Bugambilya Flowers

Elena had once believed that silence could mean safety. That a gentle hand and a warm cup of tea placed quietly on her desk every morning could be a form of love. Lucien was never cruel—not in the obvious ways. He remembered how she liked her eggs, noticed when she swapped her perfume, and sent flowers on days he knew she wouldn’t expect them. He raised her like one would raise a pet—softly, without question. And Elena, foolish in the way only the very lonely can be, mistook his quiet affection for devotion. She told herself he was reserved. Mysterious. That love didn’t always wear its heart on its sleeve. But when the old flame returned—the one who spoke his language without needing to try—Elena saw it. The difference. He looked at her like a man who had found his lost religion. And Elena? She had simply been convenient. No tears, no scene. Just papers on the breakfast table, beside the eggs he cooked perfectly. She didn’t accuse or beg. She only asked for freedom. He didn’t sign. He chuckled. A soft, dismissive sound. “A cat raised indoors doesn’t know how to survive on the street, Elena. You’ll come back." But she didn’t. She disappeared, like smoke—except she didn’t vanish, not really. She lived. She wore colour again. Laughed at bad jokes. Let strange men hand her coffee and ask for her number. Lucien? He watched. He watched her become someone without him. And it drove him mad. The night he cornered her outside the gallery, rain in his hair and desperation in his eyes, he looked like a man undone. "Elena," he breathed, "please. Look at me. Just once." She did. Calm as ever, and her love already gone.

Keluarga Mahendra Orlando merupakan Crazy Rich Asian dari Indonesia yang telah menetap di New York lebih dari 10 tahun. Mereka punya anak kembar: Paris Mahendra Orlando dan Ankara Mahendra Orlando. Meskipun dilahirkan sebagai kembar--mereka sangat jauh berbeda.Paris Mahendra Orlando terlahir sebagai pria pemalas yang mencintai seni lebih dari segalanya. Orang tuanya tidak terlalu mengharapkan Paris. Bagi mereka Paris hanyalah aib keluarga--dia cuma bayi besar yang merepotkan. Hidup Paris terasa lebih berwarna setelah ia bertemu Jessica Flowers--penari tiang yang secara kebetulan bertemu dengannya di beberapa tempat. Berbeda dari Paris, Ankara Mahendra Orlando selalu menuai prestasi. Setelah lulus kuliah, dia meneruskan bisnis perbankan keluarganya, Orlando Best Bank. Ankara sukses besar di dunia bisnis New York dan menjadi inspirasi kalangan muda. Ankara menikah dengan seorang penari balet terkenal di New York bernama Chantelle Grace atas permintaan Ibunya. Ankara tidak mencintai Grace namun berpura-pura seakan dia berhasil membangun sebuah keluarga bahagia. Bagaimana kisah selanjutnya? Bagaimana hubungan Paris dengan penari strip, Jessica Flowers? Bagaimana hubungan Ankara dan penari balet terkenal, Chantelle Grace?