Cry Or Better Yet Beg

The annual ranking of the most popular Werewolf Academy professors had just been released and, once again, my Alpha mate, Trevor, took the number one spot. In an interview with The Wolf Tribune, he touched the bond ring on his hand and gave a helpless smile. “If my Luna sees this, she’s probably going to get jealous again tonight.” Everyone said that he was hopelessly in love with me. However, in the blink of an eye, rumors about him and one of his students, Rin, were spreading through the entire pack like wildfire. Trevor kissed me, coaxed me in bed, swore that he only admired Rin’s talent and promised to let me decide her fate. Hence, I arranged for Rin to study abroad in a neutral territory. Who would have thought that she would be ambushed at the border by rogue wolves on her second day away from the pack. Her wolf spirit was shattered and she was left a broken shell of herself. The whole pack was rife with rumors that I had set a trap out of jealousy, trying to destroy her because she was close to my Alpha. Even Trevor did not trust me. He rushed off to be by Rin’s side that very night. When he came back, he had already removed his name from our mate registry and instead registered himself with Rin. I uttered the words, one by one, “Trevor, let’s end our bond.”

I knew the exact moment when everything changed. It was the day in March, the same one I got assaulted by my boss, lost my job, saved my pregnant sister from committing suicide, and as if it wasn’t enough… it was the day Kieran King walked into my life. I hated Kieran from the moment I laid my eyes on him for the first time. He was an arrogant bastard that turned my life upside down, and no matter how much I despised him, I also could not live without him. He blackmailed me, used me, he was cruel and rough, and I wanted nothing more than to get away… but he also saved my life and protected me when I needed it the most. Now I don’t know if I can leave anymore. My name is Sophia Howard and this is my story.

Teka-teki yang harus dipecahkan, tiap huruf penentu kalau kau akan hidup atau mati. Sejak kejadian kala itu, mengajarkan aku berbagai aspek kehidupan. Salah satunya, mencintai dunia gaib hingga masuk ke dalamnya.

One of Ethan Sterling's closest friends got drunk and humiliated me. Called me a nobody orphan who married above her station, said I'd never be accepted by the Sterlings, that I wasn't fit to sit at their table. Ethan smashed a bottle over the man's head. He announced in front of everyone that if anyone ever disrespected me again, he'd make them pay. When I was pregnant and the morning sickness was so brutal I couldn't keep anything down, he went and scheduled a vasectomy. He didn't want me to suffer through another pregnancy. This was a man who loved me like I was his whole world. And yet — when I was lying on the operating table about to give birth, he was standing right in front of me with his arms around Iris, putting on a show for anyone watching. Iris was the daughter of another old-money family and she'd donated bone marrow to save Ethan's mother's life. The night before her own engagement, her fiance betrayed her, and the trauma wiped her memory clean. Now the only thing she knew for certain was that Ethan Sterling was her husband. In her world, I was the homewrecker — the scheming woman using the bastard in her belly to force her husband into a divorce. Ethan promised me it was all an act. Just repaying the debt for his mother's life. Once Iris recovered, he'd walk away from her immediately. But when I picked up the surgical consent form for him to sign, and his first instinct was to pull Iris behind him — to shield her — I knew. His heart had already drifted off course. The fairy tale of a Cinderella marrying into high society was over. Time to wake up.

Sold to Alpha Kane as his bride in exchange for war supplies, Violet has no family to run to after he rejects her on the eve of their Wedding. He called her a whore and incompetent because she was no longer a virgin. But she had an encounter with a wolf under the auspicious red moon in the night sky. Now that she's claimed this alpha wolf at the border, they both do not know that this action would bring them closest to each other than they could ever imagine. And the mind-blowing sex in wolf form is about to change Violet's fate from being bullied to accepted and recognized by her unique Alpha blood.

Ella believed her marriage was happy—until the night of her son’s birthday. Her husband didn’t come home, staying with his brother’s wife all night. So Ella took her son and left the country. Only then did her husband begin begging for them to come back. It was too late, wasn’t it?

