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My wife's gym is celebrating its grand opening, and I drag my buddy along to check the place out with a 9.90-dollar trial class I bought through an e-commerce platform. For the entire time, I never once let it slip that I'm the owner. Right after we finish training, a male coach tosses a price sheet at us. His eyes sweep over us with contempt as he says, "You two look like freeloaders. Our private sessions cost a few hundred each, and we don't offer freebies to people like you." I let out a disbelieving laugh. "We paid for this trial class. How is that freeloading? Go get your manager." He rolls his eyes and makes it seem like he's enforcing a very important rule. "Don't bother looking for the manager. My girlfriend owns this place, and she hates broke losers who try to get free classes." He dials her number right in front of us. His voice sounds both arrogant and pitiful. "Babe, two guys showed up and tried to con us into giving them a free class. They even told me to call the manager. Come over here and show them what's what!"

After I studied and lived in Descensio for five years, I finally graduated and was ready to return to my home country to take over my dad's company. When I arrived at the Sullivan Group building, I took a picture and posted it on my Instagram story with the caption. 'Since you're the man I love most, I'm here to see you immediately after graduation.' Yet, a woman appeared out of nowhere and slapped me as soon as I arrived at the company's lobby. "It's her! She's the hussy! She had seduced my husband back in high school. Now that my husband has become the director, she shamelessly showed up here to flirt with him. So, I want you girls to beat her up. I'll take the blame if anything happens." While the woman was cooking up a story about me seducing Marcus Lane, a director of Sullivan Group, others around simply looked on coldly and judged me. She slashed my limited-edition bag to pieces and smashed the expensive seal I wanted to give my dad. "You're just a gold digger wearing and buying fake luxury goods. It's just a few hundred dollars. I can still afford to pay you." However, little did she know that everything I had was real. Even if she and her director husband worked for the rest of their lives, they would never be able to afford to pay for the damages.

While I was eating, I came across a post on X. [Found out my girlfriend has a nasty disease and is pregnant. I want my buddy to be the one left holding the bag. What should I do?] I was just about to comment that the poster was out of his mind when I scrolled down and realized people were actually giving him advice. [That's easy! If you two are close, just invite him on a trip.] [Get your girlfriend and your buddy drunk in the middle of the night, then have them stay in your buddy's room. When the time comes, catch them in the act. You can break up and push the kid onto your buddy to take responsibility…] Reading that comment, I couldn't help but laugh in disbelief. I was about to show my friend this mind-blowing post so we could rant about it together when he suddenly looked up at me and asked, "Tyler, are you free this weekend? How about we go on a trip?"

Namira baru saja menikahi Daniel Bragastara, duda 45 tahun yang sudah cerai dua kali sekaligus ayah dari sahabatnya. Katanya, si duda matang itu mau punya anak lagi. Makanya dia menikahi Namira yang masih gadis. Kalau sudah seperti itu, Namira bisa apa selain menuruti "bimbingan" sang suami?

Di abad ke-9 Masehi, Kerajaan Mataram Fiksi yang berada di kawasan sekitar pegunungan Tengger menghadapi bencana besar—kemarau panjang yang menyebabkan kegagalan panen dan serangan misterius dari makhluk gaib yang muncul dari hutan belantara. Raden Jayaningrat, pangeran muda yang menyembunyikan kemampuan istimewa untuk memahami bahasa tumbuhan, mulai menemukan bahwa dirinya terkait erat dengan Batu Akar Raja—batu sakral kerajaan yang hilang dan dipercaya bisa menyelamatkan alam serta masyarakat. Dalam perjalanan mencari kebenaran, Raden bertemu dengan Dewi Shinta Sari, penyihir alam yang menjaga gerbang menuju Bumi Akar—wilayah bawah tanah yang penuh dengan rahasia sejarah kerajaan. Bersama dengan pendeta tua Mbah Ki Semar yang menyimpan rahasia asal-usul kerajaan, mereka memulai perjalanan yang penuh rintangan ke dunia bawah tanah, menghadapi makhluk gaib dan ujian yang menguji tekad serta keikhlasan mereka. Namun, bahaya tidak hanya datang dari alam. Patih Prabu Kala, penasihat raja yang penuh keserakahan, merencanakan untuk mengambil alih kekuasaan dengan memanfaatkan kekuatan batu akar. Ia menguasai kerajaan dan menyebabkan penderitaan rakyat, membuat Raden dan kelompoknya harus berjuang untuk mengembalikan keadilan serta menyelamatkan batu dari tangan yang salah. Setelah melalui pertempuran hebat dan mengorbankan banyak hal, Raden berhasil mengalahkan Patih Kala dan memimpin kerajaan untuk memulihkan keseimbangan alam serta kehidupan masyarakat. Pada akhirnya, ia harus membuat keputusan berat—apakah akan menyimpan kekuatan batu untuk diri sendiri dan kerajaan, atau mengembalikannya ke Bumi Akar untuk menjaga keseimbangan alam semesta yang abadi. Novel ini mengangkat tema hubungan manusia dan alam, tanggung jawab kepemimpinan, konsekuensi keserakahan, serta cinta yang melampaui batas dunia dan waktu—menawarkan kisah mendalam yang menghubungkan sejarah, budaya, dan fantasi dalam karya berkualitas premium untuk pembaca yang menghargai literasi kelas atas.

