Kenapa Air Keringat Asin

"You can never run away from me Cristina, never," were his words. And she was ready to prove them wrong. So to save herself from a dog she sold herself to a lion. Cristina DeCarlo, a young actress, was living a life under the clutches of Vincenzo La Russo, a political leader who was anything but a dog. On a fateful night, she broke all his boundaries and ran away only to fall into the hand of a man who was none other than the biggest Mafia in the country. Roman Scuderi, a mafia lord who was hidden in the shadows yet just the initials of his name were enough to shake the world. A man feared by all. But she was ready to make a deal with him as long as he could protect her from Vincenzo. ###Excerpt### "Why did you cage me?" Cristina asked the man who was sitting in front of her, watching her as she stood in the sexy black dress holding the iron bars of the cage she was in. At her words, he stood up and walked up to her. "Because I'm afraid if I don't, you, my little dove will ascend too high in heaven where this devil can't reach you," he replied in his sexy voice and pulled her towards him to share a kiss.

"Uh ... Sayang, pelan-pelan, ya. Nanti sahabatku bangun." Sahabatku dan suaminya ternyata sengaja melakukan hubungan intim di depanku demi kenikmatan mereka sendiri. Suara desahan mereka yang penuh gairah dan godaan membuat mukaku panas dan jantungku berdebar tak karuan. Aku sampai menahan napas, berharap mereka cepat selesai. Akhirnya, sahabatku pun pingsan karena kelelahan. Namun, detik berikutnya, suaminya malah memelukku dan menindih tubuhku.

Setelah resepsi pernikahan ke-88 kali dibatalkan, aku menelepon partnerku, "Aku mau daftar untuk mengembangkan pasar di Negara Heksa." Suara partnerku yang terkejut terdengar. "Apa kamu sudah pikirkan baik-baik? Kamu nggak boleh pulang selama 10 tahun setelah pergi ke Negara Heksa. Kamu baru nikah hari ini, tapi langsung pisah rumah. Apa suamimu setuju?" Partnerku menambahkan, "Bagaimana dengan orang tuamu? Bukannya keinginan terbesarmu itu menemani mereka?" Aku memandangi gereja yang kosong, lalu tersenyum getir dan menimpali, "Resepsi pernikahan dibatalkan, mana mungkin aku punya suami? Mengenai orang tuaku, mereka sudah cukup bahagia ditemani Yasmin." Partnerku terdiam sedetik sebelum menyahut, "Oke. Kalau begitu, kamu siap-siap. Besok kamu berangkat." Sesudah mengakhiri panggilan telepon, aku menyentuh gaun pengantinku. Air mataku yang terakhir menetes. Hari ini, depresi yang diidap adik angkatku kambuh lagi dan dia ingin bunuh diri. Lagi-lagi, Aditya membatalkan resepsi pernikahan kami. Aku yang tidak berdaya dan putus asa berucap sambil memandangi Aditya, "Ini sudah yang ke-88 kali." Aditya merasa bersalah. Dia menunduk sembari membujukku, "Beri aku waktu lagi ya? Willa, kamu tahu sejak kejadian itu, kondisi mental Yasmin nggak stabil. Aku benar-benar takut dia melakukan hal bodoh." Aditya berjanji, "Kamu tenang saja. Kali ini, aku pasti akan jelaskan padanya. Setelah itu, kita segera menikah." Orang tuaku mendesak Aditya untuk segera menyelamatkan Yasmin. Ayahku menegur, "Willa, cepat lepaskan Aditya. Kalau bukan karena dulu Yasmin menyelamatkanmu, mana mungkin dia diculik? Dia nggak akan mengidap depresi dan mentalnya nggak akan hancur." Ayahku meneruskan, "Sekarang kamu menghalangi Aditya untuk menyelamatkan Yasmin, apa kamu mau mencelakai adikmu? Kenapa kamu begitu egois? Apa resepsi pernikahanmu lebih penting daripada nyawa Yasmin?" Aku sudah sering mendengar teguran seperti ini. Dulu aku pasti membantah, tetapi kali ini aku terdiam. Tunanganku dan orang tuaku tidak menyukaiku, bahkan mereka tidak memercayaiku. Kalau begitu, aku pergi saja.

"Zeke, was I just a substitute?" I asked, my voice trembling. "All these years, was I nothing but a replacement?" But then again, he remained silent. And I took that as a 'yes' to my questions. "It's over. The sooner you accept that, the better." Zeke's cold expression remained unchanged. - Discovering she was just a stand-in for her husband's ex, Vivienne Lancaster divorced billionaire Ezekiel Harrington. She signed the papers and walked out of his life, secretly pregnant with twins. Years later, when Ezekiel's company was on the brink of collapse, he needed the help of the elusive and influential mystery designer Viatrix. Little did he know, the designer he had been chasing was none other than Vivienne—his ex-wife. Vivienne had returned and she was ready to get revenge and reclaim her life, while Ezekiel had to face his past mistakes. Could he win back the woman he had taken for granted, or would he fail chasing the billionaire's substitute ex-wife?

