The First Husband: A Novel

When Mia walked away from her marriage, she carried nothing but her dignity and a broken heart. Her ex-husband, Ethan, had chosen pride over love, at nung narealize niya ang pagkakamali niya, it was already too late Mia was gone. Five years later, fate brings them together again. Ethan is now a successful businessman, pero hindi pa rin niya nakakalimutan ang babaeng pinakawalan niya. Seeing her again, stronger and more beautiful than ever, awakens the deep regret he has kept hidden. But Mia isn’t the same woman he once knew. She has built a life without him, isang buhay na hindi basta-basta pinapapasok ang sinumang hindi karapat-dapat sa tiwala niya. Ethan will have to face the truth: winning her back means proving that this time, love will be enough. Will Mia give him a second chance, or will Ethan’s regret be the only thing left of their love story?

"Jangan pernah pergi dariku, Suamiku. Tolong." Loura semakin mengisak. "Aku tidak akan mengecewakanmu lagi. Aku akan berusaha memperbaiki diriku untukmu." Tangan Berrand mengepal, menahan emosinya yang semakin terbangkitkan seiring dengan tangis Loura Quinn yang semakin mengencang. Hal tersebut mengusik ketenangan dirinya. "Tolong jangan tinggalkan aku, Sayang. Aku ak--" "Aku bukan suamimu, Loura Quinn." Berrand berujar tegas dengan nada dinginnya. "Omong kosong macam apa itu!" "Bagaimana bisa kau bukan suamiku? Kau yang menikahiku? Kau lupa dengan sumpah pernikahan yang sudah kita lakukan di depan pendeta?" Berrand baru saja ingin membalas, namun tidak jadi karena Loura Quinn mendekapnya lagi. Tangis wanita itu pun tambah mengencang. "Hiks." "Aku akan berusaha menjadi istri terbaik untukmu. Tapi, tetaplah mencintaiku. Aku mohon. Hiks." "Aku akan membuktikan padamu." Berrand cukup terkejut mendengar tekad yang besar dalam suara lirih Loura Quinn. Dan, bara api keyakinan begitu nyata di sepasang mata wanita itu. Berrand dapat merasakan dengan jelas. "Kau akan memberikan apa pun yang aku mau, Loura?" Pertanyaan tersebut diluncurkan begitu saja oleh Berrand. "Iya! Aku akan lakukan apa saja yang kau minta agar kau tidak bisa berhenti mencintaimu." Berrand menangkupkan kedua tangannya di wajah menawan Loura Quinn. "Buktikan, Loura. Buat aku tergila-gila padamu, Loura Quinn." …………. Berrand Adams tidak bermaksud memanfaatkan momen Loura Quinn hilang ingatan, sejak awal. Namun, peran menjadi suami pengganti untuk wanita itu, nyatanya dapat memberi keuntungan bagi Berrand. Ia tidak bisa mengabaikan. Loura menunjukkan rasa cinta yang besar dengan gelora hasrat juga membara, Berrand mustahil untuk tidak terjerat dalam pesona wanita itu. Mereka begitu cocok di ranjang. Dan, bukan semata kebutuhan biologis yang terpenuhi, tapi hati Berrand semakin terkoneksi dengan Loura. Pada akhirnya, takdir berpihak padanya. Ia dapat memiliki Loura karena wanita itu mengandung buah hatinya. Dan, sejak itu pula, Berrand terperangkap dalam rencana Loura.

At the banquet hall, I refuse to let my adopted twin pups eat the walnut cake. Ivana Lamont—the childhood sweetheart of my mate, Luther Hardwick—chokes up dramatically. She cries accusingly, "Yara, they may not be yours biologically, but you can't abuse them! Why won't you even let them have a slice of cake?" I'm just about to explain that the twins are allergic to nuts, but they point at me and complain in aggrieved voices. "Mommy often doesn't give us food. We never have enough to eat!" With that, I'm unceremoniously driven out of the banquet hall by the host. When I go to look for my mate to talk about it, I accidentally overhear his conversation with a friend. "Alpha Luther, it's been eight years. Are you still not going to mark Yara?" "There's no rush. I'll wait until the kids are a little older. We love each other very much, so it's fine even if I don't mark her." His friend responds disapprovingly, "You've been hiding from her that the twins are actually your and Ivana's pups. Aren't you afraid she may leave in anger if she finds out?" Luther shakes his head and replies with certainty, "She won't. Yara is an orphan, so she has no family. If she leaves me, where else can she go?" The ugly truth causes me to freeze on the spot. It turns out the pups I've loved for eight years were born to my mate and another she-wolf. What I thought was a happy life is nothing but a cold, heartless deception! I touch my belly, thinking of the pup I just conceived. My tears fall like a relentless downpour. In the shadows, I say inaudibly, "You're wrong, Luther. In fact, I found my birth parents three days ago. I just haven't had the chance to tell you. But it doesn't matter now because you don't need to know about that anymore." I have Luther sign the mate bond dissolution agreement before finalizing my withdrawal from the Sharp Teeth pack. Two days later, I give both my mate and the pups to Ivana. With the pup that Luther has never known or laid his eyes on, I disappear from his world forever.

