Coco Chanel Quotes

Keluarga Aristanto punya aturan. Jika ingin menjadi Nyonya Besar berikutnya, orang itu harus membuktikan diri. Menghasilkan keuntungan kurang lebih lima triliun dalam satu tahun. Semua itu harus dilakukan sendiri, tanpa bantuan keluarga. Aku menghabiskan sepuluh tahun mencoba melakukan semuanya demi Vicky. Aku membangun sepuluh perusahaan dari nol. Namun setiap kali, tepat saat aku hampir mencapai garis akhir, selalu terjadi kesalahan. Dan, semuanya ... runtuh. Tahun ini, akhirnya aku berhasil. Aku berlari ke ruang kerjanya, dengan laporan di tangan, jantungku berdebar kencang. Kupikir aku akhirnya menang. Tapi sebaliknya, aku justru mengetahui bahwa seluruh hidupku adalah kebohongan. Vicky menyerahkan seluruh kerajaan bisnisku kepada Andrea, anak haram ayahku. Semua karena Andrea dianggap pernah menyelamatkan nyawa Vicky satu kali, jadi dia ingin menjadikan wanita itu Nyonya Besar yang sebenarnya. Aku pun menyerah padanya. Pada mimpi keluargaku untuk bangkit bersamanya. Lalu, aku menelepon keluarga dari Kota Sirkola. "Lamaran pernikahan itu ...." kataku. "Aku terima."

At the ceremony where my fiancé, Mattew, was to be crowned Alpha of the Riverdale Pack, he publicly rejected our mating bond. He chose Claire, who was already carrying his child. “Claire and her family can help me secure my Alpha title,” he said, without a hint of shame. “And I need her to give me an heir.” As for me? “Just wait a year. The Luna title will still be yours.” Everyone thought I’d just accept it. After all, I’d been hopelessly devoted to him for seven years. But that very night, I left to find my Second Chance Mate. Three years later, I returned to the Riverdale Pack, accompanying my mate—the Alpha King—on his tour of the territories. He had some last-minute business and sent someone else to pick me up. But at the airport, I ran into Mattew. He looked at me with pity. “Done with your little tantrum? Claire’s son needs a nanny. You can come back and be his caretaker.”

Luka was not your ordinary Alpha. He was a one-of-a-kind Alpha. A king of both land and sea. He carried with him a dark secret, one that spanned centuries. He knew that if he did not find her in this lifetime, the world would end in a series of Tsunamis and it would be because of his broken heart. He had long lost his sense of smell until one day the faintest scent of fresh lillys tickled his senses. At first he thought he was imagining it, but after a few seconds the scent hit him harder and he was engulfed by the intoxicating smell. It was her! It had to be her! His queen, his mate, he had to claim her before time ran out for everyone!

It was only supposed to be one night! Not for him to turn out to be her bodyguard. Natalie Sampaio wants to prove to her father that she is not flaky but ready to run the family's multi-billion company. Finding out that she slept with her new bodyguard after a girl's night out is not the right start. Her father gives her one more chance to prove she's capable of being the company's CEO by winning a new contract with one of the biggest mining companies in Angola. Her new bodyguard's smoldering looks and imposing presence could make it impossible for her to resist him. Former Navy Seals, Palmer Burris accepted a bodyguard job while he figures out what he wants to do with his life after the Navy. He didn't know that the girl he spent one sizzling hot night with will be his new assignment. Now that he's her bodyguard, there are lines he will never cross.

Aku bersama sang bos mafia, Maxim, selama lima tahun. Sepanjang waktu itu, dia tak pernah menyembunyikan siapa wanita favoritnya. Clara, putri sopirnya. Sopirnya permah menahan peluru demi melindunginya. Dia menyebutnya sebagai "membayar utang". Bodohnya, aku mempercayainya. Dia memberi Clara perhiasan, mobil-mobil sport, dan dia bahkan membelikannya sebuah pulau. Tiga hari sebelum pernikahan, aku tahu dia memindahkan lokasi acara. Bukan ke tanah milik keluargaku di Silia, melainkan ke pulau itu. Pulau milik Clara. Alasannya? Clara klaustrofobia. Tak sanggup menghadapi pernikahan besar di dalam ruangan. Saat itu, aku sudah muak. Tiga hari kemudian, pernikahan tetap berlangsung di pulau itu. Namun, pengantinnya tak pernah muncul. Maxim dipermalukan di depan umum. Dia mengacak-acak kota, mencariku ke mana-mana. Saat itulah dia baru menyadari kebenarannya. Dia mengira akan menikah denganku. Nyatanya, aku menikahi musuh terbesarnya. Niko Valgana. Bos mafia dari Rasia. Dia meninggalkan Clara. Dia berlari ke kediaman milik keluargaku dan menunggu. Tujuh hari tujuh malam. Dengan bunga, sebuah cincin, dan segunung permohonan ampun.

