve Callahan wanted one thing, her breakthrough story. What she got instead was a scandal that brought down Harlow University’s golden boy. Zane Ashford was everything she wasn’t supposed to touch. The star center, soon to be drafted, everything she can’t have. Until her article got him suspended. Now his career is hanging by a thread… and the only way to fix his image is a six-week reality dating show. There’s just one problem. His assigned partner? The girl who destroyed him. Zane wouldn’t forgive. Reeve can’t take it back. And under the glare of cameras, they have to fake stolen glances, staged kisses, and a love story the world will believe. But the more they pretend… the harder it is to tell what’s real. And when the truth behind that night starts to unravel, love might be the least dangerous thing between them.

When Edna Crossby ditches the marriage registration for the fifth time, I block her contact number and social media accounts on the spot. If she's in any of the social gatherings, I turn down the invitations right away. I'd rather take the long route than walk past the cafe Edna frequents. If she attends a team-building session, I take the day off without hesitation. Even when Edna shows up on my doorstep with gifts in hand on Christmas Eve, I pretend that I'm not home at all. I don't answer any calls from her. I don't respond to texts she sends me. Just like that, I completely fade away from Edna's world. In the past, Edna used to be the focus of my life. My emotions fluctuated all the time because of her. When Edna flakes out on me for the fifth time, I finally snap out of my lovesick stupor. I don't want to live life like this anymore. Rather than getting abandoned time and again, I might as well live my life on my own happily.

On the day I go to the car dealership to pick up my car, I'm told that the previous salesperson has resigned, so a different salesperson will attend to me. Yet the first thing the salesperson does is say that I paid too little for the car and demand that I pay more to make up the difference. "The other salesperson is truly an idiot. How could he sell a car for 300 thousand dollars in cash? It's no wonder he got chewed out and quit. If you want to take the car, you'll have to switch to a five-year loan with an interest rate of 12%." I'm rendered speechless as he blatantly tries to extort me. "I've already paid and signed the sales contract. You're breaching the contract!" The salesperson scoffs. "So what? The car is with us anyway. If you're not going to pay the difference, don't even think of taking the car with you!" I can't help but chuckle. I calmly pull my phone out of my suit pocket. "Walter, place Mr. Paul Roland's loan application on hold for now. He's earning big bucks for his business. It seems like he doesn't need it anymore."

My husband's first love jumped to her death due to depression and landed right on me as I was passing by. I was rendered unconscious on the spot and subsequently rushed to the ICU. However, my orthopedic surgeon husband stayed by his first love's side to comfort her over her minor scratches. He even refused to sign my Critical Care Notification. "Whoever joined her charade can get lost along with her! Come to me when she's really dead!" he said. It wasn't until he received a death certificate that he realized in horror—the deceased's information was identical to mine.

My boy friend Caleb Ford's childhood sweetheart, Julia Leclair, is losing her hair from chemotherapy. So, he orders me to cut mine off and make her a wig. "Julia's allergic to synthetic wigs. You've been growing your hair for ten years—it's perfect." I refuse, but his friends tie me down. Someone shaves my head to the scalp, buzzing through my thick, glossy hair until nothing's left but a butchered mess. Julia sits in her wheelchair and laughs, saying I look like a toad. Caleb smiles and nods in agreement. He adds with a chuckle, "It's just some hair. Was that really necessary?" But back when I was bullied for having uneven, choppy short hair for six straight years, it was he who stood in front of me. He had his arms spread wide as he shielded me from harm. Now he's the one wielding the blade. One by one, their little circle chimes in. They tell me not to hold a grudge against someone who's sick. Caleb snaps impatiently, "Stop trying to talk sense into her. She can get lost! Did you see that fit she threw over a few strands of hair? It's not like they won't grow back." I turn around and walk away. I never look back. Later, I hear that Caleb begs for my forgiveness by kneeling his way up 9000 steps until his knees are ruined.