July 23 Sign

"You have two options, Mira," he whispers harshly, "sign the bloody papers or watch all you've worked for go up in smoke." I look up at him, trying to surpress my mounting anger. "I will have you know, Mr. Mason Lachlan, that I am not a pet that can just be bought." I lift my chin. "I will sign your contract, but I will never be yours. My body might be yours to do as you please, but that is all you ever get." His beautiful, smoky gray eyes narrow to slits. "I accept your challenge then. I will have you begging for my love at the end of two years. And I will very much enjoy rejecting you at the end." *** Often referred to as the Dark god of the business world, Mason Lachlan is the most powerful…and dangerous, personality in New York City. Arrogant, ruthless, dominant, and filthy rich, he loves his women like he loves his cars – fancy, eye catching and utterly disposable. But nothing is more dangerous than being wanted by this man. Once he sets his sights on something…or someone, he pursues it with unflinching determination. And he has his eyes on Mira Fernandez. He wants her with a burning passion that could rival Hades. A hostess by day, a stripper by night, and a thief by midnight, Mira is one stubborn young lady on a mission. What happens when she is not so keen on being the arm candy of New York's most eligible bachelor? What happens when a predator refuses to let go of his prey? She can run, but she cannot hide. She belongs to the Dark god now, a property of Mason Lachlan. His dangerous obsession might as well be her destruction.

"Dengan ini aku mentalakmu." Seketika luruh sudah pertahanan dari Riri Permatasari. Suaminya, Ayus Luminto telah mentalaknya. Lelaki berusia 30 tahun itu lebih memilih istri keduanya yang telah dinikahinya secara siri. Ayus berpaling darinya hanya karena setelah menikah selama 4 tahun, Riri tak kunjung hamil. Seakan hal itu membenarkan jika Riri seorang yang mandul. "Mas! Aku bahkan telah rela kau madu. Mengapa kau masih tega mentalakku?" tanya Riri dengan berurai air mata. Wanita yang telah berusia 23 tahun itu merasa kini hidupnya hancur. "Kau mungkin mau aku madu, tetapi tidak dengan Nissa. Maafkan aku Riri. Surat gugatan perceraian kita telah aku layangkan ke meja pengadilan agama. Maafkan aku, aku harus pergi karena Nissa tengah hamil muda," ucapnya sembari pergi meninggalkan Riri yang ambruk dilantai.

Kung ang iba ay ikinasal dahil sa pagmamahal, si Adaghlia Perez naman ay ikinasal upang magbayad ng utang. Katumbas ng limang taong pagbaba ng sentensya ng kanyang ina ay limang taong pagdurusa sa piling ng abogadong si Grayson Chandler. Kaliwa't kanang kasinungalingan at panloloko ang nararanasan niya araw-araw. Para bang iiyak ang araw kung hindi siya nito nasasaktan. Hindi lang siya harap-harapang pinagtaksilan ng lalaki, kung maka-deny pa ay sobrang kapal ng mukha nito kahit mahuli pa sa akto. Hindi asawa ang turing nito sa kanya kundi isang alipin. Alam niyang walang babaeng dapat makaranas ng ganito pero wala siyang ibang magagawa. Bukod sa may utang na loob siya dito, hindi maipagkakailang mahal na mahal niya ito. Hanggang sa dumating na ang araw na pinakahinihintay. Handa na siyang iwan ang lahat at ayusin ang sarili. Pero isang bagay ang kumurot sa kanyang puso nang malamang nagbunga ang kanyang pagiging parausan ng isang taong hindi naman siya mahal. Isang gabi pagkatapos pirmahan ang divorce papers, bigla siyang nakatanggap ng tawag ng isang taong lasing, “Don't sign the papers. I didn't sign it.” Itutuloy pa kaya ni Adaghlia ang pag-alis? O hahayaan na naman niya ang sariling maging alipin ulit ng pag-ibig?

Morgan loved him with her entire heart. She sacrificed everything for him, her life, her family, her career, her dignity, all in the hope that he would love her back. "What are these?" Morgan whispered her voice shaky, staring at the papers tossed on the table. She looked up at her husband of three years. "Dante, what is this?" "Sign the papers. We're getting divorced." He said with a straight face. Just like that, all the years of her life spent loving him and pining after him wasted like that. The baby in her stomach she had planned to tell him about weighed heavily on her mind. But a divorce? She hadn't seen that coming. "I was with you only because you looked like her." He proceeded to say. "Sign the papers and get out of my house." Once his first love returned, he was quick to cast her away like used trash. Morgan, determined to move on with her life, left him. He had no idea who she was. It was time for her to come back home. After the breakup, fate brought them back together. But the Morgan of now was no longer the sad girl in love with him. Now the CEO is the Rosewood Enterprises, she vows to reclaim her life back. Dante realized he was in love with her, and tries to get her back. But there's a new man in her life now. Will she forgive Dante, or will she move on from him completely? How will she handle the challenges thrown at her? How will she continue to rise to the top and overthrow her enemies? Or will she succumb to the voices? Read to find out.

