Rasa Whiskey Seperti Apa

Olivia’s POV The moment Armando left, the dam broke. I sobbed into the silence, my chest heaving with the weight of everything I’d pushed down for so long. I wanted to hold him tight. To kiss him and to tell him how much I loved him and how much I wanted his protection but I just couldn’t because I didn’t trust anyone else and because I never wanted anything to do with love after James. I hated myself for pushing him away. But more than that, I hated that I felt anything for him at all. I sat there, drowning in the storm of my own heart, knowing that love was a battlefield I might never cross again, and yet, for the first time, I wished I had the courage to try. Armando’s POV Back in my study, I poured myself a glass of whiskey, my hand trembling as I lit a cigarette. The tears came slowly at first, hot and unfamiliar against my skin. I hadn’t cried since I was ten years old. But tonight, I wept. For her. For me. For everything we could never be.

My back hits the cold glass of the penthouse window, the city glittering a thousand feet below us. Sebastian’s hand is at my throat—not tight enough to hurt, but enough to remind me who I belong to. “You were talking to him,” he says, voice low, dangerous. His other hand is braced beside my head, caging me in. “You smiled.” “It was just—” “Don’t lie to me, Ocean.” His thumb brushes the hollow of my throat, and my pulse jumps so hard he feels it. “You’re mine. Every glance. Every breath. Every inch of you.” I should be furious. I should tell him I’m not his property. But then his mouth is on mine—rough, consuming, tasting like the whiskey he hasn’t let go of since the gala. I moan before I can stop myself. That’s all the permission he needs. His hand slides to my waist, fingers digging in as if he’s afraid I’ll vanish. The heat between us ignites like dry kindling. It’s dangerous. It’s too much. It’s everything. When he finally pulls back, his eyes are dark enough to drown in. “One year,” he murmurs. “That was the deal. But you… you’re making me want forever.” And in that moment, I know the worst truth of all— If Sebastian Velez decides to keep me, I won’t even try to run.

I never imagined selling myself to a stranger, but desperation changes everything. “My offer is simple,” he said, leaning back in his leather chair, his voice colder than the iced whiskey in his glass. “Help us track down those people you overheard last night and act as bait for a few months” His eyes were steel—sharp, unreadable. I swallowed hard. I was a waitress. He was a billionaire. We lived in different worlds. But my mother was dying, and I needed money fast. “And in return?” I asked, my voice barely a whisper. “You get two million dollars as well as protection from the criminal organization looking for you,” he said flatly. My hands trembled in my lap. This wasn’t a proposal. It was a transaction. And I was the product. But I nodded anyway. “Deal.”

After whiskey, betrayal, and the undeniable urge to spite her cheating, gay ex, Maeve Summers had a one-night stand with a gorgeous stranger. Six years later, former detective turned journalist Maeve is horrified to discover he was Aurelian Morgenstein, the mysterious mafia lord she must interview to save her crumbling career. With piercing blue eyes and a jet-black serpent tattoo coiling around his hand, Elian is every bit as tempting as he is dangerous. Especially when her five-year-old daughter, Sia, shares his infamous gaze. Now, Maeve must decide what’s more at risk: her career, her heart, or the truth about Sia’s father.

Jamie Reyes doesn’t do one-night stands. But after a soul-crushing breakup and too many glasses of whiskey, he lets himself fall—just once—for a stranger’s hands, lips, and whispered promises in the dark. No names. No strings. No future. Until Monday morning, when his anonymous hookup steps into the conference room… as Julian Black, his new department supervisor. Julian is everything Jamie shouldn’t want—older, emotionally locked down, and strictly off-limits. Yet the tension simmers, sharp as ever, and pretending it didn’t happen is impossible when every brush of fingers feels like a memory. They’re supposed to be professionals. They’re not supposed to want more. And if they’re caught, everything Jamie’s worked for could fall apart. But what happens when the lines blur, and a one-night mistake becomes the one thing neither of them can walk away from? A steamy, slow-burn MM office romance filled with forbidden tension, secret glances, and the kind of chemistry that doesn’t stay buried.

Amanda Monroe’s life went up in flames three years ago and she can’t rest until she finds the ones responsible. Kevin and Martha Monroe had taken her into their home and treated her like family when she was found abandoned the day she was born. They hadn’t deserved to die that way. Someone would pay. They would all pay. Cole Vasco had always enjoyed his life exactly the way it was. He loved his beer, he loved his whiskey, and he loved his women. He was a bachelor for life, and he liked it that way. And then she walked into the bar. Even over the beer, the smoke, and the odor of too many people packed into a too-small building, he could smell the scent of her, and it called to him in a way that nothing had ever done before. All the while somewhere out there, a group of men in a beat-up old pickup truck drove down the road drinking cheap whiskey and loading their guns and hunting for the little bitch that had been asking too many questions in too many towns along the way.

Delotta (22 tahun) yang baru lulus kuliah menjalani magang pertamanya di salah satu perusahaan multinasional. Tanpa dia duga ternyata direktur perusahaan tersebut adalah Daniel Jagland, pria tampan yang tanpa sengaja dia temui di sebuah kamar tanpa busana ketika dia nyasar mencari jalan keluar di sebuah pesta. Yang lebih tidak menyangka Daniel Jagland yang dia kira berumur 30an ternyata seumuran sang papa (Ricko) dan mereka adalah teman akrab. Ricko sengaja menitipkan Delotta untuk bekerja di perusahaan Daniel. Sikap dan kebaikan Daniel pada Delotta selama dia bekerja membuat hati Delotta terombang-ambing. Dia mulai gelisah jika berada di dekat pria matang yang masih betah melajang itu. Hingga dia menyadari dirinya telah terjerat pesona teman papanya itu. Apakah Daniel akan menyambut perasaan Delotta, gadis yang jarak usianya terpaut 25 tahun dengannya?

