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Looking at the divorce papers my lips curled up into a mocking smile. ‘How big fool I am? How can I think that he will give a chance to this marriage? How can I forget that I was nothing more a tool in his eyes to vent his anger until his beloved Tara is back. Since, she was back, how can he let me stay there?’ “After you will sign these papers, you will receive 100 million dollars as alimony.” the lawyer added. Because of his words, I came back to my senses took the pen from him, and signed the name. After taking the papers from my hand, the lawyer gave me the bank card, turned around, and was about to leave when he paused at the door. He then turned around and added, “Mr. Carter said that he hoped that you won’t pester him, or you have to bear the consequences.” The lawyer's words were like a knife stabbing in my heart, but I still nodded. Anyway, I also don’t plan to have anything to do with him anymore. I just want to live a good life with my children. After the lawyer left, the ward fell into silence. I placed my hand on my belly and said to my children, “Baby, I am sorry, Mommy can’t give you a complete family! But I promise you, I will do my best to give the love of both mother and father.” ‘As for giving one of my child, I will never do that. They are my babies and my alone. I and I will give birth to all of them and raise them no matter what…’ Four Years Later... Anya came back to the country with her three kids, to inherit the company left by his grandfather...

“Sign those papers, or be ready to face my wrath.” Teddy, Jane’s husband, slammed her face with divorce papers on the day of their one year anniversary. “No I won’t. You can do whatever you want.” Jane, the heiress of the Lockwood empire had run away from home, due to an arranged marriage her family had prepared for her since birth. Due to a childhood trauma, she has promised herself never to get involved in any arranged marriage, no matter the consequences. She had thought that falling in love with someone who wasn’t her arranged partner was her best option. So, she left New York for Los Angeles, searching for true love. Due to a life and death situation, her path crossed with Teddy Wilson, who she asked to marry her with the condition of saving his childhood sweetheart, who was in coma, due to blood shortage. And with Jane having a matching blood with the patient, Teddy accepted her condition. On the day of their one year anniversary, Teddy slammed Jane with divorce papers after she was set up by his childhood sweetheart, Ava. Jane felt life was cruel to her, and wanted to end it all. She doesn’t have the face to go back home and face her family. When Jane was about to end her life, she was unexpectedly saved by a stranger, who was no other than her arranged partner, Leonard Bank, the well-known ruthless billionaire. Would Jane be able to accept her fate and marry her arranged partner, Leonard? Would Leonard make Jane’s life miserable for abandoning their engagement? Would Jane find the true love she always wanted? Will Jane accept Teddy back after all he did to her? Find out in this amazing book, “Broken To Finding Love.”

Kisah dimulai pada malam ulang tahun pernikahan keempat Annisa Larasati dan suaminya, Baskara Aditama. Dengan hati berbunga-bunga, Annisa datang ke restoran mewah tempat suaminya berjanji bertemu untuk merayakan hari spesial mereka. Namun, kebahagiaannya seketika hancur saat yang menemuinya bukanlah Baskara, melainkan pengacaranya, Johan Setyawan, yang menyodorkan surat gugatan cerai. Hancur dan bingung, Annisa menolak menandatangani surat itu sebelum berbicara langsung dengan Baskara. Setelah perdebatan sengit dan gertakan cerdas, Annisa berhasil memaksa sang pengacara untuk menelepon Baskara. Percakapan telepon itu menjadi pukulan telak baginya. Dengan nada dingin dan tanpa emosi, Baskara menegaskan alasan perceraian mereka: setelah empat tahun, Annisa gagal memberinya keturunan, yang merupakan tujuan utama dari pernikahan perjodohan mereka. Baskara kemudian menawarkan kompensasi finansial dalam jumlah besar, seolah-olah meremehkan pernikahan mereka sebagai transaksi bisnis belaka. Merasa terhina namun didorong oleh harga diri yang tersisa, Annisa menyetujui perceraian itu. Ia menandatangani surat tersebut dengan satu syarat: semua aset dan uang kompensasi yang diberikan Baskara harus dijual dan ditransfer ke rekening bank rahasianya di Swiss. Ia bersumpah bahwa Baskara tidak akan pernah mendapat kesempatan kedua jika suatu hari ia menyesal. Dengan hati yang hancur, Annisa meninggalkan restoran dan berjalan tanpa tujuan di tengah hujan deras hingga akhirnya pingsan karena kelelahan fisik dan emosional. Ia terbangun di unit gawat darurat sebuah rumah sakit. Saat mencoba mencerna kenyataan pahit bahwa ia kini telah resmi bercerai, dokter yang merawatnya datang membawa sebuah berita yang mengubah segalanya. Dalam sebuah ironi yang tragis, dokter tersebut memberitahunya, "Selamat, Ibu Annisa... Anda hamil."

