Bai Fang Wen

À dix-huit ans, Elena Conti croyait vivre un conte de fées. Héritière d’une puissante famille italienne déchue, elle tombe éperdument amoureuse de Matteo De Santis, le fils unique d’un homme redouté et intouchable. Leur mariage, précipité mais passionné, est en réalité encouragé par le père d’Elena, ruiné par ses dettes, prêt à tout pour sauver ce qu’il reste de leur fortune. Pendant sept ans, Elena se donne entièrement à Matteo, fermant les yeux sur son indifférence, ses humiliations silencieuses et ses absences répétées. Mais le jour de leur anniversaire de mariage, sa vie bascule : elle le découvre en train de la tromper. Brisée, elle prend une décision radicale et met fin à sa grossesse. Alors que tout semble perdu, un homme surgit dans sa vie : Vittorio De Santis, le père de Matteo. Chef de la mafia, magnat impitoyable, il lui propose de sauver sa mère et d’effacer ses dettes… à une seule condition : qu’elle devienne sa femme. Ce qu’Elena ignore, c’est que cette proposition n’est pas un hasard. Pris au piège entre un mari infidèle et un homme puissant qui la réclame corps et âme, Elena doit naviguer dans un monde où désir, pouvoir et vengeance s’entremêlent dangereusement. Car Vittorio ne fait pas d’amour : il possède. Mais Elena pourrait bien être la seule à faire vaciller cet homme impitoyable.

To encourage overall development, the kindergarten had asked each student to create a hand-drawn poster. My daughter Holly refused my help and insisted on doing it all on her own. Little did I know, most of the other children had their parents do the artwork for them. In comparison, Holly's delicate strokes were quickly dismissed. Not only was her work discarded into the trash, but her teacher also called her out in the parent group, criticizing her for being careless with the assignment. As I racked my brain trying to figure out how to help Holly regain her confidence in drawing, I was surprised to see Holly's artwork among the winning entries in the state-level children's art competition. But the signature wasn't hers—it belonged to another student from her class.

“After drinking the potion, your wolf scent will be completely altered and your mate bond will be broken. Are you sure you want to do this?” The witch looked at me in surprise. "I'm sure." I nodded calmly and drank the potion without hesitation. My Alpha mate, Lucas, marked me three years ago but never held a formal mating ceremony because he spent three years designing a wedding dress for me himself. That was until a week before the ceremony, when I watched Lucas with my own eyes as he draped that Luna gown over my sister, Seraphina—who had been missing for three years. Even my beloved Beta twin brothers, who doted on me the most, were gathered around Seraphina. Seraphina and I were twin sisters. I had a crush on Lucas for ten years, but I knew Lucas had always loved her. However, three years ago, when the pack was on the verge of extinction after an attack by rogue wolves, Seraphina ran away, abandoning everyone. When everyone was in despair, I fought with all my might to protect everyone until Lucas and my brothers returned. I almost died in that battle. Lucas, trembling, held my hand and asked if I would be his mate. He said I had saved the entire pack, that I was the bravest she-wolf. My brothers also swore that Seraphina, that coward, had been banished from the family. They said that from now on, I was their only sister. Until two days ago, when Seraphina returned. She claimed that she didn't run away but left to lure away a more vicious pack of rogues. She said she had been poisoned with silver toxicity during the fight and only had a month to live. Lucas and my brothers believed her without hesitation. To make up for the three years they "owed" her, and to fulfill Seraphina's "dying wish," they decided—to give my Mating Ceremony to her. After drinking the potion, I sent a message to the Alpha King of the Northern Territory: I am willing to join the Northern Territory. Help me stage a fake death in a week.

Salah satu tujuan dari pernikahan adalah memiliki keturunan. Keluarga yang sudah memiliki keturunan, membuat hidup mereka lebih berwarna. Jika kebanyakan pasangan akan berbahagia dan menyambut kelahiran anak pertama mereka dengan suka cita. Namun berbeda dengan Dito, suami Indah. Suami Indah justru melihat kelahiran bayi perempuannya sebagai nasib buruk yang hadir. Bagi Dito anak laki-laki adalah kebanggaan. Sedangkan anak perempuan adalah beban. Kelahiran bayi cantik yang tidak diharapkan suaminya menjadi pemicu karamnya pernikahan suci mereka. Semua penghinaan, caci maki dan hujatan, Indah terima di hari kelahiran bayinya sebagai hadiah dari Dito. Bahkan disaat luka operasinya masih basah, Indah di hadapkan dengan seorang wanita yang dibawa oleh suaminya untuk menjadi madunya. Tak ada seorang pun yang dapat menggambarkan rasa sakit yang ia rasakan. Hingga akhirnya Indah memilih untuk menjanda dari pada berbagi. Berbagi cinta, tapi hanya dirinya seorang diri yang menderita. Rintangan apa yang akan dilalui Indah untuk membesarkan putrinya? Sanggupkah, Indah membuat suaminya menyesal karena telah menyakitinya luar dalam?

