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"You keep saying he died of black magic, but you're not telling me exactly how he died. If what you're saying is true... what happened to him??" I ask her with a raise of my brows. "The magic consumed him. He became power hungry. He started absorbing the powers from members of our coven. He wanted it all for himself. He had to be put down. He had to be stopped" She explains "Mom, what are you saying? Are you insinuating what I think you are? What do you mean he had to be put down??" The windows to her room bang open and cool breeze is rushing in, making the papers in her room fly haphazardly. "Layla, you have to calm down." She motions towards me. "So the coven killed him?? They killed my father and you didn't do anything about it????" I scream at the top of my lungs, the lights still flickering, tears pooling in my eyes and wind blowing in through the windows. "He killed two people from our coven! His eyes were completely black! The magic had completely taken over him. Your dad wasn't there anymore. So yes, we killed him to protect the rest of the coven…"

I've gone on a business trip. It's 3:00 am when my best friend suddenly calls me. He asks me why I didn't tell him that I already have a baby, seeing as we haven't met for a year. That question takes me by surprise. Josephine Bennett and I have been married for many years, but we've been using contraception all this time. Since when do we have a baby together? My best friend then sends me a screenshot of Josephine's social media feed. The caption shows, "This marks our 100th day together, my darling baby! I love you so much!" My heart goes tense when I see the screenshot. Immediately, I call Josephine to ask her what's going on. Her reaction is very cool and collected, though. "That's a relative's baby. I found the baby super adorable, so I decided to share the post. I didn't think I'd end up sharing the caption too." I just smile when I hear Josephine's answer. Later on, I call my older brother, Leonard Sterling. "Cut the funding for Josephine's research project. Turns out she's been cheating on me."

Setelah mengumumkan pengunduran diri, banyak orang bersorak dan sangat setuju. Hanya pacarku yang terlibat gosip dengan seorang pria bernama Sherwin, seorang musisi jenius yang tidak setuju. Di depan banyak wartawan, pria itu berpura-pura peduli. “Semua ini salah paham. Kak Yonatan adalah musisi berbakat yang tak tergantikan di dunia musik. Aku berharap dia bisa kembali berkarya.” Aku mematikan ponsel dan mengabaikannya. Di kehidupan sebelumnya, karya dan laguku sama persis dengannya. Netizen menyebutku plagiat, bahkan mengutuk seluruh keluargaku. Aku tidak terima dan membuktikan proses pembuatan laguku, tapi tetap saja kalah dengan waktu rilis lagunya. Lagu barunya dirilis sepuluh menit lebih cepat dariku. Hanya karena sepuluh menit itu, netizen mengirimkan karangan bunga dan foto pemakamanku, bahkan ada yang datang ke rumahku untuk menyiram cat. Selama beberapa tahun, perundungan media yang terus-menerus membuatku mengalami depresi. Orang tuaku menghabiskan semua harta mereka untuk membersihkan namaku, tetapi akhirnya mereka dibakar hidup-hidup oleh penggemar fanatik. Pada hari Sherwin memenangkan Golden Melody Awards untuk ciptaan lagunya, aku melompat dari gedung tinggi. Tak kusangka, saat membuka mata lagi, aku terlahir kembali.

I’m the Blackthorn family’s top surgeon and their “cleaner.” I’ve handled countless messes for Evan Blackthorn. I was also his secret lover for five years. He was inside me more times than I can count, holding me tight as I came apart, kissing me with an obsession for my body he never bothered to hide. It all ended after sex one night, when he said with a casual laugh, “I should get a wife, Rachel.” “And maybe you should find a good man and get married, too.” I wasn’t angry. I just quietly said, “Okay.” In my last life, I insisted on staying by his side. It got me both my hands broken, my career as a surgeon shattered. In the end, during a raid by a rival family, he left me behind as bait, holding his brother’s widow, Sofia, tenderly in his arms. So this time, I learned my lesson. I stayed away from him. Found a new man, just like he wanted. But this time, the always cool and calculated Mafia Don lost his mind.

Desde que me casé con Julián Mendoza, él puso punto final a todas sus andanzas. Para todos, yo era la mujer que había ‘domado’ al ‘playboy’, y mi vida familiar era la envidia. Hasta el día de nuestro noveno aniversario, cuando vi por accidente los mensajes en el grupo de chat con sus amigos: “Oye Julián, ¿qué tal la experiencia de ayer en el Bentley con tu compañera de universidad?” “Lo hemos probado en todos lados. Está locamente enamorada de mí.” Debajo había una foto íntima de ellos, y el grupo se llenó de comentarios calientes, felicitándolos entre risas y bromas. Miré la pantalla y un dolor punzante me atravesó el corazón. De pronto lo entendí: toda aquella felicidad a mi lado no era más que un montaje perfectamente preparado. Me quedé sentada, inmóvil, toda la noche, esperando su regreso. Cuando al fin Julián llegó, trayendo un pastel de celebración, no pude evitar soltar una risa fría. —Ya lo sé todo. ¿No te cansa fingir?

