Karma Seal

Asri tak pernah menyangka pernikahannya akan menjadi neraka. Dicap pembawa sial, dihina, dan dijadikan babu oleh keluarga suaminya sendiri, ia terperangkap dalam hubungan toksik yang menggerogoti jiwanya. Luka batin itu dipendam Asri dalam diam, di bawah atap yang sama dengan para pencaci. Namun, di titik terendahnya, takdir berbalik. Sebuah peristiwa tak terduga mengubah segalanya, mengangkat Asri ke puncak kesuksesan yang membuat semua orang terkesima. Mereka yang dulu mencibir, kini merapat penuh harap. Tapi Asri yang lama telah mati. Ia bangkit, tangguh, dan siap membalas dendam setimpal.

My mother despised me because I was the unintended consequence of a one-night stand. She poured all her love and attention into her students, treating them as if they were her own flesh and blood. One day, when her favourite pupil confessed his feelings for me, she flew into a rage. She slapped me hard across the face and called me a whore. Years later, as Alzheimer's clouded her mind, she forgot I even existed, yet still remembered every single one of her precious students. The irony was that not one of them ever came to visit her in the nursing home. They all loathed her just as much as I did.

Setelah keguguran yang tidak disengaja, aku keluar dari kamar rumah sakit sendirian untuk mencari Axel Gunt. Aku melihatnya saat di luar ruang dokter dan ketika aku hendak mengetuk pintu, aku mendengar percakapan mereka. “Angkatlah rahim istriku, aku nggak perlu istriku melahirkan anakku.” Axel menyeret wanita di sisinya ke hadapan dokter dan mengelus-elus perutnya. “Pertahankan anak di dalam perutnya, ini satu-satunya anakku.” Aku sangat familier dengan wanita ini. Dia adalah Annie, sekretaris Axel selama tiga tahun. Axel mengingatkan dokter dengan serius dan khawatir. “Pastikan untuk menggunakan obat terbaik! Jangan sampai terjadi hal-hal yang nggak diinginkan!” Aku menarik tanganku kembali, seolah-olah terjatuh ke dalam jurang yang dalam. Aku tidak menyangka orang tercintaku akan melakukan hal sekejam ini padaku saat aku baru saja keguguran. Aku tidak menyangka bahwa kepercayaanku padanya akan berubah menjadi pisau tajam yang menusuk hatiku. Aku rasa cintaku padanya hanya bisa diwujudkan dengan melepas tangan.

Yvette Skye has been diagnosed with depression. She thinks her parents will understand her situation, but all she gets is boundless mockery and doubt. After her affair with her sister’s boyfriend is found out, she dies in an accident. After her death, her biased parents suddenly start to regret their actions.

Demi menyelamatkan cinta lamanya, Johansen membeli jenazah perempuan yang tidak utuh dari pasar gelap. Dia sendiri yang mengambil ginjal dari tubuh jenazah itu dan memberikannya kepada cinta lamanya. Untuk menghindari pengejaran dari polisi, dia membuang jenazah itu ke dalam kolam yang berisi cairan asam untuk menghancurkan bukti. Hanya saja, dia tidak tahu bahwa pemilik tubuh tersebut adalah aku.

My mother-in-law and I were trapped during an earthquake overseas. The rescue team knew that my husband had a private plane nearby and asked me to contact him, but I could only shake my head in rejection of the idea. In my last life, I tried my hardest to call him and get him to come save us. My mother-in-law and I were saved, but my husband’s true love got angry and went out to let off some steam. The incident ended with her being tortured to death. In front of his mother, my husband said that his lover deserved it. Yet, on the anniversary of her death, he killed me the way she had died. “I’ve always known that it was your scheme. You have to die as Shevonne did!” This time round, when my husband took his lover on a private plane to admire the cityscape at night, he found out everything that had happened and went mad.

Walter planned sixty-six proposal trips just to win me over. On the sixty-seventh, I finally said yes. The day after our wedding, I gave him sixty-six "forgiveness cards." We made a deal: every time he upset me, he could use one to earn my forgiveness. Over six years of marriage, every time he made me angry because of his childhood friend Janet, Walter would hand me a card. By the time he used the sixty-fourth, he began to sense something was off. I no longer reminded him to keep his distance. I no longer needed him the way I used to. However, the last time he left me behind for Janet, I reached out, stopped him, and asked: "If you go to her again… can I still forgive you with one of these cards?" He paused mid-step and looked at me, half helpless, half amused. "If you want to use one, use it. You've got plenty left, don't you?" I gave a small nod and watched him walk away. He still thought those forgiveness cards would never run out. What he did not know was— There was only one left.

Rumah tangga Desya diuji sejak munculnya seorang sahabat lama kala dirinya tidak bisa berjalan. Sahabatnya itu datang sebagai perawat di rumahnya, tetapi semakin hari, menunjukkan dirinya sebagai orang ketiga. Bahkan, terlihat ingin berniat menguasai segalanya. Desya memilih mengikuti sebuah alur permainan dan menyusun rencana di belakang sahabat dan suaminya. Akankah Irma berhasil merebut harta, tahta, dan pria milik Desya?

The day I decided to donate my body to science, my family gathered around my adopted sister, Hailey, celebrating her acceptance into a cutting-edge experimental treatment program. The one with brain cancer was supposed to be me. But Hailey used my husband Zane's position at the hospital to swap her healthy medical records with my terminal diagnosis, stealing the one chance I had to survive. And the worst part? Everyone cheered her on. The pain became too much. I fought to stay present, only to overhear the nurses whispering, "It's a good thing Dr. Zane secured that spot for Hailey. They said she only had three days left." So, in the last 72 hours of my life, I quietly let go of everything. When I gave Hailey the original manuscripts of my novels I had poured my heart and soul into, my father and brother gave me a satisfied smile. When Zane decided to grant Hailey her dying wish by marrying her, he handed me the divorce papers. I signed without a moment's hesitation. He sighed and praised me for finally being "so reasonable." And when I was the one who coaxed our daughter, Olivia, into calling Hailey "Mommy," Olivia gushed that her new mom was the best. "Don't worry," Zane soothed. "We're just keeping it safe for now. Once she's gone, it'll all come back to you." I gave Hailey everything I had, just like they wanted. So why, when they find out this was all Hailey's vicious lie, do they come crying, saying I'm the one they wanted all along?

Trois ans après ma mort, mon mari s'est enfin souvenu de moi. Parce que sa précieuse amie d'enfance a rechuté d'une leucémie myéloïde, et qu'elle a de nouveau besoin d'une greffe de cellules souches hématopoïétiques. Il s'est rendu à l'adresse où j'habitais autrefois, dans l'intention de me faire signer un formulaire de don. Mais il a découvert que l'appartement était vide depuis bien longtemps. Alors il est allé se renseigner auprès des voisins. L'un d'eux lui a dit : « Vous parlez de Coco ? Elle est morte depuis un moment, la pauvre. On raconte qu'on l'a forcée à donner sa moelle alors qu'elle était déjà malade. Et à peine revenue chez elle, elle a rendu son dernier souffle. » Il a refusé d'y croire, convaincu que les voisins et moi étions de mèche pour lui jouer un sale tour. Agacé, il s'est tourné vers le voisin et a lancé d'un ton excédé : « Si jamais vous la croisez, dites-lui que si elle ne se montre pas dans les trois jours, je ne verserai plus un centime pour les frais médicaux de son sale gamin. » Le voisin, voyant qu'il n'y avait rien à tirer de lui, a secoué la tête et s'est éloigné en murmurant : « Le pauvre gosse... il est mort de faim depuis longtemps, lui aussi... »