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My mother is in the late stages of cancer. Yet, she sits in a wheelchair with an oxygen tube and endures a long train ride just to attend my wedding with Isaac Pudley. But when it's time for him to walk down the aisle, I don't see him anywhere despite screaming his name. It turns out his childhood sweetheart, Megan Ericsson, is having another depressive episode and is threatening suicide again. "Isaac, I can't live without you," she screeches. Isaac is always so stern and composed, but he now holds Megan in his arms and begs me to call off the wedding so they can leave. Relatives and guests watch the spectacle with thinly veiled amusement. To make matters worse, my mother is so angry that she faints. However, Isaac believes that my mother is feigning illness. He only wants to take Megan with him and leave. He even takes away my mother's wheelchair. But he seems to have forgotten that he has hurt me 97 times by now. After he hurts me 99 times, I’ll definitely leave him.

I married a guy thirty-two years older than I am. Reason? Money. We got divorced, I got all his money and became the city's richest person. Just when my luck was starting to turn, I was hit with devastating news. My ex died. Drowned, they said. The cops think I'm the killer.

To the outside world, Xavier Sullivan and I are a loving couple. In truth, my father sold me to him to repay the debt he owes the Sullivan family. When the five-year contract expires, Xavier's parents want me to extend it. They threaten me and tell me I'm heading for certain death if I refuse. I have no choice but to fake my death and leave everything behind, taking only the child in my belly with me.

Khanza dan Kenzo bisa melihat makhluk-makhluk halus atau hantu. Bukan hanya bisa melihat mereka, tapi mereka pun bisa mengusir para makhluk halus tersebut, bisa mendengar percakapan mereka dan juga bisa mendeteksi keberadaan atau merasakan kehadiran mereka. Sesosok makhluk halus yang memiliki kekuatan sangat besar, sangat ingin menguasai tubuh Khanza untuk memiliki kekuatan spiritualnya untuk menguasai dunia, agar dunia jatuh ke dalam kegelapan, kemudian melempar jiwa Khanza ke tempat yang jahat dan penuh dengan kegelapan. Karena itulah, sang kakek melawan sosok makhluk jahat itu, kemudian menyegelnya di sebuah tempat di belakang rumah kakeknya tersebut. Tiba-tiba, Khanza dan Kenzo mengetahui sebuah rahasia. Dahulu kala, sekitar dua ratus tahun yang lalu, terjadi perang di antara dua kerajaan. Kerajaan putih dipimpin oleh seorang calon raja bernama Kenzo dan memiliki istri bernama Khanza. Kerajaan Kenzo dan Khanza diserang oleh kerajaan tetangga karena mereka ingin membalas dendam. Dulu, ibu dari raja Dharma yang berasal dari kerajaan tetangga tersebut, menolak cinta dari ayah raja Kenzo. Karena marah dan tidak terima, meskipun sudah terjadi jauh sebelum raja Dharma dan raja Kenzo lahir, ayah dari raja Kenzo memutuskan untuk membunuh istri dan anak dari raja Dharma juga semua anggota kerajaan raja Dharma. Tidak terima dengan hal itu, raja Dharma melakukan kerjasama dengan para makhluk jahat untuk menyerang kerajaan raja Kenzo. Di depan mata raja Kenzo sendiri, raja Dharma membunuh istri tercinta raja Kenzo yaitu ratu Khanza dan keduanya bersumpah untuk bertemu lagi di kehidupan selanjutnya. Tepat sebelum raja Kenzo dan ratu Khanza meninggal dunia, raja Dharma bersumpah akan terus mencari keturunan dari raja Kenzo dan ratu Khanza. Kenzo dan Khanza merupakan reinkarnasi dari raja Kenzo dan ratu Khanza di masa lalu dan mereka berusaha untuk menyegel Dharma. Pada akhirnya, Kenzo dan Khanza harus meninggal dunia setelah mengalahkan Dharma. Keduanya berjanji bahwa mereka akan bertemu kembali di kehidupan selanjutnya.

