Internal Conflict External Conflict

"No! It can't be!" I let out an internal hiss. "He would not dare come here!" "What the f*ck, Zara!" Levi bumped into me and growled behind me. "Sorry," I mumbled, wide-eyed. "What's going on with-" Levi's voice faltered when my father turned away from us and approached his table, confirming my worst fears: Noah f*cking Flinch! "Is that?" Levi mind-linked, and I nodded my head. "What brings him here?" He mind-linked. "Zara, I understand that you are familiar with Alpha Noah," my father said. I slowly nodded my head. "Great, Noah has also informed me that you are his fated mate." I slowly nodded, unable to utter a word. "He has requested your hand," my father continued. "Is that so?" I said. "Were you told by Noah that he rejected me more than a year ago?" "He did what?" Levi roared behind me. "There is more," I said. "He rejected me in favor of a mate he chose." **** Zara Silverwood is a silver wolf descended from one of the most powerful packs on the continent. A year after he rejects her, her fated mate comes knocking on her door to tell her he is back to claim her. After Zara turns down his proposal, he goes behind her back and asks her father for her hand. The old Alpha agrees to the arrangement. Zara is unhappy and decides to handle things on her own. She informs her father that she has taken a chosen mate, her Beta, and her best friend, Levi—only he has a little secret. What will happen when Zara's second chance mate attends her and Levi's mating ceremony? Will he stop the proceedings and claim her as his mate? Or is Zara's destiny already set? Will Zara find the happiness she so deserves?

After my brother, Don Matteo Sabella, finds out I have a crush on our family Consigliere, Lorenzo Gallo, for years, he spikes Lorenzo's wine and has him delivered to my bed. That night, he pushes deep into me, and we lose ourselves in each other. When the sky begins to lighten, Lorenzo stays, kisses my temple, and asks me to marry him. Now that we are married, he is all those things—gentle, perfect, and fiercely possessive—handing me almost everything I desire. I truly believe I've landed the kind of love every woman in our world dreams about. That illusion lasts until the day Matteo gets taken out in an assassination. After that, Lorenzo steps up as the Sabellas' new Don. It isn't long before he says he has family business to handle and disappears overseas for three years. Even on the day I deliver our daughter, Luna Gallo, he can't come home because of some emergency. Then I hear a recording that's blowing up on the family's internal network. His Consigliere chuckles and asks, "Don, what do you think has changed the most since you took over the family?" Lorenzo answers in this offhand tone, "It's definitely the fact that I can finally give those I care about most a home. But it also means I'm even more worried that Eliana and Sofia will be targeted because of me…" My blood runs cold. Eliana Rossi is his adopted sister, and Sofia is her daughter. Turns out every business trip, every absence, every so-called emergency Lorenzo has is about them. He has another home out there. That night, with my hands shaking, I dial the encrypted line. "Matteo, we've found the traitor. Isn't it time you stopped pretending to be dead and came to take Luna and me away?"

“You think you can tame an old daddy like me?” Mr. Domenico Lombardi’s stone-like voice makes me nervous, but I’m not backing down; I know what I want. “Yes,” I added a nod to confirm it but cursed internally at my luck. I’ve never had a boyfriend, and here I am trying to tame a man old enough to be my father. It is said that the apple does not fall far from the tree. I guess I am truly Kate’s daughter. I had an internal laugh at my stupidity. He scoffed, and I responded by nodding once more while watching the darkening of the silvery gray pupils in his eyes. How come? I brush it off as his cold eyes wash over me. Domenico Lombardi’s presence makes me squirm. When I’m around him, I get the impression that I’m being judged and ignored at every turn. “How old are you?” “18” “How old is your father?” “38,” I replied truthfully. “Well, I’m 37 years old.” He stared at me; his eyes darkened again, and I became terrified. I fiddle with my nails, clipping them together as I lean back on my heels to help relieve some of the anxiety he’s causing me. “You see, I’m like a father to you, or maybe a grandfather or a great-great-grandfather. How many boyfriends have you had in your life?” “None.” He chuckled as I responded. “You see, I’ve lost count of how many ladies I’ve fucked, thousands or millions, over the centuries. You are just a little girl to me with nothing to offer; now, get lost!” “My panties made you hard!” “You think so?” “Yes,” I responded confidently. “Well, I wasn’t hard; I just have a donkey-like cock.”

On the day before the competition, someone knocked me out when I was on the street before locking me up in a cage. For three days and three nights, I was chased around by a ferocious dog that kept biting and attacking me. Because of that, my wounds began leaking pus due to infection. Later on, five rich ladies had me locked up in a room. After chaining me up like a dog, they began tormenting me out of fun. When I finally got rescued, I had suffered from countless fractures. Even my internal organs went out of place from the beatings. My older sister, Claire Bowman, whom I'd been relying on since young, had me sent to the hospital immediately. There, I received a rabies vaccine. Meanwhile, my fiancee, Heather Vega, killed the mutt right in front of me in order to help me exact vengeance. She also stripped those ladies down and put them through a humiliating parade in public. After that, she kicked them off to the slums, where they became playthings for the beggars. But as I was lying on the hospital bed, I accidentally overheard Claire and Heather's conversation. "Do you think Christopher will resent us if he ever finds out that we're the ones who've set the dog and the ladies on him just so we can make Samuel the winner of the competition in order to repay him for his benevolence?" Heather's tone was unusually icy. "Christopher's just a replacement for Samuel. This is his fault for not knowing his place and insisting on fighting over the top spot with Samuel! I'm just teaching him a lesson! "Soon, I'll marry him in order to make it up to him. Then, I'll take care of him for the rest of his life. This is already enough." I did my best to hold my tears back while feeling my heart throb in pain. It turned out that the most important women in my life were also the ones who had ruined my lifelong dream. Since they didn't care about me at all, I chose to abandon them as well.

