Butuh Effort

"Nak, demi keluarga kita... kamu harus menikahi Tuan Arsen." "APA?! Menikah dengan Bos Papa?! Tidak mau! Papa, ini lelucon, kan?! Aku masih kuliah! Aku bahkan sudah punya pacar! Papa tidak bisa melakukan ini padaku!" Virly menolak mentah-mentah. Reaksi Virly sama sekali tidak menggoyahkan Arsen. Ia bangkit dari sofa, menjulang tinggi di atas keluarga yang sedang hancur itu. "Aku tidak peduli kau punya pacar atau masih kuliah. Kau punya satu hari untuk memutuskan. Menikah denganku, atau ayahmu masuk penjara dan semua asetmu akan kuserahkan ke bank. Aku hanya butuh ibu untuk kedua anakku." Ucap Arsen dingin dan tegas "Kau tak boleh seenaknya!" Virly berteriak kesal. "Pikirkan baik-baik. Waktu terus berjalan, Nona." Arsen melangkah Pergi. Virly yang berusia 22 Tahun, gadus yang ceria yang masih mendambakan kebebasan, mendadak harus berhadapan dengan takdir pahit yang mengancam keluarganya. Sang ayah, yang terlilit utang besar pada bosnya, Arsen yang berusia 30-an, seorang duda dingin beranak dua, menjadikan Virly sebagai jaminan. Di bawah ancaman penjara dan penyitaan seluruh aset keluarga, Virly terpaksa menerima pinangan sang duda. Ia harus segera menikah dan menjadi ibu bagi dua anak kecil, sekaligus menghadapi Arsen yang selalu bersikap dingin dan tidak peduli pada perasaannya. Mampukah Virly bertahan dalam pernikahan tanpa cinta ini? Dan bisakah ia, yang masih labil, menjadi ibu yang sempurna bagi dua anak yang asing baginya?

Ketika Susan terluka parah akibat ledakan kompor gas, hanya putranya yang berusia lima tahun yang berada di sisinya. Rohnya berdiri di samping Julian, melihatnya menangis sambil menelepon dan memohon agar Ginos bisa pulang untuk menyelamatkan ibunya. Namun, Ginos hanya memarahi dan menyuruhnya untuk jangan belajar berbohong seperti ibunya, lalu menutup telepon. Julian menyeka air matanya dan akhirnya memanggil ambulans, tetapi ambulans malah direnggut oleh Ginos. "Ayah, Ibu berdarah banyak dan sekarat. Bisakah Ayah tidak merebut ambulans?" "Dasar penipu, jangan ribut! Minggir, Wenny akan melahirkan, dia lebih butuh ambulans daripada Susan!" Ginos mendorong Julian yang menangis sedih, lalu pergi membawa Wenny ke dalam ambulans tanpa menoleh. "Ayah... Ayah! Tolong Ibu!" Julian menangis dan mengejar ambulans, tanpa memperhatikan truk yang melaju kencang. Susan meneriakkan nama putranya sekuat tenaga dan mencoba mendorongnya. Namun, dia tak bisa berbuat apa-apa selain menyaksikan Julian terjepit di bawah roda truk. Lautan darah. Susan hampir gila! Beberapa tahun ini, Ginos berulang kali meninggalkan mereka demi Wenny dan putrinya. Susan bertengkar dengannya, tetapi Ginos bilang dia hanya membalas budi ayah Wenny karena telah menyelamatkannya. Dia mengira Ginos memang nggak bisa bedain mana yang pantas dan nggak. Siapa sangka, Ginos bahkan tidak peduli dengan nyawa mereka! Dialah yang membunuh Julian... Susan mengembuskan napas terakhirnya dengan rasa sakit yang menyayat hati. Kalau ada kehidupan selanjutnya, Susan tidak ingin berhubungan dengan Ginos!

