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Terbiasa hidup sendirian selama bertahun-tahun membuat Bianca merasa aneh ketika seorang pria yang lebih muda mendekatinya. Menolak sudah ia lakukan tapi tampaknya si kaya itu tidak berniat mundur begitu saja. Bahkan demi melunakkan hati Bianca yang sekeras batu itu, Ravindra rela memberikan sesuatu yang tidak mungkin ditolak oleh seseorang seperti Bianca. *** "Kalau begitu ayo mulai saling mengenal," kata Ravindra dengan lembut. Berusaha mengambil hati Bianca tidak dengan kekerasan. Bianca berdecih. Tidak sudi. Dia tidak akan menjalani hubungan yang tidak akan menguntungkan dirinya sama sekali. "Gue gak tertarik," jawab Bianca cuek. Lalu wanita itu memilih berbalik, ingin segera pergi dari kamar itu. Tidak tahan kalau harus melihat Ravindra lama-lama. "I'll pay." Langkah Bianca berhenti. Ravindra berjalan mendekat. Berdiri di depan Bianca yang enggan menatapnya. Ravindra tidak keberatan. Ia malah mengeluarkan dompet, mengeluarkan sebuah kartu hitam, dan menaruhnya di telapak tangan Bianca. Wanita itu jelas tahu benda apa itu. Black Card. "Be mine and i'll pay everything you want."

He is Prince Dymitri Lance Montague of the Kingdom of Nirvana, and she's his maid. They both fell in love with each other, but Serene clearly knew that their story was not a Cinderella-like love story with a happy ending. Hindi lamang ang estado nila sa buhay ang hadlang sa kanilang pag-iibigan kundi higit ang magulang ng binata na tutol sa kanilang relasyon. Ginawa ng mga ito ang lahat para paghiwalayin sila. Isang masakit na kasinungalingan na naging dahilan para labis siyang kamuhian ng binata. Na deport si Serene pabalik ng Pilipinas kasabay ng pagkakatuklas niya na siya'y nagdadalang-tao. Limang taon ang lumipas, habang naghihintay ng masasakyan si Serene kasama ang apat na taong gulang na anak mula sa pinapasukan nitong kindergarten, bigla itong tumawid sa kalsada ng hindi niya namamalayan. Muntik na itong masagasaan kung hindi lang mabilis ang driver ng SUV sa pagpreno. Ngunit hindi lang iyon ang nagpayanig sa buong pagkatao ni Serene, ikinagimbal niya rin ng labis ng masilayan niya ang mukha ng lalakeng bumaba mula sa backseat ng sasakyan. Si Dylan.. na noo'y biglang tumiim ang mga mata ng mapadako ang tingin sa kanyang anak.

“Strip off her clothes!” It never occurred to Gwen White that her husband would order a bunch of men to strip her! Throughout the ten years of crushing on him and two years of marriage, Gwen loved Jared Crawford madly, but he despised and hated her to her bones. That said, when Gwen decided to leave Jared for good, he personally brought her back from the depths of hell and begged her to start all over again...

Lia Garcia once a naive preschool teacher had to leave her past to nurse a broken heart. Now, she is stronger, smarter, independent successful real estate agent. She meets again a friend in the past who eventually introduces her to Niko Joson, a lawyer and a friend Joey Alarcon, the man who hurt Lia in the past. Will their love grow now that Joey is back, and promises to build a family with Lia and her daughter?

Robin leaned close to my ears and whispered the words that only made me stiff and froze my heart. He leans back but while doing so, his lips brushed against mine and a smile escaped his lips, he left my chin and walked away whistling to himself. I just couldn’t move, the touch of his lips that were on mine yet again clouded my mind and the words he whispered in my ears just kept on resounding as silence filled the air where I stood, only the words he had just said arrogantly, yet sweetly, played on in my head. You belong to me and no one else!

"Menikah denganku. Hanya itulah pilihan yang kamu punya!" Itu adalah ucapan yang tidak pernah Yaya bayangkan sebelumnya. Dia bahkan tidak mengingat siapa nama atasannya itu. Dia hanya tahu, bahwa atasannya itu ingin menjauhkan Yaya dari adik laki-laki satu-satunya yang dia miliki. Terlalu posesif. Dan Yaya tahu, itu bukan hanya kepadanya.