Alexander Putra, CEO sukses dari Orion Innovations, hidup dalam dunia di mana waktu adalah uang dan cinta seringkali hanya menjadi bayang-bayang. Suatu hari, ia bertemu dengan Dr. Isabella Saraswati, seorang dokter bedah jantung, saat ia harus menjalani pemeriksaan kesehatan tahunan di rumah sakit tempat Isabella bekerja. Pertemuan mereka memicu percikan yang tak terduga. Isabella, yang terjebak dalam pernikahan yang diambang kehancuran karena suaminya, Vincent, ketahuan berselingkuh, mulai merasakan sesuatu yang berbeda saat bersama Alexander. Di tengah karir yang menuntut dan masalah rumah tangganya, Isabella menemukan pelipur lara dalam perhatian dan ketulusan Alexander. Sementara itu, Alexander yang selama ini fokus pada karir dan perusahaan, mulai mempertanyakan makna kesuksesan dan kebahagiaan. Kehadiran Isabella membuatnya merasakan kembali emosi yang telah lama ia pendam. Namun, ia tahu bahwa perasaannya ini rumit karena Isabella masih terikat dalam pernikahan yang bermasalah. Konflik Utama: Internal: Isabella harus memilih antara menyelamatkan pernikahannya atau mengejar kebahagiaan yang baru dengan Alexander. Alexander sendiri harus memutuskan apakah ia siap membuka hatinya dan menghadapi konsekuensi dari perasaannya. Eksternal: Perselingkuhan Vincent yang semakin parah dan usaha Alexander untuk memenangkan hati Isabella di tengah tekanan pekerjaan dan citra publiknya sebagai CEO. Plot Menarik: Awal Cerita: Alexander dan Isabella bertemu dalam konteks profesional, namun ada ketegangan dan ketertarikan yang jelas. Konflik rumah tangga Isabella dengan Vincent mulai terlihat. Pengembangan: Isabella dan Alexander semakin dekat, meski keduanya sadar akan batas moral dan etika. Vincent mulai curiga dengan perubahan sikap Isabella. Klimaks: Vincent mengetahui hubungan emosional antara Isabella dan Alexander, memicu konfrontasi besar. Isabella dihadapkan pada pilihan sulit antara memperbaiki rumah tangganya atau memulai babak baru dengan Alexander. Akhir Cerita: Keputusan yang diambil Isabella membawa perubahan besar dalam hidupnya dan Alexander. Bagaimana mereka menghadapi konsekuensi dari pilihan mereka akan menjadi penutup yang memuaskan dan menyentuh.

Di tengah hiruk-pikuk kehidupan yang tak terduga, Ethan mendapati dirinya terjebak dalam sebuah situasi yang rumit dimana Ethan terpaksa menjadi bodyguard seorang gadis manja yang menyebalkan dan bossy yang bernama Adaline. Kepribadiannya yang dominan dan keras kepala membuat Ethan harus sabar menghadapinya setiap hari. Namun, yang lebih mengejutkan bagi Ethan adalah ketika atasannya, seorang tokoh misterius di balik organisasi tempatnya bekerja, menugaskannya untuk menikahi Adaline. Perintah ini seolah mengacaukan rencana hidupnya dan menambahkan beban baru yang berat. Bagaimana mungkin seorang pria seperti Ethan, yang terbiasa dengan kehidupan yang tertutup dan penuh rahasia, dapat menjalani pernikahan palsu dengan gadis yang sejak awal sulit dia toleransi? Saat Ethan dan Adaline mulai menjalani kehidupan bersama, mereka secara perlahan-lahan menemukan sisi-sisi baru satu sama lain. Di balik kepribadian manja dan tingkah laku bossy Adaline, ada kerentanan yang tersembunyi. Ethan, yang awalnya hanya ingin menyelesaikan tugasnya sebagai pengawal dan suami palsu, mulai merasakan getaran aneh di hatinya. Setiap tatapan, setiap tawa, dan setiap momen bersama Adaline membuatnya semakin sulit untuk menahan perasaannya. Namun, cinta mereka bukanlah hal yang mudah. Masa lalu gelap Ethan, yang selama ini dia sembunyikan dari semua orang, terus menghantuinya. Bagaimana dia bisa mengungkapkan cintanya kepada Adaline ketika dia sendiri belum berhasil melawan bayang-bayang masa lalunya? Pertempuran internal yang ia alami membuatnya ragu apakah dia berani mengambil risiko dan mengakui perasaannya kepada Adaline. Di antara konflik dan ketidakpastian, Ethan harus mengambil keputusan sulit. Apakah dia akan terus bersembunyi di balik perannya yang dingin dan diam, ataukah dia akan berani menghadapi masa lalunya dan menggenggam cinta yang semakin mendalam di hatinya? Kegelapan malam yang selama ini menjadi perlindungannya, kini harus dihadapinya untuk memberikan ruang bagi cahaya baru yang mungkin bisa menerangi jalan menuju cinta sejati.