Jinx 33

私は老後、3人の子供の家を順番に渡り歩いて暮らしている。 私が愛情を注いで育てた子供たちが、みんな私を厄介者扱いする。 除夕まであと二日、高熱に耐えながら真冬の寒さの中、二日と一夜を過ごした。しかし、誰一人として私を迎えに来る子供はいなかった。結局、私は飢えと寒さで息絶えてしまった。 死ぬ前に、何度後悔したかわからない： もし来世があるなら、私は自分のために生きたい！ まさか、目を開けたら、私は33歳の年に戻っていた。

Sakti, seorang lelaki berusia 33 tahun yang sedang berusaha untuk mencari jodohnya. Selama ini, Sakti merawat ayahnya yang sakit keras hingga merasa tak punya waktu untuk urusan cintanya. Sementara itu, ayah Sakti yang penyakitan, tuli dan bisu, menitahkan anaknya untuk mencari keberadaan seorang dewi penyembuh. Konon katanya, dewi tersebut adalah salah satu dari Tujuh Dewi Suarga yang memiliki kekuatan penyembuhan mumpuni. Sakti yang bingung dengan maksud sang ayah, akhirnya hanya bisa menurut saja. Pencariannya dimulai dengan pengetahuan minim tentang ketujuh dewi tersebut. Sampai pada suatu hari, Sakti bertemu dengan dewi yang dimaksud oleh ayahnya. Lalu dewi tersebut membuatnya jatuh cinta hingga mabuk kepayang. Perasaannya berubah menjadi obsesi untuk menemukan para dewi lainnya dengan penuh harap agar berjodoh, hingga ia pun lupa terhadap perintah ayahnya sendiri. Usahanya yang tidak mudah akhirnya membuat seorang dukun langganan ayahnya berniat menolong Sakti demi urusan cinta tersebut. Dukun itu memberikan sebuah pusaka misterius berupa kalung kuku macan berwarna biru cerah. Pusaka itu mampu untuk memudahkan Sakti menggapai keinginannya. Dimulailah perjalanan cinta Sakti demi mempersunting ketujuh dewi impiannya. Tanpa ia tahu tentang hubungan sang ayah, dukun yang menolongnya dan para dewi tersebut ternyata memiliki sejarah kelam yang mengancam jiwa dan raga.

I knew my husband, Josh Perkins, had faked his death and taken on his younger twin brother's identity—but I never said a word. Instead, I went straight to the commander of the military district and filed an official report of my husband's death, requesting his name be permanently removed from the service rolls. In my last life, my brother-in-law died in an accident. Josh gave up his rank as regimental commander, abandoned his own name, and stepped into his brother's shoes—all to spare his fragile sister-in-law from becoming a widow. Back then, I recognized him immediately. I confronted him and demanded to know why he was pretending to be a dead man. But Josh just looked through me, cold as a winter morning. "Riley, I know you're grieving Josh. But I'm not him. Don't mistake me for my brother." He shielded that delicate sister-in-law of his behind him, then shoved me into the icy river and warned me not to harbor delusions. Later, our five-year-old daughter cried, asking why her daddy didn't want her anymore. For that, she was dragged to the cowshed for "reflection"—left there, starving, for three days and nights. My mother-in-law called me a curse, a jinx who'd killed her son, and threw my daughter and me out with nothing but the clothes on our backs. Josh made sure everyone knew I'd "gone mad"—that I was lusting after my brother-in-law before my husband was even cold in the ground. The whole town turned their backs on us. That last winter, I wandered the streets with my girl, dazed and numb, until the cold finally took us both. But when I opened my eyes again, I was back. Back to the very day Josh buried his old life and stole his brother's.

【毎週火曜日は公開お休みします】今年33歳になる石口 優希(いしぐち ゆうき )は、年下の夫に甘く愛され幸せだった。 しかし徐々に夫に他の女の影がチラつき出した。それは夫の秘書で、彼女の名目上の妹だった。目の前で絡み合う2人の姿に崩れ落ちた優希は、自分が妹の代わりだったと知る。そして夫が彼女と結婚した理由は、幼い頃の彼女の犯した罪への復讐だったことも。夫からの仕打ちに耐えられなくなった彼女は、死を偽装し自由を手に入れた。2年後、夫は長年の愛をようやく認め後悔した。

