Forced Proximity Adalah

“If you were the last man on earth and I needed to be saved, I would rather die than let you touch me.” I screamed in his face, my husband. The name still sounded bitter on my tongue. He looked the least bit bothered by my outburst, taking two tentative steps until he stood right in front of me, close enough that all I could smell was him. He gripped my chin and forced me to look at him. “Throw your tantrum princess. When you’re done you’ll come back pleading for my touch, you’ll beg me to ruin you. You will swell with my child and give me the heir that I want.” He turned but stopped short and faced me again. “That is all you would be good for.”

Ketika suamiku yang seorang direktur utama tahu bahwa aku dengan suka rela menyerahkan proyek bernilai puluhan miliar kepada asisten yang paling dia sayangi, dia mengira perang dingin selama tiga bulan terhadapku akhirnya membuahkan hasil. Dia pun berinisiatif mengajakku pergi bulan madu ke Islandia. Namun setelah asisten itu mengetahuinya, dia langsung diliputi rasa cemburu dan bersikeras ingin mengundurkan diri dari perusahaan. Suamiku yang selama ini selalu memanjakannya, langsung merasa panik. Setelah menenangkannya selama tiga hari tiga malam, dia kembali membatalkan bulan madu dengan alasan dinas luar kota, lalu memberikan sebuah tiket bulan madu lainnya kepada asisten itu. Setelah itu, dia menjelaskan kepadaku dengan sikap acuh tak acuh. "Masalah cinta itu hal kecil, pekerjaan tetap yang paling penting. Sebagai bos, aku harus menempatkan pekerjaan di posisi pertama. Kamu istriku, kamu pasti akan mendukung aku, 'kan?" Aku menatap unggahan terbaru asisten itu di media sosial, serta foto mereka berdua yang saling menempelkan kepala dan membentuk tanda hati seperti sepasang kekasih. Aku tidak berkata apa-apa, hanya mengangguk pelan. Dia mengira aku sudah berubah menjadi lebih lapang dada dan pengertian. Dia tampak sangat puas, bahkan mengatakan bahwa dia akan menggantinya dengan bulan madu yang lebih romantis untukku setelah kembali ke dalam negeri. Namun, dia tidak tahu. Aku sudah mengajukan pengunduran diri dan dia juga sudah menandatangani surat perjanjian perceraian. Aku dan dia ... tidak akan pernah punya masa depan lagi.

Sobat, Readers yang terlope. Ini adalah sekuel-nya Mysterious CEO. Moga suka, ya. Clare Stewart adalah wanita cantik dan pintar yang sejak masih dalam perut ibunya sudah dijodohkan. Karena usia masih sangat muda Clare memilih fokus kuliah dan tidak ingin membuka hati untuk pria lain. Namun takdir berkata lain, Clare melanggar janjinya sendiri dan jatuh cinta kepada seniornya. Pria itu bernama Reagan Harvest, anak pengusaha kaya yang ternyata adalah anak sahabat ayahnya Clare. Dia sangat menyukai Clare, tak peduli meski dirinya sudah dijodohkan. Apakah Clare mampu menahan godaan Reagan demi perjodohan yang telah dilakukan orangtuanya? Apakah Clare akan menolak perjodohan itu dan menerima Reagan yang sangat mencintainya? Maafkan aku, Reagan, tapi aku sudah dijodohkan sejak kecil." "Sama, aku juga sudah dijodohkan. Tapi aku tak peduli, aku hanya ingin bersamamu selamanya."

One fake kiss made me his wife. Now, it might get me killed. I wanted out of my father’s mafia world. I had a plan, a bag of cash, and a new life waiting. But then I met Dante Moretti. To help him spite his ex-wife, I agreed to play his fiancée for just five minutes. It was the biggest mistake of my life. My father saw us. Before the night was over, he made it official: marry Dante in seven days, or people I love start dying. Dante is cold and dangerous, and hates my family name. He thinks I’m just a spoiled princess he can lock away. He doesn't know that I’ve been secretly sabotaging his business for months and that I’m his biggest enemy. Now I’m trapped in his house and sharing his bed. I’m supposed to hate him, but every time he touches me, the line between acting and reality blurs. This is my reality; I'm joined by the Blood Oath to a man who might be my only hope or my end.

Uuna Mikhayla adalah seorang wanita yang tengah mengandung tanpa suami. Dia sendiri tidak tahu siapa ayah dari anaknya, karena Uuna hamil dari hasil inseminasi buatan. Si pendonor sendiri tidak tahu bahwa benih yang dianggap gagal ternyata hidup di dalam rahim seorang Una Mikhayla yang dia sendiri tidak tau identitas asli dari wanita yang akan mengandung anaknya. Tapi takdir memang siapa yang tau. Uuna dihadapkan kembali dengan Darren Hayes ayah biologis dari anaknya ketika perutnya sudah membuncit dan berkata bayi yang tengah dikandungnya adalah benihnya. Dengan menggunakan bayi dalam perut Uuna, Darren memaksa Uuna agar mau tinggal satu atap dengannya hingga menimbulkan benih cinta diantara mereka walau diawali oleh kebencian. Uuna begitu membenci Darren karena Darren begitu menguasai tubuhnya yang menjadi obat bagi penyakit yang tengah diderita Darren dengan mengancam akan menghancurkan toko roti sahabatnya yang selama ini membantu Uuna. Mampukah Uuna bertahan dalam menghadapi sikap Darren Hayes?

