Arti Foolish

For eight years, I was the ghost in Lorenzo Valenti's empire. By day, I was his executive assistant, the engine of his criminal enterprise. By night, I was the most submissive bird in his gilded cage, and the nameless body in his bed. I loved him with a devotion that bordered on madness, a foolish flame I'd nurtured since I was a scholarship student pulled into his orbit. I believed my quiet love could one day melt the ice around his heart. I was wrong. The day his unforgettable first love, Isabella, returned, the man I knew vanished. The rare smiles once reserved for me were now all for her. My presence by his side was erased, replaced by hers. Even when she framed me, he believed her without hesitation. He chose her, again and again. I submitted my resignation. He signed it without looking. He thought I'd crawl back, broken and begging. He was wrong. While he was busy playing house with his "cuore mio", I was quietly packing away my life, preparing to vanish from his world forever.

Born to the leaders of a powerful coven, Elly was born with an important destiny. But when her parents are betrayed by their own coven they discover the great destiny that was in store for their beloved child is to be a sacrifice. Instead, they give their lives to keep her safe and entrust their only child with people they hope will protect her. Instead, they keep her hidden and use her for every drop of magic she can produce. Elly spends her life on the run and in hiding. Her magic tells her she needs to find someone or something. But what? When she runs out of places to hide she gets stuck between the family that has spent her life abusing her for her powers, the coven of witches that want to sacrifice her in order to attain power and enslave the creatures around them, and the creatures that want her dead to stop that from happening. After his father made a foolish deal with a coven of witches, Rowan was left to clean up the mess. They gave the pack the power to win a bloody war at the cost of the pack’s freedom and Rowan’s future mate. Now must find a way to free his people from being the witches’ slaves and save his future mate.

"Kai, please," Jenna tried one last time, grabbing at his arm. "Please don't hurt him. If you want to punish someone, it should be me." "Foolish girl." Kai laughed. "I AM punishing you." As he strode off in Jacob's direction, she could only watch helplessly. Starting at a new school halfway through the year isn't easy, but it's a lot worse when the only person you know is your evil stepbrother. He's sadistically cruel - the worst kind of bully - and he's determined to make Jenna suffer. When Jenna goes to school with him, she sees him bully a gorgeous guy called Jacob who she immediately has a crush on. In order to stop Kai from bully Jacob she agrees to do what he wants... She wishes she could stand up to him, the only problem is, she finds herself falling for him despite all his torture. Can she find a way to melt his cold heart, or will she be crushed by Kai or one of his numerous enemies before she can get the chance?

Sophia had it all: fortune, loving family, and a bright future. Because of her blind love for him, she was willing to throw everything away. Then her best friend Laura betrayed her, and her lover Daniel deceived her. Sophia saw her life being ruined, saw the loss of her family, her fortune, and, finally, her life. Lying on her deathbed, she acknowledged that she was foolish and wished she just had one more chance to set everything right. And thus, Kismet heard. Years in the past, Sophia wakes up and is given a second chance at re-writing her story. This time, she would not be so naive. With painful lessons of the past life, Sophia gets determined to shield her family, expose the people who betrayed her, and take revenge from those that ruined her. Playing the part of the innocent, trusting girl she once was, Sophia outsmarts Laura at her own game and also Daniel. As her revenge develops, there comes into view a new player-a figure mysterious, with secrets and motives all his own. Can Sophia trust him, or is he another piece in a larger game?

Rahayu, seorang wanita tangguh yang hidupnya penuh perjuangan, meninggal dunia akibat sebuah kecelakaan tragis. Saat membuka mata kembali, ia terbangun dalam tubuh seorang pria bernama Radit — seorang pengangguran dari keluarga miskin yang kehidupannya hancur akibat kesalahan besar di masa lalu. Radit adalah lelaki yang dulu memperkosa Velia Anindya Prameswari, wanita kaya raya, hingga pernikahan mereka terjadi tanpa cinta. Sejak hari itu, rumah tangga mereka dingin, penuh kebencian, dan tak berperasaan. Radit justru memanfaatkan kekayaan Velia untuk berfoya-foya, menelantarkan anak mereka Arkana yang baru berusia tiga tahun, dan melupakan ayahnya yang sakit serta keluarganya sendiri. Namun kini, jiwa Radit sudah tak lagi sama. Rahayu yang menempati tubuh itu menolak menjadi suami jahat dan ayah gagal seperti Radit. Ia bertekad menebus dosa-dosa yang pernah diperbuat tubuh ini. Dengan ketulusan, kerja keras, dan cinta yang tak pernah diberikan Radit sebelumnya, Rahayu perlahan mengubah segalanya: Ia mulai bekerja keras demi membuktikan diri, bukannya mengandalkan harta Velia. Ia belajar menjadi ayah bagi Arka, yang selama ini hanya mengenal dinginnya sosok ayah. Ia merangkul kembali keluarganya yang terluka karena ulah Radit. Ia mencoba merebut kembali kepercayaan Velia, meski hati wanita itu telah beku. Perjalanan ini tidak mudah. Masa lalu Radit yang kelam terus menghantuinya—teman-teman buruk, keluarga Velia yang memandang rendah, serta jejak luka yang terlalu dalam. Tetapi, setiap langkah kecil menuju perubahan perlahan mengikis kebencian, membuka ruang harapan, dan mengajarkan arti cinta sejati. Di balik semua itu, Rahayu menyadari bahwa kesempatan kedua yang diberikan padanya bukan untuk mengulang kehidupan, melainkan untuk menebus kesalahan orang lain dan menemukan arti hidup yang sesungguhnya. Apakah Velia mampu memaafkan? Apakah Arka bisa benar-benar memanggilnya “Ayah” dengan bangga? Dan bagaimana akhir dari rahasia transmigrasi ini ketika kebenarannya terbongkar?

