Female Simp

On my 30th birthday, my boyfriend of seven years asked to meet at the City Hall. He even told me to bring my ID and wear a wedding dress. But when I showed up just as he asked, he was laughing and looked really excited. “Pay up, pay up! I told you all. No matter how embarrassing it is, Wrenna will always do what I say!” I just looked at him wordlessly. Matthew Young raised his eyebrows at me. “Come on, it was just a joke. You’re not mad, are you?” When I stayed quiet, he got annoyed. “Alright, alright. I said I’d marry you, and I will. Just not right now.” His good-for-nothing friends started laughing and making fun of me. They said I was his simp and would never get angry. And they were right. I was not angry. I did not come here today for him anyway. After everyone left, I walked into the City Hall. “Sorry I’m late. Let’s go get married.”

Tidak ada wanita yang bisa menerima pengkhianatan dari pernikahan yang sudah ia putuskan bersama seorang laki-laki. Begitu lah yang terjadi pada pernikahan Elisa dan juga Bima yang berujung perceraian, ketika ia mengetahui bahwa ia sudah dibohongi dan dikhianati oleh suaminya yang memilih menjadi simpanan para tante-tante. "Maaf Mas, aku menyerah menjadi istrimu, aku memilih menjadi janda daripada harus hidup dengan seorang pengkhianat seperti mu!"

Menikah dengan Erick merupakan bentuk balas budinya terhadap Tuan Warsana, kakek dari pria tersebut. Giselle, pada akhirnya harus menjalani sebuah pernikahan bak neraka lantaran memiliki suami yang temperamental dan amat membencinya. Di tahun kedua pernikahan, Tuan Warsana mengajukan sebuah syarat kepada Erick. Bahwasannya, pria itu harus memiliki anak dari Giselle supaya Tuan Warsana bisa melimpahkan segala aset warisannya kepada sang cucu. Tapi, bagaimana jika kenyataannya, Erick tidak pernah menyentuh Giselle sama sekali?

Sekelompok tamu tak diundang tiba-tiba muncul di pemakaman kerabat. Wanita yang memimpin kelompok itu mengaku sebagai pacar suamiku, ingin menghukumku yang dianggapnya sebagai simpanan. Demi menghormati pemakaman keluarga, aku tidak ingin memperpanjang masalah. Aku hanya menasihatinya untuk menunggu sampai pemakaman selesai. Siapa sangka, dia tiba-tiba bertindak kasar dengan memerintahkan orang-orang untuk merobek semua pakaianku. Kerabat di sekitarku hanya berdiri, menonton tanpa melakukan apa-apa, menyaksikan semuanya dengan tatapan dingin. Aku bertepuk tangan, berdiri, lalu mengarahkan dia untuk berdiri di dekat guci abu. "Guci abu ibuku ini juga dibeli oleh pacarmu, harganya hampir 20 miliar!" Simpanan itu benar-benar marah, lalu berteriak sambil menghancurkan guci abu itu hingga pecah berkeping-keping. "Kalian memang keluarga yang nggak tahu malu. Jangan harap dapat satu sen pun dari pacarku bahkan setelah mati!" Dia tidak tahu bahwa yang aku maksud dengan "Ibu" adalah ibu dari suamiku, yaitu ibu mertuaku. Yang dia rusak adalah guci abu dari ibu mertuaku, sementara ini adalah pemakaman ibu mertuaku.

My boyfriend, also my childhood sweetheart, is awakened. He realizes he's the male protagonist in a romance novel, and I'm the female side character. He tells me that I'll never leave him according to the plot. So, he's sure that I won't break up with him. He cheats on me with the female protagonist for two years and does everything a couple should do. It's only when I decidedly dump him that he realizes what a dumb plot he's believed in.

At the Davenport family dinner, I arrive wearing the same dress Tucker Davenport's true love once wore. His face darkens immediately. He glares at me coldly and orders that my dress be burned on the spot. "Damn it, Willow, can't you show a little self-awareness? Shelby might be too naive to notice, but there's no way I'm letting you appear like this in front of her." The intense heat rushes toward me as the flames consume the fabric. A sharp, burning pain shoots between my legs, crashing over me like a tidal wave. The pain drags me under, but I suddenly jolt awake, barely able to gasp a plea for mercy. Tucker doesn't spare me a glance. He simply turns away to help Shelby cut the cake. Days later, he finally remembers I exist. "As long as you behave and don't bother Shelby again, you'll still be Mrs. Davenport." I stare at the burns on my legs as my tears dry up. I refuse to beg any longer. I'm done being Mrs. Davenport.

