Dust

In the second year of my marriage to Jeffery Sadler, he brought a young woman home. When his eyes met mine, Jeffery smiled carelessly and said, "Naomi, perhaps you should try it too." He added, "After all, young and energetic people are truly different." I knew he was only testing me; he had always enjoyed tormenting and toying with me. But what he didn't know was that this time, I was genuinely tempted. Later, as he stared at the fresh scratch marks on the "young person's" waist and abdomen, his eyes blazed red with anger. "Naomi Sloan," he growled, “Who gave you the audacity to actually take this seriously?”

Three days after my death, Dominic Sharp receives a phone call asking him to identify my body. He has an arm wrapped around a woman's waist as he says indifferently, "I couldn't care less if she's dead. Call me once she's been cremated." My body is sent to the crematorium. After putting the ashes into an urn, an employee calls Dominic again. He clucks his tongue impatiently. "Alright, alright. I'll be there soon."

I endured hundreds of injections just to give Stanley Brighton a child. He was moved to tears and held me, promising that even if we couldn't have children, he would love only me. I diligently followed the doctor's advice and underwent treatment. The day I confirmed my pregnancy, I was so excited that I wanted to rush home and share the good news with Stanley. But what awaited me was unimaginable. Stanley and the female tenant we shared the apartment with were lying naked together in the bathroom, sharing an intimate bath. He was behind her, holding her close, his lips incessantly biting at her earlobes. "I'll give you as many children as you want! Ten, eight—whatever it takes! Just divorce her!" "Alright, just give me some time. I'll divorce her for sure!" Hearing their whispered entanglement, I turned away, stepping into the rain, determined to leave. I would disappear to a place where Stanley could never find me, not in this lifetime.

When I send the family car to the body shop for maintenance, an employee discovers a cat pregnancy guidebook wedged in the slot between the front passenger seat and the door. The cat's name is Rose. The signature shown on the furparent's slot belongs to my husband. "Christian Johannson, furdad of Rose." I'm stunned, to say the least. We don't keep cats at home. Coincidentally, Christian calls me on the phone. I ask him, "There's a guidebook in the car. When did you keep a cat?" He chuckles lightly in response. "There was a pregnant stray lingering around the company. I found it pitiful, so I brought it to the vet. It had already given birth last month. Now, it and its babies are the apple of the whole company's eye." With a smile, I praise Christian for being a kind-hearted soul. After ending the phone call, however, I begin reading the guidebook meticulously. Rose is apparently a short-haired cat. She's now two years old. As for the cats living in Christian's company, I've seen them in his colleague's social media posts before. All of them are tabby cats. After closing the guidebook, I take down the vet clinic's name. Then, I drive over to that location.

"They thought they could kill me. They thought they could bury me alive and forget about me. But I rose from the coffin—a woman with nothing to lose. I am back to take everything from them. They will pay for their sins, and not even death will save them from me." In a desperate attempt to save her dying sister, Camilla Daston was deceived into signing away most of her inheritance. But a tragic twist unfolds when she discovers that her sister was the one behind the betrayal. To reclaim what’s hers, Camilla must enter into a contract marriage with the ruthless billionaire Alexandra Grey There is no price too high for Camilla to pay. She has returned from the grave to stake her claim—not only on her inheritance, but also on the lives of those who wanted her dead.

Yvonne Sunderland married Zach Frank, who had been with her for ten years. In the second year of their marriage, Zach passed away due to a plane accident. But when Yvonne turned forty-three, she met her supposedly dead husband! Before she could even ask any questions, disaster struck. An avalanche suddenly struck. During the critical moment, Zach was buried under the snow in order to protect her and that woman. His final words were, “I’ve repaid you all of your favors with my life. If I can redo my life, I don’t want to marry you and would rather meet her first…” When she opened her eyes again, Yvonne found herself back to the first year she married Zach.

