Admiration Artinya

Mansion Arjuna Adiyaksa tiba-tiba saja di datangi oleh perempuan lusuh yang mengaku putri dari Galahan Erlang, perempuan itu menawarkan kerja sama agar Arjuna Adhiyaksa bisa membalaskan dendamnya kepada kepala keluarga Erlang yang sudah menghancurkan keluarganya. Meski membenci seluruh keturunan Erlang, Arjuna akhirnya menerima tawaran si perempuan lusuh yang memperkenalkan dirinya sebagai Alisha. "Kalau kamu benar-benar ingin bekerja sama, itu artinya kamu siap menjadi salah satu boneka koleksi saya." ucap Arjuna kepada Alisha yang memandangnya tanpa takut. "Saya enggak keberatan." Namun siapa yang menyangka, jika benih-benih cinta muncul di tengah upaya ke dua orang tersebut dalam membalaskan dendam mereka masing-masing. Apa yang akan Arjuna dan Alisha pilih selanjutnya, cinta atau dendam?

Takdir begitu kejam terhadap dirinya. Bagaimana tidak? Ia melihat dengan mata kepalanya sendiri suaminya tengah memadu kasih dengan adik kandungnya sendiri. Ia pikir semuanya akan kembali baik-baik saja ketika dirinya memutuskan untuk memaafkan kejadian itu. Namun, justru kebaikannya itulah yang menjerumuskannya dalam jurang kematian. Ellenora Arabelle Laurelyn merasa tak terima pada takdirnya. Namun, bagai mendapat anugerah, tiba-tiba dia terbangun saat hari kelulusannya sebagai Sarjana Desainer. Yang artinya, ia mengulang kembali kehidupannya melalui perjalanan Dimensi Waktu. Dirinya di masa lalu memanglah terlalu naif. Tetapi, ia takkan menyianyiakan kesempatan yang ia dapat. Ia akan membalas semua perlakuan jahat mereka. Akankah takdir yang dialami Ellenora akan berubah?

Hidup Kinara Alleta awalnya normal dan baik-baik saja. Namun semua berubah ketika ia menyaksikan sebuah pembunuhan yang dilakukan di parkiran kelab malam tempat diadakannya pesta ulang tahun salah satu temannya. Kinara kira dengan ia berpura-pura diam semua akan baik-baik saja. Tetapi ia salah, hidupnya bertambah runyam ketika ia bertemu dengan lelaki tampan bermata tajam di kantor sang Kakak. Kinara yakin lelaki yang tengah memperkenalkan diri dengan nama William Agrenaf, sama dengan lelaki yang ia temui di parkiran kelab malam itu. Dimana artinya dia adalah sang pelaku. Dan hal paling gila dari semua yang telah terjadi adalah sebuah ajakan menikah tiba-tiba dari lelaki itu di hadapan sang Kakak.

Rasa penasaran kadang membuat kita hampir hilang—terjebak dalam pilihan yang salah, luka yang tak terlihat, dan jarak yang terasa tak terjembatani. Aku belajar bertahan, walau artinya harus mengalah pada diri sendiri, menahan godaan, dan merelakan sesuatu yang mungkin takkan kembali. Di balik setiap langkah, ada ketakutan dan penyesalan yang diam-diam menguji batasku. Tapi dari semua itu, aku menemukan sedikit cahaya—bahwa bertahan bukan berarti selesai, dan setiap luka menyisakan sisa kekuatan untuk hari-hari yang masih harus kulalui. Cerita ini mungkin berhenti di sini, tapi hidup tokohnya tidak. Ada hari-hari setelah ini yang akan menguji lagi luka lama, dan perjalanan menjaga diri baru saja dimulai.