Being the only daughter of the Calhoun family, a mafia family in Merovia, I am doted on like a princess. This changes when I turn 18, when Mom dies. On the way back from a family meeting, the car blows up, and Mom shields me beneath her. Even as she lies in a pool of blood, her gaze is tender as she says to me, "Don't blame yourself, sweetheart. I love you." Still, after Mom's death, everyone in the family starts blaming me for what happened, including Dad and my older brother, William Calhoun. I go from being the princess of the family to the jinx that everyone hates. Soon after that, Dad brings home a new adopted daughter, Juliet Calhoun. William favors her and detests me. Even my childhood sweetheart, Shawn Kramer, takes a liking to her and ignores me. Dad says his new adopted daughter is way better than his biological one. They all agree to attend my college graduation ceremony. But on the day, they end up taking Juliet onto our family's yacht and holding a cocktail party out on the water to celebrate the official addition of a new family heir. This is the 100th time they ditch me for her. Unable to stop myself from an emotional breakdown, I cry out, "I'm the one who's related to you by blood!" Dad shields Juliet, who backs away from me out of fear. Then, he slaps me on the face. "I wish I'd never had you." "Who wants to have a younger sister like you? I wish you'd died with Mom!" William roars in contempt. This time, I've decided to let it all go. I call Aunt Marissa, Mom's sister. She's the founder and a therapist at MindCare Treatment Center. "Come here. This is your home now." I know that Mom's death was a conspiracy. This isn't just me leaving, but withdrawing myself from the family entirely. I hope that the next time I meet the Calhouns, there won't be tears on my end. Instead, judgment will befall them.

[Follow Dulu Sebelum Baca!] Warning : [18+] |¤| "Kasih saya sebulan untuk membuat kamu jatuh cinta," ucap Agaza sambil menatap dalam pada manik mata wanita di hadapannya. "Kalau tidak bisa, silahkan ajukan surat perceraian." "Kenapa sebulan? Bukannya lebih cepat lebih baik? Ayo bercerai sekarang!" bantah Sasya. Wanita itu menatap pada Agaza dengan tajam. "Tapi, boleh deh. Lo bukan tipe gue, jadi ya ... tidak masalah mau sebulan atau berapa bulan, lumayan bisa digunakan buat bayar cicilan gue," imbuhnya setelah beberapa saat berpikir. Agaza dan Sasya. Dua manusia yang memiliki perbedaan usia yang cukup jauh. Perbedaan sifat yang saling bertolak belakang. Agaza yang penuh prinsip dan hidup disiplin, sedangkan Sasya si gadis manja yang hanya bisa menghamburkan uang saja. Pernikahan mereka bahkan bisa berlangsung karena Ayahnya Sasya—Ginanjar—mengatakan tidak akan membiayai hidup putrinya itu jika Sasya menolak, jadilah ia mau menikah dengan Agaza. Yang katanya ... si pedofil. Usia mereka terpaut tujuh tahun. Agaza pria dewasa berumur 33 tahun harus menikahi gadis berusia 26 tahun yang tidak bisa melakukan apa pun selain menghamburkan uang. Pertikaian, kesalahpahaman, penyesalan pun turut mewarnai kehidupan rumah tangga yang direncanakan hanya akan berlangsung selama satu bulan itu. Apakah dua anak manusia ini akan terus terjebak dalam garis takdir yang telah ditentukan kedua orang tua mereka? Atau ada penebusan dan jalan keluar lain? |¤| 2025 M O C H A L L A T E

The Northern Pack had one unbreakable rule: the Alpha heir could never bond with a human girl. Despite that, Alpha Kieran Wolfe still formed a mate bond with me. To be with me, he openly defied the Elders' Council. He endured 99 lashes and was forced to kneel at the altar for three days and nights. Even as blood soaked through his shirt, he smiled at me and said, "Elise, don't be afraid. I only want you." Eventually, the Elders' Council finally relented and agreed to let Kieran leave with me. However, there was one condition: he had to leave a pure-blood heir behind for the Pack. From that moment on, the phrase I heard most from Kieran was "wait". The first time, Kieran asked me to wait while he got another she-wolf to carry his pup. He slept with Cecelia Donati 33 times until she was carrying his pup. The second time, he told me to wait again because the first pup was a female, and the Elders wanted a male. So, Kieran slept with Cecelia 99 more times until she was carrying his pup again. Just when I thought our ordeal was finally over, their daughter, Tyra Wolfe, accidentally ate wolfsbane at her Meet the Pup Party. Everyone was convinced I had poisoned her. When they threw me into the freezing cold storage room, Kieran stood at the doorway with bloodshot eyes. "I told you to wait..." His gaze was ice-cold and cutting. "You know what wolfsbane means to our kind. Why would you hurt my pup?" The words "my pup" hit me like a knife to the heart. My fingernails dug deep into my palms as the pain tore through me. When the storage room door opened again, I loosened my bloodied hands. This time, I was not going to wait anymore.

