Tender Years

'คีตา' สาวน้อยน่ารักสดใส ที่การเรียนไม่ค่อยสัดทัด ถนัดกิจกรรมมากกว่า ตรงกันข้ามกับ 'แผ่นดิน' รุ่นพี่ข้างบ้าน ที่ทั้งเรียนดี กีฬาเด่น และชอบเล่นเกมเป็นชีวิตจิตใจ แม่ๆ ของทั้งคู่สนิทสนมกันมาก ถึงขั้นที่เคยพูดว่าอยากให้ลูกๆ มาแต่งงานกัน ทว่าคีตากลับไม่เคยคิดอะไรกับแผ่นดินเลยตั้งแต่แรก ก็เขาทั้งปากร้ายและชอบแกล้งเธอ จนกระทั่งวันหนึ่ง คีตาดันไปตกหลุมรักเพื่อนสนิทของแผ่นดินเข้า เธออยากทำทุกวีถีทางเพื่อให้รุ่นพี่คนนั้นมาสนใจ รวมไปถึงการเรียนให้เก่งขึ้นด้วย และเหมือนโชคชะตาจะเล่นตลก เมื่อยัยตัวเล็กไปแอบรู้ความลับบางอย่างของแผ่นดินเข้า เธอจึงใช้เรื่องนั้นเป็นข้อต่อรอง บังคับให้เขายอมมาช่วยติวหนังสือให้ การติวดำเนินไปอย่างปกติ จนไม่มีใครรู้เลยว่าตั้งแต่เมื่อไร ที่หัวใจของทั้งคู่เริ่มสั่นไหว จากการติวที่แสนธรรมดา กลับกลายเป็นช่วงเวลาที่เฝ้ารอ คำพูดจาร้ายกาจก็ค่อยๆ จางหายไป เหลือเพียงความใกล้ชิดที่แฝงไปด้วยความหวังดีในทุกครั้งที่ได้เจอกัน จนเมื่อรู้ตัวอีกที คีตาก็เผลอเอาแต่คิดถึงเขาอยู่บ่อยๆ และแผ่นดินเอง ก็เริ่มไม่อยากให้เธอชอบเพื่อนสนิทของตัวเองอีกต่อไปแล้ว...

On the fifth year of their marriage, finding the vitamin C her husband bought tasted too bitter, Jeanne Dotson went to the hospital with the bottle. The doctor took one look and frowned. "This isn't vitamin C." "I-I'm sorry, Doctor?" "I could say it a dozen times and it'd still be the same," the doctor replied, pointing at the bottle. "This is Mifepristone. Taking too much of it doesn't just cause infertility—it can do serious harm to your body." Jeanne felt a lump stuck in her throat, and her fingers turned pale from clenching the bottle. "That's impossible. My husband got this for me. His name is Darren Walsh—he's a doctor here too." The doctor looked up at her, his expression turning strange, tinged with something she couldn't quite read. After a pause, he gave a small smile. "Miss, you might want to visit the psych ward instead. We all know Dr. Walsh's wife—she gave birth just two months ago. Don't let your imagination run wild, all right? There's no point."

Struggling with money, 24-year-old Beauty accepted the offer of her friend to support the operation of her mother. And that was to stop the wedding of a rich man named Euh Jin Austen by any means. Maayos na sana ang lahat kung hindi lang niya natagpuan ang sariling ikinakasal na pala rito. She didn’t see it coming, now her heart was in trouble… In this quest where she would bet her heart, could she really tame his rude heart?

I've been mated to Alpha Alaric Goremane for five years, and I'm still a virgin. On the night he claims me, I stand before him, naked. With my heart pounding against my chest, I muster the courage to step forward and wrap my arms around him. But he pulls away, and then comes the words that lingered in my head for years like a devil's whisper. "I'm sorry, Kyna. I have severe germaphobia and can't handle physical intimacy. Please give me some time." In that moment, my heart plunges into the abyss. But when I see the torment in his eyes, I convince myself that he doesn't love me any less. He's just sick, and all I have to do is wait. So, I wait for five long years. On our fifth mating anniversary, I cross thousands of miles in a raging storm just to see the look of delight on his face when I surprise him. Sure enough, I see the warmth in his eyes and gentleness in his expression. But what a pity… it isn't for me. The Alpha, who claims to be an obsessive clean freak, is on one knee before his childhood sweetheart. He gently slips off her rain-soaked heels, dries her feet, and warms her cold toes with the heat of his palm. It's as if that's the most natural thing in the world, and as if his world holds no one else. He sighs. "Serene, how many times have I told you that you'll catch a cold? What would you do without me?" In that instant, the last of my delusions shatters. I finally realize that his germaphobia is selective, and I'm simply the one he can't bear to touch. Instead of making a fuss, I slip off the ring I've worn for five years and walk into the storm without looking back. Later, I hear he tries to win me back with the most expensive roses in the city. But the Kyna Lupen who loves him is long gone.

My boyfriend's childhood sweetheart, Janine Swettenham, returned to the pack, alone and heavily pregnant. To protect her reputation, Aiden Monroe decided to mark her. I asked him in disbelief, "What about me? What about our baby?" He just shrugged and said, "Janine’s not like you. I’m the only family she has left. She can’t handle the gossip. Just wait for me. Once she has the baby, I’ll mark you." However, Aiden forgot that I don’t have any family either. While the entire pack mocked and slandered me for being pregnant out of wedlock, Aiden was by Janine’s side, holding her hand through every hospital visit. That’s when I finally understood that some favoritism didn’t need a reason. I left in fury. Then, the accident happened. I lost the baby. Broken and numb, I chose to walk away from it all. I left both him and the pack, vanishing from his world completely. Five years later, I returned, accompanying my mate on a business trip to the Silverglade Pack. Craving the taste of old memories, I went to the pack restaurant alone. I never expected to run into Aiden again. He looked at me with that same cold gaze and said, "You’ve caused enough trouble, haven’t you? The kid must be four by now. Bring him back. He can grow up alongside Janine’s child."

Dalam kilasan sekejap, hubungan tujuh tahun Amel hancur. Di saat putus asa merajalela, Amel bertemu dengan Alex, seorang pria misterius yang mengubah segalanya dalam tujuh hari. Ketika Amel mulai yakin untuk memulai hubungan baru dengan Alex, Evan muncul dan memintanya kembali. Di antara memori lama yang hangat tentang tujuh tahun kisah cintanya dan janji baru yang menggoda, Amel harus memilih. Antara kenangan yang panjang dan momen yang baru, mana yang akan membawanya ke jalan kebahagiaan?

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.

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.

I manage to drag Jared Sheppard from death's door. Since then, I've accompanied him from his poorest times all the way to the current moment, when he's now worth tens of millions of dollars. On the day his company goes public, he gets engaged to another woman. "Gabrielle, she's different from you. She's an actual princess of the elite. I need to give her an official title, so I can't fool around with you anymore." I never bothered defending myself. It's time for this farce to end, anyway. After all, there's still a man waiting for me at home, who's been calling me his princess since I was a little girl.

In the seventh year of dating Lorenzo Townsend, he still didn't want to marry me. One day, I said to him, "Lorenzo, I'm getting married." He frowned slightly, not even sure if he heard me right. "The company is going public, and we're swamped. This is not the time to discuss such an insignificant topic," he said. I smiled calmly. Maybe to him, it seemed like I was pushing him to marry me. But the truth was, I was getting married, but not to him.