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When my mother first told me about the arranged marriage, Noah Parker lowered his head and kissed me, pulling me closer as we became tangled together. After a haze of passion, he carried me into the bathroom. Warm water streamed over my skin, but his words sent a chill straight through me, as if I'd fallen into an icy pit. "Go home. And don't come looking for me here again." I thought he'd seen the text and was jealous, so I quickly clung to him and swore, "I won't marry anyone else—" His smile stayed, but the heat in his eyes cooled into something distant. "But I'm getting married." He brushed back my messy hair, ignoring how my body trembled under his touch. "My fiancée is gentle and kind—nothing like you. She’d never throw herself at her foster brother like that. We've already set a date. If you keep clinging to me like this, she'll be upset with me."

For the 23rd time, I'm left standing at the altar as Jace Larkin hurries off because his foster sister, Celine Keaton, threatens to end her life again. The guests mock me, saying that we'll never tie the knot and attending our wedding will bring bad luck. I tune them out, holding on to Jace's promise that he'll come back and marry me. I buy his promise yet again, only for him to prove me wrong one more time. After I clean up the mess and pacify the angry guests, I reach home in the middle of the night. While passing the study, I hear Jace's voice. "Cece's always been mentally unstable. Of course, I have to stay with her. Regina will never leave me, even if I postpone our wedding a hundred times." Sorry, Jace, but I'll have to disappoint you this time. Blinking back tears, I unlock my phone and text my childhood friend, Clement Halloway. "Let's get married in three days."

Chase Grimm's aide-de-camp sent me a screenshot of an Instagram Live status. Guess who it came from. His new secretary. She was showing off a meticulously prepared lunch from a lunchbox. My handiwork, no less. I made it for him. The caption read: [He's a dark, cold CEO… and a shiny knight who saved a hungry princess with a gastric problem from eating mac 'n' cheese again!] Chase almost never posted on Instagram. Yet there he was, sharing a photo of a cup of ridiculously spicy mac 'n' cheese, captioned: [I have missed this.] The nerve of this prick. Then my mother-in-law sent an entirely unsolicited text: [What the heck were you doing?! You're supposed to make him a proper lunch! He can't stand spicy food!] After all that, I decided to call a supermarket. "Hi! I'd like to order 100 cups of instant super-spicy mac 'n' cheese and have them delivered to Grimm Co. Please and thank you." "Ain't I generous?"

On the day my sight returned, our family doctor, Anna Leone, stood right in front of me and mouthed to my husband, Don Marco Vitale, "Double the lubricant tonight. I promise it'll send you straight to heaven, my Don." Marco pressed a gentle kiss to my eyes. Then he turned away and replied with the same silent lip movements, "You little tease. That mouth of yours—and the one below—I'm crazy about them both." The two of them exchanged a knowing smile, convinced their secret was flawless. What they didn't know was that not only had my vision fully recovered—I was also fluent in lip-reading. My gaze drifted to the bottle of lubricant sitting brazenly in the wall cabinet. I said nothing. Instead, I quietly sent a single text message: [Papa, I've decided to come home.] In three days, I would vanish completely. All I would leave behind for them would be the hollowed-out fortune of billions—and that bottle of "lubricant" I had replaced with high-strength industrial superglue.

Kisah dimulai pada malam ulang tahun pernikahan keempat Annisa Larasati dan suaminya, Baskara Aditama. Dengan hati berbunga-bunga, Annisa datang ke restoran mewah tempat suaminya berjanji bertemu untuk merayakan hari spesial mereka. Namun, kebahagiaannya seketika hancur saat yang menemuinya bukanlah Baskara, melainkan pengacaranya, Johan Setyawan, yang menyodorkan surat gugatan cerai. Hancur dan bingung, Annisa menolak menandatangani surat itu sebelum berbicara langsung dengan Baskara. Setelah perdebatan sengit dan gertakan cerdas, Annisa berhasil memaksa sang pengacara untuk menelepon Baskara. Percakapan telepon itu menjadi pukulan telak baginya. Dengan nada dingin dan tanpa emosi, Baskara menegaskan alasan perceraian mereka: setelah empat tahun, Annisa gagal memberinya keturunan, yang merupakan tujuan utama dari pernikahan perjodohan mereka. Baskara kemudian menawarkan kompensasi finansial dalam jumlah besar, seolah-olah meremehkan pernikahan mereka sebagai transaksi bisnis belaka. Merasa terhina namun didorong oleh harga diri yang tersisa, Annisa menyetujui perceraian itu. Ia menandatangani surat tersebut dengan satu syarat: semua aset dan uang kompensasi yang diberikan Baskara harus dijual dan ditransfer ke rekening bank rahasianya di Swiss. Ia bersumpah bahwa Baskara tidak akan pernah mendapat kesempatan kedua jika suatu hari ia menyesal. Dengan hati yang hancur, Annisa meninggalkan restoran dan berjalan tanpa tujuan di tengah hujan deras hingga akhirnya pingsan karena kelelahan fisik dan emosional. Ia terbangun di unit gawat darurat sebuah rumah sakit. Saat mencoba mencerna kenyataan pahit bahwa ia kini telah resmi bercerai, dokter yang merawatnya datang membawa sebuah berita yang mengubah segalanya. Dalam sebuah ironi yang tragis, dokter tersebut memberitahunya, "Selamat, Ibu Annisa... Anda hamil."

