Cuando El Teléfono Suena

(GORGEOUS MEN SERIES 18: Ryu Fujiro Stellan) WARNING: Some scenes may have graphic and explicit content. Viewer discretion is advised. ~♪~ Ryu Fujiro Stellan, a guy who you don't want to mess with. He may be calm, yes. But once you get to know him, he is a walking redflag. A gambler, an illegal seller, a fight starter, and an asshole. Everything you can hate on a guy, he has it as his persona. But what would happen if he stumbled upon a gorgeous beauty who did nothing but catch his attention and keep him mesmerized all the time? Can he change for the sake of this woman? Will he be able to catch her heart and take her breath away? Or, just let her be?

Sudah terlalu lama aku terbiasa menerima takdir sebagai wanita yang tidak sempurna, hingga Tuhan kemudian malah menggariskan sesuatu yang berbeda, yang bahkan nyaris tak bisa untuk kupercaya. Setelah 25 tahun, aku tak pernah menyangka jika kesempatan itu akhirnya hadir, rahimku dihuni sebuah kehidupan baru yang sebelumnya kuanggap musykil. Tapi segalanya menjadi sangat tidak mudah karena dia hadir di kala usiaku tak lagi muda. Bahkan kehidupan kami saat ini berada di titik nadir dengan carut marut ekonomi yang nyaris membuat kami terpuruk. Masihkah aku tetap bisa positif, bahkan di saat semua orang menyangsikan kehamilanku? Sementara orang-orang terdekat kami sudah memiliki rencana lain dengan segala milik kami yang masih tersisa, ketika aku dan suami berpulang. Rasanya 25 tahun dalam kemandulan membuat semua orang benar-benar menganggap aku tak akan pernah bisa menjadi seorang ibu.

"Di mana lagi aku bisa menemukan istri yang meracuni suaminya di malam pernikahan?" Ketika satu kalimat ini terucap dari bibir Rajendra, Durga gemetar luar biasa. Seperti ucapan laki-laki itu, di mana lagi ada istri yang meracuni suaminya di malam pernikahan? Tentu saja dia satu-satunya! Dan...bagaimana bisa seseorang yang seharusnya mati tiba-tiba menawarkan kerja sama yang menggiurkan di depan matanya? Itu tidak mungkin kan? Tetapi tawaran ini sungguh menggiurkan. Durga jadi tergoda untuk bertanya, "Kesepakatan apa yang ingin kamu tawarkan?" Rajendra tersenyum dingin. "Aku akan mengeluarkanmu dari penjara. Sebaliknya kamu harus masuk ke istana dan kembali sebagai seorang putri. Itu saja."

Celesta is a young woman living her life day by day. She wakes up, goes about her routine, and spends time thinking about different things. Sometimes she feels like she doesn’t fit in, but that’s probably normal. People around her seem to have things figured out, and she tries her best to do the same. She enjoys quiet moments and occasionally wonders what her future will look like. There are days when she feels a bit off, but that happens to everyone. Most of the time, things stay the same, and nothing really out of the ordinary happens. Her story continues, one day at a time, as she tries to figure things out slowly—if anything changes at all.

Aku kira dia lelaki kaya, ternyata hanya numpang hidup pada istri pertamanya. Dan, dia hanya menjadi beban dan menghancurkan hidupku.

"Ayah, kapan ayah pulang? Ibu terbaring di ranjang dan nggak bergerak!" Putraku menelepon Michael sambil terisak-isak hingga sulit bernapas. "Panggil saja kalau dia nggak bangun! Dasar pemalas, nggak kerja di rumah juga cuma malas-malasan seperti babi pemalas." "Cari saja ibumu kalau ada apa-apa. Aku sibuk kerja, jangan ganggu aku!" Usai bicara, Michael dengan kesal langsung memutus teleponnya. Saat itu, dia sedang sibuk bermesraan dengan sekretarisnya, sama sekali tidak punya waktu untuk pedui padaku. Hanya saja, dia tak tahu bahwa aku sudah meninggal. Aku tak akan pernah muncul lagi di hadapannya, tapi dia malah memeluk fotoku sambil menangis, memohon agar aku tidak pergi.

Menyandang gelar menjadi ‘istri dua belas jam’ lantaran sibuk melakoni dua pekerjaan dalam satu hari, membuat Aruna terpaksa tidak bisa menunaikan kewajibannya sebagai seorang istri sekaligus ibu yang baik untuk keluarga kecilnya. Hatinya kian hancur, setelah mengendus kebohongan suami yang mendua di belakangnya. Apalagi semua tidak lain karena campur tangan ibu mertuanya yang menjodohkan anaknya dengan wanita lain. Aruna tidak ingin berpisah dengan Dafa lantaran ia tidak mau putri semata wayangnya tumbuh dengan latar belakang keluarga broken home. Akankah Aruna mampu melakoni jalan hidupnya seperti ini?

After the tragic incident inside the huge mansion of the Finregans, Kalia wants nothing but justice for her parents. With the intense desire to serve justice to them, she entered the same agency where her parents used to work because she believes that only there, she will be able to get information about her parents' killer. However, that desire didn't only lead her to the justice but also towards the girl she is destined to be with. The agency and personal mission became the bridge to meet the woman she is destined for. From the moment, she realized... her life is altered. Exquisitely Altered.

My mother-in-law, Barbara Morris, insisted that a load-bearing wall was blocking our home's good energy. She even hired someone to tear it down for a panoramic floor-to-ceiling window. The contractor, Peter Stone, kept refusing. "Ma'am, we really can't do this. If we take this wall down, the whole building will collapse." In my past life, I fought desperately to stop them, even getting on my knees and begging them not to touch this wall that held the entire building together. My husband, Tom Williams, thought I was embarrassing him. He slapped me so hard that my left ear went deaf, and he forced them to demolish the wall anyway. That night, the entire building suffered a catastrophic structural failure. I was trapped under the rubble for seven days and nights with ruptured internal organs. Right before I died, I heard Tom shouting at the rescue team. "Save my mom first! That other woman has insurance. If she dies, we'll get the payout and buy a new place!" At that moment, the resentment inside me hardened. When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the moment when the construction crew had just arrived. Looking at that thick load-bearing wall and Tom's hand about to rise up and strike me, I smiled and handed him the eighty-pound sledgehammer nearby. I said, "Mom's absolutely right. Once we knock down this wall, our place will turn into a luxurious river-view apartment. Anyone who tries to stop us is a complete idiot."

Sally has had a crush on her best friend Justin for as long as she can remember. The shy, nerdy girl with baggy clothes and glasses, she’s spent years helping him with projects and assignments, hoping he’d notice her… but he never has. Until the day she finally works up the courage to confess, only to be met with something utterly shocking. Enter Cole…Justin’s stepbrother. Tall, confident, impossibly hot, and the kind of guy whose life revolves around late-night frat parties and reckless fun. He’s everything Sally is not and everything she didn’t know she needed. Cole offers to help her win Justin’s heart… but nothing comes for free. In exchange, she has to step out of her comfort zone, navigate his world, and follow his lead. As Cole pulls her out of her shell, showing her confidence, daring, and a side of herself she’s never dared to explore, Sally begins to wonder if the butterflies she’s chasing with Justin were ever real. The more time she spends with Cole, the more she realizes that maybe the heart doesn’t lie, and the boy she’s been chasing all these years isn’t the one she should have been after at all. And the secrets he hides? They could destroy everything she thought she wanted.