Live Happily Ever After

Around the seventh month of my pregnancy, I overheard a conversation between my mate, Zane Andrews, and Ciara Phillips, the she-wolf I had taken in out of compassion after her family was brutally slaughtered by rogues. In a sultry, flirtatious tone, Ciara purred, “Zane, my love, if your wife discovers that the fertilized egg I planted in her womb isn’t truly hers by blood, she’ll be devastated—perhaps to the point of despairing suicide, don’t you think?” Zane snorted, his voice dripping with disdain at the mention of me. “It’ll work for us if she simply dies from heartbreak. Damn it. I can’t shake the worry that she might sever our bond and leave me with nothing. Let’s keep this under wraps until our child inherits all her assets. Only then will we reveal the bombshell, plunging her into darkness.” Ciara giggled, praising Zane for his cunning. My claws itched to lash out, but I held back, knowing the time for confrontation wasn’t yet. My heart sank as their betrayal cut deep. Years ago, I had defied my pack elders’ warnings about Ciara being a potential threat, taking her in and grooming her into our pack's doctor, funding her education out of sheer empathy. Now, I regretted every moment of my kindness. To think that my mate, who had once begged for my protection for his fragile pack, had the audacity to betray me. If not for my support, his pathetic pack would have crumbled long ago, leaving him nursing his wounds in a dark corner, fretting over survival. After a long moment of contemplation, I made my decision. I would feign ignorance to their schemes and play along by giving birth to Ciara’s baby. Two decades passed. Ciara’s child grew up, bearing the name Simon Andrews. Aware of their treachery, I still transferred all my assets to him. Once the paperwork was completed, Ciara boldly approached me in front of the entire pack, a maternity DNA test in hand. With a smug smile, she declared, “Leia Holland, look at this! I am Simon’s biological mother. Leave h

Ignoring the ridicule of others, Dahlia Green pursued and stayed with arrogant Mr.CEO Gideon Evans for nine years, from the time she entered second year of college until the present. The people around Gideon always looked down on her and mocked her for being just a lucky gold digger. Until one day, Dahlia decided to regain her self-respect and leave Gideon. They started betting to see how many days she could stay away from him. She calmly sipped a glass of wine: "I bet my whole life." From behind, Gideon hugged her tightly: "Haven't you caused enough trouble yet?" She slowly left the familiar warmth, her eyes no longer filled with love like before: "Mr. CEO Evans, please pay attention to your actions, we have broken up."

I return to the country after attending an international anesthesia academic conference. That's when I see the news of my boyfriend and twin sister getting married. I'm anxious to verify its authenticity, but my sister drugs me and induces me. "A substitute's child will only be an unwelcome bastard even if it's born. I'm just helping it move on to a better life." Then, she slices me open with a scalpel. She gouges my womb out, causing me to die from significant blood loss. Meanwhile, my boyfriend believes her lies. He's sure he's not the father of my child. He ignores my messages begging him to save me. Instead, he spreads the word about me eloping with someone else. He even wipes all traces of me from his life. "I will never see her again, forever and ever." Five years later, surveillance footage of my sister cruelly murdering me surfaces.

I was born into a regular family in the Moonridge Pack with no status, but through years of training, I fought my way up to become our pack's Gamma. My father was just an Omega and he worked as an ordinary salesman who always claimed he was too busy for family. When he finally took a vacation, I spent $100,000 of my own money to plan a luxury cruise for us all. Then his mistress Sarah and her daughter Emily heard about our trip and suddenly wanted to join. Without even discussing it, my father gave them our luxury suite and relegated Mom and me to the cramped staff quarters below deck. Even my grandmother, a respected elder, supported his decision. My fourteen-year-old brother took their side too, charmed by their fake sweetness. So I changed our plans. I took Mom on a first-class flight to a private island resort instead, where we spent three perfect months. That's when the family started to panic...

My husband, Theodore, was about to take his childhood sweetheart, Rosalie, around the world in a hot-air balloon when I was kidnapped by his enemy. They were about to throw me into a snake pit. I gave up asking Theodore for help and called my father-in-law instead. In my previous life, I begged Theodore to save me, even kneeling in front of the phone camera. Hence, he abandoned the hot-air balloon ride with Rosalie and rushed to negotiate with the kidnapper. Rosalie was all alone and angry. She took another hot-air balloon, but it exploded mid-way, causing her to die on the spot without even leaving behind an intact corpse. Hearing the bad news, Theodore showed a rare calm expression. He seemed to forget about Rosalie's existence and took me on a trip around the world. As we were sailing in Norwol, he suddenly pushed me into the sea. "I should never have saved you. Snake pit? Kidnapper? How could they have had the courage to push you into it? I should've never saved you if I knew it'd kill Rosalie. You should go to hell sooner!" When I opened my eyes again, I had come back to the day I was kidnapped. This time, I chose not to call for help. Humble love would only leave you bruised and battered.

It was about time because my dad got a new girlfriend and said he wanted us to have a meal together to introduce the new woman into our lives. On the day we met, my college roommate saw my chat background, which had a photo of me and my dad, along with a series of transfer records. She lost her mind. She enlisted the support of our other roommates, who rarely paid me any attention and began to attack me, insisting that I was a side chick who deserved to die. I did not expect that my roommate would soon become my stepmom. Before I could explain, she accused me of trying to seduce my dad behind her back, shouting, "Shameless side chick! Going behind my back to seduce my boyfriend! All those times you said you were out studying?! Who knows if you were just meeting up with him?" I was once physically assaulted, stripped of my dignity, and forced to the restaurant for a public confrontation wearing ragged clothes. Then my dad came running to where I was hardly breathing and barely moving on the floor, bruised to the extreme. “Sweetheart, who did this to you?!”

