Luck X Magna

“Who the hell changed the screw tolerance by 0.007 mm?” “I did. Is there a problem?” Kimmy Zabel, our department’s “good-luck charm” and full-time slacktivist, did not even look up from her compact mirror, where she was carefully applying lip gloss. “It just didn’t look right, so I tweaked it. Do you really have to yell at me?” The production line had been running on the wrong spec for twenty-four hours. I hit the emergency stop. Keeping my voice steady took some effort. “These parts no longer meet export standards. If we miss tomorrow’s shipment, even a month of overtime wouldn’t cover the penalties.” “It’s one tiny number. You’re being so dramatic!” Kimmy snapped her makeup case shut. “Anyway, it’s New Year’s Eve. I’ve got a date. I’m not staying here to suffer with you people.” Before she even reached the door, I gestured to the staff to pull the shutters down. “For precision components like these, one number translates into a million-dollar loss. You can take these defective units and explain them to the regulators.”

Depois de se casar, Alice Castro recebeu o diagnóstico que caiu como uma sentença: ela tinha enorme dificuldade para engravidar. Ela enfrentou hormônios, injeções e incontáveis consultas até, finalmente, conseguir uma gestação por fertilização in vitro. Mas, quando ela mal começava a se acostumar com a ideia de ser mãe, um choque ainda maior veio à tona: os bebês na barriga dela, na verdade, eram filhos do próprio marido com o primeiro amor dele. — Mano, você foi genial dessa vez. Fez a Alice gerar os filhos seus com o seu primeiro amor. Quando as crianças nascerem, vão ser de vocês dois. A Alice, no fim, não passa de uma barriga de aluguel. O marido de Alice, Michel Monteiro, deu um sorriso frio, sem nenhum traço de culpa: — A Iolanda morre de medo de sentir dor. Como é que ela ia aguentar tudo o que uma gravidez exige? A Alice sempre quis ter filhos meu. Eu só realizei o sonho dela. Alice passou a odiá‑lo com cada célula do corpo. Só que, no hospital, outro segredo veio à superfície: Michel tinha esperma fraco, quase infértil. O laboratório tinha trocado os embriões. Os bebês que Alice carregava não eram do Michel. Eram filhos dela com um magnata misterioso. Ninguém jamais tinha amado Alice de verdade. Então ela pensou: "Se ninguém me ama, vou colocar esses filhos no mundo e deixar que eles me amem." Quando Alice finalmente conseguiu se divorciar e estava pronta para ir embora sem olhar para trás, o ex‑marido, Michel, desabou num arrependimento tardio: — Amor, não vai embora! Nesse exato momento, o homem misterioso apareceu atrás de Alice. Ele a puxou para dentro do abraço dele, sem a menor cerimônia. — Fiquei sabendo que você está grávida de filhos meus? — Perguntou ele, com a voz baixa, firme, como quem não aceitava discussão.

SMA Garuda. Tempatnya berbagai spesies langka di Bandung, di antaranya : Titan Darmawan, si cewek lemot, keras kepala, belum lagi rakus. Suatu hari, dengan tidak penuh pertimbangan ia membuang kopi panas dari kelasnya di lantai dua yang sukses membasahi Tristan yang lagi bolos cantik. Punya sahabat bernama Rheva, geulisnya turunan Jawa-Surga. Sayang hatinya turunan malaikat pencabut nyawa. Sah-sah saja ketika menonton sahabatnya jadi bulan-bulanan siswa lain. Ada lagi Tristan Sagara. Si perokok, tukang bolos, tapi syukur-syukur diberkahi wajah yang oke. Dengan senang hati membalas dua kali lipat perbuatan cewek yang berani menyiramnya hingga ia ketahuan bolos. Sifatnya sudah macam penjajah jaman kolonial. Hari-harinya juga tidak lupa ditemani Bams yang selalu menjadi yang terdepan dalam memberi ide jahanam untuk menjahili Titan. Ada pula Nyong si pujangga pantun, dan terakhir Sandi si sadboy. Berbagai hal mewarnai hari-hari Titan dan Tristan di tahun terakhir mereka memakai seragam abu-abu. Mulai dari cerita yang berasa asin macam micin hingga manis rasa gulali, maupun pahit rasa obat.

