Makanan Paskal 23

"I want you all to search every nook and cranny of that city. Get me that girl… alive. I want to torture her myself?", Jax roared in anger. How dare she? Does she think he's dumb not to know she was the one? She must be really dumb but he must confess, she was really a smart and scheming fellow to be able to pull that off. * * Aurora a 23 years old werewolf from the Blood moon pack who lives in the slums with her mother and younger sister, in order to provide for her poor mother and her sister's education she started doing petty crimes from the like of stealing from their neighbors and picking pockets. She was successfully going scot-free with her crimes till she got hooked when she stole the wallet of Jax, A ruthless and Merciless Alpha who happens to be her pack's Alpha. (She had no idea). What happens when she had to finally return home to the pack due to her mother's sickness and being wanted by the man she stole his wallet. What happens when she met the same man she stole his wallet, who has been looking for her as her supposed Alpha? Read on to find out!!!.

"Well, well, well," He said, his voice low with a hint of both playfulness and danger in it. I know I am caught like a deer in the headlight but still I did not came out, holding onto a little hope that is crushed long ago. "What do we have here?" His voice was demanding and threatening, forcing my feets to move on their own to come out of the shadows. -- Kirill Volkov, is a 25 years old russian heartthrob with many dark little secrets. His hands are stained with the blood of people whoever discovered his little secret and he never batted another glance to the lifeless bodies he left behind. He is the perfect definition of an emotionless, quiet, arrogant and an inhumane human. Aleeza Aria Russo, is a 23 year old elegant Italian beauty with the dreams of living a life that have nothing to do with her previous one. She wants to taste the freedom in her mouth, not only on the tip of her tongue. But she did not realised she was loosing everything she always wanted while she got involved with Kirill, without even knowing the truth he hides. Aleeza does not realise the pressure and betrayal, Kirill, is going to crush her with, which will leave her with nothing but scars. Happy Reading!

At 18, He asked her to accompany him to the prom and she agreed because she liked him. At 23, He asked her to pretend to be his girlfriend, and she agreed because she loved him. At 25 he asked her to be his fiancee and she agreed, all because she wanted him to be hers forever. But now at 27, he's decided to break the 2 years of engagement to marry his true love and this time he did not ask. He simply decided that it was all over and he didn't need her. All the years, she followed him like a lovesick puppy only to get her heart broken mercilessly. The fairy tale she was living in vanished with just a simple blink. But too bad, she knew how to cure her broken heart and stand up again. But then what's wrong with him? Why is he behaving like a possessive fiancé all of sudden? Why the sudden change of heart? Shouldn't he be with his lover instead of trying to hold her captive? Wasn't he the one who said she's not the one for him and he didn't want her? Why was he behaving like a jealous husband? Does it mean The Cold-Hearted CEO Wants Her Back? _____________________ ________

Aku, Sonia, seorang wanita berusia 23 tahun, terjebak dalam masalah keuangan yang parah akibat hutang pengobatan anakku yang mengidap Thalassemia dan harus menjalani perawatan medis yang sangat mahal dan berkelanjutan. Hidupku yang penuh kesulitan berubah drastis ketika aku bekerja dengan Mr. Wei, seorang CEO sukses berusia 45 tahun. Di tengah kemelut keuangan dan tekanan emosional, aku menemukan pelarian dalam pelukan Mr. Wei. Kehangatan dan dukungan yang dia berikan membuatku merasa dihargai dan dicintai, sesuatu yang telah lama hilang dalam pernikahanku. Namun, kebahagiaan kami tidak lepas dari konflik; suamiku mulai curiga dan berbagai rintangan muncul, menguji keteguhan hati kami. Cerita ini menggambarkan dinamika cinta yang penuh gairah dan sakit hati, pengkhianatan yang menyakitkan, serta pencarian jati diri dan pengampunan. Dengan latar belakang kehidupan kami yang kontras, aku dan Mr. Wei harus menghadapi pilihan-pilihan sulit dan mempertanyakan nilai-nilai yang kami anut. Akankah cinta kami mampu mengatasi semua rintangan? atau akankah kami terperangkap dalam lingkaran drama dan penderitaan?

Suamiku … seorang komandan resimen yang telah menikah denganku selama sepuluh tahun, kutahan di luar ruang duka anak kami. Bukan tanpa alasan. Sebelum mengembuskan napas terakhirnya, anakku meninggalkan tiga permintaan terakhir. Permintaan pertama … Untuk sementara waktu, jangan beri tahu ayah tentang kematiannya. Dia takut ayahnya akan bersedih. Permintaan kedua …. Masakkan makanan kesukaan ayah, lalu mintalah ayah menemaninya merayakan ulang tahunnya yang terakhir. Dan permintaan ketiga …. Jika ayah tak datang, maka pastikan, benar-benar pastikan, jangan pernah biarkan pria itu muncul lagi di depan makamnya. Jadi, setelah anakku tiada …. Meski hujan deras mengguyur di luar aula duka. Meski pria itu berdiri dengan mata merah dan tubuh gemetar. Meski tangisnya pecah histeris di balik pintu ruang duka …. Aku tetap tak membiarkannya mendekati anakku. Bahkan selangkah pun tidak. Tiga hari lalu, Yuda Saloka menghabiskan semalaman bersama cinta pertamanya. Bersama anak perempuan itu, mereka menyalakan kembang api. Saat pulang, dia membawa sebuah tas sekolah baru. Katanya … sebagai pengganti karena telah melewatkan ulang tahun anak kami. Tapi dia mengerutkan kening, tak mengerti alasan air mata di sudut mataku. “Cuma ulang tahun saja, ‘kan? Nanti juga bisa dirayakan lagi.” Saat itu, dia belum tahu … Anak kami … yang baru berusia lima tahun … telah meninggal karena asma. Dan takkan pernah lagi punya kesempatan menyambut hari pertamanya bersekolah.

