Post Apocalyptic Setting

On the night of New Year's Eve, I wake up in a hospital ward with an IV drip connected to the back of my hand. A nurse passes me the hospital bill. "It's 300 dollars in total, including the emergency treatment fee and the cost for a bottle of glucose drips." When I turn on my phone, I feel my heart sinking. I only have 29.01 dollars left in my bank account. The wallpaper of my phone is a countdown of my family contract's app. Today is the date when I have to renew my family contract for the year. In order to accumulate enough money to go home, I've been working as a staff member in concert venues. Earlier, I had collapsed backstage, so I was quickly sent to the hospital. The dial tone keeps beeping for a long time. Finally, my mom answers my call in what seems to be a noisy background. "Mom, I'm at the hospital right now. I need 300 dollars to pay the hospital bill." "You're at the hospital?" Mom's voice turns shrill immediately. "Why did you visit the hospital during the holidays? You really are a jinx!" "I fainted earlier. I was working at a concert venue—" "What? So, you refused to do chores at home during the holidays! Instead, you decide to work at a concert venue?" Mom interrupts immediately. "I don't have 300 dollars on me! You'd better come up with a way to pay that bill of yours!" "Mom…" My hand tightens around my phone. "Today is the last day of my family contract's renewal period. I'll renew the contract once I pay the bill." "Renew the contract, huh?" Mom just sneers at me. "That's a part of your duties! How dare you use it against me! Helena Lambert, if you don't renew the contract today, you can forget about calling me 'Mom'!" After that, she ends the call. I can only grip my phone to the point that my fingers turn white. After that, I tap on a social media app in hopes that I can borrow money from my friends, only to see the latest post on the social media feed. My younger sister, Hannah Lambert, has posted a photo collage there. "I'm here with my parents to watch my favorite singer's concert! Snagging tickets to the first-row seats is definitely worth it!" The background of those photos is the same concert venue where I work part-time at. It's the most expensive venue in town. Apparently, tickets cost 2,900 dollars each.

The day before our wedding, my fiance, Yale Salvatore, died in an accident. He had been setting up the venue when the stage collapsed. I'm now a widow and carrying his child. Devastated with grief, I even tried to end my life. However, my parents-in-law urge me not to grieve too much. After all, I'm pregnant and need to stay strong for the child's sake. On the day of Yale's funeral, his older twin brother arrives from Novavista with his wife and child. They're here to attend the funeral. His face is so identical to Yale's that I nearly mistook him for Yale several times. By accident, I overheard a conversation between him and my in-laws. "You faked your death just for Gwen King? Sasha is pregnant with your child! Do you want your baby to be born fatherless?" "You did all of this just so you could be with Gwen out in the open?" My brother-in-law, exasperatedly explains, "Mom, Dad, Gwen has cancer. She has less than a month to live. She's loved me for years, and her dying wish is to marry me. "Once she passes, I'll return to Sasha's side and give her an even grander wedding. Then, I'll be there for the birth of our child, and we'll raise him together." Hearing this, I'm so shocked I can't speak. My so-called "brother-in-law" is actually my fiance, Yale! For the sake of helping another woman fulfill her dying wish, he doesn't care how upset or devastated I may be. And once he completes his benevolent mission, he intends to return to my side? No. My fiance, Yale, is already dead. I won't beg him to come back. And in three days, I'll be just like him. I'll be lying beneath a cold gravestone, and I'll forever vanishing from his world, he will never find me again...

Zona Gerah 21+ CERITA INI AKAN MENGANDUNG BANYAK KONTEN DEWASA KARENA SETTING SUDAH MENIKAH. PASTIKAN KALIAN SUDAH CUKUP UMUR UNTUK MEMBACANYA. Alin adalah janda muda anak satu yang terlilit hutang di pinjaman online. Hari-harinya menjadi kacau di teror dan di ancam debt collector juga usaha bisnisnya bangkrut, pemasukan tidak berimbang dengan pengeluaran. Kegiatan donor darah yang sekali tiga bulan rutin Alin lakukan, secara tidak langsung membawa takdirnya untuk bertemu dengan Sky Yuan, pria pemaksa dan kejam dengan latar belakang tidak biasa. Melalui sebuah perjanjian konyol, Sky Yuan menawarkan pernikahan kontrak pada Alin yang awalnya wanita itu tolak mentah-mentah. Akan tetapi gangguan dari debt collector yang sangat mengganggu memaksa Alin akhirnya menerima tawaran pernikahan tersebut. Baru saja menikah dengan Sky Yuan, mantan suami Alin, Seiji Matsuyama datang kembali kepadanya. Seiji yang selalu mencintai Alin karena perpisahan mereka adalah hal yang sangat di sesali olehnya dan juga oleh Alin, apalagi mereka sudah memiliki satu anak yang ikut bersama Alin. Namun, kehadiran Seiji malah membuat Alin semakin terperosok dalam pernikahannya dengan Sky Yuan dan melanggar poin-poin perjanjian pernikahan mereka secara sadar. Kehidupan pernikahan bersama Sky Yuan yang Alin pilih, kembali di hantam badai. Sky mengalami kecelakaan helikopter dan jasadnya tidak di temukan di manapun. Seiji datang menguatkan Alin, menghiburnya dan selalu ada untuk wanita yang akan selalu dia cintai tersebut. Apalagi ada benih Sky Yuan yang berdenyut hidup di dalam rahim Alin. Merekapun melewati pertarungan hidup dan mati bersama. Siapakah yang Alin pilih pada akhirnya? Tetap menunggu Sky yang dia mendapatkan info jika suaminya itu lupa ingatan dan berada di belahan dunia lain atau menerima Seiji kembali yang bersedia dan berjanji akan selalu mencintai Alin juga janin yang di dalam perut Alin? Dan bagaimana tanggapan Sean--anak Alin bersama Seiji akan pria pilihan Mommynya? Dua orang pria hebat yang memiliki ciri khas tersendiri. #Inibukanceritadongeng