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Menjadi seseorang yang berbeda dari yang lain adalah hal yang sangat tidak mengenakkan. Disaat semua orang bisa melihat dengan normal, disisi lain kau justru melebihi apa yang mereka sebut normal. Melihat sesuatu yang tidak bisa dilihat kebanyakan orang adalah sesuatu yang sulit ku terima saat ini.

Rintik adalah seorang wanita muda yang sudah menikah dengan Arsareka selama satu tahun. Karena kedatangan seorang wanita yang mengaku hamil anak suaminya, membuat Rintik memutuskan untuk bercerai. Karena muak gangguan dari mantan suaminya, akhirnya Rintik memutuskan untuk menikah dengan Langit. Yang tidak lain adalah teman dari suaminya.

Nara Anjani adalah asisten strategis brilian di balik kesuksesan gemilang Alex Kael, CEO termuda dan paling ambisius di Aldebaran Corp. Di balik pintu-pintu kaca mewah, mereka berdua adalah kebenaran yang berbahaya terikat dalam gairah terlarang yang tak terucapkan, hanya meledak dalam bisikan rahasia setelah rapat-rapat larut malam. Alex, terperangkap dalam pernikahan sempurna yang disandiwara demi kekuasaan dan ambisi ayahnya, menjadikan Nara satu-satunya oasis dari kehampaan. Bagi Nara, Alex adalah kontrol yang ia dambakan dan penyiksaan yang ia nikmati. Setiap sentuhan yang dicuri, setiap janji yang dilanggar, justru memperkuat ikatan berbahaya mereka. Namun, ketika Nara menuntut kebebasan dari ikatan sensual mereka, Alex membalas dengan hukuman yang brutal: ia menikah. Nara pergi, membangun kerajaannya sendiri di Eropa, meyakini ia telah mengakhiri obsesi mereka. Takdir berkata lain. Krisis Deep Tech yang dipicu oleh intrik Ayah Alex mengancam akan menghancurkan Aldebaran. Hanya Nara, dengan kecerdasan strategisnya, yang bisa menyelamatkan Alex. Terpaksa kembali ke Jakarta, Nara menerima tawaran Alex: kendali penuh atas Aldebaran, dan kendali penuh atas hasrat Alex. Di tengah tekanan korporat yang kejam dan pengawasan istri Alex yang mencurigakan, Nara dan Alex kembali terjerat dalam kedekatan yang menyiksa. Sentuhan terlarang kini menjadi senjata dan hukuman. Alex bersedia menyerahkan segalanya pernikahannya, reputasi ayahnya, bahkan jiwanya demi kebebasan Nara, asalkan ia bisa tetap berada dalam orbit wanita yang ia cintai. Obsesi Setelah Rapat Malam adalah kisah tentang gairah terlarang yang bermetamorfosis menjadi kendali mutlak. Sebuah novel dark romance yang penuh intrik, di mana cinta adalah kekuatan, kebebasan adalah harga, dan satu-satunya cara untuk bertahan hidup adalah menari di antara kehancuran dan gairah yang tak terpadamkan.

Perjodohan merupakan hal yang tak pernah terlintas di benak Rachel Anastasya. Karena perjodohan yang tak ia inginkan, ia memilih untuk kabur dari rumah tepat di hari pertunangannya. Gadis cantik yang selalu dimanja oleh keluarganya, kini harus berjuang seorang diri untuk menghidupi kehidupannya. Menjadi seorang cleaning service adalah pekerjaannya saat ini. Namun siapa sangka, kepergiannya dari rumah membuat ia bertemu dengan CEO jutek yang tak lain adalah calon tunangannya sendiri. Rachel terdiam dan tak mampu berkata. Mulutnya seakan terkunci rapat saat mengetahui orang yang akan membebaskan dirinya dari keluarganya adalah calon tunangannya sendiri, Satria Angkasa. "Jadi, calon tunanganku adalah dia?" tanya Rachel menoleh ke arah Satria yang berdiri tegak di belakangnya. Satria memicing menatap Rachel bingung saat mengetahui siapa dirinya yang sebenarnya. Akankah Rachel menerima perjodohan tersebut atau tetap menolaknya?

By fate or miracle, Lyria was alive and breathing on the cold December night of her assassination day. Though she could open her eyes, she couldn't see clearly the point of being alive and to exist wandering on the streets of some unknown village. It may seem like an angel's whisper; a stranger stood by her side when she was meters away from death. His words were striking light, and a spectrum of color flourished in her dark world. She found hope in a hopeless stranger who jumped ahead of her with the certainty he would die. As she jumped back unknowingly, the poor and miserable girl saved the life of the youngest billionaire in town, Zion Hudson. Just as when she thought their relationship would be connected professionally, things went awry when her name was linked as his love interest. Although she hated the people's attention and eyes, she loved challenges. "Make me fall for you, then." The arrogant billionaire officially challenged the ferocious independent woman, Lyria, his servant, in a fight for love. They agreed she would not disappoint him with her hidden charm and talent as she accepted the challenge a few days later. "I will make you forget your name the same thing I forgot mine years ago." A period of madness is sure to begin for hearts that have been left empty for too long, prompting them to remember everything at once and forget it without a moment's hesitation.