"Everything's fine, honey." That's what Steven has been telling her for months. But tonight, at their wedding anniversary party, Shirley can't shake the feeling that something's off. Her husband, once so present, now seems distant. His evasive glances, his forced smiles... and that text message he tried so hard to hide. "We can't keep going like this. You need to tell her the truth." The message flashes on his phone screen, and Shirley feels her world tilt. Seven years of marriage, a picture-perfect life: a flawless home, an adorable daughter, a loving husband... or so she thought. But behind the closed doors of their home, lies are piling up. And Shirley, the former NYU prodigy who sacrificed everything for her family, is about to confront a truth that could shatter it all. Betrayals, buried secrets, and impossible choices-Shirley is thrust into a maze of deception where every revelation brings her closer to a heart-wrenching decision: stay and forgive... or risk everything to reclaim herself. "Sometimes, the truth doesn't set you free. It tears you apart."

"This love is an obsession. An obsession that started the minute you appeared when I was at my darkest, and as such, it isn't healthy." "Healthy or not, you're mine, little songbird, and if you let any man touch you, he will be six feet under come morning." After Brielle O'hara's parents passed away, her world was turned upside, and it all started with a text from a mysterious benefactor who promised to support her until she was able to do so herself. That's why when she turns 22, she is determined to stand on her own two feet so that she is worthy of him. But when she finds out he nothing more than an obsessive, cold-blooded killer, she is determined to escape him and the dark world that he is a part of. However. Her benefactor refuses to let go so . Thus starting a game of cat and mouse full of lies, deceit, stalking, and sweet, sweet torture. Will Brielle be able to resist the temptation of the mysterious and older man, or will she fall into an abyss of darkness and pleasure? Read Claiming Brielle to find out!

Setelah kematian ayahnya, Mela harus menghadapi kenyataan pahit bahwa tunangannya berselingkuh dengan sepupunya sendiri. Penderitaannya semakin dalam ketika pamannya mengambil alih perusahaan ayahnya secara paksa. Setelah bertahun-tahun hidup dalam bayang-bayang kehancuran, Mela kembali dengan satu tujuan, yaitu membalas dendam. Ia menyusun rencana balas dendam yang dingin dan terencana. Langkah pertamanya adalah menikahi Jevan, seorang pengusaha berpengaruh yang ia jadikan pion dalam permainan besarnya. Mela akan menggunakan Jevan untuk mendapatkan kembali semua yang telah direnggut darinya dan menjebak paman, Damar, serta Lisa dalam permainan yang mereka mulai sendiri. Namun, semakin lama rencana balas dendamnya mengarah pada takdir yang tak pernah ia duga.

Diselingkuhi, dikhianati, dan dijadikan elixir oleh suaminya Putra Mahkota Qiang Yuze, karena darahnya yang dapat mengobati segala jenis luka dan penyakit. Ming Yue mati dengan penuh kebencian. Namun takdir memberinya kesempatan lagi. Di kehidupan kedua ini, dendam adalah tujuan hidupnya. Ia memilih menikah dengan Qiang Jun, pangeran yang cacat, hanya sebagai langkah awal untuk menghancurkan Putra Mahkota, namun berubah menjadi ikatan hati yang sulit dijelaskan. Kini Ming Yue harus memilih antara kebencian dan dendamnya, atau membuka ruang bagi cinta yang baru. “Mendesahlah, Ming Yue. Buat mereka dengar suaramu,” ucap Qiang Jun berbisik, membuat Ming Yue terdiam.

Ketika dendam bertemu cinta, siapa yang akan lebih dulu menusuk jantung? Bai Xiang, pendekar cantik dari Sekte Gunung Yang, masuk ke istana hanya untuk satu tujuan, membunuh Jenderal Han Feng, pria bertopeng hitam yang menumpahkan darah keluarganya.  Namun takdir berbalik kejam, Kaisar justru menjodohkan mereka. Kini, musuhnya tidur di ranjang yang sama, menatapnya dengan mata yang menyimpan rahasia terlalu dalam. Saat cinta tumbuh di antara bilah pedang dan kebohongan, Bai Xiang perlahan sadar, musuh sejatinya bukan pria di sisinya, melainkan orang yang selama ini ia panggil “Guru”. Dan ketika semua topeng terlepas, hanya satu pilihan tersisa: membunuh atau mencintai.