(COCOK UNTUK PEMBACA YANG MAU MENYAKITI DIRI. CERITA SEDIH, MENGURAS EMOSI JIWA RAGA!) Memilikinya tabu bagiku, mencintai dirinya membuatku semakin terluka dalam. Aku tidak akan pernah menjadi miliknya, karena sebuah kenyataan sial yang menimpa hidupku!

Jika suami hilang, carilah di novel ini. Novel berisi peta buat menemukan di mana dia berada. Suami gila jablay. Jangan dikonfrontasi! Jangan labrak jablaynya! Tolong dia, menangkan hatinya. Novel ini jadi bahan referensi Moms menang melawan kuntilanak, menelanjangi pamor yang mereka pakai memikat suami celamitan karena istrinya kurang wawasan. Aksi ngelabrak, jambak rambut, gelut di depan umum hanya memuaskan sesaat. Suami Moms malah bersemangat membela jablaynya, karena 'mata'nya sedang dibutakan oleh daya tarik sang jablay. Suami Moms sedang 'dihancurkan' pelan namun pasti. Ada strategi memenangkan hati suami disajikan oleh novel ini. Mari, pakai otak ! Jangan emosi! Kisah pernikahan Olive dan Refan, mengajarkan Moms memenangi perang urat syaraf rumah tangga dalam prahara. Olive berhasil menolong Refan, suaminya lepas dari jerat sex penari striptis, Rita Anastasia yang menawarkan daya tarik seks bukan service ranjang biasa. Kenikmatan sex yang disajikannya dibawah pengaruh narkoba. Butuh 3 tahun membebaskan suaminya dan harganya mahal. Refan nyaris menghuni rumah sakit jiwa akibat konsumsi ekstasi jangka panjang. Karirnya hampir hancur terseret masuk bui. Harta disita negara. Perjuangan Olive selidiki perselingkuhan suami melelahkan, membuatnya putus asa. Pernikahan itu kemudian menjadi jerat sangkar burung (baca: karier) buat Olive, mengurungnya harus bertahan. Untung ada Tubagus, sahabat yang mendukungnya. Olive bukan detektif. Namun intuisi seorang istri menuntunnya bergerak melakukan investigasi, berhasil meringkus Rita, menyerahkannya ke gerbang neraka dunia. Masuk penjara. Novel ini mengisahkan sisi lain daya tarik para PSK. Fenomena jamak yang tak banyak dipahami khalayak. Sebab daya tarik mereka memang bukan service ranjang biasa. Menitipkan pesan edukatif bagi para istri yang berada di bawah ancaman prahara rumah tangga, juga bagi para suami yang mau coba-coba masuk mencicipi relaksasi dunia malam. Mereka harus tahu daya pikat para PSK mengacaukan hidup mereka dengan pamornya. Sisi lain kehidupan para mafia narkoba terwakili dari sosok Rita Anastasia dikupas habis di novel ini. Petik hikmahnya. Selamat Membaca.

Gadis itu masih terbaring dengan posisi yang sama, yang berbeda hanyalah kelembapan di bawah matanya. Rino menyentuhnya dan mengelapnya dengan tisu. “Tak apa jika kau ingin seperti ini, aku akan tetap menemanimu. Tenang saja, Lucy. Sampai kapanpun, bahkan ketika misiku telah usai. Aku masih belum yakin, ada apa denganku. Tetapi aku akan berada di sini, ya, di sisimu, menyiapkan bahuku jika kau perlu.” “Sebenarnya aku tidak yakin juga akan hal itu, tetapi, ya ..., lupakanlah,” ia berkata. Tangannya meraih kursi yang ada di samping meja lampu. Ia pikir mungkin akan mengobrol dengan raga gadis yang kosong ini sesaat. “Sangat langka momen seperti ini, momen di mana kau, Lucy, bisa menerima semua yang kukatakan. Bukan berarti aku senang kau seperti ini. Ini sangat susah untuk diceritakan, tetapi aku akan memberitahumu.” “Separuh dirimu adalah diriku, dan separuhnya lagi adalah dirinya. Dan takdirmu sangat tidak bisa diterima bagimu, itu dapat dilihat dari keadaanmu saat ini. Misiku adalah mengawasimu sebagai musuh, tetapi aku malah mengawasimu sebagai orang terdekatmu. Kau mengerti maksudku, bukan?”

Follow me on IG: abigail_kusuma95 *** “Loving you, just leaving the scars.” Berjuang membuang bayang-bayang gelap di masa lalu, tidak mudah bagi Nicole Tristan. Gadis cantik itu telah jatuh cinta sedalam-dalamnya, pada pria yang telah mempermainkannya. Pria yang menjadi cinta pertamanya, hanya menjadikannya sebuah permainan. Layaknya boneka yang sudah tak layak lagi digunakan. Rasa putus asa menyerang. Nicole berjuang berdiri dengan kedua kakinya, melupakan bayang-bayang gelap yang menghancurkannya. Namun, siapa sangka takdir mengajaknya bercanda. Beberapa tahun kemudian, Nicole harus bertemu dengan Oliver Maxton—cinta pertamanya yang menorehkan luka padanya. Semua belum berakhir, Nicole harus mendapatkan fakta di mana Oliver akan menikah dengan adik tirinya. Semesta seakan ingin kembali menyiksa hidupnya. Rasa benci dan cinta melebur menjadi satu. Pemisah benci dan cinta seperti dinding kokoh, tapi kenyataannya itu adalah dinding tipis. Lantas bagaimana kelanjutan kisah Oliver dan Nicole? Permainan ini harusnya telah berakhir, tapi semesta seolah ingin permainan tetap berlanjut. Cinta dan benci yang telah menyatu bertahun-tahun kembali harus menghadapi badai.