Marriage First, Love Second

Anika Downs, a 25-year-old billionaire heiress, has faced betrayal from those she trusted most, making her wary of love. After discovering her boyfriend’s affair with her best friend and losing her father, she returns to take over her family’s business. As she navigates the challenges of a male-dominated industry, she must also deal with internal corruption, family issues, and the weight of her past. Then Kelvin Anderson, a 27-year-old with a link to Anika’s past, enters the picture. After accidentally wrecking her car, he walks into her office for a job interview, sparking immediate tension. Neither realizes that they share a deeper connection—Kelvin is the man from a one-night stand Anika had a year ago, who vanished without a word. Forced to work together to uncover corporate theft and betrayal, buried feelings between Anika and Kelvin begin to surface. Just as Anika starts to trust again, her ex-boyfriend, Richard, reappears with plans to take over her company, revealing shocking secrets about her father’s death and his own devious plans. Anika now faces a choice: can she let go of her past pain and trust Kelvin, or will betrayal take everything from her once more? CEO’s Second Chance is a billionaire romance full of enemies-to-lovers tension, corporate drama, and a journey of healing and forgiveness. Will Anika regain control of her heart and her company, or will betrayal be her downfall?

Selen dan Xenon terpaksa harus menikah muda, karena sebuah insiden yang terjadi di apartement Xenon. Hal ini terjadi di luar dugaan mereka. Xenon seorang siswa yang cuek, ia gitaris sekaligus vokalis band Lantan. Sementara Selen merupakan siswi yang angkuh dan bawel, membuat pernikahan mereka sangatlah tidak mudah untuk dijalani. Kejadian satu malam di apartement itu, membuat mereka harus menjadi sepasang suami-istri. Sebuah rahasia terjebaknya mereka di dalam apartement mulai terungkap. Sosok Vanadium datang pada kehidupan mereka, di mana dia adalah mantan kekasih Xenon. Dia tak sendiri, Zirconium mantan kekasih Selen pun ikut datang untuk mengganggu kehidupan rumah tangga mereka. Akankah Xenon dan Selen mampu mempertahankan hubungan mereka? Atau ... mereka bercerai dan kembali pada masa lalunya?

When Dallas Brooke, the youngest NFL Hall of Famer, loses his memory after a serious car accident, he needs help recovering what he has lost. His caretaker? The woman he left three years ago for his career—me—Paige Parker. Somehow, I end up tasked with the job of helping my ex-boyfriend recover, but spending time with someone who used to mean the world to you without them remembering your past isn't easy. Dallas is still the same carefree spirit, even without his memories. How do I prevent my old emotions from crawling up to the surface? And how do I stop him from breaking my heart all over again?

"I have to bear the mistakes I didn't make" Danas never thought that her good life would be turned upside down when a man-Raka Langit Mahameru, the CEO of Neha'v Group-came and made her father's company bankrupt, and not only that, he forced her to get married just because Danas had made a mistake that she didn't even know she had made. Not only that, but he also forced her to marry him. Raka Melvin Mahameru, the man who forced her, just on the grounds that she had made a mistake that she didn't even know what it was. She had to put up with it all, when she was not considered as a wife and was treated badly. The most painful thing for her was when she found out that she was just a replacement bride.

"I'll marry you not because I love you, but because I need you to forget." —Zyler Wade Williams. "I agreed to marry you not because I love you, but because I need your money." —Janna Faith Guevarra. ___ College pa lang ay hindi na magkasundo ang magkaklaseng Janna at Wade. Kilalang maldita at mailap sa lalaki si Janna samantalang badboy at babaero naman si Wade, bagay na dahilan kung bakit hindi sila magkasundo. A year after their graduation, nagulantang ang lahat ng kanilang mga kaklase matapos malaman na ikakasal na ang dalawa. Marami ang katanungang gumulo sa lahat kung paanong biglang nagbago ang ihip ng hangin at bakit biglang may kasalang nangyari sa pagitan ng dalawa na daig pa ang aso't pusa noong nasa kolehiyo pa lamang sila.

“Love is for the soul and sex is for the body. Both cry out for satisfaction.” "This isn't what I wanted, I don't want this !!! I want something more with you Howard, when would you ever give me the attention I need, when would you ever give me the respect I need? I love you, Howard!!! "Selena hollered at him, with tears rolling down her cheeks and her face as red as cherry. After five years of separation from her relationship, a twenty-two-year-old Italian Selena Greco runs into her ex-boyfriend Howard Turner after leaving home to get a better life, and just like five years ago, all the feelings came back. She wasn't aware he was the owner of the company she had applied for a job as his secretary, and things got steamy between the two. She finds it difficult to leave this mess that she had gotten herself into again, she wanted a solid relationship while Howard wanted otherwise. What happens when she finally decides to leave him for real this time? Would he take a step forward and give her the commitment she yearns for this time?

