Fitting Baju Adalah

By my third month on the job, I discovered that my coworkers had been calling me "the old crow" behind my back. The nickname came from none other than Jace's condescending secretary—because at 32, I was still clutching onto an eight-year relationship that hadn't ended in marriage. I confronted Jace. "Do you know your employees have been calling me the old crow?" He didn't even bother to look up. "That's just Sadie—she speaks her mind and means no harm. You're 32; why get so worked up over what a young girl says?" Then he gave me a faint, mocking smile. "Though honestly, it's a pretty fitting nickname." It felt like a cold hand had wrapped around my heart. So that was it—eight years of my youth, nothing more than a joke to him. I turned and walked away, handed in my resignation, and blocked every way he could reach me. But for the first time, the man who had always seemed so calm and untouchable finally panicked. "Elara," he pleaded, "please come back."

Three days before my wedding, Adrian canceled it for the fifty-second time. He came to the Palermo workshop to approve my gown’s crest embroidery, but the moment I stepped out from the fitting curtain, he snatched up his holster and radio. “Torino bastards smashed Bianca’s vineyard, surrounded the estate. Lia’s terrified, so I have to go. The wedding is off.” Once, I would have stopped him and demanded to know who mattered more to him, me or Bianca. This time, I simply let him go. Thirty minutes later, Bianca posted an Instagram Story: [You’re the only shelter for me and my daughter.] The photo showed Adrian holding Bianca close, with Lia in his arms, calling him Dad. They looked like a real family. My parents sighed. “Seraphina, is the wedding in Hawaii off again? We’ve already sent the invitations to every renowned Italian family. What will this do to the Bellini family’s honor?” I shook my head, tapping the backup invite. "The wedding goes on.  In three days, I’ll still be a bride. Just not Adrian’s."

On the day of my wedding gown fitting, a stranger burst into the VIP suite and stabbed me with a knife. “You think you deserve a dress this expensive after stealing someone else’s man?” She tore at the delicate fabric of my skirt. Then, with a twisted smile, she hurled a bottle of acid at me. The blade was buried in my lower abdomen. The pain drove me to my knees. She grabbed my hair and yanked my head up. “Gerald’s my husband! What are you? You’re nothing but a mistress who can’t even be seen with him in public!” Blood dripped down my fingers. That was when it finally sank in. The man I had been with for seven years had been keeping another woman by his side. “What’re you staring at? Even if I kill you, with my husband’s influence, no one will dare touch me!” Staring at her smug face, I pulled out my phone with hands slicked in blood and called my brother. “Matt…” My voice was unnervingly calm. “Come pick me up at the bridal shop. And please inform the Hoover family that the engagement is off.”

Merlyn Diwangkara--si princess irit dengan tingkat keonengannya yang hakiki, ingin lepas dari bayang-bayang nama besar Diwangkara's. Kehidupannya selama ini bagaikan dalam sangkar emas, membuatnya tekad untuk menunjukkannya pada dunia, kalau ia mampu hidup mandiri di atas kakinya sendiri. Sementara itu Galih Kurniawan Jati-- polisi galak namun berprestasi negeri ini, selalu saja ketiban sial setiap bertemu dengan gadis berpikiran minimalis ini. Namun alih-alih menghukumnya, Galih malah acapkali menjadi ksatria baju zirahnya. "Anda ini tidak bisa membedakan mana kucing dan mana serigala. Bagaimana mungkin Anda bisa survive hidup di luar sana?" -Galih Kurniawan Jati. "Mungkin saya memang tidak bisa membedakan mana kucing dan mana serigala. Tapi saya tahu apa persamaan mereka ; sama-sama makhluk ciptaan Tuhan. Saya benar kan Abang Polisi?" -Merlyn Diwangkara.

Alif sudah ditinggalkan ayahnya sejak lama, ia tinggal berdua dengan ibunya yang sudah tua renta, almarhum ayahnya mewarisi beberapa perak kebun sawah untuknya. Alif kecil terpaksa menjadi tulang punggung keluarga dengan berjualan salak kelilinh di sela-sela waktu luangnya sehabis pulanh sekolah. karena Emak Alif sudah tua renta, ia tidak mungkin mencari nafkah dalam usianya yang sudah tua itu. Alif bertekad untuk membahagiakan emaknya untuk membelikan ketupat opor serta baju gamis baru. Ketika Alif sedang istirahati masjid Alif bertemu dengan Rendi dan Nayla, ternyata wajah Alif mirip sekali dengan anak Rendi dan Nayla yang sudah meninggal beberapa waktu lalu. Mak Alif pun meninggal secara tiba-tiba, karena sebatang kara Alifpun menjadi anak angkat rendi dan juga Nayla yang kaya. Akankah Alif bahagia tinggal bersama mereka?

