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Seorang gadis penjual pakaian bekas diminta menikah dengan seorang pemuda yang tak di kenalnya, dan anehnya permintaan itu datang dari wanita yang menjadi pelanggan pakaian bekas bernama Akila. Permintaan yang tiba-tiba itu ditolaknya mentah-mentah. Tapi demi ayahnya yang membutuhkan biaya operasi akhirnya di terimanya juga permintaan gila itu. Zahira nama gadis penjual pakaian bekas itu bahkan tak tahu seperti apa calon suaminya, sudah tua atau cacat yang penting dia bisa membayar biaya operasi ayahnya yang kecelakaan akibat truk yang di bawanya masuk jurang. Zahira di dandani secantik mungkin, dia bahkan tidak ingin melihat bagaimana bayangan wajahnya di cermin setelah memakai makeup pengantin. Zahira baru mengangkat kepalanya saat mempelai pria datang bersama keluarganya. Zahira terperangah karena pria yang akan menjadi suaminya bagaikan pangeran dari negeri dongeng. Tampannya tak bisa di samakan dengan pemain sinetron favoritnya. Zahira ingin lari meninggalkan pesta pernikahan yang menurutnya tidak benar ini, pasti ada sesuatu yang terselubung karena Akila pernah menunjukkan foto kekasihnya yang berada di latar walpaper ponselnya. Bagaimana mungkin Akila memintanya menikahi kekasihnya sendiri yang bernama Fajar seorang pengusaha muda real estate terkemuka di Indonesia. Ada apa sebenarnya? Pikirannya terus berkecamuk antara pergi dan tak menengok lagi ke belakang atau melanjutkan pernikahan ini.

Die drei Richter-Brüder, für die ich einst das Wichtigste im Leben gewesen sein soll – ausgerechnet als ich unter einem bösartigen Hirntumor litt, waren sie nirgendwo zu finden. Die Operation könnte zu Gedächtnisverlust führen. Ich wollte sie nicht vergessen, also rief ich sie an und bat um Hilfe. Doch kaum war die Verbindung hergestellt, prasselten ihre Beschimpfungen auf mich ein: „Lena, heute ist Vanessas Geburtstag! Musst du uns ausgerechnet jetzt Ärger machen?“ Vor Schmerzen verlor ich das Bewusstsein. Als ich im Krankenhaus wieder aufwachte, sah ich eine Nachricht von Vanessa auf meinem Handy. „Lena, die Brüder haben mir drei Schutzamulette geschenkt, um mich zu beschützen!“ Auf dem Foto waren die drei Schutzamulette zu sehen – dieselben, für die ich sieben Stunden lang im strömenden Regen Schritt für Schritt niedergekniet war und jedes Mal meinen Kopf zur Erde gesenkt hatte, um sie für die Brüder zu erbitten. Endlich gab ich auf. Ich ging allein ins Ausland, ließ mich operieren und vergaß sie. Bis ich eines Tages drei fremde Männer vor meiner Haustür knien sah, die mich wie von Sinnen um Vergebung anflehten.

Pada ulang tahun pernikahan kami, wanita yang disukai oleh suamiku menunjukkan foto USG di status media sosialnya. Dia juga menuliskan ucapan terima kasih untuk suamiku. "Laki-laki baik yang sudah menjagaku selama sepuluh tahun memberiku seorang anak. Terima kasih." Aku sempat melotot dan berkomentar, "Sudah tahu cuma selingkuhan, tapi masih berani begini?" Aku langsung menelepon suamiku dan memarahinya. "Jangan punya pikiran aneh-aneh! Aku cuma kasih tabung reaksi buat memenuhi keinginannya menjadi ibu tunggal." "Oh ya, Erika saja sudah hamil, kamu yang sudah melakukannya hingga tiga kali masih saja belum hamil. Dasar nggak berguna." Tiga hari yang lalu dia bilang padaku kalau dia harus pergi ke luar negeri untuk urusan bisnis, tidak menjawab telepon atau membalas pesanku. Aku pikir dia sibuk, tetapi tidak disangka dia malah menemani orang lain untuk melakukan pemeriksaan kehamilan. Setengah jam kemudian, Erika memamerkan hidangan mewah di atas meja makan. "Aku bosan sama makan makanan barat, jadi Regha memasak semua makanan kesukaanku." Aku melihat slip kehamilan yang ada di tanganku. Seketika, kegembiraan yang memenuhi hatiku langsung membeku menjadi es. Aku jatuh cinta kepadanya selama delapan tahun, berkomitmen dengannya selama enam tahun dalam ikatan pernikahan. Kali ini, aku akan melepaskan semuanya.