After a totally disastrous marriage, she has decided to keep her heart locked away for the rest of her life from the most hurtful things that can ever come to her. To be precise, men. She has finally realised that it’s so stupid to rely on any man or bid her own happiness on them. Even if it can be tough to be a bread earner and a single mom at the same time, even if she feels lonely at times, she will never ever enter any romantic relationship anymore. There’ll only be one person she will love with her whole heart, her babies. She can do this, and she must do this, because she is an independent strong woman who is the owner of her own fate. However what happens when the man she has solely voted to be away from comes to her aid? He comes back and asks her to be his wife? “Marry me ex-wife” on his knees, he begs. “Sorry, ex-husband, I can’t.”

Gadis itu bernama Lee Hera, yang harus menikah paksa--atau kontrak?-- bersama pria kaya yang bernama Kim Dante, dikarenakan keluarganya yang terlilit hutang, dan tidak bisa membayar di waktu yang telah disepakati. Awal-awal pernikahan, tidak ada yang mencurigakan dengan Kim Dante, lebih tepatnya pekerjaan yang ia lakoni sekarang. Namun, sepandai-pandainya tupai melompat, pasti akan jatuh juga. Sepandai-pandainya Dante menyembunyikan pekerjaannya, pasti akan terungkap juga. Parahnya lagi, Hera yang notabenenya adalah istrinya itu, malah di libatkan dalam pekerjaan Dante, dan pria itu sama sekali tidak keberatan. Iblis sekali, sifat mu itu Dante! Penasaran apa pekerjaan Dante? Akan ada misteri lainnya yang akan terungkap, ayo berlangganan dengan ceritanya sekarang juga, dan jangan lupa klik bintang lima, dan subscribe. Thank you *** Note: cerita ini berlatar belakang di Korea Selatan, semua karakter di dalam cerita ini murni pikiran dari author sendiri, tidak ada sangkut-pautnya dengan karakter asli pemilik namanya.

Sa inis ni Aura Beatriz Diaz, nakuha niyang makipag-usap sa kaklase at kapitbahay niyang iniiwasan ng lahat. Sa ngalan ng plus points, pinilit niya si Shintaro Terrano na magpalit sila ng points sapagkat ito ang dahilan kung bakit siya na-late sa klase. “Sino naman ang nagsasabi sa iyong ayaw ko ng points? Pasensiya ka na, ‘di ko magagawa iyan...” Sagot ni Shintaro sa kanya. “Pero may ibang paraan ako para makakuha ka nito...” Namangha niya nang namalayan niyang kaya naman palang makipag-usap nito sa mga tao. “Babaguhin natin ang nakaraan.” Sinabi pa nito. Napatigil siya nang hawakan nito ang kamay niya at literal na umikot ang kanyang mundo. Pumikit siya ng mariin at noong sa tingin niya'y tumigil na ang pag-ikot. Nanlaki ang mga mata niya sa nakita. Wala na sila sa paaralan. Nasa waiting shed na sila kung saan sila nag-agawan ng pwesto sa jeep kanina. “P-Paano mo nagawa ito? I-Isa ka bang w-wizard? G-Guardian? Guardian angel?!” Halos pasigaw na tanong niya. Mababaliw na siya. Paano ito nagawa ng isang Shintaro Terrano? Ano nga ba si Shintaro Terrano? Umangat ang gilid ng labi nito. “Akala ko ba matalino ang isang Aura Beatriz Cortes Diaz? Bakit hindi mo napagtagping maaaring isa akong manglalakbay sa kahapon, kasalukuyan at hinaharap… Oo, manlalakbay ako. Kaya kong baguhin ang nangyari na. Itong kaharap mo ngayon ang totoong Shintaro. Ikaw lang ang nakakaalam ng totoong Shintaro Terrano… Ikaw lang ang hahayaan kong makaalam.”

Naura Arifin merasa terenyuh. Ketika secara tak sengaja ia mendengar percakapan antara ayah dan kakak sulungnya di halaman belakang. Dari balik pintu geser yang sedikit terbuka. Naura, gadis berusia dua puluh dua tahun itu berdiam diri selama beberapa saat disana. Mencoba mencerna keinginan macam apa yang di sang ayah. Kendati begitu, sungguh hal itu tidak bisa sama sekali ia penuhi. Apalagi jika harus berkaitan dengan Shan, kakak angkatnya. Akan tetapi, setelah berhari-hari. Kalimat demi kalimat itu terus berdengung begitu menghantui pikiran Naura. Hingga akhirnya, saat jam makan siang. Naura nekad pergi ke kantor tempat Shan bekerja. Di sana, Naura mengatakan keganjalan hati yang begitu mengganggu. Lalu, setelah itu, apakah Shan akan memenuhi permintaan Naura, demi ayah mereka?