Have you ever experienced the love that strikes at the most unexpected place, like the arrow of cupid went haywire, or like the love potion you made for someone landed in someone else's hand. How Columbus must have felt when he started in search of a sea route to the East Indies, but ended up discovering America? I mean, it was even better, isn't it? That's what going to happen to our Jia Davis, a 23 year old 'full of life' girl. Her life revolves around her friends and her adventures. Her friends love her with their life. So is she ready to face the world of love after her first unfortunate experience, or she will do what she is been doing, that is 'staying away from the mess' and as she always says 'love is waste of time'. But that doesn't stop her from crushing on the most handsome man she had met. Is he the one who will make her believe in love, or maybe someone...

Di Asmarayudha Residence-sebuah kawasan elit Jakarta Selatan di balik gerbang besi hitam dan pepohonan trembesi—kehidupan para penghuni ibarat panggung teater: penuh senyum di depan, penuh rahasia di belakang. Di ujung cul-de-sac, berdiri rumah kaca tiga lantai milik Dimas Elvano Satya dan istrinya, Tasya Prameswari. Setidaknya, begitulah yang terlihat di mata tetangga. Rani Prameswari, 23 tahun, baru lulus kuliah dan mencari tempat tinggal. Ia menerima tawaran “baik hati” dari Tasya, kakaknya, untuk tinggal di rumah besar itu sebagai asisten rumah tangga, tak pernah tahu bahwa pria yang menunggu di balik pintu adalah pemilik neraka sesungguhnya: Dimas Elvano Satya, suami sang kakak. Dingin, berkuasa… dan haus kontrol. Apa yang Dimas lakukan malam itu, merenggut segalanya dari Rani termasuk kepolosannya. Dan yang lebih buruk: meninggalkan benih dalam rahimnya.

I've been married to the prince of the underworld for ten years and have endured countless life-or-death situations by his side. My hands, once trained to play the piano, are covered in calluses from holding guns and stained with blood. But at 28, my husband ends up falling for a young woman from the slums. She's as delicate and pure as a chamomile. She's his well-kept little secret—until I run into them at the woman's prenatal appointment one day. I storm up to him, demanding an explanation, only for him to nonchalantly hand me divorce papers. "Sonia is a devout follower of the church and can't have a child before marriage. I must make an honest woman out of her. Sign these, and you'll get 40% of the company's shares." I refuse to do as told, so he corners me. In the end, he has my crippled younger brother tied up and forced under a hydraulic compression machine. "Sign the papers, Maeve, or watch your brother become a human mince pie. The choice is yours." I fall on my knees and beg him to stop. As the machine turns on, my hands fly to my aching lower belly, and I scream as I lose consciousness. When I wake up again, I'm back in the hospital, in the same spot where I ran into my husband and his mistress at her prenatal appointment. This time, I don't confront him. Overnight, I make arrangements with a sanatorium abroad, get divorced, and run away from home. Yet the moment I truly disappear, my husband loses his mind.

My mafia husband, Vincent Santoro, was born a monster, incapable of loving anyone. But one day, I discovered he was hiding a ‘forbidden fruit’. A girl from the slums, Claire Murphy. Scarred by life, yet as beautiful as a wildflower growing through concrete. For a man who'd waded through blood his whole life, she was a fatal attraction he never saw coming. He thought he'd covered his tracks. He was wrong. At the Santoro family's annual dinner, I confronted him about Claire, tears streaking down my face. He just lightly frowned, then had his consigliere slide the divorce papers across the table to me. "Isabella. Sign it. The three North Side docks and the shipping lines are yours." I tore the papers to shreds. He just kept raising the offer. He had me thrown into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan. He blew up my family's distillery—the Romano family's legacy. Finally, he took my parents. Tied them in an abandoned warehouse and made one watch as he set the other on fire. "Sign, or watch them burn. Your choice." I begged him on my knees, but a roar of flames consumed the world— The heat seared my skin, the ash of my parents clinging to my face. "No... NO!" When I opened my eyes, I was back. Back on the day I first learned about Claire. This time, no tears, no drama. That night, I called my family in Sicily and set my escape in motion. But the moment I vanished from his world… Vincent Santoro went insane.

Jandé has been unjustly accused of having been unfaithful to the husband she loved so much. That same day, her boss, cowed by her sick mother's wishes, introduces her as his girlfriend and announces that she is pregnant with his heir. Unafraid of what might happen, the two decide to continue with the lie they started and sign a contract stating that there will be no physical contact between them or signs of love when they are in private, also Jandé will give birth to a son by insemination and that, when he is born, she will have to abandon him from her life. However, they do not expect her mother to organize a secret wedding. Will it be so easy to divorce her and give her son to the man she fell in love with?

Carine ne pouvait pas donner d'enfant à son époux. Les silences de Bryan, son regard triste et résigné qu'il posait sur elle, le désespoir de n'en être jamais capable, pousseront malheureusement cette union à une rupture. Mais des années plus tard, la réalité de la mort les séparera à tout jamais jusqu'au jour, qu'une boîte contenant des lettres fera ressurgir des secrets auxquels Bryan n'aurait jamais pu s'attendre et qui auraient peut-être tout changé...