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At 3:00 p.m., Rose Jenkins, the new hire who had barely been here a few days, suddenly tagged me in the company group chat with a few hundred people in it. [Hi, can you stop hammering your keyboard? The noise is making my stomach hurt! The baby I'm carrying is sleeping. If you shake it into a concussion, I swear I'll make your whole family pay for it!] I rushed to explain. I was racing to finish a proposal that was due soon, and I was using a silent keyboard. But she wouldn't believe me, no matter what I said. I kept my patience and explained it over and over. To avoid any more trouble, I even asked if I could move out to the hallway to work. What I didn't expect was that a week later, she would storm into the break room with a kettle of freshly boiled water and dump it straight over my head. I collapsed in a pool of scalding water, my skin blistering and tearing open. She kept screaming as if she had lost her mind and smashed my head with her high heels, over and over. "It's all your fault! I lost the baby! Your keyboard noise shook my son to death!!" My vision blurred. By the time everything went black, I still couldn't understand how a silent keyboard could possibly kill someone. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day she first went off on me in the group chat. This time, faced with the same insults, I didn't back down. I went straight into the chat and fired back. [Stop pretending you're pregnant. You've got more going on down there than your dad does!]

In the third year I've decided to support my girlfriend, Iris Fulton, by opening a flower shop, she has gone into bankruptcy once again. The first time she went bankrupt, I sold the house my grandma had left for me so that I could clear the debt of 700 thousand dollars. The second time she went bankrupt, I was able to locate the bank passbook Mom had left for me as a wedding gift. That was how I paid back one million and six hundred thousand dollars. The third time Iris has gone bankrupt, however, I can only grip the note with my filthy rich dad's phone number while staring at her lost and dazed expression. At that time, I'm debating whether or not I should call him. But that night, I accidentally notice the chat history on Iris' group chat that's displayed on her tablet. "Hey Iris, how many figures are you going to fill into the sum of the bankruptcy contract that's supposed to be cleared this time?" "Let's put ten million dollars. Otherwise, that flower-selling plaything will be able to clear the debt in one go. It'll make things very boring." "As expected of you, Iris! I heard that the plaything waters flowers in the morning and waters your flower garden at night. You're never tired of him, are you?" I put down Iris' tablet before calling my dad right away. "You want me to take over the family business and marry your student, right? Fine, I'll do it. Get your men to pick me up in three days."

While I was traveling overseas with my family, a sudden flood hit. My fiancé slung my sister Joan over his back because her legs were weak, and ran for safety. My parents didn't have time for me, but they still remembered to grab the parrot they had just bought for Joan. All of them flew home overnight and even posted in the family group chat about how lucky everyone was to survive. But… They forgot something. I was still trapped in the flood, alone and helpless. When I woke up, I called my mentor without hesitation. "Dr. Jackson, I've decided to go with you and join Doctors Without Borders. I'm never coming back."

My older sister Katie said she missed me and requested I visit her. The second day at her place, the apocalyptic heatwave arrived. I fought tooth and nail in the supermarket for food and coolant—she told me I'm shameless and have no self-respect. I offered a high price in the community chat for supplies—she sneered at me and said that anything stored for so long must be disgusting, contaminated by bacteria. Yet, she threw herself into the arms of the man living across the hallway just for a bit of food. While cuddled in his arms, she watched me die in the heatwave. When I opened my eyes again, I heard her on the phone saying she missed me. Well, keep on missing me!

Two months after I died, it finally occurred to my parents that they'd forgotten to bring me back from their trip. My father scowled in frustration. "She was supposed to walk back herself. Does she really need to make such a big deal out of it?" My brother, ever smug, opened our chat and sent an emoji, along with a message. [You'd better die out there. That way, Scarlett and I will split Grandma's inheritance.] He received no reply. With a frosty expression, my mother said, "Tell her if she shows up for her grandmother's birthday on time, I'll let the whole pushing-Scarlett-into-the-water thing go." They never believed I hadn't made it out of those woods. After digging six feet into the ground, they finally found my bones deep in the forest.