“Mulai sekarang, semua biaya patungan. Mau itu biaya hidup, cicilan KPR, cicilan mobil, semuanya patungan! Adikmu tinggal di rumah kita. Minta dia bayar setengah. Apa gunanya memberi kita 4 juta sebulan? Apa bedanya itu dengan makan dan tidur gratis?”

Sinopsis: Kebiadaban yang dilakukan oleh gerombolan La Afi Sangia kian merajalela. Terakhir mereka membantai penduduk Desa Tanaru dan galaranya (kepala desa) secara sangat biadab, dan desa dibumihanguskan. Sebagian rakyat desa ikut hangus bersama rumah-rumah mereka. “Akan kubesarkan dan kugembleng bayi titisan ini menjadi seorang pendekar besar. Biarlah kelak dia sendiri yang akan menuntut balas atas kematian kedua orang tua dan semua warga desanya,” ucap Dato Hongli dengan suara bergetar karena menanggung gelombang amarah yang membahana dalam dadanya terhadap gerombolan durjananya La Afi Sangia. Sang mantan jenderal perang Kekaisaran Dinasti Ming (Ming Chao) yang sudah berusia hampir setengah abad itu berjongkok dan mengangkat tubuh sang bayi. “Akan kuberi kau nama La Mudu, si yang terbakar,” ucapnya dengan suara setengah bergumam kepada si bayi, sebelum ia mengangkat tubuh bayi tinggi-tinggi dengan kedua tangannya sembari berseru dengan suara membahana, “Aku bersumpah untuk menggembleng dia menjadi seorang pendekar besar yang akan menumpas segala bentuk kedzoliaman di atas jagat raya ini…!! Wahai Dewata Agung….kabulkan keinginanku ini….!! Kabulkan…wahai…Dewata Aguuung….!!” Dewata Agung tentu mendengar permohonannya dan seolah jagat raya pun ikut mengamini. Cahaya petir menghiasa angkasa lalu disusul oleh suara gemuruh guntur yang bersahut-sahutan. Tak lama kemudian hujan deras turun mengguyur bumi yang nestapa. Tangis sang bayi malang, La Mudu, tiba-tiba pecah. Suara tangisannya yang di tengah perkampungan senyap yang telah menjadi ladang pembantaian keji membuat perasaan Dato Hongli tersayat pilu. Jenderal Hongli atau Dato Hongli yang di negeri asalnya tenar dengan julukan Wu Ying Jianke (Pendekar Tanpa Bayangan) dari Nanjing segera meninggalkan bekas Desa Tanaru, bergerak ke arah barat derngan gerakan lari yang amat cepat.

Warning 18+ Judul : QUEEN: I LOVE YOU PAPA Genre : Romantis Dewasa Cerita kedua dari ‘My Sweet Young Husband’ Bijaklah dalam membaca….., terdapat unsur kekerasan dan kaka-kata umpatan kasar dan mungkin juga vulgar serta beberapa adegan khusus kakak-kakak kece di beberapa partnya. Sebelum baca cerita ini sebaiknya baca ‘My Sweet Young Husband’. ********** Alesha Queenara Agustaf harus menerima takdir, berpisah dari keluarga dan mengalami amnesia pasca kecelakaan yang menimpa mobil yang ia tumpangi. Kehidupan Alesha berubah ketika ia menjadi Nabilla Fathiyah Hasanah, dan hidup dalam keluarga yang sangat sederhana. Beruntung bapak angkatnya sangat menyayanginya, namun kasih sayang itu hanya sekejab saja. Bapak angkatnya harus meninggalkannya untuk selama-lamanya setelah mengetahui kelakuan sang ibu. Setelah kepergian bapaknya, Nabilla harus bersabar menghadapi ibu dan kakaknya. Bahkan di saat bunga di pusara sang bapak belum mengering, ibunya tanpa rasa berdosa membawa teman pria ke rumah dan tanpa rasa bersalah kembali mengotori hargadirinya dan keluarga demi nafsu dan segepok rupiah. Penderitaan Nabilla tidak berhenti di situ saja, isak tangis karena perbuatan ibu dan kakak angkatnya yang memperlakukan dirinya tidak manusiawi, siksaan dan dipaksa kerja keras. Padahal kala itu Nabilla hanyalah siswi SMA, jangan lupakan pekerjaan sang ibu sebagai pemuas nafsu pria kurang belaian memaksa Nabilla harus memasang benteng agar tidak terjatuh ke dalam lembah hitam seperti sang kakak. Sayangnya benteng yang sudah dibangun kokoh oleh Nabilla harus dirobohkan paksa oleh sang ibu, yang menjualnya ke pada seorang mucikari dan akan dipekerjakan sebagai pemuas pria kurang belaian. Akankah gadis yang istiqomah dengan jilbabnya itu bakal terjatuh dan menyelami lembah hitam penuh dosa? Atau Nabilla yang sebenarnya merupakan Queen di keluarga Agustaf akan kembali merasakan kebahagiaan dan terbebas dari penderitaan sesuai doa yang selalu ia panjatkan dalam setiap sujudnya? Dan jangan lupakan kisah cinta Nabilla yang tumbuh subur kepada seseorang yang tidak semestinya ia cintai ‘kira-kira siapa ya?’.