Box Pengering Kucing

Kehidupan pait Livony kini dihadapkan dengan pria misterius yang menjadikannya istri kontrak secara mendadak, belum lagi kini ia dihadapkan pada ‘mertua’ yang menginginkan cucu darinya. Semua itu ia lakukan hanya demi mewujudkan mimpinya untuk dapat hidup dengan para kucing manis tanpa pernikahan sialan yang selalu ia takutkan. Berakhirnya nikah kontrak mereka kini menjadi semakin rumit dengan karirnya di kantor CEO kekar yang ternyata merupakan ‘pangeran’ dari masa kecilnya yang selama ini selau menjaganya selepas kedua orang tua Livony meninggal. Ia kini dihadapkan pada pilihan rumit, manakah yang ia pilih? Bertahan atau pergi dan hidup bersama para kucing lucu dan menggemaskan tanpa kekerasan, kebohongan, dan perselingkuhan yang sangat ia laknat dalam hidupnya?

"Tuan, please bantu aku. pria tua bau tanah itu terus menggangguku!" Ucap seorang wanita sexy yang tiba-tiba duduk dipangkuan seorang lelaki bermata biru dan dominan itu. "Hei dude, dia milikku." suara berat dan dominan itu menginterupsi lelaki tua yang terlihat kesal namun tak berani membantah ucapan lawan yang sangat kuat, sebab dia tahu laki-laki yang sedang memeluk pinggang wanita incarannya adalah penguasa Amerika setelah presiden. -------------------------------------- "Jadi, apa imbalan yang aku dapatkan setelah membantu kucing kecil ini?" "Ooh, aku akan mentraktirmu vodka?" "Bagaimana kalau satu ciuman di lehermu yang menggoda itu, hmm?" "What?!!!"

Andreas Wirawan, seorang presiden direktur berusia 38 tahun, hidup dalam bayang-bayang duka setelah lima tahun merawat istrinya, Maya, yang koma akibat kecelakaan. Di tengah tekanan pekerjaan dan rasa bersalah yang tak kunjung usai, Maya meninggal dunia, meninggalkan Andreas dalam kehampaan. Suatu sore di sebuah kafe di Thamrin, ia bertemu Lara, desainer freelance berusia 29 tahun yang ceria dan penuh percaya diri. Pertemuan tak sengaja itu membawa sedikit kehangatan dalam hidup Andreas yang dingin. Ketika Lara ternyata menjadi bagian dari proyek besar perusahaannya, SmartGrid, interaksi mereka semakin intens. Andreas, yang awalnya hanya ingin fokus pada pekerjaan, mulai merasakan perubahan—senyum kecil dan obrolan ringan bersama Lara membuatnya melupakan beban, meski hati masih bergulat dengan kenangan Maya. Di sisi lain, Lara, yang menikmati kebebasan hidupnya bersama kucing oren bernama Milo, mulai penasaran dengan sosok Andreas yang misterius namun hangat. Ketika proyek sukses diluncurkan, Andreas mengajak Lara ngopi—langkah kecil yang membukanya pada dua sisi: kesetiaan pada masa lalu dan kemungkinan baru di depan mata. Akankah Andreas menemukan cara untuk melangkah maju tanpa kehilangan jejak cintanya pada Maya? Dan apakah Lara, yang menghindari ikatan, bersedia membuka hati untuk pria yang membawa luka mendalam?

