Ruang Manager

After I join a new company, I keep running into problems—not from people, but from the company's equipment. The fingerprint scanner fails to recognize me every single time, and I have to submit a manual attendance appeal almost daily. When I ask the admin to change the device, they respond with thinly veiled sarcasm. "Everyone else clocks in just fine. Why are you the only one with so many issues?" The air vent above my desk blasts cold air directly at me. My hands and feet are freezing every day. I ask to switch seats. My manager looks at me like I am making things up. "Everyone else sits there without a problem. How come the AC only blows cold air when you sit there?" One strange incident after another makes it impossible for me to function at work. When I get home, I complain to my boyfriend and say I want to quit. He shuts down the thought immediately. "You're making almost 60 thousand dollars a year before benefits, with weekends off and paid leave. Where are you going to find a job like that?" I think about it and realize he isn't wrong. Just as I decide to stick it out, the company elevator malfunctions. I fall from the 33rd floor and die. In my final moments, I can't understand it—why does every piece of equipment in the company seem to target me alone? All the devices are newly installed. All my coworkers are people I have just met. I have no grudges with anyone. There's no reason for someone to sabotage me from behind the scenes. When I open my eyes again, I am back at the company. It's my very first day on the job.

For the past three months, I've slept only three hours every day just so my team and I can create an app. Thanks to our hard work, the app goes absolutely viral to the point we've garnered over 100 million registered users on the first week of its launch. At the afterparty, my wife, Stacie Woodward, announces that her godbrother, Tory Frost, who's the PR manager, will be the one receiving the million-dollar bonus. She then tosses me a few 50% discount coupons that can be used in shopping malls as my bonus. "You're just a code monkey—why do you need that much money anyway? You can have these discount coupons. Use them on anything you want. At least buy some nice clothes for yourself. Don't go around wearing these rags. You'll just end up humiliating me more." I plead to her in a low tone, "Have you gone crazy, Stacie? My dad needs the money for the best medication in order to save his life! Can you please stop joking around?" But Stacie clings to Toby's arm, looking high and mighty. "Your dad's dying, isn't he? He might as well stop wasting the public resources! I can always choose him a better grave and hold a nice funeral for him when his time comes!" As I look at Stacie's smug face, I just smile at her instead of getting mad at her. She must have forgotten that the app's core algorithm and the user growth model are built using my private, undisclosed technology stack. That means the copyright is mine and has nothing to do with the company. I just smile while nodding at Stacie. That night, I activate the technology stack's self-destruct and migration protocols.

Kong Lao, dia seorang Kaisar Alam Semesta yang mana memimpin para manusia melawan ras monster yang menjadi kegelapan Alam Semestanya itu. Kong Lao sendiri bertarung melawan pemimpin mereka sekaligus bisa dianggap rival seumur hidup. Pertarungan mereka benar-benar intens bahkan dunia kecil bergetar dan ada yang hancur. Dampak pertarungan keduanya menciptakan retakkan ruang yang mana mengundang makhluk lain yang lebih tinggi. Tepat keduanya terbaring, makhluk itu memindahkan mereka ke dunia lain. Kong Lao kini menempati tubuh seorang pemuda, dia menyadari bahwa tubuh miliknya lemah, bahkan aliran energi sendiri juga salah. Kong Lao tidaklah bingung terus-menerus. Dia segera mengatasinya, akan tetapi selalu ada seseorang yang mengganggu dirinya. Seorang sepupu, bahkan kakaknya juga ikut campur. Pengawal klan lain, sampai dihina oleh berbagai warga di kota. Kong Lao merasakan kebencian dan tatapan hina itu. Namun, semua itu akan dirinya balas saat Turnamen Mingguan Klan. Dia akan membuktikan dirinya bukanlah orang yang mudah disinggung. Perlahan-lahan dia akan diterima oleh warga kota. Namun, di luar kota sendiri ada ancaman yang pernah dirinya temui. Ancaman tersebut ialah monster. Bagaimana proses Kong Lao meyakinkan para warganya, bagaimana Kong Lao mengatasi ancaman monster itu kembali. Juga apakah dia akan bertemu musuh bebuyutannya yang sama dipindahkan ke dunia lain. Nantikan semua itu hanya ada di Novel Legend Of Kong Lao.

