Perhari Atau Per Hari

My show-quality service beastkin doesn't like me. He only wags his tail for my sister. I then bring home a low-grade venting beastkin. But he's now so upset that he's nearly in tears. "Layla Manfred, there can only be one hound, and that's me!"

Hari orang tuaku bercerai, hujan turun deras. Ada dua surat perjanjian di atas meja. Satu untuk ikut bersama ayah yang gila judi dan berutang di wilayah Kota Tua. Satu lagi untuk ikut ibu yang menikah lagi dengan pengusaha kaya ke daerah pesisir. Di kehidupan sebelumnya, adikku menangis tersedu-sedu karena ingin ikut ibu, sementara aku diam-diam mengemas koper untuk mengikuti ayah. Kemudian, ayah berhenti berjudi dan menjadi orang kaya baru karena uang ganti rugi lahan. Dia benar-benar memanjakan aku. Sedangkan adikku justru diabaikan di rumah ayah tirinya dan dilarang keluar rumah, hingga akhirnya dia meninggal karena depresi. Saat mengulang waktu kembali, adikku tiba-tiba merebut rokok dari tangan ayah dan memeluknya erat-erat seolah tidak mau melepaskannya. "Kak, aku kasihan sama ayah. Kamu pergi aja ke sana buat hidup enak, biar aku yang kasih nasib baik ini buat kamu." Ayah terpana sejenak, lalu dengan perasaan lega mengusap kepala adikku. Aku tidak mengatakan apa pun, lalu mengambil tiket kendaraan ke daerah pesisir itu. Tapi, dia tidak tahu kalau di kehidupan sebelumnya ayah bisa berhenti berjudi. Itu karena aku yang menderita tumor otak ini rela bekerja sampai muntah darah demi melunasi utangnya. Pakai nyawaku sendiri baru bisa membuat dia bertobat.

Devanka nyaris diperkosa oleh tetangganya sendiri, nyaris menjadi kutukan karma untuk keluarganya, karma tujuh turunan yang akan dilalui mana kala tidak mampu menjaga keperawanannya. Keperawanan bagi keluarga Lumawi adalah keperawanan seutuhnya, tak tersentuh pria dari ujung rambut hingga kaki sebelum meminta secara resmi sebagai seorang istri. Dia bertemu dengan pria casanova petualang cinta, kaya namun arogan, yang harus mendapatkan istri seorang gadis perawan sejati, demi mewujudkan keinginan kakeknya melihat cucu kesayangannya menikah dengan gadis perawan seutuhnya tepat di hari ulang tahunnya yang ke 80.

[Setelah secara tidak sengaja bermain-main dengan sang legenda, dia dengan putus asa meminta bantuan ke Internet.] Setelah dikhianati oleh seorang mantan pacar bajingan dan kakak perempuannya, Catherine bersumpah akan menjadi bibi yang tidak tahu malu bagi mereka! Oleh karena itu, dia mengambil keuntungan pada paman mantan pacarnya. Dia tidak menyadari ternyata sang Paman itu lebih kaya dan lebih tampan dibanding mantan pacarnya. Sejak saat itu, dia menjadi istri yang romantis untuk paman mantan pacarnya dan selalu menggodanya. Meskipun pria itu akan memberinya sikap dingin, dia tidak keberatan selama dia bisa mempertahankan identitasnya sebagai bibi dari sang mantan pacar. Suatu hari, Catherine tiba-tiba menyadari bahwa dia menggoda orang yang salah! Pria yang selama ini dia rayu habis-habisan ternyata bukan paman si bajingan itu! Catherine sangat marah.”Aku sudah selesai. Aku ingin bercerai!” Shaun suaminya kehilangan kata-kata. Betapa tidak bertanggung jawabnya dia! Jika dia ingin bercerai, maka itu hanya akan menjadi mimpinya saja.

Hari kedua setelah resmi menikah, aku berdiri di bandara sambil memegang dua lembar tiket pesawat, menunggu suamiku, Yoel. Akhirnya dia datang, tapi ada Wenny di belakangnya, sahabat masa kecilnya. “Sayang, Wenny baru putus cinta. Aku mengajaknya ikut biar dia bisa melepas penat.” Ujar Yoel menjelaskan dengan nada hati-hati. Wenny mengenakan gaun pantai yang sama persis denganku, lalu melemparkan senyuman penuh permohonan maaf. “Kak, aku nggak mengganggu kalian, ‘kan? Aku hanya mau ikut biar kecipratan kebahagiaan kalian saja.” Aku melirik tangan Yoel, ada tiket ketiga yang terselip di antara tiket kami. Nomor kusinya 16B. Sementara, kursiku 16A dan Yoel 16C. Yoel sengaja menempatkan Wenny tepat di tengah-tengah kami. Aku berdiri membeku dan amarahku langsung meluap ke kepala. Aku menarik Yoel ke samping dan berkata pelan, “Suruh dia pergi atau aku yang pergi.” Wajah Yoel tampak serba salah dan agak pasrah, dia menjawab, “Sayang, bisa nggak agak pengertian?” “Wenny bilang dia takut sendirian di rumah, makanya mau ikut biar suasana kita juga lebih ramai.” “Lagipula, aku dan dia sudah kenal sejak kecil. Pergi liburan bersama juga nggak masalah….” Aku langsung memotongnya, “Kalau kamu nggak suruh dia pergi sekarang, kita cerai hari ini juga.”

