Does Ais Like Bell

"Mulai besok kalian akan tinggal di rumah ayah kalian! Kalian itu tanggung jawabnya, bukan tanggung jawab Ibu, ataupun Papa Erik. Ibu adalah seorang istri yang ingin berbakti pada suami. Sudah sepatutnya Ibu tidak memberikan beban untuknya!" Perceraian kedua orang tua, selalu menyisakan luka di hati anak-anak. Terlebih, saat keduanya telah memiliki kehidupan baru dengan pasangannya. Namun yang tidak Vina mengerti, sang ibu lebih memilih tinggal bersama suami barunya, dan meninggalkan keempat anaknya yang masih kecil-kecil. Vina, gadis berusia lima belas tahun yang baru lulus SMP itu, terpaksa tidak melanjutkan sekolah dan berjuang keras menghidupi ketiga adiknya. Di tengah keadaan yang menyakitkan, mampukah ia menjadi ayah sekaligus ibu untuk ketiga adiknya? Adakah sang ibu mengingat dirinya dan adik-adiknya?

I'm undressed and bound to a testing table when my family comes to pick me up. A thick, sharp needle pierces into my neck. A drug is administered into my blood, and the pain almost makes me lose consciousness. Behind me, I can feel a man's cold hands stroking my skin amorously. Before me, several people are staring at me. They point at me and treat me like an educational instrument. I tremble in fear and curl up on the testing table in pain. Three years ago, my brother sent me to Mykorra's war zone to stand up for Yvette Sanders. Those were the three most insulting and torturous years of my life. They burned away my hope for kinship but not my desire for survival. As the hands roam lower on my body, I bite my lip so hard that I almost draw blood. As the hands start to go overboard, someone knocks on the door. "Wendy Sanders, your brother is here for you."

"Nikahkan saja mereka! Beraninya berbuat mesum di sini, membuat malu kampung kita saja!" Geram warga yang sudah berkumpul di pos ronda. "Tapi kami tidak saling mengenal dan tidak melakukan apa-apa, Pak!" Kanaya, gadis berusia dua puluh satu tahun itu mengelak atas tuduhan warga. Ia digrebek bersama seorang laki-laki yang tidak dikenalnya, saat pulang dari kuliah. Demi menghindari amukan warga, Devan pun menikahi Kanaya. Kanaya yang masih kuliah pun terpaksa menerima pernikahan grebekan itu meski belum terpikir olehnya tentang pernikahan. Bagaimana kelanjutan kisah mereka? Lalu, siapa Devan yang sebenarnya? Benarkah ia hanya seorang tukang ojek?

Bagaimana Nayya tidak bucin dengan suaminya sendiri? Selain tampan, hatinya juga begitu lembut. Setiap perbuatan yang dilakukan Rafan membuatnya meleleh. Rafan memiliki sejuta pesona yang bisa memikat hati wanita manapun. Tidak heran banyak yang menjulukinya sebagai Ustaz GUNAWAN (baca: gundul tapi menawan). Selain rupawan, ia seorang pemuka agama. Untuk itu, Nayya merasa harus selalu menjaga pangerannya. Konflik di antara mereka terjadi saat usia pernikahan baru seumur jagung. Ternyata Nayya menikah dengan Rafan yang berstatus duda. Nahasnya, Nayya terlambat mengetahuinya. Wanita itu anti sekali dengan pernikahan perawan dan duda. Ia sendiri malah harus mengalaminya. Lantas, apakah untuk hal satu ini Nayya bisa memaafkan Rafan?

Isabelle Osorio is a strong, single, and independent woman ngunit desperada. Nasa bingit ng pagkawala ng lahat ng ari-arian ang pamilya niya at ng pagkakalubog nila sa utang. At ang solusyon? Kasal sa isang lalaking hindi pa niya nakilala ni minsan, isang milyonaryo na ang usap-usapan ay may pusong bato. Ngunit sa gabi ng kanyang bridal shower, namagitan ang tadhana. Hindi niya gusto ang kasal, ngunit hindi rin niya gusto ang magtaksil sa mapapangasawa niya—subalit nagising na lamang siya sa piling ng macho dancer na inarkila para sa bridal shower niya Isang gabing pagsinta at isang lihim na magpapabago sa buhay niya. Makalipas ang isang buwan, nagimbal siya sa balita na siya ay nagdadalang tao. Ngayon, nahaharap siya sa isang desisyong magpapabago sa buhay niya— ang pakasalan ang lalaking hindi niya mahal o yakapin ang hindi inaasahan at ipaglaban ang kanyang kaligayahan? He got her pregnant. But could he get her heart?

After dating in secret for seven years, Mitchell Zahn decides to propose to me on the day his birthday album is officially released. But during the birthday party, he publicly invites Isabella Claxton, a composer and my sister, to work with him. I follow Mitchell to ask him for an explanation. That's when I hear him and his friends chatting and joking inside the lounge. "You're so loyal to your first love, Mitchie. You couldn't wait to ask her to work with you upon her return. What are you going to do about Gabriella, though? Will she accept how your relationship ends when she's written so many songs for you?" After a moment, another person laughs and says, "To Mitchie, Gabriella has always been a replacement for Isabella. Now that Isabella is back, her replacement has to go. Don't you agree, Mitchie?" I wait for a long time before hearing a soft sound of agreement.

Cailen has only one wish. To have a family he could belong to and a home to call his. ***** At thirteen, Cailen had been to different foster homes, each of them returning him for one reason or another. His heart had already taken so much rejection that hopelessness had set in, giving up on himself and shutting down, that even when a family does welcome him and love him, he still has his doubts. When Cailen returns from University to visit his family, he finds himself struggling to keep a secret that he knows will make him lose the only home and family that he has. Will Cailen lose himself? Or will he lose his family?

My grandfather is a nationally renowned inheritor of an intangible cultural heritage. Today, I'm supposed to attend a grand ceremony as his rightful successor. However, when I arrive, I see my father's adoptive daughter already standing on the stage. She's dressed to the nines. She holds an award and is giving a thank-you speech, looking moved. In the past, I would've left without saying anything or speaking up for myself. Too bad for her that I'd been reborn. The discrepancy between our statuses is so large that we're basically from different worlds. Yet she has the nerve to claim to be my grandfather's successor and put on a show with what is supposed to be my family's.

|WARNING FOR STEAMY PARTS | Olivia Blake does not want to fall in love with her cruel boss. Her life has been a series of unfortunate events that has left her bruised and battered, she does not intend on adding more to that list. But what happens when she discovers the different layers to Mr. Austin Cane? Can she resist his magnetic pull? Can she deny her craving for him?

"I was a player and now, I'm a game." -Silvio Salvatore "Nowadays, love has become like a maid; she comes and rings the bell, does her chores and walk away." -Sadie Quintin ***** Sadie Quintin was a doctor by profession and broken from within. Having lost everything she had once owned in her life, she's tired of her life. Living alone with her sister, her mundane life was just about to be okay until one day, she crossed paths with italian mafia leader. Silvio Salvatore was a killer by heart and a cruel sadist with ulterior motives. It was a game of love and revenge until she found herself in middle of the drastic game of hate and lust with no escape. She craved freedom but he refused any scope for it. Read out to find where the treacherous destiny leaves both Silvio and Sadie.