Ep 904 Pill

Selena terpaksa menjalani hidup sebagai ibu rumah tangga karena sang suami melarangnya bekerja dengan alasan 'wanita hanya boleh di rumah'. Hidupnya terasa terkubur sampai suatu hari bos besar suaminya berkunjung ke rumah. Tanpa sengaja, Selena menerima tamu itu dengan penampilan sederhana—hanya daster tipis—dan justru membuat Haris, bos suaminya, terpesona. Dari sinilah jalan hidupnya berubah: tawaran pekerjaan sebagai sekretaris pribadi membuka kesempatan sekaligus jebakan. Yang awalnya sekadar pintu keluar dari rutinitas rumah tangga, perlahan menyeretnya ke hubungan terlarang dengan sang bos. Di sisi lain, suaminya yang semula menolak, justru memilih menutup mata demi ambisi promosi. Antara logika moral dan gairah yang tak terbendung, mereka semua terjebak dalam permainan yang mengancam runtuhnya rumah tangga.

私が流産した夜、私の夫はーー家政婦の娘に付き添って、妊婦検診を受けていた……。 その事実を知った時、燈（あかり）は夫を捨て、新しい世界へ足を踏み出す！ 政略結婚をした久遠燈（くおん　あかり）は二年前のあの事故でメスを置き、専業主婦となった。夫の久遠湊（くおん　みなと）は脳外科の部長として、そして若き脳外科医のエースとして第一線で活躍している。 二年前のあの事故。全てはそこに起因している……。 湊の親友、颯太の死。 そしてそこに絡む愛沢くるみの影……。 久遠湊、森崎颯太、佐伯燈、そして絡み付く愛沢くるみ。４人は幼馴染でもあり、互いに相容れない感情を持っている……。

In the eighth year of helping Keith Hunter pay off his debts, I was diagnosed with stomach cancer. I tested the waters and asked him, half joking, "If I got cancer, would you save me?" He laughed, saying I was overthinking it. Then he added firmly, "If it ever came to that, I would sell my blood to pay for your treatment." I lay awake all night, tossing and turning, still feeling like I couldn't drag him down with me. Before taking a sleeping pill, a notification popped up on my phone about a social media post. [How do I dump an older woman who paid off my debts for eight years without too much drama?] The profile picture looked eerily like Keith's silhouette from behind. He wrote, [Eight years ago, my family went bankrupt. She stuck with me, living off dry toast and squeezing into a rented apartment. She helped me pay back over 600 thousand dollars in debt. [Back then, I thought she was innocent and cute. Now, I feel like she's just a materialistic woman putting on an act. [Last month, she even asked whether I would save her if she got cancer. How does someone even ask that? [Obviously, she was trying to get money out of me. Good thing I didn't tell her that my family recovered three years ago. [Now, my family has arranged a fiancée for me. She's the daughter of a publicly listed company. [I want to cut things off with my girlfriend, but I'm afraid she'll cling to me. After all, she wasted a lot of her youth on me.] By the time I finished reading, I had crushed the stomach cancer diagnosis in my hand into a wrinkled mess.

Over five years I’ve lived a bittersweet lie as David Hargrove’s kept woman, Maria Bell. David’s shown no interest in me beyond what he wants. Love’s a bitter pill to love when it's not returned. I'm bought and paid for. Kept in a gilded cage. David suspects nothing of the secrets I hold. Tonight, David announced he’s marrying my stepsister. He doesn’t know. The level of betrayal I’ve experienced is unbelievable. Everything becomes complicated as the lies surface. Leaving and facing it alone are my only choices. I’m living in fear as I pick up pieces of a life, I believed lost. Blackmail, sabotage, and intrigue dog my steps. I don’t know who I can trust or how to win. I won’t surrender without a fight this time. They don’t recognize me. They won’t see me coming. My name is David Hargrove, and someone is trying to destroy my family. I must marry my rival’s daughter. His stepdaughter signed the contract. Before we learned, she couldn’t deliver the Belgrave empire to me. She can help me secure my family’s empire as my fiancée. I need the ugly biological daughter, Maria Belgrave, who’s hiding. Things get confusing. Maria Belgrave sent two women to represent her. One is my Maria. My missing woman. The betrayal and conflict of interest still stand. I will say when our contract has ended. How can I work with her? I know nothing about her. She owes me answers and loyalty. Perhaps I’ll use this to my advantage. When David learns of Maria’s past life. Will he help her? Or use her and take over the business himself? It starts with an engagement and the death of a patriarch.

"Laurette, you are not qualified to have a child." Hearing these words from her husband, Laurette felt her heart shatter into a million pieces, leaving her wondering if she'd be enough. Every time they had sex, he'd remind her to take her contraceptive pill, making sure she never got pregnant. For five years, Laurette found herself trapped in a loveless, secret marriage with Bryce – one that forbids pregnancy. No one knew about it – not even her family. It's been five years already; everyone expected children, especially her mother-in-law, who couldn't wait to cradle her grandchild. But the truth was, she'd had a miscarriage years ago, and the doctor said she couldn't get pregnant again. The memory still lingered, a painful echo of what could've been. She kept it a secret, hiding behind a mask of compliance, letting her mother-in-law cling to hope of carrying her grandchild one day. But today was different. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ava, fueled by years of frustration, called Laurette "infertile." Bryce stood there, silent. He knew the truth. He knew about the contract, and he didn't defend her. Instead, he handed her divorce papers and said coldly, "Let's get divorced. My first love is back." Bryce Rodriguez chose Irene – his childhood sweetheart – over the woman who'd stood by him for five years. Laurette couldn't compete when her husband's first love returned. Heartbroken but dignified, she walked away without looking back. But fate had other plans. Months later, Bryce accompanied Irene to a prenatal checkup... only to run into his ex-wife, holding triplets! He went crazy and shouted, "Whose children are they?" he demanded, his voice shaking. "I thought you're infertile?" Laurette only smiled. Too late, Bryce realized the truth. He didn't just lose his wife... He lost his entire family.