Healing

‘ความสุขที่เคยมีและการใช้ชีวิตอย่างที่เคยเป็นของนักศึกษาสาวได้หมดไป เพราะความเป็นห่วงเพื่อนรักทำให้เธอรั้นไม่ฟังคำห้ามเตือนของเพื่อนรักอีกคน จนได้มาพบเจอกับเหตุการณ์ไม่คาดฝัน เมื่อเขาและพวกเพื่อนพากันออกมาปล้นครั้งใหญ่ แต่ความโชคร้ายดันมาเยือนเธอ ได้นำพาเขาให้วิ่งตรงมาหา’ Spoil~ "มะ..หมายความว่าไง แต่ฉันมาส่งนายถึงที่แล้วนะ" เธอเบิกตาโพลงกว้างพอจะเข้าใจในคำพูดของเขาว่าหมายถึงอะไร แต่พยายามต่อรองเพื่อหวังให้เขาปล่อย รู้ทั้งรู้ว่ายากแทบจะไม่มีโอกาสนั้นก็ดีกว่ายอมอะไรง่ายๆ "ส่งแล้วยังไง?" "นายก็ต้องปล่อยฉันกลับสิ" "เหอะ! ปล่อยกลับให้มึงเอาตำตรวจมาลากคอกูอ่ะเหรอ" เขาเค้นเสียงเหอะอย่างเย้ยหยันมองคนตรงหน้าด้วยสีหน้าเหยียด "อย่าพูดอะไรสิ้นคิดเพราะมึงจะดูโง่ จะลงมาเองหรือจะให้กูลากลงมา" "ไม่! นายปล่อยฉันไปนะ ฉันสัญญาจะไม่แจ้งตำรวจไม่ยุ่งเรื่องของ...อึก!"

Melati selaku istri yang selalu Ravael tolak, ternyata wanita yang diam-diam Ravael cintai sejak lama. Namun, Ravael baru mengetahuinya setelah dirinya menjatuhkan talak untuk ke tiga kalinya, sementara Melati langsung membuka cadarnya. Ravael pikir, hanya itu kesalahan fatalnya. Namun ternyata, Dimas sahabatnya sendiri, begitu mencintai Melati. Dimas memperlakukan Melati layaknya seorang ratu, dan bahkan akan menikahi Melati dalam waktu dekat! Salahkah jika kini, Ravael melakukan segala cara, agar mendapatkan maaf dari Melati, hingga mereka bisa kembali menjadi suami istri?

Jadi... Kau ingin mati? Atau ingin diselamatkan? . . . Ava menemukannya. Dia menemukan dirinya. Seseorang mengajarinya. Jika kau berpikir mati adalah satu-satunya pilihan, maka tetaplah hidup. Dengan begitu kau akan mulai menyadari, jika kau tetap hidup, maka pilihanmu bukan hanya mati.

นางคือภรรยาที่เขาไม่ต้องการ ถูกแม่สามีรังเกียจ ถูกสตรีอื่นแย่งชิงสามี และถูกผลักไสออกจากจวนถูกราวกับของไร้ค่า...สามปีให้หลังนางกลับมาอีกครั้งพร้อมความแค้นที่จะสะสางและทวงคืนอย่างสาสม!

At the annual gala, my father had me marry Asher Ziegler, a rising star in the finance industry whom he had groomed. Back then, I, Maddison Gruber, had no idea that Asher was in love with someone else. Sometime later, my father's company is investigated for product fraud, and his company's stock plummets. He even faces criminal charges. When this happens, Asher immediately brings his first love, Cora Singer, home and tells me outright that he is going to make her his legally wedded wife. My mother-in-law admonishes me. "Your family's bankrupt now, and you're completely barren! Why shouldn't my son remarry?" Asher slides a divorce agreement in front of me, his tone condescending. "Sign this, and I can let you stay here and live alongside Cora." But I say nothing. I merely quietly book a ticket to leave this place. In seven days, I will be following my father down south.

