Cake Buket Bunga

Tak sengaja mengetahui rahasia gelap satu sama lain hingga berujung menjadi friends with benefit ... sebenarnya, apa yang mereka lakukan? * Dalvin, si lelaki yang memiliki anger issues, masih selalu berusaha menyembunyikan hal tersebut dari orang lain agar tak mendapat kesulitan. Tapi, hidupnya terasa dipenuhi kesialan setelah tak sengaja melibatkan Biya--rekan satu kantor yang ternyata juga memiliki rahasia. Yang awalnya tak tahu, malah jadi mengenal kelewat dekat hingga menjadi teman di ranjang. "Saya kadang kepikiran buat menghilang dari dunia, tapi nggak jadi setelah ketemu sama kamu, Biya." Biya sendiri masih berusaha memberikan yang terbaik walau tak memiliki tempat untuk bersandar dan belum bisa lepas dari masa lalunya. warning: » abusive parents » dealing with low self-esteem » anger issues » suicidal ideation

Almira harus menelan pil pahit ketika bertemu dengan Abdi Jaya, seorang CEO muda kaya raya. Dirinya yang dinikahi secara siri harus menerima akibatnya setelah ingatan suaminya hilang. Ditambah orang tua Abdi sejak awal tidak menyetujui hubungan mereka karena status sosial. Hingga sebuah buah hati lahir ke dunia, mampuhkah Almira bertahan dengan sang putra.

Setelah menjemput anak, suamiku pergi ke hotel bersama sekretarisnya untuk membahas bisnis. Kebetulan, ada yang memotretnya dan mengunggahnya ke internet hingga menjadi trending topic. Aku buru-buru menelepon, tetapi suamiku malah mengakhiri panggilan dengan tidak sabar, "Kalau bukan ketemu klien di hotel, mau ketemu di mana? Di rumah? Jangan bersikap nggak masuk akal!" Aku segera mengeluarkan uang untuk menekan berita itu. Dua jam kemudian, aku malah mendapat panggilan darurat. Ketika tiba, jasad putraku sudah dingin. Tangannya memegang kartu karyawan sekretaris suamiku. Aku menangis hingga sekujur tubuhku bergetar. Nomorku diblokir Charlie, jadi tidak bisa dihubungi. Setelah mengurus prosedur di rumah sakit, Charlie akhirnya meneleponku. Suaranya dipenuhi amarah. "Kamu bawa anak kita pergi? Kenapa nggak mengabariku? Kami semua menunggunya mengambil kontrak! Cepat bawa dia kemari!" Selesai mengatakan itu, Charlie mengakhiri panggilan dan memblokirku lagi. Aku terkekeh-kekeh melihat pesan yang kukirim tidak bisa masuk. Aku bisa memberimu klien, juga bisa menghancurkan masa depanmu!

Saat belajar menyetir dengan ayah sahabatku, dia memintaku duduk di atas pangkuannya. Jalannya bergelombang sehingga aku terombang-ambing di atasnya. Aku bisa merasakan dengan jelas di balik bokongku, ada sesuatu yang keras dan panas, yang menekan bagian bawah tubuhku setiap kali aku bergerak. Ayah sahabatku terus mengelus tubuhku, dengan alasan untuk melatih konsentrasiku. Ketika tangannya masuk ke pakaianku, aku merasakan dengan jelas sensasi basah di bawah sana. Detik itu juga, aku tahu segalanya menjadi di luar kendali.

At nineteen, Elise Jones failed her ninety-ninth attempt to escape an arranged marriage. On the eve of being forced to wed an older man, she ran into the arms of Merrick Grant, the once-promising heir who had exiled himself from Crown City to a forgotten border town. Elise knew another woman had once held his heart, but it didn’t matter to her. She only wanted a way out—someone strong enough to pull her from the life that was swallowing her whole. What began as raw survival turned into months spent wrapped in each other’s lives. When the time came, he brought her back to Crown City, the glittering, intoxicating world he’d once abandoned. No one knew that the polished, silver-spoon heir of the Grant family had spent month after month living with her in a shabby rental apartment, worlds away from the life that once revolved around him. Elise retook her exams, reclaimed her top-student title, and began rebuilding the future she once dreamed of. But the night before Merrick and his first love were set to announce their engagement, Elise was forced out of Crown City and stripped of everything she had fought so hard to earn. Years later, they crossed paths again in New Harbor. She walked past him with another man’s hand in hers. That night, a Maybach stood parked beneath her apartment until dawn, while message after message lit up her phone. He wrote: “Elise, it was only ever you.” Elise had grown up with nothing, yet she never bowed to fate. She seized every chance to change her destiny with both hands. From the moment they met, Merrick was drawn to that fierce, unyielding spark—an instinct that pulled him in and a clarity that undid him. She was a cactus rising through desert sand, a wild rose he nurtured with his own hands, and the woman who had always lived at the center of his heart.

