Id Card / Tali

"So, take my hand now when I take yours, We are both heading to the same place." Those unassuming days as Trainees under the fictional DayBreak Entertainment were the real starting point for the two of them. While uncertain hopes had brought them there, the music they made together, and each other, had been the foundation for their driving passion. While they were dreaming of the debut that they were certain they would make together, fate played a different card for them. It led to new bonds and new beginnings. Sometimes though, all you really need is an unassuming and yet powerful reminder. "I hope you'll make me your strength as I have made you mine." The relationship between K-Pop idols and their fans have always been built upon perfectly timed happenstance that transcends rational explanations. But then again, maybe all relationships are like that?

In the third year of our marriage, my wife’s ex-boyfriend of eight years suddenly posted a picture on social media showing off a multi-million-dollar wedding house. His caption read: “Wow, got myself a huge villa, I’m the master of charming women!” I stared in shock at the picture, which showed my wife swiping her card at a sales office, and left a single comment: "?" A second later, my wife called to scold me. “I was just fulfilling a promise I made to him back when we were dating, buying him a house. Why are you getting mad at him?” “What? Are you really going to be so vicious as to force me to break my word?” That evening, her ex showed off another lavish post, this time flaunting a renovation bill worth hundreds of thousands. I knew it was a gift from my wife to please him. But by then, I no longer cared.

Ketika Kepala Keluarga Karsa menjadi sasaran serangan bom bunuh diri. Suamiku, Daren Karsa, yang menjabat sebagai kepala pengawal, sedang membawa sekelompok pengawal untuk mengantar teman masa kecilnya, Freya Hastanta, menonton peragaan busana. Alih-alih menekan cincin sinyal darurat, aku dengan perut hamil menerjang ke arah kepala keluarga dan menahan ledakan dengan tubuhku. Di kehidupan sebelumnya, aku menekannya. Daren meninggalkan Freya dan bergegas kembali, menyelamatkan kepala keluarga, sehingga dia menjadi tangan kanan kepala keluarga. Namun, Freya marah karena Daren pergi, lalu menyeberangi jalan tol dan tertabrak mobil hingga tewas. Di permukaan Daren tidak mengatakan apa-apa, tetapi pada hari aku melahirkan, dia mengirimku ke tempat pelelangan bawah tanah. "Di sisi kepala keluarga ada begitu banyak pengawal yang melindunginya, kenapa kau justru memaksaku untuk kembali? Bukannya itu demi gengsimu sebagai istri tangan kanan kepala keluarga?" "Kalau bukan karena kau, Freya nggak akan mati. Semua penderitaan yang dia alami, harus kau bayar berkali-kali lipat!" Aku menyaksikan dengan mata kepalaku sendiri organ-organ tubuhku dilelang satu per satu, bahkan tali pusar anakku pun tidak luput. Akhirnya, aku mati karena infeksi saat pengangkatan organ. Ketika membuka mata lagi, aku kembali ke hari saat kepala keluarga diserang.

"Selama itu membuatmu kembali dalam pelukanku, aku rela melakukan apa saja termasuk mengubah namaku menjadi Adam, bahkan jika itu membuatku harus membunuh seseorang" – Adam Alexander Blackwood – "Kurasa akulah Adam-mu. Kamu tercipta dari tulang rusukku, untukku. Karena itu, aku takkan membiarkanmu berpaling pada 'khuldi' lain." – Adam Valentino Belmont – "Jika aku boleh memilih, aku harap Adam yang ditakdirkan untukku bukanlah kalian berdua!" – Hawa Everalda – Eve awalnya hanyalah seorang sekretaris dari seorang CEO dingin dan perfeksionis, Alex. Namun, segalanya berubah setelah kesalahan satu malam yang memaksanya meninggalkan pekerjaan yang ia andalkan selama 5 tahun itu hingga tak ada pilihan lain selain menerima pekerjaan sebagai manajer seorang aktor terkenal namun problematik, Adam Valentino Belmont. Di tengah usaha Eve menaklukkan Adam yang liar dan penuh drama, kehadiran Alex kembali mengguncang dunianya. Alex datang, membawa tawaran untuk kembali—tidak hanya sebagai sekretaris, tetapi juga sebagai sesuatu yang lebih. Hati Eve pun terbelah. Haruskah ia memilih Alex, pria yang telah melukai hatinya tetapi selalu menjadi bagian dari masa lalunya? Atau Adam, kekasih baru yang problematik tetapi perlahan menunjukkan cinta yang tulus? Dalam konflik ini, cinta, luka, dan obsesi menjadi tali yang sulit dilepaskan. Siapakah yang akan menjadi 'Adam' sejati bagi Eve?

After four years with Killian, I got pregnant. I took the pregnancy test and my ID to a private hospital to set up a file, but when entering insurance information, I was stopped by the blonde administrative specialist. "Mrs. Smith, the system shows there is a problem with your marital status." She looked at me awkwardly. "Your marriage to Mr. Killian is not legally effective." I was stunned and instinctively retorted, "That's impossible. We registered in Las Vegas, all the procedures were..." "There is only an application record, no final signed effective document." The specialist turned the screen around and tapped the keyboard a few times. "Moreover, Mr. Killian's legal wife... shows another lady's name." That name was like a thorn, piercing fiercely into my retina. Elena. Killian's personal secretary, and also publicly recognized as the benefactor who saved his life in the Alps avalanche five years ago. I felt all the blood in my body flowing backward. How could it be her?

