Dangdut Gala Gala

At the annual gala, my father had me marry Asher Ziegler, a rising star in the finance industry whom he had groomed. Back then, I, Maddison Gruber, had no idea that Asher was in love with someone else. Sometime later, my father's company is investigated for product fraud, and his company's stock plummets. He even faces criminal charges. When this happens, Asher immediately brings his first love, Cora Singer, home and tells me outright that he is going to make her his legally wedded wife. My mother-in-law admonishes me. "Your family's bankrupt now, and you're completely barren! Why shouldn't my son remarry?" Asher slides a divorce agreement in front of me, his tone condescending. "Sign this, and I can let you stay here and live alongside Cora." But I say nothing. I merely quietly book a ticket to leave this place. In seven days, I will be following my father down south.

After the Covenant Gala, Mother handed me a list. The names of every vampire at the banquet. I was to choose a blood-bound mate. This time, I didn't choose Damon Blackwood. I didn't choose anyone on her list. I chose Caspian Blackwood. Damon’s ancestor. The true Monarch of the Blackwood clan, slumbering for centuries. Mother’s jaw dropped. Everyone knew I’d spent centuries chasing Damon. But they didn't know the truth of my last life. After our blood bond, he refused my touch, my bed, my very existence. I told myself he was consumed by Covenant affairs. When no heir came, I blamed myself. Then I found it. The truth. It had always been her. From the very beginning. My sister, Delia. He never came home because the sight of me repulsed him. But this time, as Caspian and I stood at the altar, our hands clasped to seal our bond… Damon snapped.

They say Don Julian Marconi would burn the world for one tear of mine. Five years ago, at the Met Gala, he spent millions to hang emeralds around my neck and swore I was his Madonna. Five years later, beneath the velvet boxes of our anniversary, I found a lace strap soaked in sin—and a fresh, crimson smear on his collar that told me exactly whose bed he’d left. I smiled. I asked him to sign a blank sheet of paper. And that meant he was agreeing to whatever I wanted. He called it love. I called it the death warrant for his empire. In fifteen days, I finalized our divorce papers. I boarded the Stella d’Oro as Serena Cole and burned Celeste Marconi to ash on the deck. Then I vanished with his fortune, his power and the one secret that would destroy him. I was the saint he worshipped. Now I am the ghost who haunts him. No groveling. No forgiveness. No second chance. Just ashes.

Ariel merupakan penulis web novel populer dengan nama pena Sunshine. Walaupun ia terkenal di internet, pada kenyataannya ia hanyalah pengangguran yang telah ditolak puluhan kali saat wawancara kerja karena rekam jejak masa lalunya. Enam tahun lalu, Ariel pernah dipenjara karena suatu kejahatan yang tidak pernah ia lakukan dan dibebaskan empat tahun kemudian setelah diputuskan tidak bersalah. Meski begitu, stereotipe sebagai mantan napi terlanjur melekat padanya yang membuatnya kesulitan dalam banyak hal. Sementara itu, Gala adalah seorang produser muda yang sukses. Terlahir sebagai tuan muda membuatnya tidak kesulitan dalam membangun karier. Walau di permukaan ia terlihat tidak kekurangan apapun, sebenarnya ia juga hanyalah pribadi yang tidak sempurna. Mereka dipertemukan dalam sebuah proyek sebagai produser dan penulis. Dari dua orang asing yang tidak berhubungan menjadi belahan jiwa satu sama lain, kisah mereka tidak sesederhana sinopsis drama.

Lucianna tidak pernah menyangka, kalau kedua orang tuanya akan membuat sebuah keputusan yang membuat hatinya terluka. Bagaimana tidak, kekasih yang ia pacari selama dua tahun lamanya, lebih memilih menikahi kakak sepupunya. Dan meninggalkannya dengan rasa sakit yang begitu hebat. Sejak saat itu, Lucianna bertekad akan mendapatkan paman kekasihnya, bagaimanapun caranya. Demi membalaskan rasa sakit hatinya. Dia bersumpah akan menjadi bibi— dari mantan kekasihnya. Di sebuah acara gala dinner, Lucianna menggoda seorang pria yang diyakini olehnya sebagai paman dari mantan kekasihnya.Namun, sebuah fakta mengejutkan harus ia telan. Membuka sebuah rahasia yang tidak pernah Lucy bayangkan sebelumnya. Pria yang selama ini ia goda, merupakan sang penguasa, yang disegani oleh semua tokoh di kotanya. Saat Lucianna ingin mengakhiri sandiwara dan godaan terhadapnya. Sebuah lamaran mengikatnya untuk bersama sehidup semati. Akankah Lucianna menerimanya?

