Kabanata 23 El Filibusterismo Buod

Leena Laudya, 23 tahun. Gadis yatim piatu, harus menelan pil pahit setelah malam panasnya dengan pria asing. Tak disangka, pria itu ternyata adalah dosen baru di kelasnya. Zayn Vaughan, 29 tahun. Rahasia malam panas itu menjadi ancaman bagi reputasi akademik yang selama ini susah payah dibangunnya. Demi mengamankan posisi, Leena menawarkan kesepakatan pada Zayn. Dibalik malapetaka yang mengintai, mungkinkah ada rasa yang tumbuh diam-diam, atau justru jadi awal kehancuran tanpa sempat memulai?

" Tell me what can I do to make it up for you?" He asks, taking a seat on the table near the bed, sounding guilty. Tho, I don't trust his words or feelings it can always change. I faced him, grinning violently as I asked, "Can you let me go?" He smiled. "Except that." I knew he will say something like that. "I don't wanna do this marriage. " He cocks his brow up in amusement before he chuckled, "I thought I made it clear when we met that you don't have any choice to make while you are here with me. " I sighed, with an annoy, he continued. "Though, if that's how I can make up then let's make a deal. " "What deal?" °^°^°^°^°^ Elina's life turns upside down when she got kidnapped by the man who appears in her nightmares who is none other than the son of ruthless Mafia, Andrew, and he, himself a rumored to be the most dangerous mafia in reality. Elina soon starts to hear and see the things she has no idea of and tries her best to know the reason behind it but she wasn't ready to find and process something more horrifying about Andrew and her's unknown past that was kept hidden by her.

Our Pack followed an ancient law: if a she-wolf wasn't bonded by the age of 23, the Pack had the right to assign her a mate, regardless of her will. Felix is my childhood sweetheart and fated mate, the Alpha of the Moonclaw Pack. But he postponed our bonding ceremony and is holding a mating ceremony with an Omega first, all because of that law. Felix pitied Omega, Valentina, who was already 22, afraid she would be matched with a bad mate. But he seemed to forget that after waiting for him for 5 years, I would turn 23 next month. My mother and I begged him to reconsider our mating ceremony only to be met with Felix's dilemma attitude: "You've waited this many years, what's a little longer?" "Besides me, who else would choose Valentina? Clara, you still have parents, but Valentina is poor, she only has me." "Please wait, after the mate bond ceremony with Valentina, I'll break it and then bond with you." Later, in order to prevent me from bonding with a slave, my mother hurriedly chose a mate for me. Coincidentally, my mate bond ceremony and Felix and Valentina's mate bond ceremony were on the same day. On the day I was being taken off in a luxury car, I passed by Felix handing him ceremonial flowers. When he saw me, he suddenly shifted into a wolf and blocked the car insane. Even after being hit and vomiting blood, he stared intensely at me and asked why I was wearing a wedding dress…

Anggrek Wuriastuti, wanita berusia 23 tahun dan seorang karyawan pabrik. Bagus Ifan Riyadi, lelaki berusia 30 tahun, bekerja di kantor pertanian dengan status ASN. Mawar Winaristianti, wanita berusia 21 tahun, seorang pengangguran yang penuh mimpi. Minikahi seorang lelaki yang sudah mempunyai pekerjaan tetap adalah impian semua wanita, termasuk Wuri. Namun, bagaimana jika ternyata rupamu tak secantik gadis lain yang ternyata tinggal dalam satu atap bersama dengan kamu dan suami? ** Follow akun ig-ku, @aqsayuwen

Desire is dangerous when the walls are transparent. 23 year old august has nothing but charm and bad decisions to his name. He recklessly accepts a job in a glass mansion. A house full of luxury and fountains but hums with secrets. Every moan travels like a confession, everywhere feels watched. Lucien prefers to watch from the shadows, drawing august into the house’s erotic trap. But There’s one person that wants August too. In a world of seduction, secrets and surveillance, august must decide what he wants. In a house of glass, every secret is one display, and every sin is magnified.

Arielle Grey was 18 years old when she got her heart broken as her supposed mate, Leon Walker, rejects her. Now she is 23, and an accomplished doctor moving to her new Pack, the Redding Pack. There, she hopes to find herself again, and a new chance at love. When that chance presents itself in toe form of the stubborn Alpha Richard Well, will she ba able to find her happy ending? What happens, when Leon once again, decides to come back into her life? What challenges will she face in this battlefield called love?

Richard, a 49 year old widower with two daughters. Richard had spent his life devoting his time to his girls and to his work. Ava, a 23 year old girl from a countryside with little or no knowledge on how to survive in Bellamy- city of bright lights and dreams and fortunes. These two crossing paths could only be coincidental as they lead different lives with a huge age gap between. But, maybe they were waiting for each other all their lives to fill the gaps. It would take a lot to be together. But how much can one take? An angry girlfriend. A selfish daughter. They'll find out that love is never enough!

Evelyn and Ashton were living their life perfectly until their paths crossed with a man who looked exactly like Ashton. Jayden. The powerful and the most famous wolf in the country, the alpha of Shadow Moon Pack. Being in his 23, Jayden wants a powerful Luna beside him to lead his pack with him but meeting Evelyn changes everything in his heart. From a werewolf mate to a human... From unknown to known... From lost to found... The mate bond and long-lost brotherhood start to mess with Evelyn, Ashton, and Jayden. Will Ashton and Evelyn be able to move ahead with Jayden or leave him behind? Will Ashton be able to share his childhood love?

Lia sudah lima tahun menikah dengan Yuan, tapi rumah tangga mereka dingin dan kering. Lia mendambakan kasih sayang namun yang ia dapat hanya penolakan, tuduhan, dan luka hati. Saat kariernya di puncak, justru cinta datang dari arah yang tak terduga. Seorang anak magang berusia 23 tahun yang berani memperjuangkannya. Di tengah tekanan rumah tangga dan godaan cinta terlarang, Lia harus memilih, mempertahankan pernikahan yang retak, atau merelakan dirinya hanyut dalam kenikmatan baru yang menghidupkan lagi hatinya.

Getting married and starting a family has always been every girl's dreams. Andrea Graham,a 23 years old young lady, found out a night before her wedding that her sister was pregnant with her fiance. With the truth unfolded right infront of her she felt her heart shattered and her whole world crumbling down. In that heated moment, she decided to get drunk and ended up spending a night with a total stranger. How will she take the twists and turns life throws at her? Will she be able to overcome all the obstacles that comes her way? Will she find her happily ever after?