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Nicklas Creed, Pria matang berusia 30 tahun berdarah campuran Indonesia-Belanda, di usianya yang menginjak kepala tiga, Ia memimpin salah satu grup bisnis properti terbesar di Asia. Meskipun sukses, Nicklas menyembunyikan trauma masa kecil yang membentuk karakter perfeksionis dan ambisiusnya. Suatu hari, saat perayaan kehamilan istrinya berlangsung, takdir seolah bermain licik mempertemukannya kembali dengan Ruby Ariska, cinta pertamanya yang tak pernah benar-benar pudar dari ingatan. “Nick, J-jangan mendekat! ” Ruby gemetar saat pria tampan di depannya mendekat, hampir mencium bibirnya yang masih basah. “Setelah sepuluh tahun mencoba melupakanmu, akhirnya takdir kembali mempertemukan kita.” “Sudah terlambat, Nick. Lepas!” “Tidak ada yang namanya terlambat. Baik dulu maupun sekarang, kamu tetap milikku, Ruby.”

Sign the divorce papers!” **** Ruby's husband, Logan Thompson, surprises her with divorce papers on their fourth marriage anniversary, revealing he only married her for her family's company. He and her foster sister Sophie, have been plotting against her, causing an accident that left her crippled and ultimately leading to her death in a burning house. But Ruby is REBORN on her wedding day four years before their betrayal, given a second chance at life. Seeking revenge, she joins forces with Julian, Logan's cousin, who was also wronged by the Thompson family. Together, they plan to take down Logan and Sophie and reclaim what's rightfully theirs. With the obstacles that will come their way, Will they be able to overcome? The love, the criticism, the heartbreak… and even more thrilling, Julian's true identity and sin. What happens next?

Pada hari Rina Januar pulang negeri, Galih Gunawan tidak pulang semalaman. Keesokan harinya, aku melihat unggahan foto di instagram Rina. Itu foto dua tangan yang saling menggenggam dan wajah polos Galih yang sedang tidur. Ketika pulang, Galih melemparkan surat cerai kepadaku dan memintaku untuk menyerahkan posisiku sebagai Nyonya Gunawan. Katanya, "Posisi ini memang seharusnya milik Rina. Sekarang dia sudah pulang, waktunya kamu meminggir!" Tidak apa-apa, toh sisa hidupku tidak lama lagi. Siapa pun yang mau posisi Nyonya Gunawan, ambil saja! Kemudian, aku pun meninggal. Galih menangis di depan makamku dan berjanji tidak akan pernah menggenggam tangan wanita lain lagi!

Di tahun kesepuluh pernikahanku, mantan sahabatku memposting sebuah foto. Putrinya dan putraku masing-masing digendong olehnya dan suamiku. Keempat orang itu berdiri berdekatan dan di bawah foto itu tertulis: "Sudah sepasang 'kan anak-anak kami?" Aku berkomentar untuk foto itu, Pasangan yang sempurna. Detik berikutnya, postingan itu dihapus. Keesokan harinya, suamiku bergegas pulang dan bertanya padaku, "Susah payah aku membuat kondisi Sophie membaik, kenapa kamu malah cari ribut?" Putraku bahkan mendorong dan menuduhku, "Ini semua salahmu! Adikku jadi menangis." Aku mengeluarkan surat cerai dan melemparkannya ke wajah mereka. "Ya, ini salahku! Jadi biar aku yang pergi, semoga kalian berempat jadi keluarga bahagia!"

"Understanding is an art and not everyone is an artist." Addilyn Ruby Smith-Garcia is a sixteen year old with a very bad past. She is known as Ruby Smith. She is youngest Multimillionaire in the world. When finally her life is somewhat better a tragedy happens and that makes her move back to her old orphanage. And she has to go back to her family. What happens when her elder sibling takes her in? Or when she made them take her in? How can she cope to live with the people that she desperately tried to forget? Will she let her walls down and let them in? And adding to that chaos, there is a Russian mafia leader who is hell as arrogant and possessive with a mysterious nature. Can they mend her broken heart? And when two opposites fall in love with their lives at stake and past coming back to haunt her, can they save her before she drowns?

