Octopus Hank

“Aku cinta sama kamu apa adanya, emangnya apa yang bedain kalau sekarang kamu nggak secantik dulu?” Begitu kata suamiku, tetapi aku tak pernah mempercayainya. Seperti kata Sabrina, “Semua pria akan bermulut manis kalau diam-diam menyimpan perempuan lain.” Dan aku tak mau menyerah! Aku harus menjadi cantik seperti perempuan-perempuan lain. Apapun akan aku lakukan untuk menutup kedua mata suamiku dari godaan di luar sana.

"Aku mengkhianati pacarku." Sudah dua tahun Naya berpacaran dengan Lukas, pria yang dikenalkan oleh teman-temannya. Lukas itu baik dan tidak pernah neko-neko. Hanya saja dia sibuk mengejar karirnya. Membuat waktu bersama dengan Naya tidak banyak. Satu malam Naya bertemu seorang pria bernama Evan saat sedang menyaksikan live music. Evan, pria santai yang suka kebebasan. Naya jatuh cinta dengannya. Sangat mencintainya, hingga melebihi rasa cintanya pada Lukas. Naya berkhianat. Walau begitu, ada banyak alasan yang membuat ia ingin perjuangkan hubungannya bersama Evan. Apalagi saat Naya perlahan mengetahui rahasia tentang Lukas. . .

Aku meninggal pada hari pernikahanku dengan Bradley. Karena aku tak kunjung tiba, dia marah besar dan menikahi Michelle, sahabat masa kecilnya. Di depan semua orang, dia menyatakan dengan lantang, "Beatrice berselingkuh sebelum menikah dan telah mengundurkan diri dari pertunangan!" Ibuku hancur oleh fitnah itu. Dia mengalami serangan jantung di tempat dan meninggal dunia. Namun dia lupa bahwa demi membela Michelle, dialah yang melukai lenganku dengan pisau dan mengurungku di ruang bawah tanah selama sepuluh hari sepuluh malam. Aku memohon dengan segala cara, tetapi yang kudapat darinya hanyalah kata-kata dingin. "Tetaplah di sini beberapa hari, rasakan sendiri penderitaan yang kamu timbulkan pada Michelle! Sekalian hancurkan niat jahatmu!" Namun, ketika dia akhirnya menemukan jasadku yang telah membusuk dan dimakan belatung, dia menjadi gila.

Saquyna ditipu habis-habisan oleh suami yang 'katanya' selalu ingin membahagiakannya dan menjunjung tinggi wanita dalam segala hal. Wanita itu terpaksa menjalankan peran sebagai kepala rumah tangga berkat pria yang berhutang dimana-mana. Bahkan hutang di aplikasi pinjaman online tidak lagi terhitung jumlahnya. Saquyna masih bisa bertahan demi rumah tangga yang baru seumur jagung itu. Puncaknya ketika dia dihadang oleh salah satu penagih hutang di jalan, niat untuk bunuh diri muncul. Saquyna menceburkan dirinya ke sungai namun diselamatkan oleh pria asing yang seketika membuatnya tersadar bahwa perselingkuhan itu tidaklah buruk. Apakah Saquyna tetap bertahan pada pernikahan kelamnya? Ataukah wanita itu melanjutkan niat gilanya berselingkuh dengan pria beristri?

Merasa hidupnya berada dalam bayang bayang istrinya Sunny mulai bermain api pada Diva murid menulisnya. Kaira yang mengetahuinya tidak merancang balas dendam, dia membiarkan suaminya sementara dia terus menulis sebuah kisah yang tanpa disadari akan menjadi balas dendam terbaiknya.

My husband, Hank, is dead.  On our wedding anniversary, he ventured out in the pouring rain to buy me a cake, only to be hit by a truck. His body was badly mangled in the crash.  My sister-in-law, Lyra, called me a killer, claiming that I did not deserve Hank’s inheritance.  My mother-in-law, Judy, kicked me out of the house.  Overwhelmed by grief and guilt, I often wondered if he would still be alive had I stopped him that day. Eventually, emotions gripped me, and I was diagnosed with cancer.  Judy came to visit me on my deathbed. “You’re an idiot to believe everything!”  She threw a family photo in my face.  The shock and anger were more than I could handle, and I breathed my last.  It turned out that Hank was never dead. He had a child with his old flame.  When I opened my eyes once more, I returned to the day my husband faked his death.

The stepfather's gaze has recently become increasingly spine-chilling, like the sticky tentacles of an octopus clinging to me. Stan Wallace appeared like a hero, saving my life and giving me a sense of security, as if I had grabbed onto a piece of driftwood in a stormy sea. I relied on Stan Wallace, taking advantage of his sense of justice and kindness, hiding under his not-so-robust wings time and time again, barely surviving.

I, Taylor Laurent, go to the hospital's emergency department because of severe abdominal pain. When I wake up, my mom, Jocelyn Nord, stares at me in terror and asks, "You are not my daughter. Who are you?" Helpless and regretful, Hank Gibson, the doctor, says to my mom, "She is your daughter, it's just… an accident." My mom can't accept it and jumps off the hospital building, killing herself instantly. Hank is suspended because of this incident and, under my questioning, chooses to kill himself by hitting a wall. When I finally find my life partner and take the premarital medical exam, the staff tells me something that chills me to my bones.

On our wedding day, my wife's first love, Hank Scott, threatened to slit his wrists. She ignored him and went through with the ceremony anyway, until news arrived that he was dead, his blood staining the ground. From that moment on, Shirley Lowell withdrew into a convent, becoming the cold, distant woman everyone knew. In the name of atonement, she forced me to copy the Bible a thousand times and kneel in endless prayer, grinding me down until I was crippled. Bound to a wheelchair, I asked her for a divorce. She refused, saying we owed Hank a debt and had to atone for it together. She used my family to threaten me, keeping me by her side and tormenting me for the rest of my life. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on our wedding day. This time, I chose to push her toward Hank. I would become the first love in her heart, the one who led her onto the path of devout faith.

San Francisco royalty, Killian Fobster is an egotistical, manipulative asshole who will rather fuck an octopus on live television than get tied down to a woman. But when his one-night-stand from two months ago shows up in his office with not-so-pleasant news, he has to make certain decisions that may involve going against everything he stands for. With his vicious good looks, skirt-chasing habits, and cold demeanor, he is the last person a sweet girl like Hope Sterling should be involved with, but desperate times call for rather creative measures, and soon after she finds herself trapped in the sham of a fake union that threatens to blossom into something that may change her life forever.