Luka Smiling At Booker

Kematian Karisma dengan tubuh menggantung disertai banyaknya luka lebam mengundang begitu banyak pertanyaan dibenak suaminya--Adam. Terlebih lagi saat sang pemandi mayat mengatakan jika sang istri ternyata sedang mengandung. Kuat dugaan jika ini ulah dari Pulung gantung, hantu berjenis bola api.

The Devil You Called Grimace. Hunger. Love like a curse. They say some doors open only once. She opened hers with three red candles, a drop of blood, and a whisper. Lonely nights, overdue rent, and a heart too heavy to carry — that’s all it took to call him through. Malik. The man made of smoke, shadow, and everything her prayers forgot to protect her from. He came smiling, with promises sweet as sin — protection, money, revenge. Every favor he gave her tasted like salvation until she realized he was feeding on her, one piece at a time. A memory here. A dream there. Her laughter swallowed whole. Now he’s the warmth in her sheets and the whisper in her nightmares. The devil she named, the lover she can’t unmake. Because Malik wasn’t summoned. He was chosen. And love — the kind that burns red under candlelight — always demands a body to keep it alive.

Sepuluh tahun lalu, Binar dan Fady berpisah tanpa sempat menutup cerita. Kini takdir mempertemukan mereka kembali, di saat Binar baru saja kehilangan keluarga kecilnya, dan Fady hidup dengan bayang-bayang trauma setelah dua kali ditinggal oleh orang yang ia cintai. Rasa yang dulu terpendam perlahan tumbuh lagi, tapi keduanya kini membawa luka yang berbeda bentuk, sama dalamnya. Di tengah perjuangan keduanya menyusun masa depan baru, hadirlah Danar, sosok yang diam-diam menyimpan rasa dan harapan pada Binar. Sementara Binar hanya menganggapnya kesalahan masa lalu yang tak ingin diulang. Rahasia masa lalu, luka yang belum sembuh dan restu yang tak kunjung datang. Membuat perjalanan cinta Binar tak mudah. Untuk siapakah akhirnya Cinta Binar berlabuh, Fady? Danar? Atau berhenti untuk dirinya sendiri.

Isabella Dinda Prameswari — gadis berusia 23 tahun yang rela meninggalkan kampung halamannya di Bogor untuk bekerja sebagai office girl di sebuah hotel mewah Jakarta. Hidupnya penuh perjuangan setelah sang ayah meninggal, meninggalkan ibu dan dua adik kecil yang harus Dinda tanggung. Namun, takdir kejam menimpa Dinda. Dalam lelahnya menjalani sif malam, ia menjadi korban pria mabuk yang menyeretnya ke kamar hotel yang telah ia bersihkan dan merenggut kehormatannya. Pagi harinya, Dinda memutuskan untuk pergi dari kamar yang membawa luka untuknya dan meninggalkan pria yang merusak hidupnya itu sendirian dengan tanpa busana. Hidup Dinda berubah dalam semalam. Akankah ia bisa bangkit dari luka yang menghancurkan hidupnya? Atau justru, takdir akan membawanya ke jalan yang tak pernah ia bayangkan?

"Qubool hai(I accept)," I said with great difficulty and a lone tear escaped from my eyes. I looked at my husband and found him smiling at me. His smile was so mysterious and unusual which created a shiver in my whole system. At the time of Rukhsati(sending off the bride), my mother requested to my husband," Please, take care of her." " Don't worry. I will love her and take care of her so much that she will forget her own family," He replied chuckling but I felt something fishy in his voice. Will he really love me and take care of me the way he is promising to my mother? Erina was just a 22-year-old girl when she was forcefully married to a stranger. She is doubtful about this stranger's intention behind marrying her. Will she ever come to know about her stranger husband's intention?

In my last international car racing championship, the front tire of my car suddenly burst, causing the car to roll over. The cars behind me collided with me one by one. After 99 times, I was unrecognizable from the impacts. Just as I reached out to my boyfriend for help by instinct, he kicked me away, my body covered in blood and flesh. “Don't dirty my newly tailored clothes today.” He turned around, picked up the champion who had just crossed the finish line, and spun her around, smiling and saying: “Sharon, only the championship trophy is worthy of you. I will remove all obstacles for you.” Blood stained my entire body. Watching the two of them embrace as the sun set, I felt numb and desperate. What he didn't know was that among these red stains was the child who had just come into this world. At that moment, I gave up on continuing to love him.

“Alex… I’m dying.” Amara’s trembling voice over the phone should have shaken her husband, but the renowned Dr. Alex Spencer simply replied, “Buy medicine and let me work.” The world envied their marriage to the perfect doctor, but behind closed doors, Amara carried every pain alone. Until the day she received two verdicts: brain cancer… and a divorce she signed with her own hands. She walked away, whispering, “This is the last meal I’ll ever cook for you,” leaving Alex furious and unable to accept the truth. And when he rushed into a house decorated with flowers and candles, her smiling picture greeted him instead. She was gone. He fell down, weeping like a child. But something still told him, this was all a setup. That Amara was still alive and he won’t rest until he finds her. Is Amara truly still alive? Read to find out!

Before my crazy grandmother died, she gave me three walnuts. According to her last wish, I cracked open the first walnut on my twenty-fifth birthday. Inside the walnut was a slip of paper. 'Go to the skybridge and grovel at the first beggar you meet' was the instruction written on it. When I looked at the note, I could feel my cheeks burning with embarrassment. Still, I did as told. To my surprise, the beggar turned out to be an undercover cop. Only later did I learn that I had long been targeted by human traffickers, and the bow had saved my life. As for the second walnut, my grandmother told me to crack it open before I got married. When I put on my wedding dress, ready to marry the policeman who saved me, I happily opened it. This time, there was a crumpled old photograph inside. In the photo, my fiancé was smiling as he strangled another bride.

"Pungut aku..." Dalam hujan malam yang menggila, Elvano menemukan gadis asing penuh luka dan tanpa identitas. Ia menamainya Raina. Tapi sejak itu, hidupnya yang tenang berubah. Ada misteri yang belum terjawab. Dan mungkin, kehadiran gadis itu bukan sekadar kebetulan.

Kalian tahu apa yang paling menyakitkan dari sebuah penghianatan? Bukan selingkuhnya, bukan juga tentang wanita yang diam-diam meruntuhkan bahtera suatu hubungan yang kita jalani. Hal yang paling menyakitkan dari sebuah penghianatan adalah ia hanya bisa dilakukan orang yang paling kita percayai. Kata-kata yang kita anggap kejujuran, ternyata hanya bohong belaka. Janji manis yang membuat kita yakin, ternyata hanya ingkar semata. Aku tidak pernah mencintai orang lain sedalam aku mencintai Riga. Aku tidak pernah percaya orang lain, seyakin aku mempercayai Riga dan sahabatku. Lantas apa? Cintaku dikhianati. Kepercayaanku dinodai. Kalian tahu? Luka dari penghianatan tidak bisa disembuhkan. Kata-kata tentang permintaan maaf hanya tameng belaka. Luka itu terlalu dalam. Mengiris relung hati paling rentan