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“She danced to stay hidden. He paid to possess her. Neither expected obsession to feel like fate.” ~ She’s spent years building an empire behind a name that isn’t hers, dancing in the dark while running the fashion world in silence. He’s a ruthless billionaire chasing a contract, not realizing the woman he’s drawn to is the key to everything he wants and everything he thought he’d buried. One private dance ignites a craving he can't escape. One hidden identity threatens to unravel it all. In a world of secrets, betrayal, and lust, falling for the wrong woman might be his greatest mistake… or his only salvation.

Gavin dengan kasar menekan bahu Prisha ke dinding. "Kamu penghalang hubungan saya dan ibumu! Kamulah yang membuatnya menderita! Apa kamu belum sadar?" Sepasang mata indah Prisha berair. Rasa bersalah yang besar terkumpul di hatinya. Terbayang air mata ibunya saat memaksa dirinya patuh. Prisha ingin menjerit atas ketidakadilan yang menimpanya. "Jangan berani-berani melakukan kekerasan terhadap saya! Om marah, saya lebih marah! Pernikahan ini menghancurkan hidup saya!" "Diam!" bentak Gavin. "Aku membencimu sebesar aku mencintai ibumu!" "Bukan mauku menggantikannya." "Kamu hanya bonekaku!" **** Prisha mendadak dipaksa menggantikan ibunya-Nalini--untuk menikah dengan Dokter Gavin Devandra, CEO Devandra Hospital. Padahal, tadinya Gavin bakal jadi ayah tirinya. Prisha pun menjadi sasaran kebencian Gavin, sebab dianggap sebagai penyebab terhalangnya cinta Gavin dan Nalini seumur hidup. Prisha pun berontak dengan caranya sendiri. Ia merayu sang dokter agar jatuh cinta padanya, untuk kemudian dicampakkan. Sayang sekali, ancaman lain menghadang saat ia hampir mencapai tujuan. Berhasilkah Prisha lepas dari jeratan intrik yang membelit dirinya dan Gavin?

Ketika Zayn harus memilih antara Ibu dan Istri? Manakah yang harus ia pilih? Membiarkan Nada terus terpuruk dalam duka atau terus mempertahankan serumah dengan ibunya, membiarkan Nada terus mengalah atas nama bakti?

"Do you want to lose your job to be my lover who will give you anything you want, or do you want to be just jobless for rejecting me?" Daisy just wants peace in her normal life, until she meets River, the owner of the hotel where she works. A rich and powerful man who, in just one night, could turn Daisy into Cinderella. But instead of being River's lover, Daisy became the big boss's personal maid. The maid who takes care of her handsome master's "most personal" parts. So, what's it like for Daisy to work as River's maid? Was it still as lovely as River had promised when life violently shook him from the highest peak to the lowest bottom?

Arum menjadi saksi saat sang ayah menjatuhkan talak untuk Ibunya dan memilih pergi bersama istri barunya. Arum menjadi saksi saat sang Ibu berjuang untuk membesarkan dan menyekolahkannya tanpa nafkah dari ayahnya. Arum menjadi saksi saat sang Ibu terpaksa menikah dengan seorang pemabuk karena fitnah. Selain itu, Arum juga harus menghadapi rasa sakit yang membuatnya frustasi dan hampir memilih bunuh diri. Kesakitan-kesakitan itu, tertancap kuat dalam relung hati Arum hingga menimbulkan dendam untuk wanita itu. Wanita yang telah merebut ayahnya dan membuatnya melupakan tanggung jawab terhadap anak kandungnya.

Si Clara Annette Alvarez ay isang tagapagmana ngunit balak siyang ipakasal sa isang mayaman na matanda kaya tumakas siya sa kanilang mansion. Dahil sa kalasingan nagkrus ang landas nilang dalawa ni Noah Rafael Garcia, dahil sa kahilingan niyang makatakas sa kaniyang problema hinamon niya ang lalaki. Ngunit ang hamon na iyon ay nauwi sa mainit na gabi nilang dalawa. Kinabukasan ay nagulat si Clara ng makita ang lalaking nasa tabi niya mahimbing na natutulog, mabilis siyang bumangon at tumakbo palayo. Ngunit hindi niya inaasahan na ang maiinit nilang gabi ng estranghero na nakasama niya ay magbubunga ng isang anghel na hindi niya inaasahan. Noong araw na nalaman niya na buntis siya, nagulat siya noong makita ang tauhan ng kanilang pamilya sa ospital at balak siyang kunin, ngunit mas nagulat siya noong marinig ang pamilayar na seryosong boses ng lalaki. “Subukan nyong hawakan ang ina ng anak ko, buburahin ko kayong lahat dito sa mundo!” sigaw nito.

