Apa Artinya Where Are You From

The scholarship student, Izzy Waite, whom Craig Green had been funding, decided to seek some thrills by engaging in group intimacy in the open sea. They messed around in a way that drew blood and unintentionally attracted a shark. I risked my life to drag her back to shore. Once we made it to land, I warned her the ocean was full of bacteria and that she should get a check-up, just in case. She nodded and pretended to listen. However, the moment I turned my back, she ran to Craig, claiming I’d slandered her reputation. She even threatened to throw herself back into the ocean in some dramatic attempt to end it all. Craig was furious. Without giving me a chance to explain, he shoved me into the mouth of a massive, still-living shark. I beat against the inside of that monster’s stomach, screaming for help. The fishermen on the beach panicked at the sight. “Mr. Craig, please. This’ll kill her!” Craig simply held the weeping Izzy in his arms and sneered. “I heard people can survive inside a shark for a whole month. Doesn’t she love studying marine biology? Now, she can do some real research from inside.” Trapped in utter darkness, I curled up, gently cradling my belly. “Baby, this time, Mommy can’t protect you…” One month later, Craig finally came to gut the shark himself and bring me home. Unfortunately, all he found on the wind-swept shore was a skeleton.

Namanya Cinderella. Gadis gemuk dengan segala bentuk kekurangannya. Nama yang jelas dijiplak dari tokoh Disney yang juga bernamakan Cinderella dengan paras jelita, tetapi selalu dipanggil Upik Abu oleh kedua saudara tirinya. Dengan alur yang berakhir bahagia bersama sang pangeran berkuda. Namun, lain halnya dengan Rella. Hidup di negeri antah berantah bernamakan Bengkaung, kota kecil yang sarat akan nilai-nilai agama dan budaya. Ya, budaya ghibah. Termasuk di dalamnya yang selalu menjadi trending topic: Fisik Rella yang kian hari, kian meresahkan warga. Belajar sabar, meski sakit. Belajar bersyukur, meski sulit. Hidup Rella yang penuh dengan julid-an dari maha benar netizen, memancing egonya untuk mengakhiri hidup. Namun, dukungan dan motivasi dari dua sosok yang teramat ia sayang menjadikan Rella tak ingin kehilangan cahayanya. Cahaya itu, bisa saja meredup bila tertiup, tetapi tidak boleh lenyap dalam gelap. Apa pun yang terjadi, Rella harus meneruskan hidup. Menggapai mimpinya menjadi seorang desainer, juga menikah dengan laki-laki bermata sipit, pemilik senyum menawan yang membuat mabuk kepayang. 'Cause she is: Cinderella, yang tak secantik dan semenawan Cinderella. Namun, memiliki inner beauty bintang lima.

Nayla memiliki seorang suami bernama Rendy, namun pernikahan yang dia impikan selama ini berakhir seperti neraka baginya. Dia mendapati kakaknya berselingkuh dengan suaminya. Setiap hari, Rendy memperlakukan dirinya seperti babu dan bahkan lebih memilih selingkuhannya di banding dia. Hingga pada akhirnya, saat kakaknya membutuhkan donor ginjal, Rendy memohon padanya untuk mendonorkan ginjalnya untuk selingkuhannya itu. Awalnya Nayla menuruti permintaan suaminya, hingga saat di alam bawah sadar, dia di perlihatkan semua kelakuan suami dan selingkuhannya itu dan bahkan kelakuan suaminya saat menyakiti fisiknya. Bahkan, suaminya memaksanya untuk menandatangani surat cerai. Akankah Nayla sadar dan memilih memberontak? Ataukah dia tetap memilih sang suami? Saksikan kisahnya di novel ini.

Rania Keysha Wardhani, seorang dosen filsafat yang dibuat bingung oleh sikap tunangannya. Pria itu terlalu sulit untuk dikenal, meski mereka sudah bersama sejak di bangku sekolah dasar. Ada saja hal yang membuat dirinya bertambah ragu dengan keputusan mereka yang akan segera menikah. Selalu ada cara yang dilakukan pria itu untuk menahannya pergi meski rasa lelah seringkali muncul di hatinya. Ini seperti dia yang berjuang sendirian, dan si pria hanya diam memperhatikan. Padahal kenyataannya, tidak ada yang perlu diperjuangkan dalam hubungan mereka. *** "Kamu hanya perlu diam, duduk, dan menunggu." Laki-laki itu memberi perintah. Rania terdiam. Menunggu katanya? Berapa waktu lagi yang harus dia habiskan untuk menunggu? Apa belasan tahun itu belum cukup bagi laki-laki ini? Dan apa yang harus dia tunggu lagi kali ini? Rasanya, semua sia-sia.

Jameson University's biggest scandal this year was the leaked video of Joy Quinn losing her virginity in the campus group chat. The video was taken in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel. Completely naked, Joy Quinn was pinned against the floor-to-ceiling window by a man a head taller than her. The rhythmic sounds never ceased...

After an unexpected miscarriage, I left my ward in search of Victor. I saw him inside the doctor’s office. Just as I was about to knock on the door, I overheard their conversation. “Give my wife a hysterectomy. I don’t need her to bear me any children.” Victor Gayes pulled the woman beside him to face the doctor, his hand rubbing her belly. “The baby inside her belly will be my only child. You must protect it no matter what.” I knew the woman very well. She was Victor’s secretary of three years, Rachel Aniston. Victor reminded the doctor again and again, sternly and anxiously. “You have to give her the best medicine. I won’t allow anything to go wrong with this baby!” I pulled my hand back, all my blood running cold. To think Victor would do something so heartless to me, just after I lost our baby. To think my faith in him would become a dagger, stabbed straight into my heart. If love had another face, it would probably be letting these feelings go with a smile.

No one knew that I was a sex addict until the company's team building exercise. I had forgotten to bring my medicine along for that night and was assigned to a tent with a male colleague. I was in tears as I climaxed right before his eyes, and now that there was no turning back, my impulses spiralled further away from control…

Ling Yue dan Cia Li kembali dipertemukan dalam sebuah projek kerjasama yang melibatkan keduanya. Profesi mereka sangat jauh berbeda satu sama lain. Ling Yue adalah seorang Presdir, sedangkan Cia Li adalah seorang ahli Botani. Perasaan keduanya benar-benar berkecamuk setelah pertemuan tak terduga itu. Cia Li yang mengira cinta pertamanya bertepuk sebelah tangan di masa lalu, sedangkan Ling Yue mengira kalau Cia Li dulunya sangat membenci dirinya. Akankah dipertemuan kali ini mereka bisa menyelesaikan masalah perasaan yang tak usai itu di masa lalu mereka? Yuk, ikuti kisahnya..

Veil University is a place where illegal is legal, where lies are actually the truth. Where lie lies. Rougjan Aislinn Allejo was a victim of harassment that leads to her life's deepest trauma. Will she put her guard down if she's surrounded by lies? Or is she going to dig her own grave by slowly letting her guard down? Brace yourself and let your own curiosity dig your own grave in hell. Unveil secrets to lose every single person you trust. Painted truths are a great masterpiece, isn't it?

Little did Jeanne know the best friend and lover that she adored will turn her life upside down in one night. Heart filled with mingled feelings, she decided to walk away to move on and find a new life. Then, Aaron appeared in her life, bringing new hope. At that same time, Andy the lover came back, trying to fight for her love again. Jeanne started to feel confuse over finding her right man. However, things turned unsorted whren Jeanne was suddenly pregnant. Who's the father? What is the ending for her unsteady friendship and love life?