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"Aku akan membantumu asal kamu mau mengikuti semua permintaanku serta syarat yang aku berikan." Sebuah pernyataan yang keluar dari mulut seorang Calvin Adelio Darwish kepada wanita yang tanpa sengaja masuk ke dalam mobilnya dalam keadaan berlumur darah. Apakah Aruna akan menerima tawaran yang disampaikan oleh Calvin? Atau Aruna menolaknya? Lalu apa yang menjadi alasan Aruna masuk ke dalam mobil pria yang tidak dikenal?

I was madly in love with James Gates for 10 years. So mad that everyone in the Imperium said that I was addicted to him. How far did it go? I wouldn't allow any woman to get close to him. I wanted to eliminate every woman around him. In the end, James sent me to rehab. While others quit smoking, drinking, or gaming, I was quitting James. But later, I truly moved on from him. Yet, he regretted it and, in the pouring rain, begged me to love him again.

My childhood sweetheart and I are about to exchange rings at our wedding ceremony. Just then, a young woman charges into his arms and says pitifully, "Don't abandon me." My childhood sweetheart brought her home when he was in high school after chancing upon her by the roadside. Everyone knows how doting he is toward her. When she charges into his arms, she "accidentally" shoves me aside. I lose my balance and fall off the stage, knocking my head on the steps. I end up in a coma. When I wake up again, I'm taken back to the day my childhood sweetheart meets the young woman.

I sat at the table, watching the food grow cold, much like my heart. Today was my birthday. It was also Leslie Buck's birthday—Katherine White's childhood sweetheart. I unlocked my phone and opened Leslie's social media page. As expected, a new post awaited me. "Grateful to have you by my side for every birthday. Let's keep our promise to celebrate every one of them together in the future!" The photo showed two hands forming a heart in front of a cake. One of them was Katherine's. I could tell from the bracelet she wore. It was the one I had given her. I gave the post a like, then set my phone aside. Without hesitation, I dumped the dishes Katherine liked into the trash and went out to a restaurant to order the food I liked, celebrating my birthday alone. From now on, I would make sure to enjoy every birthday of mine.

I was the sole front desk clerk at a haunted hotel. Welcoming players, checking in on the bosses’ quarters, and slacking off a bit were all part of the job. At least, that was what I thought. It turned out my days were far from ordinary. A blood-drenched little girl in a tattered red dress kept ringing the service bell. Her eerie voice echoed, “Miss, why didn’t you come play with me?” A creepy black cat with glowing eyes wouldn’t stop meowing and rubbing against my legs. And then there was the old woman with claws like knives, cheerfully knitting me a sweater… out of players’ skin. One day, I took a day off to care for my sick mother. That was my biggest mistake. The entire game instance erupted in chaos. Bosses interrogated players, demanding to know where their precious front desk clerk had gone. “Did she abandon us? Is she never coming back?” I ran. They chased. But no matter how fast I fled, their grip on me only tightened. In the end, escape wasn’t an option.

When my son was born, I noticed a small, round birthmark on his arm. But the weird thing? By the time I opened my eyes again after giving birth, it was gone. I figured maybe I'd imagined it. That is, until the baby shower. My brother-in-law's son, born the same day as mine, had the exact same birthmark. Clear as day. That's when it hit me. I didn't say a word, though. Not then. I waited. Eighteen years later, at my son's college acceptance party, my brother-in-law stood up and dropped the truth bomb: the "amazing" kid I'd raised was theirs. I just smiled and invited him and his wife to take their "rightful" seats at the table.

My grandmother only knows how to draw one thing—infants. They're ugly, but people line up to buy the paintings. I watch as she takes those women into unlit rooms. Then, their bloodcurdling screams will ring out. Oddly enough, they always thank my grandmother when they're leaving. One day, I finally find out what exactly my grandmother paints. I discover the truth when I see an infant crawl out of one of the women's bellies—it looks just like the one my grandmother has painted.

Orang cacat memang ditakdirkan untuk tidak dicintai. Reina Andara terlahir dengan bawaan gangguan pendengaran sehingga ibu kandungnya tidak menyayanginya. Setelah menikah, dia dihina dan direndahkan oleh keluarga suaminya yang kaya raya juga orang-orang di sekitarnya. Suatu hari, cinta pertama suami Reina kembali dan mengumumkan ke seluruh dunia bahwa dia akan merebut semua miliknya kembali. Wanita itu bahkan berdiri angkuh di depan Reina untuk memamerkan kekuatannya seraya berkata, "Kamu nggak pernah merasa dicintai 'kan selama ini? Apa Max pernah bilang dia mencintaimu? Haha, padahal waktu denganku setiap hari dia bilang dia mencintaiku." Saat itulah Reina baru tersadar bahwa dia sudah salah. Harusnya dia tidak menikah dengan seseorang yang memang sedari awal tidak mencintainya. Reina memutuskan untuk melepaskan dan memberikan kebebasan pada Maxime Sunandar, suaminya. "Kita cerai saja, maaf aku sudah membuang waktumu selama ini." Namun, Maxime menolaknya. "Mau cerai? Langkahi dulu mayatku."

Hidup Eliza hancur kala bayi yang dilahirkannya dengan bertaruh nyawa justru meninggalkan wanita itu. Ditambah lagi, sang mertua terus menyalahkannya dan sang suami tak membelanya. Untungnya, Eliza bertemu bayi mungil yang tak mendapat asi karena ditinggal ibunya. Namun siapa sangka, pertemuan Eliza dengan bayi itu akan membuatnya bertemu dengan Nathan--presdir tampan yang ternyata ayah sang bayi! Lantas, bagaimana kisah Eliza selanjutnya?

Kanaya diliputi perasaan bersalah tatkala tak mampu membiayai pengobatan ibunya. Biaya yang begitu besar dan donor yang langka, membuat kesempatannya untuk menyelamatkan ibunya kian menipis. Sampai akhirnya, sebuah penawaran sebagai ibu pengganti dari keluarga yang menginginkan anak pun datang kepadanya. Dengan hadiah yang begitu besar, Kanaya dapat menyelamatkan ibunya dengan mengambil tawaran itu. Namun, keputusannya itu justru membuatnya terjebak dalam pusaran cinta tersembunyi dengan Bastian, pria yang menyewa rahimnya, dan anak yang Kanaya kandung. Dan, pada titik tertentu, Kanaya mengambil keputusan yang mengubah hidupnya sepenuhnya. Dapatkah mereka berdua bergandengan tangan layaknya sepasang kekasih atau memang cinta tak harus memiliki?