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I was a plus-size girl, weighing about 220 pounds. On graduation day, I finally gathered the courage to confess my feelings to Calvin Preston, the heartthrob I had been crushing on for three years. Surprisingly, he said yes! To celebrate, we went out that night. But things took a dark turn. I was tricked into drinking too much and was drugged. Calvin and his buddies violated me and, to make matters worse, they filmed it all. The next thing I knew, the video had gone viral online with a cruel caption, “Who’s brave enough to try a 220-pound girl?” As the humiliating video spread like wildfire, the shock and shame were too much for my grandfather to bear. It broke his heart, quite literally.

My husband's first love posted a video on her social media. In the video, the two of them were passing a playing card with their lips. When the card fell, their lips met in a kiss. They didn't stop—lost in the moment, they kissed passionately for an entire minute. Her caption read: [Still the same clumsy piggy! PS: Steve's skills are as good as ever!] I quietly liked the post and left a comment: [Congrats.] The next second, my husband called, yelling at me furiously, "No other woman is as dramatic as you! I was just playing a game with Lanie. Why are you acting crazy again?" It was then that I realized seven years of love meant nothing. It was time for me to leave.

Serena gadis pemilik toko kue mendadak menikah dengan seorang laki-laki pewaris bisnis terkenal. Pernikahan yang terkesan mendadak dilakukan dalam waktu singkat akibat peristiwa yang membuatnya viral. Lantas mampukah ia mempertahankan pernikahan mereka, atau malah terjebak dalam pernikahan yang penuh dengan kepura-puraan?

In the third year of our marriage, my wife’s ex-boyfriend of eight years suddenly posted a picture on social media showing off a multi-million-dollar wedding house. His caption read: “Wow, got myself a huge villa, I’m the master of charming women!” I stared in shock at the picture, which showed my wife swiping her card at a sales office, and left a single comment: "?" A second later, my wife called to scold me. “I was just fulfilling a promise I made to him back when we were dating, buying him a house. Why are you getting mad at him?” “What? Are you really going to be so vicious as to force me to break my word?” That evening, her ex showed off another lavish post, this time flaunting a renovation bill worth hundreds of thousands. I knew it was a gift from my wife to please him. But by then, I no longer cared.

Alya hanya ingin hidup sederhana—mengelola toko buku kecil peninggalan ayahnya, menikmati kesunyian, dan perlahan melupakan masa lalunya. Namun semua itu buyar ketika Raka, mantan kekasih yang dulu ia tinggalkan, kembali muncul. Raka bukan sekadar mantan biasa. Ia adalah luka, kenangan pahit, sekaligus bayangan yang tak pernah rela melepaskan. Obsesi Raka pada Alya berubah menjadi bayangan kelam yang mengintai setiap langkahnya. Di saat yang sama, hadir Ardi, sahabat lama yang kini kembali ke kehidupannya. Kehangatan dan ketulusan Ardi menjadi sandaran Alya, membuatnya perlahan berani membuka hati. Tapi semakin ia mencoba bangkit, semakin kuat pula jerat yang Raka pasang. Cinta bagi Alya seharusnya indah, tapi mengapa justru terasa seperti rasa sakit yang terus membekas? Apakah ia bisa benar-benar bebas dari bayangan masa lalu? Dan beranikah ia memperjuangkan cinta yang tak menyakitkan bersama seseorang yang dengan sabar menunggunya? Mencintaimu Adalah Rasa Sakit adalah kisah tentang luka, obsesi, dan keberanian untuk menemukan cinta yang sehat. Sebuah drama kehidupan sehari-hari yang penuh air mata, ketakutan, sekaligus harapan baru. ---

Pada sore hari surat pemberitahuan kondisi kritisku dikeluarkan, Willy membuka sampanye merayakan di laboratorium. Di postingan sosial media, tampak punggungnya dan Angel yang disinari cahaya matahari senja, jas lab mereka diwarnai keemasan. Caption yang menyertai hanya satu kalimat, [Sepuluh tahun, akhirnya berhasil.] Semua orang bilang Pak Willy sangat setia, bekerja siang malam selama sepuluh tahun demi menyelamatkanku. Saat perawat dengan mata berkaca-kaca menyerahkan ponselnya padaku, aku sedang menatap garis naik turun di monitor. Mereka tidak tahu, sebenarnya obat itu sudah berhasil kembangkan setahun yang lalu. Dan aku adalah satu-satunya kandidat yang tidak berhak mendapat obat itu.

Three months before my wedding, my fiancé, Henry Siebert, decided it was the perfect time to drop a maternity photo shoot on social media—with my foster sister, Betty Foster. The caption? Oh, just this gem: [Legally welcoming our little one into the world.] Betty added a shy emoji. And my mom? She liked the post and wrote: [Once the baby is born, I'll help take care of it so you two can enjoy your time together as a couple.] I couldn't help myself. I replied with a single question mark. And then Henry's DMs came in hot: [She's just borrowing me for a year to get married. Once the baby's born, I'll come back to you.]

Three months pregnant, I doubled over in agony, blood pooling beneath me. I called Milo Prince in a last-ditch effort for help. The moment he picked up, his voice dripped with irritation. "What is it now?" My vision was blurring. Before I could cry for help, I heard his childhood sweetheart's teasing laugh. "No interruptions today, okay?" The line went dead in the next second. When I opened my eyes again, my belly was flat. I checked Jessica Clay's social media. A photo showed their hands intertwined, her wrist adorned with the Prince family's heirloom bracelet. Her caption read, [He said this bracelet was made for me, so I'm keeping it.]

My husband asked me if bras were more comfortable without underwire, and I was happy that he had finally become more mature. The next day, his assistant snatched the parcel I received in the mail, saying that it had the wrong address. That night, I saw Samantha Davis post on her social media, with the caption, “My boyfriend bought this for me. Isn’t it pretty?” It was a selfie taken in a hotel mirror, and there was a beautifully decorated box containing a bra lying beside her. So, as it turned out, it was not that men became mature later in life, it was that you weren’t the one they were willing to become mature for. Naturally, I gave the post a like and took a screenshot before sending it to my husband. "What a waste. You could have gotten an 20% discount if you bought the whole set."

Ini adalah cerita tentang manusia biasa yang menemukan cinta ketika usia muda. Indah memang cinta ketika muda. Tapi, akankah cinta menjadikannya lebih dewasa atau hanya bayangan semata? Simak kisahnya.