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Dibeda-bedakan hanya karena dia seorang perempuan, Diana didesak untuk segera menikah demi bisa mendapatkan lelaki sebagai penerus perusahaan. Kompetensi dan kerja kerasnya selama ini tidak ada artinya di mata sang kakek dan kedua orang tuanya karena mereka beranggapan bahwa anak perempuan tidak begitu bisa diandalkan dibandingkan anak lelaki. Demi mempertahankan karir, Diana akhirnya menawarkan satu milyar pada lelaki pengantar pizza agar mau menjadi suaminya. Pikirnya, suami kontrak satu milyarnya itu akan berakhir enam bulan tanpa ada sesuatu yang berarti akan terjadi. Nyatanya, rencana sederhana itu segera berubah jadi badai rahasia, luka lama, dan cinta yang tak bisa dikendalikan.

Mendapati dirinya hamil ketika berada di puncak karier sebagai aktris adalah hal yang tidak pernah Irene bayangkan sebelumnya. Tentu saja ia panik dan takut, tetapi di satu sisi hatinya merasakan kehangatan yang asing. Apakah itu artinya dia bisa memulai keluarga yang utuh? Pikirnya sebelum skandal kehamilan di luar nikahnya ini tersebar di publik secara tiba-tiba. Terlebih, pria yang dikabarkan menjadi pasangannya bukanlah ayah kandung janin ini. Irene mencoba untuk menghentikan semuanya, tetapi asumsi netizen malah semakin liar. Jadi... inilah satu-satunya langkah terakhir yang harus Irene tempuh. Menghentikan skandal dengan skandal baru.

A marriage bound by a contract, and she obliged to accept it. He was her boss, and she was his secretary. She gave him everything he wanted, but her love was neglected, but when she decided to leave, he offered her a contract marriage to make her stay. But, someone occupied his heart, and he couldn’t offer anything to her except his talent on the bed. After their marriage, she endured the pain, but scheme after scheme destroyed her tolerance. Finally, she was ready to leave him, but suddenly he refused to let her go. Charles seemed to feel her sorrow, hugged her suddenly, and whispered, “Sarah, you can trust me. I won’t ever be with her. You are different from all those other women. I really want to be with you. If I didn’t, then I wouldn’t have cut off relationships with all other women. Don’t you believe me now?” Sarah sobbed gently, “If you have accepted that it’s over with her, why do you still keep her photo in your wallet? Why do you still miss her? Don’t you see how it’s hurting me?” Charles stared at her, “She’s just another woman from my past!” The atmosphere between them became suffocating, and Charles said in a low voice, “Sarah, have I told you that you could leave? Remember, I’m your boss. You are my secretary and my wife!” Angrily, Charles shouted again, “Sarah, I’m your man!” “Uh? My man?” Sarah laughed and stared at him. Tears began to slip down her cheeks, “Are you, my man? Mr. President, I am just a mere possession of yours and never become your wife! Set me free, I’m begging you!”

Seven years ago... I was his stalker. Three years ago... I was his wife. Two years ago... I was his ex-wife. Since the day he left me, my life has never been the same. It seems like I gathered all life's misfortunes - my mother died from cancer, our family business went down, and my dad could not face the shame, so he killed himself, leaving me to take on the responsibilities of paying his debts. I have to work hard to make ends meet. I worked as a baker, a dance instructor, and an entertainer to pay the debts as well as to support myself. I was trying to be okay until he came back. He manipulated everything - owned the bakeshop where I worked as a baker, paid me to give him private dance classes, and made me agree to perform in private with him. Do you think that is already worse? Nah-uh! He paid my family's debt in the banks, so I am obliged to pay him based on his terms. I am Patricia Sandoval, sold to Stuart Cordoval - I am his personal assistant, private chef, personal dance instructor, exclusive entertainer, and on-call bedwarmer for my beloved ex-husband. This may sound absurd, but yes, I am sold to my ex-husband.

