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Dark Lovers: Book 4 The Golden Bell You can bring them in from the wild, but you can't always tame them. Fallon is a man with a bloody past, and a rough and ready way with justice. Rain is a woman on the run, and now she's under his command. She's outsmarted men before, but is she woman enough to handle him?

Saat suamiku pergi ke toilet, ponselnya berdering. Aku melirik sekilas. Telepon dari adik suamiku, Ruslan. Aku mengernyit, tetapi tetap mengangkatnya. "Kak, uang bulanan 20 juta buat Ayah dan Ibu kok belum ditransfer? Ibu barusan nanya ke aku." Telepon ditutup. Darahku seolah-olah mengalir terbalik. Suamiku berdiri tepat di depan pintu toilet dan tangannya bahkan belum dikeringkan dari air. Aku menarik sudut bibirku. "Gajimu 16 juta, cicilan rumah 6 juta, kasih aku 4 juta, kamu simpan sendiri 2 juta. Kamu bilang kasih orang tuamu 4 juta, kok jadi 20 juta?" Bibirnya bergerak, tetapi tidak ada suara. Wajahnya sangat pucat, sementara tanganku gemetar hebat. Selama lima tahun, aku tak pernah sekali pun melihat kartu banknya. Lalu, apa lagi yang tidak aku ketahui?

By the fifth year of my marriage to River Grayson, I had stopped checking his call logs and chat records. Instead, I spent my nights drinking and partying with my girlfriends at the poolside bar. When his ninety-ninth missed call lit up my screen, I let out a cold laugh and tossed my phone straight into the water. It didn't take long before he came storming in. The moment he pulled the strawberry-scented condom out of my pocket, he turned grim and banned me from leaving the house after 7:00 PM. "Joanne, you weren't like this before." I thought back to last month, when I had run into him at the hospital. He had lied about being on a business trip out of town, but there he was, holding Yvonne Sinclair's hand. I still remembered his words. "You lost your uterus from saving me back then. My sperm is perfectly fine. I'll give you a child—with your mother's help." Now, staring into his furious eyes, I said coldly, "Don't worry. There's no going back for us anymore."

At the engagement party, the champagne tower is only half-built when Marcus Harrison answers a phone call. He glances at me and says, "I have to go. Lily collapsed at the airport." I say, "If you leave, we're done." He leaves anyway, in front of 200 guests. He carries Lily Bardot in his arms, wearing the coat I gave him, as he drives away in my car. The next day, he sends me an email that reads, "Lily will be moving into my apartment. She needs me, and I hope you can understand. Once Lily gets better, we'll get married. Please trust me." I stare at the screen and suddenly laugh. So what he wants isn't someone who loves him. It's someone who needs him. And I'm too independent, so I don't make the cut. That evening, I scroll through my contacts and find a number I've never given a second glance to. It belongs to someone who's been waiting for me for 23 years. I dial it. "Tomorrow night, 7:00 pm. Meet me at the restaurant by the sea."

A female CEO died in a unexpected way but life give her second chance. She woke up in a strange magical world and the most strangest thing is that she is their wife. Yup.'their'! She have 4 husbands and they all hate her. Will she find love? Will she survive in a world where almost everyone hates her and want her dead?

“Mulai sekarang, semua biaya patungan. Mau itu biaya hidup, cicilan KPR, cicilan mobil, semuanya patungan! Adikmu tinggal di rumah kita. Minta dia bayar setengah. Apa gunanya memberi kita 4 juta sebulan? Apa bedanya itu dengan makan dan tidur gratis?”

At three in the morning, I stare at the unknown transaction record on my phone screen, my fingertips turning cold. The record is for a payment of 2980 dollars, made for an executive suite at the Wisteria. The time of payment was 8:00 pm last night. My husband, Tristan Griffin, is a detective. He was on the night shift last night. I clutch my phone, my knuckles turning white as I text Tristan, "I just saw your credit card bill for a hotel stay last night. What's up with that?" His reply is instant. "Our team had to work overtime at the last minute, so they put us up at the hotel. I forgot to tell you about it." I scan the text and sputter. The Wisteria is located in the western region of the city, which is on the other end from where his squad is stationed. I don't press him for more details and click on the bank app on my phone. Having found the vendor's address through the payment record, I sent it to my best friend, Rowena Sheffield, who works as a private detective. She replies instantly with an "OK" emoji and follows up with, "Give me a second. I'll find out everything you want in a jiffy!"

Pernikahan yang telah di bina Meylina dan Agung selama 4 tahun penuh kebahagiaan kini berada di ujung tanduk. Bukan karena sudah tak saling cinta, namun kehadiran cinta dari masa lalu Agung membuatnya goyah, hingga pernikahan mereka terombang-ambing. Akankah Meylina bisa mempertahankan rumah tangganya?

Cucuku yang berusia 4 tahun merengek ingin main game komputer. Aku tidak sengaja mengklik sebuah video. Tampak dua insan bermain dengan sengit di ranjang. Setelah menutup mata cucuku, aku menatap pria yang terengah-engah di video. Suamiku yang impoten itu tampak bermain beberapa ronde dengan cinta pertamanya!

My name is Ivy Lawson. At 3:00 am, I get a call from Christina McSpire, a parent of one of my students. "Hello, Ms. Lawson, I noticed Zoe only spent five dollars on her meal yesterday. Did she not eat any meat?" she asks. Pushing through my exhaustion, I reply, "Don't worry, Mrs. Street. I'll check on it tomorrow." Another half hour goes by, and she calls again. "It's supposed to rain tomorrow. Can you remind Zoe to bring an umbrella?" I can hardly keep my eyes open. "Got it," I reply absentmindedly. A few minutes later, my phone rings once more. "Please make sure Zoe brushes her teeth for three minutes. It's also important that she scrubs each side of her face at least three times." Suppressing my frustration, I calmly respond, "Zoe is in her senior year of high school. I'm sure she's capable of taking care of herself." I expect that to be the end of it, but when I wake up, my silenced phone shows over a hundred missed calls.