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Pada ulang tahun pernikahan kami, wanita yang disukai oleh suamiku menunjukkan foto USG di status media sosialnya. Dia juga menuliskan ucapan terima kasih untuk suamiku. "Laki-laki baik yang sudah menjagaku selama sepuluh tahun memberiku seorang anak. Terima kasih." Aku sempat melotot dan berkomentar, "Sudah tahu cuma selingkuhan, tapi masih berani begini?" Aku langsung menelepon suamiku dan memarahinya. "Jangan punya pikiran aneh-aneh! Aku cuma kasih tabung reaksi buat memenuhi keinginannya menjadi ibu tunggal." "Oh ya, Erika saja sudah hamil, kamu yang sudah melakukannya hingga tiga kali masih saja belum hamil. Dasar nggak berguna." Tiga hari yang lalu dia bilang padaku kalau dia harus pergi ke luar negeri untuk urusan bisnis, tidak menjawab telepon atau membalas pesanku. Aku pikir dia sibuk, tetapi tidak disangka dia malah menemani orang lain untuk melakukan pemeriksaan kehamilan. Setengah jam kemudian, Erika memamerkan hidangan mewah di atas meja makan. "Aku bosan sama makan makanan barat, jadi Regha memasak semua makanan kesukaanku." Aku melihat slip kehamilan yang ada di tanganku. Seketika, kegembiraan yang memenuhi hatiku langsung membeku menjadi es. Aku jatuh cinta kepadanya selama delapan tahun, berkomitmen dengannya selama enam tahun dalam ikatan pernikahan. Kali ini, aku akan melepaskan semuanya.

Ayana Ara Titania, mahasiswi pemalas plus penulis tak terkenal yang entah kenapa selalu jatuh cinta pada pemuda yang salah. Dua kali jatuh cinta, dua kali juga patah hati. Seolah dilarang move on, Ayana kembali bertemu dengan dua pemuda yang pernah menolaknya. Bahkan bertunangan dengan salah satunya. Apakah kali ini nasib percintaan Ayana akan lancar jaya seperti jalan tol? Oh, tentu tidak!!! Karena disaat yang bersamaan Ayana mengetahui rahasia gelap kedua pemuda itu, kenyataan bahwa kedua pemuda itu tidak pernah menyukai wanita. "Rasanya aneh melihat dua orang laki-laki yang pernah kusukai saling bermesraan," gumam Ayana linglung.

Lorsque vous vous réveillez le jour de vos 18 ans, votre dernière pensée est généralement "oh, peut-être que ma meilleure amie et mon petit ami depuis trois ans vont se faire surprendre par moi" ou peut-être même "un mec totalement sexy dont j'ai vaguement entendu le nom et dont je n'ai jamais vu le visage va me mettre enceinte", ce sont les dernières choses qui auraient dû me venir à l'esprit. Tellement dernières qu'elles n'auraient pas dû se réaliser.

What happens when you meet your soulmate? Oh wait, that's too easy, let me ask it again. What do you do when you meet your soulmate and know that you can never tell them how you feel? I'll tell you what you do... you be the friend they need and you move on. CHASE She was always off limits. Never was mine. She was different, dangerous, untamed and always on the move. But I was addicted. Enthralled. Nothing else mattered to me anymore. And I was going to get hurt. I went in blind, knowing for sure my heart will get broken. But, a big part of me wanted to be the one to ground that little Ribbon down. LILLY For me, family comes first and he...well, he is family. Everything in my life changed, people left and new people came...but he was always a constant. Even though our connection was magnetic, I knew it was only temporary. A bevy of exes, rumors and secrets were never far behind. I didn't know what or who to believe anymore. To run away from everything, he said that he'll take me on a thrilling ride. But all good things must come to an end, right? Expect our ending was a one I didn't see coming.

Siapa sangka, liburan yang awalnya terasa begitu menyenangkan tiba-tiba berubah menjadi sebuah bencana? Tiba-tiba Tante Ariane dan Om Frank melamarku untuk dinikahkan dengan Aldert, anak angkat mereka. Kami sedang berlibur di Brussel waktu itu terjadi, mengacaukan daya kerja otak, jantung dan pernapasanku secara total. Menjajah kebahagiaan yang selama hampir satu bulan kudapatkan di Netherlands, tentu saja. Merubah istilah holiday menjadi broken day. Apakah aku tidak berusaha untuk menolak? Sudah. Mati-matian bahkan, dengan mengerahkan seluruh kekuatan jiwa dan raga. Tapi mereka ditambah dengan Mama justru semakin gigih untuk mengalahkan pendirianku. Oh, sebenarnya aku mengalah---pada akhirnya---karena Batik tak merespon sama sekali ketika aku berterus terang dan meminta pendapatnya. "Jadi, gimana ini, B?" tanyaku setengah menjerit di saluran telepon yang tak bisa dikatakan jernih, "Aku harus gimana, apa yang harus aku lakukan?" Klik, tut tut tut, tuuuttt! Dia malah memutuskan saluran telepon yang sangat berarti dalam hidupku saat itu. Ujungnya, dalam kebingungan yang semakin memuncak ke langit, aku meminta pendapat Uta. "Jangan bodoh kamu, Hill!" Uta mengingatkan dengan ketegasan level tinggi saat aku mengakui kalau tak enak dengan Batik, "Ingat, kesempatan emas tak datang untuk yang ke dua kalinya. Menikahlah dengan Aldert dan berbahagialah, Hill!"

