10 000 Hours Malcolm Gladwell

결혼 10년 차, 남편 기연훈의 냉대에도 묵묵히 버티던 나. 사람들은 모두 내가 기연훈의 ‘스토커’라며 비웃었다. 심지어 기연훈 본인조차 그렇게 믿고 있었다. 하지만 아무도 몰랐다. 내가 그 곁에 남은 이유는 단 하나, 은혜를 갚기 위해서라는 걸. 그리고 오늘, 나는 내 임신 사실을 알게 되었다. 그 순간 마주친 장면은 기연훈이 류만정과 나란히 산부인과를 나오는 모습이었다. “오늘 밤엔 늦을 것 같아. 집엔 안 들어갈게.” 기연훈은 무심히 한 마디를 던지고, 류만정을 품에 안고 떠났다. 나는 말없이 돌아섰다. 그리고 조용히 임신중절수술 예약을 잡았다. 10년 전 맺은 은혜를 갚겠다는 약속. 이제 약속된 시간이 끝났다. 마침내, 이 비정상적인 결혼을 끝낼 때가 왔다.

Mengenai 10 tahun yang lalu itu! Reporter muda, Arbia Siquilla, menatap bergeming sosok yang berdiri di hadapannya dengan balutan seragam kebesarannya. Seragam dengan pangkat yang tidak main-main, dengan senjata laras panjang di tangannya yang kapan saja bisa dimuntahkannya peluru itu tepat ke arah kepala sang penodong si gadis. Narendra Axelle, kapten satuan polisi yang saat ini bertugas menangkap komplotan mafia dengan pimpinan yang saat ini sedang menodongkan senjata tajamnya ke arah pelipis Arbia. Dia adalah Arka Abianta, diketahui pimpinan mafia yang akhir-akhir ini begitu meresahkan. Erat hubungannya dengan misi sang gadis, reporter muda yang nekad terjun ke dunia jurnalis hanya untuk menemukan siapa pembunuh berantai kedua orang tuanya. Namun tak menyangka dalam peristiwa ini di bertemu dengan sosok cinta pertamanya 10 tahun yang lalu, namun bertepuk sebelah tangan. Alih-alih sebagai jembatan tali kasih sahabat terbaiknya, seorang dokter muda yang berbakat. Sayang, kehidupan berbalik. Sosok kapten yang sedang di hadapannya adalah tunangan sang sahabat. Bersamaan dengan peristiwa ini. Arbia juga menemukan fakta. Seorang Arka Abianta adalah teman di masa kecilnya sekaligus kakak angkatnya. Belum terbongkar siapa pembunuh berantai kedua orang tuanya, Arbia dan Axelle terlibat hubungan asmara yang menyebabkan pertikaian antara dirinya dan sahabatnya. Lebih parahnya lagi mana kala diketahui ayah dari sang ayah di klaim sebagai dalang pembunuhan berantai kedua orang tuanya 15 tahun silam. Dapatkah Arbia mengungkap misteri pembunuhan kedua orang tuanya, dan bagaimana hubungan Arbia dengan Axelle jika diketahui sang sahabat menentang keras pengkhianatan mereka? Tetap ikuti episode selanjutnya di sini SANG KAPTEN, bersama Saya: Ai

Après avoir obtenu mon diplôme, j'ai passé un an en stage avec mon mentor, un guérisseur, dans les Terres neutres – sans tribus, sans lois et sans gardes du corp pour me protéger. Mon frère, le Président Lycan de tous les loups-garous, en a presque perdu la raison. Il avait peur que je tombe amoureuse d'un rôdeur et que je forme impulsivement un lien de compagnon imprudent. C'est pourquoi il m'a personnellement choisi un compagnon – Arthur St-Clair, l'Alpha de la tribu la plus puissante du Nordlac. C'est un homme beau et dangereux, une figure légendaire. Mon frère m'a ordonné de rentrer à la maison pour la cérémonie d'union, donc je n'ai eu d'autre choix que d'aller choisir une couronne de Luna. À la bijouterie, mon regard a été immédiatement attiré par une couronne en argent pur et couverte de diamants. Juste au moment où j'ai tendu la main pour la prendre, une voix féminine stridente a retenti. « J'aime bien celle qu'elle tient. Je la prends. Donnez-la-moi. » Avant que je puisse réagir, le vendeur a arraché la couronne de mes mains, me griffant presque ma peau. Je me suis redressée, me forçant à rester calme. « Vous connaissez l'expression « premier arrivé, premier servi » ? C'est moi qui l'ai vue en premier. C'est comme ça que vous faites ici ? » La louve s'est tournée lentement vers moi, me lançant un regard moqueur. « Cette couronne coûte 300 000 euros. Tu es sûre de pouvoir te l'offrir, paysanne ? J'ai grandi avec l'Alpha de la tribu Lune Argentée, Arthur St-Clair. Ici, c'est moi qui fais les règles. » Je la regardais, manquant de rire aux éclats. N'était-ce pas absurde ? Après tout, Arthur était mon fiancé. J'ai sorti mon téléphone et j'ai appelé Arthur. « Écoute, Arthur. Ta chère amie d'enfance vient de voler la couronne de Luna que je veux porter pour notre cérémonie. Que penses-tu que je devrais faire ? »

He worshiped her like a goddess. She let another man make her moan. Duncan Moretti had everything—power, wealth, control. Women wanted him, men feared him. But when Aphrodite walked into his world, she didn’t want his money… she wanted his soul. And he gave it to her. Every kiss, every whispered promise, every desperate moan—he thought they meant something. He planned the perfect proposal, ready to give her forever. Until she didn’t show up. Until she arrived hours late—smiling like she hadn’t just crushed him. Until a man walked in uninvited, laughing, calling her home. And when Duncan followed her, broken and burning, he saw it all with his own eyes—Aphrodite naked under another man, moaning his name like she once moaned his. Now Duncan isn’t the man who fell to his knees. He’s the man who’s rising—with revenge in his blood and nothing left to lose. She wanted to be worshiped? He’ll make sure she remembers exactly how it feels.

