Books We Were Forced To Read In High School

Lumatannya terasa manis. Pelukannya seakan melindungi. Laura bergidik dalam pelukan laki-laki yang bahkan baru dikenalnya dalam hitungan bulan. Seakan ia telah terjebak dalam permainannya sendiri. "Kenapa kamu menciumku?" tanya laki-laki itu. "Entahlah," jawab Laura lirih. "Dan kenapa kamu malah membalas ciumanku itu?” Laki-laki itu berpikir sejenak sembari menatap manik mata di depannya. "Aku hanya mengikuti naluri, La. Dan naluriku menginginkannya lebih.” Tidak ada yang tahu skenario apa yang sebenarnya Laura dan Abraham persiapkan. Awalnya mereka menolak dijodohkan, tapi endingnya mereka berdua malah menyepakatinya. Mereka akhirnya menikah. Tanpa debat. Juga tanpa paksaan. Tapi bagaimana jika perbedaan mencolok keduanya malah membuat mereka tanpa sadar saling bergantung satu sama lain? Ketika masa lalu Abraham hadir kembali dan membutuhkan sebuah pertanggungjawaban, Laura dihadapkan pada suatu pilihan yang sulit. Mempertahankan atau melepaskan?

Terbiasa hidup sendirian selama bertahun-tahun membuat Bianca merasa aneh ketika seorang pria yang lebih muda mendekatinya. Menolak sudah ia lakukan tapi tampaknya si kaya itu tidak berniat mundur begitu saja. Bahkan demi melunakkan hati Bianca yang sekeras batu itu, Ravindra rela memberikan sesuatu yang tidak mungkin ditolak oleh seseorang seperti Bianca. *** "Kalau begitu ayo mulai saling mengenal," kata Ravindra dengan lembut. Berusaha mengambil hati Bianca tidak dengan kekerasan. Bianca berdecih. Tidak sudi. Dia tidak akan menjalani hubungan yang tidak akan menguntungkan dirinya sama sekali. "Gue gak tertarik," jawab Bianca cuek. Lalu wanita itu memilih berbalik, ingin segera pergi dari kamar itu. Tidak tahan kalau harus melihat Ravindra lama-lama. "I'll pay." Langkah Bianca berhenti. Ravindra berjalan mendekat. Berdiri di depan Bianca yang enggan menatapnya. Ravindra tidak keberatan. Ia malah mengeluarkan dompet, mengeluarkan sebuah kartu hitam, dan menaruhnya di telapak tangan Bianca. Wanita itu jelas tahu benda apa itu. Black Card. "Be mine and i'll pay everything you want."

Rynee akhirnya mengganti namanya menjadi Choi Cha Soo setelah ia dikeluarkan dari sekolahnya di Amerika dan memilih untuk pindah ke Korea Selatan. Ibu dan Ayahnya memilih berpisah dengan Raynee saat ia dikeluarkan dari sekolah. Kehidupannya berubah 180 derajat setelahh pindah. Culture Shock yang dialami dirinya terus mengganggunya selama itu tetapi Doyoung, teman barunya di Korea memilih berteman dekat dengannya bahkan mereka menjadi sahabat yang tidak pernah berpisah dan selalu satu sekolah sampai SMA sekarang ini. Tiba-tiba ada anak baru di sekolah Rynee yang sekaligus pelatih wushu baru di asramanya. Penyesalan Rynee begitu besar setelah mengenal anak baru itu. Perkenalan mereka justru membawa bencana dan membuat Doyoung begitu membenci anak baru itu.

He owns her, He wants her, She saw something she shouldn’t have, She thought she could escape him, Now he haunts her to the ends of the earth, He would make her life miserable, He would make sure she sees no one but him. “You are mine Alicia, I can have you whenever I want, you are my woman and I will be damned if I let another man touch you or even take what is mine” her. *** Alicia was dumped at the altar by her fiancee and she became a laughing stock to the whole town, she sought to take her life because of her pain but she stumbled upon something she should never have seen, now He haunts her. Even when she thought her life couldn't get any worse, she was forced to marry him.

Desperada nang iligtas ni Irina ang kanyang ina mula sa malubha nitong sakit, kaya naman nang mabigyan siya ng oportunidad na kumita ng malaking pera kapalit ng kanyang katawan ay hindi na niya iyon tinanggihan pa. Ngunit hindi niya akalain na kakambal nito ay isang panganib na tuluyang babago sa kanyang buhay—na naging dahilan upang mapilitan siyang pakasalan ang walang pusong si Alec Beaufort, ang CEO ng Beaufort Enterprises. Na kahit anong pagtakas ang kanyang gawin, nahahanap pa rin siya nito at ikinukulong sa marahas nitong mga bisig.

Almira Sekarayu, seorang perempuan muda dengan predikat The Most Eligible Bachelorette in Indonesia, punya standar tinggi mengenai pasangan hidupnya. Yang pasti lelaki itu harus lebih dari dia; lebih pintar, lebih kaya, dan lebih tua. Almi paling benci dengan laki-laki yang (menurutnya) sok kegantengan seperti Kalandra, seorang penyanyi terkenal dengan predikat Genious Musician, yang juga artis kebanggaan stasiun TV-nya. Namun, sebuah kejadian tidak terduga membuat keduanya harus berdua selama beberapa hari di tengah lautan bebas.

“True love stories never have endings.” Dean said softly. “Richard Bach.” I nodded. “You taught me that quote the night I kissed you for the first time.” He continued, his fingers weaving through loose hair around my face. “And I held on to that every day since.”

« Je suis vraiment désolé Hayley...» « Elle te manipule complètement Zayn.» Hayley Marshall x Zayn Malik livre terminé ! ©Copyright

At first Madison and Gavin often get into conflict. Gavin was rude to her for no apparent reason. Eventually it changed, because of Madison's qualities that he sees every time they work together on their project and she also took care of him once when he got sick. Gavin also has an issue about his past that keeps on haunting him. His hatred of his father because of what he did from the past has made him fall into depression that he keeps on fighting. Gavin had many issues in his past that he could not get rid of so it was even moody sometimes with women. But it was Madison who calmed him down. They had a good first few months together. One day someone came back, from Gavin's past, Yvonne. The woman, who ruined Gavin's world, is now in turmoil. Yvonne all worked out a way for the two to get into trouble. Since Madison still did not completely get rid of the fear, suspicion returned to Madison so her relationship with Gavin became chaotic. Since then, Madison accepted the offer of arranged marriage and only to find out that Tristan will be the man she will be engaged with. Gavin’s band mate and best friend. When Madison found out, she readily accepted it. Because he knew Tristan. But Gavin became miserable. His girlfriend and his best friend are getting married. He begged his friend because he knew he loved Madison very much. Because he was her friend, they made a way to talk to Madison and Tristan's family to stop the arranged marriage. It has not been easy but eventually stopped as well. Gavin fixed his problem with Madison and proposed it in front of their friends and loved ones

"I was supposed to Stay Gone." ...He married me. He gave me a diamond ring with sweet words… and a lie. I thought it was love. But I was just holding her place. The woman whose lies he believed. Now she’s awake. And I don’t know who I am to him anymore. A wife? A stranger? Or just a body keeping what belongs to her  safe? They broke me. But this time, I’m not the same woman they left behind.