Aliyah doesn't know what to do after hearing that her father was fired and telling her that she may not be able to finish her last year of college now because he can not sustain her anymore.  No! She will not just stay still and watch her father do everything just to provide for their family.  She has to work! She decided to do everything! And when she said everything, that also included when Mr. Richard Saavedra, a fifty-two year old man, offered her to be his wife in exchange for money.   Everything was going well in her past months in Mr. Saavedra's mansion, but not until someone showed up and told her that he was Mr. Saavedra's son. He is Rocco Saavedra.  Right after Rocco came to the mansion, Aliyah's life seemed like a trial card in hell.  Will she still remain in the mansion? Or will she stay away after knowing that she is pregnant with one of the Saavedras?   

Bella, a lowly omega faces harsh reality after her mother had a tragic accident and died on the spot. With bills pilling up, a sick sister and a maniac stepfather left Bella on a tough edge. When Alpha Jasper offers hope: Become his contracted Luna for a year and he'll pay for her sister's medical bills and every other bills. Bella was compelled to accept the offer being her last card to save her sister from dying. Little did she know the choice will put her life into a world of danger and deception. Alpha Jasper is hungry for the position of the Alpha but the rule laid out for him is he has to settle down with a Luna. Alpha Jasper wasn't ready for any commitment not when his mate left him for another. Why then does he feel strong connection for the hired Luna when she's not even his mate or his type? Or could she be his second chance mate?

I abandoned her eight years ago. Not for me, for her, to keep her away from the cruel fate of being my mate, our kind's future queen. Now a fucking ATM card ligned our fate once again. *** Drake Lockhart is the hidden latest monarch of werewolf kind. Who knows being away from his family got him to found his luna? And boy, she is perfect! Even after discovered the fact that she was raised as a human, Drake didn't faltered, he accept and loving Moira and wants only the best for her. But the war found his pack, and pushed him to left her side, for her safety. She left alone and broken. Right years had passed when Moira found her mate is stand tall in font of her door. Will Moira let him sashaying his way into her life again? If so, what kind of queen will she be?

Minha irmã adotiva, Clara, me incriminou. Ela alegou que eu forcei sangue de besta goela abaixo dela. O terror, segundo ela, fez com que tivesse um ataque cardíaco. Então, meus três amados irmãos vampiros me selaram. Eles me trancaram no observatório na torre mais alta, presa por uma maldição de sangue. Bati na porta, impotente, explicando e implorando para que me deixassem sair. Damien, meu irmão mais velho e chefe da nossa família, me lançou um olhar frio de decepção. Então virou as costas para mim. — Há um limite para o seu egoísmo, Lilith. Clara é uma humana frágil. Ela tem um problema cardíaco! Você a obrigou a beber essa imundície? Estava tentando matá-la? Não quero ver esse seu lado cruel novamente. Fique aqui dentro e pense no que fez. Ethan, o astro do rock, e Julian, o arquiteto gótico, nem conseguiam olhar para mim. Suas vozes estavam tensas de raiva e exaustão. — Nós toleramos suas birras, mas não para que você machuque nossa família! Você nos decepcionou, Lilith. Fique aí dentro e descubra o que fez de errado. Então, eles cuidadosamente levantaram Clara, que estava "inconsciente", e desapareceram pelo corredor. Mas eles não sabiam: o observatório só deveria abrir à noite. Mas apresentou uma falha. Quando amanheceu, a cúpula não se fechou. A luz mortal do sol invadiu o local. Meu poder evaporou. Meus gritos se transformaram em silêncio. Eu virei cinzas. Três dias depois, meus irmãos voltaram com uma Clara "recuperada". Só então se lembraram de mim. Eles não faziam ideia de que o sol já havia me executado.

Après trois jours sans me parler, mon fiancé, le Capo de la famille Moretti, est parti en vacances sur une île avec son assistante, Bella. Il pensait que j'allais devenir folle de jalousie, comme toujours. Mais quand il est rentré à Paris un mois plus tard, il a compris que je n'étais plus la même. Il m'a forcée à renoncer à mon bureau de directrice. Je n'ai pas protesté. J'ai simplement rangé mes affaires et je lui ai laissé la place. Pour mettre Bella en valeur, il m'a discréditée devant un partenaire clé, lors de la réunion annuelle de la famille Maretti, juste pour qu'elle brille. Je n'ai pas cherché à prouver mon innocence. J'ai simplement accepté la réprimande de la famille et ma punition. Quand Lucas a voulu confier à Bella la direction du territoire le plus rentable de la famille, je ne me suis même pas mise en colère. J'ai remis tous les documents nécessaires sans discuter, le laissant redistribuer le pouvoir comme bon lui semblait. Bella affichait un sourire suffisant. « Tu vois ? Qu'est-ce que je t'avais dit ? » « Une femme comme elle, ça se tient avec une main ferme. Un seul voyage sur l'île et elle panique à l'idée de te perdre. Regarde comme elle est obéissante, maintenant. » Lucas y a cru, et il a félicité Bella pour sa clairvoyance. Et, pour la première fois, il m'a promis des noces si grandioses qu'elles deviendraient une légende dans le milieu parisien. Mais il semblait avoir oublié l'accord de rupture qu'il avait signé, celui que je lui avait glissé juste avant qu'il ne monte dans la voiture pour leurs vacances. J'avais déjà coupé tous les liens avec lui. Je partais, mais il n'en avait aucune idée.