Já se somavam cinco anos de casamento com Dante Moretti, o Don da máfia de Chicago. O submundo inteiro sabia que ele me amava mais do que a própria vida. Ele tinha tatuado um violino em minha homenagem bem ao lado do brasão de sua família, um símbolo de lealdade que jamais poderia ser apagado. Até eu receber a foto de sua amante. Uma garçonete de bar, estirada nua em seus braços, a pele marcada por hematomas escuros que eram resultado de uma noite de sexo bruto. Ela havia rabiscado o próprio nome bem ao lado do violino que ele fizera para mim. E meu marido havia permitido. [Dante diz que só estando dentro de mim ele se sente homem de verdade. Você nem consegue mais deixá-lo duro, não é mesmo, querida Alessia? Talvez seja hora de sair de cena.] Eu não respondi. Apenas fiz um único telefonema. — Preciso de uma nova identidade. E de uma passagem de avião para fora daqui.

In her third year of dating Jackson Hunter, the cool and proud Lumina Walker took out a secret loan of one million dollars to repay his debt. She even resorted to performing stripteases in a bar. Everything changed when she overheard a shocking conversation between him and his friends. "You're ruthless even to yourself! Just to get back at Lumina, you pretended to be a bartender for three years, tricked her into taking out a loan for you, and used her nude video as collateral. You even got her to strip at your bar! " "If she ever found out that you're the loan shark and own the bar she stripped at… She'd probably drop dead from anger right there and then!" another chimed in. Celia Price was Lumina's living nightmare, her tormentor for nine years since their middle school days—relentless bullying, harassment, and abuse. The painful twist? Celia was Jackson's secret love all along—for a decade, to be exact. Yet Lumina didn't cry, didn't fight back. So when her Uncle Howard called and ordered her to marry the mute oldest son of the powerful Morgan family from Crown City, she agreed without hesitation.

I've been with Hansen Fullerton for seven years. One day, he tells me he's sick of me and dumps me for a younger, more vivacious woman. I don't kick up a fuss this time. Instead, I throw away my ring and cut up the wedding gown I've just bought. Then, I take a red-eye flight away from Gold City. His friends place bets on how long it'll take for me to return and beg for reconciliation. Hansen sneers. "She'll be back in less than three days, crying and begging me to take her back." However, more than three days pass without any news from me. Hansen loses his cool and calls me for the first time. "You'd better come back once you've had enough of this, Christine." All he hears is a man's low chuckle on the other end of the line. "You shouldn't have taken this long to pacify a woman, Mr. Fullerton. Look at how someone's already taken her away from you." Hansen snarls, "Tell Christine to answer the phone!" Landon Shore lowers his head to kiss me. "She can't—she's still out of it. I have to kiss her awake first."

The day Noelle Rutherford finds out she's pregnant, she braves the rain to go to a club that Chester Gray frequents. She stands outside a private room and pats her soaked hair dry with some tissues, wanting to surprise him when his get-together ends. Through the ajar door, she hears laughter. "Chester, your wedding to Noelle is in a week. Is your surprise for her ready?" "Of course," Chester says, his usually cool voice laced with tipsiness. "I'll make it a memory she'll never forget." Noelle pauses, and her lips curve upward in a sweet smile. Throughout her three years with Chester, he has truly cherished her like a treasure and loved her with all his heart. "Ha! Do you think she'll have a meltdown and lose her mind on the big day when she finds out I've been toying with her while pretending to be you this whole time?" Someone laughed. "She'd never in her wildest dreams imagine that Chester has an identical twin brother! When she finds out her boyfriend's brother has been playing her for three years…"

Being a smart and beautiful woman is certainly the dream of all women, but not all women can face life properly. Losing their first love at the age of 16 is not easy for Aiys. It takes time to get over it. "Is it natural to bet with love in your mind?" Aiys asked silently. When Aiys still believes in the miracle of a promise, a new man comes to fill the emptiness of the heart and transforms into a hero in Aiys' life. But again, before the old wound healed, he had a new wound. The transfer of the duties of the Aiys parents to a village is a harsh reality that must be swallowed up. "Am I not destined to be loved and to love?" "The only encouragement for my life right now is myself," said Aiys softly. Arriving at the Aiys village, he was surprised by Farhan's presence in his life. Cool man, smart, and dream of the whole school. Meeting with Farhan opens Aiys eyes, the life in the village that he doesn't want turns into the most memorable story in Aiys life. Every day Farhan is able to make Aiys fall in love with him. Coupled with the birth of a community that they built together, "Sun Earth" The ups and downs of building their community naturally. Are they able to achieve their goals? And no one knows, that Aisy was Farhan first love at first sight. Enable Farhan to fill the emptiness of Aiys heart or even return to open old wounds for Aiys.