Ian Mcewan

Satu malam, satu kesalahan, satu kehidupan yang tak lagi sama. Sarah hancur saat mengetahui bahwa lelaki yang selama ini dicintainya ternyata adalah milik orang lain. Dalam keterpurukan, Dylan—sahabat lamanya—berusaha menghiburnya. Namun, di tengah malam yang penuh luka dan mabuk emosi, Sarah dan Dylan terseret dalam pusaran gairah yang tak seharusnya terjadi. Ketika pagi datang, yang tersisa hanyalah kebingungan dan keputusasaan. Namun, segalanya berubah saat Sarah mengetahui bahwa ia hamil. Dylan bersikeras bertanggung jawab, tapi Sarah ragu—bagaimana ia bisa menjalani hidup dengan pria yang tidak ia cintai? Atau... benarkah ia tak pernah melihat Dylan lebih dari seorang sahabat? Bagi Dylan, ini adalah kesempatan yang tak pernah ia harapkan tapi diam-diam ia impikan. Sejak awal, hatinya telah lama terpaut pada Sarah. Kini, ia harus berjuang untuk membuat Sarah melihatnya bukan hanya sebagai sahabat, melainkan sebagai pria yang bisa ia cintai. Mereka terjebak dalam kisah yang tidak mereka rencanakan. Bisakah cinta tumbuh di antara luka dan tanggung jawab? Ataukah mereka hanya akan bertahan demi seorang anak tanpa pernah benar-benar memiliki satu sama lain?

Sarah Thompson is a fresh college graduate who is ready to enter the business world with full force. With her perfect records and recommendations, she thinks it's going to be an easy ride to getting a high paying white collar job. What will her fate be? what surprises life have for her?

I became a payment to my father’s debt. Put into an auction in the black market with a million dollars stashed on my head. And then, he saw me, wanted me, and purchased me.I somehow became his prize possession. His sweet lovely doll he can toy with whenever he wants. Play with my feelings and make me go crazy. I detested him for making my life become a daily living hell.… ….a caged bird robbed of its wings. However, the anger cultivated in me evolved into something I could not ignore. A feeling unknown, yet I always craved. A little touch from him burns me, sending me off my senses, yet in a blissful sensation spiraling down to my soul and to the middle of my desire. He consumed all of me till nothing was left.

My fiancé was drugged at a party and spent the night tangled up with Isabelle Parson, the housekeeper's daughter. Afterward, Isabelle turned up pregnant, and Adrian tore up our engagement right there at our engagement party. "Leah, Isabelle is carrying my child. I have to marry her. I know you still love me. After I marry Isabelle, you can keep being my lover." I agreed to break off the engagement on the spot, then turned around and married Gordon—the man I'd once refused in a family alliance. At my wedding, Adrian stood before the guests and mocked me with an icy smile. "So this is what you've sunk to without me—marrying a pauper on the verge of bankruptcy. I'm the richest man in Jeffolton City. All you have to do is beg, and I'll let you come back to me." I looked at him with a thin, distant smile. He still didn't know—whoever I marry would become the richest man in Jeffolton City.

Setelah 6 tahun dalam peperangan, Kekaisaran kembali. Dengan badanku yang kuat ini, aku akan mengalahkan gerombolan bajingan bajingan itu. Aku dapat mempertahankan para gadis perawan...

Ma meilleure amie, Maya, est arrivée pour ma semaine d'enterrement de vie de jeune fille. Mes derniers jours de liberté. Elle a insisté pour qu'on fasse une soirée entre filles à la maison pour fêter ça, en commandant tous mes plats préférés. Elle m'a demandé de tenir son téléphone et d'attendre un instant. Puis l'écran s'est allumé. Un message d'un mec. Une photo torse nu. Le texte disait : « J'ai besoin de toi ce soir. » Une autre image est apparue aussitôt. Des sex-toys. Du matériel de bondage, tout droit sorti d'un film. Mon visage s'est embrasé. Mon cœur cognait violemment contre ma poitrine. Je venais de tomber par hasard sur sa vie secrète. Mais l'image suivante a glacé mon sang. Un gros plan sur le torse de l'homme. Une cicatrice irrégulière, profondément marquée. Je la connaissais mieux que mon propre reflet. Elle appartenait à mon fiancé, Luciano Carbone.

