Ulang Tahun Wendy Lo

"Apa? Kamu mau ikut ke acara ulang tahun perusahaan! Jangan mengada-ada. Nggak sadar apa, badan mu berlemak di mana-mana. Yang ia aku malu! Sudahlah! urus saja rumah dan jaga Anggia!" cerocos Ryan tanpa memikirkan perasaanku kala itu, dengan wajah kesal diiringi senyum cemooh. Tanganku mengepal kuat, dadaku terasa bergemuruh, sungguh tidak menyangka suami yang ku puja dan kucinta ternyata berselingkuh dengan sahabatku sendiri. Sahabat yang sudah seperti saudara buatku. Hati yang sakit tidak membuat aku lupa berpikir. Aku tersenyum sinis saat ide di kepala tiba-tiba muncul begitu saja. Aku meng_kloning isi ponselnya. Apa yang akan Alexa lakukan pada kedua pengkhianat? Akankah Sintya berhenti sampai di situ saja, saat ia berhasil merebut Ryan dari Alexa?

Pada hari ulang tahun putriku. Dia sengaja berkata di depan semua orang, "Mama, kamu sudah jadi wanita tua, jangan ikut makan kue. Papa beli kue ini mahal, tahu." Hatiku langsung mencelos. Saat aku menoleh, kulihat dia membawa sepiring kue terbesar dan memberikannya kepada guru les privat. "Mama Vira, stroberi di kue ini manis sekali. Cepat cicipi." Suamiku mengabaikan rasa canggungku. Dia malah tersenyum, lalu mengoleskan sedikit krim ke wajah putriku dan guru les itu. "Panjang umur dan selalu selamat." Melihat mereka bertiga tertawa bersama, tampak begitu manis dan akrab. Saat itu juga, aku benar-benar menyerah. Jadi, aku menelepon dosen pembimbingku dan memilih bergabung dengan program rahasia nasional. Bagaimanapun juga, mengorbankan impian demi orang-orang seperti mereka, sungguh tidak sepadan.

Damon said nothing, but his eyes were hooded and heavy. “Just one kiss, Wendy. Just one. I have to kiss you. It’s all I’ll demand for now, and then he put his arms around her. She stood frozen in the circle of them as his heavy dark gaze followed the line of her throat Without waiting her consent, he swept his mouth over hers. Finally. Her sweetness exploded onto his tongue the moment he licked over her lips. . It was everything she’d dreamt about, their kiss. The taste, the feel, the joy at the sheer fineness of Damon Paige, in all his tall, beautifully built splendor, thrilled her and filled her with exquisite sensations. And for that moment, all the complications of getting involved with Damon melted away as if they’d never existed…. When he raised his head abruptly, she thought it was so he could say something personal and intimate. He didn’t. He stared down at her, and she could see his tortured expression before he closed his eyes briefly and then put her away from him. The look in his eyes was brooding and somber. “I should never have done that.” he said. ---------------------- Wendy Morgan relocates to New York and reunites with Deborah Paige, her best friend from high school, despite the fact that her father disagrees with her decision. But Wendy is tired of letting her father dictate every aspect of her life, especially now that he has arranged for her to marry Jordan Baker, so she is convinced that she has made the right decision by leaving. Soon, Wendy finds herself in the same situation with Damon Paige.... Will she walk away this time? She only has to pretend to be Damon's fiance for a while though.... She could do that. What could possibly go wrong?

Aku dan sahabat terbaik kakakku, Revano, sudah berpacaran tiga tahun, tetapi dia tidak pernah mau mengumumkan hubungan kami. Namun, aku tidak pernah meragukan cintanya padaku. Bagaimanapun, dia pernah punya 99 pacar, tetapi dia tidak lagi melirik perempuan lain sejak bersamaku. Bahkan ketika aku hanya sedikit masuk angin, dia akan langsung meninggalkan proyek bernilai puluhan miliaran dan terbang pulang. Sampai hari ulang tahunku, aku hendak memberi tahu Revano bahwa aku hamil. Namun, untuk pertama kalinya dia lupa hari ulang tahunku dan menghilang tanpa jejak. Pembantu memberitahuku bahwa dia pergi menjemput seseorang yang sangat penting dari luar negeri. Aku bergegas ke bandara dan melihat dia memegang sebuket bunga. Wajahnya penuh rasa gugup karena menunggu seorang gadis, gadis yang wajahnya sangat mirip denganku. Belakangan, kakakku memberitahuku bahwa dia adalah cinta pertama Revano, seseorang yang tak bisa dia lupakan seumur hidup. Revano pernah memutus hubungan dengan orang tuanya demi perempuan itu. Setelah dirinya dicampakkan, Revano hancur, hampir gila, dan mencari 99 pengganti yang mirip dengan wanita itu untuk menghabiskan hari-harinya. Saat kakakku berkata begitu, nada suaranya penuh kekaguman pada besarnya cinta Revano. Dia tidak tahu bahwa adik perempuan yang dia sayangi setengah mati, adalah salah satu dari pengganti itu. Aku menatap pasangan itu sangat lama, lalu tanpa ragu kembali ke rumah sakit. "Dokter, anak ini ... aku nggak menginginkannya lagi."

