The First Husband: A Novel

Sa ilalim ng arranged marriage ikinasal sina Zelena Havens Arivelez at Dylan Romano dahil sa pagkakaroon ng utang ng pamilya Romano sa pamilya Arivelez. Natuwa si Zelena dahil matagal na niyang gusto si Dylan, ngunit hindi ito interesado sa kaniya. Zelena tries to win Dylan's affection, ngunit nahirapan siya dahil kahit babaero ito ay siya lang ang babaeng ayaw nitong bigyan ng oras. Matapos ang paghihirap ni Zelena, nagbunga ang panunuyo at pagmamahal niya kay Dylan. Ngunit sa gitna ng kanilang kasiyahan, Zelena discovers a shocking truth about Romano family's plan that could change everything. But is it too late to save herself from the consequences of their arranged marriage?

"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.

When the yacht begins to sink, Penelope Griffith chooses me to fill the last vacant spot on the lifeboat. I'm saved, but Arthur Johnson drowns before the second lifeboat reaches him. He disappears into the ocean, leaving only a corpse behind. Penelope pretends not to care and still marries me. Yet, she proceeds to trample all over me during our five years of marriage, blaming me for Arthur's death. When I can't take it anymore and ask for a divorce, she chooses to end both our lives. The next time I open my eyes, I realize that I've been transported back in time to the day of the yacht accident. I decide to forfeit my chance of survival this time, letting the man Penelope loves the most take my place.

Unang kita pa lamang ni Elle kay Navid ay nakaramdam na siya ng kakaibang atraksiyon para rito. Who wouldn't get attracted to Navid? Napakagandang lalaki nito. Idagdag pa na napakabuti ng trato nito sa kanya at sa kanyang lola. At dahil sa kabutihang ipinapakita nito sa kanya ay hindi niya napigilan ang sariling mahalin ito. Alam niyang suntok sa buwan ang mahalin din siya nito kaya't itinago na lamang niya ang pagmamahal niya para sa binata. Ngunit dahil sa isang gabing hindi naman dapat nangyari ay napilitan itong pakasalan siya, sa kagustuhan na rin ng mga magulang nito. Ngunit kahit kasal na sila ay tila wala pa ring nagbago sa relasyon nila. Their marriage was merely on paper, nothing more. Nonetheless, ayaw pa ring sumuko ni Elle. She has loved Navid for years, and now that she has the opportunity to make him feel the same way she does, she will not waste it. So she devised the plan of romancing her own husband.

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.

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.

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.

When the criminal tortured me to death, I was three-month pregnant. But my husband Mark - the city's most prominent detective - was at the hospital with his first love Emma, accompanying her for her medical checkup. Three days ago, he demanded me to donate my kidney to Emma. When I refused, telling him I was two months pregnant with our child, his eyes had turned cold. "Stop lying," he had snarled. "You're just being selfish, trying to let Emma die." He pulled over on the dark highway. "Get out," he ordered. "Walk home since you're so heartless. " I stood there in the darkness and was kidnapped by the vengeful criminal, whom Mark had once imprisoned. He cut out my tongue. With cruel satisfaction, he used my phone to call my husband. Mark's response was brief and cold: "Whatever it is, Emma's medical checkup is more important! She needs me right now." The criminal let out a dark chuckle. "Well, well... Seems like the great detective values his ex's life more than his current wife's." When Mark arrived at the crime scene hours later, he was horrified by the brutality inflicted on the corpse. He angrily condemned the murderer for treating a pregnant woman so cruelly But he didn't recognize that the mutilated body before him was his own wife - me.

I was the girl he threw away... and now, I’m the woman he’d burn the world down to keep." In college, I was just Aria—the shy girl with simple clothes and a heart foolishly full of love for Lander Storm. He broke that heart in front of everyone, calling me "ordinary" and "worthless." Five years later, that girl is dead. I’m cold, I’m elegant, and I’ve returned with a face he can never forget. But I didn't come back for him. My family’s survival depends on one thing: a marriage contract with the Storms. The deal was simple: marry the brother who’s stuck abroad, wait one year, and get my freedom. But when Lander saw me—really saw me—the "temporary" part of the deal vanished. He decided to take his brother's place. He decided to become the substitute groom. He thinks he can own me. He thinks a ring on my finger can erase the scars he left on my soul. He wants to turn this one-year lease into a life sentence. But Lander Storm is about to learn one thing: I am not his property. I am the ghost of the girl he destroyed, and I’m here to make him pay the price

Setelah Narendra pindah ke Amerika akhirnya Adelia memutuskan untuk mencari kedamaian di Australia, memulai hidup yang baru di negara itu sembari menunggu surat cerai yang dipersiapkan Narendra datang. Namun, siapa sangka keputusan Adelia pindah ke negara kanguru itu justru membawanya bertemu dengan Jarvis, sang CEO di perusahaan tempatnya bekerja yang ternyata bisa melihat kecantikan murni dari Adelia dan memutuskan untuk menjadikan Adelia miliknya. "Aku wanita bersuami, Sir." "Benarkah? Tunjukkan padaku cincin pernikahanmu, setelah itu aku baru percaya." Seluruh tubuh Adelia bergetar, cincin pernikahannya sudah ia buang dihari keberangkatannya ke Australia satu bulan yang lalu di bandara Soekarno-Hatta. Tepat satu hari setelah sang mantan kakak ipar yang sudah resmi menjadi suaminya pergi bersama selingkuhannya ke Amerika. "Kenapa diam? Tidak bisa menemukan alasan yang lebih masuk akal lagi?" Jarvis kembali mengintimidasi Adelia bersamaan dengan tekanan kuat yang diberikannya di daerah sensitif Adelia menggunakan tangannya. "Sir...." Dengan air mata berlinang, Adelia hanya bisa pasrah saat Jarvis mendapatkan dirinya secara utuh. Menyadari Adelia yang masih perawan membuat Jarvis memutuskan untuk tidak akan melepaskan Adelia. Adelia pun akhirnya terikat sebuah pernikahan dengan Jarvis secara sah setelah Jarvis tahu pernikahan Adelia dan Narendra di Indonesia tidak disahkan ke catatan sipil, jadi secara legal status Adelia masih single ketika menikah dengan Jarvis. Saat sedang mencoba menerima kehidupan barunya bersama Jarvis, secara tidak sengaja Adelia bertemu dengan Narendra sang mantan kakak ipar yang pernah menjadi suaminya sedang berbulan madu dengan asistennya sendiri di Sidney. Mengetahui Adelia memiliki kehidupan yang jauh lebih baik saat ini dengan segala penampilannya yang berbeda jauh saat masih tinggal di Indonesia membuat Narendra berusaha merebut Adelia dari sisi Jarvis. Narendra yang tidak tahu sosok Jarvis sangat percaya diri bisa membawa Adelia kembali padanya, akan tetapi Jarvis dengan segala kekuatannya akan tetap mempertaruhkan Adelia di sisinya. Adelianya, wanita yang berhasil membuatnya berhenti menjadi seorang masokis