Samuel Kim Arredondo

Di bandara yang riuh, Elara harus merelakan separuh jiwanya pergi. Axel memilih terbang ke Tokyo, meninggalkan kota kecil—dan perempuan yang paling ia cintai—demi satu mimpi besar: menjadi seseorang yang pantas untuk Elara. Di antara janji, pelukan terakhir, dan air mata yang tak tertahan, mereka percaya bahwa cinta mampu menunggu, bahwa jarak hanya sementara. Namun, perpisahan tak pernah sesederhana janji. Saat langkah Axel menghilang di balik pintu keberangkatan, dunia Elara runtuh perlahan. Kesepian, ketakutan, dan rasa kehilangan menyesakkan dadanya—hingga tubuhnya sendiri memberi sinyal bahwa ada sesuatu yang tak beres. Sesuatu yang tak terduga. Sesuatu yang bisa mengubah segalanya. Ini bukan hanya kisah tentang cinta yang terpisah oleh jarak, melainkan tentang janji yang diuji waktu, dan sebuah perpisahan yang mungkin bukan sekadar perpisahan.

Nora Jensen has a plan for everything. Senior year? Mapped out. College applications? Done. Feelings for Cole Whitaker, Millbrook High's infuriatingly charming hockey star? Absolutely, categorically, not part of the plan. But when Cole shows up at her locker with that look — the desperate one he'd never admit to — and says you owe me one, Nora finds herself agreeing to the most ridiculous favor of her life. One family dinner. One fake girlfriend. Simple, clean, transactional. Except nothing about Cole Whitaker turns out to be simple. Not the way he remembers her coffee order without being asked. Not the way he describes his favorite color as pre-game ice, before they turn the main lights on. Not the way he looks at her on the porch after dinner like she's something worth keeping — and she's supposed to be pretending he isn't looking at all. Nora made a deal. She just didn't read the fine print. The part where fake dinners turn into real conversations. Where negotiated terms start feeling a lot like feelings. Where the boy you agreed to pretend to love somehow becomes the one person you can't imagine pretending about. The rules were simple. Don't hold his hand. Don't look at him like you like him. Don't fall. Two out of three isn't bad.

"You're the best thing that ever happened to me, Amy Leah!" were his words to her when their love began blooming. He was just one of their hacienda workers, skinny and tan-burned. But she loved him...unconditionally! ... "One day, you will swallow all the insults you threw at me today. One day, you will regret everything you did to me. One day, you will also kneel before me, Amy Leah!" was his wrath when he found out about her betrayal. "Oh! I've regretted the day that I told you about my fake feelings. Coz you're so fun to play with!" engulfed with sarcasm, her taunting remarks wreaked havoc in his life. ... "You think I'm done with you, Señorita Amy Leah? What happened to your brain? Don't you know, my REVENGE has just begun. Kneel and pick those up!" was his lordly command now that he was in a suit and living in luxury. "Desmond, I'm sorry!" were the only words she could mutter after everything that she had done. ... What made her betray her first love?

Almaira, wanita single dan cantik mendadak mau dijadikan istri simpanan seorang pria kaya raya yang sudah beristri. Meski ia tahu, jika apa yang ia lakukan adalah salah.Semua ini berawal dari perkenalannya dengan seorang pria yang bernama Daffa. Dia seorang pengusaha yang sangat berpengaruh dalam industri pertambangan. Namun, meski harta melimpah, kebahagiaan itu belum dirasakan oleh Daffa. Karena bagi dirinya, harta tidak menjamin hidup bahagia, kalau tidak dibarengi dengan kehadirannya seorang anak. Hal ini lah yang menjadi alasan kuat untuk Alma menjadi istri simpanannya sang Ceo alias Daffa, agar perekonomian dirinya terus terjamin.Apakah Alma bisa hidup bahagia dengan segala fasilitas yang sudah diberikan oleh seorang Ceo, seolah-olah hanya untuk melayani hasrat seks pria yang sudah beristri?