Ayara tidak pernah menyangka, sang suami yang selama ini sangat agamis dan pernah menyatakan ketidaksetujuan terkait poligami yang kerap dipelintir oleh sebagian orang sebagai anjuran, justru diam-diam menyimpan rencana berpoligami. Kenyataan pahit itu terkuak di hari yang seharusnya menjadi momen bahagia mereka. Saat Ayara bermaksud memberi kejutan ulang tahun untuk Adam--sang suami--dirinya malah dikejutkan terlebih dahulu. Sepucuk surat undangan bertuliskan nama lengkap sang suami bersanding dengan wanita lain, membuat dunianya seolah gelap seketika. Ayara yang tak mampu berpikir jernih, memilih untuk pergi. Lalu, misteri-misteri tentang masa lalunya dan Adam bermunculan, juga tentang siapa dalang dari meninggalnya sang ayah. Lantas, bagaimana nasib rumah tangga Ayara? Apa motif sebenarnya Adam ingin berpoligami? Siapakah pembunuh ayah Ayara?

Satu-satunya yang diinginkan Jessica sebagai hadiah perayaan ulang tahunnya yang ke-27 hanyalah bebas dari bos galak, ketus, merepotkan, dan menyebalkan bernama Daniel Kavi Morgand sang CEO di Perusahaan Morgand Company. Satu bulan lagi, dia memutuskan untuk mengajukan surat pengunduran diri sebagai sekretaris setelah enam tahun bekerja. Namun, tawaran menggiurkan diberikan ibu Daniel pada saat Jessica memiliki kebutuhan sangat mendesak. Gadis cantik itu pun harus membuat keputusan sulit demi kelangsungan masa depannya. Apa sebenarnya tawaran itu? Apakah Jessica akan lebih memilih mengundurkan diri dari jabatannya sebagai sekretaris pribadi atau malah tergiur menerima tawaran yang membuatnya semakin terjebak di sekeliling kehidupan Boss Daniel yang terkenal sangat perfeksionis dan menyebalkan? Ikuti kisah menarik antara Boss dan Sekretaris ini selengkapnya, yuk!

One night of passion, she had slept with the wrong man! Wendy Walters's frantic questioning had been met with a marriage contract. Why had her brother-in-law suddenly become her fiance? The answer he gave was: "Because you had slept with me. The women that I've slept with would only be mine, so the only thing I can think of is to marry you home."

When my husband accompanies his childhood sweetheart to the vet to treat her pet fish, my son accidentally spills his drink on her. My husband watches as his childhood sweetheart's eyes redden. Then, he slaps my son hard and throws a stack of cash at him. "This is your chance to make up for your mistakes. Buy Wendy a dress—make sure it's white!" My son dries his tears while holding onto the money. He roams the streets, searching for a white dress in the middle of the night. When he finally finds one, he ends up getting beaten to death by some drunk hooligans. Even in death, he clutches the bloodied skirt tightly. I burst into tears of despair as I hold onto his body and call my husband over a dozen times. However, he's too busy with his childhood sweetheart's fish. He blocks my number. When he finally calls me back, he sounds icy and angry. "Wendy is still waiting for that dress! Where has the little brat gone to? Can't he even handle such a simple task?"

I waited for my boyfriend for three hours at his birthday party. Sean Ziegler was supposed to show up dressed as the star of night. However, his secret lover, Josie Sullivan, called him to the hospital. She had pretended to sprain her ankle. There, she recorded a video of her and Sean kissing. In the heat of the moment, Sean stood up and pushed her against the door. But he was supposed to be paralyzed. “Sean, why haven’t you told Wendy that your legs are fine now?” “If she knows, she’ll pressure me to marry her. Seriously, who does she think she is? Wendy’s just a free maid. She’s not good enough to be my wife,” Sean said in a muffled voice. After that, he continued to kiss Josie intensely. Wearing the wedding dress I had designed, Josie looked provocatively into the camera. The video then ended with the sounds of them kissing. It turned out that Sean had been lying to me all along. I threw the cake that I made for him into the trash. Then, I texted my mom. [Mom, I’ll go on that blind date.]

Outside the private room, Charlotte Riley overheard Zac Gibson say, “Charlotte is gorgeous, no doubt. But the reason I pursued her? She reminded me of Wendy Cooper. For years, I was just searching for traces of Wendy in her.” That night, she finally made the call she had been avoiding for years. “Dad, I’m ready. I’ll come home and go through with the engagement.” Later, when Zac saw Charlotte at a high-society gala—elegant, untouchable, and more dazzling than ever—only then did he realize the truth. And he completely lost it. * The night Charlotte walked away from her family’s arranged marriage, Sean stood by the window, swirling his wine, his expression unreadable. “Lottie, one day, you’ll come back to me willingly.” Rumor had it that Jersey City's most powerful heir, Sean Jasper, was cold, reserved, and indifferent to women. Charlotte believed it. Until she realized just how intense and unwavering his devotion truly was beneath that composed, self-restrained facade.