Perfect Illusion Claudia Tan

"Kalau gak mau ngasih, gak usah judes kayak gitu juga dong, Mbak. Saya bukan orang miskin, ya, yang gak sanggup bayar. Duit segitu doang gak seujung kuku gaji suami saya," ucapnya sambil mencebik. Aku menarik nafas agar tidak terpancing emosi. Ujian kestabilan emosi ini sudah dimulai sejak enam bulan lalu. Ketika keluarga Bu Minah resmi membeli rumah yang berada tepat di seberang rumahku.

Aria slept with her EX's cold uncle and regretted it but later found herself craving for him. how her innocent heart breaks the cold walls of Theodore's heart.

I have been married to Andrew Connolly for four years, but whenever his gaze meets mine, there is no recognition at all. Even my voice doesn't register. He remembers everyone around him, yet the one person he never remembers is that I am his wife. If I put on a hat, he asks who I am. When I tie my hair up, he assumes I am a new hire at his company. To help him remember, I repeat the same outfit, the same makeup, the same hairstyle. Still, despite my daily presence, he treats me like a stranger. I tell myself Andrew is simply buried in work, that the neglect is accidental, right up until a concert night. I watch him cut through the crowd and embrace his first love, whom he has not seen in years. When the stage suddenly collapses, I seize his arm and beg, "Honey, please save me." Andrew shoves me away, his voice flat and cold. "You're not my wife. My wife is at home." I am crushed beneath the falling debris. Choking on blood, I can only watch as Andrew rescues his first love and walks away. That is when I realize it's not that he can't remember me, he just doesn't love me. The bodyguards drag me out of the wreckage. Later, I spend a month confined to bed with serious injuries. While I am in the hospital, I get a photo of Andrew kissing his first love. The blows land one after another and mercilessly jerk me awake. I am done with love, and I am done with him!

Di sekolah, Alexa Quinn dikenal sebagai ketua geng yang berani dan atlet taekwondo yang tangguh. Namun, di balik reputasi kerasnya, terpendam luka dari masa lalu ketika Rafael Pradana, mantan pengganggu yang sering membulinya, tiba-tiba kembali ke hidupnya. Kini, Rafael bukan lagi anak nakal yang dulu, dia menjadi sosok yang penakut dan lemah. Saat mereka terpaksa berinteraksi, Alexa berjuang melawan perasaan benci yang bercampur dengan rasa penasaran, dan Rafael harus berjuang menyembuhkan traumanya. Namun, ketegangan antara masa lalu dan masa kini tak terhindarkan. Apakah Alexa dapat membantu Rafael untuk menjadi berani dan melupakan traumanya? Dalam perjalanan mereka untuk menemukan pengertian dan pengampunan, Alexa dan Rafael akan belajar bahwa masa lalu tidak selalu mendefinisikan siapa kita di masa kini.

He is not surrounded by darkness, he is darkness itself. The Devil disguised as a handsome man in an impeccable black suit and red tie. He's a charming prince, and the demon who haunts her dreams. A night was all she wanted, but it turned out to be the worst decision she'd ever live to make. She was in dire need of money for her brother's surgery, and she decided to have a one-night stand with a wealthy man to get it. Something she now lives to regret. It started out with infatuation that soon morphed into feral obsession. He wanted all of her, and he was ready to kill to make her his. She was timid and shy, yet he chose her. Will she survive In his dark world? He is the king of darkness, yet he chose an angel who knows nothing about his world. Wanna

Menikahi seorang 'sultan' bukan berarti hidupmu berubah laksana permaisuri yang bahagia. Pernikahan di atas kontrak, dinikahi hanya sebagai alat untuk mengejar obsesi sang 'sultan'. Roller coaster ke neraka, mungkin itulah gambaran paling tepat untuk pernikahan Citra dan Raka ini. Intimidasi, kepura-puraan, mertua egois, suami angkuh dengan inner child yang terluka. Saat Citra memutuskan untuk menyerah, ia menemukan sebuah rahasia tentang Raka yang malah mengikatnya untuk tetap bertahan hingga akhir.

Syifa menerima pinangan Hamzah atas dasar perjodohan oleh sang guru. Malangnya orang tua Hamzah memiliki sikap dan watak yang buruk, begitupun kondisi perekonomiannya. Kehidupan setelah pernikahan menjadi pergulatan mental yang sangat hebat bagi Syifa. Akankah dia bertahan mengarungi bahtera rumah tangga bersama Hamzah?

Isolde Wrenleigh once had a promising future until an injury destroyed her ballet career and her half-sister, Vivienne, vanished under mysterious circumstances. Now, disguised under a false identity, Isolde infiltrates Velvet, a hidden elite club in Manhattan known for secrecy, seduction, and unspoken power. What she doesn’t expect is Dorian Blackthorn. A tech billionaire with a haunted past, Dorian secretly owns Velvet and controls everything within its walls. He lives by one rule: never get emotionally involved. But Isolde challenges that rule from the moment she enters curious, defiant, and hiding something even he can’t decode. Drawn to each other in spite of the lies, their connection ignites into a dangerous, all-consuming romance. Dorian offers her pleasure, protection, and dominance but Isolde has come for answers, not affection. And the deeper she digs, the more Velvet’s polished façade begins to crack. Behind the scenes, a darker operation is in motion missing women, encrypted files, and a conspiracy that reaches from club patrons to global power players. As enemies close in and betrayals shatter what little trust they’ve built, Isolde and Dorian must decide who to protect, what to sacrifice, and whether love is worth risking everything. Tangled in Velvet is a high-octane, emotionally raw romance filled with explosive passion, unexpected twists, and secrets that could destroy them both. In a world where control is currency and trust is a weapon, love is the most dangerous gamble of all.

For as long as he can remember, Ashwin Lockwood has been haunted by dreams—dark waters, silver eyes, a whisper of something lurking just beneath the surface. But dreams are just dreams… until his boyfriend, Dr. Hayden Hayes, vanishes without a trace. Mount Haven is the kind of town where people don’t just disappear. And yet, they are. Then comes Ishaan Arthava—a stranger too mesmerizing to ignore who offers to help Ashwin search for Hayden. Ishaan always there, always watching. Too close. Too familiar. And when he says Ashwin’s name, it feels like a memory he can’t reach. And then the bodies start appearing. The deeper Ashwin is drawn into Ishaan’s orbit, the more his reality fractures. His world—his past, his future, his very identity—is slipping through his fingers like water. Sweet, steady Hayden. Deadly, intoxicating Ishaan. One is missing. One is inevitable. One holds his heart. The other holds his fate. But some bonds are too strong to break. And Ashwin’s destiny with Ishaan? It was never a choice. WARNING: 18+ , Hints of Omegaverse. THREAD CAREFULLY.

Jika pria memiliki sebutan 'caligynephobia' untuk ketakutan mereka terhadap wanita cantik. Lantas mengapa wanita tidak diberi sebutan untuk ketakutan yang serupa? Kehidupan sekolah Eritha yang seharusnya dipenuhi romansa, kini harus terganggu dengan trauma yang bahkan tidak memiliki nama tersebut. Ia akan pusing, mual bahkan pingsan jika berdekatan dengan pria yang ideal pada pemandangannya. Bahkan ia langsung terbaring pingsan ketika ia memulai kehidupan barunya dan mendapatkan pernyataan cinta dari seorang pria sombong bernama Arlando. Kenapa pria itu terus mengikutinya setelah terus menerus membuatnya pingsan? Bagaimana jika semua orang tahu trauma yang sudah susah payah ia rahasiakan? Apapun yang terjadi, kami harus berjarak!