Synopsis “I loved you with everything I had. I broke down my walls, accepted you completely into my life and heart thinking you were real!” “You showed me utmost care and I forgot myself completely, I forgot how to exist without you, thinking you were f*cking real! But you are so quick to throw me out as soon as your ex arrives? Ethan!” I screamed, my chest constricted with pain, holding the papers in my hand. “100 million dollars Selene, sign the papers.” He muttered, his voice light as if I meant nothing to him after all these years. My eyes welled up with tears as I looked at the papers again. The word divorce written boldly on it, crushing my heart into several pieces. “Ethan?” I muttered once again, my tone vulnerable. “150 million..” He added. My leg wobbled.

I never wanted to trap him. But my brother made sure Aaron Styles believed I did. One drugged drink. One night I can't remember. One pregnancy that sealed my fate. Aaron married me to avoid scandal, but he's made every day of our marriage hell. He thinks I schemed with my brother Matthew to trap him into this nightmare. He doesn't know I'm just as much a victim as he is. Now, after nearly dying to give birth to his daughter, he's throwing divorce papers at me while his perfect Anastasia stands by his side—the woman he was supposed to marry. I should sign. I should walk away. I should let him have everything. But he wants to take my baby too. Aaron Styles thinks he knows who I am. He thinks I'm a gold-digger, a manipulator, a liar. He's about to find out he was wrong about everything. And by the time he realizes the truth? It might be too late to win me back.

Maria Inna Esperanza is an architecture student studying in their country home, the Philippines, despite her parents' best effort to urge her into studying abroad. Naiisip rin niya ang kagandahan abroad pero mas gusto niyang makapagtapos sa lupang sinilangan, mag disenyo ng istraktura kung saan mas makapagbibigay serbisyo sa kababayan niya at higit sa lahat may pakiramdam siyang di niya maintindihan, na parang may humihila sakaniya na manatili dito. Things changed weeks before her 20th birthday, she began having weird detailed dreams that made her anxiety grew more and it did not help when her cousin Kyle made a bet she thinks is stupid but ended up doing it in exchange for Kyle to stop pestering her. Dito niya unang nakita si Kyran, nagkakilala at naging magkaibigan. Sa pag pasok ni Kyran sa buhay niya aminado siyang umiba ang ikot ng mundo niya. However, the weird detailed dreams did not stop and it seems that it's a story that bounds to continue, she began lucid dreaming. May panahon na pakiramdam niya may napupuntahan siya pero wala naman. Habang gumaganda ang samahan nila ni Kyran ay ganun din ang pagbabago ng mga gawi niya. Nagsimula siyang mahulog kay Kyran. Kasabay ng nararamdaman niya para kay Kyran ay ang pagtindi ng di niya maipaliwanag na deja Vu lalo pa ng malaman niyang nagpaplanong maghiwalay ang kaniyang mga magulang. Before she finally decided to admit her feelings for Kyran and after she has collected a good amount of courage to face him if he rejects, she uncovers the truth about the story she has been dreaming of all along. A story that ends tragically. She knew she wants to fix the ending, she did her best to gather information and find the man from 1780.

Payne Nivanna Warwick never imagined that she will be following a man, just to get the partnership she was aiming for so many years. As a business woman, para kay Payne ay walang kasing halaga ang partnership na ito kumapara sa iba. She badly needed this partnership to secure her good spot in the business industry. Isa pa ay ito ang pangarap ng mga magulang niya kaya kaylangan niya itong tuparin. Akala ni Payne ay magiging madali lamang ang lahat sa kanya, pero mukang hindi lang sabi-sabi ang titulo ng binata na sinusuyo niya. Hindi nga ito tinawag na Ruthless Businessman dahil lang sa wala, at ultimo ang karisma niya ay hindi tumatalab sa lalaking iyon. Lahat ng paraan ay ginawa na ni Payne pero talagang nagmamatigas ang binata. Kung tutuusin nga ay madali lang ito para sa kanya, kayang-kaya niyang gumamit ng dahas makuha lang ang gusto niya. Pero hindi niya malaman kung bakit ba pagdating sa binata ay tila nakakalimutan niya kung sino ba talaga siya.

“Congratulations, Miss Santillan. You are six weeks pregnant.” Nanigas si Marga sa kinatatayuan niya habang nakatitig lang sa doktor. Bumaba ang paningin niya sa prenatal examination report. Napapikit siya at napahawak sa kaniyang tiyan. “B-Buntis ako…” mahinang sabi niya. Hindi niya maintindihan ang kaniyang nararamdaman. Mas nangibabaw pa rin ang takot sa kaniya na baka malaman ni Brandon ang tungkol sa kaniyang pagbubuntis. *** “Kinakabahan ka ba?” Binuhay ni Brandon ang makina ng sasakyan. “Kung palagi kang ganito sa tuwing kausap mo ako, iisipin ko talaga na buntis ka, Marga.” Napalunok ng maraming beses si Marga. Mas lalo lang siyang kinakabahan. Pinagpapawisan na rin siya kahit na malakas naman ang aircon. “Kung totoong buntis ako, ano ang gagawin mo?” Napakagat-labi siya pagkatapos niyang bitawan ang mga katagang ‘yon. “You will raise the child alone, Marga. Kahit isang piso ay wala kang makukuha sa akin.”

  Sophia Adams' life was near perfect. She was about to get married to her fiancé, and she had a successful career. Until one day, her life falls apart and she loses everything she's worked for. She decides to move back to her home country, where she encounters Ryan Caddel again. From being friends to lovers, and now strangers, their painful past and memories that had been put away for eight years begin to resurface.