Hey Put On A Happy Face

The day before I am supposed to move into a nursing home, my daughter-in-law, Emily Freeman, cancels the deposit I have already paid without my permission. "It's not easy for Ryan to earn money. Instead of helping us save money, you want to stay somewhere so expensive," Emily complains. I frown and explain that I paid with my own money. Her expression darkens as she rants, "Isn't your money our money? Besides, how much money can you possibly have? Didn't you get all of it from Ryan anyway? "You don't help take care of the kids or do any housework. Now, you're just bleeding us dry so that you can enjoy yourself!" My son, Ryan Pratt, sides with her and criticizes me as well. "Mom, this is such a waste of money. If you ask me, you might as well go to a senior community and get a bed there for ten dollars. Someone will still take care of you." I am so furious that I faint on the spot and am rushed to the hospital. With the refunded money, Ryan takes Emily and goes on vacation abroad with his in-laws. After being discharged, the first thing I do is put the apartment I once gave my son as a wedding gift up for sale with a real estate agent.

On the day we chose our college majors, the influencer who was the school's heartthrob held a livestream and announced that he had decided to lead the anti-rat-race movement and would choose to attend a vocational college. The whole class followed him. Seeing the rapidly increasing number of followers, he smiled smugly. "They can do these low-class jobs if they like. I'll change my choice back to Harvard University at the last minute." I tried to dissuade him, but this would cause network congestion. My girlfriend slapped me. "You nerd! Who are you to tell our idol, Zach Simpson, what to do?" In my previous life, I spent half an hour dissuading them, and only then did the students change their college choices. However, Zach failed to change his application due to network lag and was admitted to a vocational college instead. He could not bear the blow and jumped into the river to commit suicide. The students who had entered prestigious universities collectively vented their anger on me. At the class reunion, they poured 99 bottles of beer down my throat and locked me in the karaoke's freezer. "Who cares about the prestige of a prestigious university? You'll just be working for someone else after graduation anyway!" "Why did we follow Zach in the first place? Wasn't it to break this damn rule?" "Zach was leading us to realize our dreams! If you hadn't interfered, I would already have gone to a vocational college with him!" They spoke disdainfully of prestigious universities, yet not one of them chose to drop out. I froze to death in a dark, cold freezer, my eyes wide open. Years later, they became elites in their respective fields, while my parents could only weep looking at my portrait. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day Zach was livestreaming in the classroom. This time, I promised I would not interfere. Instead, I wished them a happy vocational college experience.

SUMIRAH perempuan cantik pribumi yang lahir di era penjajahan Belanda mengalami pelecehan seksual oleh pria-pria di desa tempat dia tinggal. Ironisnya hal itu terjadi setelah mendapati suaminya yang suka main tangan berselingkuh dengan seorang penari. Dendam membawanya pada ritual mengerikan yang menjanjikan kecantikan abadi. SUMIRAH..... Dendam membuatnya bersekutu dengan iblis yang menelan kehidupannya, menjadikannya Perempuan tercantik di massanya... Akankah cinta sejati menyelamatkan kembali kehidupannya. Atau sama sekali tak ada cinta sejati untuknya... Ikuti kisah Sumirah dalam cerita " SUSUK TERATAI PUTIH"

Semua orang ikut berbahagia atas kelahiran seorang putri raja yang cantik jelita dengan aroma alami yang begitu semerbak. Namun di hari yang sama pula, negeri Putih digemparkan karena sang putri raja tiba-tiba berubah menjadi beraroma busuk ketika fajar menyingsing. Kelahiran sang putri dari negeri Putih rupanya membawa kutukan dari ratu bangsa unicorn. Raja Arsen tidak sengaja membunuh putri unicorn ketika berburu, sehingga mengundang kemurkaan Ratu Penelope dan memberikan kutukan bahwa keturunan raja negeri Putih tidak akan mendapat kebahagiaan karena tubuhnya yang berbau busuk layaknya bangkai. Kehidupan Putri Aludra sangat jauh dari kata bahagia. Kutukan ratu unicorn benar-benar terjadi. Hingga suatu hari sang putri terpaksa di asingkan karena semakin hari bau busuk yang keluar dari tubuh Putri Aludra semakin pekat. Dalam pengasingannya sang putri ditemani seorang pelayan setia dan pengawal setia yang tidak pernah mempermasalahkan bau busuk tersebut. Hingga suatu hari sang putri bertemu dengan seorang pengembara yang tersesat karena terpisah dari rombongannya. Si pengembara sangat terkejut ketika bertemu dengan putri berbau bangkai itu untuk pertama kalinya. Apa yang membuat si pengembara itu terkejut? Apakah karena aroma si tuan putri yang seperti bau bangkai? Atau karena alasan lain?

Sejak kematian Adel istriku, Delia berubah. Gadis manis dan penurut, menjadi pemarah dan menutup diri dari dunia. Kecemasanku makin bertambah, kala teror demi teror harus keluargaku terima. Terlebih, Delia selalu berkata, "Wangi lavender memabukan ya, Yah."

Merasa putus asa karena dicampakan oleh keluarganya, Ravena Laine memutuskan untuk melarikan diri ke Caligo dan berniat memulai hidupnya yang baru di sana. Tanpa disangka, dirinya justru terlibat cinta satu malam yang panas dengan putra mahkota kerajaan Helion, Harvey Luther. Pangeran Harvey awalnya adalah pria yang selalu menghindari hubungan romantis dengan gadis manapun. Dia tidak berniat menikah, namun setelah bertemu dengan Ravena, pikirannya berubah. Harvey menyadari, gadis itu adalah satu-satunya orang yang bisa menyelamatkannya dari kutukan puluhan tahun yang lalu. Apakah Ravena bersedia melakukannya? Apa yang sebenarnya terjadi, hingga membuat Ravena menjadi satu-satunya orang yang bisa bersanding dengan sang pangeran?