Dua bulan setelah kematianku, akhirnya Ayah dan Ibu menyadari bahwa mereka lupa membawaku pulang dari perjalanan wisata. Ayah mengerutkan kening dengan jengkel, "Bukankah kita hanya menyuruhnya berjalan kaki pulang? Apa harus sampai berlarut-larut begini?" Adikku membuka percakapan lama kami dan mengirimkan sebuah stiker penuh ejekan, disertai pesan. [ Lebih baik kamu mati di luar sana, jadi seluruh harta Nenek jatuh ke tangan aku dan Kak Sierra. ] Namun, tak ada balasan dariku. Dengan ekspresi dingin, Ibu berkata, "Katakan padanya, kalau dia datang tepat waktu ke pesta ulang tahun neneknya, aku nggak akan permasalahkan soal dia sengaja mendorong Sierra ke air." Mereka tidak pernah mengira bahwa aku tak pernah berhasil keluar dari hutan itu. Akhirnya setelah melalui pencarian yang intens, mereka menggali setiap jengkal tanah hingga di tengah hutan pegunungan dan menemukan sisa-sisa tulang belulangku.

Mi pareja en línea resultó ser… mi jefe. Pero claro, él no tiene ni idea de que la persona del otro lado del chat soy yo. Y lo peor es que, una y otra vez, insiste en que quiere conocernos en persona. ¡Madre mía! Si eso ocurriera, terminaría en un estado fatal al día siguiente. Así que, sin dudarlo, lo dejé. Después de eso, se puso de un humor terrible, y toda la empresa tuvo que pagar las consecuencias con horas extras. Y pues… ¿cómo decirlo? Por mi salud mental y física, volver con él… tampoco suena tan mal.

[Konten Dewasa] Selama hampir empat tahun Ella Stanford menjadi sekretaris Javier Summers, dan hampir sepanjang waktu itu, dia berjuang melawan perasaannya sendiri. Ella tidak dapat menyangkal kalau Jave memang seksi, tetapi dia tahu dia tidak boleh jatuh cinta pada seorang playboy kejam. Jave juga tidak pernah memperhatikannya, jadi ini bukan masalah besar bagi Ella.. Sampai suatu hari, di pesta ulang tahun mewah Jave, Ella datang mengenakan gaun merah, sangat cantik, dan terlihat bersama dengan seorang pria lain yang menjadi pasangannya. Perjalanan bisnis ke Sisilia, Italia bersama Jave membuat mereka semakin dekat. Jave bahkan berpura-pura menjadi tunangannya untuk mengusir mantan Ella yang gagal move-on. Hubungan keduanya menjadi semakin intens dan penuh gairah. Tetapi ketika hasrat mereka menyebabkan kehamilan yang tidak direncanakan, akankah CEO liar itu menyerah pada pernikahan? Berisi adegan seksual dan penggunaan kata-kata kotor.

While my boyfriend, Caleb Lawson, is in the shower, I grab his phone on a whim and drop a message in the group chat he's in with his friends. "Guess who I'm with tonight." I expect them to say my name, but their reply blindsides me. "That freshman who used to chase you when you were a sophomore? She's obsessed with you. She's definitely easier than your girlfriend. Want us to swing by tonight?" My gut tells me he's hiding more than an affair. Just as I start scrolling through his messages with the freshman, a notification from her pops up. "Caleb, I agree to the threesome. I'll do anything you want." Seconds later, another message appears in the group chat. "Just be careful this time. We don't need another body on our hands."

After I started working at the zoo, I was added to a group chat called “A Hundred Ways to Kill a Human.” Every member had an animal as their profile picture. At first, I thought it was some quirky staff group. I even found it kind of cute. That was, until I realized they were discussing how to eat me. Pedro the Parrot: [The new human has beautiful eyes. I can’t wait till Christmas. I want to peck them out right now!] George the Gorilla: [Relax. There’ll be many visitors during Christmas. We’ll have more eyeballs than we can eat! Also, I’m calling dibs on her thigh.] Thor the Tiger: [Nobody’s taking her head, right? That’s mine.] Tucker the Elephant: [I’m a vegetarian, but I can crush her bones to dust.]