It Is Not

Rheyner Aditya Effendi dan Nadira Almira adalah sepasang sahabat yang tumbuh bersama sejak balita. Di akhir masa putih abu-abu Rheyner menyadari kalau ternyata dirinya memiliki rasa sayang sebagai seorang pria pada Nadira. Rheyner menahan diri untuk mengungkapkan perasaannya. Namun, ia sudah mulai merancang masa depan untuk dilalui bersama Nadira. Rheyner akan menjadikan Nadira ratu dalam kehidupannya kelak. Sayangnya, tidak semua hal berjalan sesuai jalan pikiran Rheyner. Apalagi sejak dirinya mendapatkan beasiswa ke Jepang. Kesalahpahaman kerap menghampiri. “Nggak usah peduli sama aku lagi. Jangan jadi sahabatku lagi. Jangan lagi urusin kehidupanku. Kamu urusin aja hidup kamu. Kita sampai di sini aja. Kalau perlu kita nggak usah saling kenal lagi. Kamu bebas sekarang." Air mata Nadira sudah membanjiri wajah. Ia hempaskan tangan Rheyner. Ego Rheyner tersentil. Amarah menguasai diri. “OKE, GUE NGGAK AKAN PEDULI SAMA LO LAGI! GUE NGGAK MAU JADI SAHABAT LO LAGI!” Nadira segera berlalu dari hadapan Rheyner. Napas Rheyner terengah. Matanya memerah. Kedua tangannya masih terkepal. Pelan tapi pasti cairan bening keluar dari sudut matanya. Apakah semua benar-benar akan berakhir sampai di sini? Apakah pernikahan yang dibayangkan oleh Rheyner tidak akan pernah menjadi nyata?

On campus, Emily was surrounded by several girls. Each of them slapped Emily's face and insulted her with dirty words. Emily wanted to stand up and fight back, but her arm was stomped heavily on the ground by one of them. There were many people around who walked indifferently, as if they were no longer shocked by this scene. The second girl kicked Emily's face, "Omega is the lowest level of trash, you should have died long ago..." Suddenly their phones rang, and one of them exclaimed, "The four Alphas are having a party! They actually came back home!..." They all picked up their phones to read the text messages, "I received an invitation to the party..." "I received it too!"... They kicked Emily a few more times and cursed a few times before leaving, leaving Emily alone. Emily got up from the ground tremblingly. She picked up her phone a few meters away. Emily found that there were more than a dozen missed calls from Luna. She suddenly panicked and called back nervously. Luna's voice pierced her eardrums, "Where did you die? The four Alphas and the guests are all at home now. Come back here quickly..." Emily was stunned for a moment after hearing the words of the four Alphas, I felt even more panicked.

My parents have always been biased against me, even as a child. They leave me in the countryside while raising my brother themselves. When I'm finally brought to live with them, they neglect me because they don't want my brother to be upset. When my brother says that I'm rude and falsely accuses me of getting people to assault him, my parents believe him without a shadow of doubt. And so, I'm sent to a residential treatment center. Under my parents' tacit permission and my brother's persuasion, the teachers at the center "educate" me inhumanely. In the end, I learn my lesson, as everyone wishes. I die while learning it, too.

***EXCERPT*** "I could burn the world to ashes, and you would still be the only thing worth destroying," he whispered, his lips just close enough to feel my desperate, trembling breath, tears leaking down my eyes. "Your pain is beautiful, Tera," he whispered with a chilling smile. "It shows you're still trying to fight what you know you've already lost." *** Dr. Tera Williams thought her life couldn't sink any lower after signing the divorce papers her husband's mistress threw in her face. But when a twist of fate puts her in a prison cell, stripping her of her career and reputation, she realizes she hasn't even begun to fall. After spending three years in prison, she struggles to get her life back on track again by starting from her lowest. Despite all the hurdles she had to endure from her current boss, she finds love again with Ryan, a single father, who is madly in love with her. But just as she's about to marry him, her worst nightmare resurfaces: She finds out that she is still legally married to her obsessive ex-husband, Logan, who has been doing everything possible to win her back. How does she navigate her life when she is now trapped between two possessive men who are not willing to give her up for the other? Trigger Warning: This is a dark, intense romance with a few scenes of psychological manipulation, violence, and non-con. Recommended for mature readers.

Three years—that's how long Braelyn has been hiding her true feelings for her best friend, Caesar. Yes, she has been secretly in love with her best friend for three years and intends to keep it that way for the rest of her life. She can't let him know, or she might lose him forever. But how long will she be able to suppress her true feelings? How long will she be able to hold back when all Caesar does is make her fall in love with him even more? Will she keep all the hurt and pain she feels whenever Caesar is with someone else? Will Braelyn still be able to keep her feelings a secret? Or will she finally confess and risk it all to finally be with Caesar?

Tough, self-willed, silly and not so awkward. Audrey is a young college student is determined to pass through college with good grades. No drama, no complications. With her best friends in the same college, she couldn't have been more happier. It was like having her safe circle around. Everything was going according to plan till Pretty boy, basketballer, Enzo Santana walks in. He's bold, effortlessly cool, Handsome to the core, with a panty dropping smile and a voice that could make any lady wet without having to try. Now here's the deal, he wants her to tutor him and she doesn't want any boy drama. How long will she be able to resist his charms and act oblivious to him. Because there's one thing about Enzo, what he wants, he gets. And as for her, it will be a cold day in hell before she gets her heart broken. If you love humor, sarcasm, romance, friendship and eternal war against goofiness, then this is definitely the book for you.

Paano nga ba masasabi kung ikaw ay umiibig na? Sino nga ba ang magdidikta kung sino ang iibigin mo, ang puso mo ba o ang utak mo? Sa bida nating si Portia ay malalaman natin ang kasagutan. Ano nga ba ang mas matimbang, ang utak mo ba na nagdidikta sa puso o ang puso na tumitibok lamang sa taong magustuhan nito?

Did I believe in love at first sight? No. never. I'd laugh at the idea. But you little hellion proved me wrong. You think you're vulnerable? I have changed up my entire game plan in the last 2 days just to get close to you." That's it. That's the moment that changed everything.

"Lakukan dengan benar!" ujar dua penerus kelompok besar mafia yang menjalani hubungan palsu demi mencegah pecahnya perang antara dua kubu. Naniana Kradse selalu menganggap sandiwara yang ia jalani hanya demi menjaga daerahnya dari kehancuran pasca perang, Ascian Vade Bellion juga hanya menganggap hal konyol yang ia jalani semata-mata demi menjaga keselamatan ibunya. Tetapi ketika perasaan mereka ikut campur, semua menjadi lebih nyata untuk disebut sandiwara, dan semakin rumit untuk disebut hubungan atas pura-pura. Di saat keduanya sadar adanya perasaan yang tak seharusnya, di saat itu mereka harus memutuskan haruskah memperjuangkan hubungan asli yang terlarang atau mengakhiri semuanya dengan baik dan kembali berdiri di sisi masing-masing, sisi berbeda di mana mereka saling menatap tajam layaknya musuh yang tak dapat lagi disatukan.

Machines of Iron and guns of alchemy rule the battlefields. While a world faces the consequences of a Steam empire. Molag Broner, is a soldier of Remas. A member of the fabled Legion, he and his brothers have long served loyal Legionnaires in battle with the Persian Empire. For 300 years, Remas and Persia have been locked in an Eternal War. But that is about to end. Unbeknown to Molag and his brothers. Dark forces intend to reignite a new war. Throwing Rome and her Legions, into a new conflict