Jodi Sugar

Crystal Gu seorang mahasiswi teladan di salah universitas ternama di kota Qing yang tanpa sengaja harus terlibat ‘one night stand’ dengan salah seorang dosen muda yang terkenal dingin dan menakutkan di universitas tempatnya menempuh pendidikan, yang akhirnya membawa mereka terlibat dalam hubungan yang tidak pernah dia maupun sang dosen bayangkan sebelumnya.

When the mafia heir, Marco Gallante, barged into the family vault with his mistress, I was standing before the Virgin Mary statue, cross-checking bloodstained ledgers. Fiore Albero cowered behind him, pointing at the ledgers in my hands and shrieking, "Marco, I'm scared..." I did not even bother looking up, just flicked the ash off my cigar. However, Marco kicked the desk over with one swift boot. "Chiara Moltisanti, Fiore can't stand the sight of all this blood and violence. Sign the divorce papers, now!" I stared at the mess scattered across the floor, thinking back to the pregnancy report the family doctor had handed me just ten minutes ago. The Gallante bloodline was dying out in this generation. Ever since the eldest son, Luca Gallante, died in that accident, Marco became the sole heir. The Don, Carmine Gallante, dreamed of nothing more than a legitimate boy of pure blood to carry on the family name and glory. So, I smiled, bright and sharp, with unmistakable mockery. "Perfect. Since you want true love, then the Don's throne will never be yours." Besides, I never wanted Marco, that useless fool. What I wanted was the Gallante empire, a mafia dynasty spanning three continents with 100 years of roots, and the control that left him with nowhere to run and no legs to stand on. This time, I would cut him out completely, keep the bloodline, and sit at the head of the family.

Just because my sister, Yvonne Lindell, claims I swapped Grandma's medicine with sugar pellets and caused her death, Mom locks me inside the cremator. I kneel and beg, but Mom spits at me in disgust. "You wretched girl, stay still! You killed your grandma by secretly switching her medicine. Now go repent to her properly!" Dad hesitates, unable to bear it. "Maybe we should let her out. What if—" "What are you afraid of? Don't forget that she killed your mother! If we don't teach her a lesson this time, who knows who she'll kill next!" The voices outside the door gradually fade, and my heart sinks to the bottom. The flames slowly begin to lick at my body. In despair, I clutch Grandma's cold hand beside me. "Grandma, I'm sorry. I should've taken better care of your medicine. But I swear, I didn't replace it with sugar pellets. Maybe only in death, can I truly atone for this sin…"

Lily was the little sister of my fiancé’s best friend. She was a mistress to a mafia Don—a sugar daddy—until his wife found out, and the clip of Lily getting beaten up ended up on the local news. Yet, somehow, everyone thought the woman getting dragged on TV was me. People at work who never liked me jumped at the chance to pile on. One of them even pointed right at my face and called me shameless. I tried to explain, “My fiancé is Sam Johnson, the CEO of Johnson Group. He’s handsome and ranked third on the Forbes list. Why would I become a mistress to a sugar daddy?” However, no one believed me. If anything, they looked at me like I was even more pathetic. One coworker sneered and pointed to the TV. “You’re not just morally bankrupt; you’re a liar. The CEO’s fiancée? That’s not you.” The TV was playing a breaking news segment titled: First Appearance of Johnson Group CEO’s Fiancée. And there Sam was, arm in arm with Lily, officially announcing their relationship.

Celeste knew both happiness and sadness, but she had never lost hope, until the time when she lost her dad and her world came crashing down. What was the point of hoping and wishing, when everything she wished for would slip away right from her hands, like water running down her fingers? Pain and depression in itself are unbearable, but what would happen to a person if they have to deal with financial stress too? Celeste had to juggle not only schoolwork but also juggle three different jobs. With great difficulty, she was able to finish her bachelor's, and now she was finally able to get into her dream university for her master's. All this while she thought being far away from home would somehow take her troubles away too, but that wasn't the case. She had a looming 1-year student loan and was barely getting by with a full-time degree. And that's when she was forced to do something that she didn't really think she would have to do. She found herself browsing through what it would take to be a sugar baby and was mortified that it required the sugar baby to have consensual sex and her graysexual ass could never. She was saved from the nightmare when she met a mysterious rich boy/man who was willing to act as her sugar daddy, well not really. Gabrielle a boy of just 23, and an owner of a multi-millionaire company. He had money and everything nice right at his feet. But just like Celeste, he was a broken boy too, craving for a family that was already 6 feet under the ground. And who knew that both of them would find each other and maybe just maybe they would find what they lost all hope for.