Before the company Ruby Lane and I built finally landed a multimillion-dollar funding, she had agreed that we would get married once the deal closed. But when I rushed to the celebration party that night, I saw Ruby kissing the investor, Jack Hunter, in front of everyone. Then, she proudly held up their marriage certificate. Jack took the microphone and said, "To prove I'm serious, I didn't just invest money into the company, I gave myself too! My wife will lead this company to even greater heights!" My colleagues all looked at me, expecting me to cause a scene. Instead, all I did was smile as I clapped. "That's great news! I wish both of you a happy life from now on and hope that the company goes public soon!" The entire room went into an uproar. After the party, Ruby pulled me aside to explain what happened. "Jack throws money at this project like it's nothing to him. He just wants to know what marriage feels like, that's all. Did you really have to act that childishly just now? "Once the company goes public, I'll divorce him. Then, I'll make it up to you by doubling the amount of shares you'll get. You can see the big picture, right?" I smiled and stepped back. "Don't bother. The share price would have crashed. We're done, Ruby."

"You were going to be my father-in-law." This is messed up. Gripping my chin, he kisses me. "And now, I'm your plaything, someone you call daddy and get pleasure from. No one will know. Stop thinking about others, or should I stop?" he asks. Ruby, finds her fiance cheating on her, he mocks her and tells her he used her to fool his father into giving him his inheritance early. Ruby's friends suggest she makes a s*x list, which she does, and one night, she is forced to go to her ex-fiance's fathers place to get some of her items she had left there. Only, Alaric, her ex-fiances father has no idea they have split up, and is genuinely shocked when he sees the listed that Ruby created, and one moment of madness, turns into a secret affair between them. Book Two: My four brothers raised me from a young age after my parents death. Their friend Grayson had always lived with us, and I hated him. He seemed to get pleasure from telling my brothers things about me. That all changed, though, when I watched an explicit movie with him, and later found him in the shower pleasuring himself while whispering my name. My brothers will kill him, they may even kill me, but we can't stop ourselves. Something about this been forbidden, makes it so much better.

Ruby Rue believed she and her boyfriend were destined to be mates. However, on her sixteenth birthday, her world shatters when she learns that they are not mates at all. Instead, she is destined for the powerful, god-like alpha twins, but they have chosen to ignore her. Heartbroken, she flees home and undergoes a remarkable transformation. Five years later, a tragedy compels her to return home. This time, everything has changed—Ruby Rue is no longer the girl who let others walk all over her. She stands tall and strong, ready to face the world independently and fulfill her duties to her pack. But why do the alpha twins, who once despised her, now look at her as if she were their next delicious meal? Will she be able to resist the irresistibly sexy twins, especially with the increasing attacks on their pack that will force them all to work together?

Di perjamuan keluarga, Ibu mengeluarkan beberapa foto pria dan bertanya siapa yang ingin kujadikan pasangan dalam pernikahan politik ini. Di kehidupan ini, aku tak lagi memilih Samuel. Sebagai gantinya, aku mengeluarkan sebuah foto dari dalam tas dan menyerahkannya padanya. Di foto itu bukan Samuel Gusmawan, melainkan paman kecilnya Jeffrey Gusmawan, penguasa sejati Keluarga Gusmawan saat ini. Ibu menatapku dengan penuh keterkejutan. Bagaimana tidak? Aku telah mengejar Samuel selama bertahun-tahun. Tapi yang Ibu tak tahu, di kehidupan sebelumnya, setelah aku menikah dengan Samuel, dia hampir tak pernah pulang ke rumah. Aku selalu mengira itu karena pekerjaannya yang terlalu sibuk. Setiap kali ada yang bertanya, aku selalu menyalahkan diri sendiri, seolah-olah semua itu adalah kesalahanku. Sampai di hari peringatan pernikahan kami yang ke-20, aku tak sengaja menjatuhkan kotak yang selama ini terkunci rapat di dalam lemari. Saat itulah aku menyadari, sejak awal hingga akhir, orang yang ia cintai adalah adikku sendiri. Ia tidak pulang bukan karena sibuk, melainkan karena ia tak ingin melihatku. Namun di hari pernikahan, saat aku menyerahkan cincin kawin pada Jeffrey, Samuel menjadi gila.

Ruby only wants two things in life: a decent job and a happy family, but her gambling-addicted father and comatose mother keep her from achieving either. Because of her family's financial difficulties, she has to work multiple jobs to pay off their debts and bills. Being in need of money, she accepted her boyfriend's one-time job offer to work as a stripper for a bachelor's party where she ended up spending a steamy night with the groom's best man. Terrified of her mistake, she decided to forget what had happened and ran away. However, that will be easier said than done because a month after the incident occurred, Ruby landed a steady job but, she was taken aback when she realized that her boss was the same man she had a one-night stand with—to make matters worse, she discovered he was a mafia leader and she was pregnant with his child.