Outside the private room, Charlotte Riley overheard Zac Gibson say, “Charlotte is gorgeous, no doubt. But the reason I pursued her? She reminded me of Wendy Cooper. For years, I was just searching for traces of Wendy in her.” That night, she finally made the call she had been avoiding for years. “Dad, I’m ready. I’ll come home and go through with the engagement.” Later, when Zac saw Charlotte at a high-society gala—elegant, untouchable, and more dazzling than ever—only then did he realize the truth. And he completely lost it. * The night Charlotte walked away from her family’s arranged marriage, Sean stood by the window, swirling his wine, his expression unreadable. “Lottie, one day, you’ll come back to me willingly.” Rumor had it that Jersey City's most powerful heir, Sean Jasper, was cold, reserved, and indifferent to women. Charlotte believed it. Until she realized just how intense and unwavering his devotion truly was beneath that composed, self-restrained facade.

“You want a divorce?” Evander’s voice was as cold as the hand gripping her chin. “You’ll never get it.” ~☆~ For five years, Thalina Hale devoted herself to a loveless marriage, hoping her cold billionaire husband would one day see her. But when she’s diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, she finally understands the cruel truth—she was never his choice. Only a substitute for the woman he truly loved… the woman who has now returned. Choosing herself for the first time, Thalina demands a divorce. Yet the man who once ignored her suddenly refuses to let her go. But before Evander can uncover the truth behind his hatred for her, Thalina “dies” on the operating table—taking her love, her pain, and her secrets with her. However, at a prestigious gala, Thalina returns as the wildly sought-after CEO in Seattle and the heiress of a powerful family. Now consumed by regret, Evander will stop at nothing to claim her again. But can a love buried by betrayal be reborn… Or will his obsession destroy them both?

Aku menjual tubuhku demi menyelamatkan ayah tiriku yang sekarat. Tapi aku tidak tahu, pria yang membeliku… Adalah putra dari wanita yang pernah melahirkanku, lalu membuangku tanpa penjelasan. Satu tahun. Satu kontrak. Satu syarat: jangan pernah tahu siapa dia. Malam demi malam, aku menyerahkan diriku kepada pria bertopeng yang hanya kupanggil “Tuan R.” Hingga suatu malam, aku melihatnya tanpa topeng—di sebuah pesta gala mewah. Reyhan Mahendra. Pewaris tunggal konglomerat MHN Group. Mata yang sama. Sentuhan yang sama. Nafas yang sama. Tapi yang paling mengerikan adalah kenyataan bahwa… aku mungkin sudah jatuh cinta pada pria yang seharusnya kupanggil saudara. Apakah semua ini hanya permainan balas dendam atas masa lalu orang tua kami? Tapi jika benar begitu… kenapa dia berkata: “Kalau kau tahu siapa aku sejak awal… kau tak akan pernah mencintaiku.”

"If I can cheat, so can you. It’s an open marriage, babe. Get used to it." Those were the words my husband spat at me after I caught him with his third assistant this year. So, I took his advice. He thought he could break me. After ten years of his "open marriage" demands and revolving door of mistresses, I decided to play his game. So, I bought a man. A cold, nameless call boy to help me settle the score. I left $5,000 on the nightstand and slipped away before dawn, finally feeling even. Until I missed my period. Two hours after that, my husband dragged me to his firm's annual gala to meet the new CEO; the man who holds my husband's entire career in his hands. My heart stopped. Standing there in a $10,000 suit, looking like a lethal god, was my "call boy." Julian Vane isn't a sex worker. He’s the most powerful man in the state, my husband’s biggest rival, and... he’s the father of my baby.

Sehari sebelum menikah, Andriyani menemukan fakta bahwa kekasihnya telah berkhianat. Ia yang saat itu ingin bertamu ke rumah Agra, malah menemukannya tengah memadu kasih dengan seorang perempuan yang tak lain adalah adiknya sendiri. Tak hanya itu, saat Andri mengajukan pembatalan atas pernikahannya, suatu fakta kembali mengejutkan dimana dirinya dinyatakan tak subur atau mandul. Namun, Kakek Gala tetap memaksanya untuk menikah dengan salah satu cucunya karena ia merasa hutang budi dengan sang bunda. Karena tak memiliki cucu lainnya, akhirnya ia pun dijodohkan dengan Arkan. Meskipun Arkan bukanlah cucu kandung sang kakek, namun keluarga Arkan sangat berarti baginya. Namun, Arkan bukanlah pria sempurna seperti Arga. Ia memiliki suatu keistimewaan yang membuatnya seperti anak idiot karena hobinya yang sering kali bermain dengan mainan anak-anak. Mampukah Andri menjalani kehidupannya dengan Arkan? Apakah ia akan menderita, atau bahagia yang ia dapatkan?