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Ang first love ng asawa ko ay nag-post ng isang video sa kanyang social media. Sa video, nagpapasa silang dalawa ng playing card gamit ang kanilang mga labi. Nang mahulog ang card ay nagtagpo ang kanilang mga labi sa isang halik. Hindi sila huminto—parang nawala sa sandaling iyon, mapusok silang naghalikan sa loob ng isang minuto. Ang caption niya: [Still the same clumsy piggy! PS: Ang mga skills ni Steve ay kasing galing tulad ng dati!] Tahimik kong ni-like ang post at nag-iwan ng komento: [Congrats.] Sa sumunod na segundo, tumawag ang asawa ko, galit na galit na sumigaw, "Walang ibang babaeng kasing drama mo! Nakipaglaro lang ako kay Lanie. Bakit naman ummakto ka na parang baliw?" Noon ko napagtanto na ang pitong taon ng pag-ibig ay walang kahulugan. Oras na para umalis ako.

"Bun, ini foto Ayah kan?" Pertanyaan polos putra sulung Hannan membuatnya penasaran dan segera membuka beberapa pesan yang masuk di ponselnya melalui applikasi WhatsApp. Hannan terkejut ketika membuka deretan foto dan video yang dikirim oleh nomor tak dikenalnya itu. Semua foto dan video itu menampakkan suaminya dari berbagai sisi memakai pakaian pengantin serba putih sedang melaksanakan prosesi pernikahan dengan seorang gadis yang mengenakan kebaya putih di sampingnya. Buru-buru Hannan menghubungi nomor Bang Randy, suaminya, yang memang sedang bertugas di Pulau ujung timur Indonesia. [Ini Abang, kan?] [Aku menunggu penjelasan Abang!] Bagaimana kisah perjalanan rumah tangga Maysa Hannan yang diwarnai dengan perselingkuhan suaminya, Randy Maulana? Akankah Hannan bertahan atau justru melepas? Siapa sosok dari masa lalu yang kemudian datang kembali dalam kehidupan Hannan setelah pengkhianatan suaminya? Simak lika-liku kehidupannya dalam novel IZINKAN AKU MENDUA.

Elang terkejut saat Mamanya sering mengirim video mengenai istrinya yang sering keluyuran, padahal Miya selalu bersikap polos dan seolah tidak terjadi apapun. Elang sempat memergoki Miya tidak ada di rumah ketika dia pulang bekerja, lagi-lagi istrinya itu keluyuran. Sebenarnya apa yang dilakukan Miya di luar sana? Apa benar jika dia melakukan pekerjaan haram?

I am Alpha Bruce’s fated mate. But for eight years, I’ve been his dirty little secret, hiding in plain sight as his Beta. When I saw him preparing the grounds for the Luna ceremony, I thought he was finally going to announce me. But on our eighth anniversary, I saw a video posted by Seraphina, the daughter of the Silvermoon Pack’s Alpha. In it, she was coyly showing off the mating mark on her neck. The caption read: [Eight years apart, eight years you waited. I'm finally going to be yours!] And the hand holding her—I knew it instantly. It was Bruce’s. Only the spot on his wrist where my name had been tattooed now read ‘Seraphina.’ I ran out, desperate to confront them, but I was attacked by rogues on the way. I called for Bruce through our mind-link, over and over. The last time, I heard his voice, low and thick with desire: “Isadora? She was just a placeholder for you. A worthless, parentless she-wolf. She wouldn’t dare make a scene even if she knew.” Lost in despair, the fragile life I carried inside me flickered and died. But they didn’t know that a month ago, my birth parents—the Alpha and Luna of the Silvermoon Pack—had found me. I am the true Alpha’s daughter of the Silvermoon Pack. Seraphina is just an impostor. After the sterile cold of the surgery, the first thing I did was call my mother. “Mom, I’ve made up my mind. I’m coming home to take my place. I agree to the alliance you mentioned, but I want Seraphina exiled from the Silvermoon Pack!”

I waited for my boyfriend for three hours at his birthday party. Sean Ziegler was supposed to show up dressed as the star of night. However, his secret lover, Josie Sullivan, called him to the hospital. She had pretended to sprain her ankle. There, she recorded a video of her and Sean kissing. In the heat of the moment, Sean stood up and pushed her against the door. But he was supposed to be paralyzed. “Sean, why haven’t you told Wendy that your legs are fine now?” “If she knows, she’ll pressure me to marry her. Seriously, who does she think she is? Wendy’s just a free maid. She’s not good enough to be my wife,” Sean said in a muffled voice. After that, he continued to kiss Josie intensely. Wearing the wedding dress I had designed, Josie looked provocatively into the camera. The video then ended with the sounds of them kissing. It turned out that Sean had been lying to me all along. I threw the cake that I made for him into the trash. Then, I texted my mom. [Mom, I’ll go on that blind date.]