Aku menjual tubuhku demi menyelamatkan ayah tiriku yang sekarat. Tapi aku tidak tahu, pria yang membeliku… Adalah putra dari wanita yang pernah melahirkanku, lalu membuangku tanpa penjelasan. Satu tahun. Satu kontrak. Satu syarat: jangan pernah tahu siapa dia. Malam demi malam, aku menyerahkan diriku kepada pria bertopeng yang hanya kupanggil “Tuan R.” Hingga suatu malam, aku melihatnya tanpa topeng—di sebuah pesta gala mewah. Reyhan Mahendra. Pewaris tunggal konglomerat MHN Group. Mata yang sama. Sentuhan yang sama. Nafas yang sama. Tapi yang paling mengerikan adalah kenyataan bahwa… aku mungkin sudah jatuh cinta pada pria yang seharusnya kupanggil saudara. Apakah semua ini hanya permainan balas dendam atas masa lalu orang tua kami? Tapi jika benar begitu… kenapa dia berkata: “Kalau kau tahu siapa aku sejak awal… kau tak akan pernah mencintaiku.”

Adam Smith, Ceo of Smith enterprises, New York's most eligible bachelor, was having trouble sleeping since a few weeks. The sole reason for it was the increasing work pressure. His parents suggested him to get another assistant to ease his workload. Rejection after Rejection, no one seemed to be perfect for the position until a certain blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl walked in for the interview. The first thing any interviewee would do when they meet their interviewer is to greet them with respect but instead of that Kathie Patterson decided to spank Mr. Smith's ass. Surely an innovative way to greet someone and say goodbye to their chance of getting selected but to her surprise, she was immediately hired as Mr. Smith's assistant. Even though Adam Smith had his worries about how she would handle all the work as she was a newbie, all his worries faded away when she started working. Always completing the work on time regardless of all the impossible deadlines. An innovative mind to come up with such great ideas. She certainly was out of this world. And the one thing Adam Smith didn't know about Kathie Patterson was that she indeed didn't belong to the earth.

Shanaya hampir meninggal di meja operasi akibat pendarahan hebat dari kehamilan ektopik. Namun, suaminya malah merayakan ulang tahun selingkuhannya dengan mewah. Dalam empat tahun pernikahan, Shanaya sangat merendah dan tidak peduli pada harga dirinya. Akan tetapi, dia tetap tidak mampu memenangkan hati suaminya. Hingga dia melihat suaminya memanjakan dan melindungi putri musuhnya itu dengan sepenuh hati, dia akhirnya menyerah dan pergi dengan meninggalkan selembar surat kesepakatan cerai. Shanaya kembali ke dunia kerja dan fokus meniti kariernya. Dia menghebohkan seluruh Kota Himar dan menjadi incaran kalangan atas. Melihat pria-pria yang bermunculan di sisi Shanaya, si presdir dingin pun tak bisa tinggal diam lagi. Dia turun tangan secara pribadi untuk menyingkirkan saingan asmaranya, lalu memojokkan Shanaya ke dinding. "Istriku, aku nggak setuju untuk cerai!"

All because of Leo Cullen’s words, I gave up a place at a top-tier university in Ceres and stayed behind to retake the entrance exams with him—three times. By the fourth year, a girl arrived at our cram school, and Leo forgot the promise we made. He started skipping class, picking fights, smoking—doing everything but studying. One day, I stood at the school gate, blocking his path with a textbook in hand as he tried to ditch class. He smirked, unimpressed, and blew a bubble with his gum, letting it stick to the ends of my hair. “Naomi…,” he began, “who still cares about studying these days?” So I stopped caring and avoided him entirely. When he fooled around in the classroom, I went to the library. When he played basketball, I sat in a quiet corner with my books. Even when I craved noodles from my favorite shop, I’d scan the room first to make sure he wasn’t there. “Are you avoiding me, Naomi?” he asked later, his face in a frown. I shook my head. “Why would you think that?”