Ikan Halo-halo

“Halo .... “ “Lyn, kamu ada di mana? Aku berkali-kali menghubungimu. Dan aku juga sudah mencarimu ke kamarmu, tapi kamu tidak ada di sana,” ucap pria dari seberang sana membuat Aurelyn mengernyitkan dahinya. Aurelyn mengenal suara di seberang sana. Sampai membuat matanya terbuka lebar. “Aveiro?” “Ya, ini aku. Kamu pikir siapa lagi, sebenarnya kamu ke mana, Lyn?” tanya Aveiro dari seberang sana. “A-aku?” Aurelyn berusaha mengingat jelas kejadian semalam, tapi dari tubuh polosnya, dia tahu kalau percintaan semalam bukanlah mimpi. Aurelyn pikir, yang menghabiskan malam bersamanya adalah Aveiro. “Kalau ini Aveiro, lalu siapa pria yang bersamaku semalam?” batin Aurelyn. Detak jantung Aurelyn pun langsung berdetak tidak karuan. Ada yang aneh dengan semua ini, dengan cepat, Aurelyn menoleh ke sisinya, dan di saat itu juga seolah dunia telah runtuh dan menimpanya saat melihat pria yang tidur di sampingnya adalah Zephyr Orion Clovis. Kakak tiri dari Jefrin Clovis, tokoh utama di pesta semalam. “Ba-bagaimana mungkin?” pekiknya dalam hati sambil menutup mulutnya sendiri. #fb: Indriani_Sonaris

"Rena, aku akan selalu mencintaimu!" desah Jeremy tak tertahankan. Tepat saat dia hampir mencapai klimaks, ponselnya tiba-tiba bergetar. Dalam kondisi seperti itu, tentu saja dia mengabaikannya. Namun tak lama kemudian, layar ponselnya menyala. Begitu Jeremy melihat nama yang tertera, tubuhnya langsung menegang. Rena mendengarnya mengangkat telepon dan berkata, "Halo?" Di tengah sunyinya malam, suara dari ponsel terdengar sangat jelas, "Jeremy, kamu tahu nggak ... Nadia ...." Jeremy buru-buru memotongnya dengan suara rendah dalam bahasa asing, "Kecilkan suaramu, ini bukan waktu yang tepat." Lawan bicaranya langsung berganti bahasa, tetapi suaranya tetap terdengar keras, "Hasil pemeriksaan rumah sakit sudah keluar. Nadia kena kanker stadium akhir. Hidupnya tinggal sebulan! Dia ingin jadi istrimu. Kamu bisa nggak kabulkan keinginan terakhirnya sebelum dia pergi?" Ekspresi Jeremy langsung berubah drastis. "Apa?! Tunggu aku!" Setelah menutup telepon, dia menoleh ke Rena dan berkata dengan lembut, "Rena, aku ada urusan penting, harus keluar sebentar. Kamu istirahat saja dulu, nanti aku segera balik." Tanpa menunggu jawaban darinya, Jeremy buru-buru pergi untuk bersih-bersih dan mengganti pakaian. Dia meninggalkan rumah tanpa menoleh sedikit pun. Sesaat kemudian, layar ponsel Rena menyala. Ternyata pesan dari Nadia. [ Rena, kamu kalah. Dari dulu aku sudah bilang, Jeremy itu milikku. ] Tepat di bawahnya, ada pesan lain yang dikirim tiga hari lalu. [ Kalau aku kena kanker, menurutmu Jeremy bakal ninggalin kamu buat datang ke aku nggak? Aku yakin dia pasti datang. ] Tatapan Rena perlahan terangkat dari layar ponsel ke arah pintu kamar yang masih terbuka. Jeremy tidak tahu, dia sudah lama belajar bahasa asing itu. Seluruh percakapan tadi, didengar dan dipahaminya dengan jelas. Sejenak kemudian, wajah Rena menyunggingkan senyuman yang begitu pahit dan menyedihkan. "Iya ... aku memang kalah ...."

During the New Year's Eve dinner, my pineapple juice was secretly swapped for alcohol. But I had taken cephalosporin earlier on. The doctors used a lot of effort to save me, but my wife, Jennifer Robinson, shielded the person who was responsible behind her. "This matter ends here. Be generous and forgive him. He didn't do it on purpose." I didn't plan on letting this man off so easily. He had an ambiguous relationship with my wife. But Jennifer interrupted me with a frown. "That's enough! He's only a fresh graduate. What's the point of making a fuss? Do you have to ruin the rest of his life to feel satisfied?" I looked at how my wife was protecting him and my heart sank. "Then you two can spend the rest of your lives together."

Saat aku melakukan pengambilan sel telur yang ketiga kalinya untuk program bayi tabung, Johannes sedang lembur dan tidak bisa menemaniku. Aku terbangun tengah malam karena kesakitan. Aku mendapati tangan dan kakiku bengkak, sedangkan perutku penuh cairan hingga membengkak bagaikan wanita hamil delapan bulan. Aku hampir tidak bisa bernapas dan dengan panik meraih ponsel untuk menghubunginya. Telepon berdering selama semenit sebelum diangkat. Namun, yang mengangkat telepon bukanlah Johannes, melainkan seorang wanita asing. "Halo?" Suaranya terdengar lembut dan penuh gairah. "Siapa kamu? Johannes, aku nggak bisa bernapas." "Kamu nakal. Kenapa kamu masih pakai baju?" Plak! Terdengar suara cambukan yang nyaring dengan diiringi erangan wanita. Kemudian, panggilannya pun terputus.

