G String Cowok

Teman masa kecil suamiku berkemudi saat mabuk dan menabrak orang tuaku hingga mati. Aku ingin melapor polisi, tetapi suamiku malah menutup mataku dan membawaku ke ruang bawah tanah. Selama tiga tahun, aku mengalami berbagai macam siksaan di tengah kegelapan. Setiap kali setelah disiksa, akan terdengar suara dingin seorang pria. "Yulia, kamu masih membencinya?" Hingga suatu hari, aku berbaring di lantai yang dingin dan memohon ampun dengan orang di ujung telepon, "Nggak! Aku nggak membencinya lagi!" Seketika, terdengar tawa bahagia suamiku di telepon. Setelah aku keluar, aku menghindari pelukan suamiku. Saat aku mengusulkan perceraian, dia malah menggila.

Setelah delapan tahun menikah, suamiku membawa pulang wanita impiannya yang menderita kanker meskipun aku keberatan. “Wanita jahat, sama sekali tidak punya simpati, kamu kalah jauh dibanding Maudy!” Anakku juga memarahiku dan berkata bahwa jika aku tidak mengizinkan Maudy masuk, dia tidak akan mengakuiku sebagai ibunya. Aku benar-benar menyerah dan bercerai, kemudian menerima undangan dari industri desain untuk kembali ke puncak. Tetapi mereka menangis dengan mata merah setelah melihat surat keterangan penyakit kanker palsu itu. “Istriku, aku ditipu olehnya, yang aku cintai itu selalu dirimu!” “Ibu, apakah kamu tidak menginginkan Leo lagi? Akulah anakmu satu-satunya!” Aku bahkan tidak melirik mereka. Dari mana datangnya bajingan yang menghalangiku menerima penghargaan.

Di hari ulang tahun putra kami yang kelima, kami sekeluarga pergi melihat hujan meteor. Di tengah perjalanan, suamiku menerima telepon dan pergi terburu-buru. Tengah malam, asma putraku kambuh dan satu-satunya obat yang ada malah tertinggal di dalam mobil suamiku. Aku menggendongnya, berlari pontang-panting di tengah alam liar yang sepi tak berpenghuni. Aku berulang kali mencoba menelepon suamiku, tapi yang kudapat hanyalah balasan pesan dingin yang berisi, [Aku ada urusan mendesak, jangan ganggu.] Keesokan harinya, akhirnya aku menerima telepon dari suamiku. Tapi, yang terdengar malah suara cinta pertamanya. “Tadi malam tiba-tiba anjingku sakit dan meninggal. James takut aku sedih, jadi dia menemaniku semalaman. Dia baru tidur sekarang, kalau ada pesan, sampaikan saja padaku.” Aku mengelus wajah putraku yang sudah membiru, lalu menjawab, “Sampaikan padanya, kita cerai saja.”

Mentari namanya. Wajah dan badannya biasa aja. Bahkan dia tidak punya seorang teman pun di kampus karena penampilan culunnya. Hidupnya? Biasa saja. Tetapi tanpa dia ketahui alasannya, cowok paling tampan dan ditakuti di kampus jatuh hati kepada Mentari. Cowok yang terkenal dengan sebutan Pangeran Kampus itu ibarat badai yang mengguncang hidup tenang Mentari. Mendadak hidupnya jadi penuh masalah. Meski begitu...Mentari tidak mampu menolak cowok itu. Bukan karena pesonanya tetapi karena mereka memiliki satu kesamaan. Mereka sama-sama kesepian. Tapi...cukupkan itu menjadi alasan kebersamaan mereka?

Zia Hidalgo knew she was asking for too much. Her husband, Damien‘s heart came with a hefty price. A price that could never be paid, even if she slaved for him for years and abandoned her dreams just to remain by his side, supporting him from the shadows for three years. But what happens when in just one day, all that Zia has ever wanted is dangled in front of her and snatched away by the same family and man that she had sacrificed her soul for in the most cruel way? Zia decides the best way to get her pound of flesh back is by destroying the one thing that Damien loves more than anything in his life. His pride and career. …and what better way to do it than to steal the heart and attention of Ethan Hawkins, the Nation’s most wanted husband and her ex-husband’s Boss. Ethan Hawkins is the man who would go to hell and back for the woman he loves, even if she’s clearly a manipulative daredevil. At least she was HIS. His Little Daredevil.