Aku menerima sebuah video porno "Kamu suka ini?" Pria yang bicara dalam video adalah suamiku, Mark, yang sudah beberapa bulan tidak ku temui. Dia telanjang, dengan kemeja dan celananya berserakan di lantai, menghujam kuat ke seorang wanita yang wajahnya tidak terlihat, dengan payudara bulat dan berisi yang memantul hebat. Aku bisa mendengar jelas suara tepukan di video tersebut, bercampur dengan erangan dan desahan nafsu. "Ya, ya, lebih keras, sayang," wanita itu menjerit kegirangan. "Kamu nakal sekali!" Mark berdiri dan membalik tubuh wanita itu, menepuk pantatnya sambil berbicara. "Angkat pantatmu!" Wanita itu tertawa kecil, berbalik, menggerakkan bokongnya, dan berlutut di atas tempat tidur. Rasanya seperti ada seember air es yang disiramkan ke kepalaku. Cukup menyakitkan bahwa suamiku selingkuh, tapi yang lebih menyakitkan lagi adalah wanita itu ternyata saudara kandungku sendiri, Bella. *** “Aku ingin bercerai, Mark,” aku mengulangi perkataanku jika dia tidak mendengarnya pada kali pertama—meskipun aku tahu dia mendengarnya dengan jelas. Dia menatapku dengan dahi berkerut sebelum menjawab dengan dingin, "Itu bukan keputusanmu! Aku sangat sibuk, jangan buang waktuku dengan topik membosankan seperti ini, atau mencoba menarik perhatianku!" Hal terakhir yang ingin kulakukan adalah berdebat atau bertengkar dengannya. "Aku akan meminta pengacara mengirimkan perjanjian perceraian kepadamu," hanya itu yang aku katakan, sekalem mungkin. Dia tidak mengatakan sepatah kata pun setelah itu dan langsung pergi, membanting pintu dengan keras. Mataku terpaku sejenak pada pintu itu sebelum aku menarik cincin kawin dari jariku dan meletakkannya di atas meja.

During the year when my relationship with my Alpha father was at its worst, he gave me the newly elected Beta of the Sunfang Pack to make me happy. After spending the night with him, I fell for him. Three months later, I mended things with my father. Four months later, I was pregnant. From then on, I became the most distinguished expecting she-wolf in the pack. Whenever it was time for a checkup, the Alpha and Beta of the pack would come with me. But when I was six months pregnant, neither of them was around. “I have something urgent to take care of in the pack.” My father patted my head. Scott stroked my pregnant belly. “I have to help too. I’ll prepare gifts for you and our pup.” I smiled as I sent them off, only to receive a video from an unknown number. My father was dressed as a groom, and beside him stood Jelena, the mistress who drove my mother to her death. Katie, their illegitimate daughter, was also pregnant. She wore a wedding gown as she leaned against Scott and smiled happily. “This is a doubly joyous occasion!” Someone in the video raised their glass. “Congratulations to our Alpha for bringing his first love back, and congratulations to the Beta for holding his bonding ceremony!” At the end of the video, my father said airily, “Your mate certificate with Claire is fake. Wouldn’t that make Claire’s pup illegitimate?” Scott chuckled and said, “Claire has had everything since she was born, but Katie has been an illegitimate child for most of her life. I can’t let her pup grow up bearing that shame as well.” At that moment, my heart shattered into pieces. I called my brother, who had become the Lycan Chairman, and cried as I said, “Hoills, I want to leave with you.”

I had been dating Andy Lawson for five years. He had gone bankrupt, and during the worst of it, we had to sleep in parks and scavenge leftovers for food. After a hundred days of that life, I was just going to the blackmarket to sell some blood for money when someone sent me a video. [Surprise.] It was a livestream site, set up for rich kids to prank the common folk—and a video of me was pinned to the top. My finger trembling, I tapped on it and saw myself hidden in a corner of a park, munching on leftovers to nourish my frail body. On the split video, Andy was reclining against the armchair of a five-star hotel and savoring his gourmet menu. "Oh, this is amazing! All Andy has to do is say that he's sick, and she's selling her blood for him!" "On the sixteenth prank, she fell into the ocean… And on the fifteenth, she was sent flying in a car crash! Why is she so hard to kill?" "Well, Andy already made it clear that if she survives until the end, he will marry her and swear off women!" "One month to go! Will she die from the pranks, or marry into the Lawson family with pomp and circumstance?" "I'm betting fifty mil that she dies tragically! Hahaha!"

Larut malam, aku terbangun karena sebuah pesan yang masuk ke ponselku. Sahabatku mengirimkan sebuah video. Wanita dalam video itu mengenakan gaun tipis yang ketat, melenggokkan pinggulnya dengan anggun, sesekali sedikit membungkuk. Samar-samar terlihat warna ungu dari balik gaunnya. Melihat itu, pikiranku langsung melayang-layang. Hingga diriku melihat celana dalam yang persis di pakai oleh pacarku.

In my previous life, my boyfriend's adopted younger sister, Rita Wood, came to me at the hospital for a prescription because she had a sore throat. I asked her if she was allergic to any medication, and I even explained the dangers of being allergic to medication. She told me "no" very firmly. When I insisted on producing the informed consent form and having Rita sign it, she started a video call with my boyfriend, Ryan Wood, on the spot. On the screen, Ryan frowned at me before saying coldly, "I know Rita's health very well. She definitely doesn't have a history of allergens. She's my younger sister, so don't keep targeting her over the smallest reasons. I'm very busy, you know. Bye." So, I gave in and prescribed Rita the medication without undergoing the official process. Three days later, Rita showed signs of miscarriage due to her allergy toward the medication, leading to her being sent to an emergency treatment room. Apparently, she hid both her allergy to medication and her pregnancy from me. Thanks to her, I was held accountable for this incident, which led to me losing my chance to get promoted. At the same time, this incident got onto the news as a medical mishap. I ended up getting blacklisted by the medical world permanently. Not only that, but I had to pay off a huge debt. In order to clear the debt, I worked three jobs at the same time through day and night without resting. Finally, I collapsed and never got up ever again on a particularly exhausting night. When I open my eyes again, I've returned to the day Rita is here for a prescription.