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In the silence of the night, I stumbled upon a secret that changed everything in my marriage. My mafia husband was going to set me up in another man's bed on the night of our 5th anniversary, so that he could be with his old lover. CHAPTER 1# "Five years together, and it still feels like a dream," Daniel whispered, his breath tickling my ear as we danced in the middle of the crowd. I smiled, feeling like the luckiest woman alive. “I know exactly what you mean”. I replied, my voice barely above a whisper. “Happy anniversary emily” I turned around and saw my sister in law Claire holding a glass of wine and standing in front of me with her eyes filled with malice. I stared at the drink for a while, filled with shock and fear. If I hadn't checked my beloved husband's phone last, would I ever have imagined that he planned on drugging me and getting my nude video leaked online just so he could run back to his old lover.

"Tuan muda, calon mempelai anda melarikan diri." "Apa?" James, laki-laki tampan pewaris tunggal dari salah satu keluarga old money di Indonesia membelalakkan matanya karena ditinggal calon istrinya tepat di hari pernikahannya. Namida Hamasaki 23 tahun melarikan diri tepat di hari pernikahanya dengan James Oliver Baskoro 30 tahun setelah melihat video mesum calon suaminya dengan wanita lain yang dikirimkan seseorang kepadanya. Dengan hati hancur Nami pergi mengikuti langkah kakinya yang entah akan membawanya kemana. James sangat marah karena telah dipermalukan oleh calon istrinya, ia bertekad untuk mencari Nami dan membalaskan dendam padanya atas penghinaan yang ia terima di hari pernikahan dengan mencoreng nama baiknya. Siapa sangka setelah bertahun-tahun mencari Nami, James akhirnya menemukan Gadis yang sangat ia benci ketika berlibur di Hawai dalam keadaan Nami yang hilang ingatan. Nami tidak mengenali James dan telah melupakan peristiwa yang telah membuatnya berlari di hari pernikahan dan keluarganya. Tentu ini membuat James senang, karena ia pikir keadaan Nami yang hilang ingatan akan memuluskan rencana balas dendamnya.

Rosaline and William had never met, but their families are good friends and have arranged their engagement. One evening Rosaline and William crossed paths in a bar. “My name is Alexia. You can call me Lexi,” said Rosaline to the stranger. William retorted, “I’m Alexander. Call me Alex”. As Lexi and Alex fall in love, Rosaline and William try their best to get their families to stop the arranged marriage. When they finally succeed, they discover who they are.

I had a simple plan. Get a good GPA, escape to college and never turn back. A secret admirer with a few temperamental issues and a perfectly possessive boyfriend is what I never wanted. What I didn't look past was the charming aura that was masking his mysterious deeds and a huge crush he had on me, the moment he laid his eyes. To him, I was the only person that mattered in life. To me, he was the one person I was running from, all my life.

Jenna, an exemplary daughter, lives alone with her father who raised her with a lot of love, discipline and responsibility. Mark Black, a very upright man who was widowed very young, but did not make another commitment to his daughter, to live happily. But life is like that, both contacted a blind date company, where they did not speak, wore masks that did not let recognize anything of each other's identity, without knowing it, they do something that would cause pain, regret, tears. Even so, there is an unrevealed truth that in the end will cause their lives to change in their totality. What will that revelation be? What truth will that be? Find out when you read this controversial novel. Where they discover that sex takes place with who can be something for you, but neither knows anything about the other, since everything is done in silence and with masks, but there are also sayings such as. "NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS". Love will overcome very hard obstacles and its protagonists must have strength to cross them, because sometimes friendship and fidelity is something temporary, sometimes who you should take care of is the person you appreciate the most, not always friends are what they seem and say they love you.

Aaliyah grew up in an abusive household never knowing what love felt like. At the age of 16 something terrible happened to her that changed her life, that changed the person who she is. She was still the sweat and caring Aaliyah but she lived a double life . Aaliyah was in a situation where she h ended up adopting an adorable baby girl and named her Neveah. Dominic De Luca a loving and caring person but can also be stone cold when he wants to. Dominic wants to find love but gave up trying after years and years of woman just using him for his money. He wants the kind of love he saw his mother and father have for one another. Aaliyah and Dominic ended up crossing paths somehow and it made Dominic believe in love again because it felt like love at first sight when he saw her. Will Aaliyah give in to all the affection and attention Dominic gives her.

