Cece Kirani

On our fifth anniversary, Henry Judd—the guy who once swore he'd propose—rented out an entire mall for Cecilia Cheape's birthday. A diamond the size of a pigeon's egg sparkled on her finger. I'd been dumb enough to think it was meant for me. "Cece, I'm gonna give you a birthday you'll never forget," he announced, loud enough for the whole world to hear. Then he yanked the tab off a soda can and handed it to me. "Lulu, those gaudy things don't suit you. You deserve something unique." He slid the can tab onto my finger—his version of a proposal. Cecilia got the dream birthday. I got a piece of trash and a slap of reality. Later, when he found out I was marrying someone else, he got down on one knee with that same ring and begged me to say yes.

For the 23rd time, I'm left standing at the altar as Jace Larkin hurries off because his foster sister, Celine Keaton, threatens to end her life again. The guests mock me, saying that we'll never tie the knot and attending our wedding will bring bad luck. I tune them out, holding on to Jace's promise that he'll come back and marry me. I buy his promise yet again, only for him to prove me wrong one more time. After I clean up the mess and pacify the angry guests, I reach home in the middle of the night. While passing the study, I hear Jace's voice. "Cece's always been mentally unstable. Of course, I have to stay with her. Regina will never leave me, even if I postpone our wedding a hundred times." Sorry, Jace, but I'll have to disappoint you this time. Blinking back tears, I unlock my phone and text my childhood friend, Clement Halloway. "Let's get married in three days."

Rosa is the adopted daughter of Gaia The Wolf Goddess Of Hell. Rosa shared half the soul of the first oracle with her best friend. A siren boy called Charlie. He is in fact her fated mate. But not all is as it seems. Charlie in his arrogance wants the other half of the oracle soul for himself, so he turns against Rosa and their bond and mates and marks another female. But Rosa didn’t know until it was too late. On that day the oracle was reborn but in her anger declared who she truly was. Jadara the Vengeful. She was sent by the gods to kill those who tainted their mate bonds and so in her rage pulled the other half of her soul from Charlie and joined with Cece Rosa’s wolf. In Rosa’s desperation she fled away from civilisation to keep everyone safe. She was broken, rejected and alone living in solitude for five years until the oracle and her wolf took over. Will Rosa be able to stop Jadara from her mission? Will she embrace her? Or will they encounter the one who broke them? Nothing is as it seems. Only by joining forces will they truly understand who they really are.

Sebuah kecelakaan membingungkan yang melibatkan Ghazanvar Nawasena Gunadhya dan menelan nyawa sepasang suami istri membuat Ghazanvar terjebak pernikahan dengan anak korban kecelakaan tersebut. Ghazanvar yang masih bingung dan merasa bersalah karena kecelakaan itu malah menjadikannya sebagai saksi akhirnya menerima solusi absurd sang mami untuk memperistri anak korban yang sekarang menjadi yatim piatu. Naraya Kirani adalah mahasiswi Seni sebuah Universitas di Jakarta tiba-tiba harus menjadi yatim piatu setelah kecelakaan yang merenggut nyawa kedua orang tuanya. Gadis cantik dengan mata besarnya yang indah itu terpaksa menerima lamaran mami Zara untuk Ghazanvar dari pada harus menjadi penebus hutang mendiang orang tuanya kepada seorang rentenir kejam yang ingin menjadikannya istri. Dalam sepengetahuan Naraya, Ghazanvar adalah orang pertama yang melihat dan melaporkan kecelakaan kedua orang tuanya. Apakah pernikahan kedua orang asing ini bisa berakhir saling mencintai? Atau justru Nay akan membenci Ghaza, bila mengetahui kalau pria itu ikut andil dalam kecelakaan yang menyebabkan kedua orang tuanya meninggal?

Ian Tost was the prince of the notorious underworld. Everyone in Harbor City knew he spoiled me rotten. He even went so far as to hire ninety-nine female bodyguards to keep me from harm. It did not prevent a kidnapping attempt on me. One of those bodyguards, Cece Yates, ended up with nothing more than a scratch. Ian immediately brought in the nation’s top medical specialists to treat her. To comfort her, he even took her to the Maldives for a vacation and gifted her an island. Not long after they returned from their trip, Beatrix Kazinsky, my mother, suddenly suffered a stroke and was hospitalized. Then, Michael Kazinsky, my younger brother, died in an accident during a competition. I burst into the morgue while in tears, only to overhear Ian comforting Cece. “All right now, it was my fault you got hurt last time. I’ve made Mira’s family pay for it. You’ve got too much grace to hold a grudge against her.” With my nails digging into my palms, I finally realized everything that had happened to my family was Ian’s doing. It was all just because his precious bodyguard got hurt because of me! I stumbled out of the hospital with my brother’s death certificate in a daze. On my phone, messages from that person kept coming. It added up to ninety-nine share transfer agreements, along with his promise. [As long as you want me, my arms will always be open for you.]

For five years, I was married to Joshua Grayson. He was known as the gentleman of the tech industry and was never arrogant. In fact, he was always cool and collected. A shame we never had any children of our own. I asked every single doctor I could get my hands on, but nothing helped. For that, I kept beating myself up. Joshua told me that it was fine if we had no children, and that what mattered was that our souls were perfect for each other. We did not need any children to secure our bonds. I believed him. And then I found an unsealed box of Plan B in a secret space in his study. It looked exactly the same as the vitamin tablets he fed me all the time. A phone sat under the box. The screen was a photo of him with his top secretary, Yvonne Wellington. It was a family of three. Then, a message popped up on the screen. 'Our girl's born, Joshua! Haven't thought of her full name yet, so we'll call her Cece for now.' 'Oh, right, you fed your wife contraceptives for five years. Now that we have a perfect family, you should kick her out and make me your wife instead. When's that going to happen?' The message hit me like a lightning bolt that came out of nowhere. To think I wasted five years beating myself up for never getting a baby. To think I looked forward to one. And now, everything was crumbling around me.

Duniaku seakan hancur ketika dengan tak sengaja menemukan sebuah buku nikah suamiku di dalam tas kerjanya ketika ia baru saja pulang dinas luar kota selama satu bulan. Terpampang jelas wajah suamiku dan wanita tanpa hijab dengan lesung pipi menghiasi wajahnya. Rambutnya lurus sebahu, tergerai dengan sebuah jepit kecil dirambut ujung kanan. Aku berusaha mengingat siapa wanita yang ada di dalam buku nikah ini, tapi aku sama sekali tak bisa mengingatnya. Teringat jelas satu bulan yang lalu ketika Mas Naufal meminta ijin padaku untuk dinas luar kota selama satu bulan. Akupun tak mempermasalahkannya karena ini merupakan suatu kegiatan rutinnya ketika bekerja pada suatu perusahaan di kota Y. Ia akan sering dinas luar kota untuk meninjau proyek yang ada di sana. Saat ini Mas Naufal menduduki posisi sebagai pengawas pada sebuah perusahaan konstruksi, membuatnya sering meninggalkanku sendiri di rumah ketika ia tugas di luar kota. Dengan jabatan itulah ia bisa menghidupiku secara layak dan sangat kecukupan, membuatku sangat beruntung memiliki suami sepertinya. Dalam buku nikah yang kutemukan tersebut tertulis sebuah nama Atha Hafidz Alfarezy dengan Kirani Cahya Dewi. Namun tunggu, bukankah nama suamiku adalah Ghibran Naufal Rizal. Tapi kenapa wajahnya sangat mirip? Dan kenapa pula buku nikah ini bisa ada di dalam tas kerja Mas Naufal?