Bagaimana rasanya jika kita memiliki suami, mertua, adik ipar yang toxic? Seperti kisahnya Embun Hartawan. Don't Judge Book by it's Cover, Lempar Batu Sembunyi Tangan, Air Tenang Menghanyutkan, adalah peribahasa yang membenarkan dalam kisah rumah tangganya Embun. Belum lagi Embun harus dihadapkan dengan keluarga pasangan yang terlalu cinta harta, membuat mereka pelit. Tidak hanya itu, sifat pelit itu ternyata menurun kepada anaknya yang menjadi suami Embun, yaitu Toro Kusnadi. Peribahasa "Buah Tidak Jatuh Jauh dari Pohonnya" membenarkan dalam kisah Embun. Wajah polos dari suami Embun, mertua, dan iparnya menjadi senjata andalan mereka untuk berlindung dibalik topeng palsu itu. Ditambah lagi keluarga dari suami memiliki saudara angkat yang menjadi sendok dalam rumah tangga Embun. Kerikil dalam rumah tangga Embun yang seolah melemparinya, semakin lama semakin berubah hingga kerikil-kerikil kecil menjadi Batu yang semakin besar, yang terus menghantam rumah tangganya. Bagaimana akhir kisah cinta Embun? Apa sajakah bentuk dari batu yang menghantam rumah tangga Embun? Apakah dirinya akan sanggup mempertahankan rumah tangganya? atau merelakan rumah tangganya hancur?

Addison wakes up thinking this day is going to be like any other, but soon she finds out her uncle has other plans: she is going to marry King Gregory Dominis, the most handsome yet intimidating man she has ever met and the ruler of a far away kingdom. Now she is going to be the wife of a man that terrifies her and the queen of a place she knows nothing about. ******* excerpt ******* “I have great news for you, Addison,” he announced. “You are to be married today!” At first, his words made no sense, how could I be getting married today if wasn’t even engaged? I didn’t even have a suitor! “Ma… married?” I babbled. “Yes, don’t you know what married means? I don’t understand why you look so baffled, girls your age marry all the time!” He exclaimed. The king was right, it wasn’t unusual for girls my age to get married in Lerene, but they were usually informed in advance, not the very same day of the wedding. “But… today? It is so soon…” I mumbled. “I know, but the groom is a busy man who has no time for a long engagement,” he said. His reply made me realize I hadn’t asked the most basic question. “Who is the groom?” “I am glad you asked, Addison, because that is the best part,” he said smirking. “You are to be married to King Gregory Dominis of Dranda.” My heart sinked into my stomach. I felt like I was going to get sick. Did he just say I was going to marry King Gregory Dominis? How could I marry a man I have never met? And he was not just any man but a king!

I had just one assignment. Go in. Find out the truth, document it, and leave. I wasn't meant to be emotionally attached, or stay more than a year. Neither was I supposed to care about his hidden charm personality he kept away from the public. I was not meant to fall in love with the man I came to destroy. In a room crowded with people, Adrian Tao pointed at me in front of everyone who had never bothered to know my name, and said “her,” and the plan I had been working on for three years cracked right down the middle. He thought he had chosen the safest choice. The calm secretary, the woman who isn't demanding, emotionally and materially. He has no idea who he's dealing with. And the longer I stay, the more terrified I am of what happens the day he finds out. Because I know secrets about his family that could bring down their empire. I know things about him that I was never meant to discover. And I know that when the truth is eventually revealed, he will stare at me the same way he did this morning over coffee, like I am truly the first thing that has ever happened to him in years. But by then, it won't matter anymore, everything will already be ruined. Some secrets keep you safe, some destroy you. And some you carry for a long time and they stop feeling like lies, you begin to feel they are the only true thing you have left.

"ฉันไม่น่าเลือกแต่งงานกับคนแบบพี่เลยจริงๆ" "ทำไม...หรือว่าเธออยากจะแต่งกับน้องฉัน?" "หึ!...ใช่ อย่างน้อยมันก็ดีกว่าคนเลวๆ แบบพี่"

Seigfreid Matthews has been in love with Leyla Jimenez since childhood. Hindi maalala ni Seig kung kailan iyon nagsimula, basta namulatan niya na may nararamdaman para sa nakababatang kapatid ng best friend niya. Seig and Ley grew up together, but for some reason, Ley dislikes Sig for his angst and bad boy image. Mas gusto ni Ley iyong lalaki na responsible at mapagkakatiwalaan, katulad ng kaniyang long-time crush na si Emerson Sandoval. In their elementary days, Ley rejected Seig. High school came, Ley hated him more. On their graduation day in college, Ley officially introduced Emerson as her boyfriend. Seig was devastated, but that only made him want her more. Call him obsessed, but he didn't care. He will make her his, and this time, he'll make sure she will say yes to him. "I now pronounce you, man and wife. You may kiss the bride." Matatalim na mga titig na ibinabato ni Ley kay Seig. She doesn't want to be his wife; she only wants Emerson to be the only man she will call her husband. "You should know that I only married you for Emerson. Siya ang dahilan kung bakit pumayag akong magpakasal sa'yo, I love him that much that I'm willing to sacrifice my life for him. Huwag mong kalilimutan iyan, siya ang mahal ko." He wanted her so much that he doesn't care if it will make his heart bleed to death. Basta ang alam niya ay gusto niyang makasama ang babae hanggang sa pagtanda nila. "You can say whatever you want, but you're my wife now. And I'll make you fall for me." He smirked as he stole a kiss from her lips, "Deep and hard. Huwag mong kalilimutan iyan, paiibigin kita, Mrs. Leyla Matthews" Without any warning, he pulled her and devoured her lips.