My husband—one of the top elites of Raventon Street, cold and ruthless to his core—keeps a stray orphan girl he rescued from the slums hidden in an apartment. Rowena Fletcher is clean and fragile, like a newborn creature untouched by the world. And somehow, that innocence softens something in Micah Benson—a man who's spent years clawing his way through the brutal wilderness of capital. He thinks this secret game of his goes unnoticed, but I find out anyway. At the Benson family's charity gala, I smash his favorite antique vase in front of everyone. He doesn't even flinch as he simply signals the bodyguards to clean up the mess and then hands me a divorce agreement. "Sign it, Sabrina. The penthouse in Ashbourne City is yours." I burn the divorce agreement—and that's when he finally shows his true colors. He freezes all my accounts and launches a hostile takeover of my gallery. On the night the storm hits, I get a call from the hospital. My sister, Roberta Slater, has been in a car crash—she needs emergency surgery. In the security footage, he stood there, watching coldly. "Sign the papers, or start planning a funeral." I dropped to my knees and slammed my forehead against the floor, blood trailing down my face as I begged, "Micah, please… don't…" A long, flat beep echoed from the other end of the line, slicing through the sound of rain. Then a voice on the line says, "We did everything we could." However, I have gone back in time—to the day I first found out about Rowena. This time, I no longer cry. Instead, I plan my divorce on my own terms. I call Valebrook Bank that same night and begin preparing for a quiet disappearance. But the moment I truly vanish from his world, Micah loses his mind.

Blurb Labis na pinagsisisihan ni Sandy nang magkrus ang kanilang landas ni Dimitri Vinocencio. Ang lalaking inibig at nagpatibok ng kaniyang puso at maging ang lahat sa kaniya ay nagawa niyang isuko. Lihim silang nagpakasal. Subalit ang inakala 't masaya nilang simulan bilang mag-asawa na aabot hanggang sa dulo ng walang hanggan katulad sa kanilang simumpaang PAG-IBIG NA WAGAS, makalipas lamang pala ng tatlong taon ay MAGWAWAKAS. Siya na mismo ang sumuko. Matapos ipinamukha ni Dimitri sa kan'ya kung gaano pa nito ka-mahal ang ex-girlfriend at first love nitong si Lindsay na ngayo'y nagbabalik ay nakapag-desisiyon siya hiwalayan na ang asawa. Sa kaniyang pagbangon muli mula sa lusak matapos ang diborsyo. Sino ang mag-aakala? Na ang sikat na Jewelry designer na hindi nagpakilala sa publiko at ang matagal nang hinahanap ni Dimitri dahil sa natatatangi nitong mga obra ay walang iba kun 'di ay siya. Si Sandy Ariela ang nag-iisang Unica Hija ng nag-uumapaw sa karangyaan mula pamilya ng mga Delavin. Siya rin ang unknown magic fortune teller sa investment bank na ngayon ay hinabol ng halos lahat ng Business Tycoons mapansin lamang ang mga ito. Isa na roon si Dimitri na matagal nang naghihintay na muli silang magkita ng dating asawa na nawala noon na parang bula. Ngayon ay nakita na nito si Sandy ay hindi na niya ito pakakawalan pa na noon hay halos mabaliw siya kahahanap sa bawat araw na lumipas ay kabiguan lamang ang nakukuha. Magawa pa kaya ni Dimitri na mahuli ang sa nagyo 'y mailap na puso ng dating asawa na minsan ay naging kaniyang pagmamay-ari?

