Bab Bayi Keras

Menjalani hijrah bagi seorang gadis bernama Atika ternyata bermakna sangat luas. Tak sekadar masalah dari semula tak berjilbab lalu menjadi berjilbab. Semua bereaksi berbeda. Sahabat, orang tua, guru. Ada reaksi positif, ada juga reaksi negatif. Mampukah Atika untuk sanggup beradaptasi, istikamah dan berproses menjalani hidup dan jalannya yang baru? Terutama ketika godaan itu datang dari lawan jenisnya. Seseorang yang telah lama mengaguminya dan berhubungan langsung dengan keretakan persahabatannya dengan Sandra. Akankah Atika menyerah dan melepas kembali jalan hijrah yang telah diraihnya?

Keluarga utuh disertai kehadiran buah hati adalah impian semua pasangan. Pun dengan Zana dan Haikal. Pasangan suami istri itu sudah sejak lama merindukan celoteh manja dari bibir mungil seorang bayi sebagai buah dari pernikahan mereka. Lebih dari dua tahun menikah, Zana tak kunjung hamil, membuat Haikal memilih rahim lain untuk menghadirkan buah hati untuknya.  Memasuki tahun ketiga pernikahan, Haikal. Membawa bayi laki-laki untuk Zana yang ia sebut anak angkat. Tak ada gurat kecewa pada wajah tulus perempuan cantik itu, meski ia harus merawat bayi berusia dua bulan, sekaligus ibu mertuanya yang sakit parah.  Hingga, pada siang itu, saat sebuah foto hingga rekaman video yang memperlihatkan kemesraan sang suami dengan wanita lain. Zana merasa kedua tungkainya melemah, menyisakan tubuh yang bergetar disebabkan sebuah pengkhianatan. Tak sampai di situ, anak yang ia rawat dengan penuh kasih sejak bayi itu tak lain adalah buah dari pengkhianatan suaminya. 

Natanggap sa kanyang trabaho bilang caretaker si Ligaya. Malaki ang sahod na offer kaya naging interesado siya; stay-in at may isang day off sa isang linggo, ang gagawin lang niya ay alagaan ang baldadong anak ng isang businesswoman. Pero laking gulat ni Ligaya nang ipakilala sa kanya ang kanyang pasyente, si Dmitri iyon, ang tatay ng kanyang anak na matagal na niyang hinahanap. Ipagtapat kaya ni Ligaya sa binata ang tungkol sa anak nila o ililihim na lamang niya ang totoo dahil hindi naman siya natatandaan ng lalaki?

Tini, seorang Baby Sitter yang ternyata adik dari mantan suaminya Mila. Tini hanyalah nama samarannya saja. Siapakah Tini sebenarnya? Motif terselubung apa dalam misinya yang menjadi seorang pengasuh anak dari mantan kakaknya sendiri?

You thought your werewolf boyfriend accepted you—his human mate. But he secretly got engaged to Alpha Thorne’s stepsister. Heartbroken, you drown your pain in a bar. “Just one night. I’ll make you forget that cheater.” So you spend a wild night with a handsome stranger— Only to discover the hottie’s Alpha Thorne himself, your ex’s brother-in-law!

It’s not the proposal Cinderella received, but this prince’s proposition will change my life forever… Mysterious and darkly handsome Nick Angelini, of royal descent, requests a secluded patio table at the rundown crab shack I’m desperate to buy and remodel—and he orders champagne for two. This is where he makes one incredibly stunning proposition. To me. Somehow, he knows my name, Bailey Storm. Somehow, he knows I want this property. Somehow… He knows all the right words to murmur about making my dreams come true and just the right way to sweep strands of hair from my face that sends a shiver down my spine. With hot and decadent evenings suddenly looming on the horizon, I’m considering giving him a royal heir in exchange for a restaurant. Seriously.

At dinner, my wife's little brother Darren shot me a nasty look. "Other guys hook their wife's brother up with houses and cars. Mine won't shut up about covering a lousy twenty grand. "Wade Watson, transfer your house to me today, or I swear, I'll make my sister divorce you." My hand stalled mid-serve as I placed food on my pregnant wife's plate. That house was all my parents left me. Best school district in the city. Worth over three hundred grand. I looked at Vanessa, waiting for her to back me up. For the baby. She slammed an abortion appointment slip onto the table. "It's because I married a useless guy like you that my brother still isn't married. Wade, you get one choice—the baby or the house."

Desa sedang tidak baik-baik saja. Merebak gosip ngeri, katanya ada pelaku pesugihan. Uang warga sering hilang, hampir setiap malam digondol babi. Babi ngepet kembali menjadi momok ngeri, di mana cerita yang sudah ada sejak zaman dulu itu menghantui. Warga bersepakat akan menuntaskan semua kasus gila itu, dan mencari siapa dalang di balik pesugihan babi ini. Akankah warga berhasil? Atau satu demi satu memilih menyingkir dan membiarkan babi ngepet itu menguasai desa?

"As long as I, Daven Talon Yandel am alive, you will never escape. It's either you accept my offer to give me children as I suggested or you stay here till the day you die as my mate." Draven vowed, staring into Agnella's teary eyes. *** Agnella who always lived in hiding her whole life is suddenly abducted and taken hostage by the one person she hid from. The Alpha from hell, Alpha Draven, he was also her fated mate.

"Mom, please stop searching for a lover. I don't want Fathe r's condition to deteriorate further due to your behavior. Ot herwise, I will destroy any relationship you have with any m an!" Chelsea admonished, giving a warning. She had lost c ount of how many warnings she had given, given the nume rous men her mother had approached for money, despite h er father's serious illness. "It's up to you, do whatever you want. I don't care anymore because I can't bear to live in poverty," the mother replied c almly, indifferent to Chelsea's feelings. "Fine, if that's what you want. I swear I will marry one of yo ur most meaningful lovers!" Chelsea promised her mother when the pain had taken over her.