"Tidak, Ayah! Aku tidak mau menikah dengannya. Aku tidak ingin menjadi tawanan Tuan Ricard, aku mohon lepaskan aku Ayah, lepaskan aku!" Azalea menangis karena ia kini dipaksa menikah dengan pria yang paling ditakuti di kota itu tak terkecuali dirinya. "Aku mohon, Nak! Ibumu butuh biaya banyak untuk pengobatannya, apakah kamu mau ayah di penjara dengan ibumu yang sekarat di rumah sakit tanpa mendapatkan pertolongan? Kamu tahu bukan siapa Tuan Ricard? Jadi ayah mohon, bantu ayah kali ini saja!" ******** Richard Pranata seorang CEO yang terkenal dengan kekayaan dan kekejamannya, ia tidak mengenal ampun bagi siapa saja yang berani berkhianat. Hingga di suatu hari, ia mendapati salah satu manager di perusahaannya telah berani melakukan korupsi, hingga membuat Richard hendak menjebloskannya ke penjara. Namun, siapa sangka manager itu rela menawarkan putrinya demi kebebasan. Akan tetapi, Ricard tidak memilih putri kandung manager itu dan malah memilih putri tirinya yang sejak kecil selalu ia manfaatkan demi kepentingannya. Richard yang saat itu di desak orang tuanya untuk menikah, akhirnya ia membebaskan sang manager dan menikahi putri tirinya dengan sebuah perjanjian, dan bisa di artikan manager tersebut menjual putri tirinya pada sang CEO. "Bagiku kau hanya pelayan, jadi jangan pernah berharap untuk menjadi ratu di rumah ini!" Ricard Pranata. "Aku sadar diri, dan sampai kapanpun aku tidak akan pernah mengharapkan apapun dari Anda, Tuan!"

Regan It started the day in senior high, a game of revenge that I was unaware of at that time. He starts the battle of the unknown me, a girl with a lost memory against him, a handsome bully with his demons. I thought he would forgive me for what I did to the only person who was everything to him. It wasn't intentional, yet he didn't miss a chance to hurt me where it hurt the most. I knew that I was the only one to blame here. I believed it was all my fault. Then I left something that I wished I didn't have. . Lincoln The emotions and forceful resistance I had built around my heart before, now I see them breaking into several pieces. That's what I thought until it wasn't after that reality was drawn to my mind. But still, that hole in the heart one can't fix after losing the only family one ever had. I wanted to change it, to move on with my life. Those games I have played to push away people who cared for me now tire me shitless. I even felt awful about hurting that girl more when she was never at fault. I wasn't even in my right mind to see the effort she put into healing me until. . .it was too late. She left, disappeared like she never existed in my life. Her action turned me into something that no one had seen coming. Years later, I ran into her again, who saved me from becoming my worst enemy. What happened to my sister wasn't her fault, and I no longer want to punish us both for it. I am letting go of all those grudges. And I won't let anything stop me from getting what I want.

Maria Inna Esperanza is an architecture student studying in their country home, the Philippines, despite her parents' best effort to urge her into studying abroad. Naiisip rin niya ang kagandahan abroad pero mas gusto niyang makapagtapos sa lupang sinilangan, mag disenyo ng istraktura kung saan mas makapagbibigay serbisyo sa kababayan niya at higit sa lahat may pakiramdam siyang di niya maintindihan, na parang may humihila sakaniya na manatili dito. Things changed weeks before her 20th birthday, she began having weird detailed dreams that made her anxiety grew more and it did not help when her cousin Kyle made a bet she thinks is stupid but ended up doing it in exchange for Kyle to stop pestering her. Dito niya unang nakita si Kyran, nagkakilala at naging magkaibigan. Sa pag pasok ni Kyran sa buhay niya aminado siyang umiba ang ikot ng mundo niya. However, the weird detailed dreams did not stop and it seems that it's a story that bounds to continue, she began lucid dreaming. May panahon na pakiramdam niya may napupuntahan siya pero wala naman. Habang gumaganda ang samahan nila ni Kyran ay ganun din ang pagbabago ng mga gawi niya. Nagsimula siyang mahulog kay Kyran. Kasabay ng nararamdaman niya para kay Kyran ay ang pagtindi ng di niya maipaliwanag na deja Vu lalo pa ng malaman niyang nagpaplanong maghiwalay ang kaniyang mga magulang. Before she finally decided to admit her feelings for Kyran and after she has collected a good amount of courage to face him if he rejects, she uncovers the truth about the story she has been dreaming of all along. A story that ends tragically. She knew she wants to fix the ending, she did her best to gather information and find the man from 1780.