Prince Barlion Great was about to accept the throne from his father, King Viper Great by the time he reached of age. But the lack of responsibility in the Prince had dragged out his correlation for a decade. But when the second son came of age, Prince Barlion was given a last chance to prove himself that he was worthy of the crown. The only way Kind Viper could challenge his son was to make him do the one thing the Prince was repulsed of.... Commitment. so, the King proposed that he will take Frost Sorrow as his wife or, he can pass the throne down to his brother. Prince Barlion didn't want to marry the faceless woman who has unpleasant tales told about her through all the five kingdoms. But he wasn't about to give up the throne either. Frost Sorrow- the faceless girl- had never imagined that she would be betrothed to the future king of Gold land Kingdom. Counting the seconds until the illness would finally take her had been the only thing she knew. A husband and a family were never written in the starts for her. But her parents had taken this opportunity to give her hand to the future king, where she'd be safe, while they travel beyond the five Kingdoms and searched for a healer. Frost didn't want to take a husband. She didn't want to leave the comforts of her home. But she would never defy her parents, and her parents would never defy the king. Prince Barlion doesn't want a faceless wife with enough rumors to fill a horror story. He doesn't want a wife, period. All he needed to do is stand the woman until he gets the throne. After that, all he has to do is...drive her away.

Seorang gadis yatim piatu meninggal dunia dengan cara yang sangat mengenaskan. Ia mati terbakar di dalam panti asuhan tempat di mana ia dibuang dan dibesarkan. Gadis itu kira, setelah ia mati, kemalangannya akan berakhir. Namun nyatanya ia salah. Saat ia membuka mata, gadis itu justru hidup kembali sebagai Koa Dorian. Sosok perempuan bodoh dalam sebuah novel yang dulu pernah dibacanya. Lady Koa merupakan anak haram Duke Dorian dengan seorang maid di Dorian Dukedom. Menjadi satu-satunya keturunan Duke Dorian membuat Koa diperlakukan dengan sangat baik. Ia hidup bergelimpangan harta. Namun sayang, meski Koa terlahir cantik, ia begitu bodoh. Kebodohannya sampai membuatnya ditipu oleh Pangeran Nathaniel. Ia merayu Koa, memanfaatkannya untuk naik tahta dan membuangnya setelah itu. Pangeran kemudian berselingkuh dengan putri count pinggiran. Setelah itu, kehidupan Koa berubah berantakan dan ia kehilangan segalanya. Duchess Dorian menyebut ini sebagai karma. Karma akibat perbuatan Duke yang dulu menyelingkuhinya demi seorang maid. Duchess mengatakan pada Koa jika memang itulah takdirnya. Takdir seorang putri cantik nan bodoh. Tak ingin mengalami akhir mengenaskan untuk kedua kali, gadis yatim piatu yang kini hidup sebagai Koa Dorian bertekad untuk merubah takdir malangnyanya dan mewujudkan cita-citanya untuk hidup bahagia di kehidupan barunya ini.

Before I turned eighteen, I was the adored principessa of the Moretti family. That all changed on my eighteenth birthday, when my father brought home an orphan girl named Carina. "She needs a home," my father said. "You will look after her, like a sister." From that moment on, nothing was the same. My brother, who once doted on me, became cold and distant. And my fiancé... his love for me seemed to halve overnight. The family praised Carina for being gentle and obedient, calling her a far better daughter than me, their own flesh and blood. After being cast aside for Carina one too many times, I finally broke and grabbed my father's sleeve. "Does blood mean nothing at all?" My father's fury ignited. He sheltered a tear-stricken Carina behind him, and in front of every member of the family, he struck me across the face. "You selfish waste. I wish I'd never had you." "You bring shame to this family," my brother Marco's voice was as cold as a blade. "Get out." And my fiancé, Vincent, looked at me with disappointment,"If only it had been Carina I was engaged to from the start." They thought I would grovel at their feet, like I always did. But I said nothing, just walked to the family safe, removed the official documents, and drew a single line through my name. I took the engagement ring from my finger and placed it on the table. I gave Carina everything they felt I didn't deserve. After all, I only had a few days left to live. But they had no idea then that amid the ruins of the Moretti family, they would one day kneel in the rain and plead for my return.

I fought my sister, Anna, for two lifetimes to become the Donna. In my first life, I got what I wanted. I became Lorenzo's woman. People said he loved me as if I were the air in his lungs. When he learned that I loved to dance, he bought an entire ballet company to keep me onstage. Then he broke my legs. He confined me to a wheelchair and displayed me like an ornament. One day, he brushed his fingers across my face and finally told me the truth. "I've seen enough dancing," he said. "And the one I truly love was never you." I died in that room, swallowed by despair. In my second life, I stepped aside and gave the Donna's seat to Anna. "You go," I told her. "The one Lorenzo really loves is you." I believed that choice would save us. I believed Anna would have the happy ending I never did. Five years later, they sent her back. Her legs were intact this time, but she couldn’t move them either. Lorenzo no longer treated her as a person. He had turned her into a ballerina statue, encased in plaster and posed at what he called her most beautiful moment, frozen in place. His men delivered the message without a trace of feeling. "He got tired of watching the younger sister dance," they said. "So he preserved her at her most beautiful." When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in my third life. Once more, the Don's men delivered a ballet invitation. Anna and I stared at it. The same question burned in both of us. If neither of us was the one he loved, then who was Lorenzo really watching?