the predatory marriage

After 3 years, he came back with his mistress, and I heard him talking about divorce. I was deeply hurt. He never gave me a chance to be a wife to him and yet he wanted to divorce me. It's not that I love him, it's just I thought I had been loyal to him while he enjoyed himself with his mistress, and yet he has the audacity to complain as if I had him on his neck. I was furious, and I will make sure that he and his mistress have a difficult time convincing me of the divorce. 

Since the day Serenity got hitched to a stranger on their blind date, she had assumed married life would be ordinary but respectful and mundane. It never crossed her mind that her new husband would be clingy like a piece of gum stuck to the bottom of a shoe. To her utmost surprise, he could make her troubles disappear whenever she was in a fix. Despite her questioning, her husband would always pass it off as luck. Until one day, she watched an interview with a local billionaire known for fussing over his wife. That was when she noticed the uncanny resemblance of the billionaire to her husband. The wife whom he was showering attention on turned out to be her!

Two people with different agendas are forced into an arranged marriage. For Veronica Nicholas, it is to save her family's business that has been saddled with debt and on the verge of slipping into bankruptcy and for Lawrence Williams, it is to hold onto his inheritance as the only son and heir of a conglomerate family. Veronica could never leave her darling boyfriend for the infamous national playboy nor does Lawrence wish to leave her long time crush who finally accepted his feelings after many months of rejection for a stranger he barely knows. Together the two must sign a secret contract that lets them live their desired lives while being in their arranged marriage. But how long does the life they thought was best for them last? Stuck together, Veronica and Lawrence must find a way to work together to get past the struggles of their everyday lives from their never ending enemies. Hatred at first but being in the same place where they see all the good and bad sides of each other, how long would they go on before the wave of love hit them? Or would they find a reason to go their separate ways once their different agendas have been fulfilled?

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

Aries Scott Vincenzo is a licensed architect and is currently working in an architectural firm. Despite his success in life, walang nakakaalam sa madilim nitong nakaraan. He let himself in prison of pain... He is suicidal. On the other hand, Sachiko Falasca is a woman who was spoiled by her mother. But unfortunately, her mother died and she couldn’t accept the fact that her father wanted to marry another woman... She is impulsive. Isang kasunduan ang magbubuklod sa dalawa. Ngunit anong klaseng samahan ang mabubuo? Will they accept each other’s imperfections? O tuluyan na lang ba nilang susukuan ang isa’t isa?

Elena and Holden's story is told in the novel. Two people who are destined to spend their whole lives together aside their differences. Before they are husband and wife, they meet each other. They do not even manage to impress one someone because they're lost in their own worlds.

Anastasia Helena hanya seorang gadis Indonesia biasa yang ingin mengejar mimpinya dengan menempuh pendidikan di Inggris. Pertemuannya dengan seorang bangsawan muda berambut pirang dan beriris biru layaknya saphire musim dingin mengubah kehidupannya. Sill Rawleigh Troyard, sang pewaris Earl Of Wilthshire meminta tangannya untuk menikah dalam sebuah perjanjian, "Lahirkan anakku, maka akan kuberikan apapun yang kau inginkan. Tetapi jangan pernah berharap, aku akan jatuh cinta padamu, karena bagiku kau hanya sebuah alat untuk menghasilkan keturunan keluarga Troyard." Karena cinta Anastasia menerima perjanjian tersebut, tetap berharap dia bisa bahagia. Namun, akhirnya dia tetap dicampakkan. Putranya yang baru lahir diambil darinya dan suaminya akan menikahi wanita lain setelah mereka bercerai. Dia pun hancur. Tapi tujuh tahun kemudian semuanya berbalik. "Kumohon kembalilah padaku, Anastasia. Aku mencintaimu." -Sill Rawleigh Troyard- "Apa menurutmu suatu hubungan yang pernah rusak bisa diperbaiki? Satu cinta hanya memiliki satu kesempatan, jika ada kesempatan kedua maka itu cuma rasa kasihan." -Anastasia Helena-

DINUKOT sila Raven at Asher, dinala sa napakalayong isla. Doon ay magkasama nilang hinarap ang panganib, but unfortunately, Asher was doomed and she could do nothing but leave him for a moment when he was slowly swallowed up by death. Raven survived with Steven's help, but that survival nearly took her life after she was taken away by a handsome and young billionaire, Kayden, who was the mastermind behind her abduction. He took her to a private island, Isla Alcaraz, owned by Kayden, where she was forcibly married to him. Bawat araw sa piling ni Kayden ay tila ba pinipigilan ang bawat pagtibok ng kaniyang puso sa loob ng labinlimang segundo, ngunit dahil sa mga alaalang naiwan ni Asher, she tries to survive. As they say, the past is the past. Hayaan na lamang natin iyon doon at kalimutan. Ngunit paano, if the past is the only thing that keeps you alive in the present? And what if, you unexpectedly see the person you thought was long gone after all this time?

He sees her as nothing more than a gold digger. She regards him as a callous brute. She shouldn't fall for him... ____ Isa lang ang pangarap ni Charity de la Vega at iyon ay maiahon ang sarili at ang may-sakit na ama sa hirap. Hindi man nakapagtapos, masipag at determinado naman siya. Kaya nga lang ay kulang iyon para maging matagumpay siya. Hanggang sa dumating ang isang oportunidad sa kaniya... oportunidad na yumaman. Ang kailangan lang gawin ng dalaga ay pakasalan si Ien Carreon: gwapo, mayaman, arogante at walang kasing lamig. Makakaya ba ni Charity na palagpasin ang once in a lifetime opportunity na ito? Pero ano kaya ang sikreto sa kabila ng kanilang pagpapakasal?

“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?