Beauty Is A Wound

After Roman Archer and I broke up, he devoted himself to academic research. He had finally become successful. During a television interview, he looked just as confident and high-spirited as he had been back then. The host asked whom he most wanted to share this news with. After a brief silence, he called me. “Celeste, thank you for leaving me. My career is thriving now.” I smiled. “Congratulations, Mr. Roman.” He would never know that if I had not left, he would have died.

Pernikahan sudah biasa terjadi pada pasangan yang saling mencintai. Tapi bagaimana kalau itu terjadi pada dua orang yang saling membenci? Sena dan Bella adalah dua insan yang telah dijodohkan oleh kedua orang tua mereka. Namun keduanya tak pernah akur satu sama lain, apalagi saling mencintai. Tanggal pernikahan pun semakin dekat. Bagaimana cara mereka berdua menghadapi pernikahan keduanya?

The admissions office calls and says my daughter's admission fee has been paid, asking when I'll come to handle enrollment. I'm completely stunned. My daughter, Natalie Steward, is top of her class. She's already guaranteed a spot in the city's best high school, Dream High School, with no admission fee required. Upon questioning my husband, Arnold Lewiston, he claims the admissions office must've made a mistake. He says, "I just wanted to surprise you, so I pulled some strings with the principal to get her into the accelerated track. You should talk to the teachers and make sure we get the best homeroom teacher so I can look good." As soon as I end the call, I slam the accelerator and head straight to the admissions office. On my way there, I call Lynn Warrens, my best friend who works in the State Department of Education. "Help me check under whose name Arnold paid the admission fee for his illegitimate child. I'm going to withdraw them from the school!" I say.

I had been married for five years, but my belly remained flat—no sign of a child. Then, on my 35th birthday, I suddenly found out I was pregnant. When I shared the good news with my husband, he flew into a rage. Instead of being happy, he accused me of carrying someone else's baby. Only then did I learn he had a mistress. He even claimed he wanted a "real" child—one that truly belonged to him—with her. I thought he was just being irrational and would eventually come to his senses. After getting an amniocentesis, I immediately brought him the paternity test results to prove the baby was his. He came home acting like a changed man—hugging me, kissing me, claiming that he didn't cheat on me. The very next day, he booked a hotel and threw a banquet, announcing to all our friends and family that he was going to be a father. However, when his mistress saw the news, she completely lost it. She showed up with a group of people, blocked me in the street, and—despite my pregnancy—started punching and kicking me. "You shameless woman! How dare you carry my man's child? Are you that desperate to die?"

The story follows a group of six terrified passengers trapped on a speeding train driven by a greedy Shinigami who make an offer in exchange for their lives. He gave us six different rings that represent their irrational fears as they faced their painful confrontation of the past. If they can succeed to overcome it, the Shinigami will set them free but if their fears swallow them up he will collect each of the souls and deliver it to hell. The passengers are headed by Senior Team Captain of Men’s Volleyball; William followed by a geek guy named Travis, Stefanie a fragile genius student, newly-hired fashion stylist Belinda, Brendan a college professor, and Paris an ambitious and perfectionist Architect. Without any choice, they are forced to make a deal with the Shinigami and wore those rings for the rest of their journey. Driven by monstrous intention, the Shinigami took advantage of their fears to control each one of them to fight their own battle as they experienced hallucinations through going back to their memories. Each memory and close encounter gave them a near-death experience that cost much of their lives. As their journey twisted in different events, it gave them a shocking revelation of finding oneself and turning back to God to repent for their sins.

Annabele tak menyangka hidupnya yang sederhana bisa menjadi rumit. Sebuah kejadian yang dikiranya adalah mimpi, ternyata adalah kenyataan. Cristian adalah seorang Ceo yang dipandang sebagai pria tersempurna bagi kaum hawa di perusahaannya, tapi siapa yang menyangka kalau Cristian bukanlah pria biasa. Annabele terkejut ketika melihat atasannya—Cristian, kenapa bisa atasannya itu ada dalam mimpi sebelumnya? Sedangkan Annabele baru bertemu pria itu hari ini?

Ash and Alex are best friends actually long time friends. One of them is Alpha and one is omega. They are interns on their last year of medical school. And they are also part of same club. One of them has fallen for the other. Will he be able to finally confess his feelings? Ash and Alex know, they can feel it. But again they don't talk about this. Mating with your bestfriend is not good idea. Isn't?

On our first meeting, he made a fake proposal and embarrassed me, and made me lose my job, I never expected to meet him again on the same day, and this time he splashed muddy water on me. **** "It's you again? When did I become so unlucky?!" He complained. He wasn't the only unlucky one, I was also unlucky by meeting him for the second time in one day. "Get away from me," I struggled but he didn't let me go. "Where do you think you're going? Want to run away? Not without settlement. You broke my car!" Vanessa and Andre's lives were worlds apart. She was just trying to make ends meet, while he was a wealthy and powerful man who seemed to have everything. Their first meeting was a memorable one as he embarrassed her, made her lose her job, and also almost run her over while splashing water from the road on her. She retaliate by breaking his car which lands her in huge trouble as he constantly threatened to sue her if she fails to pay for the damage. He offers her a job as his assistant with plans to torture her but had no idea how he started to get used to her presence. A spark of connection, a flicker of something more. As they continued to interact, that spark grew into a flame. But with so much standing in their way, could their love survive?

>>THIS BOOK IS IN INDEFINITE HIATUS<< Aurelie Mistal, called by her nickname Aurie is a simple, average girl with hidden talents who had experienced working for a very long time being a cast member from a famous amusement park from the Philippines. After leaving the path of a fairytale-like life, she decided to join the real world of music wherein she found herself joining the infamous MBS Asia Inc. - an international talent agency where youths were scouted and trained to be future artists as they grow up. Upon exploring, Aurie continually experiences good and bad situations, and even encounters deep secrets with unbelievable revelations within the hallways of a musically inclined building, hiding from the shining and sparkling gold furniture and pure white walls. She is also slowly becoming part of every artists' lives, mostly her most admired artist, Ryota Morii who doesn't acknowledge her presence and becomes irritated by just seeing her around. Until, more ideal guys started invading her life which eventually ended up trying to steal her from Ryota, with all having the same reason: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. Will Aurie be able to hold her feelings just for Ryota or will she give chance to others who won't seem to stop pursuing her?

Khalia Meaztrix Johnson is a girl who loves to play baseball since she was 5. She admires her Dad and siblings when it comes to the baseball field. But when she turned 10, Everything changed. She was no longer allowed to play baseball,but she was just stubborn and continued to play without her father knowing it. She was upset because of the fact that her Dad didn't bother to tell her the reason why he don't want Khalia to play Baseball. Khalia being hardheaded left their house to fullfil her dream. To be a Great Pitcher ... To be an Ace. In fulfilling her dream she met various people who changed her perspective. She is undeniably Beautiful inside and out, so men are obsessed with her. She met different men but she had no interest with them, she was too focused in achieving her dream. But she didn't expect to know her father's secret. Her father had a child with another woman... She didn't know what to do. Her feelings are mixed. She felt sorry for her mother, she was hurt for her. She began to have trust issues. She attempted suicide. She turned her back on everything. She forgot even herself. Until she realizes what she lacks... Self-love. She started again. She built herself and love who she was. And loving herself is not easy. But The process helped her a lot. She realized that she is gradually accepting people in her life again. She's finally reaching her dream but at the same time she starts to fall in love with unexpected person. Is it wrong for her to fall in love with that person? Will that person be the way for Khalia to achieve her dream? Or this will be the reason for her to return to her former self?