Arti Shallow

"Zahid Group telah menyerahkan pembangunan The Zahid Heritage Towers kepada Naratama Group. Papa akan memberikan tanggung jawab proyek itu padamu, Karala… tapi dengan satu syarat." Karala Naratama tahu betul arti tawaran itu. Proyek bernilai fantastis tersebut adalah pembuktian bahwa ia lebih pantas menjadi pewaris Naratama Group dibanding abang tirinya. Dan seperti yang sudah Karala duga, harga yang harus dibayarnya tak pernah murah. Perjodohan. Bukan dengan Jeremy Zahid, CEO Zahid Group yang berstatus sudah menikah dan yang selama ini diam-diam menjadi kekasihnya melainkan dengan Damian Zahid, anak sulung keluarga Zahid sekaligus wakil menteri yang aktif. Di balik perjodohan, cinta yang terlarang dan kekuasaan, siapa yang akhirnya akan kalah oleh perasaan?

The stench of silver dust filled the air, and every breath seared my lungs. My broken body lay twisted among the jagged rocks of the abandoned silver mine, where even the strongest werewolf would feel their strength waning. Beside me, my mate’s first love, Sophia, whimpered softly. A shallow scrape marked her knee. The tunnel was collapsing. Only two people could pass through the exit at a time. Lucas did not hesitate to scoop Sophia in his arms and abandon me. His golden eyes, once filled with unwavering loyalty toward me, now burned with something colder—indifference. I reached out, my fingers trembling as they grasped the hem of his clothing. My voice was hoarse with despair. "Lucas… please… don't leave me here." “I am your mate. I’m carrying your pups.” He glanced at me with a clenched jaw and broke free, shoving me back onto the silver-laced ground. Agony burned through my veins, consuming my soul like fire. “Are you serious, Ava?! After pushing Sophia into this damn abyss and getting her injured, you still dare to compare with her.” “You know what?! You deserve to be left here and reflect on your mistakes!” With that, he vanished into the light, and the tunnel collapsed behind him. His words cut deeper than silver ever could, and the last thing I heard before darkness swallowed me was the sound of their retreating footsteps.

Sebastian Miller was my Alpha mate. Because I asked him to remove his Beta, Charlotte Lewis, from her position, we had a huge fight. After that, he shut me out completely. Three months later, he assumed I had realized my mistake and suggested that we go on a vacation to Highfeather Forest. The moment Charlotte found out, she exploded. She screamed at Sebastian, made a scene, and even threatened to leave the pack. To calm her down, Sebastian canceled our trip. He used a business deal as an excuse and gave the vacation spot to her instead. Afterward, he offered me a shallow explanation. “I’m the Alpha of this pack. The pack’s interests have to come first. As the Luna, you should understand that.” I looked at the post Charlotte shared on her feed. The two of them stood by the lake, close and intimate, like true mates enjoying a private getaway. I knew everything they had done, but I said nothing. I only nodded. Sebastian mistook my silence for understanding. He seemed pleased with me, even promised that one day he would make the trip up to me. What he did not know was that I had already signed the withdrawal agreement to leave the pack. I had also gone to a witch and obtained the potion to sever a mate bond. It was time for this to end.

I did everything against my beliefs in marriage. The day our worlds collided, I hated his guts. If you think a man who is striking—so damn good-looking, shallow, narcissistic, and extremely rich like Mykel Creed will ask the love of his life to marry him? You’re wrong. It was me who asked—a complete stranger, a hardworking independent woman who took a different path from the family business. Yet, right now, I’m marrying him for my inheritance. I blame myself for my self-defeating action. It doesn’t take long for me to realize my biggest mistake is marrying the right man for the wrong reason until my actions speak the loudest, and my heart starts to get a mind of its own. *** Not so long ago, my only priority was making billions with a little bit of fun along the way. Yet it only took Adley Kross a minute to make me agree to marry her—the woman who called me names. If you think I will laugh in her face, call her nuts, and show her the way out? You’re wrong. Well, I owed her, and now she comes to collect it, but that’s not the point—she had me at the first sway of her ass. I blame myself for being drawn to those sterling eyes and her gorgeous curves. But being with her seems to matter more than my money and being bound to her stupid terms.

