Dua Before Eating

Perempuan bernama Alea kini mulai paham kalau dirinya sudah salah langkah dalam memasuki pola kehidupan di Kota. Sebagai sekretaris dia sudah menjadi simpanan bagi dua laki-laki. Pertama, laki-laki yang sudah memiliki istri dan kini berbalik terobsesi sama dirinya. Kedua, laki-laki perjaka yang hanya minta di temani tanpa melakukan apapun dengan dirinya. Meski begitu ia sangat kasar. Alea sudah melangkah jauh dan kini dia mau kembali. Melepaskan dua orang itu. Tapi apa yang harus dia lakukan kalau mereka malah semakin berulah membuat Alea sakit hati? "Aku akan menceraikan istriku asal bisa menikah sama kamu!" Bram "Selamanya kamu nggak akan pernah bisa lepas dari abang!" Chris

Di sebuah kerajaan Qing, Qing Fei merasa terasing dan terhimpit oleh ketidakberdayaannya. Ia selalu menjadi sasaran ejekan saudara-saudaranya yang lebih pandai dan berkuasa. Namun, di balik wajah bodohnya, Qing Fei adalah seorang pangeran yang memiliki dedikasi tinggi. Sementara itu, Yuan Ling, putri Jenderal Yuan, juga menghadapi nasib serupa. Reputasinya buruk, dan ia dianggap tidak berguna. Ketika pernikahan dengan Pangeran Kelima semakin dekat, Yuan Ling memutuskan untuk melarikan diri. Ia berlari menuju tengah hutan, hatinya berdebar-debar. Di tepi danau yang tenang, Yuan Ling tergelincir. Tubuhnya jatuh ke dalam air dingin, dan nyawanya pun pergi. Namun, di tempat lain, seorang pengawal wanita bernama Li Wei juga mengalami nasib tragis. Ia dicari oleh para prajurit karena mencuri benda berharga demi keinginan Pangeran Qing Chuan. Sayangnya, bukannya mendapatkan pertolongan, Li Wei malah ditikam di jantungnya dan tubuhnya dibuang ke dalam danau. Takdir mempertemukan dua jiwa yang terpisah oleh kematian. Jiwa Li Wei, yang penuh dendam, masuk ke dalam tubuh Yuan Ling. Kini, Yuan Ling memiliki kekuatan dan tekad baru untuk mengubah nasibnya. Apakah ia akan membalaskan dendam Li Wei atau menemukan jalan lain yang lebih baik?

After eating a poisonous, hallucination-inducing mushroom, I genuinely thought I’d woken up inside a spicy erotica novel. I was the heroine—a live-in housekeeper working for a rich heir, the kind of impossibly handsome, impossibly wealthy man who only exists in fiction. When I opened my eyes and saw him standing there, I felt… oddly disappointed. I muttered under my breath, “Only six guys? What, do I need to take Sundays off?” The heir let out a short, disbelieving laugh. A slow, dangerous one. “If I’d known you were this bold,” he said, “I wouldn’t have bothered being gentle.” The moment the hallucination faded, I grabbed his sleeve and practically burst into tears. “Honey, I’m sorry. I swear I didn’t mean any of that.” He loosened his tie with maddening calm and murmured, “Relax. No one here takes Sundays off. And if you’re that eager to follow the plot of your little erotica novel… we can start right now.”

After the car accident, one of the Johnson sons was dead and the other gravely injured. When my devout, devoted husband woke up in the hospital, he called out, "Dorothy." He claimed that his body then held the soul of his brother, Elias Johnson. I went mad, calling doctors, priests, anyone I could, desperate to bring my husband back. It was not until that night that I overheard his conversation with our son: "Father, you've loved aunt for years. You even kept yourself chaste in your private prayer room, waiting. Now, finally, you can be with her openly." The man in the bed reached out to stroke our son's hair. "If it weren't to stop your mother from destroying her relationship, I wouldn't have married her." I hid in the shadows, still reeling from their words, when I saw what happened after our son left. The husband I had always known, icy, composed, and ascetic to maintain his devout faith for seven years, was then holding his sister-in-law close on that tiny hospital bed, sharing a warmth meant for lovers. The next day, I applied for Jim Johnson's death certificate and burned our marriage certificate. At his grand wedding, I climbed aboard the helicopter sent to fetch me. However, my once-cold husband went mad, chasing after us down several streets, desperate and unhinged.

I've had a crush on my fiancée for years, and we're finally about to get married. Yet I'm willing to jump off a building just to avoid marrying her—all because I've been reborn. In my past life, she and I were married for over two decades. We were the perfect couple in everyone's eyes. However, the fairy tale came to an abrupt end on our 25th wedding anniversary. She took her own life, and she did it with her true love. As I kneeled before her grave, I asked, "Did you regret marrying me?" I knew I wouldn't hear her response, so I answered myself. "I regret marrying you." When I open my eyes again, I find myself back to before the wedding happens. I decide to run away. This time, I want us to become nothing but estranged acquaintances. To my surprise, she comes to me, looking like she's terminally ill. She says, "I've never regretted marrying you. Whether in this lifetime or the past, you're the only one I've ever wanted to marry."

