Best Dan Brown

Baru saja, setelah hampir mati kehabisan darah, aku berhasil melahirkan pewaris untuk Keluarga Rosano. Namun suamiku, Jerry sebagai orang nomor dua setelah bos di Keluarga Rosano, justru membiarkan orang kepercayaannya yang bernama Sofia merekam proses persalinanku hanya karena bilang dia bosan. Dia merekam semuanya, termasuk saat aku kehilangan kendali atas tubuhku, jeritanku, wajahku yang meringis kesakitan. Setelah itu, dia mengambil tangkapan layar, dan mengubahnya menjadi gambar stiker, lalu menyebarkannya di grup obrolan pribadi keluarga dekat. Dari balik pintu kamar rumah sakit, aku masih bisa mendengar tawa Sofia yang liar. "Jerry, ini hiburan terbaik sepanjang masa. Kau selalu tahu persis apa yang aku inginkan." "Tapi Rana pasti akan mengamuk saat dia bangun dan melihat ini." Efek anestesi belum sepenuhnya hilang. Kelopak mataku terasa berat, namun dalam keadaan setengah sadar, aku masih bisa mendengar nada suara Jerry yang santai dan acuh tak acuh seperti biasa. "Dia nggak akan benar-benar marah. Kau tahu sendiri Rana, dia selalu patuh padaku." "Aku hanya perlu sedikit membujuknya. Lagipula, anak kami sudah lahir sekarang, dia nggak mungkin meninggalkanku." Jari-jariku yang tersembunyi di bawah seprai sutra mengepal erat. Pikiranku dipenuhi dengan semua hal yang telah kukorbankan untuknya selama bertahun-tahun ini. Jerry mungkin telah lupa siapa yang sudah membuatnya menjadi pria yang menguasai jalanan ini. Karena kau sangat suka bermain, maka aku akan memainkan permainan sungguhan denganmu. Pada hari aku pergi, kau akan menyesali semuanya!

His face was inches from mine. His breath ghosted over my lips—warm, whiskey-scented from dinner and my body remembered him instantly: the way he’d pinned my wrists, the slow grind of his hips, the filthy things he’d growled in my ear while I came apart beneath him. He leaned in. I felt the pull—like gravity, like hunger. My lips parted on instinct. Just one more inch and we’d be kissing again, messy and desperate, right here in his car like teenagers who couldn’t wait. But reality crashed in. I jerked back, pressing myself against the door. “We can’t.” His jaw ticked. “Why not?” "Because I practically raised you.” My voice shook. “Because your mom is my best friend and I'm way older than you..." "I don't care" he bit out, shocking me even further. "I’ve wanted you since I was old enough to know what wanting meant. And don’t pretend like you don't feel something too." Sophie helped raise him. She was there for homework, school runs, and the lonely years when his parents were too busy. To her, he was just her best friend’s son. Years later, she catches her husband cheating on their anniversary and loses her unborn child due to the shock, Sophie spends the night with a stranger that she never expects to see again. But the stranger is Antonio — the boy she once helped raise. Now he’s all grown up. Powerful. Successful. And off limits. She manages to escape from him — so she thinks — until days later, she gets hired in a fashion company where Antonio is the CEO.

After I got a second shot at life, the very first thing I did was enroll in an intensive weight-loss boot camp. In my past life, my boyfriend was always on my case about my weight. He flat-out told me he wouldn't put a ring on it unless I got down to a hundred pounds. I tried every diet and workout plan out there—I pushed myself to the edge—but instead of losing, I packed on even more pounds. Meanwhile, my so-called best friend ate cheeseburgers, fries, and pizza like it was her job and still dropped from 130 pounds to a hundred in less than a month. The second she hit that magic number, my boyfriend's head turned. They started sneaking around behind my back. When I finally confronted them, they shoved me off a rooftop. It wasn't until after I died that I discovered the truth: my "best friend" had linked herself to a weight-transfer system. Every single pound I struggled to lose went straight to her. And every ounce of fat she should have gained? It landed right back on me. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the exact day my boyfriend gave me his hundred-pound ultimatum. With every memory of my past life intact, I couldn't help but smile. My best friend wants to be skinny, does she? Well then, let's see how she likes being nothing but skin and bones. Let's see if forty-five pounds is skinny enough for her.

Teganya Mas Iqbal mengatakan pada teman-teman seprofesinya bahwa aku bau amis. Dia bahkan tega membandingkan aku dengan perempuan bernama Rosa yang menurutnya selalu terlihat cantik dan juga wangi. Berbanding terbalik denganku yang hampir setiap hari hanya berteman dengan tepung, telur, dan juga ikan. Mas Iqbal lupa, bahwa dari hasil aku mengadon bahan-bahan itulah dulu dia bisa kuliah hingga mendapat gelar sarjana dan kini karirnya sebagai PNS naik jenjang. Dia lupa, bahwa karir yang membuatnya merasa tak pantas lagi bersanding denganku adalah hasil tetesan keringat istri yang telah dihinanya ini. Kita lihat saja, Mas, apa yang bisa aku lakukan setelah kau menghina dan merendahkan harga diriku!

