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In the third year of our marriage, my wife’s ex-boyfriend of eight years suddenly posted a picture on social media showing off a multi-million-dollar wedding house. His caption read: “Wow, got myself a huge villa, I’m the master of charming women!” I stared in shock at the picture, which showed my wife swiping her card at a sales office, and left a single comment: "?" A second later, my wife called to scold me. “I was just fulfilling a promise I made to him back when we were dating, buying him a house. Why are you getting mad at him?” “What? Are you really going to be so vicious as to force me to break my word?” That evening, her ex showed off another lavish post, this time flaunting a renovation bill worth hundreds of thousands. I knew it was a gift from my wife to please him. But by then, I no longer cared.

In my parents' hearts, there was always a "perfect son" who died too soon. I was just his flawed substitute, while my younger brother was their new hope. They pretended to be poor for 20 years, secretly funneling all their resources to him. While I was in the final stages of stomach cancer, writhing in pain, they were spending millions of dollars to build him a state-of-the-art study room. When the doctor told me to notify my family about hospital bills, I felt helpless, thinking they were just ordinary, broke workers. When my mom finally showed up at the hospital, she grabbed my hand, not out of concern. "Neville is under so much stress with his college entrance exams. Can you not die right now? He can't take it." My dad stood by, wearing a stern expression. "David was way more sensible than you."

When struggling waitress Elira Cruz was forced into entering a contract marriage with cold, ruthless billionaire Caelan Ferrer, she thought she was sealing just another business deal: one year, no emotions, no strings. But behind that icy stare lay hurtful memories Elira unknowingly played a part in. Snowed in by her messy kindness, the man who swore never to love again slowly began to thaw. Secrets begin to unfold underneath. A hidden link ties them much closer than either one would have imagined. Will their fake marriage survive the truth...or will love become the price of revenge?

My girlfriend keeps saying that she comes from a poor family, but she gives her childhood sweetheart a yacht on our anniversary. I text her to ask about this, but all she does is berate me. "Who do you think you are? How dare you stick your nose into my business! I'll give anyone whatever I want. My money, my call. Get lost!" Unbeknownst to her, I'm covered in blood on the other end of the line.

A woman marries a powerful man to destroy him from inside, only to learn that the enemy she was hunting is not the man she married but the people who controlled both their pasts. Revenge turns into truth, pain turns into healing, and love grows where hatred was meant to live.

Annabele tak menyangka hidupnya yang sederhana bisa menjadi rumit. Sebuah kejadian yang dikiranya adalah mimpi, ternyata adalah kenyataan. Cristian adalah seorang Ceo yang dipandang sebagai pria tersempurna bagi kaum hawa di perusahaannya, tapi siapa yang menyangka kalau Cristian bukanlah pria biasa. Annabele terkejut ketika melihat atasannya—Cristian, kenapa bisa atasannya itu ada dalam mimpi sebelumnya? Sedangkan Annabele baru bertemu pria itu hari ini?

Gladis adalah seorang pembunuh bayaran yang menyamar menjadi asisten direktur di sebuah perusahaan. Dan kali ini, Gladis disewa oleh Mr. X. Jika Gladis menolak tawaran dari Mr. X, maka dia yang akan dibunuh. Targetnya adalah CEO salah satu perusahaan ternama di Indonesia, sekaligus rival dari perusahaan tempat Gladis bekerja. Setelah mengetahui siapa targetnya kali ini, ternyata seseorang yang pernah dia cintai. Gladis akhirnya menjadi dilema. Maka bagaimana nasib Gladis? Apa yang akan dia lakukan selanjutnya?.

Aku bertemu dengan seorang pria yang selalu mengikutiku kemanapun bahkan pada malam hari ia berada di dalam kamarku, aku seperti mempunyai stalker dan aku tidak tau bagaimana dia masuk kedalam kamarku. Yang aku tahu dia adalah vampire.

Twenty-one-year-old Hazel has always lived in a safe, comfortable bubble, meticulously guarded by her fiercely protective older brother. Her life is predictable, quiet, and perfectly ordinary. Until he steps into it. Silas is twenty-four, dangerously captivating, and her brother’s best friend. He brings with him an aura of dark secrets, ink-stained skin, and a predatory gaze that strips away all her carefully built defenses. He is everything she has been taught to avoid, yet living under the same roof makes him impossible to escape. What starts as a temporary living arrangement quickly spirals into a suffocating web of stolen glances, unspoken desires, and a dangerous obsession. Silas isn't just looking for a place to crash; he's looking at her. And once he pins her in his sights, the thorns of their forbidden attraction will bind them together in ways that could destroy them both. In a house where walls have ears and her brother is always watching, giving in to the madness is a risk. But Silas is a temptation she might not survive.

Perjodohan yang dilakukan oleh ayah si wanita membuat masa depan anaknya tergantung dengan kebaikan seorang pria yang ternyata memiliki rahasia besar yang hanya diketahui olehnya dan juga beberapa pengawalnya saja, di tengah pernikahan itu si wanita harus kuat menekan perasaannya dan berusaha terlihat berani kepada pria yang ternyata akan menjadi suaminya itu. Akankah pernikahan itu menjadi kebahagiaan untuknya? Atau sebaliknya? "Bertemu dengan mu adalah kesalahan terindah yang pernah ku buat, dan jujur aku tak pernah menyesalinya." Tabitha Valerie Smith. "Menikah gadis kecil, yang nakal dan jail adalah hal terindah yang pernah ada, dimana tingkah lakunya menjadi obatku di saat ku merasa lelah akan dunia." Arthur Henry De Lavega. Akankah dingin bertemu hangat bisa bersatu? Akankah Tabitha bahagia dengan pernikahnya?