Years had passed since Helena first walked through the imposing gates of Brentford Academy—a school of wealth and whispers, luxury and secrets. The memories of those early days—of cold stares, whispered mockery, and relentless bullying from Greg and Bianca—still lingered in her mind, but they no longer held the power to hurt her. Levenon had once felt like a place of exile, a strange city after her parents’ divorce. But beneath the glittering surface of privilege and cruelty, Helena found something unexpected: strength, and even a fragile kind of hope. Greg, the billionaire heir who had wielded his wealth like a weapon, had surprised everyone—including himself. What began as rivalry and harshness slowly turned into something more complicated. Beneath his arrogance, Greg saw something in Helena he had never noticed before—her courage, her kindness, her refusal to be broken. As seasons passed, his animosity faded into admiration, and admiration blossomed into love. It was a quiet, confusing love, born from moments stolen between tension and vulnerability. Helena, though wary at first, eventually saw past Greg’s tough exterior to the boy struggling with his own expectations. Bianca, once the unchallenged queen of Brentford’s social scene, faded into the background, losing her grip on power as both Greg and Helena forged their own paths. Helena graduated at the top of her class, her scholarship the key to a future she had fought hard to claim. Universities lined up with offers, eager to welcome the girl who had risen above Brentford’s shadows. Now, standing once more before the academy’s grand gates, Helena no longer saw the school as a place of cruelty but as the crucible that shaped her. Brentford had been a battlefield—and a forge. With Greg by her side, no longer a bully but a partner, Helena ---

Rae of BloodMoon is engaged to the Alpha of StonePaw, Negan. Her love and admiration for him are boundless and she has been looking forward to their mating day since she was sixteen. But when, on her mating day, it is revealed that her sister Kara will take her place, she is stung and betrayed. She vows revenge on her family and leaves the pack to become a rogue. She meets Keegan deep in the forest along with a pack of rogues. They have common goals and so they form an alliance even though she finds him provocative and despicable. But when Rae falls in love with him, she begins questioning everything. Her whole world turns upside down and she has an important decision to make. Is she willing to sacrifice her love? Is revenge worth losing everything?

Valerie Carter has always admired the Kosarin brothers from a distance. Five powerful, untouchable men who ruled both the business world and every room they walked into. But admiration turns into something far more dangerous when her father trades her freedom to them as collateral for a contract. Now trapped in their mansion, Valerie is forced to navigate a world she was never meant to belong to. Secrets linger behind every door, tension simmers between the brothers, and the line between protection and possession begins to blur. One brother watches too closely. Another keeps his distance. And one… might ruin her completely. As betrayal, desire, and power collide, Valerie must decide whether she is just a pawn in their game, or the one who will change it forever.

Pulau Kambangan darah adalah penjara khusus aliansi yang diberi julukan sebagai pulau eksekusi, karena semenjak penjara ini didirikan 13 tahun lalu tidak ada satupun tahanan yang bisa keluar dari penjara ini bahkan jika tahanan itu sudah menyelesaikan masa hukumannya, hal itu terjadi karena raja pulau atau kepala penjara menerapkan aturan yang boleh keluar adalah orang yang mengalahkannya atau menjadi raja pulau yang baru. Dimana artinya satu-satunya cara untuk keluar dari pulau ini adalah dengan mengalahkan kepala penjara dan menjadi penguasa pulau yang baru, karena dengan menjadi raja pulau yang baru maka aturan raja pulau sebelumnya bisa diubah. Mampukah Derrick Ran sebagai tahanan baru menjadi penguasa pulau yang baru dan merubah aturan lama? Ikuti kisahnya hanya di novel ini.

From the first time Felicity laid eyes on Franz, her heart felt a strange tug at the young man but she tried to push him away because she couldn't. As time went by, she thought her feelings for Franz were just admiration but she was wrong. It wasn't just a simple crush that sprouted in her heart and mind for Franz who grew up to be extremely handsome and elegant, because she loved him so much. That's why she will despise everything just to follow her forbidden love for her step-brother. Do they feel the same way about each other? Will they fight for their forbidden love or will right prevail over wrong?

I am a postgraduate archaeology student whose fieldwork combines GIS technology with excavation, and during one project I become entangled in a concealed emotional relationship with two lecturers. Linus is restrained, intellectually rigorous, and emotionally distant, offering a sense of order and safety rooted in academic discipline, while Theo is charismatic, passionate, and ethically unstable, drawing me into intensity and risk. What begins as professional admiration develops into intimacy shaped by secrecy, hierarchy, and blurred boundaries. As the excavation exposes layered traces of past lives, I am forced to confront my own desire, ambition, and guilt, and the story ultimately centres not on choosing between two men, but on learning how to live with complexity and accept the consequences of crossing lines.