Ghost System

I'm bound to a rebound system by nature. Everyone who has come up with rumors about me will receive backlash in return. When I was in high school, a male classmate had spread rumors about me being a prostitute who had intimate relations with a few old men. That very same day, he was taken away by a dozen or so old men and was modified into a gigolo himself. When I was in college, my boyfriend's childhood friend spread rumors about me being the female lead in porno videos. That night, all of the available porno videos on the Internet featured her as the female lead. Since then, no one dares to gossip about me. That is, until I'm reunited with the wealthy Hartley family, which happens to be my biological family. The fake heiress, Claire Hartley, takes my hand while adopting a friendly expression. "Hey Amanda, I heard that you got pregnant out of wedlock and gave birth to a murderer's child. Now that you're back, why didn't you bring the baby home with you? "We're a family, after all. We won't look down on you."

In the Philippines, there is a well-known and commonly practiced superstitious belief called pagpag, loosely translated as "to dust-off." One should never go home directly after visiting a wake or a funeral, because the ghost of the deceased might latch on and cause hauntings or attract evil. Now, where can Filipinos pagpag and lead spirits astray? It could be anywhere: a restaurant, a mall, that house down the street where your toxic ex lives… but usually, people opt for 7-Eleven convenience stores and nobody knows why. Follow the story of Akira Basilio: a part-time staff who mans the Luntian Street 7-Eleven on Thursday and Friday nights, which sounds completely normal; except Akira had the ability to communicate with the dead. She maintained a quiet life by keeping her sixth sense a secret from both the living and the departed, until a particularly persistent spirit flips everything into chaos when he entangles Akira in a hunt for a murderer.

"How can you say that about me, Nathan? I never had a kid!" Aaron Fuller protests. My wife, Jenny Green, stands protectively in front of him. "That's enough! You can't slander Aaron just because you're jealous of him. Just you wait, Nathan. I haven't settled the score with you for calling Aaron this afternoon and insulting him!"

My roommate sets me up. She deliberately forces me into a death-trap survival game. As I shut my eyes and wait for death to take me, I realize that the game's bosses can read my mind. "Look at the blood spurting from this baby doll's neck. It's like a fountain of pee." The baby doll is baffled. It's about to launch its ultimate move, but it falters. "Man, look at how this guy is still sweeping the streets when he's so old. Does he not have a pension?" The old man is about to swallow me whole, but he suddenly gets a heart attack. An ambulance takes him away. "Oh, so this is the amusement park's owner. Oh, dear god, he's handsome, albeit a little skinny. I can send him flying with a kick!" The handsome owner's expression darkens. He instantly takes off his shirt to reveal his washboard abs. "Do you still think I'm skinny?"

Demi menyelamatkan sang Papa yang dijebak hingga dipenjara, Sara menerima sebuah misi gila dari mantan istri calon suami misteriusnya. Tugas Sara, menggoda suaminya, membuatnya sembuh dari impotensi, lalu pergi agar sang mantan istri bisa kembali demi ambisinya. Namun, seiring waktu, misi demi misi mendekati pria dingin itu justru membuat pernikahan palsu mereka terasa semakin nyata. Ketika semua kebenaran terkuak, Sara dihadapkan pada pilihan yang rumit—menyelamatkan Papa, atau mengkhianati pria yang mulai ia cintai?

Gadis itu polos? Tentu tidak. Ia bar-bar, keras kepala, dan selalu punya cara untuk berdebat ketika pemikiran orang lain tidak sesuai dengan otaknya. Namun, siapa sangka kelancangannya justru menyeretnya ke dalam genggaman seorang mafia tampan yang terbiasa mendapatkan apa pun yang ia mau. Pertanyaannya: mampukah ia bertahan, atau malah bikin sang mafia pusing tujuh keliling?

Sahabat adalah maut. Dia yang aku cintai, ternyata sudah lama menjalin hubungan dengan sahabatku sendiri. Orang paling dekat, yang aku kira paling baik dan paling memahami kondisiku, ternyata dia yang paling jahat. Lihat saja, apa yang akan aku lakukan setelah kalian mempermainkanku.

Nara Evans Claudya, Marketing Director di sebuah perusahaan teknologi global di Manhattan, hidup dalam ritme cepat—presentasi besar, networking, wine di rooftop bar, dan rapat lintas zona waktu. Di mata semua orang, dia sukses. Tapi setiap malam, ia mematikan lampu dengan rasa sepi yang sama. Segalanya runtuh ketika Bara Damien Dane, mantan kekasih yang dulu pergi tanpa pamit ke London, tiba-tiba muncul sebagai konsultan strategi untuk proyek internasional. Kini, mereka harus bekerja sama dalam proyek miliaran dolar—berpura-pura tak punya masa lalu. Tiap kata yang mereka kirimkan di chat langsung dihapus. Tiap sentuhan terasa dosa. Tapi hati mereka terus mengkhianati logika. Di tengah kota yang tak pernah tidur, mereka saling menemukan lagi—tapi hanya sebagai rahasia. Karena cinta terlarang hanya bisa mampir sebentar, sebelum akhirnya harus pulang ...

Nazharina dinikahi oleh Arian bukan karena cinta, tapi karena janji. Janji seorang anak pada ibunya yang sekarat. "Arian... tolong jaga Nazharina. Dan saat ia berumur 20 tahun, nikahilah dia." Tapi pernikahan mereka dingin dan hampa. Arian menjaga jarak, tak pernah menyentuh—seolah kehadiran Nazharina tak lebih dari beban. Hingga akhirnya, Nazharina memilih pergi. Beberapa bulan kemudian, takdir mempertemukan mereka lagi. Bukan sebagai suami-istri, tapi sebagai bos dan sekretaris. Arian, yang dulu begitu dingin, kini berubah menjadi pria posesif, protektif, dan tak segan menunjukkan ketertarikan—juga kecemburuan. Luka dan trauma masa lalu dalam diri Nazharina perlahan sembuh oleh perhatian, cinta, dan gairah dari pria yang dulu terlalu dingin untuk disentuh… tapi kini terlalu panas untuk dihindari.

Terdesak biaya operasi sang Ayah, Elena semakin frustrasi dengan keadaannya. Di tengah kalutnya isi kepala, ia tak sengaja bertemu Leon, seorang pria asing dingin yang tiba-tiba menawarkan sebuah kontrak. "Kamu akan jadi milikku!" katanya. Namun, yang Elena tidak tahu adalah bahwa ia tengah berhadapan dengan seseorang berdarah dingin.