Nang pabagsak na ang kompanya ng ama ni Callista, napilitan siyang umuwi sa Pilipinas upang tulungan ito. Pero ang hindi niya inaasahan, bitag lang pala iyon upang maipakasal siya nito sa isa sa mga bilyonaryong may hawak sa buong La Tierra. She has been the perfect, docile daughter, which became the reason she was forced to obey whatever her father wanted, just to save his dying company. Pero nang malaman niya kung sino ang lalaking pakakasalan, tila gusto na lang niyang takbuhan ang ipinangako sa Ama. Damon Lazaruz Auclair is one of the powerful magnates in La Tierra. Most people were afraid of him because of his ruthless and cold demeanor. How will she be able to marry him when he is known as untamable and a psycho billionaire?

Mataas ang expectation ng angkan ni Raina sa kanya bilang siyang pinakamatalino sa lahat ng magpipinsan. She was loved and well-respected by everyone. Ngunit sa isang iglap ay naglaho ang paghanga sa kanya ng buong angkan niya maging ang sarili niyang pamilya nang bigla na lamang siyang mabuntis at walang maipakilalang ama sa pamilya niya. And a sudden twist of event, nakilala niya si Evo Mondragon, ang mayamang fiance ng kanyang half-sister at siyang ama ng batang ipinagbubuntis niya...

Maitê Fernandes, Krankenschwester, verbringt eine impulsive Nacht mit Rafael Valença, einem Magnaten in den Vierzigern und Besitzer eines Krankenhausimperiums. Dann kommt ein Angebot: ein Einjahresvertrag als Geliebte. Im Austausch gegen absoluten Luxus muss Maitê ihm exklusiv gehören und jederzeit für ihn im Bett verfügbar sein. Keine Kinder und keine Liebesversprechen. Sie nimmt an, wohl wissend, dass sie riskiert, sich in einen Mann zu verlieben, der nicht an ein „für immer“ glaubt. Rafael, geschieden und abgeneigt gegenüber dauerhaften Bindungen, ist überzeugt, dass ein Jahr ausreichen wird, um das überwältigende Verlangen zu stillen, das sie in ihm weckt. Zwischen Nächten voller Sex, die die Welt auslöschen, und einem Vertrag, der klare Regeln vorgibt, läuft die Frist vielleicht ab – doch das Gefühl, das entsteht, hält sich nicht an Klauseln.

Three years in a loveless marriage, whilst enduring disdain and hatred from her husband for being a barren, Dany witnessed him cheating on her with her best friend. And they were unbothered by her realization, turns out it was a deliberate plan all along manipulating her into signing off ownership of her father's company that she Inherited to him and putting her on an infertility tea so she doesn't conceive for him. Dany lost everything after the divorce, whilst drowning herself in her grief she had a one night stand with a random gigolo before fleeing the country, and she had Sextuplets for the gigolo after three years of barrenness. Unbeknownst to her the gigolo was a powerful billionaire Magnate Laurent Jade who loathes her so much.

Adarra Aurelia Kurnia, perempuan muda yang baru saja lulus sekolah menengah atas harus rela dijadikan tumbal keluarganya untuk menikahi dengan orang yang tak dikenalnya menggantikan sang kakak. Bagaimanakah dia akan menjalani pernikahannya? Akankah cinta hadir dalam rumah tangganya nanti?

ADITA X NICKO Sebagian mengatakan bahwa 'cinta tak akan bisa dipaksakan' namun, kini berbeda. Pria itu memaksakan perasaannya, hatinya, untuk terus mengisi hari-hari seorang DJ cantik. Akankah ia mampu untuk itu?

A year after my divorce, my ex-husband, Harvey Fisher, pings me in a group chat. "This cold war has gone on for long enough. Come home—let's remarry." I reply, "Have you lost your mind?" Everyone in the group chat tries to convince me to take Harvey back. Meanwhile, he asks, "What have you been doing without me in your life?" I turn to look at my current husband, who's putting our child to sleep. I reply, "Recovering after having a child." The group chat members are initially excited, but they instantly fall silent at my words. Harvey angrily calls me countless times, but I ignore him. His mind is not the only thing he's lost—he's also lost the young woman who once loved him more than life itself.