Claire dijebak oleh sang sahabat yang ternyata memendam rasa iri kepadanya. Namun, kejadian tak terduga justru membuat Claire jatuh ke dalam hubungan satu malam dengan pria playboy bernama Levin, bahkan menghasilkan bayi yang menggemaskan. Hingga beberapa tahun kemudian, Claire dan Levin kembali bertemu dalam ketidaksengajaan, saat itu juga Levin sadar kalau dirinya sudah memiliki seorang putra. Lantas, bagaimana kisah keduanya?

Olivia is a 23-year-old lady, she's extremely beautiful and crazy, she works as a cleaner at a famous hotel and ended up getting fired a day to her pay day. She felt depressed for being treated unfairly and drank alcohol like she'll never see the next day. What happens when she woke up to find herself on an unknown bed? How will she react if the unknown person turns out to be someone that was out of her league? This unknown man throws her a card, a card to work as his secretary. Will Olivia grab something that was out of her reach?

Arthur Luciano must find the whereabouts of the woman who had a one night stand with him. Even though it had been a year ago, Arthur didn't expect that the woman had sent black messages threatening to reveal he pack's secrets. * Meanwhile, Liana is an assistant head chef at a five-star restaurant who is affected by the wolf's bane, so she doesn't know Arthur. * Liana widened her hazel eyes when she saw Arthur asking for what he didn't have. "I-I don't understand, Sir. I—" "Take off this woman's clothes! I know she has already given birth and pretend as if this dirty woman has something to threaten me with."

“Alexander, this isn’t right,” Valentina whispered, her voice shaky as his hand traced the line of her jaw. He tilted her chin up, forcing her to meet his gaze. “It doesn’t matter what’s right,” he said, his voice low and commanding. “It matters what’s mine.” Her breath caught as his fingers slid to the back of her neck. “And you think I’m yours?” “I don’t think, Valentina,” he murmured, a dark smile curving his lips. “I know.” --- Valentina never expected her life to take such a dangerous turn. After her husband demands a divorce to marry his mistress, she finds herself entangled with Alexander—a powerful mafia Don whose reputation is as lethal as the man himself. Alexander doesn’t just want Valentina; he needs her. When he discovers she’s the daughter of Nico Vance, the man responsible for the tragedy that destroyed his family, his rage burns hotter. But instead of killing her, Alexander makes a chilling decision: Valentina will become his late wife, down to the last detail. Caught between desire and danger, Valentina must decide if she’ll run from Alexander’s dark world—or step willingly into it. Because once she does, there’s no turning back.

Flynn inherited his father's million pound chocolate business at 18 and is secretly gay. He's very far into the closet due to his upbringing and lives with two fears. One is that he will ruin his father's business and the other is that someone will work out that he is gay. Lucas, his new employee is the opposite. He's openly gay and very flirty. Or rather, he constantly flirts with Flynn. As time passes, Flynn finds it harder to pretend that he's not gay and that he doesn't like Lucas as more than his best employee. He's also been plagued by dreams that seem to be from his childhood where he made a promise with someone who feels like Lucas. Lucas' problem is that Flynn doesn't remember him and doesn't feel he deserves to be happy. Lucas' mission is to make Flynn happy, but it's going to be a hard one.

"Kau membiarkan tangan fana itu menyentuh kulit suci seorang Batara. Kau tahu risikonya. Jika kau meneruskan ini, kau tidak hanya kehilangan keabadian mu, tapi jiwamu akan dikunci dalam siklus penderitaan manusia selama seratus kelahiran.""Dia tidak punya siapa-siapa," bisik Bima akhirnya, suaranya terdengar sangat kecil di hadapan keagungan langit."Dunia ini terlalu jahat untuknya. Jika aku tidak turun membantunya, siapa yang akan memberinya keadilan?" "Bukan tugasmu untuk menjadi pahlawan bagi satu jiwa yang malang!" balas Indra tajam."Jika kau tidak segera kembali ke kahyangan sekarang, garis hidupmu akan terikat permanen dengan garis hidupnya yang terkutuk itu. Kau akan merasakan sakitnya saat dia terluka, dan kau akan hancur saat dia tiada."