Léonard m'avait aimée autrefois. Pour créer un lien du couple avec moi, il m'avait avoué son amour 99 fois. À la quatre-vingt-dix-neuvième, j'avais finalement été touchée. Le jour où nous avions célébré le rituel de marquage, je lui avais offert quatre-vingt-dix-neuf cartes de pardon, avec la promesse suivante : « Je te donnerai quatre-vingt-dix-neuf chances d'être pardonné. Tant que tu ne les as pas toutes utilisées, peu importe tes fautes, je te pardonnerai toujours… Et je resterai à tes côtés. » Pendant les six années de notre lien du couple, j'avais rarement eu besoin de ces cartes. Mais depuis un an, son amie d'enfance, Julie, était revenue. Et le nombre de cartes de pardon que j'utilisais avait commencé à augmenter. Quand j'ai utilisé la quatre-vingt-dix-huitième carte, Léonard a remarqué que j'avais changé. Je ne pleurais plus. Je ne me disputais plus avec lui à cause de Julie. Je le regardais simplement, avec un visage calme, et je lui ai demandé : « Si tu vas la retrouver… Est-ce que je peux utiliser une carte de pardon ? » Léonard a hésité un instant, puis a repris son ton habituel : « D'accord. De toute façon, t'en as utilisé quoi… Une cinquantaine ? Si tu veux, utilise. » Je n'ai rien répondu. Je l'ai laissé quitter la maison. Mais il ne savait pas que c'était la quatre-vingt-dix-huitième. Il ne lui restait plus qu'une seule chance. Et une fois la dernière carte utilisée… Je le quitterais pour toujours.

Queen was your typical teenager who ran away from home after a dispute she has with her family. Strapped to the slums with no relatives to depend on nor a place to live in, she finds her way into Bright's world and ends up getting employed as a housekeeper. She then lives her days working, until a spiteful event happens that has her witnessing a gruesome scene. Without knowing that she'll be dancing in the palm of her employer, Queen finds herself unable to escape her clutches. In an absurd love full of obsession and mischief, how could two women manage to fall in love and show their affection throughout the world?

Jericho Astor, the youngest Astor brother and by far the sweetest of the three is a genius when it comes to anything technology—and when it comes to Odette Gibson. Odette Gibson, a cop who just happens to be Jericho's best friend probably knows Jericho better than he knows himself. It's what makes their friendship so strong, it's what keeps them bonded. But, there's a thin line between friendship and something a little more than that and Jericho has been straddling that line for years, until one day he found himself in the deep end drowning in feelings for her that she would never return. Or maybe she will if the hands of fate have anything to do with it... _____________________________ Read book 1: Gunnar, and book 2: Ace. If you don't read the first two books, the third won't make sense.

Imogen Darcy is living a forbidden fantasy, secretly in love with her charismatic professor, Dante Salvatore. For two years, their stolen moments between lecture halls are a bittersweet promise of a future without secrets. But the fairytale ends the morning she wakes up alone, clutching a single, devastating post-it note. Her world instantly collapses. The press, tipped off by Dante's powerful family, brands her a gold-digging mistress. She is publicly shamed, expelled from Oxford, and disowned by her family—left utterly penniless with one final, life-altering secret: she's pregnant. Two years later, Dante returns, a man consumed by a vengeful rage. He has just discovered the monstrous betrayal orchestrated by his own mafia dynasty, a betrayal that forced him to shatter the woman he loved. He is too late to find her, but he finds the daughter he never knew. His quest for revenge uncovers his family's darkest secret: a brutal child trafficking ring. But his investigation leads him to a shocking safehouse, where the final piece of the puzzle is the broker's niece—a hardened, resilient Imogen. Now, to protect the family he has just found, Dante must bring them into the heart of the enemy's territory: his own gilded estate in Italy. Forced into close quarters, they must navigate their painful history, a web of deadly enemies, and a passion that never truly died. As a final, bloody war for control erupts, they are forced to confront a dangerous question: Can a love that was first built on secrets and then shattered by betrayal, be rebuilt on a foundation of vengeance and blood?

When Serena's corrupt husband sells her at an underground auction to pay his debts, she thinks her life is over. The mysterious masked man who buys her for $100 million has other plans. Taken to his fortress-like penthouse, Serena discovers her new "husband" is the most dangerous crime lord on the East Coast. But when he finally removes his mask, she's faced with an impossible truth that shatters everything she thought she knew. He's supposed to be dead. Now she's trapped between a past that haunts her and a future that terrifies her. But in a world where power is everything and trust is deadly, Serena is about to discover she's far more dangerous than anyone imagined. Because some women aren't meant to be saved... **They're meant to rule.** *But who's really playing who in this deadly game of love and revenge?*