Arti Shameless

“Apa yang bisa saya lakukan supaya nilai saya bagus, Pak?” Diana bersandar di kursinya, menatap penuh arti pada pria yang dikenal sebagai dosen killer itu. Dosen dengan reputasi dingin bernama Damar Setyawan itu menaikkan satu alis. Senyum tipis melintas di wajahnya yang lebih mirip ejekan daripada keramahan. “Kamu sudah gagal empat kali, Diana. Kamu tahu artinya? Gelar sarjanamu bisa lenyap. Masa depanmu habis.” Diana pura-pura menggigit bibir bawahnya, lalu mencondongkan tubuhnya pada pria itu. “Kalau begitu … saya harus cari jalan lain, ‘kan?” suaranya terdengar manja, sengaja dibuat lirih. “Saya tahu Bapak bisa bantu. Saya bisa … membalas dengan cara lain.” Diana berhenti sebentar, menahan senyum nakal di bibir. “Saya bisa kok jadi sugar baby Bapak,” lanjutnya, pelan tapi jelas. “Anggap saja … kompensasi tutup mulut atas malam itu.” Tatapan Damar mengeras, seakan menimbang keseriusannya. Tapi Diana tidak bergeming. Ia justru semakin berani, bibirnya mendekat ke telinga pria itu. “Saya serius, Pak,” bisiknya dengan mata berkilat menantang. “Kapan kita mulai?”

My best friend, Sabrina Reeves, hates children. She wants a child of her own, but she doesn't want to give birth to her own child. So, she sought me out and asked me to help give birth to a child for her. She even claimed that her child would be my child, and that they'd take care of me when I grew old. I thought she was crazy. Also, I warned her that it was illegal to find a surrogate mother in our country. Out of fury, Sabrina cut off all ties with me and called me a shameless wretch. "It's just giving birth to a child! I can do that too!" But Sabrina started smoking, drinking, and bar-hopping a lot. She could never get pregnant no matter what. After that, her husband brought his mistress and illegitimate child home before kicking Sabrina out. "Even a hen is capable of laying eggs! I've married you for so long, yet you can't even get pregnant! You really are a loser! "I never said anything about you wanting your best friend to give birth to my child! But you can't even get that done! Isn't this all your fault?" Sabrina pinned the blame on me. She slashed my stomach open repeatedly with a blade. Just like that, I died from the sheer pain. When I open my eyes again, I've returned to the day Sabrina asks me to help give birth to a child for her.

Kisah ini tentang manusia yang fobia dan gila akan cinta. Atisha Namira, dokter muda yang menyembunyikan kecantikannya untuk menjaga kehormatannya dan menghindari tatapan mesum kaum pria. Atisha harus terlibat dengan drama pernikahan yang dirancang oleh Raffan Ardian Ghifari akibat sebuah insiden. Cowok yang dituduh gay karena tidak tertarik ataupun suka pada perempuan manapun. Raffan menikahi Atisha demi menyelamatkan harga dirinya. Siapa sangka pernikahan itu mulai berhasil menumbuhkan rasa diantara mereka, namun kebahagiaan mereka tak sempurna, karena Raffan tak mampu memberikan nafkah batin. Saat mereka berjuang bersama untuk melawan trauma Raffan demi memiliki keturunan. Namun takdir nampaknya sedang bermain-main. Semua harapan mereka lenyap tersapu oleh nestapa. Pada akhirnya Atisha kehilangan belahan jiwanya. Tak sampai disitu, Atisha juga terpaksa harus menghadapi tingkah Rayyan Arkana Ghifari, adik iparnya yang merupakan playboy tengil yang buta akan komitmen dan tak paham arti kesetiaan, naasnya pria itu adalah suami barunya. Saat takdir mengikat mereka, bagaimana cinta merasuk hingga ke relung hati.

