Ben 10 Eight Eight

Eight months into my pregnancy, my husband finally makes time from his police duties to go to a prenatal checkup with me for the first time. The moment we step into the hospital, his satellite-encrypted phone buzzes urgently. The caller ID flashes briefly, and just like that, the man who's always calm and collected panics. "Honey, it's a red alert. Another international fugitive just crossed the border. I… I'm sorry…" He's clearly anxious, yet his tone is firm, leaving no room for argument. After apologizing, he rushes off. As I watch his SUV speed out of sight, my fist clenches tightly, crumpling the prenatal checkup sheet. I flag down a cab, slide into the car, and swiftly instruct the driver, "Follow that car. Don't lose it." A Red Notice for a fugitive? What a joke. My father, who works at the National Security Agency, barely catches wind of a notice like that. Yet, somehow, a mere police chief who only assists with cases is suddenly tasked with catching a high-priority criminal. Fine, then. I can't wait to meet the superior who's given him such an urgent assignment.

I'm the second child of the family. Because of that, I'm also the one everyone neglects by nature. The birthdays of my older brother, Joe Thompson, and my younger sister, Lyra Thompson, are jotted down on the calendar by my parents. But they always fail to remember my own birthday. Joe and Lyra often have new clothes to wear, whereas my parents keep forgetting to buy new clothes for me. Heck, Joe and Lyra often receive holiday gifts! Meanwhile, my parents never bother giving me anything during the holidays. In fact, when we're traveling back to our hometown, my parents end up ditching me at a deserted highway rest stop when the temperature is extremely low…

At the award-giving ceremony of the end-of-the-year gala, my boss, George White, suddenly announces that he will be adding a bonus round on a whim. "This is the annual department evaluation! The department that comes last shall come onto the stage and receive a tiny encouragement from me!" The huge screen lights up at that moment. The sales achievements accumulated by all departments are being shown in a ranking system. The sales department is ranked first. The operations department comes second, and the marketing department gets third place. As for the administrative department, the sales achievements shown on the screen are none. After all, that department has no KPI to achieve at all. George beams at us from the administrative department. "Everyone from the administrative department, come on up and receive your prize!" Two people can be seen carrying a basket of brooms up the stage. Everyone bursts into laughter instantly. "Come now, sweep away your bad luck with the brooms! Try not to come up as the bottom-ranked department again next year!" George personally thrusts the brooms into our hands. Camera flashes go off beneath the stage—people are clearly taking photos of us. The people from the sales department are the ones laughing the hardest. "Finally, the peeps from the administrative department are getting the recognition they deserve!"

Eight years after I married that award-winning actor, he publicly declared he was dating the top starlet, Celine James. He even posted a picture of the two of them celebrating their adopted “baby’s” birthday. I did not call him to interrogate him as usual. Instead, he hurriedly explained, “It’s just a pet we adopted. As its ‘dad’, I have to be there for its birthday.” I said calmly, “Rather than adopting a furbaby, why don’t we get a divorce? Then you can have an actual baby with her.”

Vicky Irwin is a PhD student who lives on a meager scholarship that she earns by lecturing a group of rich college kids. She got herself into BIG trouble by failing the son of the University’s biggest donator, Kent Huron. Kent Huron bullies Vicky into having sex with him, threatening her to be his own fuck toy with her scholarship…

When I was eight months pregnant, I received an anonymous email. The attachment was a security camera recording. In a dimly lit VIP booth at a bar, my husband — a vampire who had lived for three hundred years — was holding a human woman in his arms, kissing her. At the end of the video, the woman smiled and asked him, "Adrian, do you really love me?" Adrian's voice was low. "Of course." "Even though you're human, I'll make you the happiest vampire bride in the world." He had said those exact words to me ten years ago. In that moment, my hand rested on my belly. The baby kicked once. As if reminding me. It was time to wake up.

