Noelle Butterfly Soup

"Are you sure you want to change your name, Ms. Anderson? You'll have to change your degree certificate, documentation, and passport once you do." Noelle Anderson nods. "I'm sure." The employee tries to talk her out of it. "It's quite troublesome for adults to change their names, and your current name sounds nice. Are you sure you don't want to think about it?" "No, I'm done thinking." She signs the form. "Sorry for the trouble and thanks." "Alright, then. The name you're changing to is… Aria Byrd, right?" "Yeah." Aria Byrd—it means a flight to freedom.

I was finally pregnant with his child after being married to Grady Winters for five years. I planned to share the wonderful news with him in person, but on that fateful day, I encountered his first love, who had just returned from abroad. She scalded me with soup, spilling it across me before shoving me down the stairs. Curled up and fighting through the piercing pain in my abdomen, I heard her cold, mocking laughter from above. "Who do you think you are to be Mrs. Winters? I've seen plenty of women who are social climbers." Then, she turned to Grady, her voice laced with pride. She playfully pouted, asking, "Didn't I do a good job, Grady? Don't you think you should reward me as well?"

"Victoria Valois a tout perdu dans l'incendie criminel de sa boutique : son héritage, son rêve et sa liberté. Accusée à tort, elle se retrouve à la merci de Julien Castille, le fils de l'homme qu'elle soupçonne d'avoir tout manigancé. Mais entre les flammes et la trahison, un pacte dangereux naît. Victoria entre dans la tanière du loup, prête à tout pour se venger. Mais que faire quand le cœur commence à battre pour l'ennemi, et que les secrets de famille menacent de tout réduire en cendres une seconde fois ?"

Some people come into our lives some will stay and some will leave. Any of that two I believed that we don't meet people accidentally. We meet them with purpose, to teach us something or to simply add value to our life. Sedriano the man who came into my life, the man who made my world upside down. The man who values loves and gives me pain. The man who gives me butterfly kisses on my stomach. We were too young when we fell in love but I was so sure that it will last. With the promise, we made together with his bitter goodbye. This is our story.

Naomi memulai perjalanan karir di perusahaan kecil yang hampir bangkrut. Lalu dia berkembang dan bertumbuh hingga ke perusahaan besar. Sang Social Butterfly selalu berusaha dan membantu tim dalam mengembangkan perusahaan. Tak sedikit orang yang meminta bantuannya. Ketika Naomi mengalami satu masalah, orang-orang di sekitarnya tidak mendukungnya bahkan menggunjingnya. Tapi senyum sang kupu-kupu tidak pernah pudar. Tidak ada yang tahu bahwa di luar dia selalu mengembangkan sayapnya dengan indah. Tapi di dalam, sayapnya terlipat dan terluka. Satu kesalahannya menghapus semua kebaikan yang dia lakukan. Lalu apa pilihan Naomi?

Sophie Luxford had been turning a blind eye to her husband’s affairs in their three years of marriage.She continued being a dedicated wife who would greet her husband with a bowl of warm nourishing soup every day, until one day, the woman he loved the most appeared before her and declared, “I’m pregnant.”Sophie used various methods to coerce the woman to get an abortion.Cedric Carlson grabbed her by the neck and growled, “Sophie Luxford, you can’t keep up the act anymore after holding it in for three years, huh?” Sophie burst into tears. She then laughed hysterically and said, “I’m sorry, but I’m pregnant as well, and my son has to be the Carlsons’ heir!”

“Sigurado ka na gusto mo palitan ang pangalan mo, Ms. Anderson? Kakailanganin mo palitan ang degree certificate mo, documentation, at passport sa oras na gawin mo ito.” Tumango si Noelle Anderson. “Sigurado ako.” Sinubukan siyang kumbinsihin ng empleyado. “Hassle para sa mga matatanda na palitan ang pangalan nila, at maganda naman ang kasalukuyan mo na pangalan. Sigurado ka ba na ayaw mo itong pag-isipan?” “Hindi, napag-isipan ko na ito.” Pinirmahan niya ang form. “Pasensiya na sa abala.” “Sige, kung ganoon. Ang pangalan na ipapalit mo… ay Aria Byrd, tama?” “Oo.” Aria Byrd–ibig sabihin paglipad sa kalayaan.

Connor Lockwood abandons me at the hospital's entrance even though I'm bleeding in the middle of my pregnancy. He insists on sending his client, a divorcée, home. The blood flows down my legs, but he hurries off without another look back. He should've been at the hospital and by my side, but instead, I see him in his client's social media update. It's captioned, "Thank goodness for my wonderful lawyer. Do you know who gets to have hangover soup when they're drunk? Me!" I spend the rest of the night wide awake. The following morning, I calmly dial a number. "Dad, I've made up my mind. I'll return home in three days to take over the company."

He knew what he had done was wrong, he shouldn't have dragged the girl into his life but his mind was determined to avenge the betrayal he faced. Things go awry when his heart begins to take action and he finds himself falling for the girl he planned to crush. ***Blurb*** "What do you want to know?" "Why did you cage me here?" she asked trying to free herself which only increase his grip on her, even tighter. "I didn't cage you here, you chose this for yourself, Butterfly" She looked at him baffled when he gave her an arrogant smirk. Indeed, it was her mistake.

Sinopsis "But Her Fly" "But Her Fly" adalah sebuah kisah dramatis tentang seorang wanita bernama Clara, yang terjerat dalam dunia kelam yang tak pernah dia bayangkan sebelumnya. Setelah kehilangan pekerjaan dan menghadapi beban hidup yang semakin berat, Clara yang sudah dewasa dan memiliki banyak impian, terpaksa menerima kenyataan pahit bahwa untuk bertahan hidup, dia harus memilih jalan yang penuh dengan aib. Tertimpa kesulitan ekonomi setelah perceraian yang traumatis dan tanpa dukungan dari siapapun, Clara merasa tidak ada lagi pilihan selain menjadi seorang pekerja seks. Dunia yang gelap dan penuh stigma ini, baginya, adalah satu-satunya cara untuk mengumpulkan uang dan menjaga kelangsungan hidupnya. Dengan menggunakan nama samaran "Butterfly", ia berusaha bertahan dengan menutupi rasa malu dan luka di hatinya, sembari mencoba untuk tetap menjaga harga dirinya dan impian-impian kecil yang masih ada. Namun, semakin dalam Clara terlibat dalam dunia ini, semakin ia merasakan konflik batin yang mempengaruhi setiap langkah hidupnya. Ia bertemu dengan berbagai macam orang, dari yang menyakitkan hingga yang memberi secercah harapan. Di tengah kegelisahan dan perjuangan untuk menemukan makna hidup di tengah kegelapan, Clara perlahan belajar bahwa meskipun tubuhnya bisa diperjualbelikan, hatinya tetap miliknya. "Butterfly" adalah cerita tentang kekuatan untuk bertahan, perjuangan untuk menemukan kebebasan dalam keadaan terperangkap, dan proses menemukan kembali diri sendiri meski hidup membawa seseorang ke tempat yang paling tidak diinginkan. Dengan narasi yang penuh emosi dan ketegangan, Clara berusaha mencari jalan untuk bangkit, menerima masa lalunya, dan menemukan cara untuk kembali terbang seperti kupu-kupu dari dunia yang sempit dan gelap.