She is a simple woman whose only dream is to marry her long time crush Teodoro Solen DeMarco oh mas kilala sa pangalang Tirso DeMarco. Ang pangarap niyang iyon ang nag tulak sa kanya upang pikotin ang binata ngunit sa huli ay tangin pasakit lamang ang pinaranas nito sa kanya matapos kunin at ilayo sa kanya ang anak.

Trystan Lerwin Wuizon is known for being a young, handsome billionaire and woman hater. Bata pa lang siya ay iniwan na siya ng kaniyang ina sa ama niya. He hated her because she chose her boyfriend over him. Si Ashanti Ruiz Salazar ay anak ng isang doktor at abogado. Ang gusto ng mga magulang niya ang maging isa siyang doktor, abogado o enhinyero. Pero ang gusto niya ay ang maging isang flight attendant. Hinayaan siya ng mga magulang niya dahil akala nila ay magbabago pa ang isip ni Ashanti. Butthey found out that Ashanti enrolled in a different school just to be a flight attendant. Due to disappointment, pinalayas nila ang anak at sinabing bahala na siyang buhayin ang sarili niya. Walang kaso ito kay Ashanti dahil matagal niya na itong pinagplanuhan. She had different part time jobs para madagdagan ang savings niya. So, she'll survive. Years after, she graduated and finally reached her dream. Her batch celebrated their success at a newly opened bar. It was the grand opening kaya discounted lahat. Pinaghalong saya at lungkot ang naramdaman ni Ashanti. Saya dahil natupad na ang pangarap niya at lungkot dahil hindi pa din siya kinakausap ng mga magulang niya. Uminom siya hanggang sa tuluyan na siyang malasing. Pagkagising niya kinabukasan ay wala siyang matandaan at nasa isang hindi pamilyar na kuwarto na siya habang nakahiga sa tabi ng isang lalaki nang walang kahit na isang saplot sa katawan. Dahil sa takot at kaba, agad na nagbihis si Ashanti at umalis. Hindi na siya nagpakita pa kahit kailan sa lalaking iyon. Lumipas ang ilang buwan ay nalaman niyang buntis siya at ang ama ay isang estranghero para sa kaniya! Magkikita pa kaya silang muli? O mananatili na lamang isang sikreto ang naging bunga ng isang mainit na gabing pinagsaluhan nila?

Suami yang diperlakukan baik oleh keluargaku, justru tega bermain apa. Bahkan dengan wanitanya, ia menyusun rencana diluar nalar. Apa aku tinggal diam? Oh tentu saja tidak. Jika dia bisa bermain di belakangku, aku juga bisa mempermainkan nasib mereka.

Vivienne Alvarado secretly married Rogue Montague five years ago. Ngunit isang araw, isang magandang balita sana ang sasabihin ni Vivienne sa asawa niya nang makatanggap siya ng isang video kung saan makikita si Rogue, kasama ang kambal nilang anak at isang babae na kung tawagin nila ay Aunt Celeste, ay masayang nagdiriwang ng kaarawan ng mommy ni Rogue. Nadurog ang puso ni Vivienne kaya hindi siya nag-atubiling makipag-divorce kay Rogue dahil para sa kaniya ay panloloko ang ginagawa nito. Kahit ilang beses nagpaliwanag si Rogue, hindi ito pinakinggan ni Vivienne. Rogue had no choice but to accept Vivienne's decision. They went back to the U.S.—where they had married secretly—and got divorced. However, three years later, fate would bring them together again. At hindi inaasahan ni Vivienne na hahantong siya sa isang matinding desisyon—iyon ay kung papatuluyin niya ang ngayo'y ex-husband niyang si Rogue kasama ang magkambal sa kaniyang bahay sa gitna ng nararanasan nilang unos o hindi. Gayunpaman, akala ni Vivienne ay iyon lamang ang magiging hamon sa kaniyang buhay, ngunit nagkamali siya nang lokohin siya ng taong pinagkakatiwalaan niya at nang magkasakit ang kaniyang anak. Desperate to save her daughter, Vivienne had no choice but to auction herself off. But she’ll be shocked to discover who bought her: her billionaire ex-husband, Rogue Montague.

“Elena Verlice, you are under arrest for aiding and possibly abetting the escape of an inmate. All you say now may or may not be used against you in the court of law so, you have the right to remain silent.” The voice of the fat policeman that looked like he had lived his whole life on donuts resounded in my office as he cuffed me. Oh my God! What the hell is going on? Why am I being accused of helping her escape? Wait…. He escaped? Tears started to well in my eyes. “How could he betray me this way? I had risked everything for him and this is all I get? I really hoped that he wasn't going to do it. I guess I was only a stepping stone in his elaborate plan. I guess I was the only one who fell, both in love and in life. I thought he…...” I trailed off in thought tears began to pour from my face for the first time in forever.