Media Manipulation

Suamiku bertanya apakah bra tanpa kawat itu lebih nyaman? Aku hanya tertawa dan mengira akhirnya dia peka. Keesokan harinya, dengan wajah panik, asisten mengambil paket yang baru saja kuambil, sambil berkata kalau alamatnya salah. Malamnya, aku melihat postingan Susan Kumala di media sosial, dengan keterangan, "Hadiah dari pacarku, bagus nggak?" Foto itu adalah selfie di kamar hotel dengan suasana yang cukup romantis dan ada kotak lingerie cantik berhias pita di sebelahnya. Ternyata, pria itu bukan tidak mengerti romantis, melainkan apakah dia bersedia melakukannya untukmu. Aku menekan tombol suka di postingannya, lalu mengirim tangkapan layar itu ke suamiku. "Kalau beli satu set bisa diskon 20%, kamu memang nggak pandai menghemat."

A week before our wedding, my fiancee announces that she is pregnant using my younger brother's frozen sperm. "I'm grateful that our love can carry on in another way," she gushes on social media, showing off the test results. My brother replies, "Meeting you was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me." Then Mom chimes in. "Jenny, you've been through so much. Nathan's apartment should be under your name alone." I don't argue and simply reply with a single word—"Congratulations". My phone rings almost seconds later. "Your brother can't have kids anymore. It's just one child, and it's still related to you. Why are you being so petty?" she snaps. I laugh under my breath, hang up, and dial another number. "Want to get married?"

"Pasangan seperti kita tidak butuh cinta, yang kita butuhkan status, harta, dan kekuasaan." Keluar dari kandang harimau dan masuk kandang buaya. Itulah perumpamaan pernikahan Meilavia Cokroaminoto dengan dosen Fakultas Teknik, Tresna Kartadinata. Setelah menolak perjodohan konyol dengan anak ustadz, Mei justru menerima pernikahan kontrak dua tahun yang ditawarkan Tresna. Tak hanya saling menguntungkan, mereka juga merasa saling melengkapi dalam meraih ambisi masing-masing. Tapi, tak selamanya bahtera berlayar, karena ada masanya ombak ego dan karang cinta belum usai itu hadir menguji keyakinan. Pada akhirnya, apakah bahtera pernikahan atas azaz win-win solution ini akan selamanya berlayar, atau justru karam dihantam karang perceraian? Follow media sosialku juga yuk! Instagram/Twitter/Facebook : @inioceanisa

When my husband, Drake Connor, posted a photo of me on social media, this random woman mistook me for his mistress. She confronted me in the street, a baby in her arms and a crowd of relatives and friends in tow, ready to teach me a lesson. "You shameless tramp! How dare you seduce my husband! "I’ll beat you to death, you disgusting woman!" The crowd beat me, smashed my car, and ripped my clothes. I left that encounter bruised and battered, suffering a concussion and a fractured arm. In the end, I called the police and demanded justice. I had a divorce agreement drawn up and threw it in Drake's face. "If it weren’t for me, you’d be begging in the streets! And now you dare to hide a woman and child from me? "Get out! Don’t expect a penny from me!"

When my grandpa fell gravely ill and needed treatment abroad, the elders in the family decided to choose a junior to accompany him. They picked my cousin, but my mom tearfully pleaded with me to take her place. "You're a doctor. Caring for your grandfather is second nature to you. Bianca is an orphan, frail and delicate. She can't handle such a grueling task." To save her distress, I agreed to go in Bianca Pittman's stead, embarking on a five-year stay abroad. When my grandpa finally recovered, I boarded a flight home, eager to reunite with my family. But as I landed, a post on my mother's social media froze me in my tracks. [My daughter is getting married! Thank you all for your blessings!] But I was her only daughter. I couldn't help but wonder who she was referring to.

