Per Aspera Ad Aspera

Queenie Livingston, my best friend whom I have cared for over the years, gives me a bottle of perfume. I immediately turn around and pour its contents down the toilet. In my previous life, that perfume made me sprout hair all over my body and reek. I was shunned by my colleagues, and my then-boyfriend and superior, Preston Zimmerman, wasted no time in dumping me and hooking up with Queenie. I desperately sought medical treatment back then, but with nowhere left to turn, I died in utter agony and despair. Only after my death did I learn that the grotesque condition was caused by the perfume Queenie had maliciously tampered with. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the exact day Queenie gave me the perfume.

Dez anos atrás, fiquei cega para salvar Caetano. Dez anos depois, Caetano fez a amante morar na mesma mansão que eu. Todas as noites, na primeira metade da madrugada, ele me embalava até eu dormir. Na segunda metade, se enfiava na cama da outra. Até o meu próprio filho passou a chamá-la de mãe às escondidas. Eles não sabem. Eu já voltei a enxergar. E estou planejando ir embora.

"Kau harus tanggung jawab! Jika aku hamil bagaimana?" Gertak Gera pada Roy. Roy memicingkan mata pekatnya. "Kau tidak akan hamil hanya karena kugagahi semalam saja. Lagipula, kau yang memintaku untuk melakukan itu. Apa kau lupa bagaimana kau mengemis padaku? Dasar aneh!" Timpal Roy tak mau kalah. Tipikal seperti Roy memang tidak mau kalah dalam hal apapun. Terlebih, dia adalah seorang yang terpandang. Sementara Gera, ia terisak sambil menghentakkan kaki mungilnya. Ia sangat menyesal telah melakukan itu semua. Jika saja Adit tidak menaruh obat sialan itu, ini semua tidak akan terjadi."Adit nggak waras! Tega banget dia naruh obat perangsang." Gerutu Gera kesal. "Percuma kau menyalahkan orang. Sudah terjadi. Makanya, jadi wanita jangan ceroboh! Kau memang bodoh!" Roy tak henti-hentinya menyakiti hati Gera dengan perkataannya. Gera melirik tajam Roy. Ia sudah tak tahan mendengar ocehan menyakitkan dari bibir Roy yang sialnya membuat Gera berpikir liar dan mengingat malam itu. "Jangan khawatir, Nona ceroboh! Jika kau memang hamil, aku akan mencarimu sendiri." Ujar Roy lalu berlalu meninggalkan Gera. "Dasar laki-laki aneh! Enyah saja kau!" Teriak Gera. Kini ia sendiri hanya bisa termenung meratapi nasibnya. Ia bingung, akan seperti apa hidupnya jikalau dia hamil tanpa suami. Disamping keputusasaan Gera,Roy tersenyum girang. Tanpa diketahui, Roy sudah merencanakan banyak hal untuk Gera dan dirinya. Apakah Gera dan Roy akan bersama atau malah sebaliknya?

We're all broken, all beautifully Imperfect. They say these would be the best days of our lives but does that mean it could be the worst too? For a typical Nigerian teenager, secondary school days, especially the senior years are supposed to be the best, endless fun, happy memories, hangouts, friendship and even first loves but for Kunmi, a girl who suffers extreme low self esteem due to bodyshaming, she just wants to remain unseen for the rest of her secondary school days. A friendship with the queen bee of her school leads her to other group of teenagers, especially Adam, the pretty boy with the golden smile and for the first time, she felt she could truly belong somewhere but then, all is not the what it seems with the group of teenagers as some of them have even bigger demons and secrets, secrets that'd mar them forever. Follow these teenagers on their journey to self love, self discovery admist secondary school drama, set ups, make ups and well, brain bursting twists.

Setelah putus dari friend with benefits, hal terakhir yang Etan Benedict hadapi adalah pertanyaan menjengkelkan dari keluarganya tentang status bujangannya. Dia memutuskan untuk melarikan diri dari murkah ayahnya dan pergi ke sebuah pesta natal yang di selenggarakan oleh perusahaan tempatnya bekerja. Disana dia bisa minum dan menemukan wanita. Hal terakhir yang Lily Rosanna tidak inginkan adalah menghadiri sebuah pesta. Apalagi pesta di tempat kerja. Setelah menyelenggarakan acara tahunan untuk mengenang kematian tunangannya bersama teman-temannya. Lily Akhirnya memutuskan untuk menyelesaikan masalahnya sendiri dan bertekat untuk mempunyai seorang anak. Dia berusaha meyakinkan sahabat baiknya yang sedikit mabuk untuk menjadi pendonor sperma jauh lebih mudah dari yang dia bayangkan. Tapi yang tersisa sekarang adalah bagaimana dia memulai prosesnya. Sedangkan sahabat yang sekaligus adalah rekan kerjanya Paula mendesak Lily untuk datang ke pesta Natal yang di selenggarakan oleh perusahaan. Baik Etan atau Lily tidak pernah membayangkan apa yang akan terjadi pada mereka di pesta itu.

