The Wedding Business

Siapa sangka, liburan yang awalnya terasa begitu menyenangkan tiba-tiba berubah menjadi sebuah bencana? Tiba-tiba Tante Ariane dan Om Frank melamarku untuk dinikahkan dengan Aldert, anak angkat mereka. Kami sedang berlibur di Brussel waktu itu terjadi, mengacaukan daya kerja otak, jantung dan pernapasanku secara total. Menjajah kebahagiaan yang selama hampir satu bulan kudapatkan di Netherlands, tentu saja. Merubah istilah holiday menjadi broken day. Apakah aku tidak berusaha untuk menolak? Sudah. Mati-matian bahkan, dengan mengerahkan seluruh kekuatan jiwa dan raga. Tapi mereka ditambah dengan Mama justru semakin gigih untuk mengalahkan pendirianku. Oh, sebenarnya aku mengalah---pada akhirnya---karena Batik tak merespon sama sekali ketika aku berterus terang dan meminta pendapatnya. "Jadi, gimana ini, B?" tanyaku setengah menjerit di saluran telepon yang tak bisa dikatakan jernih, "Aku harus gimana, apa yang harus aku lakukan?" Klik, tut tut tut, tuuuttt! Dia malah memutuskan saluran telepon yang sangat berarti dalam hidupku saat itu. Ujungnya, dalam kebingungan yang semakin memuncak ke langit, aku meminta pendapat Uta. "Jangan bodoh kamu, Hill!" Uta mengingatkan dengan ketegasan level tinggi saat aku mengakui kalau tak enak dengan Batik, "Ingat, kesempatan emas tak datang untuk yang ke dua kalinya. Menikahlah dengan Aldert dan berbahagialah, Hill!"

Menikah bersama orang yang dicintai adalah impian setiap orang. Tetapi jika menikah tanpa adanya cinta akan seperti apa kehidupan pernikahan nya. Itulah yang terjadi dalam hidup Abiyya, menjalani pernikahan yang sama sekali bukan impiannya. Apakah pernikahan yang Abiyya jalani akan bertahan atau tidak??

Pernikahan mereka dilandasi atas perjodohan antara dua keluarga. Namun, bukan berarti tak ada cinta di sana karena sesungguhnya rasa itu telah hadir jauh sebelum pernikahan keduanya terjadi. Andin sangat tahu jika kakeknya dan kakek Desta telah menjodohkan mereka berdua atas nama sebuah persahabatan. Yang tidak diketahuinya adalah Desta yang menolak mentah-mentah ide itu dan seakan membenci siapapun gadis yang akan dijodohkan dengannya. Cinta memang hadir di antara keduanya, tanpa Desta tahu siapa sebenarnya Andin. Dan ketika semuanya terungkap, ternyata cinta tak mampu mengalahkan ego masing-masing yang merasa terkhianati satu sama lain. Tapi, pernikahan harus tetap terlaksana karena ini merupakan janji persahabatan yang kedua kakek mereka pegang teguh. Bagaimana kisah Andin dan Desta selanjutnya? Akankah mereka bahagia dalam pernikahan itu?

Muling nagtagpo ang landas ng dating magkasintahan na sina Ella at Miguel. Sa pagkakataong ito, wedding planner si Ella. Samantalang si Miguel naman ay kanyang kliyente at ikakasal na sa fiancee nito. Kakayanin ba ni Ella na siya mismo ang mag-asikaso ng kasal ng dating kasintahan - ang lalaking nagawa niyang iwan 4 years ago dahil sa sobrang pagmamahal niya dito.

