Duckling Meme

From my earliest memories, my entire family is cold and distant toward me. When my parents look at my younger sister, Claire Lloyd, their eyes fill with warmth and joy. Yet, when they turn to me, only disgust remains. Claire's life is filled with applause and excessive love, while mine is filled with disdain and suffering. When the explosion erupts at the street corner, I save the stranger beside me. Later, I learn he is Byron Whitmore, a mafia family's Don. He begins pursuing me after I rescue him. Later, I quit my job and move to a new place, but he finds me and proposes in 100 different ways. "Why me?" I ask countless times. "Because it's you," he always answers. The wedding causes a sensation throughout the city. I truly seem to have transformed from an ugly duckling into a swan. That is, until I'm five months pregnant, when Claire needs a transfusion of rare Rh-negative blood after a car accident. The blood bank has a shortage. Because of that, my parents knock me unconscious and send me to the hospital. In my daze, the blood extraction machine hums continuously. As two thousand milliliters of blood leave my body, I see Byron. Tears well up in my eyes. I begin thinking he's here to save me. Instead, I hear him say, "We can't take any more. Sharon and the baby will die." "But Claire has lost too much blood. She'll die, too..." My mother pleads. "No one wants Claire safe more than I do." Byron's voice is thick with pain. "She's my first love. I've never forgotten her. I only married Sharon because her face looks so much like Claire's. "But I can't trade her life for Claire's. Trust me—I'll find another way." So, that's his reason for marrying me. The blood extraction machine continues running, but my heart has already stopped beating. The affection I see in his eyes has never been for me. He's always looking through me at someone else. Everyone in the world loves Claire, and Byron is not the exception that I foolishly believe him to be. That grand wedding is nothing but an ugly duckling's self-deceiving fantasy.

Bintang Sabda Alam, gadis remaja bertubuh tambun, dekil dan jerawatan akibat masa pubertasnya, tergila-gila pada Christian Diwangkara Junior. Anak sahabat orang tuanya yang dewasa, canggih dan sudah memiliki pacar seorang model professional. Hingga suatu hari, secara tidak sengaja, ia mendengar kalau laki-laki pujaannya itu menghinanya dengan sebutan buntelan jerawatan pada pacarnya. Sejak hari itu Bintang bersumpah bahwa tidak akan pernah lagi menampakkan dirinya di hadapan Tian sebelum ia kurus dan tidak kalah cantik dari pacarnya. Enam tahun kemudian mereka bertemu kembali dalam keadaan Bintang yang sudah berubah 180 derajat dari masa remaja culunnya. "Kamu yang sesempuna ini, mana mungkin dibandingkan dengan buntelan jerawatan seperti bocah halu itu? Kayak bumi dan langit tahu?" -Christian Diwangkara Junior. "Kalau mau ngejelek-jelekin orang, ngomong di depannya dong. Suka banget sih main belakang! Situ banci atau gay?" -Bintang Sabda Alam

Nakilala ni Rias si Dana noong binu-bully siya ng grupo ni Moira. Si Dana na malapit ang puso sa mga inaapi at galit sa mga taong judgmental na kagaya ni Moira. Si Moira na matagal ng may crush kay Aaron Samuels - ang kasalukuyang captain ng basketball team ng university nila. Handa siyang gawin ang lahat mapasakanya lamang si Aaron. Ngunit lingid sa kaalaman ng lahat ay matagal nang may gusto ang binata kay Rias. Tanggap niya ang kung anumang kapintasan ng dalaga. Subalit matatanggap din kaya niya oras na makalimutan siya ni Rias? Si Rias na may CTRL+ALT+DEL sa utak? Kakayanin ba ni Aaron na patuloy na mahalin si Rias kahit na hindi na siya naaalala ng dalaga? Sino ang sasalo sa kanya? At bakit nga ba napakadali kay Rias na burahin siya sa memorya nito?

