Butong Pai

EXCERPT. "What makes you think, I need to be repaid?" He asked and I went quiet wondering if I was insane for stopping him. "Well, you saved me," I told him and he stared deeply at me. "You will know then, and I also hope when the time comes, you will remember all you have said now". He added before proceeding with his movement. ********************************************** Acapella Williams. A girl who has an open mind is judged by the world because of her imperfections. Unfortunately, she finds herself entangled with the deadly man in the world. A man rumored to be the devil, who wears a gold mask with a skull diagram drawn on it. Mysterious, dangerous, tempting, alluring. He is all of these. Little Acapella finds herself torn between a world of hers and a world of his, especially when she finds out that her entire life was a lie. It is also discovered that her entire life was somehow linked to this same mysterious devil. Then she tries to flee, but the same devil is already obsessed with her. Now, will she succeed in her quest for freedom, or will she succumb to the darkness of this devil?

Ini tentang Alle yang mencintai sahabatnya -Earl Sanders-, namun sang sahabat mencintai wanita lain yang tidak seharusnya pria itu cintai. Sebuah permintaan dari Earl tentang pernikahan untuk menutupi hubungan terlarang itu membuat Alle setuju. Dia akan mempertaruhkan hidupnya untuk membuat Earl juga mencintainya, walau dia tau resikonya, dan tentu perjuangannya tidak akan mudah, akan selalu ada rasa sakit yang harus dia rasakan di setiap langkah, namun dia tetap akan mencobanya. Mendapatkan cinta dari sang sahabat. Namun, sebuah fakta terungkap, Earl yang mengetahui jika Alle mencintainya dan melanggar janji persahabatan mereka sangat murka. Dia melakukan kesalahan fatal dengan mengusir wanita itu dari hidupnya, di saat Alle tengah hamil anak mereka. Bagaimanakah kehidupan Alle selanjutnya yang harus berjuang sendiri dalam keadaan hamil? Apakah Earl menyesali apa yang telah dia lakukan pada Alle?

Dalawang babae, iisang mithiin... ang maghiganti. Ginamit ni Melissa ang kaniyang anak upang pahirapan ang pamilya ng mga Zuareza ngunit isang problema ang nangyari, nagkagusto ang anak niya sa nag-iisang anak ng kalabang pamilya. Nais makamit ni Elie ang katarungan na nararapat para sa kaniyang pamilya ngunit paano kung may nararamdaman na rin siya sa binata? Magtatagumpay kaya ang paghihiganti na inaasam asam ng dalawang babae? Would their relationship have a happy ending? Or their lives will end?

Setahun setelah bercerai, mantan suamiku, Harvey Ferdian tiba-tiba menyebut namaku di grup obrolan. [Sudah cukup lama kita saling diam. Pulanglah, ayo kita rujuk.] Aku membalas [Kamu nggak gila, 'kan?] Melihat itu, semua orang mulai mencoba mendamaikan kami. Harvey bertanya lagi. [Selama aku nggak ada, apa yang kamu lakukan?] Aku melihat pria di sampingku yang sedang menidurkan anak, lalu mengetik singkat [Sedang menjalani masa nifas.] Grup yang semula ramai langsung menjadi hening. Harvey marah dan meneleponku 108 kali, semuanya aku abaikan. Dia marah, tetapi gadis yang dulu sangat mencintainya, kini bukan lagi miliknya.

Jane’s life took a different turn when she was made to marry a billionaire heir in place of her younger sister, Mia Brookes, who apparently is the family’s favorite. Jane, being an adopted child of the Brookes family, kept wondering why her adoptive parents would pass on an opportunity like this and ask her to marry into the family instead of their own biological child, Mia. “You didn’t want your precious child to get married to a cripple, which is why you shipped me off, right?” Jane said to her mum amidst tears on the evening of the wedding. “You think I would let my only daughter get married to a cripple? There is no way in hell I’m going to let that happen. We need Miller's family if we are going to thrive in this new business, and you seem like the perfect match for the family. Jane, we have served you through all these years since you were abandoned by your biological mother. Now is the time. We need your help. Just marry this boy and let’s get this over with” Mrs. Brookes said unremorseful. She threatened to leave the marriage the next day, but being one of the most prestigious and powerful families in the country, the Millers made that impossible for her. Also, her mother-in-law proposes a contract that includes giving birth to an heir through an IVF procedure, thereby giving her son the reason to live and someone to inherit his father’s empire while she gets whatever she decides. Will she accept this proposal? Will this plan work between Jane and her mother-in-law without Justin himself finding out? Let’s find out in this captivating and intriguing story…………

