Happy Birthday Xander

Si Xander Martin ay isang lalaking may reputasyon na dapat panatilihin. Gwapo siya, mayaman, bata, matalino at... Cassanova. Hindi lihim na mahilig siyang gumugol ng oras sa mga bayarang babae. Sa katunayan, alam ng buong bayan na hindi niya gustong matulog sa parehong babae nang dalawang beses. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang hindi sinasadyang nakipagtalik siya sa isang babae. Dahil sa pagkadismaya na hindi ang dalaga ang inaakala niyang upahang babae, inakusahan siya ni Xander na isang espiya na sadyang ipinadala ng kanyang karibal sa negosyo para sirain siya. So, totoo ba ang akusasyon? Nagtagumpay kaya si Xander sa paghahanap ng babae? Ang pinakamahalagang huling tanong, sino ba talaga ang babaeng iyon?

Una pa lang na pagkikita ni Zerina at Xander ay asar na asar na siya rito. Kung meron mang sinasabi na 'love at first sight'... si Xander naman ang 'hate at first sight' ng dalaga. He is way far from the prince that Zerina ever dreamed of! He is almost the exact opposite of the guy she loved for the first time. When suddenly destiny made a twist in their life... What could really possibly happen? Will they find out that in them... Something has changed?

Five years after my death, my daughter, Emma, dialed Xander Green’s number. She cautiously asked, "Do you like my mom?" She was trying to get an answer to the question I once wrote in my diary. "Xander, do you like me?" Unexpectedly, the voice on the other end sneered, "Did your mom put you up to this? Using her own daughter like a pawn? What an unfaithful woman! She’s already with your dad, yet still trying to rekindle things with me?"

When the kingdom of Ormond is invaded, eighteen year old Princess Eithne is enslaved by the cynical conqueror, Xander of Frankia. Her innocent eyes are opened to a world of untold cruelty and depravity at the heart of which is her estranged mother, Clara Sylvain Lovell. Mourning the death of her beloved father, King Stephen, Eithne is worried about her older brother, Ephron, who has not been heard from for a while. Xander claims acquaintance with the disgraced royal heir and says he is currently in jail overseas. He swears he will try and secure his release in return for her favours. But is he to be trusted? Eithne sees another side of her sometimes brutal master when they learn that young girls are going missing all over the realm. Does this resonate with him on a far more personal level than he is letting on? And is Xander really the blackguard he seems, or will love tame the tamer?

Waktu kecil, Amber diculik dan disekap hingga mengalami trauma. Dia mengalami pobia di ruang gelap dan sempit, suaranya tak lagi terdengar dan dia menjadi bisu. Saat dewasa, dia tumbuh dalam penghinaan dan selalu direndahkan. Untuk menutupi aib keluarga karena kekurangannya, dia dipaksa menikah dengan seorang pria bernama Christhoper.  Amber terkejut ketika tahu jika pria itu ternyata adalah cinta pertamanya, anak laki-laki yang pernah diculik bersamanya dan berjanji akan melindunginya, tapi Christhoper tidak mengenalinya. Setelah menikah, bukan kebahagiaan yang dia rasakan tapi siksaan dan pelecehan dari suaminya. Christhoper yang sudah memiliki kekasih, terpaksa menerima pernikahan tersebut karena desakan orang tuanya yang berhutang budi pada keluarga Amber. Dia melimpahkan kekesalan pada Amber dengan menyiksa wanita itu.  Rasa benci Christhoper pada istrinya semakin besar karena fitnah yang terus menerus kekasihnya lakukan pada Amber. Hingga di satu titik, Amber memiliki kesempatan untuk kabur hingga Christhoper menjadi gila setelah sadar akan semua kesalahannya.

"Sekarang kalian boleh buang aku, tetapi selangkah saja aku pergi, aku tak akan pernah menoleh ke belakang lagi." "Mari kita lihat, siapa yang akan kalab." ~Mutia Zahira

Apa jadinya jika kamu dijodohkan dengan wanita yang memiliki keterlambatan dalam mendengar atau biasa kita sebut budeg(tunarungu)? Selain budeg, dia juga tulalit. Apakah pendamping hidup seperti ini bisa mendatangkan kebahagiaan dalam rumah tangga? Simak kisah rumah tangga berbalut komedi yang bisa bikin kamu ngakak sekaligus nangis. Jangan lupa simpan di reading list kamu dan tekan bintang limanya. Terima kasih

Mom accidentally adds me into a group chat called "Happy Family". In the group chat, I saw Mom, Dad, and a stranger who's nicknamed "sweetheart". They are in the middle of organizing a birthday party for him. However, the thing is, tomorrow will be my birthday, which they have forgotten for the tenth time in a row. Mom says, "The venue must be dreamy. I want him to feel like an actual prince." Dad transfers a huge sum of money to "sweetheart". "Money is no problem! Just don't let Christopher find out about this. It'll screw things up for us!" I quietly take screenshots of everything, planning to find a chance to expose my parents' true colors and end everything with them once and for all. At that moment, my younger sister, who's always been great at her studies, sends me a screenshot via our private chat. It's a screenshot of the chat history between her and Mom. "Mom, have you made preparations for Christopher's surprise party yet? You promised me that this is the last time you'd lie to him!"