Maya merupakan play girl yang terbiasa mempermainkan cinta. Dia selalu beranggapan bahwa cinta itu seperti layang-layang yang bisa ditarik ulur sesuka hati. Suatu hari, dia berjumpa dengan lima pemuda yang mengubah banyak hal dalam kehidupannya. Dari kelima pemuda tersebut, dua di antaranya menyeret Maya masuk dalam lingkaran dilema. Devan, si gunung es yang pesonanya memikat sejak pertama bertemu. Reygan, si humble yang mengenalkan arti kenyamanan sesungguhnya. Maya terbiasa meremehkan cinta, hingga akhirnya dia sadar bahwa cinta dan kenyamanan adalah dua hal yang berbeda. Bumerang yang dia lempar, berbalik menghantam dirinya sendiri. Untuk bersama Reygan, dia memang merasa nyaman. Namun, mereka tersekat kesenjangan status sosial. Apabila nekat memperjuangkan Devan, tentu saja taruhannya adalah persahabatan. Dia akan kehilangan seseorang yang memberinya rasa nyaman. Bahkan mungkin kehilangan semua sahabatnya, termasuk Devan sendiri. Lantas, kepada siapa hatinya akan memilih? Sejauh mana dia sanggup memendam perasaannya dalam diam? Dan apa penyesalan terbesar yang membuatnya merasa menjadi manusia paling jahat di dunia?

Seni sastra adalah sesuatu yang indah dan mendamaikan hatinya, tetapi sosok Bintang lah yang selalu jadi sumber terangnya. Di mata Cinta yang terlahir dari kasta pembantu, Bintang adalah sosok mustahil yang tak mungkin digapai. Cinta hanya bisa melukiskan indahnya hanya dengan bait-bait puisi yang dibuatnya secara diam-diam. Alur cintanya mulai berubah kala sahabatnya " Sang Berandal" mulai menawarkan kontrak pada gadis culun nan polos yang tak paham apa itu makna cinta. Sebuah kontrak bergaransi seumur hidup yang mengajarinya arti cinta. Sebuah perjanjian di mana Cinta akan berguru selama setahun penuh secara "gratis" supaya bisa mendapatkan pujaan hatinya : Bintang Alexander Zulkarnsen, anak konglomerat —juragan sapi— terkenal yang tingkat keangkuhannya lebih tinggi dari gunung Everest. Tiga syaratnya terdengar begitu mudah. Yang pertama, tak boleh berkata tidak apapun situasinya. Yang kedua, tak boleh mengganti target. Dan yang terakhir : tidak boleh jatuh cinta pada mentornya. Jika Cinta melanggar salah satu syarat : ia harus membayar satu miliyar rupiah pada sang mentor.

When Eloise Garpin, my daughter, comes back from kindergarten, she tells me that her teacher, Karen Linsell, has given her class a weird assignment. Apparently, everyone is to record their mothers' menstrual week. But what makes things weirder is that whenever I'm on my period, John Garpin, my husband who's often busy with work, keeps offering to pick Eloise up from kindergarten. One day, I come across a post on a social media app. "What should I do? I've fallen in love with my student's rich father! Oh dear, I really like him so much! You have no idea that his taut and slim waist looks so seductive! Every time I see him, I can't help but moan!" Someone begins admonishing her out of fury the moment they see the post. "What the hell? Are you itching to become a mistress? You really are shameless! Goodness, you're so disgusting! I can't believe you call yourself a teacher!" Unexpectedly, the original poster doesn't care about the comment at all. She even posts a photo featuring the aftermath of her carnal fun with the man. "So what if I am? Anyway, we regularly sleep together every month whenever he picks his daughter up during his wife's period. This is so thrilling!" I'm stunned when I see the million-dollar custom watch strapped to the man's wrist in the photo. And today… happens to be the first day of my period.

I had just left the hospital after undergoing a dilation and curettage procedure for uterine fibroids. On the bus, I happened to encounter a woman who was crying and claiming she had menstrual cramps and a terrible stomachache, asking me to give up my seat. But I refused. I never expected the woman to be the famous internet influencer, Bella Marsh. While I was completely unprepared, she started a livestream, and the next day, I was violently attacked online and pushed onto the trending searches. Netizens even dug up the record of my procedure at the hospital. “With a uterine wall that thin, it’s obvious she has had so many failed pregnancies.” “No wonder she was so shameless and refused to give up her seat—turns out she’s a despicable woman.” The so-called righteous netizens harassed me until I fell into depression, and even my boyfriend stepped forward to accuse me of being dirty and said he wanted to break up. Unable to endure the blow, I jumped from the rooftop, while the female influencer gained tens of millions of followers and began livestream selling, earning more money than she could count. Only after my death did I learn that the influencer had been my boyfriend’s childhood crush. To boost the popularity of her livestream, she and my boyfriend had deliberately staged the entire scene. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the very day Bella asked me to give up my seat.