Felix Galvin akan menikahi cinta pertamanya. Adeline Joyce, wanita yang telah bersamanya selama tujuh tahun, tidak menangis atau membuat keributan. Ia justru turun tangan sendiri mengaturkan sebuah pernikahan megah untuknya. Di hari pernikahan itu, Adeline pun mengenakan gaun pengantin. Di sepanjang jalan, dua mobil pengantin berpapasan. Saat pengantin wanita saling menukar buket bunga, Felix mendengar Adeline berkata padanya, “Semoga kamu bahagia.” Felix mengejar mobil pengantin Adeline sejauh sepuluh mil penuh hingga akhirnya berhasil menyusul. Ia menarik Adeline sambil terisak, “Adeline, kaulah milikku.” Namun lelaki yang turun dari mobil pengantin itu langsung memeluk Adeline ke dalam dekapannya, lalu berkata, “Kalau dia milikmu, lalu aku ini milik siapa?”

Jameson University's biggest scandal this year was the leaked video of Joy Quinn losing her virginity in the campus group chat. The video was taken in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel. Completely naked, Joy Quinn was pinned against the floor-to-ceiling window by a man a head taller than her. The rhythmic sounds never ceased...

Just because my wolf mom scratched Ava Shaw's favorite dress, Noah Potter called a butcher. He punished her seriously. I found her dying body and screamed at him. "I told you before—I was raised by wolves. What you did to her is no different from killing my mother!" Noah stayed cold. He covered Ava's eyes and stared at me. "You are just a stray kid my stepmom picked up. Stop trying to fool me." My wolf mom was still bleeding as she dragged herself toward me. I crawled to her and held her tight. "I stayed here to repay Noah's family for helping the wolf pack. You chased me for miles because you could not let me go. I never thought I would end up hurting you instead." That night, I held my wolf mom and knelt in front of Aunt Wendy's memorial. "Aunt Wendy, the Potters' Zoo are everywhere now. They do not need my gift anymore. I should leave."

Four years after marrying Wesley Coleman, Emma Payne is expecting a baby. She shows up at the hospital with her forms to get registered, but when the nurse runs her info, she tells her that the marriage certificate isn't valid. Emma simply can't believe it. "No way. That can't be right." The nurse taps on the stamp. "Look at that. The seal is all crooked, and the code doesn't check out." Emma isn't convinced yet. She rushes to the courthouse, but they tell her the same thing. "Mr. Coleman is married, and his spouse's name is Sandra Payne." The news hits her like a ton of bricks. Her mind just goes blank. Sandra Payne is Emma's half-sister. Worst of all, she is also Wesley's first love. Years ago, she went abroad to chase her dreams. She never showed up to her own wedding and left Wesley heartbroken. And now, she is actually his legal wife.

I've raised my son, Caleb Bennett, for nine years, but today I found out he was never mine. Claire Bennett, my wife, shamelessly tells me to leave with nothing. She says Caleb's real father is Lincoln Lancaster, heir to the most powerful family in Berglaton. The Lancaster family has few direct heirs left, so if Lincoln acknowledges Caleb as his son, Lincoln can easily surpass his frail uncle and become the rightful successor. Caleb says, "You think you deserve to be my dad? My real father could crush your whole family with a snap of his fingers!" Margaret Quigley, Claire's mother, adds, "If Claire hadn't gotten pregnant with Lincoln's child back then, do you really think we'd have let someone like you marry into our family?" I don't fight back. I just sign the divorce papers in silence. After that, I take out my phone and call my father, James Lancaster, who has been waiting for me in Berglaton all these years. "Come pick me up on Christmas Eve," I say. "I'm ready to go home and take over the family."