During a game of truth or dare, my boyfriend, Ryan Patel, chose to kiss his childhood friend, Michelle Woods, for three minutes to save her from a penalty. When I found out, I was furious. I called him in tears, confronting him about the unbearable intimacy between them. He remained silent for a long time before speaking coldly, "Are you done crying?" Then, he drove Michelle home. I crouched in the rain, watching couples huddle under umbrellas, and from that moment on, I never contacted Ryan again. Three months later, at an auction, I bought a men's wristwatch. When Ryan heard about it, he chuckled. "Forget it. In three days, I'll go and coax her back myself. She just needs a way out." His friends all sent me messages, congratulating me on how well I had him wrapped around my finger. I didn’t reply to any of them. I simply posted a picture in my feed—my newly issued marriage certificate.

This marks the third year since Alan Cohen and I became mates, and today's finally the day of the Luna ceremony. As the ceremony begins, Alan takes my hand. But then he hesitates, refusing to move forward. I'm still trying to make sense of it when my adoptive sister, Eden Parker, suddenly breaks into the mind-link. She says she's just ended a failed mate bond with another Alpha and will be back within the hour. That's when I see a flicker of a smile on Alan's face. Then, without a second glance, he lets go of my hand and walks away. I turn to my adoptive brother, Dexter Parker, and my adoptive father, Hank Parker, hoping for some kind of comfort, only to realize they've already left the ceremony with Alan. And just like that, I became the joke of the entire pack. Eden sends me a photo. She's glowing beside Alan, her arm looped through Dexter's, with Hank beaming next to them. That's when I give up. I reach out through the mind-link to my birth father. "Dad, I'm ready to return to the Bloodmoon Pack."

Everyone knew that Simon Zimmer and Luna Springfield had been friends with benefits for a year, but they had chosen to hide it from Bertha Marsh, the deaf one. During a New Year’s gathering, Bertha's cold attitude caused displeasure to Simon’s friend. “Simon, is Bertha kicking up a fuss again? Seriously, that doctor of yours is more considerate. She knows how to get you into a good mood and doesn’t throw tantrums,” he said loudly with disdain. Simon’s expression turned dark, and he snapped at him. “Don’t say anything you shouldn’t. Bertha’s the most important person to me. I’ll die if she leaves.” He then anxiously signed to Bertha to ask whether she was sick. What he did not know was that Bertha had heard it all, and their future together was over.

[THE NEW YORK BACHELORS CLUB, #1] [Formerly known as Healing Mr. Brown] Vincent Brown has a past filled with cuts and bruises. He knows how to transform his pain and rage to bring out the best in him. He has made mistakes big to change, but Joy wasn't one of them. Joyce Gale has grown stronger than ever. After losing the person closest to her, she has done everything she could to feel complete. But nothing could ever make her happy except the man named Vince she met five years ago. When fate brings them together once again, it makes them face the truth that they both have changed and so have their feelings for each other. Their desire for each other has grown into something that neither of them can retract from. The only thing that stands between them is their fear of being too broken to be healed. © 2020 Shreya Sengupta

Di tahun kelima pernikahan tanpa hubungan suami istri, sebuah pesan teks tentang suamiku yang meninggalkan duniawi dan saudara perempuan angkatnya yang sedang menginap di hotel muncul. Detik berikutnya, foto pribadiku yang mengenakan pakaian seksi untuk menggoda suamiku, tetapi ditolak dengan dingin, terkirim ke grup obrolan kerja. Grup obrolan kerja itu penuh dengan sarkasme, [Awalnya, berusaha mati-matian memaksa menikah dengan Pak Jason, Pak Jason menjadi biksu untuk melindungi kepolosannya, sehingga dia harus berpisah dari kekasihnya.] [Pak Jason menahannya selama lima tahun, wajar baginya untuk kehilangan kendali atas emosinya dan kembali bersama kekasihnya.] Ayah yang sakit parah meninggal karena syok, tetapi suamiku bahkan tidak menghadiri pemakaman. Malam itu, aku berlutut di depan Ibu Jason dan mengajukan perceraian. “Awalnya, kamu bilang aku adalah jodoh Jason, pernikahan kami akan memberinya masa depan yang cerah, jadi kamu rela membayar biaya pengobatan yang sangat mahal dan menyetujui perjanjian lima tahun denganku.” “Sekarang waktunya telah tiba dan kamu harus melepaskanku.”