After my physical examination, I'm about to leave the pack infirmary located in my cousin's territory when a heavily made-up healer suddenly grabs my arm. She hisses, "Stop right there! You think you can break something in the infirmary and just run away? No way!" I look at her unfamiliar face and blink, feeling utterly confused. "What did I break?" She points to the crystal potion bottles on the shelves and wrinkles her nose exaggeratedly. "You reek, and your stench has contaminated all the potions, making them unusable! Alpha Xander bought these at a high cost, and all of it is worth 500 thousand dollars. There's also compensation for causing me emotional distress—that's another 200 thousand. "Altogether, that's 700 thousand dollars. Will you pay by cash or card?" My scent is a mix of violet and amber. It's noble and cool, like a winter dusk. Of course, not everyone loves this scent, but "contamination"? Please! I can't fathom why the infirmary in Xander's territory is operating like a scam. I laugh out of anger and say, "I'm Alpha Xander's cousin. I don't pay a single cent in his territory. If anyone has a problem with that, have Xander come say it to my face." But the healer only rolls her eyes. "You bitch, trying to use such lowly tricks to get my Alpha's attention? You wish! If you don't pay up today, I'll strip you naked and throw you onto the street so that everyone can smell how foul you are!" She has no idea who she's threatening. I take a deep breath and quickly contact my Beta. "Tell Xander—either banish this healer from the pack, or I'll banish him."

Dalam kisah ini, Ivander Abraham dan Samantha Inggrid adalah pasangan suami istri yang memiliki seorang pelayan cantik, Anna Magenta, yang dibawa oleh Ivander dari sebuah yayasan. Anna merupakan seorang pelayan dari kampung, yang mencoba merantau bersama temannya ke kota. Sementara, perusahaan Ivander tengah menghadapi kebangkrutan, Samantha meninggalkannya dan pergi ke kampung halamannya karena tidak kuat dengan kelakuan Ivander. Ivander, yang tertekan dan patah hati, menemukan kenyamanan dan semangat dalam diri Anna. Namun, hubungan mereka berubah menjadi skandal perselingkuhan, sejak Ivander yang kerap melarikan rasa frustasinya terhadap minuman alkohol, lalu tanpa sadar melakukan hubungan yang tidak seharusnya dengan Anna. Bahkan demi rasa tanggung jawabnya, mereka melakukan pernikahan siri, yang sangat melukai Samantha. Kepulangan Samantha, yang ternyata membuat dirinya sendiri terjebak dan terjatuh dalam rumah tangganya sendiri, atas perlakuan Ivander yang selalu berpihak pada Anna. Akibatnya, Samantha pergi lagi dan mengalah untuk yang kedua kalinya, ke kota lain dan mencoba memulai hidup baru, seorang diri. Anna, yang merasa bersalah atas peranannya dalam menghancurkan rumah tangga Ivander dan Samantha, juga akhirnya Ivander yang tidak perduli lagi dengan Anna. Akhirnya memutuskan untuk berpisah dengan Ivander dan kembali ke kampungnya. Ivander yang menyesal dan merasa sangat bersalah, mencari Samantha dengan bantuan seorang detektif, tetapi Samantha menolak untuk kembali. Sementara itu, Anna menikahi seorang pengusaha peternakan, tetapi hidupnya tidak sebahagia yang dia bayangkan. Karma akhirnya menimpa dirinya, ketika suaminya berselingkuh dengan tetangga rumahnya. Ivander, dengan tekad kuat, berusaha meminta maaf dan memperbaiki hubungan dengan Samantha. Kedua orang tua Ivander berjuang dengan perasaan mereka terhadap anak semata wayangnya, hingga upaya pemersatuannya akhirnya berhasil. Samantha akhirnya membatalkan niatnya untuk bercerai, dan mereka bersatu kembali. Kisah berakhir dengan happy ending, kebahagiaan yang menyelimuti pasangan Ivander dan Samantha yang akhirnya rujuk dan memiliki buah hati.