What was it like to grow old? Graduate college? Have a career in life? Get married and have your own family with your own kids? I am Celene Monte and I dreamt of those once maybe somewhere in my other ninety-nine lifetimes. Once the hands of the clock struck at twelfth midnight on the 22nd of April again, the day I turned eighteen, I died all over again and reincarnated to another world. And now this will be my 100th new cycle of life to live before turning 18. But I didn't knew that in this lifetime, new things would begin again when I met a crazy but famous lead vocalist of Dare, the Interhigh Academy's most famous band. And a very stubborn girl who was determined to beat Dare and dream to become the best band in the world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wordcount per chapter excluding the Prologue: 1200-2000 words A/N: Happy Reading to all!

The day my husband, Caleb Vale, buries his first love, Layla Shaw, he stands in front of me and throws our wedding ring into the sea. For the next 12 years, the breakfasts I bring him go straight into the trash, and the scarf I stay up all night knitting is tossed into the fire and burned to ash. The cruelest moment is when he looks me in the eye and says, "Aurora, if you really want to please me, you might as well go die." But when a mugger comes at me with a knife, Caleb still steps in front of me without a second's hesitation. As he lies dying in my arms, he uses the very last of his strength to force out a few broken words. "Go... I hope I never see you again in my next life." At the funeral, Helena Rogers sobs until she faints. "This is all my fault. I never should've arranged your marriage..." Everyone around us pities him and resents me. They whisper that I'm a jinx and wonder why I'm not the one who died. And honestly, I wonder the same thing. Why not me? After Caleb is lowered into the ground, I climb to the top floor of the building and jump. As I hover on the edge of death, a cold, mechanical voice echoes in my mind. "Binding complete. Wish detected. The system will now send you back 12 years."

Amy Puspitasari rela mengubur impian untuk mengenyam pendidikan lebih tinggi dan menikahi Hamam Prasetyo demi baktinya pada Wak Hasan yang sudah mengasuhnya seperti anak sendiri. Sayangnya, Amy justru dituduh mandul dan mendapat perlakuan tak adil dari keluarga suaminya. Tak sampai di sana, ia bahkan dipukuli! Lantas, bagaimana cara Amy membuktikan bahwa tuduhan keji yang terlontar tak berdasar sama sekali?

Namanya, Elleana Clark. Dia selalu berharap kelak hidupnya penuh kebahagiaan dan canda tawa riang, hanya itu, sederhana sekali bukan? Memiliki ibu yang selalu menatapnya dengan penuh kebencian dan selalu menyalahkannya atas kepergian sang ayah. Belum lagi rumah peninggalan ayahnya terbakar dan membuat mereka harus tinggal di panti asuhan. Hidupnya baik-baik saja, sampai malapetaka itu datang. Panti yang sudah menampungnya sejak kecil terancam akan digusur secara paksa. Demi mendapatkan banyak uang untuk menyelamatkan panti, Elleana terpaksa menanggalkan seluruh harga dirinya. Walau ia tahu seluruh dunia akan mengejeknya wanita murahan. Elleana pikir, setelah malam itu dia tidak akan pernah bertemu dengan pria itu lagi. Tapi, takdir malah selalu mendorongnya pada pria itu, pria angkuh dengan sejuta pesonanya. Pria angkuh yang mampu menjungkir-balikkan hatinya dengan perkataan dan sikap yang seenaknya. David Matheo Miller. Bagaimana kisah mereka selanjutnya? Penasaran??! Mampir kuyy!!! Cover by Canva

Warning! Mature Content! *Excerpt* "Does it make you nervous when I stare?" His voice was laced with sinful passion. "Will you hate me if I do this?" His dark gaze took in her entire frame. "I am obsessed with you, Delaney." *** Delaney, a beautiful woman, only wished for one thing - A peaceful life, and perhaps, a little touch of financial independence. But throughout her childhood, life gave her a contrast to her wish. She grew up knowing nothing but hatred from her family, and eventually, from her fiancé too. For three years, Delaney paid for a sin she never intentionally committed - losing her virginity to a stranger. This innocent mistake chattered her life and her relationship with Blaine. He detested her so much. But one question is: Why hasn't he called off their engagement? Gradually, Blaine was becoming the man she hoped he'd be. She'd secured a job at a prominent company too... She was already inching closer to her dreams when suddenly, he resurfaced - The stranger who had almost ruined her life three years ago. This stranger who was perfectly built for sin turns out to be Blaine's boss, the most dreaded Adonis Langston. And this time, he wanted more than just a one-night stand... Poor Delaney's life was set into panic once again. Little did she know that she had also cast her spell on her soon-to-be boss, who turns out to be Adonis's childhood best friend! Oops! Financial Independence, power, and fame at its peak... All hell is about to let loose as these three men are never known for surrendering. She had all she needed to exert revenge on those who'd hurt her, depending on the decision she makes. But in all of these, she is about to face the biggest betrayal of her life.