Mind Hunter

After lights-out, I make my roommates play with an Ouija board with me. Being the scaredy-cat she is, my roommate decides to ask something stupid, "Where did my earphones go?" I almost burst out laughing. I can't believe she's using it to find her earphones. To our surprise, the planchette starts to move. It spells out, "It's under your bed beside the eye." We exchange glances in confusion. What eye? I snort and get out of bed. Using my phone's flashlight, I check under the bed. Nothing is there. Before I can make fun of my roommate for being superstitious, the door slams open. The student who stays next door barges into our room, her face as pale as a sheet. Her voice trembles as she shouts, "Wake up! Everyone on campus is going wild! Someone found an eyeball in our dorm!"

In my past life, I was trafficked and gave birth to a son. When Noah Barrett turns six, I plan to take him and escape from the mountains. On my first attempt, I map out the route in advance and prepare to flee with him. But in the morning, my mother-in-law, Ruth Whitaker, blocks me at the door. She ties me up and locks me inside the shed. Then, she starves me for three days. On my second try, I secretly buy sleeping pills from an unlicensed village doctor and slip them into dinner. At the table, Ruth flips the table without hesitation and beats me until I am half dead. The third time, I take advantage of a village meeting and escape with Noah again. We hide in a concealed mountain cave. Neither of us makes a sound, yet Ruth finds us with ease. I am dragged back and locked away in the pigpen. Ruth takes a shovel and strikes me with it again and again. "You filthy bitch. You dare run off with my precious grandson!" Her eyes are bloodshot. With the final blow, she uses all her strength and smashes the shovel into my head. I collapse to the ground. My consciousness fades. My blood drains away, and I die. When I open my eyes again, I am back on the day I plan to escape the mountains with Noah. Suddenly, I can hear Noah's thoughts, his voice clear and dripping with viciousness. "Mom can't be allowed to run. Grandma says Mom is our family's slave. She's supposed to serve us for her whole life."

This is the seventh year of my arranged marriage to Frank Jackson, yet he is constantly seeing other women. Because of that, I become known in our circle as the ever-tolerant wife. Everyone is watching and waiting to see when a mistress will finally replace me. But when I unexpectedly get pregnant, I hear a furious voice screaming at me from my belly in my mind. "Mommy, are you some holy saint? In your past life, you kept tolerating everything. That was exactly why my scumbag dad's mistress drove you out and left you for dead on the streets! "That vile woman is practically trampling all over you. How can you not fight back? Slap her! While you're at it, give my fool of a dad a good slap, too! The more you tolerate, the more people push their luck. You need to stand up for yourself and divorce that scumbag!" I swallow nervously, but my hand is already itching to act. Maybe I should try doing what the baby says...

After I reincarnated, I went to the hospital right away to get an abortion. In my past life, I was suddenly found to be pregnant with fraternal boy-girl twins after a childless marriage of five years. I was told that I needed to abort one, or I could die due to the excess size of the foetuses, but while I hesitated, I heard my son's voice. [Mommy! You have to abort this brat—she's going to kill me! She's been stealing all the food!] [She's not my sister—she's Tina and daddy's bastard! They used black magic to move her here and kill me, while you would treat her like your own daughter… and she can then inherit all the family wealth!] Hearing that, I promptly went to the hospital to abort the twin daughter, keeping the son. But on the day I went into labor, he threw a fit, punching and kicking my room until he finally killed me. And just before I died, I heard him gloating. [Stupid broad! You really believed me and aborted your own daughter! Just die already! I'm going to meet my parents!] When I opened my eyes again, Tina was sitting right in front of me, telling me to abort one of my babies…

As per my father’s offer, I decided to leave both my son and husband behind and go back home where I would become his little girl again. That decision came after I heard my family’s true thoughts following my surgery. My husband thought, “It was just a minor issue! Why did she stay in the hospital for so long? She’s back and has yet to do any chores. Can’t she see that my suit needs ironing?” My son thought, “She spent so much money on that surgery, and now she’s even drinking my favorite yogurt! Why can’t she be a successful businesswoman like Sarah? All she does is stay in the house and act like a freeloader!” My mother-in-law thought, “She had to come back right when I’m making chicken soup, of all times! She can just drink the dishwater for all I care.” Feeling utterly disappointed, I turned around and closed the door. Then I called my father. “Yes, it’s just me. I’m not bringing anyone.”

Hilda Oakley, the charity case Mom and Dad take in, steals my family right out from under me. She slips drugs into me, driving me into a bipolar disorder. She turns me into someone who snaps and screams at Mom and Dad without meaning to. She paints me as someone rotten inside, as the bully at school, and as someone who'd shove her down the stairs at home. And because of that, my whole family turns on me. Mom calls me a bad seed. Dad says I'm no daughter of his. Then, they adopt Hilda and throw me out in the dead of winter. My bipolar flares. Naked, I sprint onto the rooftop and jump to my death. When I'm reborn, I realize I can make the thoughts in other people's heads audible. So, at the dinner table, I let Hilda's thoughts spill right before Mom and Dad. 'I kept that witch Valerie drugged for three years. She finally broke! They still don't suspect that Alex isn't really her brother. He's Susan's son. Once we poison Valerie's parents, the Coopers' fortune will belong to us.'

“Kau benar-benar gila, Tuan! Kau membuatku cinta tapi kini kau...” Kabar buruk menjebak Rania Zaskia Putri ke dalam pernikahan kontrak dengan atasan ibunya, Joe Abrizam Sky. Di tengah badai masalah yang datang silih berganti, sebagai seniman muda, Rania pun ikut memanfaatkan Joe sebagai batu loncatan menuju cita-citanya, meski kemudian masa lalu Joe yang telah lenyap membawa perkara baru dalam hidup Rania! Realino dan Sabrinna seolah-olah menjadi gula dan racun, dan Rania terjerat tipu daya atasannya. Mungkinkah Rania bebas dari jeratan atasannya yang nakal atau membuat babak baru kehidupan?

Masuk ruang kerja suami tanpa ketuk pintu, ternyata suamiku lagi main mesra dengan wanita lain. Apa yang harus aku lakukan? Wanita itu membuatku keguguran.

"Dimana ibuku? cepat katakan!" Mahira Kamala harus pasrah dijual ayah kandungnya sendiri demi keselamat sang ibu kepada mafia berdarah dingin Kenrick Alonzo. Hidup mewah dan diratukan hanyalah iming-iming ayah dan ibu tirinya kenyataannya disana seperti penjara emas. Bagaimana kehidupan Mahira setelah dalam genggaman Tuan mafia?

Fitnah dan pengkhianatan menjatuhkan Lady Eveline ke tiang eksekusi atas kesalahan yang tak pernah ia lakukan. Dicap sebagai penggoda Putra Mahkota, reputasinya hancur tanpa ampun. Namun, ketika pedang hendak mengakhiri hidupnya, Eveline terbangun setahun sebelum kehancurannya. Berbekal ingatan masa depan dan tekad yang membara, ia bersumpah untuk mengubah takdirnya. Ia tak ingin lagi menjadi gadis bodoh yang mengejar cinta Putra Mahkota, melainkan menjadi wanita kuat yang berani membalas dendam kepada mereka yang telah menghancurkannya—termasuk pria dingin itu sendiri. Terjebak dalam intrik keluarga, persaingan dengan saudara tiri yang licik, dan bahaya istana, Eveline harus mengumpulkan keberanian untuk melawan sebelum kehancuran itu benar-benar kembali menjemputnya.