“Itigil ang kasal! Buntis ako at siya ang ama!” Matapos ng isang mainit na gabi kasama ang isang estranghero, kaagad siyang lumisan sa takot na maratnan siya nito. Ngunit nagimbal ang kanyang buong pagkatao nang malamang nabuntis siya ng lalaking 'yon. Kasabay nu'n ay ang pagkawala ng lahat ng kanyang ari-arian na siyang lalo niyang ikinalugmok. Desperadang makaahon sa hirap, tinanggap ni Ivy ang offer ng kanyang kaibigan. She was hired to intrude someone's wedding in anyways she could do just to make the wedding stop. Kaya ang naisip ni Ivy ay gamitin ang batang na sa kanyang sinapupunan. Ngunit paano na lang kapag nalaman niyang ang groom ng sisirain niyang kasal ay walang iba kundi ang lalaking kinamulatan niya matapos ng mainit na gabi?

My mother-in-law spreads lies about me having contracted an STD during my sister-in-law's wedding. When I hear this, I want to demand an explanation. However, my sister-in-law stops me and begs me to prioritize her happiness since it's her wedding. I hold myself back and wait until the reception is over. Later, my mother-in-law merely sweeps the matter under the rug and say she doesn't remember anything because she was drunk. However, the lies spread like wildfire. My neighbors scorn me, and my colleagues isolate me, treating me like a walking bacteria. I become dispirited from the constant mental distress and end up getting knocked by a car when I leave the house one day. I die from the accident. When I open my eyes again, I'm taken back to the day my mother-in-law lies about me having contracted an STD.

My fiance, Henry Gordon, was two hours late to our vows on our wedding day. Just as he was catching his breath and about to say ‘I do’, he received a call from his secretary, Yvonne Luther. After hanging up, he looked at me apologetically. “Honey, my useless team can’t handle the personnel appointment of the financial team on their own. They’re insisting that I head back! I’ll make it up to you with another wedding later on.” I told him that I understood though I felt disappointed, because he was at a critical stage in his career. However, the moment he left without hesitation, I tossed the ring on my finger into the venue’s flower bed and announced to everyone that the wedding was cancelled. I had to see for myself who would ask Henry, a mere minority shareholder, to make such a significant decision without consulting me, the chairperson. He did not know that just a few hours earlier, I had taken back the ‘gift’ I gave him and reclaimed my position as the company’s chairperson.

Dylan Walker is one of New York city's richest businessmen. He has the reputation of being a ruthless businessman, and as hot as he is so is he arrogant, proud, and a full-time Casanova but not heartless though... His whole business carrier is at stake and the only thing that can save it is something he doesn't see himself doing. Getting married... Dylan turns to Lorraine, who isn't the regular woman he'll go for, she's beautiful and feisty with a voice men call 1-900 numbers to hear. Dylan offers her ten million dollars for a one-year contract. And there's nothing indecent about this proposal. The money will help with her family's bills. All Lorraine will need to do is keep her attraction to her new husband to herself and avoid his bed. But Dylan's toe-curling kisses and sexy charm prove too difficult for Lorraine to resist. It was a marriage contract that planned for everything...except falling in love.

Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose, but then his big question involves a trip abroad—not a trip down the aisle. Completely crushed, Lottie reconnects with an old flame, and they decide to take drastic action. No dates, no moving in together, they’ll just get married . . . right now. Her sister, Fliss, thinks Lottie is making a terrible mistake, and will do anything to stop her. But Lottie is determined to say “I do,” for better, or for worse.

"Stop staring at me like that," nakatiim ang bagang na sabi ni Jass. "Hindi ako interesado sa 'yo at alam kong pati ikaw ay ayaw rin sa kasal na ito. So why don't we make an agreement about this fucking arranged marriage?" "No sharing of bedroom, no sex, no conversation at higit sa lahat walang pakialamanan sa isa't isa. We'll only pretend like we're sweet in front of our parents kapag nandiyan sila. Pero 'pag tayong dalawa lang, parang hindi natin kilala ang isa't isa. What about that? Hmm?" Tumango ako. "T-That's a good idea." But one time, nakita niya akong may kausap sa phone. Bakit bigla siyang nagalit sa akin?