Anna menerima perjodohan dengan Jeremy, duda satu anak. Namun setelah menikah, gadis itu baru mengetahui satu per satu fakta tentang suaminya itu, tentang anak sambungnya, dan tentang banyak hal yang membuatnya tercekat. Sayangnya, Anna tak bisa lepas dari genggaman Jeremy. Lantas, bagaimana kisah Anna selanjutnya?

During the Thanksgiving holiday, my mother-in-law Mary came to visit us from Ohio. I took her to my husband Liam's new spa in Manhattan, Apropos. We enjoyed a basic facial treatment together, which I had purchased for $9.90 on an e-commerce platform. Right after the treatment, the beautician slapped a high-priced package down in front of us. She glanced at us contemptuously and said: "Do you really think you can enjoy our premium services with a $9.90 coupon?Stop kidding. You two look like you’re here to freeload. A single facial here costs thousands of dollars. This isn’t some free trial for cheapskates like you." I suppressed my anger and said coldly: “We have already paid for the basic treatment. How can you call this taking advantage for free?. Go get your manager.” A flashy woman walked over. Her arms were crossed. She looked down her nose at us. “I’m the Boss lady of this place.You and this old hag are just trying to get something for free, aren’t you? Let me be clear. You're buying this five-thousand-dollar hydration treatment today. Or you're not walking out that door.” A five-thousand-dollar hydration treatment? So this was it. This was why Liam suddenly got into the beauty industry. He didn't open a spa. He opened a scam shop to bankroll his mistress. I was about to call Liam, but she beat me to it, dialing a number. “Darling, you need to get down to the spa, right now. I've got a couple of hicks from the sticks making a scene, trying to get free services!”

After a meeting at a fair in South Africa, Andrea Ruebens and Annalia Anthony friendship sparkled blossoming into something beautiful. Andrea was a troubled young teenager with severe anger issues and made some mistakes that she always wished that she could change.Annalia had always thought that she is imperfect because of the way she was being treated. After an accident which leaves her broken she and her parents drift apart.Shattered on the inside and feeling like the odd one, both have pasts that they hold on to, mistakes that they wish they could take back and relationships that need to be mended. Coming to Bayweach College felt like a new start for them, forming new relationships as they set out to find a place they can fit in..

ASTA IMARA MACKENZIE a lady coming from a wealthy family, she have this attitude that make everyone shivers RIELLA PHILLOMENA RICHARDS one of the famous artist in our current generation , she can sing , dance and she's a model but she doesn't like acting. She's a goddess but no one know her personally ,she doesn't have any friends except for her manager Arya Is riella have a secret or She's just anxious ? What happened if this two collide?

**Perfect Blind** *She pretended to be her blind twin. Then she watched her brother-in-law die. The killer tested her—held the bloody head five inches from her face. She didn't blink.* **But what he didn't know? She's not just pretending. She's hunting him too.** --- Jiang Yan has spent three months learning to be her blind twin sister: the walk, the voice, the empty stare. She breaks into Lin's apartment seeking a diary—evidence of a murder Yan committed ten years ago. Instead, she finds a body. A killer who knows sign language. And a "dead man" who won't stop breathing. Trapped in a locked room with two strangers and one lie, Yan must play the perfect blind woman while uncovering the truth: her sister isn't blind, her father isn't dead, and the murder she confessed to never happened. **In this family, everyone wears a mask. The only way out is to see through them all.** --- **Perfect for fans of:** - *The Silent Patient* (unreliable narrator) - *Gone Girl* (toxic sisterhood) - *Behind Her Eyes* (identity games) **Tags:** #PsychologicalThriller #TwistedFamily #BlindPOV #ShortRead #DarkSecrets --- **Word count:** 10,000 words | **Chapters:** 10 | **Reading time:** 45 minutes *Every chapter ends with a twist. The final page changes everything