As the project lead, I was supposed to receive an annual bonus of $28,000. However, my wife transferred all the money to her newly hired male assistant and simply tossed me a supermarket gift card instead. “There’s $30 on this card. Buy whatever you want. I’m pretty generous, aren’t I?” I was stunned. “Joy, my mother needs that money for her surgery. You can’t be serious!” She sneered and said, “Why waste money on someone who’s dying anyway? At most, I’ll give you $700 to pick out a nice coffin.” Looking at her smug face, I smiled as well. Joy probably forgot that although she held all the company shares, the core patents of the company were registered under my personal name. I immediately sent a message to my lawyer. [Starting today, I’m releasing all patents in my name for free!]

My daughter, Vivian Montiago, is born with a heart condition. To protect her, I decide to spend 200 million dollars on building a prestigious preschool for her in the company's park. I don't want her to be lonely, so I also decide to allow the other employees' children to attend the preschool for free to keep Vivian company. However, on the first day of preschool, Vivian's smartwatch alert keeps going off. When I rush over to the preschool, I find out that Vivian is all tied up and left to die under the hot afternoon sun. Her skin is red and blistering, and her lips are purple as she teeters on the edge of death. "Are you all blind? Call the ambulance!" I yell in anger, grabbing Vivian and rushing out of the place. However, Hailey Lester, my husband's secretary, gets in my way. "You seduced my husband and birthed an illegitimate child. How dare you try to get away without being punished?" she screams, slapping me hard in the face. "I'm telling you that this preschool is a gift to me and my son from Rhett! And you're not allowed to step out of this place without my explicit permission!" "Her life is in danger! We'll talk about that later!" I exclaim, not wanting to argue with her. However, she kicks me to the ground and says, "So what if his bastard daughter dies? He can have a daughter with me if he really wants one!" The company employees don't seem to care about Vivian's health condition at all. They point at me and say, "Ms. Lester is Mr. Montiago's beloved wife, and she also owns this place! You're nothing but a homewrecker trying to take advantage of the free preschool program. Get down and apologize at once!" Fine. Since everyone is as blind as my husband, Rhett Montiago, in realizing who the real deal is, I decide that I am not sparing a single one of them.

⚠️Novel ini masuk dalam kategori 18+ atau mungkin 21+ (Bukan Esek-esek lumer di mulut).  Namun, Gore, Kekerasan, dan Adegan berdarah. (Adegan dewasa hanya pemanis untuk menceritakan perselingkuhan.)⚠️ Lima belas tahun lalu, keluarga Zhang Zhuo runtuh oleh dusta dan darah. Kini, setelah tumbuh di dalam bayang luka, ia kembali sebagai pria penuh dendam karena kehilangan. Setiap langkah terdengar seperti bisikan dendam. Setiap napas adalah ingatan akan pengkhianatan yang merenggut semua. Dan kini … Waktunya untuk membuka rahasia lama, dan bangkit dari kegelapan, Zhuo hanya punya satu tujuan—mengembalikan semua rasa sakit itu pada mereka yang pernah menghancurkan. Selamat membaca😘☺️

My little sister Willa? Always played the noble princess—even during the freaking apocalypse. She was pregnant and still trying to look like some graceful queen. I told her to end it. Safer that way. She slapped me. "Shut up. How can you be so heartless?" Meanwhile, I skipped meals so she and her rescue-pet gang could eat. When I collapsed from hunger, she snorted. "Drama queen. Think of it as a free weight-loss plan." I dragged her to the base, the safe zone, and nearly died doing it. She snatched the last of my rations. "The baby and I are good. Give the rest away." I died from my injuries—frozen, starving, forgotten. Willa? She got crowned a saint. Even landed the baby daddy—the Deputy Governor—and kicked off her perfect little fairytale. Then I woke up. Back to the moment she asked me to swear I'd protect her and the baby. This time, I laughed in her face. "Die for all I care."

Teresia Syeilendri adalah wanita dewasa yang secara tidak masuk akal berpindah ke dunia novel, novel terakhir yang dibaca di malam sebelum kematiannya. Bukan menjadi karakter utama, ataupun antagonis, melainkan karakter yang tidak pernah muncul di novel, yaitu saudari kembar pemeran utama wanita. Walaupun karakter tidak terlihat, tapi tetap pernah muncul satu dalam sekian banyak paragraf demi pengembangan cerita. Kemunculan karakter ini adalah saat kematiannya! Muncul untuk mati di dalam cerita. Teresia tidak terima, nasib nahas itu ingin dibelokkan dengan cara apapun, termasuk menjauhkan pemeran utama pria di novel dari pemeran utama wanita.