"Baca. Kalo setuju, tanda tangan," ujar Rayhan dingin, menyerahkan akta pernikahan pada Kayla—seolah ini hanya dokumen biasa. Masalahnya… hati itu bukan fingerprint yang bisa diatur. Kayla pikir dia bisa pura-pura jadi istri. Tapi gimana kalau ternyata malah berubah jadi perasaan sungguhan? “Malem ini ... malam pertama kita, kan?” “Saya mau minta hak sebagai seorang suami.” Kayla tak bisa berpikir jernih. "Serius ini malam pertama sama suami kontrak bukan sama suami beneran? Emangnya boleh?"

GILA!!! Aku tak pernah menyangka hidupku akan sebercanda ini. Istri bosku sendiri menawariku sebuah tugas gila—menggoda suaminya, tepatnya adalah atasanku sendiri. Awalnya, kupikir ini hanya permainan singkat, sebuah drama konyol demi memuaskan rasa curiga seorang istri. Tapi semakin dekat aku dengan pria itu—dengan tatapan dinginnya, genggaman tangannya, juga senyum samar yang hanya muncul untukku—aku sadar satu hal, aku sedang jatuh cinta. Masalahnya, aku tidak seharusnya merasakan ini. Dia adalah bosku. Dia adalah suami orang. Dan yang lebih parah lagi, aku masih melanjutkan hubungan terlarang ini tanpa sepengetahuan istrinya. Lalu ketika nanti rahasia ini terbongkar … siapa yang akan hancur lebih dulu? Aku, dia, atau pernikahannya?

Alessia, 21 tahun, tak pernah membayangkan satu malam di pesta sahabatnya akan mengubah segalanya. Di balik dentuman musik dan cahaya temaram, ia bertemu pria matang yang memikatnya sejak pandangan pertama—Leonardo, ayah sahabatnya sendiri. Setiap tatapan tajam dan senyum tenang dari pria berusia 43 tahun itu membuat Alessia gugup sekaligus terjerat dalam pesona berbahaya. Perlahan, godaan berubah menjadi hasrat, dan kehadiran Leonardo menjadi candu yang sulit ia lepaskan. Namun, tepat saat hubungan terlarang itu mulai bersemi, masa lalu terungkap bak badai—mengguncang segalanya dan memaksa Alessia memilih antara cinta atau kehancuran. Mampukah keduanya melawan takdir atau justru menyerah pada luka yang tak pernah sembuh?

Dikhianati sahabat dan kekasihnya yang berselingkuh, Joanna mencari pelarian dalam pelukan pria asing di bar. Malam panas itu seharusnya hanya sekali, sampai dia tahu pria itu adalah Damian Jovanca—ayah temannya sendiri. Damian tak ingin berhenti. Ia menginginkan Joanna sepenuhnya. Mampukah Joanna melawan godaan terlarang, atau justru terjebak dalam cinta yang penuh dosa?

"Jadi simpananku maka semua yang kamu inginkan akan aku penuhi." Kata-kata itu terus teringiang-ngiang di benak Ara. Antara mau dan tidak. Namun, jalan hidup memaksanya untuk menerima tawaran itu. Mesti sebenarnya itu tidak sejalan dengan nuraninya. Damara Anggun Lituhayu gadis berusia 19 tahun. Harus berbesar hati menjalani hubungan gelapnya dengan seorang pengusaha sukses, Kaisar Abimana Putra. Semua ini ia lakukan semata hanya untuk mencukupi kebutuhan hidup keluarganya. Siapa sangka dari hubungan ini justru membuat Kaisar ingin memiliki Ara sepenuhnya. Dan dari hubungan gelapnya ini juga membuat Ara semakin terseret ke dalam kehidupan pribadi sang presdir. Mampukah Ara bertahan dan melewati badai dalam kehidupannya?