17 Seventeen

There's a common secret kept by everyone in the upper crust. Liliana Coolidge loves me, her husband, to the core, and yet she loves the thrill of sleeping with others behind my back. She pampers her side pieces a lot, but there's one taboo that they must follow no matter what. They must never show up in front of me at all. Everyone knows that I'm the man whom she's loved for a decade and the one she almost died to marry. Liliana has made it clear that if I were dead, she'd definitely follow me to the afterlife without a doubt. But this time, her latest side piece is a rebellious one. He actually shows up before me, thinking that he has Liliana to back him up. He spams my phone with tons of used condom photos, together with Liliana's sleeping visage. "Mr. Rivero, the strawberry ribbed condom overstimulates Ms. Coolidge too much, judging from the way she kept moaning the whole night. Had she used it when she was with you in the past?" Only at that moment do I realize that my wife, who loves me to the moon and back, has chosen to pour all the love she has for me while giving her body to other people. As I stare at the photos, I weep until I don't have any tears left. Then, I draft a divorce agreement and leave my signature there. But when I turn around, I notice a 17-year-old version of Liliana standing behind me with tears streaming down her face.

FRAGMENTS OF MEMORIES 1: MARRIED AT SEVENTEEN AN ENGLISH NOVEL Thera De Marco was hated and feared by many. For inexplicable reasons, within five years of marriage to her husband Sean, she has gone from being soft-hearted and happy, to savage and ill-tempered. Despite her unhappiness, and her hate towards her husband she has refused to get her marriage annulled.Just before her 30th birthday, Thera is hit by a car, causing her memory before she met Sean to be wiped out. When she resumes her life, she begins to question why she was so unhappy in her marriage.Will her feelings change while she couldn't remember anything? Or do the secrets run deeper than she ever realized?

Malam sebelum pernikahan yang ke-17, suamiku, yang seorang mafia, berjanji kali ini pernikahan kami akan tenang tanpa gangguan. "Merry, kali ini aku janji," katanya dengan sungguh-sungguh. "Aku sudah bilang pada Agnes, besok, sekali pun langit runtuh, dia harus menanggungnya sendiri." Kandunganku sudah memasuki bulan kelima. Aku dan Lewis sudah bersama selama tiga tahun. Kini, aku hamil lima bulan, tetapi belum pernah sekali pun kami berhasil menggelar pernikahan. Sebab sebelumnya, dia sudah membatalkan pernikahan kami sebanyak enam belas kali. Setiap kali itu terjadi, alasannya selalu sama, yaitu karena adik angkatnya, Agnes. Pertama, katanya demam. Aku menemaninya semalaman di rumah sakit tanpa sempat ganti gaun pengantin, yang ternyata Agnes hanya flu ringan. Kedua, katanya sakit jantung. Lewis langsung pergi meninggalkanku, padahal sebenarnya dia sedang asyik mengobrol bersama teman-temannya sambil minum teh. Ketiga, katanya takut petir. Lewis meninggalkanku di tengah sumpah pernikahan, membiarkanku berdiri sendirian di depan para tamu. Namun, kali ini berbeda. Tiga hari lalu, aku menerima sepucuk surat dari Vireka Utara. Ayahku, kepala Keluarga Damian, secara pribadi mengirim undangan agar aku pulang. Jika kali ini Lewis masih memilih pergi demi Agnes, maka aku akan menghilang untuk selamanya.

RÉSUMÉ : J'ai passé trois ans à être l'épouse parfaite : patiente, fidèle et aveugle. Puis un accident de voiture m'a arraché le bébé que je portais sans même le savoir. Et tandis que je gisais là, anéantie, mon mari fêtait la grossesse de sa maîtresse. C'est à ce moment-là que quelque chose a craqué en moi. Je le quitte enfin… et il regrettera d'avoir cru que je ne le ferais pas.

There was an open secret among upper-class society. The wealthy man, Brandon Anderson, loved his wife to death. However, he was addicted to cheating on her. He would give everything those young women wanted from him, but he had one strict rule for them: not to expose anything to his wife. Everyone knew that he had loved his wife for ten years, and he had put in a lot of effort to marry her. He had once said that if his wife died, he would not survive. However, this latest mistress did not follow his instruction. She came to me because he doted on her. She sent me a lot of photos of condoms and his sleeping face. “Ms. Lowe, this brand is too good. I was screaming the whole night. Has Mr. Anderson ever used that with you?” It was that moment that I realized the young man who was infatuated with me had given his heart to me, but his body to other people. When I saw the photos, I cried so hard that I had no more tears. Then, I drafted a divorce agreement and signed it. I turned around and saw Brandon, seventeen again, crying as he stared at me.

My husband was dead. He had saved a girl from drowning, yet he himself perished in the icy river. As I sank into a chasm of grief, the girl's father appeared at my door. He glared at me and demanded, "Where is my daughter's necklace? She was wearing it before she fell into the water!" Rage surged through me, and in the heat of our confrontation, he ended up dead. Then my phone… came alive. "Hide the body. The police are coming. I'll teach you how to dispose of a corpse…"

I was a writer. I rented a place in the countryside to seek inspiration. The villagers said it was a haunted house. Twenty years ago, a mad woman murdered her daughter by piercing a needle into her skull! I did not believe it, but I got a call from a little girl that night. She said it was 2002, and her mother was trying to kill her!

There's a little shop downstairs that sells organ soup. It's always packed with customers. People line up as if bewitched, eager for a bowl. I've often wondered what secret ingredient made their soup so irresistible. This afternoon, I finally found my answer. Floating in my bowl was a piece of human skin—inked with a tattoo I knew all too well. It was the one etched on my boyfriend's arm.

Sebuah pesta pernikahan yang diadakan oleh seorang janda muda bernama Delia Anastasya, bersama seorang duda anak satu bernama Erlan, kini hancur berantakan. Acara mereka diporandakan oleh beberapa orang berperawakan tegap. Delia merasa shock dengan kejadian ini. Ia juga bingung, siapa yang berani menghancurkan acara mereka. Hingga sesosok pria keluar, dan tersenyum sinis ke arah mereka. Dia bernama Defano Narendra. Siapakah dia? Apakah motif dibalik perbuatannya ini?

Borneo adalah seorang pria pembunuh bayaran yang kabur dari organisasi dan menjadi incaran. Dalam pelariannya, ia bertemu dengan Lily, gadis yang sisa hidupnya terkunci di villa dan mendapatkan perlakuan buruk dari orang-orang. Lily menyelamatkannya dan untuk sementara Borneo bersembunyi di kediamannya. Semakin lama ia di sana, ia semakin tahu kisah gadis itu, Borneo memutuskan untuk membantunya balas dendam, tanpa ia sadari, ia perlahan jatuh cinta pada Lily, tetapi cinta seperti apa yang bisa diberikan oleh pembunuh sepertinya? Ia tahu bahwa kehadirannya akan membahayakan Lily dan Lily tidak pernah tahu identitas aslinya. Haruskah ia mengungkapkan rahasianya?