I spent five years patching the cracks in Jonathan Blackwood—the Blackwood Pack’s legendary Alpha—until his first love, Isabella, “rise from the dead.” Jonathan dropped me in a heartbeat, dragging our two pups to her side. Blinded, they saw only Isabella’s shine—never her evil, never my heartbreak. At last, I woke up. I filed the bond-dissolution in silence and walked away—leaving everything, even my pups, to that foolish Alpha and the calculating she-wolf. When his wish was granted and her mask fell, Isabella’s cruelty began to fill Jonathan’s hollow chest with doubt and regret. He knelt before me, punished her, and begged me to return. I only looked at him with pity. “The one who hurt me most was never her. It was you.”

Adalah Rama Mahendra, seorang suami juga seorang anak. Sebagai anak laki-laki satu-satunya Rama merasa punya tanggung jawab penuh terhadap Ibunya. Sampai kapanpun, aku tetap milik Ibuku, adalah simbol Rama menjalani kehidupannya. Bahkan apapun akan Rama berikan jika sang Ibu yang meminta. Namun disisi lain, sang istri kerap kekurangan uang karena merasa pas-pasan. Namun Rama tak mengindahkan dan mengatakan istrinya boros. Puncak masalah terjadi ketika sang Ibu dan saudaranya memutuskan untuk tinggal bersama Rama. Sang istri pun tak tahan dan akhirnya memilih untuk berpisah. Namun tak semudah itu. Rama yang katanya mencintainya, berusaha mati-matian untuk mencoba mempertahankan rumah tangganya. Di tengah proses perceraian mereka, banyak kejadian mencengangkan. Terlebih ketika masa lalu hadir diantara mereka, yang akhirnya membuat mereka saling mengubah diri. Akankah rumah tangga mereka benar-benar kandas? Bagaimana Rama menyikapi masalah demi masalah yang terjadi di keluarganya?

Setelah lima tahun berpacaran, pacar pengacaraku membatalkan acara pernikahan denganku sebanyak 52 kali. Pertama kali adalah karena gadis pekerja magang yang dibimbingnya membuat kesalahan dalam mengisi formulir di firma hukum, jadi dia bergegas kembali, meninggalkan aku sendirian di pantai selama seharian. Kedua kalinya, di tengah acara pernikahan setelah mengetahui gadis pekerja magang itu dipersulit oleh pengacara lain, dia kembali untuk membantu, meninggalkan aku untuk ditertawakan oleh para tamu. Setelah itu, kapan pun aku mengadakan acara pernikahan, gadis pekerja magang itu akan selalu memiliki berbagai masalah dan membutuhkannya. Akhirnya, aku putus asa dan memutuskan untuk putus. Pada hari aku pindah dari Kota Alia, dia menjadi gila dan mencari aku ke mana-mana.

Starla Benardi pernah mengira bahwa Darrel Gilvano bisa membantunya menghadapi segala kesulitan dalam hidupnya dan melindunginya dengan tenang sepanjang hayat. Namun dia tak pernah menyangka, hampir semua cobaan dalam hidupnya malah berasal dari pria itu. Darrel berkata, wanita itu berbeda dengan Starla. Wanita itu adalah cahaya matahari yang bisa memberinya kehangatan dan kekuatan baginya. Benar juga, di hadapan cahaya matahari, Starla memang tampak redup. Dia sama sekali tidak punya kelayakan untuk dibandingkan dengan wanita itu. Karena bagi Starla, hanya untuk tetap hidup saja, dia sudah harus mengerahkan seluruh tenaganya.

Five years after the death of his husband, Sky Haren still lived in his illusion and memory, grieving and in pain until he decides to seek help from a psychologist – Kole Terven, the exact replica of his deceased husband. When the person you ask for help, wears the face of the person you want to forget, will Sky reach the healing that he wanted? Or be drowned even more with no way to escape?