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I’d just wrapped up a short trip with my daughter, Elara. On the way back, I figured I’d swing by the Hale, our family’s casino, to check in on my son, Cassian. Maybe grab dinner together. I didn’t expect to be mistaken for his latest fling. Correction: not mistaken—accused. Violently. “You think you can just waltz in here like some queen?” she hissed. “I’m the woman Cassian loves! What kind of whore are you? And is this your bastard daughter with him?” She locked us in the basement. No phone. No light. Just concrete walls and the stench of mildew and madness. Then came the fists. She slapped me across the face—again and again—until my skin stung and my ears rang. When that didn’t satisfy her, she pulled a gun and aimed low. The bullet tore through my knee. I bit back a scream, shielding Elara with my body. “You need to die, whore,” she spat. One of her men hesitated, “We should at least tell Mr. Hale first. If we are going to kill these two in his casino.” Lila of course said no. But that man brought Cassian anyway. My son stepped into this dark little room like it was any other Tuesday—until he saw me. His whole body went still. The blood drained from his face. And then, in the smallest, most broken voice I’d ever heard from him, he whispered, “Mom? What are you doing in my basement?”

Kisah seseorang yang gangster Jepang yang memiliki kisah kelam di masa lalu, yang ingin berjuang mencari fakta dan balas dendam terhadap seseorang yang membuat hidupnya berantakan hingga saat ini

“Kapan pulang, Mas?” “Apa aku harus menjawab pertanyaanmu itu??” Kalau boleh memilih takdir, aku ingin hidup sederhana saja asalkan setiap hari bisa bertemu dengan suami. Namun, penyesalan memang selalu datang terlambat. Mas Ares tidak akan pernah bisa pulang karena aku bukanlah rumahnya.

Raka terpaksa menikahi Sarah setelah sebuah kecelakaan yang menyebabkan kematian ayah Sarah dan membuat gadis itu harus hidup dengan tongkat. Meskipun bersikap dingin dan acuh tak acuh, Raka menjalani hari-harinya dengan Sarah yang diam-diam menanggung beban kesedihan dalam kesunyian. Ketika Nadia yang merupakan cinta lama Raka kembali hadir, hubungan mereka yang sudah rapuh semakin terancam. Raka mulai dihadapkan pada dilema antara cinta masa lalunya dan tanggung jawab pada Sarah. Namun, Sarah mulai lelah bertahan. Cintanya pada Raka diuji oleh pengabaian, penghinaan, dan rasa sakit yang tak pernah berhenti. Sarah harus memilih, tetap bertahan dalam pernikahan tanpa cinta, atau melepaskan diri dari penderitaan yang terus mencekik. Di sisi lain, Raka mulai merasakan penyesalan yang mendalam ketika semuanya tampak sudah terlambat. Namun, penyesalan tak selalu datang dengan kesempatan kedua. Apakah Raka akan mampu memperbaiki semuanya sebelum Sarah benar-benar pergi? Atau penyesalan yang terlambat hanya akan menyisakan luka tak tersembuhkan?

Amanda's return to the country was greeted by sad news. She lost her beloved sister. The grave was still wet, but her papa urged her to get married. Not with the man she loved. However, with a widower who was none other than her late sister's husband. She wanted to ask for his blessing to marry her lover, but the situation made things complicated. Amanda never expected to be presented with such a surprising request. Marry a former brother-in-law and become a birth mother to a month-old baby girl? It was both ridiculous and sad considering their ages. But how could she refuse? "Everywhere there is a sugar baby or sugar daddy, while I'm a sugar mommy. Radit is too young to be my husband. This is crazy!"