[Beside story about the crash Adam Air's plane] "Apakah aku tengah bermimpi buruk?" Andin tak pernah menyangka bila harus merelakan kepergian kekasihnya untuk selama-lamanya. Tak ada yang dapat menebak kematian seseorang, termasuk tragedi kecelakaan pesawat 10 tahun lalu. "Tuhan, ku mohon bangunkan aku dari mimpi buruk ini. Ku mohon!" Ia menderita. Kehilangan seseorang yang sangat berharga dalam hidupnya. Sungguh, ia tak pernah membayangkan hal itu terjadi. Jika saja dengan menjerit sekeras mungkin dapat mengembalikan kekasihnya, ia pasti akan melakukannya. "Aku akan tetap mencintaimu, meski kau tak lagi bersamaku?" Apakah Andin termasuk orang yang bodoh? Tetap mencintai seseorang yang pada kenyataannya takkan pernah ada kata 'kembali'. Kisah ini bermula di tahun 2005. Yuk, baca ceritanya. Cerita ini mengandung emosi, baper, bawang, dan moral kehidupan.

ทุกวันฉันจะเข้ามาอยู่ในร่างของชายหุ่นดีมีซิกแพคเป็นเวลสิบนาที วันนี้เป็นวันที่สามแล้ว พอรู้ว่าตัวเองเข้ามาอยู่ในร่างของคนแปลกหน้า ฉันก็ปรับตัวได้อย่างไม่เลว ตอนนั้นฉันรู้สึกว่ามันน่าเหลือเชื่อ แต่ตอนนี้ฉันยอมรับได้แล้วจนเหมือนเรื่องธรรมดาทั่วไป ถึงแม้ว่าจะเป็นเพียงเวลาสั้น ๆ แค่สามวัน เช้าวันนี้ฉันเข้ามาอยู่ในร่างของชายหุ่นดีคนนั้นอีกครั้ง ฉันเลยหยิบมือถือของเขามาค้นหาบัญชี Line ของฉัน แตะไปที่โพสต์และบันทึกภาพเซลฟี่สุดสวยบนโพสต์ปักหมุดของฉันพร้อมกับตั้งเป็นภาพพื้นหลัง จากนั้นก็ทิ้งข้อความเอาไว้ 'คนสวยอย่างฉันเข้ามาอยู่ในร่างคุณสิบนาทีทุกวันเลยนะ!' ปล. ภาพพื้นหลังคือฉันเอง ฉันวางอุบายเล็ก ๆ เพื่อจะได้พิชิตใจพ่อหนุ่มคนนี้ ใครใช้ให้เขาทั้งหล่อทั้งสูงทั้งหุ่นดีล่ะ แหนมตุ้มจิ๋วก็สุดยอดไม่แพ้กัน ทั้งหมดราวกับฟ้าลิขิตมา เหมือนกับได้เจอรักแท้ตอนปล้นเข้ามาอยู่ในร่างของคนอื่น หลังจากทำทั้งหมดเสร็จ ฉันก็เดินสำรวจบ้านเขาอย่างสบายใจ วินาทีที่ฉันเปิดตู้เย็นดู ฉันก็ยิ้มแหยในทันที

Love in 10 days. "In 10 days?" I yelled at first when my sister told me my marriage was arranged to happen in 10 days. How did she expect me to meet and fall in love with a total stranger within 10 days? Marriage is no joke. Just when I thought This arrangement couldn't get worse they came up with another complication, "You have to choose either of them two but give each of them a fair chance" Now I have to juggle between two extremely handsome men and decide who deserves my hand. The idea seems impossible, but then again, I guess they say with love all things are possible, let's watch and see just how this goes.

Rayasa telah melakukan kesalahan fatal dalam pekerjaannya sebagai dokter. Akibat masalah itu dia terpaksa terlibat dalam permainan gila seorang Alister Byantara. Perempuan itu rela dijadikan sebagai istri kedua oleh sang konglomerat. Jika Rayasa berhasil memenangkan permainan Alister dan menyelesaikan semua misinya, maka 10 miliar akan masuk ke kantung Rayasa dengan utuh. Awalnya semua berjalan lancar sebagaimana mestinya, namun semua tak lagi sama ketika perasaan sudah berbicara. Mereka terperangkap dalam jebakan cinta dan mulai menyeriuskan pernikahan yang semula hanya settingan belaka.