Satu malam yang sepatutnya menjadi antara satu malam yang terindah buat Aura Felisya bertukar menjadi malam yang mencipta seribu satu kisah kehidupan antara Aura Felisya dan Zaffrel Luftman . AURA FELISYA - Kau siapa? Kenapa kau mengaku yang kau bakal suami aku ? Kau tahu tak dengan tindakan kau ni kau dah buat masalah besar tahu tak ! ZAFFREL LUFTMAN - Kalau aku tak mengaku depan orang ramai tadi masalah akan jadi lebih besar. Aura Felisya bagaikan kebingungan apabila hadirnya seorang lelaki yang menyelamatkan maruah keluarganya dan sanggup berkahwin dengan dirinya. Namun siapa sebenarnya lelaki itu ? Apa motif dia sehingga sanggup berkahwin dengan Aura Felisya ? ZAFFREL LUFTMAN - Janji dengan abang walau apa pun yang jadi, jangan pernah tinggalkan abang AURA FELLISYA- Aura tak akan tinggalkan abang, Abang tetap milik Aura. Dari benci jadi cinta. Bukan namanya cinta tanpa dugaan. Namun Zaffrel dan Aura tetap pertahankan rumah tangga mereka saat dilanda ombak. ZAFFREL LUFTMAN- Aku akan tetap Jadikan Dia Milik Aku

"Maghiwalay na tayo, Dwayne.." nakikiusap ang aking tono sa aking asawa. Pagud na pagod ang puso, isipan at katawan ko sa buhay pag aasawang meron ako. Inaalila lang ako ng pamilya niya, at siya naman ay binabalewala lang ako.. Ayoko na talaga! "Sinong may sabi sayong maghihiwalay tayo? LJ, tandaan mo, ikaw ang humiling nito sa akin, ibinibigay ko lang ang gusto mo. Ayaw mo na? magdusa ka habang buhay!" iyon lang ang sinabi ni Dwayne, bago niya ako tuluyang iwanan sa bahay.

“A ruthless man he was, wore a halo of insanity. He made death dance on his fingers like a puppet, wings of obsession made him soar high in cruelty. Crumbled to pieces was everything that came his way and he trampled upon beating hearts, but fallen, he was at his girl's mercy who made him feel and cry at fate's cruel play and had him beg for mercy with a single dart.” . . . A two-year relationship was torn apart by a single mistake when Delilah caught her boyfriend to be with another woman. The betrayal pushed them apart and Delilah learned to live without him. But fate played its cards when Delilah was brought back to her ex-boyfriend but this time, at his mercy. Shocked by the revelation that dawned upon her, she now feared him, and the more she tried to get away, the more he was tempted to keep her with him. Never knew fate would make her cry with tears of blood when she learned the cruel side of his ex-boyfriend who wanted to keep her captive. Vicious was his way of loving, after all. . . . “Why are you doing this to me?! What’s wrong I ever did to you!?” “Oh, sweetheart, trust me, you did so wrong by walking into my life. And now, I’m not willing to let you go.”

The world deemed Akira a waste, not by default, but due to his own actions or lack of. He lacked the enthusiasm and desire to be anything. His family were all geniuses in their respective fields, but he spent the entire eighteen years of his life eating, drinking, and having fun. Despite all these, he loved his family and therefore it was an instinctive reaction to save his father from what could have been a fatal collision. He was supposed to be dead, but… Out of nowhere, a system appeared and thus began his journey of world-hopping to save the cannon fodder villains. In every story, there were always a few individuals whose purpose was to act as stepping stones for the love of the protagonists. Their suffering is there to act as the foil for their happiness. As a result, Akira must remove their protagonist's halo and teach these protagonist scums to value the life of others.

Jules has two problems. Ever since she woke up in the forest on her Prom night, she has sleepwalked and woken up in the middle of the same forest with a knife in her hand and no recollection of what occurred the night before. Her second problem is the intense desire she has for Rowan Cross. Rowan Cross has two problems. His Halo Master, Tristan wants him to investigate the disappearance of supernatural students who have gone missing on their college campus, and he wants Jules with every fiber of his being.

My body sinks, water rushing through my nose and mouth like icy needles. I keep my eyes open, praying for a miracle. And then—he appears. A glowing form slicing through the water like lightning. His ginger hair floats around him, a halo of fire in the depths, dancing like the sea itself. He looks like an angel. My angel. My beautiful, guardian angel. --- Nineteen-year-old Marinette Karnowsky knows life as a bed of thorns and broken glass. Abandoned, abused, and barely surviving college on her own, she’s grown used to pain. But everything changes the day her long-lost stepsister returns—sweeping Marinette away to a strange, stunning house in a town that doesn’t exist on any map. A town where the supernatural breathes beneath every shadow. There, Marinette uncovers truths she never imagined. Her beloved sister is not entirely human—and the town, not entirely safe. As she tries to make sense of it all, Marinette meets her sister’s best friend: a golden-haired boy with a blazing smile and fire in his soul. The deeper she falls, the harder it becomes to ignore the pull between them—even if it risks everything, especially her sister’s heart. But their connection runs deeper than attraction. There’s a secret buried in the halls of her new college, one that ties Marinette, her sister, and her mysterious fire-haired prince in ways none of them fully understand. And as that secret begins to surface, so does a destiny Marinette never asked for… and may not survive.