Murakami Kafka On The Shore

It was not until my death that I realized my husband would not touch me because he was deeply in love with my best friend. The two spent their entire lives longing for each other, but never crossing the line, staying loyal from afar. Even my best friend's professor husband lived his life like a celibate monk. After being reborn, I seized the moment and held the professor's hand. "I like you. Let's be together." His eyes darkened as he replied, "Perfect. I feel the same." We instantly connected. However, this time, it was my husband and best friend who were not happy about it.

The powerful Stratton family, a tech industry titan, claimed I was their long-lost son. They brought me back from my remote mountain sanctuary. However, when I arrived, my father accused me of peddling superstition and called me a fraud. My adopted brother, the false heir, spread rumors that I was practicing dark magic and cursing the family. My uncle sided with him. He put on a serious face as he warned me. “Ethan, the Stratton family built this empire on technology. If you insist on this occult nonsense, you’ll leave us with no choice but to disown you!” Confronted with their ignorant ridicule and malicious setup, I felt the urge to roll my eyes. I thought. “Whoever said I came back to reconnect? I came down from that mountain to save your lives! Are you really too blind to see everything is about to come crashing down in your family?”

Bermula dari gosip akhirnya menjadi bahan gosip. Alexa—gadis manis penyuka gosip yang akhirnya jatuh cinta dengan lelaki yang menjadi bahan gosip bersama teman-temannya. Ketidaksengajaan terus ditakdirkan membuat benih-benih cinta tumbuh di antara keduanya tetapi itu tidak lantas membuat mereka bersama. Alexa yang tidak ingin ada kesalahpahaman di antara dirinya dan Kafka pun memutuskan untuk membuat pernyataan klarifikasi yang membuat renggang kedekatannya dengan Kafka yang tercipta tanpa sengaja. Hal itu membuat perasaan mereka menjadi tumpang tindih hingga suatu hari mereka kembali disatukan tetapi hal itu tidak lantas membuat Kafka dan Alexa menemui hari bahagia. Banyak hal harus mereka lalui demi untuk mempertahankan hubungan keduanya hingga sebuah fakta tentang Kafka terbongkar membuat jarak kembali terbentang. Akankah mereka bisa bertahan atau justru kembali dihadapkan dengan perpisahan?

My grandmother didn't have much time left. Before she passed away, she entrusted me to my boyfriend, Hunter Jones. As we held hands with our fingers interlaced, he promised to register our marriage in front of my grandmother's sickbed. However, the day after we registered our marriage, Sarah Moore, Hunter's female colleague, posted a picture of a marriage certificate with her and Hunter's names on it. There was a caption, stating, 'I know you have no choice but to agree to marry her. But as long as I'm the person you love most, I'm satisfied with only one month.' I went to find Hunter, intending to question him about what was going on. Instead, I overheard him chatting with his friend. "I'm indebted to Audrey's grandmother. I promised her that I would take care of Audrey for the rest of my life, so I have to take responsibility for her. As for Sarah, I can die without regrets if I can be her husband for a month in this life." His friend laughed and said, "Poor Audrey White. Aren't you afraid she'll get angry and run away when she finds out that the marriage certificate you got her was fake?" Hunter fell silent for a moment. "She will never find out. I'll just tell her that there was an error in the registration system and that we need to re-register. Audrey trusts me so much. She won't suspect anything," he added. However, his plans shattered when he tried to contact me to re-register our marriage. That was because he received my wedding gift for him, along with a wish that he and Sarah would have a long and happy life instead.

I lose my memory and wander the streets, surviving on scraps and the kindness of strangers. Then, Miles Blackwood from the Institute of Medical Research finds me and takes me in. He tells me that I'm his long-lost fiancee who ran away years ago, and that he's spent every ounce of energy searching for me ever since. As I'm frail and riddled with illness, he watches over me as I take my medication every day, tracing the scar on my lower back with a strange, tender affection. But everything shatters the day I regain my memory. I accidentally overhear Miles speaking to a friend. "Miles, you forcibly removed Cassidy's kidney for Claudia back then. That was what caused her to lose her memories. And in the end, you let Claudia take all the credit for the research. "Now, after Cassidy's been suffering out there for years, you're bringing her back just to use her for the artificial kidney project? Aren't you worried that she'll regain her memories?" Miles scoffs. "She's incredibly grateful to me now. Besides, she's just a sickly woman. So what if she finds out? As long as we succeed in the research on artificial kidneys, Claudia will become the star of the medical world. As for Cassidy? She'll have made her contribution to the medical field." A cold chill rushes through me in an instant—I am Cassidy.

Saat dalam kondisi terpuruknya, Arya tiba-tiba datang dan menawarkan diri untuk bertanggungjawab atas kehamilan yang tidak laki-laki itu perbuat. Sheyra yang saat itu tak memiliki pilihan, akhirnya setuju menikah dengan Arya serta mengesampingkan kenyataan bahwa Arya adalah sahabat Kafka, kekasihnya. Seiring berjalannya waktu, cinta tumbuh di antara Sheyra dan Arya. Namun, badai bernama Kafka tentu tak bisa dicegah karena dia bisa datang kapan saja dan menuntut haknya. Karena Kafka yang sedang menjalani studi di luar negeri itu tidak tahu bahwa Sheyra hamil anaknya. Bagaimana kelanjutan kisahnya? Yuk, simak terus di setiap babnya^^

My parents have found their birth daughter. They're reunited thanks to her face, which is almost identical to my mother's. After weeping in my mother's arms, she slowly raises her head and looks at me. Her gaze is filled with hostility. "You've enjoyed what's supposed to be mine for so many years. Don't you think it's time to give it back?" She doesn't bother concealing her hatred for me. My parents are still bawling their eyes out over being reunited with her. In the next second, their sobbing abruptly stops. She doesn't notice it, though.

Evil spirit. A cursed Prince. Death itself dissaray. She just want to go home, but fate has other plans for the young priestess and her odd companions.

Nun, cewek dengan telekung model jadul itu betah banget ngejomlo. Padahal, dalam hatinya nih, dia tuh diam-diam mengagumi Kafka, pemilik sekaligus pendiri start up Pangkalanhati.com –biro jodoh online berbasis syariah– tempat dia bekerja sebagai Mak Comblang. Nah, di saat lagi anteng-antengnya mantengin Kafka, eh ... datang deh klien rese bernama Alif yang habis Googling tadi. Rusuh lah kehidupan Nun dibuatnya. Dia pun jadi terlibat masalah bukan hanya di tempat kerja, tapi juga dengan keluarganya. Mau tahu, apa rahasia yang disembunyikan Nun sampai dia terus ngejomlo padahal kerjanya di Biro Jodoh? Yuk, intip aja keseruan Biro Jodoh Pangkalan Hati dan kenalan dengan klien beraneka rupa serta para Mak Comblang unik di sini! Disclaimer: Versi cetak dari cerita ini sudah diterbitkan oleh LR Pro dan sudah bisa dipesan

Everyone said Colton Jones loved Whitney Thompson more than life itself. He had spent ten years pursuing her and cherishing her. If she furrowed her brow, he would worry over it for hours. Yet this same Colton betrayed her three times. The first time, he was drugged by a business rival at a corporate gala and spent the night with a female college student. The day Whitney asked for a divorce, he arranged for the young woman to be sent overseas overnight. Then he stood outside Whitney's apartment building in the pouring rain for three days and three nights. "I was wrong, Whitney," he said. "Please, forgive me just this once." Whitney looked at his pale face, and her heart softened.