Isang mapagmahal at mabuting asawa si Dave Justin Alarcon at malapit na sana siyang maging ama nang sa hindi inaasahang pangyayare ay nabaril ang kanyang asawa sa isang bank robbery na ikinamatay nito. Nabiyudo ng maaga at nawalan ng direksyon ang buhay ni Dave. Isang dalagang guro si Leslie Hidalgo na nakatira sa maynila, Kinailangan niyang umuwe ng probinsya sa pakiusap ng mga magulang ng kanyang ina. Sa pagbalik niya ng probinsya ay nalaman niyang nagawa siyang ipagkasundo ng kanyang abuelo sa apo ng isang mayamang angkan sa kanilang lugar, na pinagkakautangan ng malaki ng kanyang lolo Arturo. Labag man sa kanyang kalooban ay pumayag na rin siya sa kasunduan dahil nakasalalay ang kanilang koprahan, ganoon na rin ang bahay at lupa ng lolo't lola niya. Ngunit nakita niya agad ang masamang ugali ng lalaking kanyang pakakasalan, kaya bago dumating ang araw ng engagement party ay tumakas na si Leslie at bumalik ng maynila. Pinagtagpo ng tadhana ang kanilang landas ng mabundol ng kotseng minamaneho ni Dave si Leslie ng dahil sa kalasingan. Naging kargo niya ang babae dahil nagpanggap itong nawalan ng ala-ala upang mapagtaguan ang lalaking pakakasalan. Naawa ang ina ni Dave sa babae kaya kinupkop ito at inalagaan. Sa paglipas ng mga araw ay nahulog ang loob ni Dave sa babae ngunit pilit namang pinaglabanan nito ang nararamdaman. Paano kung malaman niya na ang babaeng kinupkop nila ay ikakasal na pala sa iba? May patutunguhan pa kaya ang nararamdaman ni Dave para sa dalagang tumakas sa napagkasunduang kasal? Ano kaya ang magiging reaksyon ni Dave kung mabatid niya na nagpapanggap lang na may amnesia ang babaeng muling nakapagpaibig sa kanya?

Si Anna Marie Lacuesta, ulilang lubos, panganay, bread winner, at tumatayong nanay at tatay sa kanyang tatlong kapatid. Isa isang bank teller ngunit napilitang magresign upang maging secretary ng isang masungit na CEO ng Eduardo’s Corporation na si Ezekiel Eduardo. Nag-iisang anak ngunit may tatlong pinsan at kabilang dito ang girlfriend ng ex-boyfriend niyang si Yael, ang kasintahan niya ng apat na taon at iniwan siya dahil sa obligasiyon niya sa mga kapatid. Dahil dito ay mas naging strikto at mas naging masungit sa kanya si Ezekiel dahil sap ag-aakalang may pagtingin pa siya sa boyfriend ng pinakamamahal nitong pinsan. Dahil doble ang kinikita niya sa pagiging secretary niya at iyon ang kailangan niya upang matustusan ang pag-aaral at iba pang pangangailangan nilang magkakapatid ay tinitiis niya ang sobrang kasungitan ng kanyang boss. Hanggang sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay may nangyari sa kanila ni Ezekiel at halos mawalan ng kulay ang kanyang mukha ng magbigay ito ng blankong tseke. Aniya ay bayad daw ng kanyang sebisyo at kung hindi daw niya kukunin ay iisipin nitong may plano sa kanya ang dalaga dahil wala naman daw libre sa mundong ito. Sa inis ay napilitan niyang kinuha ang ibinigay nitong tseke, isa pa ayaw niyang mawalan ng trabaho kaya pikit mata laman niyang tinanggap kahit napakababa ang pagtingin nito sa kanya. Hindi lamang kasi iisang beses na mayroong nangyari sa kanila at hindi rin lang iisa o dadalawa ang tsekeng natanggap niya. Inalok pa siya ng malaking halaga upang layuan daw niya ang kasintahan ng pinsan nito ngunit ang pinakaworst ay ang bilhin nito ang kanyang puso, isip at kaluluwa. Unti unti ay napapamahal siya sa binata ngunit paano niya mababago ang napakababang pagtingin nito sa kanya?

