First Move

It was a national holiday and we decided to drive back to my husband's hometown to spend the holidays. One day before we left, my husband's childhood crush came crying to him that she had not managed to buy train tickets home. My husband immediately decided to let her have my seat in the car and insisted that I take the train instead. I looked at him in disbelief. There was shock in my eyes. Even my son insisted I take the train. "Mommy, Aunt Rosie is so pretty. How could you make her take the train?" I did not argue. I booked my train ticket right in front of them. However, it was to my own hometown. I no longer wanted a biased husband and a disloyal son.

The emergency center I worked in went haywire as the typhoon closed in on our town. That night, my husband’s first love made seven emergency calls in a row to me. However, she did not say anything when I picked up. By the eighth call, I thought it was a prank caller, so I gave them a piece of my mind. Then, I heard my husband’s angry voice. “Melinda! This is the eighth time Sadie's called you for help! Haven’t you made her suffer enough?!” After that fiasco, he decided to avenge Sadie by taping my mouth, tying my wrists and legs up, and throwing me into our basement for three whole days, despite it being flooded with seawater, I begged for mercy, but it was to no avail. “You knew Sadie couldn’t talk because she hurt her throat, yet you still hung up on her! I'm going to make sure you feel the same hopelessness she felt!" Those three days left me with a collection of severe infections. I ended up having to remove my kidney. Even after all that, that man still had the gall to kneel by my bed and beg me to give him another chance.

Sonnet Turner agreed to get married in her foster sister’s place to rescue her foster father. Everyone thought that Sonnet’s future was ruined as she married a fool when she already had two children.Unlike everyone’s expectations, Sonnet soon appeared in the social circle of wealthy young women in Harbor City. Among Harbor City’s Big Four, whom all the wealthy young women of Harbor City fancied, one of them was in charge of driving Sonnet around, one of them was in charge of helping Sonnet lift her skirt when she went down the stairs, and the other two of them worked as her bodyguards. The wealthy young women of Harbor City were all beyond jealous. Sonnet’s foster sister showed up and said, “Sonnet Turner, so what if you’re that capable? You still married a fool!” “Who said I’m a fool?” A man wrapped his arms around Sonnet’s waist. The group of wealthy people behind him treated him extremely courteously. Sonnet was shocked. Since when had her silly husband become a rich, cool, and handsome boss?!

My husband, Mark Thompson, and I went hiking. After eating some wild berries I picked, he was poisoned and died. When I got home, a woman named Sarah Miller and her son, Tommy Miller, showed up at my door. It turned out Mark had given them our house and car. On top of that, he owed them a huge amount of money. I ended up giving them all the savings I had. To care for my sick mother-in-law, Judith Thompson, I worked three jobs. I was surviving on basic meals like bread and butter. After years of exhausting work, I collapsed in the hospital. Judith told the doctors to stop my treatment. Just as I was about to die, Mark walked into the ward with Sarah and Tommy in his arms. He tossed five dollars at me. “Thanks for taking care of my mom all these years.” That was when I realized Mark had faked his death just to be with Sarah and their love child. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day we went hiking together.

Pada suatu hari di tengah malam, Yuna merasa mulutnya kering dan sakit kepala ketika dia terbangun dari tidurnya. Parfum bernama “First Love” yang sudah sekian lama dia racik akhirnya rampung juga. Setelah memenangkan penghargaan dalam kompetisi yang akan diadakan besok malam, pernikahan dia dengan Logan akan berjalan sesuai rencana......

Aku Flora Narina Adeeva, di usiaku yang ke 25 tahun, harus merasakan sakitnya menjalani pernikahan tanpa adanya cinta. Satu tahun yang lalu Lucas melamarku, kami tidak berpacaran dulu sebelumnya. Desas desus mengatakan Lucas pria gagal move on pada mantannya, lalu menikahiku untuk melupakan masa lalu, aku tidak percaya waktu itu. Tapi sekarang, ternyata aku menemukan satu bukti dan itu sudah membuat remuk hatiku.