On the night of New Year's Eve, I wake up in a hospital ward with an IV drip connected to the back of my hand. A nurse passes me the hospital bill. "It's 300 dollars in total, including the emergency treatment fee and the cost for a bottle of glucose drips." When I turn on my phone, I feel my heart sinking. I only have 29.01 dollars left in my bank account. The wallpaper of my phone is a countdown of my family contract's app. Today is the date when I have to renew my family contract for the year. In order to accumulate enough money to go home, I've been working as a staff member in concert venues. Earlier, I had collapsed backstage, so I was quickly sent to the hospital. The dial tone keeps beeping for a long time. Finally, my mom answers my call in what seems to be a noisy background. "Mom, I'm at the hospital right now. I need 300 dollars to pay the hospital bill." "You're at the hospital?" Mom's voice turns shrill immediately. "Why did you visit the hospital during the holidays? You really are a jinx!" "I fainted earlier. I was working at a concert venue—" "What? So, you refused to do chores at home during the holidays! Instead, you decide to work at a concert venue?" Mom interrupts immediately. "I don't have 300 dollars on me! You'd better come up with a way to pay that bill of yours!" "Mom…" My hand tightens around my phone. "Today is the last day of my family contract's renewal period. I'll renew the contract once I pay the bill." "Renew the contract, huh?" Mom just sneers at me. "That's a part of your duties! How dare you use it against me! Helena Lambert, if you don't renew the contract today, you can forget about calling me 'Mom'!" After that, she ends the call. I can only grip my phone to the point that my fingers turn white. After that, I tap on a social media app in hopes that I can borrow money from my friends, only to see the latest post on the social media feed. My younger sister, Hannah Lambert, has posted a photo collage there. "I'm here with my parents to watch my favorite singer's concert! Snagging tickets to the first-row seats is definitely worth it!" The background of those photos is the same concert venue where I work part-time at. It's the most expensive venue in town. Apparently, tickets cost 2,900 dollars each.

Under my parents' request, I work as the finance officer in my childhood friend, Julius Sanford's company. But the moment he goes on a business trip, the new intern, Lizzie Dalton, rushes into my office and demands that I process her reimbursements. As I stare at the pile of receipts that come from luxury stores, all I feel is shock. "Lizzie, I can only use the company's funds to reimburse business expenses. Why are you asking me for reimbursements when all you did was buy clothes and bags of your own?" But as soon as my words fall, Lizzie splashes a cup of coffee at me instantly. "I'm the lady boss of this company! The company's funds are my funds too! Don't think you can just reject my receipts just because you know my husband!" I do my best to suppress my fury as I dig out the company's policy and reiterate, "No, I seriously cannot do that. The company's cash flow must be reflected in the books." Seeing as I refuse to yield to her no matter what, Lizzie calls Julius on the phone and begins whining to him. "Babe, since when do I need to ask your childhood friend for approval if I want to buy something I like for myself? Or could it be that she's acting so assertively because you two are secretly having an affair?" Julius panics and tells Lizzie that he has nothing to do with me. After that, he quickly releases an announcement on the company group just so he can defend Lizzie. "Lizzie Dalton is my wife! She's the second boss of this company other than me!" After that, Julius tags me in the group. "Hey, finance! You're not my mom here! I don't like you, so please stay out of my private matters! "I'd like nothing more than to let my own wife spend my own money! If you don't like that, you can pack up and leave!" Once Julius makes his stance clear, I change my tune and reimburse Lizzie the expenses she's claimed. But one week later, Julius finds himself staring at the list of debts that's 33 feet long when he returns from his business trip.

In den nördlichen Werwolfklans gilt eine uralte Regel: Ein Alpha-Erbe darf niemals eine Verbindung mit einem menschlichen Mädchen eingehen. Doch Alpha Kellan Wolfe brach das Tabu – band mit mir eine Gefährtenverbindung. Um mit mir zusammen sein zu können, lehnte er sich offen gegen den Ältestenrat auf, erlitt 99 Peitschenhiebe und wurde drei Tage und Nächte vor dem Altar kniend bestraft. Als sein Hemd blutgetränkt war, lächelte er mich an und flüsterte: „Aelis, hab keine Angst. Ich will nur dich.“ Schließlich willigten die Ältesten ein, dass er mit mir fortgehen durfte – doch nur unter der Bedingung, dass er dem Rudel einen reinblütigen Erben hinterlassen müsse. Seitdem war „Warte“ das Wort, das Kellan am häufigsten zu mir sagte. Das erste Mal bat er mich zu warten, bis eine andere Wölfin von ihm schwanger würde. Also schlief er 33 Mal mit Josepha, bis sie schließlich sein Kind erwartete. Beim zweiten Mal hieß es erneut warten, denn es war eine Tochter – die Ältesten verlangten jedoch einen Sohn. Also schlief er weitere 99 Mal mit Josepha, bis sie wieder schwanger war. Als ich dachte, die Qual sei endlich vorbei, fraß ihre frisch gevierte Tochter plötzlich Eisenhut. Sofort bezichtigten mich alle der Tat. Als ich in die Kühlzelle bei minus zwanzig Grad gestoßen wurde, stand Kellan mit glutroten Augen in der Tür. „Ich sagte doch, warte noch...“ Sein Blick war eiskalt. „Du weißt, was Eisenhut für uns bedeutet. Warum wolltest du mein Kind töten?“ Ach ja ... sein Kind. Mein Herz schrie auf, als riss es mir jemand aus der Brust, während meine Nägel in die Handflächen bohrten. Als sich die Kühlzellentür abermals öffnete, lockerte ich meine blutverschmierten Hände. Diesmal wartete ich nicht länger.