Dana Montecarlo woke up from a 5-year coma due to a severe traffic accident. She woke up from her hospital bed, with her loving husband on her side, Garrett Montecarlo. Dana was happy and relieved to know that her husband survived the car crash, and he's alive and well. But there seems to be something different about her husband, especially with his kiss. It wasn't that passionate as it used to be. She's wondering why her husband can't look at her straight in the eye. He's acting aloof and distant towards her, as if they were total strangers. What could've happened to her husband after the car crash?

Ana tahu saat ia menanda tangani surat itu kehidupannya akan berubah 180 derajat. Dari upik abu rendahan menjadi nyonya besar istri taipan kaya raya yang tampan. Kehidupan yang tidak pernah ia berani bayangkan saat ia muda itu terjadi begitu saja ketika Hobi temannya memberi saran untuk menjadi istri sewaan pria itu. Ya, Ana sadar ia telah menjual dirinya sendiri, betapa harga diri ana hanya senilai 350jt. Meski begitu ia tidak mau menyesalinya, tidak!! memang seharusnya ia cukup tahu diri untuk tidak menyesali apapun yang sudah terjadi, lagipua jika tidak dengan cara ini. Bagaimana ia bisa menyelamatkan adiknya yang tengah kritis? Ana sadar betul semua ini demi adiknya, satu-satunya keluarga yang ia miiki, satu-satunya alasan ia menjalani hidupnya. Ana tidak akan sanggup jika adik kecilnya meninggalkannya. Ia hanya harus bertahan selama 6 bulan. Setelahnya ia ingin hidup bersama adik kecilnya dan ana tidak akan mau menikah lagi, cukup dengan merawat adiknya saja ia sudah sangat bahagia. Dan ana hanya berharap ia tidak akan pernah membiarkan perasaannya ikut bermain, karena jika itu terjadi, berarti lagi-lagi ia hanya akan merasakan pahitnya jatuh cinta.

Tentang perjodohan konyol yang dilakukan oleh kedua orang tuanya membuat Raffa Arsenio dan Kaila Leteshia tumbuh dewasa lebih cepat dan mau tak mau menyetujui perjodohannya. Sedangkan Kaila diam-diam menyimpan rasa pada Raffa selama ini, entah keberuntungan apa hingga dia akhirnya menikah dengan orang yang dicintainya. Lalu bagaimana kisah pernikahan mereka berdua?

Kate Castillo is the kind of girl who would do anything she wants in life. Partying, drinking, having intercouse to whoever she likes, she wants to experience all the good things in life. While on the other hand, Axel Crawford is the kind of person who takes everything seriously. Mula sa trabaho, sa pakikipag kaibigan, to the point na pati pag-girlfriend, hindi pa nito nararanasan. And because Kate is up to every challenge, sinubukan niyang mapalapit kay Axel. Pero hindi nito alam na iba magmahal ang mga seryoso. When she finally succeeds to seduce him, doon pa lang pala magsisimula ang kalbaryong hindi niya kailan man inaasahan.

The wealthy Hanson family makes it clear that whichever sister gives birth to the family's first grandson will inherit the billion-dollar fortune. In my previous life, my sister, under our parents' arrangement, married the strong and healthy third son, Jerome Hanson. I, on the other hand, was given to the gloomy eldest son, Lester Hanson, whose legs were paralyzed. Under my treatment, Lester regained full use of his legs. I became pregnant with the Hanson family's first grandson. Meanwhile, my sister was driven to madness by Jerome's abuse, becoming the laughingstock of every wealthy woman's dinner gossip. On the day I went into labor, my sister stabbed my belly with a knife. Then, she pulled me off a rooftop with her. Now, in this life, we start over. The moment Lester sends over a golden bridal bouquet, my sister snatches it without hesitation. "I want to marry Lester!" she declares.

After Derrick Moore loses his wife to a suspicious car accident, he decides to remain celibate for the rest of his traumatized life. But that doesn't last when an interviewee, Sheila Reese, a woman whose desire is to have him make love to her, walks through the doors of his office, awakening the feeling he had sent to sleep two years ago. Would he resist the urge to claim or indulge in the irresistible desires?

I was forced to marry the man I didn't know and meet. Hindi sana ako papayag pero ako raw ang gustong pakasalan ng lalaki at kung hindi ako papayag, hindi nila ipapagamot ang kakambal ko. Akala ko nakatakas na ako sa masamang magulang ko, pero hindi pala. Iniipit nila ako gamit ang kapatid ko. I am Mariah Georgiane Delevingne - De Luca. Married for 3 years with unknown man. Alam ko lang ang pangalan niya. He is Czar Amadeo de Luca . . . iyon lang. I never saw his face nor meet him. Hindi niya ako sinipot sa kasal namin. I was living miserable life. Hanggang sa biglang dumating ang isang lalaki na nagpakilala bilang si Ryuu Keir Yniguez, isang military doctor. Siya raw ang gagamot sa kakambal ko at magiging body guard ko. Anong papel niya sa buhay ko? Bakit parang siya ang asawa ko?