On The Come Up

At the dinner table, my wife's best friend suddenly speaks to her in Lytian. "Three years ago, you married Julian in a grand wedding just to help Jace get Julian's letter of forgiveness. Over the years, I've seen Julian fall more and more deeply in love with you. Yet, you're still lying to him. "You gave him sterilization pills but passed them off as his depression medication. Aren't you afraid that he'll fall apart if he finds out the truth?" My wife, Erica Inman, briefly shows a conflicted expression on her face. She then gives a bitter smile and says, "A child unwanted by their mother has no reason to be born. As long as Julian doesn't stand in the way of Jace's happiness, I will keep my promise and stay by his side for the rest of his life." No one knows that I've learned Lytian to keep up with Erica. I stand in the living room and look at the fresh kiss mark on my neck. As I glance at the medication I take regularly for my depression, my whole body turns cold. It turns out that all of Erica's affection toward me was fake. What I thought was my salvation turns out to be nothing but a carefully planned deception. Since that's the case, I'll do my part to make sure they all get what they want.

Zefanya pernah merasa disayangi oleh Andrew. Namun rupanya semua itu hanya perasaan semu. Andrew bahkan tega mengambil kehormatan Zefanya hanya karena suatu kesalahpahaman. Zefanya baru menyadari bahwa bukan Andrew yang akan membantunya untuk mewujudkan mimpi sederhana untuk memiliki keluarga yang menyayangi Zefanya secara tulus. Hidup bergelimang harta namun tidak bisa memanfaatkan kekayaan secara maksimal untuk menemukan orang yang telah Andrew sakiti membuat Andrew tersiksa. Perasaan bersalah masih menyelimuti pikirannya selama satu dekade terakhir. Begitu sulitnya untuk mengucapkan "maaf". Entah apa yang terjadi ketika takdir mempertemukan mereka kembali namun Zefanya sudah berubah. Andrew masih berusaha untuk mendapatkan "maaf" dari Zefanya. Apakah Zefanya akhirnya mau memaafkan kesalahan masa lalu Andrew yang sudah sengaja mengambil kehormatannya? Apakah hanya maaf saja yang Andrew inginkan selama ini?

(Cerita 21+, dark romance, intrik, dendam dan plot twist) Juliet Amanda, 19 tahun, adalah seorang gadis yatim piatu dan mahasiswi yang pintar namun sangat pendiam dan tidak memiliki teman. Bukannya ia tidak mau, tapi Matthew Wiratama, walinya, yang tidak mengijinkan gadis itu untuk memiliki teman. Matthew sendiri adalah seorang seorang CEO berusia 30 tahun yang juga yatim piatu. Kedua orang tuanya meninggal karena kecelakaan lalu lintas dengan ayah dari Juliet sebagai supir mereka. Orang-orang mengira Matthew adalah pribadi yang baik hati dan pemaaf, dengan mengambil hak asuh Juliet yang yatim piatu di usia 16 tahun. Yang mereka tidak tahu, bahwa sejak Matthew mengambilnya menjadi adik angkat, sejak itu pula neraka untuk Juliet dimulai. ***

Novel ini menceritakan tentang tujuh siswa dari Airlangga High School yang ingin menyelamatkan sistem pendidikan di Indonesia yang sudah tertinggal sejak 138 tahun yang lalu. Vaneyza Arasyta, Willy Rafardhan, Ulyn Feanada, Adinda Carissa, Elvano Alvian, Yovieno Stevaga, dan Abian Fairel adalah ketujuh siswa yang akan melakukan apapun, agar semua tujuan mereka tercapai.

The dark matter had come to claim her soul. "Don't go. Do as he says," grandmother said. Suzanne blinked and looked into her grandmother's face. "Grandmama?” Grandmother's eyes were no longer glazed, and she had spoken with such clarity when usually, her speech was slurred. At that very moment, Suzanne had no doubt that her grandmother’s mind was crystal clear. Grandmother held onto Suzanne's hand and gently pried open her palm, revealing the black mark. Grandmother's eyes narrowed as she traced her bony finger on Suzanne's palm before staring back at Suzanne. "This," she pointed at Suzanne's palm, "This is the mark of the beast.”

