Life As We Know It

It was New Year's Eve. We were streaming live when my brother called. I spoke first, "I wish you peace and a happy, long life." He gave a cold laugh. "Yeah, well, I don't want you to have any of that. I hope you spend the rest of your life in misery." I'd cut him off the year he was flat broke. Now that he was successful, this was the first thing he did—get back at me. I kept my tone calm. "I wish you peace and a happy, long life." He sounded annoyed. "Cut it out. There's no way I'm wishing you well. If I have to say something, then I hope you stay miserable forever." The host hesitated, then chimed in, "Ben, that was just a recording of Hailey's message. And yes, when she left… she was in a lot of pain and quite miserable, just like you hoped for."

In the madness of life, we find the madness of life in ourselves. We are a reflection of the madness of life. We are the embodiment of a crazy life.

On the day Raina Whitmore makes the Helios Rich List, she smiles for the cameras and declares, "I wouldn't be here without my secretary, Kieran Vale. He's the most important person in my life." While she confesses her love in the interview, I lie in a hospital bed, worn out and fading. I'm her husband, the one who's held her company together all these years. But I don't get a single word of thanks. My daughter, Talia Hart, even looks at me with pure disdain. "Dad, you've held Mom and Uncle Kieran back long enough. It's time you let go and let them be together." Rage surges through me. My chest tightens, and everything goes black. When I open my eyes, I'm back 30 years earlier, standing in the Whitmore residence to choose my fiancee. This time, I don't hesitate. I skip right over Raina and choose her aunt, Elara Whitmore.

Pandan Wangi Aditama Perkasa--designer lulusan Parson, The New School For Design, melamar pekerjaan sebagai OG di PT. INTI GRAHA ANUGRAH, demi sebuah misi khusus. Untuk mencari tahu siapa penghianat yang akhir-akhir ini melakukan switch dengan ADITAMA GROUP. Perusahan properti milik keluarga besarnya. Di tengah-tengah misi yang sedang dijalankannya, Denver Delacroix Bimantara--teman sekaligus musuh masa kecilnya, muncul sebagai sahabat baik sang atasan, sekaligus diduga sebagai sang penghianat. Dalam situasi yang rumit dan serba terjepit, mampukah Pandan menyelesaikan misinya? Sementara akibat kekeraskepalaan dan harga dirinya, ia kini telah berbadan dua. Bagaimana kisah mengharu biru Pandan berjuang mempertahankan kelangsungan perusahaan keluarganya? Dan bagaimana pula akhir kisah asmaranya, yang selalu saja berlabuh pada orang yang salah? "Walaupun cinta gue selalu nyasar dan tersesat di hati orang yang salah, tapi kali ini gue yakin kalau cinta gue akan berhenti di titik yang benar. Soalnya hati gue, udah gue unduh pakai aplikasi waz*." -Pandan Wangi Aditama Perkasa- "Ngapain susah-susah nyari cinta, kalau yang sudah teruji ketahanannya dari segala sisi sudah ada di depan mata? Cinta gue itu kayak batere jadul kucing hitam disambar petir. Kuat dan tahan lama. Percayalah!" -Denver Delacroix Bimantara-

In my previous life, I inherited the family's steakhouse, while my sister asked our dad to get her a job that paid 75 hundred a month. To her shock and surprise, the heir of a rich family and I fell in love at first sight when he came over for a meal. I became his wife, and everyone envied me for marrying the richest man in Imperia. My sister lost both her legs during a work accident. Jealous of my great life, she set me up and killed me with her own hands. We were both reborn at the same time, back to the moment where we would make the decision that would change our lives forever. Right before our father, she told him she wanted to inherit Shaw's Steakhouse. I heard everything, and in a corner where no one could see me, a sneer curled my lips. Poor thing. She had no idea at all. Her nightmare would begin the moment she met Jonathan Landton.

Sheena Carlos, when she was young, did not have the same experiences as other people. She was never allowed to leave their mansion, and her parents even forced her to work as a maid. Sheena could not see a true beauty of nature as she grew up, she could not have learned to read or write without the support of her Mother Esme, and helen would never have managed to learn the stuff she should've just learned. She wondered why her parents and twins would treat her like that when all she wanted was for them to love and appreciate him completely, but that didn't happen because they were even happier when they inflicted harm on her. She is losing hope that someone will help her, so she believes that ending her life is the only way to end all of her suffering, but. . .There is a ray of hope that drew her away from danger, and someone helped her to have a second chance. Ezraels are those people.

I was about to end my life when he saved me. He mended my broken heart with his love and care. He told me his darkest secret. He became the love of my life. Then she came who was the love of his life. Will he ever be mine or he will just break my heart? Will I get happiness or my heart will be broken once again?

Of the five boys who'd been raised to marry me, Lance Riverford was the one who hated me the most. And yet, he was the one I loved the most. Three times I was reborn, and three times I forced him to be my husband. Each time ended the same way—he and his childhood sweetheart killed me. When I opened my eyes for the fourth time and met that same look of loathing in his eyes, something inside me finally let go. I turned away and chose his rival, Jace Elden, as my husband instead. But at the wedding, Lance demanded with tears in his eyes, "Why did you choose someone else this time? Are you doing this just to spite me?" That was when I realized… he'd been reborn too.

This day was supposed to be the best day of her life. Turning 18 finding her mate full of excitement but what she didn't know that this day would be the worst day of her life. Her life would change forever, and she will never be the same person ever again. Her mate doesn't want her; she has lost everyone that she has ever loved. She tries to stay strong, but she is lost in her own grief. Wanting to be with her family, she does the unthinkable. Not realizing that she is about to find out whom she really is.

Eric James is an elite scholar, the son of a prestigious family. But because of his tendency to love men, he was kicked out of the house. He lives alone in the world. He closed his eyes and committed suicide to follow his beloved grandmother. But fate sent his soul through a body that is the same-sex wife of Henry Mark. Carrying the poisonous blood that makes everyone want. Henry Mark is an outstanding general who is used by the King, but because of the power struggles, he only sees him as a commanding machine. Henry Mark asked to return to his hometown, where his suffering began. But now he has a lover, Eric James. Eric James is the light, the source of life for Henry Mark in the dark days. But Eric James is always a treasure that makes everyone look. Eric is only fulfilling the duties of an inherent wife, he intends after curing Henry's eyes he will leave to travel everywhere. A life without love makes him sensitive and unwilling to accept anyone. But Henry stubbornly refused to let go, the two kept dragging their days together. But besides that, the plots to usurp power and things that can help people live forever revolve around the two Eric and Henry. Will a peaceful life like the wishes of the two come true, can Henry Mark's love gain the trust and love of Eric James?