Lily’s life takes a devastating turn when her father, the only parent she’s ever known, dies unexpectedly, forcing her to move in with her estranged mother, a pack doctor in a werewolf territory.Lily doesn’t belong in this world of wolves, and she has no intention of fitting in. She just has to survive one year here before leaving for her dream school in Paris. But her mother gives her two strict rules:One—no one must know she’s her daughter.Two—she must attend Raven Academy nand pretend to be a wolf, because humans aren’t allowed inside the pack.Lily’s careful plan falls apart on her first day when she catches the attention of Rex Blackwood, the infamous hockey captain and the next Alpha in line. Arrogant, ruthless, and dangerously charming, Rex seems determined to uncover what she’s hiding.Then there’s Sebastian Blackwood, his twin brother, the opposite of Rex. Charming, reckless , and flirtatious, he claims to be her friend… but his eyes say otherwise.Now living under the same roof as the Blackwood twins, Lily must protect her secret and her heart. Because one brother could expose her, and the other might just break her and things get even messier when she starts a fake relationship with one of the brothers .

"Kamu tau Riyanti kan?" Tidak bisa dipungkiri, mendengar nama itu lagi setelah 3 tahun menikah membuat tubuh perempuan yang tengah memakaikan baju pada putrinya sempat terhenti. Riyanti. Perempuan pemilik hati suaminya sejak dulu dan mungkin sampai sekarang. Entah karena apa hubungan mereka kandas sehingga orang tua Agam memohon padanya untuk menyelamatkan harga diri keluarga karena ditinggal oleh calon mantu mereka. Masih jelas sekali sewaktu Agam merapalkan nama Riyanti sebanyak 3 kali di depan semua orang yang menyaksikan pernikahan yang seharusnya tidak terjadi itu. "Memangnya kenapa, Bang?" tanya perempuan itu pada suaminya. Diam-diam dia mengepalkan tangannya berharap dugaan buruk dibenaknya tidak akan terjadi. "Dia telah kembali." Jawaban singkat namun menohok hati. Anjali menghembuskan napas pasrah seolah tau apa yang akan terjadi selanjutnya. "Mari kita bercerai, Anjali."

“Apa yang bisa kamu lakukan untuk saya, Nes?” Suara berat dengan bahasa formal yang kaku itu menyentak kesadaran Nesa. Sudah pasti lelaki itu persis dengan apa yang digambarkan kepalanya. Dari namanya saja seolah sudah terbaca; Barata—Tua, tambun, jelek dan genit. Jemari Nesa meremas ujung baju kurungnya yang menjuntai hingga atas lutut dengan kuat. Dia dikirim ke rumah besar ini sebagai tebusan utang menggunung bapaknya pada sang tuan tanah. Dia harus kabur dari sini. Dia sudah berbalik dan hendak mengeluarkan jurus seribu langkah, tetapi suara bariton lelaki itu berhasil menghentikannya. “Jika kamu nekat keluar dari rumah ini, maka pintu rumah ini akan selamanya tertutup untuk kamu. Dan kamu tahu apa artinya?” Nesa menelan salivanya susah payah. Apakah ini akhir kegadisannya? Terperangkap ke dalam cangkang si tuan tanah tua?

"Mark my word, Adeline. You can't escape! You will be forever Mrs. Romanov until you die!" My mouth parted in half as I kept an eye on Lucas leaving the room. His long declarations made my sanity more perplexed. He didn't even bother to look back to catch a glimpse of my reaction. Who does he think he is? Can't he see that I don't remember anything? I am not lying! **** After being in coma for months. The first thing that Adeline Parker-Romanov woke up to isn't the warmth of her husband's love but his wrath and accussation of cheating and without a single trace of memory in the past. She is left with no choice but to figure out the life that she must live as the mayor's wife while she tries her best to tame and fix her marriage with Lucas Romanov for the sake of their only son, Luke. In the middle of fitting the pieces of her puzzle-like life. Adeline realized something shocking. Lucas' men saved the wrong woman from the tragic car accident as she is not the ruthless mayor's real wife but an impostor whose fate change within a snap. What will she do once she remembers everything? Will she choose to abandon them, or will she stand up for being the real Mrs. Romanov?

"Noah, Don't do this…please!” Lucy pleaded desperately. The storm clouds that had gathered above them as they argued, and the deluge that had followed soon after, seemed quite fitting considering everything that had gone on today. Almost ten years of devoted love had been thrown away in what to Lucy seemed like nothing more than a heartbeat. “I told you already Lucy, it's over between us. I don't want this anymore.” **** After discovering her mate's betrayal with none other than her best friend, Cassandra, Lucy didn't think that life could get much worse, but Cassandra wasn't finished with her just yet. After paying the ultimate price Lucy finds herself thrust into an encounter with the Goddess herself who grants her an opportunity to return to her previous life in an effort to save not just her life, but her babies lives too. Once she is reborn she is faced with a choice, does she continue to pursue the man who cast her aside so easily? Or will she find herself drawn to the man from her youth that she had all but forgotten?