Yanti adalah seorang pengusaha sukses dalam bidang fashion dan juga berlian, wanita berumur 49 tahun ini harus menjanda karena Reno suaminya meninggal 8 tahun silam karena sakit kanker stadium akhir. Ia memiliki anak laki-laki semata wayang bernama Tomi yang sekarang berprofesi sebagai seorang pengacara muda yang kompeten. Keharmonisan keduanya mulai terusik ketika Yanti mengetahui bahwa Tomi menjalin kasih dengan Gina, dimana gadis tersebut anak dari kontraktor yang sangat terkenal bernama Aris Ganindra. Sialnya Aris adalah mantan kekasih Yanti saat SMA. Semesta seakan merancang pertemuan keduanya meski sudah berpisah selama 25 tahun lebih, dimana Yanti yang dengan kejam meninggalkan Aris dengan menikahi Reno, pria yang lebih kaya dibandingkan dengan Aris. Meskipun sebenarnya Aris juga berasal dari keluarga kaya namun dibandingkan dengan keluarga Yanti jelas sangat jauh. Mereka mulai kembali dipertemukan dalam Reuni Akbar kemudian berlanjut dalam bisnis. Hal itu membuat hubungan keduanya kembali membaik dan rasa cinta akhirnya kembali bersemi, Namun sayangnya mereka berdua mengetahui bahwa anak mereka sedang menjalin kasih, tak cuma itu Sintia istri Aris mulai mengetahui bahwa hubungan keduanya kembali terjalin. Yanti meminta Tomi melepaskan Gina dengan berbagai alasan tanpa membuka masa lalunya, ia tak mau anaknya tahu skandal percintaan mereka yang kembali terjalin. Namun Tomi rupanya tak sengaja mengetahui isi chat Mamanya dengan Aris. Tomi mulai memilih pergi dari rumah. Yanti kemudian memutuskan untuk berhenti dari hubungan terlarang mereka, meski Aris tak mau namun demi kebaikan semuanya akhirnya keduanya sepakat untuk berpisah. Jujur keputusan ini tidak ingin mereka pilih karena keduanya sama-sama merupakan cinta pertama. Tomi dan Gina akhirnya mau memaafkan keduanya meski itu perlu waktu dan setelah waktu berjalan hubungan Tomi dan Gina kembali pulih, kembalinya hubungan mereka diwarnai dengan alotnya restu dari kedua belah pihak. Namun Tomi terlihat gigih ingin menikahi Gina sehingga membuat keluarga mereka setuju dan menyambut dengan baik keinginan Tomi untuk meminang Gina sebagai istrinya.

Galih terkenal sebagai seorang family man. Dia sangat menomorsatukan anak dan istrinya dalam hal apapun. Sayang, pengaruh lingkungan kerja yang buruk menyeret Galih pada kehidupan kelam, hingga membuat retak dalam rumah tangganya yang selalu ingin dia jaga.

"Nona Gina, apa Anda yakin ingin menghapus semua informasi tentang identitas Anda? Apabila semua informasi tentang identitas Anda dihapus, nggak ada seorang pun yang bisa menemukan Anda." Gina merenung sejenak, kemudian menjawab sambil mengangguk, "Ya. Saya memang nggak mau ada seorang pun menemukan saya." Operator terkejut mendengarnya, lalu menjawab, "Baiklah. Nona Gina, perkiraan prosedur akan selesai dalam waktu dua minggu, mohon bersabar menunggu."

Zidan berlagak depresi agar tunangannya yang bernama Shakira kembali. Ia tahu jika Shakira pura-pura meninggal. Betapa senangnya ia saat mengetahui usahanya berhasil. Gadis itu kembali, sang ayah menemukannya. Namun, akhirnya ia menyadari kalau gadis itu bukan Shakira. Ia benci dibohongi. Ia menjadi marah besar dan membuat gadis yang bernama Kia menjadi menderita dan ketakutan. "Aku membencimu sekarang! Aku muak denganmu!" Zidan Mahendra. "Aku hanya ingin membantumu keluar dari keterpurukan." Vanilla Kiara. Akankah Zidan melupakan Shakira dan berubah lebih lembut kepada Kia lalu membuka hatinya untuk gadis malang itu? Bagaimana kisah mereka? Ig : @linnight28