Freelance Illustrator

A young psychologist, Maria Reyes, fresh out of college, decides to take her first freelance case to build her résumé. Feeling bold and free on her graduation night, she let herself loose after getting charmed by an alluring mysterious man. One drink leads to another and another, and she finds herself drowning in passion in his bed. She reads him like a map and falls for his scars before she even asks for his name. But the morning brings the brutal truth, Darian Wolfe is her father's enemy, a ruthless businessman, an heir to the empire sworn to destroy her father's legacy. She vanishes before he wakes, unable to face what has been done. Weeks later after being able to set up her new office, the past begins to blur until her first patient walks through the door. It's him, Darian Wolfe. Her expression freezes when she sees him. He walks around her office uninvited. He takes a seat without a word. The silence between them is thick with everything unsaid. And then, he looks unblinking in her eyes. "I have a lot to... unpack, Dr Reyes," he says, with a dark smile. "Let's start with a woman I met two weeks ago at a bar," he says, pulling out a red panty from his pocket.

Andreas Wirawan, seorang presiden direktur berusia 38 tahun, hidup dalam bayang-bayang duka setelah lima tahun merawat istrinya, Maya, yang koma akibat kecelakaan. Di tengah tekanan pekerjaan dan rasa bersalah yang tak kunjung usai, Maya meninggal dunia, meninggalkan Andreas dalam kehampaan. Suatu sore di sebuah kafe di Thamrin, ia bertemu Lara, desainer freelance berusia 29 tahun yang ceria dan penuh percaya diri. Pertemuan tak sengaja itu membawa sedikit kehangatan dalam hidup Andreas yang dingin. Ketika Lara ternyata menjadi bagian dari proyek besar perusahaannya, SmartGrid, interaksi mereka semakin intens. Andreas, yang awalnya hanya ingin fokus pada pekerjaan, mulai merasakan perubahan—senyum kecil dan obrolan ringan bersama Lara membuatnya melupakan beban, meski hati masih bergulat dengan kenangan Maya. Di sisi lain, Lara, yang menikmati kebebasan hidupnya bersama kucing oren bernama Milo, mulai penasaran dengan sosok Andreas yang misterius namun hangat. Ketika proyek sukses diluncurkan, Andreas mengajak Lara ngopi—langkah kecil yang membukanya pada dua sisi: kesetiaan pada masa lalu dan kemungkinan baru di depan mata. Akankah Andreas menemukan cara untuk melangkah maju tanpa kehilangan jejak cintanya pada Maya? Dan apakah Lara, yang menghindari ikatan, bersedia membuka hati untuk pria yang membawa luka mendalam?

It was never part of my plan to get attached. I was just a freelance model, newly signed under a rising modeling agency in town. Everything was supposed to be simple; work, exposure, growth. Then came Dr. Aria Williams — dermatologist, surgeon, and the woman who was supposed to fix me. Chaos started the moment I met her. The way she talked, the way she looked at me felt like she was studying every inch of who I was. Every word I said, every silence I made, she read me like I was her favorite patient. It made me uncomfortably hot, and yet... I kept coming back. I told myself it was part of the therapy, the strange pull I felt toward her was part of it. But the way she looked at me; cold, curious, almost hungry, said otherwise. I hated her for it. I felt it every time her voice softened, every time her fingers lingered on my skin longer than they should. She called it treatment. I called it control. What started as therapy turned into something dark and deeper. I wanted to be beautiful, to be ready for the public, but what we craved became something private, something only between us. And the more sessions I had with her, the stronger the connection grew. Until one day, her eyes focused on someone else. And every time their eyes met, it burned through me. When she saw it, she offered something that challenged me. To be her slave and she'll be mine— alone. Soon, I found myself following her every order, fulfilling her desires without question. Along the way, I realized her obsession had become mine too. And before I could stop, the hate I once felt for her turned into something else.