My husband planned to sell my body to a stranger so that he could have a perfect reason to divorce me. When I heard his phone conversation, I didn’t wait for him to catch me, I hit the loudest club in town at once. Then something I didn’t expect happened. I slept with his forbidden best friend, a man who hated my guts like crazy yet he claimed me like I was his soulmate. His jaws tightened as he whispered “He didn’t deserve you. You were supposed to be mine.”

Di hari ulang tahunku, tunanganku menukarkan poin supermarket untuk membelikanku sepasang sarung tangan cuci piring. Namun, di lelang, dia menawar paling tinggi demi membelikan permata seharga 10 miliar untuk cinta pertamanya. Aku marah, tetapi dia justru menuduhku sebagai perempuan materialistis. "Aku kasih kamu uang buat dipakai, bukannya sudah sewajarnya kamu melayaniku? Ini sebenarnya ujian terakhir yang mau aku kasih sebelum nikah. Kalau kamu lulus, kita nikah. Tapi kamu benaran bikin aku kecewa." Aku mengajukan putus, dan dia langsung berbalik melamar cinta pertamanya. Lima tahun kemudian, kami bertemu kembali di sebuah pulau liburan pribadi. Kevin melihatku mengenakan pakaian kerja sambil memungut sampah di pantai, lalu langsung melontarkan ejekan. "Celine, dulu kamu remehin sarung tangan yang kubelikan, sekarang malah mungut sampah di sini." "Sekarang, sekalipun kamu mohon agar aku nikahi kamu, aku nggak akan melirikmu lagi." Aku tidak menanggapinya. Pelajaran praktik sosial putraku berjudul membersihkan halaman belakang rumah bersama orang tua. Ayahnya memperluas halaman sampai ke tepi pantai, membersihkannya sungguh melelahkan.

She was supposed to heal him, not crave him. Olivia Carter, a divorced physical therapist, thought her new job with the Chicago Blizzard hockey team would be simple—treat injuries, keep her head down, and cheer for her son on the ice. But when the team’s arrogant and devastatingly handsome captain, Xander Hayes, lands in her care, everything spirals out of control. He’s engaged. He’s her son’s best friend. And he’s forbidden. What begins as teasing flirtation turns into stolen touches, midnight encounters, and a dangerous obsession neither of them can resist. But secrets never stay buried—especially in the world of fame, fortune, and ruthless tabloids. When their affair explodes into the public eye, Olivia risks not only her career and reputation, but the one bond she can’t afford to lose: her son’s trust. Will Xander choose his fiancée, his career, and his best friend… or the woman he should never want?

“Shh, little girl,” he growled, teeth catching my bottom lip. I fought the moan, but he circled my clit, my hips jerked helplessly against his hand. Then he pushed my panties aside and sank two thick fingers inside me. I soaked his palm, knees buckling as tremors wracked me. “That’s it, cum for me,” he whispered against my ear. I did. Waves crashed through me while he held me up, stroking gently, murmuring filthy praise that made it sweeter, deeper, more shattering than anything I’d ever felt with a woman. I’m a lesbian. I’ve always known it, claimed it shamelessly. I’ve mapped women’s bodies with my mouth, hands, loving every touch and gasp. My best friend’s tongue between my legs has made me come countless times. The only man I tried, my ex, was awkward, unsatisfying. I swore off them forever. I love women. I love my best friend. So why does this man, her father, the one I should never want make me wetter with one stroke than she ever has? Why am I aching for his cock, pushed inside me, thrusting relentlessly, filling me, ruining me in ways no woman could? Why does bending over his desk for him feel like the right thing to do? One forbidden touch. One devastating truth: I might never want another woman again. When I rejected the vice chancellor's advances, my best friend's obsessive aunt, she threatened expulsion. My friend took me to her father, the college owner. One look at his body and I was lost. That night in their home, hiding in the kitchen while watching him cook, I touched myself, craving what is forbidden. Will my best friend discover my sudden addiction to her father? Will her aunt ever stop wanting me?

Riley thought her life was better the way it has been; a man to run to, a best friend whose shoulder she could cry on all the time. But everything came crashing when she found her best friend and her boyfriend on the bed, where she found out that her boyfriend had used her to get to Zelia, her best friend. Her world came crashing as they were the only ones that she had to call family.It wasn't intentional when she slept with her best friend's father that night; it was just a way she had considered to take things off her head. But what happens when Riley ends up pregnant, unsure of whom the father of her kids is.

Aku tidak pernah tahu jika pria yang selalu dihubungi oleh Ida melalui gawaiku adalah pria itu. Mereka bermadu kasih, berbagi cumbu lewat pesan dan panggilan lewat gawaiku seharian. Ternyata ... aku adalah jembatan perselingkuhan mereka berdua! Sekarang, waktunya membalas semua ini.