Rock Lee Kecil

Jessica memergoki kekasihnya selingkuh setelah pria itu meninggalkan beban hutang atas namanya. Sakit hati karena diperalat oleh sang mantan, Jessica menandatangani kontrak dengan CEO agensi film ternama dari Korea untuk membalaskan dendamnya. "Biarkan proyek film tahun ini aku yang menulis naskahnya." "Apa alasan yang mengharuskan aku menerima permintaan itu?" "Bantu aku membalas dendam."

Melati, anak perempuan Aira yang baru berusia 7 tahun, jatuh sakit parah. Dokter mengatakan hanya ada satu harapan yaitu perawatan mahal yang tak terjangkau oleh Aira. Dengan tabungan yang habis dan tidak ada cara untuk membayar biaya rumah sakit, Aira terjebak dalam dilema antara harapan dan kenyataan yang pahit. Dalam keputusasaan, Aira berusaha segala cara untuk mencari uang, namun waktu terus berjalan. Ketika Melati semakin lemah, Aira harus memutuskan: apakah ia akan menyerah atau terus berjuang meski tak ada lagi jalan?

Di dalam bus tidur saat perjalanan pulang di hari liburan, aku yang memang memiliki hasrat tinggi tidak tahan ingin memeluk boneka silikon khusus yang baru aku beli untuk memuaskan diri. Setelah kembali dari toilet, lampu bus sudah dimatikan dan seluruh kabin gelap gulita. Aku meraba-raba masuk ke dalam tirai ranjangku. "Jangan di sana. Kamu terlalu besar. Nanti rusak." Tanpa banyak bicara, pria itu mengangkat kakiku di bahunya. Benda panasnya yang besar menekan bagian intimku. Aku menggelengkan kepala tidak karuan, napasku tersengal-sengal, air mata dan liurku bercampur menjadi satu, menetes ke seluruh lantai. "Aku salah. Cepat masukkan." Benda keras itu langsung menusuk ke dalam. Aku sampai memutarkan bola mata karena terlalu nikmat. "Kalau terus dipegang, ini akan berakhir sampai penetrasi penuh."

Sejak lama, Rafli tidak pernah menyukai anak-anak dan tidak pernah ingin memiliki keluarga sendiri. Anehnya, anak-anak pun selalu merasa ketakutan di dekat Rafli. Sampai suatu hari, seorang gadis kecil tiba-tiba muncul di kamar Rafli dan mengaku sebagai anaknya dari masa depan. Keinginan Rafli untuk mengetahui kejadian-kejadian di masa depan pun terwujud. Namun, bagaimana jika masa depan yang putrinya ceritakan tidak seindah masa depan yang ia rencanakan? Terlebih saat ia tahu bahwa ibu dari putrinya adalah calon istri sahabatnya sendiri..

Setelah kakakku kehilangan kewarasannya, perjanjian pernikahan dengan Keluarga Zony pun jatuh ke tanganku. Aku dengan bahagia menikahi pemuda yang selama ini kusukai, namun pada malam pertama pernikahan, aku justru tidur sendirian. Aku menjadi bahan tertawaan seluruh kota Dumai. Kemudian, karena aku mengetahui rahasia kakakku, dia menabrakku dengan mobil hingga mati dan membuang jenazahku ke hutan. Saat membuka mata kembali, aku kembali ke hari di mana perjanjian pernikahan itu ditukar. Zony sedang memeluk kakakku yang kehilangan kewarasannya dan mencium jemari tangannya dengan penuh ketulusan. “Lina, tak peduli kau jadi seperti apa, kamu tetaplah wanita yang paling kucintai.” Aku pun berbalik tanpa ragu dan menerima lamaran dari Gunawan, CEO yang tak bisa punya keturunan. Namun kali ini justru Zony menangis tersedu-sedu dan memohon agar aku kembali padanya.

Namanya Mutiara Putri, biasa dipanggil Ara. Suaminya, Haviz Erlangga sangat mencintainya. Hingga akhirnya ada cobaan dalam rumah tangganya, ketika Ara sakit selama empat bulan lamanya, sesuatu hal terjadi tanpa sepengetahuan Ara. Bertahun-tahun Haviz dan ibundanya, Yuni, mampu menyimpan rahasia besar. Namun, yang namanya bangkai pasti akan tercium, ada anak kecil yang meneriaki Haviz dengan sebutan Ayah. Ara sempat menginginkan perpisahan, namun justru anak yang memanggil suaminya di Mall lah yang mampu menyatukan.

Orlando and I had been together for ten years. I'd looked after his sick mom, sweating out a fever of my own, and where was he? Knocking back drinks with Rosalind, playing therapist to her broken heart. I swallowed my pride at work, getting chewed out by my boss, while he spent the night companying Rosalind because she had cramps. Then, when I got the news my mom had passed, I tried calling him, desperate for support. But nope—phone off. After a wild goose chase, turns out he was at Rosalind's graduation. That was it. I gave up. But Orlando wouldn't let go. Red-eyed, he begged me for just one more chance.

Our family is planning a ski trip at a luxury resort. However, my mother gives my snow-view room to my adoptive sister and makes me, her biological daughter, stay in the storage room. I'm about to protest when my father and brother accuse me of being selfish. "We've always given Madie the best of everything; she won't be able to sleep in any other room." "Madie is our family—she's the one who's lived with us this whole time. We're a family, so we have to stay together." I'm the one who shares their blood, yet they consider me an outsider. If that's the case, they can go on vacation without me. I board a cruise and travel the world for a month without ever going home. That's when they panic.

When Callum abandoned me, feverish and shivering on a mountain road, just to watch a meteor shower with the young woman he had raised, I decided to divorce him. His good friend, Emmet, advised him to try winning me back. "Look Cal, sisters are sisters, but a wife takes priority. You’d better not mix up what matters most." Callum, however, dismissed the idea with a confident smile. "She’s bluffing. Does she really think she’ll go through with the divorce?" "All these years, I’ve given her a place to belong. Without me, she wouldn’t even have a home. Leave me? She wouldn’t dare.  "Just wait. Before the cooling-off period ends, she’ll come back crying and begging me to take her in."  But thirty days passed, and I never looked back. While he scoured the world searching for me, I sipped tea in a misty mountain villa, utterly at peace. "James," I remarked to my step-brother, "your place truly feels like home."

After our eighty-eighth canceled wedding, I called my business partner. "I'm taking the Haviana market project." There was a beat of stunned silence. "Seriously? That's ten years overseas. You just got married—well, weren't you? Does your husband even know? What about your parents? You always said staying close to them was everything." I glanced around the empty church and let out a sharp laugh. "There was no wedding. No husband. And my parents? They've got Cindy. That's all they need." Another pause. "Alright. Pack your bags. You leave tomorrow." After the call, I ran a hand down my wedding dress. One last tear slipped out, quiet and pointless. Cindy had another "episode" today. Claimed she'd off herself. Andrew canceled—again. I'd looked at him, drained. "It's the eighty-eighth time." He dropped his head, guilt all over him. "Just a little more time, Viv. She's been off since the accident. I'm scared she'll actually do it. I swear, I'll talk to her. For real this time. Then we'll get married. Promise." My parents didn't hesitate. "Vivian, let Andrew go. If Cindy hadn't gotten kidnapped trying to save you, she wouldn't have these breakdowns. Are you really putting a wedding over your sister's life?" "How could you be so selfish?" I'd heard it all before. Used to fight it. Not this time. If neither my fiancé nor my parents wanted me around, then fine. I'd leave.