Sikap Wei benar-benar berubah setelah menikah. Ara telah berusaha sebaik mungkin untuk menjadi istri yang baik dan mempertahankan rumah tangganya tapi Wei tetap dengan sikap dingin dan tidak pedulinya. Di hari ulang tahun pernikahan mereka yang ke dua, Ara kembali menyiapkan makan malam romantis bagi keduanya. Namun, seperti tahun sebelumnya, Wei tidak kembali ke rumah dan mengabaikan panggilan telepon dari Ara. Wei lebih memilih untuk pergi ke jamuan makan malam dengan Rina, sekretarisnya. Hati Ara terguncang ketika melihat foto Wei dan sekretaris nya yang begitu serasi di sebuah berita online yang ada di ponselnya.

Three days after my boyfriend’s adopted sister died a tragic death, I clutched a so-called "hush money" check in my hand and became an accomplice in everyone’s eyes. My boyfriend once knelt in the pouring rain to beg me, and his sister’s five-year-old daughter cried and begged me to testify, but I refused them both. Ten years later, when I was dying of cancer, my boyfriend had become a billionaire. The first thing he did upon returning to the country was to forcibly extract my memories, even though I would suffer endless pain. "Elara, you vain, heartless monster! Lily and I must have been blind to ever treat you like family!" "Lily has been dead for ten years, and you’ve been walking free with that dirty money the whole time!" "Today, I’m going to find out exactly who paid you off—the person you protected just for money!" My boyfriend held a press conference to publicly crucify me for my crimes. But after seeing the whole truth, he went completely insane.

Tak ada perselingkuhan yang layak dimaafkan. Tak semua orang juga mampu memberikan kesempatan kedua. Lydia memang menikahi Alan karena dijodohkan oleh orang tuanya. Namun, ia tak menyangka bila Alan adalah seorang lelaki yang tak cukup dengan satu atau dua wanita. Saat Lydia mulai mengabaikan sang suami. Apakah pria itu akan menyesal atau justru ia akan bahagia karena akhirnya merasa bebas...?

In my fifth year of marriage to Dominic, I'd become the woman all of Chicago knew as the crazy one — the mental case. Jealousy gnawed at me constantly, and my temper frayed easily, my emotions sharp and unsteady, unravelling more with each passing day. So it only made sense when he slid a divorce agreement across the table. "Vivian's pregnant. A Harrington heir can't be born illegitimate, and Mrs. Harrington can't be a lunatic." "Once she's had the baby, I’ll marry you again, and you'll still be Mrs. Harrington." I was forced to sign my name, then locked away in a private sanatorium a hundred miles from the city. The first year, I waited with desperate hope for him to come take me home. Instead, he handed me an ultrasound report. "Twins — a boy and a girl. Vivian's pregnant again. Just wait a little longer." The second year, he had electric fencing installed around the sanatorium grounds. "Harrington Corp is going public. We can't afford any slip-ups right now." By the fifth year, he simply called to tell me to wait one more year. He must have expected me to scream and lose control the way I always did. But this time, I just nodded calmly. "Alright. However long it takes." After all. I didn't have much time left anyway.

Aku mengetahui bahwa aku hamil pada waktu yang sama dengan Rosa, kekasih masa kecil suamiku yang seorang mafia. Demi melindungi bayi Rosa agar tidak digugurkan oleh orang tuanya, suamiku mengakui bayi itu sebagai anaknya. Lalu bayiku? Dia membujukku dengan janji bahwa dia akan mengakuinya setelah bayi Rosa lahir. Aku menantangnya dan menuntut penjelasan mengapa dia tega melakukan hal itu kepadaku. Jawabannya dingin dan tak tergoyahkan. "Mengakui bayi Rosa sebagai anakku adalah satu-satunya cara untuk melindungi mereka berdua. Aku nggak akan membiarkan sesuatu terjadi pada dia atau anak itu." Saat itu, ketika aku menatap pria yang telah kucintai selama sepuluh tahun, aku menyadari bahwa cintaku padanya telah mati. Tak lama kemudian, keluargaku mengutukku dan menyebutku perempuan jalang karena mengandung anak tanpa ayah dan memaksaku untuk menggugurkannya. Sementara itu, suamiku berada di kota lain, mendampingi kekasihnya menjalani masa kehamilan. Ketika dia kembali, aku sudah pergi.

I'm a member of a top-secret research unit. As per my superior's request, I am to deliver a file to Celeste Judd, my older sister. The moment I step into my sister's office, an intern, Ethan Irwin, quickly moves to stand in my way. "Are you the new assistant?" He eyes me up and down, finally noticing the document envelope in my hand. Then, he chortles loudly. "It's your first day on the job, and yet you're already trying to suck up to Ms. Judd! Why don't you take a look in the mirror and see how pathetic you are?" Only then do I realize that Ethan has mistaken me as a love rival. But the thing is, Celeste has never told me that she has a boyfriend. I'm about to explain the truth to Ethan when I feel his fist colliding with my face. "I'm the only assistant Ms. Judd needs! You can forget about being her boyfriend!" Ethan yanks me by the hair as he dumps scalding hot water onto my face. "To think that you're already planning on becoming a sugar baby and seducing rich women at such a young age! I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents!" I can only curl into a small ball on the floor. Stubbornly, I use my body to protect the document envelope. My actions infuriate Ethan to no end. He snatches the file away before ripping it into pieces in front of the entire company. He even says fawningly to Celeste, "Ms. Judd, your new assistant sure is a bold one for trying to seduce you! But don't worry, for I've already taught him a lesson!"