Arti Lucky

In order to gather 500 thousand dollars for my blind girlfriend's surgical bills, I've accepted a delivery order that's meant for someone at a private racing club. The huge floor-to-ceiling monitor is currently playing the live footage of the champion who's won the racing tournament. Champagne bottles can be seen spraying everywhere as the audience cheers loudly for the victor. Soon, the champion takes off her helmet and shakes her head full of curls off her face. Strikingly beautiful features are revealed the next moment. Next to the champion stands her childhood friend, Lewis Ross. I feel my hands clenching around the plastic bag containing the food containers. The woman shown on the screen is none other than Evelyn Carter, my so-called blind girlfriend. "Why aren't you happy even though you've won the tournament, Evelyn? Are you missing that boyfriend of yours who's still working his ass off for money?" A familiar voice comes from the lounge. An amused yet malicious smirk is played on Evelyn's lips at the moment. "Why did you bring him up? Then again, it's thrilling, pretending to be blind and all. Whenever he changes his clothes at home, he does it right in front of me." Everyone around Evelyn begins roaring with cheers. "You're so lucky, Ms. Carter!" After taking a sip from her champagne glass, Evelyn responds in a flippant tone, "Lucky? He's so busy with work every day just to gather enough money for my surgical bills! That man doesn't have a single romantic cell in him—he's just as stiff as the stick up his ass!" A wave of laughter echoes from the crowd once again. Feeling as though my blood had turned to ice, I turn on my heel and begin walking out of the club. I can still hear Lewis' cheeky voice ringing out from behind me. "There are only three days left in our one-year bet, Evelyn. Don't tell me you really fell for your boyfriend!" Evelyn merely snorts in response. She drawls back, "Don't worry. I'll dump him in three days."

Masa kecil penuh trauma membuat Laura percaya bahwa cinta selalu berarti luka. Baginya, dicintai adalah disakiti. Dan menerima rasa sakit dari orang terkasih adalah hal yang wajar. Keyakinan itu membawanya pada Reve, pria dengan sisi gelap yang tak pernah ia sembunyikan. Di rumahnya, Laura terjebak dalam hubungan penuh gairah sekaligus penyiksaan, hingga sulit membedakan antara cinta dan obsesi. Pengkhianatan Reve membuka matanya. Untuk pertama kali, Laura meragukan pemahamannya tentang cinta. Ia memutuskan pergi, mencoba keluar dari lingkaran yang menghancurkannya. Namun Reve tak rela melepaskan. Baginya, Laura adalah obsesi, candu, dan alasan untuk tetap bertahan dalam kegelapan. Laura harus memilih: menerima pria itu lagi, atau mencari arti cinta yang sebenarnya. °°° Hai kakak-kakak pembaca tersayang, penulis akan sangat berterima kasih jika kakak semua berkenan meninggalkan jejak komentar, ulasan dan menambahkan cerita ini ke pustaka. Love <3

Dalam dunia gangster yang keras dan penuh intrik, Rama, seorang pemuda yang tumbuh di bawah asuhan bos gangster, menjalani hidup yang gelap dan penuh risiko. Namun, hidupnya berubah ketika ia tanpa sengaja menolong Angel, seorang gadis misterius yang tampak biasa, tetapi sebenarnya adalah arwah yang terjebak di antara kehidupan dan kematian. Angel memiliki rahasia besar, ia terperangkap dalam masalah rumit yang melibatkan kelompok sesat, dan memiliki hubungan erat dengan petinggi pemerintah. Ketika Rama berusaha membantu Angel keluar dari cengkeraman kelompok tersebut, ia menyadari bahwa gadis itu bukan sekadar korban biasa. Hubungan spiritual Angel mengungkapkan berbagai misteri yang dapat mengguncang kehidupan Rama. Perjalanan mereka menjadi lebih dari sekadar pelarian, tapi ini adalah pencarian jati diri dan kebenaran. Setiap perjalan yang akan mereka lalui bersama, keduanya harus menemukan jalan untuk menghadapi takdir mereka, sembari berjuang untuk memahami arti kehidupan dan kematian.

Kehilangan orang tua membuat dunia Nawang runtuh. Dalam sekejap, rumah yang selama ini menjadi tempat ia berteduh berubah menjadi asing. Raditya dan Anindya, anak kandung ayah tirinya, menyingkirkannya dengan alasan ia tidak memiliki darah Kurniawan. Dipaksa meninggalkan segala kenangan bersama ibunya, Nawang harus memulai hidup baru di rumah bibinya—seorang perempuan yang pernah memutus hubungan dengan ibunya karena luka masa lalu. Di sanalah Nawang menghadapi kerasnya hidup, jauh dari segala kenyamanan yang pernah ia miliki. Ketika ia hampir menyerah, takdir mempertemukannya dengan seseorang. Bukan pria berjas rapi dengan senyum menawan, melainkan sosok preman pasar kasar dengan sorot mata tajam— yang oleh banyak orang ditakuti, namun justru membuatnya merasa aman. Di balik perjuangan hidup yang keras, Nawang menemukan arti rumah yang sesungguhnya. Sebuah perjalanan yang mengajarkannya tentang keberanian, pengorbanan, dan cinta—bukan dari harta, melainkan dari ketulusan orang-orang yang tetap setia di sisinya.

