Growing Up Artinya

"What... What are these?" Selene stammered, her voice barely more than a whisper. "Divorce papers?" She looked up at Maximus, searching his face for some sign of a joke, a mistake - anything to tell her this wasn’t real. His eyes flickered with a brief moment of hesitation before hardening into a steely gaze. "If Jess hadn’t disappeared, we never would have gotten married” he drawled before delivering the final blow. “Well, Jess is back now.” She couldn’t breathe. Despite her best efforts over their three years of marriage, Maximus had never acknowledged her nor loved her the way he loved Jess. **** She signed the papers, and left his life for good, taking the babies growing in her womb with her. A few years later, She became a top medical doctor and did everything possible to stay away from Maximus. However, on her twins’ fifth birthday, they came running to her, giggling: "Mummy, we found our billionaire daddy!" She looked up and saw Maximus standing in front of her, clearly expecting her to run into his arms. Instead, She chuckled. His eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets when she responded with a deadpan expression, "No, babies, your Father is dead."

I’d been married to my husband James for three years. On Valentine’s Day, he gave his stepsister, Mia, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, along with millions in jewelry. I, on the other hand, received a free bouquet of roses. When I didn’t look thrilled, he accused me of being a gold digger. “Mia never had anyone to care for her growing up. Why are you competing with her? Isn’t being Mrs. Smith enough to feed your vanity?” Furious, I stormed out of the house. When a car lost control and came barreling toward me, he instinctively rushed to protect Mia, who was standing a full ten feet from the road. I was the one who ended up in the hospital. Lying in that bed, I finally gave up. I signed the divorce papers without hesitation. “Giving up the title of Mrs. Smith is the dumbest decision you’ll ever make,” he told me, looking down at me from above before walking away. Seven years later, we met again. He took one glance at my simple dress and laughed out loud. I didn’t bother to respond. I just held my daughter close and waited for her father—the richest man in the city—to arrive.

From the beginning, it was clear what Avara Latimer's fate would be. Since her birth, every aspect of her life has been planned with precision. Avara's life was one of pure indulgence, with the villagers showering her with the best of everything to ensure the god's favor. However, there was an ulterior motive behind the gifts, and it wasn't given out of kindness. Her island home thrived with life, and to ensure its continuous abundance, she was chosen as a bridal sacrifice for the malevolent dragon god, Kagran, who lived up the mountains. But with rations running low and some of the villagers growing more resentful of her privileges, she knew it was only a matter of time before she would have to leave the village. And just as she had feared, her worst nightmare became a reality. On a cold winter's night they come and take her from her home, leaving her to brave the unforgiving mountains alone - a whole year before the sacrifice was planned.

[Warning: Mature content, explicit description] Smile Laverne is a twenty-one-year-old girl who had a hard time growing up as a kid. She had a boyfriend named Mark, who was from a rich home and he has been the one taking care of her... On the day of their third anniversary, she caught Mark sleeping with her best friend Xena...It was the beginning of her worst nightmare. She accidentally damages the car of Keane Austin, a billionaire and CEO of the A&J enterprise. She plead her way out, knowing she won't be able to pay and the only option he gave her was her being his sex slave. They had a contract which clearly stated she should never ask for his love but unknown to her, she found herself loving him... what will be her fate after she realizes that Keane has always been in love with Lisa, Mark's sister?... read to find out.

Isang gobernador na sugatan ang puso, dahil sa mga nakaraang pagtataksil ng kanyang dating nobya. Ay binigyan ng tungkulin na alagaan ang apo ng kanyang mahal na yaya. Ang inaasahan niyang simpleng gawain ay naging isang bagyo ng damdamin nang makilala niya si Aya, isang nakakaakit na dalaga.

After serving three years for a crime I didn't commit, I discovered the devastating truth on my release day: Chase Grayson, my husband, had divorced and betrayed me, marrying my younger sister. Worse still, he sold me to Axel Blackwood, a powerful and feared stranger. Heartbroken and trapped in Axel's world of secrets and lies, I faced a new prison that threatened to consume me.

Perjanjian antar keluarga memaksa tunangan aku, Marvin Kurniawan, untuk menikah dengan aku. Orang tuaku telah meninggal. Sementara dia tergila-gila dengan Irma Fasnitan, putri dari musuh keluarga kami. Pada akhirnya, Marvin menelan seluruh kekaisaran keluargaku dan membuang aku ke dalam bahaya. Ia memamerkan Irma di sisinya, seolah wanita itu adalah trofi atas kemenangan yang berhasil diraihnya. Dua puluh tahun kemudian, aku berada di ambang kematian. Putra kami sendiri, anak aku dan Marvin yang menggenggam racun itu. Dia berkata aku tidak berguna, dan ayahnya butuh kekuatan keluarganya Irma. Lalu saat membuka mata lagi, aku sudah hidup kembali. Kembali ke hari sumpah pernikahan aku. Kali ini, untuk menyelamatkan keluargaku, aku tidak akan menandatangani namaku di perjanjian itu. Aku menandatangani namanya, Irma Fasnitan. Sedangkan aku? Aku membawa lari seluruh harta warisan yang ditinggalkan orang tuaku dan menghilang. Kali ini, aku tidak akan menjadi orang bodoh yang sekarat demi pria yang tak pernah menjadi milikku.

Tiga tahun setelah menggelar resepsi pernikahan, suamiku yang merupakan seorang pilot sudah 18 kali membatalkan rencana pendaftaran pernikahan kami. Pertama kali karena murid perempuannya sedang uji terbang, aku menunggunya di depan Kantor Catatan Sipil seharian. Kedua kali karena dia menerima telepon dari murid perempuannya dan buru-buru pergi, dia bahkan menurunkanku di pinggir jalan. Kemudian, setiap kami akan mendaftarkan pernikahan, murid perempuannya akan mengacaukan rencana kami. Akhirnya, aku memutuskan untuk meninggalkannya. Namun, setelah aku menaiki pesawat menuju Doma, dia malah nekat mengejarku ke Doma.

Waiting for your soulmate to come save the day is hard and growing harder by the day for a certain Wyoming wolf shifter. Stanley Gray never planned on falling in love with anyone other than his mate, but fate has a weird way of ruining even the most meticulous plans. As the second in command of a growing pack and the owner of a small law firm, Stanley thought he had his life in order. But when his heart decides to fall for a mated shifter within his pack, his life plans crumble. Self-hate and jealousy eat at the organized Shifter on a daily basis. Can meeting his mate save his heart? Or will he be unable to let go of the one he can't have?

When you've been constantly shown and proven right that love is just a word that carries so much hurt, you tend to give up on it. Thats the kind of life Clarissa has been made to live, love to her doesn't mean anything. It's a word she has come to dread completely and she's scared to love and be loved. Growing up with no one to show her the true meaning of love, she has decided on her own that love is just an illusion of people's mind To her life is all about fun and satisfying her pleasures while trying to survive and make the most of her life. She never thought there'd be someone out there willing to do anything just to make her see that love isn't that scary, that love is beautiful. Until she met him Tristan Walker What was meant to be a one night stand turned into something more. Tristan Walker, always the playboy. He never believed he could love any one. Not after what happened to him years ago, it scarred him but no one would ever know of it. To him love is just a word used to trap people, but then he meets her. Clarissa Grey. To him she was just a crazy girl he had fun with one night. But when he wakes up and she's gone without a trace, it piques his interest because no woman has ever done that to him, it's always the other way round. Now he's curious about this Beautiful and crazy redhead but she keeps running away from him Will he succeed in cracking her Da Vinci code or will he end up giving out his heart to her.