23 years old Carmen Garcia is made to marry the heartless Billionaire and her high school Rival, Sean Whitney. The Grieving widower takes no interest in her and is set to make her life a living hell. She discovers secrets about his late wife and the ugly truths his family tried to hide from the public. She uses the information to threaten him into doing whatever she wants, putting her in control. Her newly gained power over him gives her the courage to seduce him and use him to satisfy her sexual needs. Sean's 6-year-old daughter, Evie, a child he hadn't known about, shows up. Carmen soon finds out about her inability to conceive a child and tries all she can to hide it from Whitney. She falls in love with Sean. The news of her infertility and Sean's late wife gets to the media and the family is torn apart. Sean who was already head over heels in love with her fights to keep her despite his family's disapproval. What happens when Carmen gets kidnapped and the ransom for her release is for Sean to give up Evie? Does Sean give up on his child to save his lover?

Anita Williams is a werewolf, an Alpha to be exact. She’s the leader of Velvet Waters Pack, one of the strongest and wealthiest packs in the United States. Anita had everything she could ever want, except one thing, her mate. Unlike other werewolves when she turned eighteen she didn’t feel the pull of her mate. Now 23 years old and still mateless, Anita has decided to just give up. That is until Anita and her friends decided to go out for drinks and her wolf goes crazy. She is ecstatic when she starts to feel the mate-pull, that is until her eyes land on him. Not only is Anita’s mate human he’s also not at all like she expected. Kelly Salvatore was never popular. He wasn’t the guy that a girl walked up to and shamelessly flirted with. No, he was the man that always got stuck in the friend zone and never got the girl. He was a 25-year-old antisocial virgin so, when a beautiful girl like Anita tries to talk to him he immediately shuts her out. Anita will need to channel her patience if she wants any chance at getting Kelly to accept her. Now that she’s found him, there was no way he was leaving, he was her human mate. Once again, her name is Anita Williams and this is her life story!

Being the rivals, Vdius and Aurora hated each other, but the Moon Goddess wrote a different story for them as they were MATED!! One is the Queen of the Rogues, and the other is LYCAN KING of the Alphas. Coming from two different backgrounds, will Aurora and Vdius ever be able to overcome all the obstacles that come their way?? Or will they get lost in the path of REVENGE?? Will the love between them ever be able to overpower the hatred that they have for each other?! Aurora Fright, a 23 years old Princess of her father and her Rogue clan, Moon Howlers. In the blink of eyes, Aurora had to wear the crown of the Queen of Rogues just after her father, Alberto's mysterious death. Vdius Arees, 31 years old, the greatest LYCAN KING, is breathing the air just to take revenge for his father who was murdered brutally. But what will happen when he will have a steamy One-night stand with the daughter of his greatest enemy, the killer of his father? A must-read story which is full of Betrayal, torture, revenge, love triangle and mature scenes ~~~~ Vdius sneered at Aurora and said coldly, "The Moon Goddess must have gone insane when she mated me with you!" Aurora rolled her eyes at him and said in a sarcastic tone, "Then do the favour on me, Alpha Vdius. REJECT ME!" Instantly a devilish smirk formed upon Vdius's lips as he uttered, "NO WAY!" ........

Rania wanita menikahi Faiz di kala usianya baru menginjak sembilan belas tahun, dan saat itu Faiz berusia 23 tahun, tepat di hari ulang pernikahan yang yang ke tujuh belas, Rania yang saat itu berusia 36 tahun, melihat kenyataan pahit, Faiz sang suami mengkhianatinya, bahkan sang suami berniat menikahi siri dengan wanita yang bernama Kinan, seorang janda seusia sama dengan Rania, tapi Kinan wanita yang maju dan mandiri sebuah butik dan salon, berhasil ia miliki. Berbanding terbalik dengan Rania, wanita itu sangat sederhana dan apa adanya, kesehariannya hanya mengurus suami dan putrinya, pengabdian Rania untuk pernikahannya serasa sia-sia, karena sang suami menduakannya, bahkan putrinya yang bernama Safa juga menutupi kebusukan sang ayahnya. Ditambah lagi keluarga suaminya justru memojokannya. Dorongan dari keluarga Faiz untuk menerima pernikahan kedua Faiz dan Kinan membuat Rania marah, dan bertekad tetap akan mengajukan gugatan cerai, dan mengungkap perselingkuhan Faiz, yang akan berakibat buruk bagi karir Faiz sebagai pegawai pemerintah.

There’s a thin line between desperation and destiny ****** Sophia Jenkins has lived her life in the shadows of hardship. At 23, she juggles multiple jobs, trying to lift her family out of debt while caring for her terminally ill mother. Her only dream is to escape the weight of her broken home and rewrite her family’s fate. But fate had other plans. On her birthday, when relentless debt collectors humiliate her and her father, Sophia’s world shatters—until a mysterious man steps out of a sleek black car, commanding the chaos with nothing but his presence. Leonard Morano. At 40, Leonard is the ruthless head of the Morano mafia empire, a billionaire controlling over a hundred businesses and underground casinos. What no one knows is that he was once Martin Jenkins’ best friend—and the man who silently watched Sophia grow from afar before vanishing when she was fifteen. Now, he’s back. And he’s not offering help. He’s demanding marriage. With the chilling words, “Marry me, and I will smash every obstacle in your way,” Leo pulls her into a world of luxury, power, and deadly secrets. But can Sophia survive the dark underworld Leo rules? Can love truly bloom in the cracks of fear, obligation, and a past that refuses to stay buried?