Setelah menggoda suamiku yang religius sebanyak 99 kali, suamiku akhirnya melanggar pantangannya demi diriku dan bermesraan denganku selama tiga hari tiga malam. Aku mengira dia akhirnya mencintaiku. Tapi, saat sedang merapikan ruang kerja, tidak sengaja aku menemukan pesan di komputernya. Dia mengirimkan video pribadiku kepada kakakku, Tamara Gunadi. [Biar abis ini dia nggak bakal ngejar-ngejar aku lagi. Kamu tenang aja Rara, sampai mati pun aku nggak bakal nyentuh dia. Orang yang aku sayang cuma kamu.] Tamara mengirimkan pesan suara berdurasi 60 detik, suaranya terdengar centil dan menggoda. "William, aku beneran terharu banget! Nggak nyangka kamu demi ngejaga kesucianku, malah nyuruh banyak orang buat mainin dia. Kira-kira kalau suatu saat dia tahu yang sebenernya, dia bakal marah nggak ya sama aku?" Suara William yang serak terdengar penuh tekanan dan menahan diri. "Emangnya dia berani? Seujung rambut kamu pun dia nggak bisa tandingin. Dia itu gatel banget, ada orang yang mau make dia saja sudah untung." "Lagian, semua foto syur sama video itu ada di aku. Kalaupun dia tau, dia nggak bakal punya muka buat nyalahin siapa-siapa." Tamara mengirimkan beberapa foto pribadi dengan pakaian minim. "William, bantuin aku lihat dong, gaya aku yang ini gimana? Apa kakinya harusnya dibuka lebih lebar lagi?"

I no longer deliver meals to my husband, Zachary Smith—the man who became the factory manager after receiving a scholarship that brought him to the city—since my rebirth. I even make sure to detour using the gate at the factory's north side whenever he uses the southern gate after he finishes his meetings. In my past life, I was fully aware he took me as his wife—a humble country woman—just for the chance to move to the city. Yet, I insisted on becoming his wife, anyway. After all, I was convinced that a person's true affections could be earned and nurtured. Yet, Zachary maintained a constant, formal distance throughout our marriage. He would simply offer me a book the moment I attempted to bridge the gap, saying, "You should study more so that you don't continually attract people's contempt." I got emboldened by the drink as I threw my arms around him, yet he merely accepted the embrace rigidly, whispering, "It's just what married couples do." It wasn't until decades later, as I lay on my deathbed, that I discovered the heartbreaking words in his autobiography. In it, he stated that our entire marriage was like being trapped in a mire and that he never wanted to be with me again if he were to ever be reborn. I felt a searing pain tearing through my heart as I closed my eyes in devastating anguish. When I open my eyes again, I find myself back at the point in time when the gossip about Zachary and Juliana Ziegler, the factory's technician who studied abroad, first began to spread. In this life, I choose not to fight or cause drama. Instead, I am the one who brings up the divorce.

My name is Mara Park, and I am a twenty-three-year-old fresh graduate taking up business administration from a public school in my province.  I don't know that when you graduate from a public school, especially when your school is unknown to anyone in a big city, even though you have a diploma, it is hard to find a job, most of all when you don't have any work experience. I am an orphan and living alone. No one will provide for my needs if I don't find a job. I know no one in this place. No, I have one. I smiled, Jared. He has been my boyfriend for almost four years now. I didn't tell him I followed him after my graduation. I wanted to surprise him after I found a decent job. The last time I talked to him, he told me he was working at a big company as a finance manager, and I'm so proud of him. So here I am, struggling to find a job. I disregarded my diploma and applied as a waitress in a diner near the Fernandez Corporation building, hoping one day I could snatch a job in that company, even if it was just as a receptionist. It would be a huge achievement for me. I'd been working in the restaurant for a month when I saw an older man pass out near my workplace. He begged me to bring him home because he had forgotten where he lived and his name. I couldn't bear to leave him alone in the middle of the night, so I brought him home, and my life turned upside down after that when I found that he was the grandfather of the owner of Fernandez Corporation. That led me to find out my real identity.