I woke up in his bed after one confusing night, and suddenly I was married to Dylan Carter, the man I'd loved in silence for twelve years. The man who was supposed to marry my sister. Everyone thinks I'm a scheming gold-digger who trapped Riverside's most eligible bachelor. Even Dylan believes I drugged him and orchestrated everything. He looks at me with pure hatred, spending every night with my sister while I wait alone in our empty house. Then I discovered I'm pregnant. But before I could tell him, I overheard the truth: my "perfect" sister Sophie was the one who planned that night. She drugged Dylan, called the reporters, set the whole trap, she just walked into the wrong room. And my adoptive family? They only took me in because Sophie needed my bone marrow. Everything I believed was a lie. Now Sophie's faking suicide attempts to manipulate Dylan into divorcing me, and my so-called family has disowned me in front of everyone. I'm alone, pregnant, and everyone in Riverside thinks I'm the villain in this story. But I've decided something: I'm not giving up. Not my husband, not my baby, and definitely not my future. Sophie wants the life she thinks I stole? She'll have to go through me first.

Alexander's mistress was pregnant. He turned his back on me without a shred of hesitation, canceled our marking ceremony, and brought her home instead. As he passed by, he didn't even look at me. He just left a brief order hanging in the air. "She's weak. You know medicine. From now on, you'll handle her meals." When he reached the first floor, he paused again. "She's pregnant. She can't be frightened, and she needs me to sleep beside her." His voice was flat, devoid of any feeling for me. "There are plenty of empty rooms. Move out of mine." I packed my things quietly, without a word, and walked out of the estate. The butler tried to stop me, but Alexander's voice cut through the hall, cold and final. "Let her go. Once she cools off, she'll come crawling back on her own." His men, watching the scene unfold, exchanged amused glances. They even placed bets right in front of me—how many minutes before I'd regret leaving and come running back. But none of them knew the truth. The Alpha King my parents had chosen for me had already sent a car to wait for me outside the gate. This time, I wasn't coming back.

On the day Tristan Spallone, the head of a mafia family, and I mark our fifth wedding anniversary, the manager of the Spallone family vault calls. Something that was stored away for a long time has finally come due, and Tristan is to retrieve it. He's so busy that he barely has a moment to breathe, so I go in his place. What I bring back is an old roll of film. The manager warned me that if it wasn’t developed soon, its age might cause it to be ruined beyond recovery. But when I have them developed, frame after frame is filled with Winnie Leigh, his first love. Her smile looks so sweet in those pictures that they nearly suffocate me. What about me, one may ask? I never once appeared on his albums. The office door slams open. Tristan bursts in, already out of breath. "Anna, is your life really so empty that you have to dig through mine?" I turn toward him, the man who's usually so composed. I neither question him nor break down. Instead, I speak slowly. "We're getting a divorce." Tristan frowns and thrusts the stack of photos into the shredder. He then looks back at me. "They're gone. Do you still want a divorce?" A bitter smile tugs at my lips. "Yes."

"If you are going to enter my world, be ready to play my game," Mago warned, his eyes gleaming with danger, "If you can't keep up, then you'll have to endure the pain." MAGO CONCEPCION—ruthless, seductive, and incapable of love. He believed emotions were a weakness, and I, ARLENE MEJORADA, believed I could change him. I was the woman who thought I could heal him with my love, drawn in by his dangerous allure that I couldn't resist. I was a willing victim, drawn into his world of power and temptation. I convinced myself that I could handle the pain, that I could survive his cruel, calculating ways. But love doesn't always conquer all. Yet, my determination was unwavering. Soon, I found myself breaking. Piece by piece, he tore through my heart, leaving me shattered and empty, a shadow of the woman I once was. I wanted to save him, but in the end, I was the one who needed saving. This is my story—of how I gave him everything until nothing was left of me. Now I face the choice: do I pick up the pieces and walk away, or keep letting him destroy what’s left of me? My name is ARLENE MEJORADA, and I was willing to endure anything for love. Until I wasn’t.

For five years, I was Carlos’s dirty little secret. In the light of day, I was his executive assistant, handling his legitimate businesses while he treated me with cold, professional detachment. In the shadows, I was the woman he claimed to love more than life itself, the one who warmed his bed while he whispered promises against my skin. That was until I found out I was pregnant. I was ready to tell him, to finally ask for a life in the light. But then, I discovered Carlos had purchased a secluded estate in the suburbs—a fortress meant for a wife. I followed him there, heart in my throat, only to watch through the window as his hand slid beneath a woman’s silk lingerie, his eyes burning with a raw desire I thought belonged only to me. "Sophie," he groaned, his voice rough with emotion. "I stayed unmarried all these years for one reason. I was waiting for you to come back to the States. Marry me." The sounds of their pleasure echoed from the room. The shock was a physical blow; my body revolted, and the stress induced a miscarriage right there in the cold. When I woke up in the hospital, empty and broken, I made a call I had been avoiding for years. I accepted the arranged marriage my family had set up for me—a political alliance with a rival syndicate. The next morning,I would vanish from Carlos’s life forever.