Twenty Years Later

The day my brother, Chester Rodney, came to the orphanage to take me home, my boyfriend Dominic Huxley looked at me coldly and said, "If you choose to acknowledge your birth family, we're over." I knew he had his pride—he could never accept the difference in our social standing. So, for him, I turned my back on the family I had yearned for my whole life. In the decades that followed, I toiled without complaint, saving every cent to help him rise to success. By the time I was not yet fifty, overwork had worn me down. Lying on my deathbed, my breathing shallow and weak, I watched Dominic on television. He was now an acclaimed scientist, just awarded the nation's highest research honor. Tears welled in his eyes as he thanked another woman. "All these years," he said, "I never felt worthy of Alicia. But now, maybe I can use this award as the prologue to a love I've owed her for decades." The "Alicia" he spoke of was the woman mistakenly switched with me at birth—the false heiress the Rodney family raised as their own. The camera zoomed out. Alicia Rodney stood radiant, graceful, and perfectly preserved by years of luxury, blushing as she accepted the trophy. "I waited for you for decades," she said sweetly, "but marriage is still something I'll need to ask my brother about." Chester, who had long taken over the family, looked at her with an indulgent tenderness tinged with something unspoken. "I was adopted by our uncle back then for one reason—to protect Alicia. Making the only princess of the Rodney family happy has always been my life's mission." Only then did I realize—everything I thought I had chosen freely, every sacrifice I made without regret, was nothing but a trap, carefully woven by two men, all for Alicia. The betrayal pierced my heart. I died without peace. But when I opened my eyes again, I was back on the very day Chester came to take me home from the orphanage. I glanced past the two men eyeing me with subtle disdain. Without hesitation, I stepped into the car. "Take me home," I said. This time, I'd send whoever stole my life back to the gutter they slithered from.

After falling head over heels for Joe Smith for three years, I finally got the proposal I had been waiting for. However, on the day of our wedding, he did not show up until the wee hours of the morning. When I found him, Joe was drinking happily with a young girl in his arms. “I’m already tired of her clinginess. She’s a joke. Who else would want her?” Much later, he made me a wedding ring and proposed with my favorite jasmine flowers. But a muscular man opened the door instead. The man had two scratch marks on his neck and smirked at the disheveled Joe. “Isn’t it a bit too shameless of you to propose to a married woman?”

I was twelve when Henry Shaw took me home from the orphanage, gave me a new name, put me through school, and gave me a good life. Ten years later, his first love returned from abroad. Her name sounded like mine, and her face looked like a mirror image. I quickly realized I had been a stand-in all along. Crushing the diagnosis in my pocket, I decided that I was going to live the rest of my life for myself, even if I did not have much time left.

In front of the orphanage gates, Rebecca Schwartz, the impoverished student I had been sponsoring, stood glaring at me with a face full of disdain. "If you don't let Freddie come along, I'm not going to your house either," she declared, her tone sharp and unyielding. In the past, blinded by love and hopelessly infatuated, I would have caved to her demands, humbling myself just to keep the peace. But things were different now—I had been reborn. Staring at this despicable pair, who had once caused my tragic demise, a tidal wave of fury surged within me. Yet, it settled into nothing more than a faint, icy smile on my lips. "Then stay here," I said, my voice cold and steady. "Rot in this place alongside your precious Freddie. After all, trash like you belong in the garbage heap."

Oza suka mencuri pandang ke arah Bahrain jika mereka disatukan kala bertugas sebagai penegak disiplin. Gadis itu bukan orang yang suka mengumbar rasa suka pada orang lain. Kecuali kalau orang terdekatnya. Cara Oza memandang Bahrain tentu orang lain tak akan tau jika gadis itu menyukai pemuda yang sudah memiliki kekasih tersebut. Sampai suatu saat dihari ulang tahunnya. Pemuda itu mengajak sang kekasih datang ke acara ulang tahunnya. Dan itu membuat hatinya patah, sang kakak yang dengan sengaja memperkenalkan temannya itu membuat gadis itu merasa shock hingga tak bisa berkata-kata. Bahrain yang memiliki masalah dengan sang ayah mau tak mau mengurus anak perusahaan dari milik ayahnya. Karena dipaksa untuk meneruskan usaha orang tuanya, Bahrain merasa malas ketika mengurus hal itu. Namun demikian ia terkejut dengan kedatangan peserta didik pekerja lapangan yang dikirimkan oleh sekolahnya adalah adik kelas yang ia kagumi. Cinta Oza gak sampai di sana. Gadis itu sering sekali ambyar hanya dengan perhatian kecil yang ditujukan untuknya dari Bahrain. Gadis itu suka bercerita tentang kisah asmaranya pada Badra dan membuat pemuda itu merasa tak suka. Badra meninggalkan Oza disaat gadis itu mulai sayang dan melupakan semua kenangan tentang Bahrain. Badra yang terpaksa pindah harus rela menahan rindu selama belasan tahun. Karena sudah lulus sekolah. Bahrain masih tetap mencoba merebut perhatian dari Grilloza walaupun ia tau cinta itu bukan untuknya lagi. Bahkan pemuda yang sering datang kerumahnya itu, suka membawakan hal-hal yang memberikan efek-efek kenangan indah pada Badra. Cidera hati Oza tak mungkin lagi bisa disembuhkan. Gadis itu sering kali melamun sendiri dan memikirkan orang yang sudah tak ia harapkan lagi. Arasya tak menyangka bahwa pertemuan tersebut membuat hati sang adik patah sedemikian rupa. Dampak yang diberikan oleh Badra luar biasa dahsyatnya. Sang adik bahkan rela gap years demi menunggu seseorang yang tak pernah tengok dirinya lagi. Hingga suatu masa, Badra.