The night I got into Cambridge University, we were supposed to celebrate. Instead, I ended up in Gilbert’s bed—my older brother from next door, the man I had secretly loved for years. The mafia kingpin of the Veronatri. We used protection. It didn’t matter. I still got pregnant. In my past life, I relied on our child to marry him as I wished, but I was also forever barred from Cambridge University. Gilbert cornered me on our wedding night, his breath shallow, eyes wild— “You drugged me, didn’t you?” “Admit it. There’s no other reason I would’ve wanted you like that.” “You’re shameless, Julian. You will never touch me again in this lifetime!” From then on, he used every means possible to humiliate me. He even secretly transplanted our daughter’s heart into his first love’s daughter. While he and his first love celebrated the success of the surgery, I clutched my daughter’s ashes and died on the way to the cemetery. When I opened my eyes again, I had been reborn to that night of utter absurdity. This time, I didn’t cry, I didn’t beg— I just walked away to Cambridge, and he went mad trying to find me.

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.

Sebuah perjalanan seorang pemuda tanpa ambisi dan hasrat bernama Razzara. Dia dan keempat temannya secara tidak sengaja ter teleportasi ke dunia fantasi dan sihir. Razzara dan teman-temannya harus bertahan hidup dan beradaptasi di dunia baru ini sembari mencari cara untuk dapat kembali ke dunia asalnya di Bumi, yang pada saat itu sedang mengalami krisis diinvasi oleh monster dari dunia lain. Selama perjalanannya, hidup Razzara mengalami perubahan, dia menemukan arti dari persahabatan dan cinta sejatinya. Namun semuanya tidak selalu berjalan mudah, Razzara harus dihadapkan dengan kenyataan dibalik kebenaran mengenai peristiwa dibalik teleportasinya dan hubungan masa lalu Razzara dengan dunia fantasi. Dia harus merasakan pahitnya penghianatan, kematian, konspirasi dan kekejaman di dunia fantasi, yang membuat persahabatan dan cintanya teruji.

“Kamu nyakitin aku dengan alasan kamu sakit hati? Kamu bener-bener jahat, Rayan.” Ucap Nayra sedih. Nayra, perempuan cantik dan beruntung. Hidup Nayra berjalan sesuai dengan arti namanya. Namun, semua berubah ketika usianya menginjak 25 tahun. Nayra diminta orang tuanya bertunangan dengan laki-laki tampan, anak dari sahabat baik mereka. Tapi siapa sangka jika laki-laki itu seseorang dari masa lalunya. Narayan Sadewa. Nasib baik ataukah buruk, kembali mempertemukannya Rayan? Cinta pertama Nayra yang sembilan tahun lalu harus berpisah karena suatu keadaan. Keadaan begitu berbeda sekarang. Laki-laki itu berubah menjadi sosok yang dingin, menyebalkan, dan skeptis. Haruskah Nayra bertahan dengan perjodohan ini atau memilih pergi bersama seseorang yang jelas mencintainya dengan tulus, yang selalu ada membersamainya dalam keadaan apapun, Noah?

“I know you’re pregnant, Valentina. That’s why you have to die tonight. Two lives for the price of one. Efficiency was always my strong suit.” On her third wedding anniversary, Valentina is gifted a shallow grave. Her husband, Kennedy, was never a billionaire. He was a fraud who drugged her, watched her drown in a poisoned bath, and buried her so he could marry his mistress. He never expected the gardener to hesitate. Never imagined she would claw her way out of the mud, pregnant, broken, and alive. And he certainly didn’t expect her to return. Dragged from the storm by Ian Kingston, a titan so powerful Kennedy is nothing more than a disposable employee, Valentina finds herself mistaken for Misha, Ian’s vanished wife. “You have 365 days to prove you aren’t her, little bird. Until then, you wear my name, share my bed, and follow my rules.” Trapped in a ruthless case of mistaken identity, Valentina signs the contract and becomes Misha Kingston, cold, untouchable, wrapped in emerald silk and Ian’s dangerous protection. The next time Kennedy sees the wife he buried, she isn’t in a coffin. She’s on his boss’s arm. Wearing a crown. Looking down at him from a throne he can never touch. But Valentina hides a child conceived by her enemy… While being claimed by a king who refuses to let her go. He buried a wife. Now he’ll kneel before a goddess.

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?