Connor Greene, a golden boy in Brookhaven, is unwittingly drugged, and I end up being the cure for his "predicament". It's exactly a month later when I discover that I'm pregnant during a routine medical examination. Upon learning the news, Connor offers me 50 million dollars to carry the baby to term, and then another ten million dollars to take full custody of the child. It's then that Julie Sutton, my so-called righteous friend, persuades me to terminate the pregnancy, saying, "You ought to know that money isn't everything, Queenie. If you throw away your dignity for just 60 million dollars, then you're no better than those women who entertain men in clubs!" In my past life, I had an abortion at Julie's suggestion and pursued legal action against Connor, accusing him of assault. I later sought financial assistance and support from Julie after my parents fell gravely ill, but Julie slapped me hard across the face instead. "Your parents are seriously ill, and instead of figuring things out on your own, you come running to me, huh? You're truly shameless, Queenie!" Julie broke off our friendship right then, and I also lost the lawsuit against Connor. I couldn't afford the treatment, so my parents' lives were cut short by their illnesses. In the end, the grief of losing them was too much, so I decided to take my own life by jumping off a rooftop. When I open my eyes, I find myself returning to the day Julie tried to persuade me to get an abortion.

Four years ago, I committed the ultimate sin. I almost killed my adoptive mother, and for that, I was sentenced to a living hell. My father caged my wolf, stripped my dignity, and bartered me off like livestock to a ruthless CEO to seal a blood alliance. I didn't fight. I didn't scream. I quietly accepted the chains and walked away from the fated mate bond I shared with my step-brother. Damon Enzo Vitale was my first heartbreak—the man I once loved, and the man who truly hated me. Now, I’m back in Vesper City, but the girl Damon once knew is gone. In her place stands a woman shattered by a monster’s touch, clutching a dying daughter to her chest. I have nowhere left to run except into the arms of the man I once sacrificed everything to leave. -- Ophelia Vitale is a harbinger of ruin and a shameless seductress. Four years ago, she brought our family to the brink of collapse and walked away from the fated mate bond we shared without a backward glance. I, Damon Enzo Vitale, have spent every night since fueling my hatred for her, trying to burn away the memories she left branded on my soul. But the woman who collapsed on that highway isn’t the girl I remember. She’s covered in scars I can’t explain and carrying a child with my family's eyes. As I look into the trauma she’s desperate to hide, the foundations of my world begin to crack. Was my hatred truly valid? Or had I been blinded by a web of lies designed to destroy us both?

How wonderful will it be to turn back time and undo some of our worst mistakes, right? She is sent back in time after being betrayed by the people she loved the most. To redeem her lost glory by moving on or to become a villain in her own story by seeking revenge. ******* A low, unbearable grunt escapes Margarita's lips as she peels her eyes open. Her solemn face was expressionless as she looked around. 'Where is she?' she thought, still scanning the place. Dressed in a beautiful white, glamorous wedding dress that had diamonds attached to every inch of the hem of the floating gown. She realizes a white veil is dangling from her hair. Bone-crushing pain shot through her spine as memories from her past came rushing to her head at once. A shrieking yelp escapes her lips as she clutches tightly to her head, trying to stop seeing those images. Their betrayals. Her lover and her older sister had teamed up to send her to the afterlife. Images of how she'd wholeheartedly loved them flashed past, slapping her on the face as her core twisted in misery. Her eyes were wedged with tears, and her heart was bleeding from regret. Even her best friend joined in on her demise. Oh! If only she'd realized earlier that it was all a facade. If only she were giving us a chance to return to Earth. But she knew deep down that it was all wishful thinking. However, "Your wish has been fulfilled, Lady Margarita, to redeem your lost glory or to return as a villainess for revenge." She hears a voice deep in her subconscious… **Please support this shameless author by voting for the book if you like it.**