Karma Tower

Ketika istri kedua dijadikan sapi perah oleh suaminya untuk menghidupi istri pertama. Meski pahit kehidupan yang Susan jalani, wanita empat anak itu berusaha untuk tegar. Semua demi si bungsu yang menginginkan sosok ayah di hidupnya. Namun, ketika lelaki yang diharapkannya bisa menggantikan posisi mantan suaminya, justru menelantarkan anak-anaknya. Di situlah kesabaran Susan berada di ujung tanduk.

Meninggal secara tragis beberapa hari sebelum menikah membuat wanita berparas cantik bernama Sarah Aulia itu, menjadi arwah gentayangan. Kematian Sarah membuat Desa Lingsir kerap kali mendapatkan teror hingga beberapa warga ketakutan setengah mati. Tak hanya warga, tapi keluarganya pun kerap kali melihat penampakan Sarah, termasuk Nabila, sang adik yang sering dimintai tolong. Kematian Sarah sungguh sangat misterius. Tak ada tanda-tanda yang menunjukkan siapa yang sudah membunuhnya, hingga polisi pun menyerah dan menutup kasus itu. Tetapi, bukan berarti semuanya berakhir. Polisi memang menyerah, tapi arwah Sarah akan menuntut balas semua perlakuan mereka yang sudah membuat hidupnya hancur berantakan. Apakah Sarah akan mampu menemukan siapa yang sudah membunuhnya? Lantas bagaimana cara Sarah membalas mereka satu persatu?

I deliberately remain calm upon discovering your affair. Not because I am weak, but because I am preparing numerous strategies to make you regret daring to betray me.

Alexa tidak pernah menyangka, pengkhianatan dari kekasihnya justru menyeretnya ke dalam permainan berbahaya dengan sosok yang sama sekali tak terduga. Theo, guru privat yang dipercaya ibunya, sekaligus pria matang yang dingin, tegas, dan sulit disentuh. Hubungan mereka seharusnya sebatas murid dan guru. Tidak lebih. Namun semakin sering bertemu, semakin kuat pula rasa penasaran Alexa terhadap pria itu. Apalagi ketika luka hatinya membuatnya ingin membuktikan diri, bahwa ia bukan gadis kecil yang bisa diremehkan, bahwa ia cukup menggoda untuk diperhitungkan. Theo menolak sekaligus terpikat. Usia mereka terpaut jauh, tanggung jawabnya jelas, dan godaan itu seharusnya ia patahkan sejak awal. Tapi Alexa terus menantang, terus mengusik, hingga batas antara larangan dan keinginan melewati batas wajar. Namun, Alexa tidak tahu bahwa ada rahasia besar yang tersembunyi dibalik status Theo, akankah hal itu yang akan menghentikan Alexa mencintai pria yang lebih dewasa darinya?

On the day of my birthday, my cousin, who does ballet, falls and injures her leg. My father smacks my leg with a club in a fit of rage. I cry out in pain, but he doesn't care. He sneers and says, "Now, you know how it feels! Why didn't you stop to think how much pain your cousin would be in when you pushed her and made her fall down the stairs?" He hits me with all his might until I can't make any more sounds. To drive the lesson home, he shoves me into the basement, uncaring that I'm on the brink of death. "I'll let you out of there once you stop thinking these dirty thoughts, Yvonne!" But when he opens the door to the basement once more, all he sees is my decomposing corpse.

Mon petit ami a été diagnostiqué avec un cancer et a besoin d'une greffe de foie. En apprenant que mon groupe sanguin et le sien étaient compatibles, je n'ai pas hésité une seconde à lui donner les deux tiers de mon foie. Après l'opération, je souffrais énormément, mais dès que j'ai repris connaissance, je suis allée immédiatement voir comment il allait. Cependant, devant la porte de sa chambre, j'ai entendu cette conversation impitoyable avec son ami : « Clovis, tu es un génie, c'est incroyable d'avoir imaginé une telle vengeance. » Clovis a ri : « Je ne voulais pas faire de vagues, j'aurais même envisagé de lui faire donner un de ses reins. C'est son juste retour. C'est de sa faute si Victoria a échoué à son examen et a dû partir étudier à l'étranger. Je vais couper les ponts avec Bélise dès que Victoria rentrera, dans un mois. »

To cure our daughter's pancreatic cancer, I made a deal with the System, trading the rest of my life for a miracle drug. My husband called me insane to my face, but secretly gave the medicine to his mistress to treat her facial scar. When I was falling apart in despair, he had the audacity to explain: "Vicky has dreams of becoming a star. She's already 24, she can't wait any longer. "Besides, didn't you get that drug by sleeping around? How could a housewife like you possibly get such high-end medicine on your own? If you want to save our daughter, why don't you go whore yourself out again? It's not like it'll kill you, right?" But the truth is, I really don't have another life to trade for another dose.

There's about half a month to our wedding when Daniel Bradshaw and I get into a horrible fight. The reason? He wants to have a child with his mentor's daughter. "We're only going to do IVF—it's not like we're doing anything else! My mentor is gravely ill now, and his only wish is to see Phoebe have someone she can rely on!" Daniel sounds indifferent, but my blood runs cold. "It's half a month to our wedding, yet you're going to have a child with another woman. Don't you find that ridiculous?" I watch as he storms off and slams the door shut behind him. Then, I update my social media. "I'm getting married in half a month, but I need a new groom. Is anyone up for it?"

Madam Pratt, my mother-in-law, was in critical condition after a car accident, desperately needing surgery. However, as the lead surgeon, I—Lilianne Davis—stood by, casually scrolling through short videos on my phone. My best friend, Tiffany Owens, who was also a doctor, was far more anxious than I was. She grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the operating room. “Lily, why are you still stalling? Hurry up and save her!” I took a step back, clutching my stomach in pain as her face twisted in shock. “I have cramps so bad I can’t even stand. You do it.” In my last life, the moment I heard about Madam Pratt’s accident, I had swallowed a painkiller and rushed into surgery, working for hours to stabilize her. I had barely stepped away from the operating table when alarms blared. “Lilianne, what have you done? The patient is experiencing acute hemolysis!” “Call the family now!” Gareth Pratt stormed in, his face twisted with rage. He slapped me hard in the face. “Lil, you’re a professional surgeon, yet you gave my mother the wrong blood transfusion?!” I froze, reaching for Madam Pratt’s medical report to explain, only to find that the A-type blood I had seen before had somehow changed to B-type. The medical board arrived, and a blood test revealed traces of hallucinogens in my system. “Unbelievable! Taking illegal substances before surgery? That’s a cardinal sin for a doctor!” In the chaos, Emma Pratt, Gareth’s teenage sister, grabbed a scalpel and stabbed me multiple times. Blood gushed from my arteries, and I collapsed in a pool of crimson. As my vision faded, I couldn’t understand what had happened. I had never taken illegal drugs. Besides, I was absolutely certain of Madam Pratt’s blood type. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment right before stepping into the operating room.

After the cruise ship strikes a hidden reef, panicked passengers shove me and Kristen Langford into the sea. My boyfriend, Elijah Jensen, is the ship's captain, so he plunges into the water. But instead of saving me, he grabs Kristen and boards the last lifeboat. I thrash and cry for help, but he slaps my hand away. "You can swim. Stop pretending for attention!" Elijah snaps. "Kristen's body temperature is dropping. I have to get her to a hospital!" The waters around me are pitch-black, and his words feel like a death sentence. When the tracking bracelet I always wear is discovered inside a shark, Elijah dives alone into shark-infested waters, searching for three days and nights. In the end, the brilliant captain who once ruled the oceans can never sail again.