loveless marriage

Entah Kinan harus bahagia atau merasa terkurung ketika ia dijodohkan dengan pria yang sempat ia taksir sebelumnya. “Mas?” Kinan memanggil pria yang sudah menjadi suaminya itu perlahan. Sembari menjawilnya dengan jari telunjuk.   “Apa, sih, Nan?!! Astagaaa!” Alan rupanya juga belum tidur pulas.   “Kenapa? Kamu grogi!?”sindir Alan lagi.    “Eh?”   Alan kemudian berbalik menghadap pada istrinya.    “Kamu mau aku ngapain kamu???”   “Ng-nggak kok, Mas. Aku nggak minta apa-apa,” ucap Kinan gemataran. Ia menarik selimutnya hingga sebatas leher.   Alan malah semakin mendekatkan kepalanya pada Kinan. “Kamu mau malam pertama seperti pasangan pada umumnya?” tanyanya. Apakah mereka akan menyesali ini semua nantinya? ==================== Published in March 2022 Cover by Canva Pro Follow Instagram dan Facebook Page @novelbyreb

For Serafina, they are a picture of a perfect family. She has a caring and loving parents. But an event turned her life upside-down when her mother died. Her father remarried and suddenly got into an accident. Jacob is desperate to get his inheritance. And his grandfather has only one condition that is to see him getting married before he died. Unexpectedly their path has crossed and they’re both desperate in different circumstances. Will they found the love and contentment despite of their convenient marriage?

"Dr. Red. Ambulance is on its way with two incoming. A male and a female. Badly injured. Dr. Orth will be taking over the female, as she is in worse shape. You'll need to prepare a room for the male." That moment altered Rosalind Red's life forever. The man brought into her hospital was none other than James Wood, heir of Wood Industries, and Rosa's father's rival company. Unknowing to Rosa, James was also an Alpha to a pack that had just been destroyed. The woman brought in with him that night was none other than his mate, Marina. Rosalind Red was raised blissfully unaware of the supernatural world. When James awoke from a coma; Rosa was hooked. It was love at first sight. James' grandfather gave him an ultimatum to take over the family company; Get married, settle down, and have kids. The only problem.... His mate lay in a coma and wasn't improving. Rosalind propositioned James in the hopes that time would make him feel the connection that she couldn't explain. But after three years; Marina woke up from her coma, shaking the very ground that Rosalind and James' marriage was built on.

Two souls entangled in a web of deceit and forgotten love find themselves bound together in an arranged matrimony. When Rose Carmen, a high spirited and sheltered woman learns that her father’s past misdeed is the reason for her arranged marriage, she is thrust into a web of deception and betrayal. Her husband, the ruthless billionaire, Wade Bryson, harbors a deep-seated vendetta against her father- a man he believes ruined his life. As their lives intertwine, they must navigate a treacherous path, torn between their duty to their families and their burgeoning desires. In a world of secrets and hidden agendas, Rose and Wade are faced with a choice: succumb to the weight of their painful past or forge a new path together. Will Rose uncover the truth behind her father’s actions? Or will Wade find it in his heart to forgive and let love prevail?

Lily Hailey desired to practice celibacy and become a nun after she caught her fiance making out with her best friend. However, her entire family was totally cool with her decisions before a mishap which took her mum and her siblings' lives befell on them. After a year she and her father got over their grief, she decided to apply and undergo an aspirancy in a Catholic convent but things did not go the way she planned after she came across a heartbreaking discovery. She found out that her father was at the verge of bankruptcy and in order to save him, he had secretly arranged for her a marriage with the ruthless billionaire she so much loathed. How will she react to this contract marriage? Will her union with the billionaire evolve true love? Find out in this story of romance, twists, discoveries and heartbreaks.

Madeleine Lodrigo was abandoned by her father since sixteen so she was forced to work for a living. After her ex-boyfriend left her with a debt of 20 million, she is once again, forced to work just to pay the huge debt on his behalf. Pero nagbago ang lahat nang makilala niya ang isang Perez Salvatore. As a multi-billionaire with a severe case of haphephobia, Perez Salvatore finds it very devastating that he can’t even touch the woman he loves. When he met Madeliene Lodrigo, he was determined to make her stay and even made her his wife so that she can cure him. However, it was bound to be difficult when the tides turned to another direction and he was surged with new emotions. Nadag-dagan pa ‘to nang biglang bumalik ang first love niya, all of it went chaotic. A marriage that shouldn’t have been made and a love that shouldn’t exist, made them decide to part ways. Pero paano kung may malaman si Perez na makakapagpabago ng kanilang tadhana. Is it a happily ever after? Or is it too late, after all.

Victor Williams is entitled to a trust fund but can only get it if and when he gets married and has his first child. Lila needs money to treat her mother's cancer that's getting worse by the day. She's not one to fall for money and petty offers of gifts but she's desperate and her best friend Emmanuel, who is Victor’s PA offers her the job of being in a contract marriage with his boss. In this love triangle, Ema has feelings for Lila which he had kept to himself over the years, Lila didn’t for once like Victor but she was in dire need of money to help her mother survive cancer. In a shocking twist, Angela, Victor’s girlfriend was also pregnant.

Cami Roux Balmaceda has been attracted to Auden Silverio, the son of a family acquaintance. It was never simple for her to express her feelings for him. Cami Roux Balmaceda is twenty-three years old and a fourth-year psychology student. Cami has a heart problem, but her personality is far from it. She is courageous and living her life to the fullest. The doctor told her that she has a fixed amount of time. As she turned twenty-four, her parents set an arranged marriage to the person she had a deep affection for – Auden. They are well aware of Cami's feelings for Auden. They wanted what's best for their daughter, and they went to great lengths to make it happen. Auden didn't have a choice but to go along with the plan. "It'll only be a few years before she's gone," he reasoned. Over time, he realizes that he is falling in love with her.

Triana Allende was living a fairy tale life until her father passed away. Everything fell apart when her mother arranged her marriage to the only son of a conglomerate to save their dying business—Devance Chaudhary. Meanwhile, Devance is against arranged marriage, but his father threatens to disinherit him if he doesn’t marry the daughter of his old friend. Devance is prepared to move heaven and hell to oppose his marriage to a stranger until he meets Triana. He bids the highest price that she could not refuse, even though she is engaged to someone else. Can love blossom between them? Because their presence together spells disaster!

“Aku akan membuatnya miskin, dan menggelandang di jalan!” Laura selalu menanamkan kalimat itu di dalam dirinya, sebagai bentuk balas dendamnya pada suaminya, Erlan. Sejak awal pernikahannya dengan Erlan yang terjadi karena perjodohan orangtua mereka, hanya hati yang tersakiti saja yang selalu Laura dapatkan. Erlan kerap kali selingkuh agar bisa menyakiti hati Laura, demi membalaskan dendamnya pada Laura, hingga harus saling menjatuhkan demi menjaga kedudukan mereka di perusahaan yang mereka miliki. Di dalam keadaan terpuruknya yang tidak bisa lepas dari keluarga Erlan yang sangat berpengaruh itu, Rendra datang ke dalam kehidupan Laura sebagai bodyguard yang Erlan tugaskan untuk menjaga dan mengawasi Laura. Tanpa Erlan ketahui kalau penyamaran Rendra sebagai bodyguard Laura hanya untuk menghancurkan Erlan dari dalam. Dan lambat laun, Rendra menyimpan perasaan pada istri pria itu. Akankah Rendra yang telah jatuh hati pada Laura sejak mereka pertama kali bertemu berhasil mengambil hati Laura yang telah membeku itu?