Reyana Stronghold, semua orang pasti tahu siapa Reyana. Namanya melejit berkat pamor sang papa di dunia bisnis. Papanya pemilik Stronghold Group, memiliki banyak cabang perusahaan di berbagai bidang termasuk ST Entertainment. Tapi siapa sangka jika kepamoran itu justru mengundang bahaya bagi Reyana, wajahnya yang sering terekspos media membuat banyak pesaing papanya yang tega melakukan hal jahat pada Reyana. Hingga suatu hari sang papa membawa seorang cowok yang akan menjadi bodyguardnya, bertugas melindungi Reyana. Tapi bagaimana jika yang terjadi Reyana justru jatuh cinta pada bodyguarnya? Si cowok dingin dan keras kepala. Reyana menyebutnya Balok Es. "Panggil nama gue tiga kali, maka gue bakal datang dalam keadaan apa pun."

Lies, secrets, friendship and a betrayal. Wherever she goes, a trouble is following her. An incident in Isabela forces Charlotte to live in Manila together with her two cousins, Uno and Dos Villanueva. After Dos has posted a picture of them together on his social media account resulting for her to become the target of her cousins' enemies, she finds herself in another trouble. In order to protect her, Uno places her in Dos' class; A class known for having the most troublesome and violent students in Hillman High. Another trouble trails her from behind when the Class President asks her to become the Muse of their class. Secrets after lies, a friendship that ends up with betrayal, Charlotte is now forced to face those people from her past. An obsession she cannot let pass. How will her newly-found friends take all the secrets of the Muse? [COMPLETED]

Christian dan asistennya tertangkap kamera sedang berciuman panas di sebuah konser. Adegan tersebut bahkan ditampilkan di layar besar. Video pasangan serasi itu menjadi viral dan mendapatkan jutaan suka. Dalam video tersebut, putraku yang berusia enam tahun duduk di antara mereka sambil bertepuk tangan dengan gembira. Aku memosting video tersebut di media sosialku dengan sebaris keterangan. [ Manis sekali. ] Christian langsung meneleponku melalui video call, lalu memarahiku berhati sempit dan pencemburu di depan semua orang. "Aku dan dia cuma berakting untuk dilihat mantan pacarnya. Bisa nggak kamu berhenti bersikap dramatis?" Teman-teman yang tahu kebenarannya menertawakanku. Mereka semua bertaruh kapan aku akan kembali pada Christian. Namun, kali ini, aku tidak akan membiarkan mereka menang.

Aku memohon kepada Rizald Pratama sebanyak 99 kali dan akhirnya dia setuju untuk mengajak putri kami berkemah di pegunungan pada hari ulang tahun putri kami. Pada saat aku menemukan putriku di kaki gunung keesokan harinya, dia sudah meninggal, tangannya memegang erat sebuah foto keluarga. Aku berdiri di depan tubuh kaku putriku, hatiku tersayat pedih. Tiba-tiba, aku melihat Rizald memperbarui status di media sosialnya. Dia menuliskan, "Kamu dan anakku adalah harta berharga dalam hidupku." Dalam foto tersebut, dia dan teman masa kecilnya menggandeng seorang gadis kecil, tengah melihat matahari terbenam di kejauhan. Di sudut kiri bawah foto, terlihat sebuah tangan kecil yang merupakan tangan putriku. Foto yang menyakitkan ini diambil oleh putriku.

CONTENT WARNING: This story contains themes of non-consensual encounters, emotional manipulation, and intense dark romance. Reader discretion is advised. Blurb: One stolen thing. One dangerous mistake. Now, she belongs to him. She didn’t know the fire she was playing with… until it burned her. He’s a devil in an Armani suit—a cold, calculating billionaire whose empire is built on blood. To cross him is to sign your own death warrant. But she never meant to steal from him. She didn’t even know what she was taking. And yet, in his eyes, she is the ultimate betrayal. She should’ve been broken, discarded like all the others. Instead, she became his obsession. Trapped in his dangerous world, she’s torn between hating him and craving the fire he awakens in her. The deeper she falls, the darker his secrets become—secrets that could cost her more than just her heart... they could cost her very soul. In his world, love isn’t salvation. It’s a death sentence.