"Apa yang akan kau lakukan jika takdir mempertemukan dan menyatukan kamu dengan dia yang tak pernah terlintas di benakmu?" - Kanaya Raheja "Bagaimana upayamu untuk menjadi pasangan terbaik bagi istrimu di tengah berbagai rahasia tentang dirimu yang sesungguhnya?" - Pandu Dirgantara *** Pertemuan klise dua sosok kontradiksi yang sama-sama memiliki luka masa lalu, membawa mereka pada roller coaster kehidupan berumahtangga yang penuh sukacita.

My neighbor is a physics genius. He's spent the past six months preparing for an important physics competition. However, he wants to skip it to care for his girlfriend, who has a fever. I tell his parents about it. So, he's forced to participate in the competition. He wins first place and is admitted to Quinver University. Later, he establishes his own business and finds success. I become one of his employees. He looks down at me imperiously in a dim basement. He stomps on my fingers, shattering them. "You deserve this for being so wicked, Larissa Clarke." When I open my eyes again, I'm taken back to before any of this ever happened.

María López, a twenty-seven-year-old Dominican lawyer, decides that she is not ready to marry, her partner Reed is filled with revenge and hatred towards her and begins to create rumors about alleged bribes accepted by María, bribes of which were even from the defendant for her. After a discussion with the directors of the Buffet, María decides to take a vacation to her homeland on Christmas Eve. On the plane he meets Julio Medina, a man with cinnamon skin, honey-colored eyes and a captivating gaze, who had recently found his wife being unfaithful to him. Julio takes an interest in María and proposes her to a night of sex without commitments. After all, she is no longer engaged to anyone and decides to accept the indecent proposal. Julio is the change she needs in her life, a tender, attentive, romantic man and most importantly ... LOVE COFFEE! Could it be that it is too late when Maria realizes that love at first coffee does exist? Will Julio hold out for Maria to realize that she loves him? Julio is not looking for something temporary, he knew it the moment he saw that woman for the first time. He should make her his, she was perfect for him. Do two souls recognize each other when they belong? Was he wrong? Julio is a man sure of what he wants, and who he wants in his life is that woman so incomprehensible and afraid of falling in love.

Teman-teman gila, dibully karena berbadan mungil, sering lupa ngerjain PR, dan terjebak friendzone. Potret lengkap kehidupan Khika saat ini. Remaja biasa dengan segelintir aktivitas yang sama dengan remaja lain. Namun hidup Khika tiba-tiba saja berubah ketika seorang Alvino Clovender datang kehidupnya. Lelaki penyuka Clover yang super sempurna, si anak miliyuner yang dipuja satu sekolah, yang selalu membuat kehidupan disekolahnya jadi serba sulit. Nyatanya ketika Khika tanpa sengaja mengetahui kelemahan Vino, tiba-tiba saja lelaki itu begitu tertarik untuk selalu bersamanya, membuatnya jatuh hati, bahkan membuat gadis itu terpaksa menyelam lebih dalam ke dasar seluk beluk kehidupan Vino yang sungguh jauh dari bayangannya. Kekayaan serta gaya hidup yang tak bisa Khika bayangngkan sebelumnya. Membawa serta Khika ke berbagai kota dan negara yang tak pernah ia bayangkan. Lalu lebih dalam lagi Khika akhirnya menemukan alasan mengapa Vino begitu terikat padanya. Dan ini menyangkut dua orang yang begitu mereka sayangi. Mampukah Khika dan Vino menghadapi perbedaan diantara mereka? Baik status sosial juga permasalahan yang ternyata mengikat mereka dalam suatu kejadian yang benar-benar tak bisa ditolerir. Bisakah mereka tetap bersama? Novel ini bukan sekedar menggambarkan cerita cinta di Sekolah, namun juga persahabatan lucu yang membuat kita bernostalgia. Dan lebih dari itu. Kita akan disuguhkan permainan takdir yang rumit diantara mereka. - Clover Beside Me -