"Look at you, all grown up and mature, son, opps sorry Alexander. Now, I'm your mother and I'll call whatever the hell I want and you my dear son, will not question it. And what did you say about patience? You are not patient, Alexander, let's start from here. Don't tempt me to inform Zane about this behavior of yours'." Mom states while eyeing my up and down. Herr words were like a trigger for me and eventually the last straw of my control snapped as I gave in the burning rage. "Tell him whatever the fuck you want, Mother. If you want to loose your mate in a one on one duel, I don't see a problem because I'm not gonna loose mine in any fucking condition. Now," ****** It is said that 'Patience is the key' but at times the wait is too long, long enough that we stop waiting or maybe that's what the fate wants. Future is a mystery that would only unravel when we live it but what if that mystery destroys lives, lives that matter the most to you. Is it worth unraveling such mystery, such future? But then again can you stop time, stop the events that are bound to happen? The answer is NO but will that stop us from trying?

Zesa Russo commands the boardroom with the same precision and confidence she brings to every aspect of her life. At 28, she’s the fierce CEO of Techya, a company she’s built from the ground up. Driven, unrelenting, and unapologetically bold, she’s never been one to wait for a prince charming to come sweep her off her feet—instead, she’s the force that shapes her own destiny. And her destiny has always involved him. The man who had once eluded her grasp, the one she had silently craved for years. But Zesa isn’t the kind to let love slip through her fingers. No. She's determined to make him hers, no matter what. Slowly, inevitably, she knows he’ll surrender his heart to her—just like everything else she’s ever set her sights on. ____ Levi’s mischievous gaze locks onto mine, daring, seductive, his lips curving into a slow smirk as he steps closer. “Should I stop?” His voice is velvet, deep and teasing, laced with danger. But I don’t flinch. “No,” I breathe, my pulse quickening, every nerve in my body on edge. His smirk deepens, a dark promise in his eyes as his fingers slowly trace the hem of my dress, lifting it with agonizing precision. The whisper of fabric against my skin sends shivers down my spine. His lips—warm, soft, and skilled—graze the sensitive skin of my inner thighs. Levi’s hand slips beneath the fabric, fingertips brushing against my desire, teasing, drawing out a soft gasp from me. The heat between us is suffocating, yet intoxicating. “Levi…” My voice trembles as he nips gently at my thigh, his breath hot against my skin. “You’ll be the one begging me to stop,” he murmurs, the promise in his words thick, dripping with need.

Monalisa, a young girl who was abandoned at a very young age, lived with her relatives who used her as they pleased without giving her proper attention neither did they show her love or kindness, not even the people around her. She met and fell in love with a man called Bret but was heartbroken when she realized the man only used her because of a bet he made with his friends. Monalisa got pregnant from her short relationship with Bret and out of hatred for the father of her child she ended up abandoning her son to die by a seashore, she wanted to kill herself too but was captured by a vicious vampire, there, she sort to become powerful in other to be free to get back at all the people that had hurt her and made life miserable but will she succeed especially when she falls in love again and found out that her lover was the son she never knew was still alive, who had also become a powerful werewolf?

My classmate Bianca and I have the same taste. She wants every man I’ve ever dated. She says I’m too naive. That I don't see how powerful men think. She calls it “testing” them for me. She says she’s helping. Then she sleeps with my boyfriend. Then she rubs it in my face. “See? I told you that you can’t handle them. These men are sharks. If it wasn’t for me, you’d have been eaten alive by now.” I choked on my rage. I said nothing. This time, I went behind her back. I went after the king of New York's underworld. When she found out, she made her move. But she has no idea. This man isn't my endgame. He's the trap I set for her.

Lyra Vex was born under a dying moon - the only wolf in centuries without a soul. Considered cursed, she was raised as a servant to the packs that ruled the fractured world of wolves. When she accidentally resurrects the fallen Alpha King, Kael Draven, with her blood, she becomes bound to him through an ancient law that even the moon spirits fear to touch. But Kael was never meant to return. His resurrection cracks the boundary between the mortal and the celestial realm, marking Lyra as the Moon’s Reaper — destined to kill the Alpha she loves when dawn rises on the seventh eclipse.