Danice left the divorce papers on the bedside table. Ten years. She endured and stayed silent—all for the sake of love. Despite the opposition from those around her, she clung tightly to her position as Julian’s wife, believing that he cared for her. But it was all just her delusion. It had been ten years of a loveless marriage. Danice touched the burn scar on her face. This disfigured face had become both her shame… and her proof of love for him. But what she didn’t realize was that it had also become the chain that bound him to this lifeless marriage. He had married her… out of pity. That realization hurt more than any insult others hurled at her because of her appearance. She had held him back for ten years. And she had suffered enough. It was time to let go. Danice finally realized that her ten-year marriage had been a shackle—for both of them. Just as she found the strength to let go of the love that had never been returned… death came for her. When she thought she had stepped into the afterlife, she opened her eyes— Eleven years in the past. Unmarried. She hadn’t even met Julian yet. Danice believed that a merciful God had taken pity on her and granted her a second chance— A chance to live for herself, to love herself. And so, that’s exactly what she did. She avoided meeting Julian at all costs, and even found a way to escape the accident that had once disfigured her face. Everything seemed to be going smoothly— But... Why was the man who had never once looked her way… suddenly appearing everywhere she went? This… this wasn’t like the past at all!

Starla Benardi pernah mengira bahwa Darrel Gilvano bisa membantunya menghadapi segala kesulitan dalam hidupnya dan melindunginya dengan tenang sepanjang hayat. Namun dia tak pernah menyangka, hampir semua cobaan dalam hidupnya malah berasal dari pria itu. Darrel berkata, wanita itu berbeda dengan Starla. Wanita itu adalah cahaya matahari yang bisa memberinya kehangatan dan kekuatan baginya. Benar juga, di hadapan cahaya matahari, Starla memang tampak redup. Dia sama sekali tidak punya kelayakan untuk dibandingkan dengan wanita itu. Karena bagi Starla, hanya untuk tetap hidup saja, dia sudah harus mengerahkan seluruh tenaganya.

Kaisar jarang mengunjungi harem belakangan ini. Namun, akhir-akhir ini para selir selalu terlihat berseri-seri. Aku merasa bingung melihat hal ini. Sampai suatu saat, aku melihat seorang makhluk aneh dengan ekor seperti binatang muncul di hadapanku. Barulah aku menyadari, makhluk yang seperti manusia tapi bukan manusia ini, membuat para wanita di harem menantikan datangnya malam dengan penuh harap.

Alin memergoki suaminya sedang bersama perempuan lain. Dari sinilah terbongkar pengkhianatan Tara dengan seorang anak SMA. Bagaimana pernikahan mereka? Akankah mereka bertahan atau berpisah?

Bercerita tentang kehidupan rumah tangga Yuni dan Ramdani, di mana Ibu kandung Ramdani sering sekali ikut campur dalam urusan rumah tangga mereka, termasuk masalah keuangan yang dipegang langsung oleh Ibunya.

"Biar dia saja yang pulihkan area pribadi istriku." Kevin tersenyum dan memilih pria yang paling gelap dan kekar untukku. Aku mau tak mau tersipu dan menatap Kevin sambil menggoda, "Kamu nggak cemburu atau takut bagian pribadi istrimu disentuh pria lain?" Kevin mencolek hidungku. "Kamu ngomong apa sih? Louis itu terapis yang paling dipuji di sini. Lagian, aku ada tepat di sebelahmu. Apa mungkin kamu selingkuh di depanku?" Aku menyahut dengan manja, "Ah, kamu!" Namun, ketika melihat terapis pria yang kekar itu, jantungku berdebar kencang.

Tika begitu geram ketika mengetahui mamanya meninggal karena serangan jantung. Hal ini dikarenakan mamanya ingin memberikan kejutan di hari ulang tahun pernikahan dengan papanya. Tak disangka, ia malah memergoki suaminya sedang berhubungan intim dengan gadis yang seumuran anaknya. Gina-Mamanya Tika-- akhirnya meninggal karena syok tak kuat melihat suaminya bermesraan dengan wanita lain yang tak lain adalah teman sekelas putrinya sendiri. Ditambah Gina sedang hamil anak kedua. Riko--suami Gina-- terlihat tidak menyesal dengan kematian istrinya. Ia malah semakin asyik dengan Feni--si pelakor. Tentu saja Tika tidak bisa tinggal diam. Saat ini ia berusaha membalas dendamnya dengan sang pelakor.