Ibuku membenciku, karena aku hasil kecelakaan. Dia memperlakukan muridnya bagai anak kandung, tetapi ketika murid kesayangannya menyatakan cinta padaku, dia langsung menamparku dan mengataiku murahan. Bahkan setelah mengidap Alzheimer, dia hanya melupakanku dan masih mengingat muridnya. Sayangnya, tidak ada seorang pun murid yang datang mengunjunginya. Karena semuanya membencinya, sama sepertiku.

Ibuku meninggal karena terlalu emosional. Pasalnya, hari yang seharusnya menjadi hari pernikahanku, kini pengantin wanitanya malah berubah menjadi mitra bisnis Ezra. Pada saat ibuku mengembuskan napas terakhirnya, hari pernikahanku berubah menjadi hari pemakamannya. Namun, Ezra memerintahkan agar pesta pernikahan tetap dilanjutkan seperti biasa dan bahkan memintaku untuk memasangkan cincin pernikahan ke jari Naila secara langsung. "Cepat! Pasangkan cincin itu padanya. Malam ini, aku akan memberimu penjelasan," katanya sambil menggertakkan giginya. Aku mengabaikan amarah Ezra dan menggendong jenazah ibuku meninggalkan hotel. Pukul delapan malam, pernikahan dengan pengantin yang diganti itu selesai dengan "sempurna". Naila memposting di Instagram dan postingannya mendapat puluhan ribu suka. [ Yay! Hari ini aku akhirnya menikahi pria idamanku. Terima kasih pada pihak ketiga yang sadar diri dan pergi. ] Tak lama kemudian, Ezra juga memposting. [ Orang yang nggak layak, nggak pantas dicintai. ] Di kamar jenazah yang dingin, aku memberikan tanda suka pada postingan mereka berdua dan menulis komenta. [ Semoga langgeng. ] Kemudian, aku mengemas barang-barangku sambil memeluk kotak abu jenazah ibuku. Namun, ketika aku sampai di rumah baru yang kubeli, aku menemukan Ezra sedang berciuman penuh gairah dengan Naila di sofa baruku.

Ever since Stanley jilted Petals in front of the entire school by calling their relationship a fake based on bets with his friends, she couldn’t bring herself to fall for anyone. She stayed hidden and never attended school reunion to avoid running into him for years. Her friends informed her about Stanley too not attending so she had nothing to worry about and forced her to go that particular year thanks to a game she couldn’t avoid with her friends only for her to meet him in the party. She tried her best not to interact with him but he was pushy, as a CEO, he had what she needed desperately, a job. He offered her a job in return for sleeping with him and she was caught between choosing the job that will turn her life around or letting the past be just as it is even if everything in her life was upside down. Unknown to Petals, the job she took on will be the one to solve all the mysteries and unanswered questions in her lives all these years. She is able to unravel all the hidden and deep secrets surrounding everyone around her and herself. What will be the fate of two people who still have a thing for each other beneath the deep hatred? Will their love be able to spring forth and prevail amidst all those storms?

After being unceremoniously dumped in her sophomore year of college, Elizabeth makes the reckless decision to sleep with the elusive Sebastian Gray, who she’d been crushing on for ages. Just one night and she’ll never see him again, she thinks. That decision comes back to bite her in the ass when she returns home for her mother’s wedding a year later and finds out that her soon to be stepfather is none other than Sebastian! Forced to bear the brunt of the consequences while biting her tongue, Elizabeth resolves to avoid Sebastian from now on. But it turns out to be a futile effort as the first person she sees on her list of professors for senior year is HIM! If she didn’t know any better, she’d think he enjoyed torturing her. Because every time he’s close to her, all of her common sense flies out the window. And his touches are becoming far too frequent for it to be coincidental…