“You helped your sister to run away with her boyfriend, right?” Aadil Waziri yelled at his newlyweds wife Inayat and he shook her head. “I didn't know she would run away.” She defended herself. “That means you knew. Then you could have told me about that. I would have backed out. I would never marry her forcefully. Now see what you have gotten yourself into. You spoiled both of our lives. You are stuck with me forever and me with you. But you have to pay for it. I will make your life hell. You are really my wife in papers but I will never claim you as my wife.” Pointing his finger at her he snarled at her. “Then why did you agree to marry me? You could have said no to this marriage.” Now Inayat lost her temper and yelled at him which enraged him more and he grabbed her jaw firmly, looking deadly into her eyes. “Because I want to ruin your life. You have to pay for your sister’s faults all your life. Welcome to my hellhole.” Saying that he let go of her face with a jerk and started laughing like a maniac.

It was said that when Lucifer was casted out of heaven, he swore on his powers to take revenge. His ego was hurt. He wanted the humans to pay for whatever happened to him. So he planted seven seeds of evil on earth as soon as he resurrected his true powers. As God always knew the plotting Lucifer was doing, God secretly created a plan to defeat Lucifer. The battle was between Lucifer and his demons against humanity. God also planted seeds of goodness, power, bravery and loyalty on earth too. With a little twist to surprise Lucifer with. Only the holy and religious people have known of that plan. Lucifer called it the age of his Victory against the humans. While God called it the Age of the Mighty Guardians.

In order to avenge Lily Bauer, an orphan staying with the Frostfang pack, Ethan Hawkins doesn't show up at the agreed time on the day of our betrothal party. He only sends his Beta to my door with a message. "Last time, you injured Lily with wolfsbane pollen, humiliating her at the pack gathering. Today is just a lesson. Apologize to Lily and send over the necklace she likes, and then we'll get betrothed." Overnight, I become the laughingstock of the entire pack. My brother, Ryan Fuller, says, "Lily just lost her parents. Let her vent her anger. Ethan is meant to be your mate anyway. Delaying your betrothal by a few days is no big deal." Really? It isn't a big deal? The Frostfang pack's ancestral token isn't something just anyone can covet. I turn around and grip the wolf-shaped crest offered by the Blackwood pack. "I accept the Blackwood pack's proposal for a mate alliance."

Sejak Zaman kuno, jalan kultivasi selalu di penuhi duri dan darah. Hanya mereka yang memiliki bakat luar biasa, akar spiritual langka serta dukungan sekte besar yang mampu menapaki tangga menuju puncak. Sisanya hanya menjadi batu pijakan, mayat mayat di sepanjang jalan. Ye Tian, seorang pemuda dari desa terpencil lahir dengan akar spiritual cacat. Di mata orang lain, ia hanyalah sampah yang tak mungkin melangkah di dunia kultivasi. Tak ada sekte yang mau menerimanya bahkan tak ada guru yang mau membimbingnya. Hidupkannya hanya di takdirkan sebagai rakyat jelata yang terlupakan zaman. Namun, takdir berubah pada suatu malam batu misterius dari zaman kuno jatuh ke tangannya. Batu itu menyimpan rahasia besar yang dimana di dalam batu itu menyimpan tehnik-tehnik kultivasi yang pernah menggemparkan sembilan negri ribuan tahun lalu, tetapi kini banyak di lupakan bahkan oleh sekte sekte besar sekalipun. Sejak saat itu, Ye Tian tidak lagi berjalan di jalan yang di tentukan orang lain , melainkan menapaki jalannya sendiri. Di tengah dunia yang di penuhi pertarungan sekte, ambisi klan bangsawan dan kembalinya bangkitnya iblis kuno, Ye Tian hanya memiliki satu tekad: untuk melawan, menentang, dan terus melangkah. Dari pemuda yang di remehkan, ia akan menjadi sosok yang menentang langit dan bumi. Tetapi jalan menuju keabadian bukanlah perkara yang mudah. Setiap langkahnya akan di penuhi darah, penghianatan, serta ujian dari surga itu sendiri. "Jika dunia menganggapku sampah, maka aku akan membuat dunia berlutut. Jika langit menghalangiku, maka aku akan menghancurkan langit. Jalan ini adalah jalanku, langkah demi selangkah menuju keabadian!"