Pasang Paving

That year, during the Sicilian arms trafficking conflict, my lover of three years, Silvio, deliberately betrayed my transport routes at a critical moment in a deal with the rival "DiMarco" family, causing me to lose all my territory. He immediately defected to the DiMarco family's leader Marina, becoming her lover. As he left, he didn't even bother to disguise his betrayal, coldly tossing out, "What we had was just business, nothing personal." While I was burdened with my family's blood debts and pushed to the edge of a cliff, Lorenzo, who had secretly harbored feelings for me since childhood, found me and offered his family's entire fortune. "Isabella, don't be afraid. In my eyes, you'll always be Sicily's most formidable Queen of the Arms Trade," he said. He took the Colt pistol from my hand, and his voice was gentle yet resolute. Five years later, my power resurged. I was about to completely crush Marina's smuggling network and reclaim everything I had lost. My caporegimes, the captains of my organization, were ready and waiting for my command. But on the night before the operation, my weapons warehouse suddenly exploded, turning priceless arms into worthless scrap metal. I barely escaped through the thick smoke, my body covered in burns. In a secluded monastery, I overheard Lorenzo and Silvio whispering outside my door. "You really had the guts to blow up the arsenal. Weren't you afraid of blasting her to pieces too?" Silvio's voice carried a mocking tone. "If she died, just died. I've always loved Marina. If it weren't for that unlucky family marriage lottery five years ago, I wouldn't have had to endure this ugly bitch for all this time." Lorenzo's voice was ice-cold and unfamiliar. I closed my eyes, feeling like a dagger had pierced my chest. Explosion. Arranged marriage. Ugly bitch. So those five years of shared hardship were just his unwilling choice after losing a high-stakes gamble. "I married her to keep watch. If it weren't for me paving

XL Ardhia, seorang gadis yang mempunyai berat badan berlebih tetapi mempunyai kepercayaan diri yang tinggi, tapi demi ayah yang dihina oleh calon besan, ia berjuang keras untuk menurunkan berat badan dan menjadi wanita dengan berat badan ideal. Tak segan-segan Ardhia menghajar orang yang menghina dirinya, tetapi ia cukup senang dengan panggilan teman-teman akrabnya yang mempunyai panggilan kesayangan, XL. Walau badannya diatas rata-rata berat ideal tapi Ardhia tidak minder. Buktinya saat ia melamar jadi pegawai di pabrik elektronik ia diterima. Temannya lumayan banyak. Diantaranya adalah Farah, Dina dan Sonia. Ia mempunyai cerita tersendiri saat berteman dengan ketiganya. Berteman dengan Farah saat gadis itu dibully habis-habisan oleh sekelompok pemuda. Ia rela bertarung mengalahkan para pemuda tengil itu. Walau tak punya basic bela diri, badannya yang gede tidaklah letoy, tetapi cukup kekar untuk sekedar melintir tangan para cowok kurang ajar itu. Akhirnya mereka kapok dan tidak berani menggoda lagi. Aku juga mulai berteman dengan Dina, saat motor Dina keserempet sebuah mobil dan pengemudinya tidak mau bertanggung jawab karena merasa anak seorang aparat. Ia pasang badan ketika pengemudi itu ngotot merasa tidak bersalah. Ardhia mengancam akan mendatangi kantor ayahnya kalau tidak bersedia ganti rugi. Akhirnya ia mengalah dan Dina menjadi temannya. Berteman dengan Sonia adalah hal paling unik yang ia rasakan. Sonia yang kurus kering ingin sekali punya badan sedikit gemuk. Ia ingin mendapatkan sedikit tips dari Ardhia untuk membuatnya gemuk. Dunianya yang ceria seketika berubah. Dulu ada semacam perjanjian antara Ayahnya dengan temannya untuk menjodohkannya dengan anak laki-lakinya, Yudha. Istri calon besan Ayah ternyata tidak setuju karena badan Ardhia yang gendut. Kepercayaan dirinya terkikis demi melihat Ayah tertunduk sedih. Teman-temannya berusaha membuatnya percaya diri. Akhirnya pernikahan pun terjadi. Yudha rupanya mempunyai kebiasaan buruk. Ia gemar berselingkuh. Hal yang menyenangkan saat membuat jebakan-jebakan bersama dengan teman-temannya. Karena kelepasan tangan menghajar pelakor Ardhia masuk penjara.

When my best friend and I realized we had been reborn and traveled back several decades, we locked eyes, collapsed into each other's arms, and sobbed, shouting that we wanted to break off our engagements. The entire neighborhood whispered that we had lost our minds. But only we knew the truth. In our past lives, this was the day everything was sealed: she married a battalion commander, Ned Stark, and I became the wife of a high school teacher, Robbie Stark. My husband betrayed me. For the sake of that pretentious whore, Scarlett Wheaton, he stole my university admission letter and let her take my place on campus. The world mocked me as a failure, and Robbie stood by in silence. After we married, every time he touched me, he would immediately write another love letter to Scarlett—atoning for his supposed guilt. "Scarlett, even if I can't be with you in this life, my soul will always belong to you alone." Even my own child despised me, calling me an ignorant village woman, urging me again and again to divorce so that his father could be with his "true love," Scarlett. And my best friend, Rachel Croft—born the daughter of a factory director—was tricked by her husband, Ned, under the pretense of buying a house. He drained her savings and her wages for twenty long years. It wasn't until she fell gravely ill and went to sell the house that she discovered the deed he had given her was a forgery. The real house—the one paid in full—was in Scarlett's name. One of Scarlett's dresses cost more than my friend's entire monthly salary. When Rachel begged to reclaim what rightfully belonged to her, she was met only with contempt from Ned and her child. "All you ever care about is money. You're nothing like Scarlett, who isn't materialistic at all. Your illness is retribution," Ned had said. "Exactly. Only someone as noble and kind as Scarlett deserves to be my mother!" her child had said. Rachel and I both spent our lives working ourselves to the bone, only to end with nothing—dying bitter and broken from the injustice. But this time, fate has given us another chance. I will go to university. Rachel will become a wealthy woman. This time, without us paving the way, those shameless men and that wretched woman think they can still live happily ever after? Dream on.