Alexis was your typical everyday good girl with excellent grades, a single best friend, an annoying elder brother and a family that loved her to no end. When senior year rolled up, Alexis wasn't looking to expand her small social circle of friends or put herself out there but things are meant to change, after all, change is the only constant thing in life. Paired to do a group assignment with the school's three new mysterious gorgeous looking guys at the start of the term, Alexis is tested in more ways than one. Cheesy pick up lines, rude guys, charming smiles, motorcycle rides, coffee dates and long hours together is all it takes to make her question everything she ever thought she knew. But what happens when she falls for one of them? The one with the dark hair and green eyes? What will she do when he finds out about the secret she's been harbouring all her life? She begins to regret her decision and wish she'd met him long before, but life has its own way of playing with one's feelings. Will her secret break their newly found relationship or will it make it grow stronger?

Lillian Carter's life did not follow the path it was meant to. She was supposed to be normal and just like any other human, completely oblivious to the supernatural world. Yet in a cruel twist of fate she was snatched from her mother's side just a few hours after birth and experiment on like a lab rat. She grew up in a world she was not suppose to know about experienced pain no one person could endure and done things more horrifying than you could ever imagined. Always battered and abused only being regarded as a tool in service of someone else's selfish desires, been used, experimented on and sold. Then one day Lillian was finally free or so she thought. Now in a world where danger lurked at every corner and monsters dwelling in the shadows young lily has to be constantly running and fighting for her life especially with a curse coursing through her veins that seems to be attracting everyone she runs into. Trying to find a place for herself in this world lilly wants to live the life she should have, she wants to be the one thing she never felt like she was in all her years of life the thing she was meant to be, she wanted to be Human.

Di usianya yang masih belia, Buyung Kacinduaan harus menjadi yatim piatu. Ayahnya dibunuh, ibunya diperkosa dan berakhir bunuh diri; semua itu dilakukan oleh Angku Mudo Bakaluang Perak, putra dari sang Panghulu Nagari. Berhasil melarikan diri, Buyung bersembunyi di goa kecil yang berada di tebing Ngarai Sianok dan hidup dalam perlindungan seekor harimau putih bermata biru. 10 tahun berlalu, dan harimau putih pun mencapai hayatnya. Demi bertahan hidup, Buyung memakan bangkai sang harimau. Di dalam goa itu pula ia menciptakan tinju Harimau Mengaum. Berhasil menyempurnakan kemampuan bela dirinya, pemuda itu memutuskan untuk keluar dari goa dan membalaskan dendam kedua orang tuanya. Akankah Buyung berhasil menjatuhkan Angku Mudo yang telah menjadi pemimpin kerajaan itu dan membalaskan dendam orang tuanya?

She was supposed to be a just another girl behind the bar. He was never supposed to remember her just another night to forget. But that one night... changed everything. Aria Lane has known pain for as long as she can remember. Orphaned in a tragic accident and taken in by a family that sees her only as a burden with a price tag, she works long hours just to survive. When a mysterious, powerful stranger walks into the bar one stormy evening, she doesn't expect him to notice her. Let alone offer her something that feels both wrong and irresistible. Damien West... young, dangerously handsome, and heir to a billion-dollar empire has secrets buried deeper than his pockets. One night with Aria was supposed to be a mistake he could walk away from. But Aria can’t walk away not when she finds herself pregnant and alone. With no money, no support, and no way to find the man who changed her life with a single touch, she must fight to protect her unborn child... and herself. What happens when their paths collide again? Will the truth tear them apart or bind them forever?

" sometimes the strongest hearts carry the heaviest scars." Two years after losing her parents, 21-year-old Jane is left raising her two little brothers on her own. Abandoned by her oldee sister and juggling two exhausting jobs, Jane barely has time to breathe_let alone chase her long-forgotten dream of studying law. Every day is a battle to survive: Working long hours, skipping meals, some strange dreams, and hiding her tears behind a fake smile. But even when she breaks down in the middle of the street or collapses from exhaustion, she always gets back up- for Elhoïme and Mathias, the only family she has left. Just when she thinks no one sees her pain, Brian, a kind coworker and a long time friend, start offering small gestures of help- cofee, silence, time, understanding. She pushes him away at first, afraid of needing anyone. But his quiet presence slowly starts to feel like hope. Can Jane allow herself to lean on someone else for once, without losing her strenght- or her heart?

“For the record, I, Alpha Dane of the stonewood pack, reject you, Crystal whatever-your-last-name-is as my mate!” Dane’s cruel words washed away the promises he whispered into my ears hours ago. Rejected and betrayed by her mate, Crystal, a lowly omega, finds herself on the bed of the cursed, dreaded Alpha King Xavier known for his ruthless deeds and his mates dying in mysterious ways. However, there’s a twist, Xavier is drawn to Crystal as it dawns on him that she is his mate, left with no other choice, Xavier takes Crystal back to his pack against Dane’s wishes. Torn between the choice of protecting her from himself and his love for her, Xavier is forced to subject Crystal into slavery in his pack keeping her at arm's length but Crystal fights through, training in secret as she discovers she might have the powers to undo his curse, but having it is not enough. Would Crystal be able to find happiness? Would Xavier be able to let go of his guilt and accept Crystal? Find out in this enthralling tale how Crystal and Xavier navigate their love story despite all odds and destiny itself.