I was Elena DeLuca, the orphan Lucian Vestri pulled out of a massacre. The night two mafia families turned the docks into a graveyard, my parents died taking bullets meant for him. He carried me out in his arms, brought me back to the Vestri estate, and kept me by his side ever since. For five years, he gave me everything. Protection. Privilege. A place no one else could touch. He made me the most untouchable woman in the city. So I was foolish enough to believe I meant something different to him. Then I told him I loved him. He gave me silence. And for the next three years, he gave me nothing else. Until the day he went to another family to formalize his engagement. His bride was Sofia Bellini. The woman who once watched me humiliate myself for him. That same day, another family placed a marriage alliance in front of me. This time, I did not cry. I did not beg. I lowered my eyes and said, calmly,"If my marriage can repay the Vestris and serve the family's interests, then I'm willing." The moment I was no longer his, Lucian went mad trying to make me stay.

Lyra Watson, seorang wanita kaya yang dikhianati oleh tunangan dan sahabatnya, menemukan dirinya terlempar ke tahun 2004, dua puluh tahun sebelum hidupnya hancur. Di masa lalu, dia harus beradaptasi dengan kehidupan remaja yang pernah dia jalani, namun dengan kebijaksanaan dan pengalaman pahit dari masa depannya. Dia bertemu William Hawkins, seorang pria yang berbeda dari apa yang dia bayangkan, dan jatuh cinta. Namun, rahasia keluarga yang kelam dan tipu daya tunangannya yang haus kekuasaan mengancam untuk menghancurkan harapan Lyra dan membawanya kembali ke takdir yang kelam. Dalam perjalanannya untuk memperbaiki masa depan, Lyra harus belajar menerima dirinya sendiri, mengatasi masa lalunya, dan menemukan kekuatan untuk menulis ulang takdirnya, termasuk menemukan arti cinta sejati.

On the road, I met a woman unlike anyone I had ever seen before. Her name was Janet Smith. She seemed slow and almost childlike, yet she had been wandering alone for two years without ever going home. Even with one leg crippled, she had forced herself to climb the Highveil Mountains. This time, however, she was caught in a blizzard. Injured and stranded, she could no longer make her way down. As her vision blurred and her strength slipped away, tears covered her face. She placed a pair of small handmade clay dolls in my hands. "I'm probably going to die here," she murmured. "Please give these to my adoptive brother, Chester Graham." She was clearly at death's door, yet her smile was soft and unexpectedly serene. "Tell him I've seen enough of the world. I don't love him anymore. And tell him he doesn't need to worry. I'm not so foolish now. I won't cause trouble for anyone again." Chester? At the sound of his name, I stood rooted to the spot. In Riverton City, everyone who worked at the harbor knew him, the so-called Ship King. Right before I left for the mountains, news of his engagement had been everywhere.

George Milton took me eight times in a single night. By the ninth, his hand gripped my waist, his voice rough with satisfaction as he rasped, "Baby, I want you to use that innocent-but-sexy look you've got to go seduce Jordan." My entire body went rigid. Then I found out—George's first love, Sarah Byrnes, had been ditched by Jordan Baker, leaving her heartbroken. He wanted me to take revenge for her, to make Jordan taste the agony of being abandoned by the one he loved. After my family had gone bankrupt, I was delivered straight to George's bed. Naively, I believed he treated me differently. After all, I had been the woman at his side the longest. But he only sneered. "The reason I keep you is because you look like Sarah. She's hurting. Now it's your turn to do your part. With reddened eyes, I agreed, swallowing every foolish hope I should never have harbored. Soon, I captured the aloof and untouchable Jordan's heart. And for the first time, George lost control. He wept as he begged, "Catelyn, I regret it. Come back to me, please?"

Three years of my loyalty. My body. My silence. My whole heart wrapped up and placed in hands that never deserved it. And the night I found out I was carrying his child — I found him in our bed with my best friend instead. He didn't beg. Didn't explain. He looked me in the eye and said I was never his first choice. Then he filed the rejection papers before I could finish crying. So I left. I buried Cora — the weak, devoted, foolish Luna who loved a man who saw her as a placeholder. Five years later, I'm someone else entirely. Someone with a life he could never have imagined for me. Someone with a son whose silver eyes are the only beautiful thing that man ever gave me without meaning to. Now his pack is dying. And I'm the only one who can save them. He's on his knees in front of me. The question isn't whether I'll help him. The question is — how much will it cost him first? Some women fall apart when they're broken. I rebuilt myself into something he'll never be able to bury again.