Kembalinya Amanda ke tanah air disambut oleh berita duka. Dia kehilangan sang adik yang begitu disayangi. Tanah kuburan masih basah, tetapi sang papa malah mendesaknya untuk segera menikah. Bukan dengan pria yang ia cintai. Namun, dengan seorang duda yang tak lain adalah suami mendiang adiknya sendiri. Maksud hati ingin meminta restu untuk menikah dengan sang kekasih, tetapi situasi malah membuat semua menjadi rumit. Sungguh Amanda tidak pernah menyangka jika disuguhkan permintaan yang mengejutkan tersebut. Menikahi mantan adik ipar dan menjadi ibu sambung untuk bayi perempuan usia sebulan? Sangat menggelikan sekaligus miris karena mengingat umur mereka yang terpaut cukup jauh. Namun, bagaimana caranya dia menolak? “Di mana-mana yang ada sugar baby atau sugar daddy, sedangkan aku? Masa’ iya jadi sugar mommy. Radit terlalu muda untuk jadi suamiku. Ini gila!!”

Serena tak menyangka bahwa hotel tempatnya bekerja merupakan salah satu milik keluarga sang mantan, Adibara. Kepulangan Adibara dari London malah menjadi takdir pertemuan mereka kembali. Maksud hati ingin menjauh, Serena malah semakin terjebak dalam situasi yang pelik hingga memaksanya untuk hidup tak jauh dari Adibara. Hingga kehadiran kakak lelaki Adibara membuat hubungan mereka semakin keruh. Dendam di hati Adibara pun memuncak hingga bertekad untuk menunaikannya tanpa pikir panjang lagi. Apa yang terjadi pada kehidupan Serena selanjutnya? Akankah sang mantan yang masih mencintainya menerima kekurangan gadis itu? Atau adakah sosok lain yang memang ditakdirkan Tuhan untuk menjadi jodohnya?

Everyone in the Wandering Wolf Gang knew that Ash Blackwood loved me desperately and feared my disappearance most. To give me a sense of security, he drank a loyalty potion in front of me. He said that this magic potion would ensure that he would only desire me, get an erection for me alone, and that he would always report his whereabouts through our mate bond, even when he was on a dangerous mission. I worried about him, hiding my identity as the pack's tactical commander, I was worried that he would feel inferior, so I hid my own abilities and did not want him or the gang members to think that he had risen to power through my short-term precognitive abilities. Yet after a mission, I overheard pack members joking: "Alpha rushed so eagerly to meet Scarlett after taking the antidote, was she that amazing?" So after today’s battle, I quietly kept my mind link with Ash's group, and blocked his perception. In an unmuted mind-link, Ash's thoughts were filled with dirty desires and lascivious content, "Little slut, last time we went through seven vials of enhancement elixir, what do you think?" My heart turned to ice. In despair, I called upon the Moon Goddess: [I wish to leave this world.] The Goddess's ethereal voice echoed in my mind. [Once you leave, all traces of you will be erased from this realm.] [I know, please go ahead.] [Countdown begins: seven days.]

I’d been dead a month before my family even noticed. It wasn’t concern that brought them to that realization. It was my silence after the so-called “dinner” with Adam Rossi, the infamous mafia boss. My father scoffed like always,“She probably shacked up with that bastard. Too busy spreading her legs to pick up the damn phone.” My sister texted me a photo of them smiling under the Christmas tree, ornaments twinkling like nothing was wrong. Bitch, she wrote. You better talk Mr. Rossi into working with Dad, or you might as well be dead already. And my mother—once the softer one—was now colder than the frost on their windows. “I told you, we should’ve sent Gia to charm Mr. Rossi. Serena always screws things up.” They didn’t think I would die. Not until they found my body—broken, rotten, and forgotten—in Adam Rossi’s basement.

After being diagnosed by a doctor that she got MRKH syndrome, the content of which is not getting pregnant and bearing a baby, Serena Queen Adhisty is going to be frustrated. She decided to go away from Barra, her boyfriend. And eleven years later destiny made Serena and Barra meet in the same company. She was shocked and did not know that her ex-boyfriend was the general manager there. Serena wants to move from the company. Unfortunately, she is trapped by Barra.