Alma, seorang copywriter berbakat di Paper&Pixel, awalnya berseteru dengan Gio, art director baru yang suka mengubah karyanya. Namun, setelah sering bekerja lembur berdua, ketegangan romantis mulai tumbuh. Hubungan mereka diuji ketika Reina, mantan kolega Gio dari Singapura, datang dengan tuduhan yang mengancam. Konflik memuncak saat kebakaran di kantor membuat Gio menyelamatkan Alma, mengorbankan dirinya sendiri. Di rumah sakit, kebenaran tentang masa lalu Gio terungkap, membersihkan namanya. Memulai agency bersama, Alma dan Gio merencanakan pernikahan, tetapi segalanya berantakan—undangan salah cetak, cincin hilang dibawa kucing, dan listrik padam. Di tengah kekacauan, mereka menyadari bahwa selama mereka bersama, memulai dari nol pun tak masalah. Cinta, pengorbanan, dan komitmen di uji dalam perjalanan berliku mereka dari rekan kerja menjadi partner hidup.

- I can't stand you- he growls and then quickly moves closer and glues our lips tightly together. Seconds later, he pulls away and leaves the dressing room, pulling his hair...

"Your mate was the last piece to the puzzle. I sent my men there to kill her while you were busy fighting with the alphas. I knew once she was dead you would be blinded by rage throwing off those sharp scenes of yours, leading you right into my trap. I may not be strong enough to kill you...yet, but this silver box is strong enough to lock you away forever. Maybe the others are okay with bowing down to you, but I bow down to no one! I'm the alpha of alphas!! I'm the new king, I'm the alpha king!" He growls out from the other side of this silver box.I let out a loud roar causing Tim to back away from me covering his ears. "I'm going to kill all of you!!!" I roar out as I start to claw and punch the wall of the silver box, trying to get out.***Betrayed by the wolves. They took everything away from him. His mate, family, and friends. They locked him away inside a silver box to live out the rest of his days. All he wants is to make them pay, but once he's finally get free he's in for a big surprise.

"I'm gay." My eyes grow so big as I stop breathing, but two seconds later I'm bursting with laughter. "Okay funny," I finally tone down my laugh as I bring myself to look at him again. But he is still staring at me like he had been when he told me that joke. "Wait," uhh, "Really?" He nods, "Really." "You like... guys?" "I fuck guys." Oh wow, you really can't have it all can you. When he checks all the boxes, suddenly there's this big box he doesn't. The most important box, the top on the list. "You're gay or bi?" Because there's a big difference between those two. "I'm gay." "You never fuck a woman?" "I've never fucked a woman." "Then why the hell would you want me to be your sugar baby? To watch you fuck another man's butthole?" He smirks despite my little mockery. "Oh now it's funny?" "It is," he is still smirking, "But no. It's the opposite of what I wanna do." I bring my arms across my chest as I reply in my all-business tone, "Enlighten me." *** 22 year old Estelle is one of the best sugar babies the agency has ever had. She has the whole package, no dick ever gone soft seeing how perfect she is, both her body and personality. But can she sway Owen into the heterosexual group? After being in that homo-pool all this while?

Lola has always loved unique items that have an interesting backstory, when she finds a curious-looking box at her favorite antique story she doesn’t realize she’s in for more than just a pretty treasure this time, but a grand adventure the likes of which she’s never been on before.  Available in paperback on Amazon

“Lance… I’m pregnant.” Celine showed the gift box to her husband. “I can’t have a child with you. You need to abort that child.” — Lance. **** Celine Rodriguez and Lance Hart did not love each other when they got married, but over three years, Celine fell in love with Lance. Celine did everything to be a good wife to Lance, but on their third wedding anniversary, she received divorce papers. Until the end, Celine fought for her marriage with Lance, even if it meant aborting their child. But Lance still went ahead with the divorce to marry another woman. Celine’s devastation and loss of hope that Lance would love her led her to sign the divorce papers. After six years, Lance realizes his truly love is Celine. Lance chases his ex-wife even if it means losing everything because, for him, she is his everything. Following all that Celine suffered at the hands of Lance, will she grant Lance a second chance or will Celine push Lance away? How far will Lance’s heartlessness go just to get Celine back to him?

How do you defend yourself in the eyes of those people around you?If you do not know your true identity? Does there judgment to you will be validated or not. If you're Elle? How can you go outside the box of betrayal and love?