My son, Tim, was kidnapped by a group of rogues. My husband, Alpha Kieran, spared no effort, using every resource at his disposal to find him. Finally, he tracked him down to an pub training center nearby. But when Tim regained consciousness, he discovered that he was disabled. As the only son of Kieran, destined to inherit his father’s title, he couldn’t bear the reality of his condition. Despair consumed him, and in his grief, he attempted to take his own life by drowning himself in the lake within our territory. I arrived too late. By the time I pulled him from the water, my strength was nearly gone. Kieran rushed me to the pack hospital, holding me close as he whispered into my ear, "Please, Selene, stay with me. I cannot lose you too." But after my surgery, as I lay in bed, I overheard Kieran speaking to his Beta, Damon, in the hallway. "Alpha, sacrificing the rescue mission that could have saved Tim seemed… excessive. Finding another heart donor wouldn’t have been impossible. Using Tim’s—he was your only son with Luna Selene." "I allowed him to be born because I knew he could save my daughter. I’ve already raised him long enough. It’s only right that he gives me what I need now." "And the doctor said siblings have a better chance of surviving heart transplants. Ana is my most precious child—I won’t risk her suffering another heart attack." Kieran’s words shattered me. He was my fated mate, the love of my life. Yet he had sacrificed our son—our son—to save the bastard child he had with his mistress. The marriage I once cherished, the fated mate I once believed in, had now become my own personal hell.

Sadia avait du mal à ouvrir les paupières, au prix d'un effort, qui lui paru sur humain elle parvint enfin à les ouvrir. Elle ne reconnaissait pas l'endroit où elle se trouvait. La douleur qu'elle ressentait au niveau de la tête l'empêchait de réfléchir. - Mais où suis je ? -Mauvaise question chaton. S'exclama une voix d'homme rocailleuse et grave. Tu devrais te demander plutôt ce qui t'attend. Elle tourna la tête pour voir d'où venait la voix, mais l'obscurité de la pièce l'empêchait de discerner quoi que se soit. - Je vais éclairer ta lanterne. Tu es ici pour servir, obéir et te soumettre au moindre caprice de sa majesté. Nous avons débourser une petite fortune pour t'acheter. Alors on ne saurait toléré le moindre écart de conduite. Sache qu'ici ta vie ne vaut pas plus que celle d'un chien de rue. Tu es une esclave! Finit elle par dire d'une voix pleine de méchanceté et d'aigreur. - Mais... Euh... C'est... Absurde. Je ne suis pas un animal, ni un objet, on n'achète pas un être humain. S'exclama t'elle révolté. -Et pourtant on t'a purement et simplement acheté. Tu devrais nous en être reconnaissant d'ailleurs. dit il d'une voix pleine de cynisme, avant de s'en aller!

Mark Ivan Barcelon and Eizel Francine Story (Hello, sa nakabasa na po ng Book 1 ng MY STALKER, eto na po ang kwento ni Eizel at Ivan, Bestfriend at kambal ni Kisha. Enjoy Reading!) Si Eizel ay may lihim na pag-ibig kay Ivan, ang kambal ng kanyang matalik na kaibigan. Ang magmahal niya dito ay hindi madali, pero para kay Eizel, walang mahirap pagdating sa pag-ibig. Mula pagkabata, may pagtingin na siya kay Ivan, at habang tumatagal, lalong lumalalim ang nararamdaman niya. Natatakot siyang umamin dahil baka layuan siya nito at hindi na pansinin. O mas takot siyang masaktan sa magiging sagot nito. Kaya't nakukuntento na lang siya sa pagtingin mula sa malayo at pag-silay. Matapang siyang babae, pero pagdating sa nararamdaman niya kay Ivan, wala siyang lakas ng loob na umamin. Pero dahil sa suporta ng kanyang kaibigan sa kabaliwan niya, nakapag-isip siya ng paraan kung paano unti-unting makuha ang atensyon nito. Tinext niya ito at nagpakilala sa ibang pangalan. Hindi siya sumuko kahit napaka-ilap nito sa text at chat. Hindi naman nasayang ang effort na ginawa niya. Napansin din siya nito. Pero paano kung nakuha na niya ang atensyon na matagal na niyang inaasam? At hiniling nito na magpakilala na siya at magpakita? Kaya ba niyang sundin ang hiling nito? Handa na ba siyang harapin ang lalaking mahal niya? Tatanggapin kaya siya nito kapag nalaman na siya si Eizel Francine Evangelista, ang bestfriend ng kambal niya, ang babaeng nasa likod ng lahat? ************************