Kesempurnaan? Apa arti kata itu? Apa berarti memiliki segalanya? Jika benar, maka hidup seorang Dave Taylor sangatlah sempurna. Namun, pria itu harus sial dalam hal percintaan. Wanita yang sangat ia cintai memilih bersanding dengan sahabat karibnya, Garvin Lautner. Dave seorang pria arogan yang akan menghalalkan segala cara agar rasa sakitnya terbalaskan meski harus mengorbankan hidup seseorang. Apa ia peduli? Tidak. Sebab, jika tujuan yang tercapai maka kesenangan akan didapat. Chloe Moretz seorang wanita yang paling terluka di sini. Di usianya yang menginjak delapan belas tahun, ia harus mengorbankan dirinya menjadi objek demi terbalasnya rasa dendam Dave pada Garvin. Sekuat atau sejauh apapun ia membebaskan diri dari segalanya. Tetap saja, ia hanyalah formalitas belaka yang berakhir di ranjang. Apakah Chloe dapat membebaskan dirinya ketika Dave berhasil mendapatkan wanita pujaannya? Ataukah hidupnya semakin terjerumus ke dalam lubang hitam yang menyakitkan?

“Kayleigh, you will either take your pants off, or I’ll do it!” Alexander Hearst warned her. If her thighs were not swelling and in pain, this could probably lead to something else because the way he said it turned her on. “Then do it.” She could not take her joke back because he had already opened the button and pulled down the zipper of her pants. Carefully, he took her pants off, and she could hear him gasp as he carefully touched the red skin. He jolted when she yelped in pain. “What’s this, Kayleigh?” His voice was low and angry. She wished to tell him she was lucky her father did not hang her on the wall to punish her for getting married without telling them. It was an accidental marriage, only for convenience, but who would have thought she would be married to the stranger she met at the elevator, the gorgeous, sexually attractive, and the luscious man she had ever met.

“You mean… you don’t mind sharing me? All three of you?”“No, Simone, baby. If it means we get to be with you, all three of us are just fine with this arrangement,” Nick says.I can hardly believe my ears! How did I get so lucky? A basketball star, a famous actor, and a hot tech guru?Simone, you are living the life!Simone is new to the Owens Firm and has to prove herself by selling houses on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. But when the nasty girl in the office, Crystal, starts rumors that Simone is sleeping with all of her clients—well, she’s right—sort of!Michael, Nick, and Christian all want to buy houses from Simone, but they also want more. They want her, and since they’re all happy sharing her, why should she choose?But her job is important to her. Can she find a way to spare her reputation and keep all of her men?Her Sunset Billionaires is created by Scarlett Rossi, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Freya lived her life as the only daughter of Omega Draco and Kimble’s family but she was lucky to get a Beta as a mate, attracting envy from all sides. She loves Emory with all her heart and dreamt of being his wife for years but her male best friends, Ansel soiled her plan and turned her life around when he raped her and stole her virginity some days to her wedding and even told Emory about it but lied that they were having an affair. She was rejected by Emory without given a chance to explain herself and ran away from home in embarrassment where she found another fate where she had to live as another entity who is surrounded with evil people all her life. Will she be able to visit her past? Will she even be able to find another mate? Who exactly was the person she had to replace? Will Emory ever found out the truth behind what Ansel did to her?

My family has always considered me a harbinger of misfortune. It's all because I can see a countdown to my relatives' deaths. I tell them when my grandfather, father, and mother will die. It all comes true due to various accidents. My three brothers hate me to the core because they think I cursed my parents and grandfather. My mother actually dies after giving birth to my younger sister, but my brothers dote on her to no end. They say she's their lucky star because everything goes well for the family after she's born. But didn't Mom die while giving birth to her? On my 18th birthday, I see my death countdown when I look at myself in the mirror. I buy an urn I like and prepare a meal. I want to have one last meal with my brothers, but none of them show up even when the timer hits zero…

Simmi is from a rich but strict family fell in love with a Canadian, Liam Anderson. The two got married and he goes back to Canada, as she could not break the news of their marriage to her family yet. She runs away from her home because of the family's pressure to settle down with a man of their choice and reaches Canada where she finds out that Liam was already married. Now Simmi is disowned by her family because of her so-called "husband", while he is enjoying a blissful married life here in Canada where her marriage with Liam was not even legal. Great! She struggles to earn a living and sustain herself in a foreign land. Adam Wilson, a billionaire from Canada is willing to marry her and was also a solution to many of her problems. She takes time to trust him after what happened with Liam but then gives in. She believes her life would finally be blissful. But is she going to be lucky this time? Is Adam as nice as he appears? Or is he marrying her with some ulterior motive??