Pacarku meninggal karena sakit. Sebelum menghembuskan napas terakhir, dia menitipkan satu-satunya adik lelakinya, Dilan Pratama, kepadaku. Aku membiayai kuliahnya hingga lulus, bahkan membantunya mendirikan perusahaan. Namun, suatu malam, setelah dia pulang dari jamuan dan mabuk berat, kami justru berakhir di ranjang yang sama. Saat aku masih diliputi kebimbangan tentang hubungan kami, pandanganku terhenti pada sebuah foto diriku yang dia pajang di meja kerja. Di sampingnya, tergeletak sebuah cincin pertunangan. Hatiku bergetar hebat. Dengan perasaan penuh harap, aku mendorong pintu ruang istirahat untuk mau membicarakan hubungan kami. Namun, begitu pintu terbuka, sebuah kamisol putih jatuh tepat di kakiku. Aku tertegun di tempat. Sementara Dilan buru-buru menyelimuti tubuh asisten wanitanya yang panik. "Riana, nggak bisakah kamu mengetuk pintu dulu?" Wajahku mendadak pucat. Aku melangkah mundur dengan kikuk, tetapi langkahku tertahan oleh suara pelan sang asisten. "Kak Riana, bisa tolong ambilkan pakaianku?" Aku tidak memedulikan sorot permusuhan di matanya. Sambil berusaha menutupi kegugupanku, aku melemparkan pakaiannya ke tempat tidur, lalu buru-buru melarikan diri. Begitu keluar dari gedung perusahaan, ponselku berdering. Peneleponnya adalah Dilan. "Kak Riana, lain kali jangan seenaknya membuka pintu kamarku." Aku hanya tertawa kecil dan mengiyakan. Sejak hari itu, aku tidak pernah lagi melangkahkan kaki ke dalam dunianya.

#TERINSPIRASI KISAH NYATA [Rated 21+] Aku menemukan foto dan video mesum para wanita cantik di ponsel suamiku. Ada mantan dan ada juga pemain baru. Berusaha untuk kuat karena tidak semudah itu untuk membalas atau mempermainkan suamiku, meski ia berulang kali berkhianat. Satu hal lagi, tidak semudah itu bagiku untuk mengatakan kalimat "AKU MINTA CERAI!" Banyak pihak mengatakan aku bodoh dan kelewat sabar. Penakut karena tidak mau hidup mandiri. Ah, seandainya mereka mengalami apa yang aku alami. Mampukah mereka menjadi aku? Bertahan demi kebaikan buah hatiku yang berkebutuhan khusus, dan demi kesehatan orang tua. Sekali lagi, tidak semudah itu bagiku 'tuk pergi. Biarlah seisi dunia mengatakan aku pandir. Namun, aku pun tidak hanya diam. Aku berjuang dalam sabarku. Bertekad membalikkan keadaan, dan berada di atas mereka yang menyakitiku. Inilah jalan hidupku, khusus kuceritakan padamu. Untuk kalian para wanita kuat di antara deraan nestapa. Kisah ini adalah tentangmu, tentangku, tentang kita. Perjuanganku sebagai seorang ibu, seorang istri, dan seorang anak. Ya, kita para wanita dengan segala sisi manusiawi, ketakutan, dan kelebihan. Benarlah bahwa wanita adalah makhluk terkuat di muka bumi. Hatinya bisa hancur menjadi ribuan keping, tetapi senyum indah tetap terlukis di wajah. Adakah kebahagiaan menanti kita di ujung pelangi? *****

No primeiro ano do nosso casamento, Augusto Moretti, meu marido perfeito aos olhos de todos, começou a mudar. Ele se afastou de mim, tornando-se frio e distante. De repente, ele parecia ter feito um voto de castidade: mandou construir uma pequena capela na mansão e não largava mais o rosário. Eu tentei de tudo para reacender a nossa relação. Mas, por mais que eu o provocasse, ele permanecia indiferente, como se eu fosse invisível. Até que, em uma noite, o flagrei através de uma fresta na porta do banheiro. Ele estava se entregando à paixão… Mas não por mim. Ele olhava fixamente para a foto de outra mulher. Foi nesse momento que percebi: ele não era frio, ele apenas não tinha sentimentos por mim. Decidi virar o jogo. Enganei Augusto para que assinasse o acordo do divórcio e desapareci completamente da vida dele. Mas, ironicamente, depois que sumi, ele enlouqueceu tentando me encontrar. Quando nos reencontramos, foi no casamento do tio dele. Eu vestia um vestido de noiva branco, e ele, com os olhos vermelhos de raiva, não conseguia de jeito nenhum me chamar de "tia"!