A tragic love story of a happily married couple; when Nicholas lost his memory due to an accident at work, Reign does all she can to help him remember who is she. But it isn't so easy, because his family and a controlling ex try all they can to keep the two apart. Can Reign help Nicholas remember?

On Christmas people should be with their loved ones in the safety of their homes, but I don't have any loved ones, and I'm in the one place that I hate, where I swore never to come back, afraid that I'll get even more broken, and it seems that the more I try to get away, the more obstacles I encounter. "I know a shop not very far from here, and they have the best mechanics in town. If you want, I could come with you and give you directions, I'm heading that way anyway, and for your kindness, I'll make your biggest wish come true," Said the old crazy Santa that jumped in front of my car out of nowhere. "Can you teleport me from here? In another city, country, even on a deserted island? Anywhere but here?" I know that it wasn't nice of me to be sarcastic, but he's the reason why I have to prolong my say here. "No." His short answer was said in an amused tone of voice, but I don't find anything funny right now. "But that's just because that's not your biggest wish." He states it as a fact as if he's never been more sure of anything in his life. I bite my tongue and pray that I won't see the two people I used o love the most, and which now, I despise the most, the two people responsible for my nightmares and my broken being.

After I'm abducted, I call my mother, a policewoman, for help. However, she hangs up on me and stays by my adoptive sister's side. "Go to hell if you're so keen on it!" she snaps. I calmly watch as the abductors pluck my nails and torment me until none of my skin is left unharmed. In my past life, my mother actually came to my rescue. She left my adoptive sister by the roadside, and the latter ended up being violated and murdered. From then on, I became a criminal in my mother's eyes. She received an anonymous text on my adoptive sister's death anniversary. "I bet a good girl like you wouldn't want your mother to know you hired us to abduct you, right?" She thought I orchestrated the abduction because I wanted to vie for her attention. She thought that was the cause of my adoptive sister's death. "I've saved people all my life. I never would've expected my flesh and blood to be such a shameless monster! You should go to hell as atonement for killing Charlene!" She sewed my mouth shut, shattered every bone in my body, and threw my ashes into a junkyard. When I open my eyes again, I find myself back to the day my mother makes her choice.

"Lebih baik memulainya denganmu daripada memperbaiki berkali-kali dengan orang yang sudah melukaiku." Jauh sebelum kehadirannya kembali, aku telah memulainya dengan orang lain. Aku pernah berjumpa dengannya dulu, tetapi aku baru mengingatnya. Gabriel Immanuel adalah laki-laki baik meski dia pembangkang, nakal dan tidak percaya Tuhan. Mungkin memang bukan hari ini, tapi kuharap suatu hari nanti dia dapat merasakan kehadiran Tuhan dihidupnya. Aku, Nur Rain. Bukan perempuan bernilai tinggi, aku hanya seorang perempuan pengganggu yang beruntung karena diperlakukan bak ratu oleh Gabriel. Andai saja membangun hubungan bersama Gabriel semudah memasang ikatan tali ditangannya, namun kehidupan tak sesederhana itu. Dia bukan yang pertama atau yang terakhir, dia cinta yang datang sekali.

My husband died unexpectedly, and my mother-in-law adopted a newborn boy. She said she wanted to keep this child by her side as a reminder of my husband. Therefore, I raised him as my own child. Later, when he grew up, I gave him the company with peace of mind. The first thing my son did after taking power was to have someone lock me up in the basement and torture me. He said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn’t have been separated from my parents all these years." At the moment of my death, my husband, who had supposedly passed away for many years, appeared with his first love in his arms. "Sophia, how does it feel to be cheated for more than ten years? Fortunately, you raised a son for me so that we can live happily without you." Angered to death, I could only watch the three of them. When I opened my eyes again, I returned to the day when my husband died unexpectedly.