Nang araw na natuklasan ni Vanessa na buntis siya ulit ay siya ding araw na natuklasan niya ang pagtataksil ng kanyang asawang si Daniel. Wala siyang kamalay-malay na habang nangungulila siya sa pagkamatay ng kambal nila sa loob ng limang taon ay bumuo na pala ng sariling pamilya si Daniel. Nakita mismo ng kanyang mga mata kung gaano kabuo ang pamilya nito kasama si Lorraine, ang babaeng pinagkatiwalaan niya at anak ng mga ito na si Liam. Kasabay ng tagpong iyon ay ang tuluyang pagkawala ng matinding pag-ibig na nararamdaman ni Vanessa para sa asawa at ang natira na lamang ay galit at pagkapoot. Itinago ni Vanessa ang tungkol sa kanyang pagdadalang tao at nakipaghiwalay kay Daniel. Sa unang pagkakataon, nabasag ang boses ni Daniel. “Nessa… Bigyan mo pa ako ng isa pang pagkakataon.”

On my wedding night, I was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance after a tampered condom left me in excruciating pain. The surgery took over twenty-four hours, and the story spread like wildfire. My husband, Alexander, let it be known that anyone who managed to photograph me in my post-surgery state would be rewarded with ten million dollars. Overnight, I went from being a billionaire's new wife to the laughingstock of every elite circle in New York. The next day, Alexander's childhood sweetheart Dahlia showed up at my door. That was when I learned the truth: she'd coated the condom with industrial-strength adhesive as part of what she called a "social experiment." She didn't show a shred of remorse. Her tone was flippant and cruel: "It was just an experiment. I mean, how was I supposed to know you'd react like that? Besides, we both know you were never good enough for Alexander. So drop the act." Alexander stood beside her, his gaze cold and dismissive: "If it weren't for the marriage contract, no one would've touched you. You know that, right?" What he didn't know was that the woman he was calling a slut had saved his life more times than he could count.

Five years into my marriage to the Don, Ives Moretti, he left me for dead during a shootout to get his mistress, Isabella, to safety. I woke up three days later in a private hospital room. No apology. Ives was cold. “You’re my wife. You knew the risks. Stop being so dramatic.” Then, he added, “Isabella’s different. She’s fragile. She needed me.” That was followed by three months of the silent treatment. Like always, he expected me to be the one to break, to come crawling back begging for forgiveness. Three months later, I handed the Irish deal to Isabella on a silver platter. The big one I’d spent half a year building myself. Ives thought it was a peace offering. He smiled, a rare, genuine thing these days. “I knew you’d come around. As a reward, we’ll go to Vegas. I know you’ve always wanted to go.” The next day, Isabella whined about being bored, and he broke his promise. He took her to Vegas instead. Told me it was “urgent family business.” This time, I didn’t cry. Didn’t make a scene. Ives was pleased I was being so understanding. He had no idea I was already cutting all ties to the Moretti family. That he’d already signed the divorce papers. I was free.

Begitu tahu aku menukar kondom bekas suamiku dengan milik mertuanya, sahabatku langsung hancur di tempat. Kehidupan sebelumnya. Sahabatku sering dipukuli suaminya, lalu meminta menumpang di rumahku. Aku merasa kasihan, jadi mengizinkannya tinggal sementara. Tidak kusangka, setengah bulan kemudian dia justru dinyatakan hamil. Aku baru hendak bertanya, tiba-tiba suaminya datang. Dia bukan hanya mematahkan kaki suamiku, juga menggugat seluruh keluargaku ke pengadilan. Di ruang sidang, sahabatku menangis meraung. Dia menuduh suamiku berakhlak bejat dan telah memperkosanya selama tinggal di rumahku. Sedangkan aku, dituduh menutup mata dan membantu kejahatannya. Aku dan suamiku membela diri, tetapi dia mengeluarkan hasil tes amniosentesis. Bukti itu jelas menunjukkan anak dalam kandungannya memang milik suamiku. Kami dihujat habis-habisan oleh warganet, lalu pengadilan menjatuhkan vonis penjara dan ganti rugi dua puluh miliar. Pada akhirnya, aku dan suamiku masuk penjara, sementara dia menggugurkan anak itu, membawa uang ganti rugi, dan hidup enak bersama suaminya. Saat kembali membuka mata, aku sudah kembali ke hari ketika sahabatku pertama kali menumpang di rumahku.