The contractions were ripping me in two. My vision was going dark. My husband, Don Vittorio, the man who ruled Chicago, squeezed my hand. His dark eyes burned with love. "Just a little longer, mia cara. You'll meet our baby soon." Sweat poured down my face. I still found the strength to smile for him. Then a nurse walked in. She held a syringe. I thought it was to stop the pain. But Vittorio’s hand fell away. He took a single step back. The needle sank into my arm. I heard Vittorio’s voice. It was cold steel. "Dose her carefully. She holds on until midnight. Not a minute sooner. Not until after Ornella delivers." And then I knew. He thought I married him for the money. He was stopping my labor. All for a sick Falcone family rule: the first son born is the next heir. Pain tore through me. I reached for him. Tears streamed down my face. I begged him to stop. He bit his lip. His voice was pure ice. "My brother is dead. Ornella carries his only heir. You will do as you are told. You and your child will not steal his birthright." The drug hit my veins. The violent squeeze in my belly, like some invisible hand, just… stopped.

For another girl, Lex Hamilton—my fiancé of several years—dumped me in the middle of nowhere and left me to fend for myself. Three years later, he showed up with her to bring me back. "It's been three years," he said. "Even a dog would've learned its lesson by now. I did this for your own good. If you don't fix that attitude of yours, don't expect to ever become my wife." They thought I'd crumble. They thought I'd beg, cling to him, and unload all the pain and humiliation I'd carried for the past three years. Instead, I smiled. "Sorry, Mr. Hamilton. I'm already married."

The Rossi family has a rule. If you want to be the next Donna, you have to prove yourself. Make three hundred million dollars, clean money, in a single year. All on your own, no family help. I spent ten years trying to do it for Vincent. I built ten companies from the ground up. But every single time, just as I was about to cross that finish line, something would go wrong. Everything would just… collapse. This year, I finally did it. I ran to his study, audit in hand, my heart hammering against my ribs. I thought I’d finally won. Instead, I learned my entire life was a lie. He handed my entire empire to Ava—my father's bastard. All because she supposedly saved his life once, and he wanted to make her the real Donna. I gave up. On him. On my family's dream of rising with his. Then I picked up the phone and called the Outfit in Chicago. "Your marriage proposal," I said. "I accept."

Pernikahanku dengan Dante Taulany mengejutkan semua orang. Aku berwatak keras dan tidak pernah mundur. Tiga tahun setelah menikah, seluruh orang dunia bawah tanah Chilaga tahu kami saling bermusuhan. Kecuali di ranjang. Di sana, tubuh kami seolah-olah saling melengkapi. Satu-satunya momen di mana kami tidak bertengkar adalah saat kami terjerat di seprai, tenggelam dalam badai ciuman putus asa dan kenikmatan yang alami. Entah sudah berapa kali Dante memberitahuku bahwa dia terobsesi dengan tubuhku, biasanya tepat saat dia tenggelam dalam pelukanku. Aku mengira itu caranya mengatakan bahwa dia jatuh cinta padaku. Namun, semua itu runtuh di sebuah acara lelang. Saat dia merampas pusaka ibuku dariku, hanya untuk memberikannya pada seorang gadis yang terlihat rapuh bernama Ava. Pada saat itu, dia memperlihatkan kekejaman yang belum pernah aku lihat sebelumnya. Dante berkata dengan nada yang sangat dingin, "Sudah waktunya kamu menghadapi kenyataan, Elara. Aku menikahimu, menidurimu ... itu semua hanya untuk menjaga perdamaian antara keluarga kita. Ava adalah orang yang ingin aku lindungi." Namun, di hari saat aku akhirnya meninggalkan Chilaga dan mengumumkan perceraian kami pada dunia .... Pemimpin mafia yang dingin dan penuh perhitungan itu memburuku seperti orang yang kerasukan.

The life trial system "If You Think You Can Do Better, Prove It" burst onto the scene like a traveling circus promising wonders. The idea was plain enough: "If you reckon someone's life is a mess, and you think you can do better, go ahead and prove it. There's a reward waiting if you do." Before I knew it, my whole family had me pegged for the fool in the middle of the show. There was my mother, dreaming of turning me into some grand goose; my husband, who'd spent years dodging his rightful share of the family load; and my son, mortified by the very sight of me. They shoved me onto the "judgment seat" like I was the villain of the tale. Every last one of them swore up and down that, given my place, they'd manage my life better than I ever could. The stakes? Well, if they pulled it off, my consciousness would be erased—gone, wiped out like a mistake on a chalkboard—and turned into their personal servant. On top of that, they'd waltz off with a cool million dollars. But if they couldn't? Then I'd be the one raking in three million dollars. Now that's a gamble for the ages, isn't it?