After my father passes away, my mother—now married into the wealthy Hawthorne family—brings me to live with them. Everyone laughs, saying I'm being groomed to become either of the Hawthorne brothers' bride. Even I start to believe it. But later, when I try to marry one of them, both reject me. The older brother says, "I'll need to marry for business one day. Why would I marry her?" The younger one scoffs. "She's older than me. Who'd want an old woman?" But the very next day, the two of them propose—together—to my assistant. I instantly become a joke. After that, I call my mother. "Mom, I'm willing to marry into the Grant family."

Have you ever been inlove with your best friend and never found the courage to say the word and voice out what's stuffing you in your chest? this is a love story of a girl name Zoe Marcus a nineteen years of girl who found herself loving her childhood best friend Arabella Anderson but was unable to say the one word that will make her accept her love. She watch her date Rowan, a guy they grew up with. no matter how much she wanted to confess her feelings, she couldn't not after seeing how happy Arabella wad with him. But it so much happened that Rowan never loved Arabella, but Zoe. Will Arabella accept Zoe after finding out about her true feeling for her? What will happen when Rowan becomes so obsessed over Zoe and will be willing to do anything to get her? read to find out.

Aidan, a billionaire and CEO of Empire is known for the title 'Top 5 Hottest Bachelor' for two reasons. His extremely good-looks and for not wanting to get married, at least until he reaches forty but his mother keeps on setting him with unwanted dates, leaving him frustrated. Kenna, Aidan's best friend, is a doctor who has never found the right time for love. She has always been busy with work to an extent that she forgets about her own personal life. Both of them has always been close ever since they were kids, after a single incident that happened, instantly making them inseparable. As they grew older, things began to change yet best friends are forever . . . no matter the circumstances. What happens when Aidan sets up a contract and wants Kenna to be a part of it?

One accidentally crossed, and crossed the United States. Well, there's nothing wrong with crossing America. But who is that guy flying around with a hammer?! Hey ~ Who's there to control the thunderstorm! I didn't know this weather was bad for business...

The day I found out I wasn't really an Adelson, Sharon—their real daughter—stormed in and stabbed me—over and over. Just like that, my shot at being a mom? Gone. Chuck Benetton, my fiancé, lost it. My parents swore they'd disown her. To "comfort" me, Chuck proposed on the spot. My parents handed me the severance letter—Sharon officially disowned—and told me to just focus on healing. Later, they said Sharon had run off and gotten trafficked in Nyamara, some hotspot for scams and lost souls. They said it served her right. And yeah... I believed them. Six years into the lie, I saw her—very much alive, baby bump and all, curled up against my husband like she owned him. "If I hadn't snapped back then, Yasmine never would've married you, " she said. "Thank God you and Mom and Dad backed me. Otherwise, that imposter would've landed me in jail. "She probably never guessed I've been right here, carrying your baby. Once I give birth, just fake an adoption. She can nanny our kid forever. "Thanks for everything, Chuck." She smiled like he was her hero. And he blushed. "Don't thank me. Marrying her was the only way to protect you. I'd do it all again." So yeah. The guy I thought loved me? He was always lying. My "parents"? They only cared about Sharon. If that's love, I want nothing to do with it.

After being in love with Dylan for seven years, I planned to propose to him at his birthday party. But then I overheard him speaking to his friend in Italian: "You like Lydia? I'll give her to you. I'm tired of her anyway. Sarah is better—she's a dancer, young and sexy." He thought I couldn’t understand, but he didn’t know that I had learned Italian for him. I threw away the ring I had designed for him, tore apart the wedding suit I had sewn and left. Our friends were all speculating how long it would take before I came back. Dylan sneered with disdain, "She’s just an orphan with no family. Where could she go without me? Three days at most." But to his surprise, I never returned and found a new home.