Lin Gu, a 25 years old girl and a CEO of her own company. Isang babaeng anak ng mafia queen and king. She had a poor boyfriend named Bryan. At palagi niyang ipinaglalaban ang relationship nilang dalawa sa parents niya. Ipinakasal siya ng kaniyang parents kay Haru-anak ng business partners ng parents niya. Ipinasa sa kaniya ang pagiging Queen ng mama niya sa underworld gang at ganon din kay Haru bilang isang king. Masakit para sa kaniya na ikasal sa taong di niya mahal. Dahil pagdi niya gagawin iyon ay papatayin nila ang boyfriend niyang si Bryan. Tomorrow, after their wedding, Lin found out kay Bryan na nakabuntis ito sa ibang babae. Pinilit din siya nito na mahalin si Haru dahil may kaniya kaniya silang responsibilidad na. Makakaya kayang turuan ni Lin ang puso niyang mahalin si Haru? Makakaya din ba ng puso niyang tumayo galing sa pagkalugmok na ginawa ni Bryan sa kaniya? Kung matuturuan na niya ang puso na mahalin si Haru, tama ba ang magiging epekto nito? Lalong lalo na kapag malaman niya ang likod sa pagiging secret agent ni Haru?

When he and his father eventually decide to begin a new life after his mom and sister's death, Praxis Cohen, a suicidal teenager with an expressionless visage on his face, finds himself in a huge, formidable laboratory where teenagers like him are being injected a drug of which the effect is still unknown. Fortunate enough, his body can withstand the drug that leads him to be declared by Dr. Conscire as the first patient to have successfully passed the First Stage of the experiment in this generation. As he proceeds to the Second Stage, Dr. Conscire, the president of the organization, decides to release him off the laboratory to find out that the effect of the drug enables him to read minds and do psychokinesis that sets his mind into chaos. In his debacle as an experimented guinea pig of the nameless organization, realizing that he is not alone in this experiment, Praxis meets new marvelous people to discover the origin of the experiment, the reason why they turned into supernormal beings, the connection of this experiment to the unborn world war in the future, the twists and turns of their past stories, and to discern the next stages of the experiment. With the collaborative effort of their team, they strive to choose the best course of action to put an end to this fight.

Cole needs to find his Luna that will conceive his baby that will prevent the chaos that will happen in their packs, he needs to fulfill the prophecy. Only the sweet smell is an indication of his mate, what if he finds the woman who had these pheromones scents, and his mate is having a serious illness? Will he still do the prophecy that was written, or will take it aside for his Luna's health? What if the chaos that's been feared by his packs came? What will he do if his Luna is also in danger because of the black wolves who want to take his position as the alpha?

I stand before the judges at the jewelry design competition and admit to plagiarism. Then, I announce my withdrawal from the contest, along with my resignation as Design Director of Fairchild Group. My fiance, Caleb Fairchild, shoots daggers at me. "If you walk away from this competition, our engagement is off!" My father follows up by slapping me across the face. "First, you plagiarize your own sister, and now you're breaking off your engagement with the Fairchilds? Are you trying to ruin our family?" "Oh, I'm not just calling off my engagement. I'm also cutting off my ties with you," I respond apathetically. I make this decision because I have been given a second life. In my previous life, my stepsister and I competed in this contest. First place earns the title of the nation's top jewelry designer and 50 million dollars from Fairchild Group. However, round after round, her designs are exactly the same as mine, and she submits them before I do. The judging panel gives me a pass because of Caleb and lets me advance to the finals, but not without a warning to never plagiarize again. I refuse to believe it. I switch to a brand-new computer, lock myself in my room, and pour everything into a new design. Yet, when the final designs appear on the big screen, history repeats itself. In the end, my sister takes first place and walks away with everything that should have been mine. The reputation I painstakingly built is ruined, and my name is dragged through the mud online. My parents are ashamed of me. They knock me out and sell me off to the countryside to marry an old man. Ultimately, I die after endless abuse. When I open my eyes again, I'm back at the semifinals. Everyone is pointing at me as they stare at the two identical designs.