From my earliest memories, my entire family is cold and distant toward me. When my parents look at my younger sister, Claire Lloyd, their eyes fill with warmth and joy. Yet, when they turn to me, only disgust remains. Claire's life is filled with applause and excessive love, while mine is filled with disdain and suffering. When the explosion erupts at the street corner, I save the stranger beside me. Later, I learn he is Byron Whitmore, a mafia family's Don. He begins pursuing me after I rescue him. Later, I quit my job and move to a new place, but he finds me and proposes in 100 different ways. "Why me?" I ask countless times. "Because it's you," he always answers. The wedding causes a sensation throughout the city. I truly seem to have transformed from an ugly duckling into a swan. That is, until I'm five months pregnant, when Claire needs a transfusion of rare Rh-negative blood after a car accident. The blood bank has a shortage. Because of that, my parents knock me unconscious and send me to the hospital. In my daze, the blood extraction machine hums continuously. As two thousand milliliters of blood leave my body, I see Byron. Tears well up in my eyes. I begin thinking he's here to save me. Instead, I hear him say, "We can't take any more. Sharon and the baby will die." "But Claire has lost too much blood. She'll die, too..." My mother pleads. "No one wants Claire safe more than I do." Byron's voice is thick with pain. "She's my first love. I've never forgotten her. I only married Sharon because her face looks so much like Claire's. "But I can't trade her life for Claire's. Trust me—I'll find another way." So, that's his reason for marrying me. The blood extraction machine continues running, but my heart has already stopped beating. The affection I see in his eyes has never been for me. He's always looking through me at someone else. Everyone in the world loves Claire, and Byron is not the exception that I foolishly believe him to be. That grand wedding is nothing but an ugly duckling's self-deceiving fantasy.

My family hates me for causing my brother's death. From then on, I become a child no one loves. Meanwhile, my cousin, Evelyn Green, who looks like my brother, becomes the apple of my parents' eyes. From the age of ten to 18, my days are a cycle of beatings and forced apologies. On my 18th birthday, Evelyn wears a gorgeous gown and basks in everyone's adoration, while I'm shoved around in a maid's uniform and hit like I'm not even human. In my darkest moment, Morgan Oakley, the mafia boss, saves me. He takes me home, and step by step, wins his way into my heart. Because of him, I learn what love can feel like. He treats me like a treasure and promises me forever. However, on the day we're supposed to register our marriage, he keeps me waiting for a whole day and night. He never shows up. As I'm about to leave, my phone starts buzzing. A text from Morgan pops up. "Jasmine, I'm sorry. I ran into an enemy and couldn't make it to the city hall. A storm's coming, so make sure you get home quick!" My heart clenches in panic. I'm about to text back and ask if he's okay when Evelyn's message comes right after his. "Jasmine, I'm the one he loves. He skipped marrying you today because of me. You must be devastated, right?" Then, she sends a video. In it, Morgan holds her gently, his voice soft as he comforts her. "Evie, don't cry. You once saved my life, so I'll do anything for you. If you don't want me to marry Jasmine, then I won't. I love you. I only took her in so I could keep her close. That way, she'd be right there when you needed blood." My parents were off to the side. They chimed in tenderly, "Don't cry, Evie. Morgan loves you. He only pursued Jasmine because of your condition. You have a coagulation disorder and need transfusions of Rh-negative blood whenever you get hurt." I stagger back when I hear that, dropping my phone to the ground. So, Morgan's sudden passion is laced with poison. He only pretends to love me just so he can turn me into Evelyn's walking blood bank! Everyone goes to so much trouble to hide the truth from me just so Evelyn doesn't need to suffer from her condition! Rain mixes with my tears as they slide down my face. I stare at my phone on the pavement as bitterness floods me. A thought forms—I want to leave them forever. I want to disappear so they'll never find me again.