I secretly sent Lena Parker, my husband Dominic Caballero's mistress, away to Sicara. I'm defying his authority as the Don of Coastwick, New Hudson. That very night, he abducts my parents and younger brother, using their lives to force me to reveal Lena's whereabouts. Dominic pushes his phone in front of me. On the screen, I see my family tied to chairs, the timer of the bombs ticking down. 00:59:59 00:59:58 He sits across from me and taps his fingers softly against the table, like he's closing a business deal. "Alyssa, you have 59 minutes," Dominic says in a calm, almost gentle voice. "Where's Lena?" I freeze, my throat tightening as if strangled. I can't get a word out. This is the third time he's pressed me. The first time, he asked where Lena had gone, but I stayed silent. The second time, he grabbed my chin and said in a low voice, "Alyssa, don't play games." Now, for the third time, he's threatening my family's lives. "Dominic…" I call out, my voice trembling. "They're my family. They're the most important people to me." He chuckles. "Is that so? Then why didn't you think about how important Lena is to me when you sent her away?" I stare at him, feeling how utterly absurd it all is. Important? He told me before that other women were just playthings. Once he got bored, he'd dump them. He swore I was the only one he loved. But now, for Lena, he's willing to kill my family.

VANESSA: ~"You will marry him!" Dad thundered, his veins bulging and his sickly pallor only enhancing how close to death's door he was. I was more worried about his health than this insane idea he was spouting, but. "This is the 21st century! You can't force to marry anyone! That's preposterous!" I wanted to yell several more words, to impress on him how absurd his demand was, but then the heart monitor started beeping loudly. A nurse and his hairless doctor rushed in. Mum and I were pushed out gently but firmly.~ Vanessa Anders might not have a lot of love for her father, but she couldn't stand by and let his empire crumble, not when it will lead to his death. Besides, the man she was more or less being sold off to was easy on the eyes, rich and very nice! Okay, she might have a crush on the billionaire, but isn't that a good thing? Except, after marriage, the nice charming man disappears and a beast takes his place. A beast that loves to make Vanessa hurt. CALLUM: Callum Gray hates two things in life; being lied to and people who try to manipulate him. The exact two things Shawn Anders and his daughter were. What kind of desperate girl holds a man to ransom just to get him to marry her? It didn't matter. What she wanted was a marriage, right? Well, that's exactly what she would get. A marriage, not of convenience, but of hell. Callum was going to make her suffer for every single bit of her manipulation and then some. Author's Note; This book features a deceitful father, a mean and sadistic CEO and an oblivious young woman who is a pawn in her father's game and the recipient of a revenge plot.

3 years after getting married, I am still a virgin. "Lucien, let's get a divorce," I said in a peremptory tone that was long overdue, the most decisive farewell to this absurd marriage. We had been married for exactly three years—three years that, for me, were filled with nothing but endless loneliness and torment. For three years, the husband who should have stood by my side through every storm, Lucien Sullivan, had completely disappeared from my life as if he had never existed. He vanished without a trace, leaving me alone to endure this empty, desolate marriage. Today, I finally received his message: "I'm back. Come pick me up at the airport." When I read his words, my heart leapt with joy, and I raced to the airport, thinking that he finally understood my love and was coming back to me. But his cruelty was far worse than I could have ever imagined—he was accompanied by a pregnant woman, and that woman was Carla, my closest and most trusted friend. In that moment, all of my previous excitement, all my hope, and all of our shared laughter and tears turned into the sharpest of daggers, stabbing into my heart and leaving me gasping for air. He should know that it was his own hand that trampled our love underfoot, that his coldness and betrayal created this irreparable situation. But when he heard those words, he desperately clung to this broken, crumbling marriage, unwilling to let it end—almost as though doing so could rewind time and return everything to how it used to be. "Aurora, come back. I regret everything!" Regret? Those simple words stirred no emotion in me—only endless sadness and fury. My heart let out a frantic, desperate scream: It's too late for any of this!

His eyes locked on mine wide and wild, he moved towards me and put his hand on my shoulder, lessening the distance between us. I could feel the tension in my own body, the effort of not giving in at that moment, of not letting him pull me against him. Not letting myself take that one chance, however formidable and absurd and unwise, and kissing him the way I had thought, I would never in my life. I had never wanted like this before. I understood him, smiled a little when he smiled. I saw through the defenses he put up to what was underneath. There was no Eric James Winslet more real than the one I saw in his eyes when I looked up at him. "You can close your eyes," He whispered in my ear. My eyes fluttered shut, his mouth came down on mine. And that was it. All the self-control I had exerted over the weeks went by. My arms came up around his neck and he pulled me against him. His hands flattened against my back. I was up on the tips of my toes, kissing him as fiercely as I could. I didn't know what I should have done or said next if it would have been something I could never have pretended away or taken back, but I heard a soft hiss of laughter. ************* Eric James Winslet a ruthless businessman who has already completed 27 yrs of his life being the king of his territory. Scarlett Miller, a business administration student; with the spice of fashion designing. Want to know how their lives get entangled with hatred, possession, & love. A heartbreaking story that will keep you at the edge. Are you ready to be on this journey? Purva Narang (Your author)