Asia Timur Raya

“Buka lebih lebar, Marina Rasha, benar, seperti ini.” Seluruh tubuhku terbaring lemas di kasur pemeriksaan, kedua tanganku tanpa sadar mencengkeram erat seprai. Suara dari belakangku terdengar berat dan ditahan, namun membuat telingaku terasa panas. Posisi pemeriksaan ini sungguh memalukan, pantatku dipaksa untuk terangkat tinggi, seperti sebuah posisi menyerah. “Dokter …. Aku tidak bisa buka lebih lebar lagi ….” Aku menggigit bibir bawahku, suaraku terdengar gemetar. Dari teralis logam kasur pemeriksaan, aku bisa melihat pantulan bayanganku, rambut yang berantakan menempel di pipiku yang memerah, mataku terlihat berkilau dengan cahaya samar dan berair.

“As a financial forensic, I'm trained to uncover traces of fraud in numbers. But nothing prepared me for discovering my own husband's secret accounts... and the bodies buried beneath his transactions.” In the heart of glittering Amsterdam, where ancient canals hold modern secrets, Sofia Van Der Meer is a renowned relationship therapist who seems to have it all: a successful practice, a beautiful canal house, and a perfect marriage to hedge fund manager Marcus Dekker. But behind the glitter of their elite Dutch society life lies an intricate tangle of lies that threatens to destroy everything they've built. When Marcus' dangerous secret is revealed, Sofia is drawn into a dangerous game of passion and revenge with charismatic psychiatrist Dr. Julian Reeves. As the line between professional ethics and primal desire begins to blur, Sofia must confront a dark truth: sometimes those who heal others bear the deepest wounds.

"She was mine first," Dimitri whispered, his voice deadly calm. "And you stole her in the dark." Dimitri and Alexei Volkov are twin brothers, mafia kings, bound by blood and loyalty. When one bleeds, both bleed. When one kills, both kill. Nothing has ever come between them. Until her. Irina was Dimitri's maid, his peace in a world of violence. The only woman allowed close enough to touch him, to see the man beneath the monster. He fell for her quietly, deeply, and completely. But one drunken night at a party, Alexei stumbled into his brother's darkened room. He wore Dimitri's robe. She thought he was Dimitri. And in the shadows, a line was crossed that could never be uncrossed. Now Irina carries the child of her master's brother! When Dimitri discovers her pregnancy, rage consumes him. When Alexei claims her as his own with a cruel smirk, something breaks between the brothers. The bond that made them invincible now threatens to destroy them both. Two brothers. One woman. A baby that will crown one king and condemn the other. In the world of the Volkov mafia, betrayal is paid in blood. When this war is over, will any of them survive?

To satisfy her thirst for revenge, Daisy was willing to do all that it took to destroy Edward Michaels, the famous billionaire and womanizer who had left her in the lurch in the past few years, having had a one night stand with her that ruined her entire life and also left her with an unwanted pregnancy as a result, which was unknown to him. The goal was to destroy him beyond repair and she didn't mind using her body as a tool to get what she wanted. But what happens when after an encounter with the romantic and sexy devil, she seems to be genuinely falling for him again. Is it all pretense towards achieving her goal? Will she allow herself to be his prey once more? Or does she have other plans up her sleeve? What if he wants more from her this time around? And what if that means having a divorce with his current Sweetheart, a divorce that can also ruin his entire life's fortune!

"Suamiku... aku... di..." Tanganku gemetar memegang ponsel dan wajahku memerah karena gugup. Suamiku di seberang layar terdengar bersemangat dan penuh antusias, dia sama sekali tidak menyadari bahwa saat ini ada seorang pria sedang memelukku dari belakang.

Evalia Wijaya dulunya pewaris sempurna keluarga Wijaya, hingga satu malam bersama musuh bebuyutan ayahnya merusak segalanya. Ia hamil, dicoret dari KK, dan hidup sebagai ibu tunggal mandiri. Bertahun kemudian, Aleksander Batubara, sang Mafia dan ayah kandung anak Evalia, mengetahui kebenarannya. Kini Alex menginginkan Eva dan putra mereka, sementara Eva masih ragu untuk mencintai pria yang merupakan musuh ayahnya.

Pada malam tahun 2008, aku membunuh pacar sahabatku dan memasukkannya ke dalam saluran pembuangan air. Itu adalah pertama kalinya aku membunuh seseorang. Butuh waktu tiga hari bagiku untuk berhasil membuang tubuhnya ke saluran pembuangan. Namun, pada hari keempat, aku melihat tiga mobil polisi di luar gedung pengajaran.

Aleandro, dengan penampilannya yang karismatik, memasuki halaman. Sekali lagi, jantung Viya berdebar kencang. Dia terlihat lebih matang, dan aura percaya diri mengelilinginya. Nyonya Lisa tersenyum saat melihat Aleandro. “Aleandro, kamu datang! Kenalkan, ini Viya dan anaknya, Gio,” ujarnya, mencoba memperkenalkan mereka. Viya terdiam sejenak, berusaha menahan perasaannya, lalu berbalik.“Eh, halo, Aleandro,” ucapnya, suaranya hampir bergetar. Aleandro terkejut melihat Viya. “Viya? Kamu di sini?” tanyanya, nada suaranya penuh kejutan. Nyonya Lisa memperhatikan perubahan ekspresi di wajah putranya. “Apakah kalian sudah saling mengenal?” tanyanya dengan sedikit cemas, menciptakan ketegangan di udara. “Tidak, Bu. Kami… kami pernah mengenal, tapi sudah lama sekali,” jawab Aleandro, suaranya datar, meskipun di dalam hatinya bergejolak. Viya menatap Aleandro, hatinya berdebar. “Ya, Saka mengundang kami,” jawab Viya, berusaha menjaga nada suaranya tetap tenang. Gio yang bermain di dekat mereka tiba-tiba berlari menghampiri Aleandro. “Kamu tahu siapa aku? Aku Gio!” serunya, penuh percaya diri. Aleandro terkejut sejenak, kemudian menatap Gio dengan begitu serius. “Viya, dia anak mu? kenapa wajah nya sedikit mirip dengan ku” katanya, berusaha menjaga suasana tetap tenang.

Pernikahan tinggal hitungan hari, Nana justru dihadapkan pada sifat-sifat asli calon ibu mertua dan adik-adik iparnya. Akankah dia bertahan untuk tetap menjadi pendamping Alvin ataukah dia justru menyerah?

As I was cleaning up the house, I noticed something had fallen out of the cabinet my wife always kept locked tight. I remembered Megan's constant warnings. "That cabinet holds all our family's important records. If anything gets lost, there's no getting it back. Just leave it alone and don't touch it." Worried something valuable might have fallen out, I rushed to pick it up. But what I found was a thick stack of remittance slips. From forty years ago to now, every month, my wife had been sending money to the same account. And that's when it hit me. My wife had been lying to me. The money I'd been pouring into this family had been flowing right out, into the hands of someone else.