[CERITA DEWASA 21+] Sebagai gadis tunarungu, Kirana kesulitan mendapatkan jodoh. Itulah alasan Narto, ayahnya, menjodohkannya dengan Farhan, seorang duda berumur empat puluh tahun, yang perkawinannya gagal karena dikhianati mantan istrinya. Karena rasa balas budi dan pada dasarnya juga tertarik dengan Kirana, Farhan menerima tawaran Narto dengan beberapa syarat. Syarat itu pula yang membuat Narto dan Surti, istrinya, harus mengikuti kemauan Farhan meski itu di luar batas kewajaran.Kirana harus menjalani kehidupan berumah tangga sebagai abdi bagi suaminya. Dia harus menghadapi perilaku Farhan yang tak cukup hanya bercinta dengannya seorang. Farhan masih kerap bercinta dengan anak angkatnya, Gayatri, bahkan dengan Surti, ibu kandung Kirana. Dengan kebesaran hati dan kebijaksanaannya yang seolah tanpa batas, Kirana bertahan dan berusaha membuat kehidupannya bersama suaminya menjadi lebih baik. Akankah Kirana mendapatkan kebahagiaan? Sanggupkah dia menjadi abdi bagi suaminya?

Berawal dari salah meja pada saat kencan buta, Satria Bramantyo akhirnya bertemu dengan Dhea Annisa Putri, yang juga tengah melakukan kencan buta karena paksaan sepupunya agar dia segera move on dari mantan kekasihnya yang menikah dengan teman masa SMA-nya. Bram yang sudah berusia matang, yaitu tiga puluh delapan tahun sudah didesak agar segera menikah oleh keluarganya, sehingga dia tidak basa-basi langsung mengajak Dhea menikah. Dhea sebenarnya tidak ingin buru-buru menikah, karena usianya yang baru dua puluh tiga, dia juga perlu penjajakan yang mendalam agar tidak mengalami kejadian yang sama dengan Aryan Wicaksono. Namun apa yang ditawarkan Bram membuat Dhea menerima lelaki itu dan mereka menikah dengan instan, Bram sendiri entah mengapa begitu mudah menerima Dhea, tanpa perlu memeriksa latar belakang Dhea yang ternyata berhubungan erat dengan masa lalu lelaki itu.

Tidak pernah ada yang tahu, jika dahulu kala, Gemini Kamaniya dan Aries Gautama, pernah berbagi rasa, dan berbagi malam yang panas. Sebuah rahasia kecil yang berawal dan berakhir dalam senyap. Membuat luka dan kecewa yang tidak berkesudahan. -- "Sudah hampir delapan tahun kita putus, tapi, kamu masih single, sampai sekarang?” Aries tersenyum miring, terkesan meledek dan meremehkan. “Belum bisa bisa move on?” Gemini mendesah panjang, kemudian membalas Aries dengan senyum yang sama. “Sudah hampir delapan tahun kamu nikah, belum juga punya anak, Kamu mandul?”

Siapa sih yang baik-baik saja melihat gebetan justru menikahi bestie? Pria yang dicintai Mei sejak SMA, kini malah bersanding di pelaminan dengan teman dekat Mei sendiri. Dalam kepedihan Mei di tengah acara resepsi pernikahan itu, tiba-tiba saja mantan pacar si teman melamarnya. Juna. Mapan dan cukup tampan untuk ditolak. Akan tetapi, Mei tahu pria itu sama seperti dirinya yang masih patah hati dan belum bisa move on. "Menikah tanpa cinta, bukan berarti tak bisa bikin kita bahagia, Mei. Just have fun with me." Juna berkata dengan sorot kesungguhan jelang pernikahan mereka. Namun, benarkah begitu? Bisakah pernikahan itu menyembuhkan keduanya? Atau, justru menambah luka baru?