Hey Put On A Happy Face

Johan Kurniawan tidak mencintaiku dan juga tidak mencintai putri kami. Dia hanya mencintai kekasih idamannya yang ada di dalam hatinya. Demi menjaga citranya di hati kekasih idamannya, dia hanya mengizinkan putri kami memanggilnya “Paman.” Sampai ketika kekasih idamannya hamil dan ke luar negeri untuk menikah, dia mabuk-mabukan, memutuskan kembali ke keluarganya. Setelah pulang ke rumah, putri kami memberinya 100 lembar kupon maaf. Aku memberi tahunya setelah 100 kupon habis digunakan, aku akan membawa putri kami meninggalkannya untuk selamanya. Dia memelukku dan putri kami dengan erat dalam pelukannya, bersumpah tidak akan pernah membuat kami bersedih lagi. Dalam lima tahun pernikahan rahasia, dia melakukannya dengan baik, tidak menggunakan satu lembar pun kupon maaf. Sampai kekasih idamannya kembali ke dalam negeri dengan putrinya. Setiap kali dia meninggalkanku dan putri kami demi kekasih idamannya dan putrinya, aku akan merobek satu lembar kupon maaf itu. Sampai kupon maaf itu... hanya sisa tiga lembar terakhir.

When the SAT scores are out, I've scored 400 out of 1600. That's because I never wrote anything on my exam papers. My mom goes crazy, whereas my younger sister, Melinda Bolton, bursts into tears. But I just laugh at them instead. In my previous life, Melinda had formed a pact with the score-swapping system. That was how she swapped our SAT scores. She became the top scorer that all prestigious universities fought to recruit. I, the valedictorian of my year, not only got into a trade school, but I also got expelled from my previous high school. Melinda had the gall to comfort me. "Didn't you call yourself a genius, Melissa? Trade schools are very popular right now. In the future, you'll secure a job at a factory out there!" In this life, I spend my exam hours sleeping in my seat the whole time. Melinda wants to swap her scores, right? Then, let's do it properly!

On the night my family got wiped out, someone had hidden me behind the barrels inside the wine cellar. The gunshots kept going off the entire night outside the cellar. I could only curl up between the barrels while listening to unfamiliar voices cursing in Etarino. All I could do was gnash my teeth together in order to not make any sounds. At the break of dawn, the wine cellar's door was opened from the outside. Two people could be seen standing in front of the pouring light. The first person was Antonio Corleone, a 15-year-old teenager who was also the oldest son of the Corleone family. He was still holding a gun, which had smoke wafting from its barrel. The second person was Matteo Corleone, Antonio's younger brother. His clothes were stained with blood that didn't belong to him. Antonio crouched down before draping a coat over my body. "Don't be scared, Elena," he said. "From today onward, I'm your family." Matteo squeezed Antonio away before stuffing a warm slice of panettone into my hands. With red-rimmed eyes, he said, "My brother is right. I'll kill whoever has the guts to hurt you." It was Christmas Day of 1999. Back then, I was ten years old. For the next 20 years, I grew up in the estate located in Vosaro and became an essential part of the Corleone family. At the same time, I also grew up to be the woman both Antonio and Matteo have a crush on. The entire family has noticed their obsession and love for me. Antonio and Matteo help me exact vengeance on the people who killed my family. They even buy a football team and name it after me. Everyone thinks that the brothers are head over heels in love with me. They patiently wait for the news when one of them will marry me. Even I also think the same. But on the night before my 30th birthday, when Don Corleone asks the brothers who among them wishes to marry me, Antonio snuffs out the cigar in a crystal ashtray. "Father, you should know that I'm terribly busy with the family's affairs, so I have no time to marry anyone." Matteo swirls the whiskey in his glass while wearing a flippant smile. "Father, I'm only 33 years old, and I'm not done having fun just yet. Besides, marrying Elena is just a joking promise that I've made when I was young. I'm not going to follow through with it." The next day, the brothers decide to propose to my enemy's daughter, Sophia Volpe, at my birthday banquet which I have painstakingly prepared. They even force me to drink the entire bottle of grappa despite the fact that I've been suffering from stomach issues for ten years just to please Sophia. When I get carted into the ambulance after suffering from stomach bleeding, Antonio and Matteo immediately cover Sophia's eyes with their hands while claiming that I'm just faking my illness. The moment I feel blood rising from my throat, I've made up my mind. On the day I'm set to get discharged, I dial a phone number. "I will get married to the heir of the Rossi family."

Aku rela merendahkan diri demi mempertahankan pernikahan kita yang sudah memasuki usia empat tahun. Aku yang menemanimu menyembuhkan luka hati dan membangun karir. Namun kamu justru memilih kembali pada mantan kekasihmu. Meninggalkanku yang mencintaimu tanpa tapi, disaat aku tengah hamil lagi setelah dua kali keguguran. Usai tiga tahun kamu bersamanya, kenapa kamu ingin membawaku kembali dalam hidupmu? Apa yang kamu sesalkan karena telah meninggalkanku, Mas? Apa yang tidak kamu dapatkan dari wanita pujaanmu, hingga mengharapkanku kembali? Adakah takdir masih menyimpan kejutan yang tidak terduga di antara kita? Sedangkan aku sudah mengubur semua rasaku, bahkan pada pria selain dirimu.

Lerina dibuang setelah pamannya berhasil merebut semua harta peninggalan orang tuanya. Dia terpaksa menumpang di rumah seoaran pelayan temannya. Dia harus mencari pekerjaan saat itu, namun nasib baik tidak berpihak padanya. Hingga temannya Rivera mendengar dari orang tuanya, ada pria kaya yang ingin memiliki anak tanpa menikah. Dia menawarkannya. Lerina yang memang sangat membutuhkan uang untuk tempat tinggal, kehidupan sehari-hari juga biaya untuk kuliah, akhirnya menerima tawaran itu. Lima tahun kemudian takdir mempertemukan mereka.

Jacqueline has always been insecure about her looks because of her childhood experiences. However, it all changes when she accepts a friend request and makes a male best friend. And what's more important for her was that she was someone who never shared anything about her life with anyone, and gets the special one she can share her tears with. "it's the most achingly beautiful feeling when you pour your naked feelings in front of someone and it's the most intimate you could get." But then like every fairy tale they have conflicts and get separated to meet yet again. And The meeting turns into an obsession for Remo. Gambling with the matters of the heart follows the journey of Jacqueline and Romeo D' Souza and watch them fall in love with each other. ******* Book Cover designed by- Saii designs FB: @saidesigns

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