"Elena, why are you hiding from me? (Elena, kenapa kau menghindar dariku?)" "You know why ... I'm married, i have kids. And you're such a bad influence on me. (Kau tau kenapa ... Aku sudah menikah dan mempunyai anak-anak. Lagipula kau membawa pengaruh buruk buatku" "You have married too seven years ago but you still want to meet me. We're even ... (Kau pun sudah menikah tujuh tahun lalu tapi kau masih bersedia menemuiku. Bahkan kita ..." "Stop it. It's a big mistake!!! (Hentikan. Dulu itu kesalahan besar!!!)" "Calm down, Elena ... i'm here not to argue. I miss you ... (Tenanglah, Elena ... Aku di sini bukan untuk berdebat. Aku rindu padamu ..." Elena hampir terisak, mukanya memerah matanya berair napasnya tersengal. Ia ingin segera berlalu dari momen ini. "I am not the same person. I have changed. And I am fully happy for I am now. Don't ruin my happiness. I want you to stay away from my life ... please ... (Aku bukanlah orang yang sama. Aku sudah berubah. Dan aku sangat bahagia dengan keadaanku sekarang. Jangan mengusik kebahagiaanku. Menjauhlah dari kehidupanku ... Aku mohon ....)" "I'll wait ... (Aku akan menunggu ...)" "Don't wait. You have to move on. Get married, have a bunch of kids like you want it. Be happy ... (Jangan menunggu. Kau harus melanjutkan hidupmu. Menikahkah. Miliki banyak anak seperti yang kau mau. Berbahagialah ...)" "I can't find someone like you. (Aku tidak bisa menemukan penggantimu.)"

Andrea was given a task to protect Alpha Jax, he was committed, ruthless, dangerous but his power was at its peak to summon the Moon Goddess for help to keep him in power and fight his enemies with him. Andrea's duty was to protect the Alpha who already have a mate but not yet married - for one year before coming back. Will there be any spark in that year? What could possible happen to Andrea these years?

Avery Tate was forced to marry a bigshot by her stepmother as her father's company was on the verge of bankruptcy. There was a catch, the bigshot—Elliot Foster—was in a state of coma. In the public’s eye, it was only a matter of time until she was deemed a widow and be kicked out of the family.A twist of event happened when Elliot unexpectedly woke up from his coma.Fuming at his marriage situation, he lashed out on Avery and threatened to kill their babies if they had any. “I’ll kill them with my very hands!” he bawled.Four years had passed when Avery returned to her homeland with her fraternal twins—a boy and a girl.As she pointed at Elliot’s face on a TV screen, she reminded her babies, “Stay far away from this man, he’s sworn to kill you both.” That night, Elliot’s computer was hacked and he was challenged—by one of the twins—to kill them. “Come and get me, *sshole!”

Dr. Aria Blackwood thought she could outrun her past by hiding in the small town of Silverwood. She was dead wrong. Three years after losing her sister in a tragic accident, Aria's ability to sense animal emotions has grown stronger—dangerously so. But nothing prepares her for the electric shock that courses through her veins when she meets Kael Nightshade, the mysterious ranch owner whose gray eyes seem to see straight into her soul. Kael knows Aria is his mate the moment their eyes meet. This Alpha werewolf has been waiting centuries for her, but revealing his true nature could shatter the fragile trust building between them. Every stolen glance ignites a fire neither can ignore. Every accidental touch sends waves of desire surging through their bodies. The pull between them is magnetic, primal, undeniable—but Kael's secret could destroy everything. When Aria begins dreaming of silver moonlight and howling wolves, when her mysterious abilities spiral out of control, she realizes Kael isn't the only one hiding something. The power awakening within her is ancient, dangerous, and tied to a bloodline she never knew existed. But their passion-filled nights under the stars are cut short when masked hunters arrive in Silverwood, led by someone from Aria's past who should be dead. As Kael's pack comes under attack and Aria's powers explode to the surface, she must choose between the love that burns and consumes her and the sister she thought was lost forever.

Madeline Crawford has loved Jeremy Whitman for twelve years, but ultimately it was him who sent her to prison. In between her suffering and pain, she had to witness her man fall in love with another woman…Five years later, she has returned with renewed strength, no longer the same woman he belittled years ago!With this newfound strength, she will tear apart those who pretend to be pure and step on the scums of this earth. However, just as she is about to have her revenge with the man who wronged her… He suddenly turns from a cold, unfeeling psychopath, to a caring, warm and loving man!In fact, he even kisses her feet in front of a crowd, all while promising her, “Madeline, I was wrong to love another. From now on, I will spend the rest of my life trying to make it up to you.” To which Madeline replies, “I’ll only forgive you if you....die.”