The First Husband: A Novel

"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.

Kisah tentang Sanee yang harus dijodohkan dengan Gusti, seorang pria yang dulu pernah dekat dengan dirinya, namun tidak menjalin hubungan dengan baik. Tiba-tiba Dora datang dan membuat kehidupan pernikahan mereka hancur. Membuat Sanee harus merelakan calon bayinya.

Everyone knew Peter was crazy about me. But five years into our marriage, he knocked up his mentor's daughter. Crying, Cindy grabbed his hand. "I won't let Yuna know." Peter just stared her down. "You'd better not. I'm only helping you because I owe your dad. Don't get any bright ideas." She had the baby on my birthday. Peter looked at the kid like he was already in love. Then Cindy, all smug, texted me: [Ms. Zander, don't you think my baby deserves a dad with a real title?] I signed the divorce papers and caught a flight to Hampsburg.

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?

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.

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.

Bivianne Cordova will do everything just to become a perfect daughter. She'll always aim for the top, no matter who she encounters. Academics? She'll ensure she'll never be defeated by Yeshua Tada for the number one spot in the entire school. Sports? She'll never let Fahrenheit Academy beat her in futsal. And she'll do all that to please her mom. But when Zenith Cordova introduced a guy to her, confusion arose in her heart. She didn't want to date that guy with marriage in mind. Because there's only one person whom she wants to be with and marry. Can she defy her mother for the first time to be with Oxem? Or will she just give up on the challenges they will face?

Her professor has always been a very intimating person, not someone she would expect to show up in her doorsteps with a proposal until he did. And not only that, he wasn't what he seems. Especially not a human.

Mandy is a beautiful, reserved, timid and socially awkward woman. She is, however, an exceptionally good doctor who would do anything to help her patients. One day during her day off, she was surprised to receive a call from the hospital requesting her to be in the surgery theatre. She was informed that a VIP patient urgently needed her help. Alexander, the VIP patient, was in his worst state after surviving a car accident. Mandy arrived at the hospital at the right moment, and she was able to stabilize his situation. However, he was unconscious for a long time. What she did not expect was when Alex regained his consciousness, he called her his wife. Join Mandy and Alexander for a hilarious romantic comedy story where the woman unexpectedly becomes the wife of an unknown stranger. Find out how they become close and later love one another. ************* The story is under major editing! So please bare with me for a moment! Thank you... ️️️️ Dianalovesdiane