"We shouldn't be doing this" I whispered trying to catch my breath. "Why?" He replied sliding his dick into my already wet hole. "Because I'm your twin brother's fiancé and this is forbidden, I said dripping wet from my cum. "It doesn't matter, what are twins for, we shared a womb, we could share a wife too" He said with a grin on his face as he doubled his thrust inch by inch tearing me apart... About some months back, Kylie Wintour nursed her broken heart like any other women who got cheated on would. After walking in on her ex-husband cheating on her with their real estate agent, same period her parents passed away in a horrific car accident. Her whole world came crashing down as she was mourning and at the same time dealing with a divorce. Not too long she met Devin, everything changed for good. Devin is kind-hearted, charming and irresistibly handsome. He was everything Kylie could ever ask for. Their relationship worked out so well that Kylie thought she had it all not until she met Devon, Devin's identical twin brother. Devon is sexier and hotter. He's everything Kylie has been trying to avoid. Yet, despite her best effort, she finds herself falling for him. Kylie knows that giving in to this temptation would cost her everything - her relationship, and her reputation. However she can't seem to help herself as she had a hot steamy dirty affair with him. How did Kylie feel after this? What happens when Devin finds out? Will Devin ever forgive Kylie and his twin brother? Will her happily ever after be just right? I guess you'll just have to read the story to find out. TRIGGER WARNING: This Book contains matured contents. Read at your own RISK!

Hutang budi keluarganya yang begitu banyak harus Rena tebus dengan sebuah pernikahan, dia terpaksa menerima pinangan dari anak pimpinan tempat bapaknya bekerja demi kelanjutan hidup dan jaminan kesehatan kedua orang tuanya diusia senja. Rena yang kala itu baru berusia 24 tahun harus menikah dengan Noah yang terpaut sepuluh tahun diatasnya, terlebih lagi Noah adalah seorang duda tanpa anak, istri pertama Noah meninggal dunia satu bulan setelah mereka menikah dan itu membuat Noah goyah menjelang kenaikan jabatannya, dia butuh seorang pendamping yang bisa menegakkan wibawanya. Dan pernikahan itu berjalan dengan lancar, Rena kira menikah dengan duda akan seindah seperti kisah yang dia dengarkan di kampus dan tempat magangnya, ternyata tidak. Banyak hal yang harus dia imbangkan dengan Noah, sering terjadi perdebatan diantara keduanya sampai-sampai mereka tidak bertegur sapa, ditambah lagi dia harus menghadapi Noah yang masih terjebak masa lalu, membandingkan Rena dengan mantan istrinya yang telah tiada, dalam semua urusan termasuk ranjang. Awalnya Noah tidak terlalu menuntut banyak padanya, berkata akan menjalani rumah tangga ini bertahap dimulai dari teman, dan semua itu hanya angin bagi Rena, dia harus melayani suaminya meskipun hatinya belum cinta dan tidak jelas Noah sudah mencintainya atau tidak. Lelah, sempat terbesit dibenak Rena, ingin dia pergi dari Noah dengan semua ketidak jelasannya itu. Namun, hatinya sudah jatuh cinta, dia terpenjara dalam perasaannya, begitu juga dengan Noah. Akankah mereka mengakui perasaan itu dan memulai semuanya dari awal? Cover by Canva RienRini