Lucky: A Novel

My boyfriend was both poor and mute, yet we were deeply in love. When the earthquake struck, he clawed at the rubble with his bare hands to save me. His ten fingers were reduced to raw, bloody stumps. I worked three jobs just to support him, often pushing myself to the brink of exhaustion. Most days, I was so hungry I fainted. But I never imagined the truth—he had only pretended to be mute to deceive me. And he wasn’t poor at all. In fact, he was the wealthiest man in the city. He could casually order a Ferrari worth millions for his first love, without so much as a second thought. Yet he spent the 10,000 dollars I had painstakingly saved on a handbag for her, leaving me unable to pay for my grandmother’s surgery. She died, helpless and in agony.

Sebuah hal gila yang Lisa lakukan demi menolong kakak kembarnya lepas dari perjodohan adalah dengan mengorbankan dirinya sendiri. "Pilih antara saya dan Alice"

On the day the privileged heiress, Olivia Cruz, and I register our marriage, she leaves me and Mom stranded on a deserted road before running off to her childhood sweetheart, Brad McCoy. Rage triggers Mom's cardiac arrest, so I call Olivia in anxiety, begging her to come back and save Mom. But she just says a cold line before ending the call, "Not this again. Every time I have to step away, your mom suddenly has heart pain. Your family sure knows how to put on a show, huh?" With that, Mom misses her chance at rescue and dies. That night, a mutual friend posts online. "Growing up together is a whole different kind of bond!" The post shows Olivia perched on Brad's lap with his hand resting on her waist. It's the perfect picture of intimacy that leaves little to the imagination. I expressionlessly tap on the like button before typing my comment. "Is this what you meant by 'something important'?" The friend sneers. "Relax, it's just a game of Truth or Dare. I can't believe you're taking it so seriously." Olivia doesn't even bother to explain, but when I walk away without a word, she finally panics.

Allena Maura Mahardian, seorang gadis cantik dan manis yang bekerja di sebuah Cafe di pusat kota Jakarta. Allena adalah karyawan yang sangat rajin dalam bekerja, bahkan ia selalu dipuji oleh pemilik Cafe tersebut. Allena Maura Mahardian adalah gadis yatim piatu, kedua orang tuanya telah meninggal dunia karena sebuah kecelakaan yang direncanakan. Pada saat itu, usianya masih lima belas tahun. Ia sangat sedih mendengar kabar bahwa kedua orang tuanya telah pergi untuk selama-lamanya dan tidak akan kembali lagi. Sejak saat itulah, Allena Maura Mahardian memutuskan untuk mencari pekerjaan dan hidup mandiri karena harta kekayaan kedua orang tuanya telah jatuh ke tangan seorang pria tua sekaligus pembunuh kedua orang tuanya. Setelah dua minggu bekerja di sebuah Cafe, Allena Maura Mahardian kembali mengalami nasib yang sangat buruk. Rekan kerjanya yang sangat membencinya dengan tega menjebak dirinya dan menyerahkannya pada seorang pria yang sangat misterius dan memiliki sifat layaknya seorang iblis. "Kau tidak akan bisa kabur dariku, sayang!" teriak Pria itu. "Aku hanya dijebak dan dijadikan sebagai penebus hutang oleh teman-temanku," ujar Allena Maura Mahardian. "Aku tidak perduli dengan ucapanmu sayang. Kau akan tetap menikah denganku!" tegas Pria itu. "Tolong mengertilah," lirih Allena Maura Mahardian. Air matanya mengalir begitu saja, ia berusaha untuk menolak menikah dengan pria berhati iblis yang berada di hadapannya. "Jangan berbicara lagi sayang. Malam ini juga kita akan menikah jadi persiapkanlah dirimu!" tegas Pria itu. Pria itu pun pergi meninggalkan Allena yang menangis tersedu-sedu. Novel ini akan dilanjut setiap hari

Kesepakatan tetaplah kesepakatan. Lalu bagaimana dengan perasaan yang tumbuh seiring dengan berjalannya waktu? Manakah yang harus diutamakan? Kesepakatan? Atau perasaan? Jika perasaan yang diutamakan, lalu bagaimana dengan kesepakatan tersebut? Dan jika kesepakatan yang diutamakan, bagaimana dengan perasaan yang tumbuh tanpa izin dari si pemilik hati?

Jasmine is living a life of hell. Her step father becoming abusive emotionally and physically after the death of her mother. She not only has to deal with him at home, but her fellow students at school. Being bullied and criticized for the lack of clothes she doesn't have. They don't know her step father refuses to buy her anything she needs. Calling her a leech of the earth. Telling her on a daily basis he wishes she had died along side her mother. The only person in her corner is her science teacher Mrs. Mulberry, she see the changes in Jasmines behavior, the marks she tries to hide under her torn clothes. Things take a turn for the worse when Jasmine goes missing for two weeks. Alarming Mrs. Mulberry to call child services. Believing the worst has happened to her. After being put under the microscope Jasmine's step father starts locking her away starving her and barely giving her water to drink out of an applesauce container. In the midst of her agony she meets the new boy at school causing feelings she's never felt before. Will he be her knight in shining armor or will he be the wake of destruction causing her world to crumble more around her.

Martha's life is turned upside down when she starts having terrible and scary dreams that creeps into reality. She thinks she can protect her family from it but she fails repeatedly. How is she going to handle the tragedy?

Élisa se faisait de plus en plus discrète ces derniers temps mais je ne m'étais pas dit qu'il se passait quelque chose de grave jusqu'au jour où Jules me révéla qu'il avait vu des bleus sur son corps. Cette révélation changea tout. Je devais sauver celle que j'aimais.

When we get too much involved in the act of pretending, we lose the idea of knowing the pretense of others. Isn't that how it works? We don't know the acts we do thinking good for the others even to the extent of hurting them to save them from major hurt will cause them to go through much more than we can think of. Sometimes it is not too late to correct the pretenses but sometimes it is late to amend them. Let's see whether it is too late or just in time.

What happens when a nerd falls in love with a play boy? Adriana was a Sixteen year old teenage girl in her final year, she was also a nerd, she was completely introverted as she had no friends, She was being bullied by the class bully but as it turns out she was Rescued by a guy who she fell in love with.