"You don't probably think he would be the right one for me do you?" I said still pretending even though inside I had fallen in love with him. "He is definitely the one, and the good news is that I have spoken to him about it and he is openly obliged to do it because he promises that he won't be like the others," Viola said. At this point, I was very nervous. "You mean that he likes me?" I felt dazzled, as I dropped the pen in my hands unintentionally. "Yes, and he dares you to try him out," Viola smiled. I was almost short of words. "He had some guts," I muttered to myself. "Alright then, till I see what he can do," I said. Book One and Book Two. Veronica Hargreaves, a young business tycoon, very rich Ceo whose company deals with textiles isn't ready yet for marriage because she hasn't found the right one, which makes her situation an enigmatic one, not until she meets Jake Benson and falls madly for him, unlike her other playboys whom she eventually gets tired of eventually. She faces opposition from Lincoln Xavier who her Dad recommended to her because of his impatience for her to get married. Lincoln is also a wild ruthless man who forces himself on her. Does she overcome the odds and settle with Jake whom she loves and finally get married?

Faryah Mustapha has always been mute due to an alleged accident that happened when she was six years old, she couldn't say words out loud. She lived her life observing, learning and enduring everything happening around her. When her Grandfather, Mustapha gets on his death bed, Faryah is obliged to fulfill his dying wish which unknown to her and everyone else is bound to change the course of her life for good.

Kylie Shell,a 24 years old CEO of Shell Design is forced into a marriage all planned by her mother. She's in love with Rex Monroe but with certain circumstances she obliged to her mother's demand promising herself to hate her husband Leonard Michaelson. Leonard Michaelson,a billionaire with the body of a demigod hates the idea of marriage but when he's forced to give into marrying Kylie Shell,he finds himself falling for her first.

Have you ever been in a situation where you made a decision not for yourself but for your loved ones? Like you were obliged to do something not because you were forced but because of goodwill. And when you start to embrace what was happening, suddenly you have to leave because, in the first place, it was not supposed to be you in that position. Will you just leave or will you fight for your rights? But the question is, do you have the right to fight? Ashley Victoria didn’t imagine that she would face a very hard situation when she helped her twin sister, Angela. “Ash, two weeks from now I will get married. And– and I want you to marry him on my behalf.” Her twin sister revealed. However, Angela returned after three months. She has no choice but to leave. And she left without telling them that she was pregnant.

Vier had her worst time when her father died. And as the oldest, she obliged herself to be the main provider of the family and to do this, she chose to end her relationship with Cloud, the man she wholeheartedly loved.  She accepted an offer to work abroad but a week before leaving the Philippines, she found out that she was pregnant and she's too sure that Cloud wouldn't let her leave so she just kept about it by herself for the sake of her dream and for her family.   But Cloud knew about it. Out of desperation, she just said that the child was gone. She saw and felt his madness that night.   Cloud thought that their child could bring Vier back to him but the baby was gone as Vier had told him. He felt death from that moment. He tried to survive from that nightmare Vier had created, but it seems like destiny won't allow him.

Royce Miller was a happy-go-lucky son of a multi-billionaire but was obliged to take the CEO position in the company after his twin brother Reid met a car accident and was in a state of comatose. His life was put into a dilemma because he had to act like his twin brother, or he would lose his father's company forever. During his first day of work in the company, he found out something suspicious and that he wanted to dig into it no matter what. Vera Anderson, a middle-class conservative woman has her ultimate dream to work at Miller Entertainment and Talent Agency. When she was hired as Executive Assistant, romantic feelings went deeper between her and the CEO, without knowing at first that he was Royce Miller, the man who kissed her three years ago and the man she loves. When Royce mistook her to be the woman who broke his brother's heart, her world turned upside down because she had to pay the price for the things she had never done. But what if Royce found out the truth behind his brother's accident, would he be able to make things right and protect the woman he loved when all that was left in Vera's heart was hatred? ------------------“I will do everything to win you back, Vera”----------- --------------“I will do everything to stay away from you Royce"------------