A million reasons why we can’t be together, but a billion more why we desire to be. Hikari Yi is a girl of a grim, fatalistic world, the love of a family was never one of her assets. Away from the fallen realm of her father’s menacing territory, she leads an independent life. Little did she know the world she was running away from, was advancing towards her at a pace faster than she was travelling at. Hikari admires a world famous boy band, the ORIONS, consisting of seven members. She somehow receives an offer to look after them as a manager or a caretaker. As unexpected as it looks, it isn't. The more time she spends around them, she grows infatuated with one of the seven. Are the feelings mutual? Is he the one to fill the void of solicitude in her life? Overtime, mysteries unfold, what was Hikari's past? What other plans does she have for the boyband she adore? What secrets has she locked? As it is, it isn’t just her. The Orions, too, have got their own darkness to unravel. ____________________________________ -"Tell me once you again that you love me" -"Reassure me once more that you'll stay forever, that you won't leave me alone." -"Who are you.. No... What are you exactly?" -"I want you Hikari. Now." -"Is that how you talk to your boss?" -"Your clothes are see-through" -"Yakuzas are the most feared mob group" -“This world won’t let us be.” ____________________________________ It's an enthralling, mystery, romance, action thriller. It has everything you've been looking for. High school romance? Office heated relations? Eternal love? Mafia? demons? Vampires? Boys? Best friends? Family? Action? Suspense? It's all there, read to indulge in the roller-coaster adventure!

“Bantu aku palsukan kematianku dan siapkan identitas baru untukku.” “Sinta?” Pria itu jelas terkejut. “Kenapa? Andi kan sangat manjakan kamu. Seluruh Sidolang tahu itu.” “Itu bukan urusanmu. Aku akan pergi dalam lima hari,” potongku dingin. Aku melangkah keluar dari pasar gelap, sementara layar LED raksasa di alun-alun masih tayangkan rekaman pernikahanku yang mewah dengan Ketua Mafia Andi Pratama tiga tahun lalu, sebuah upacara besar yang habiskan lebih dari 80 triliun. Semua orang percaya Andi cinta aku dengan sepenuh hati. Dan aku pun pernah percaya dengan hal itu. Sampai siang ini. Pada hari jadi pernikahan kami yang ketiga, aku lebih awal pulang ke Sidolang. Aku sembunyi di ruang istirahat kantor suamiku, Ketua Mafia Andi Pratama, berniat kasih dia kejutan. Namun yang aku dapat justru sebuah mimpi buruk. Aku lihat sekretarisnya sembunyi di bawah mejanya. Saat tangan kanannya, Malik sedang laporkan kerugian operasi penyelundupan di dermaga, Intan berlutut di antara kaki Andi, jemarinya lincah buka kancing celananya. Kepalanya bergerak naik turun. Setelah Malik pergi, Intan tersenyum genit. “Apa istrimu bisa layani kamu seperti ini saat rapat?” Suara Andi penuh nafsu. Tangannya meremas dada Intan. “Sinta terlalu kaku, bikin bosan. Dia nggak ada apa-apanya dibanding kamu, dasar wanita nakal.” Aku menutup mulutku, hancur sepenuhnya. Namun saat aku benar-benar pergi. Justru Andi yang sebut aku kaku dan membosankan itu adalah orang yang akhirnya runtuh sepenuhnya.

Elena diminta untuk menikah dengan Alaric, ketua mafia Black Hold yang terkesan berdarah dingin. Permintaan itu disampaikan langsung oleh Vanessa, istri Alaric yang tengah sekarat di ranjang rumah sakit setelah melahirkan putra mereka. Alaric tidak bisa menolak. Ia menikahi Elena tanpa cinta dan sangat enggan untuk menyentuhnya. Ia bahkan tidak ingin tidur di ranjang yang sama. Alaric menikahi Elena hanya karena permintaan mendiang istrinya, juga sebagai ibu sambung bagi putranya yang sudah menjadi piatu di hari pertama ia dilahirkan. Elena berusaha untuk merebut hati suaminya, tapi satu kesalahan besar membuat Alaric begitu murka dan mengurungnya di ruang bawah tanah. Ia lalai menjaga Daryl, si bayi kecil yang membuatnya terjatuh dari ranjang. Alaric ingin sekali menghabisi Elena karena telah membuat anaknya hampir meregang nyawa, tapi mengingat wasiat istrinya, keinginan itu langsung ia urungkan. Sesekali Elena diberi siksaan agar ia selalu menyesal atas kelalaian yang sudah ia lakukan. Hingga suatu hari Alaric kembali memenjarakan seseorang, pria yang merupakan orang kepercayaannya, tapi terbukti berkhianat. Ia memenjarakan pria itu di ruangan yang sama dengan Elena. Meminta agar pria itu menghamili Elena, sebab ia ingin balas dendam dengan membunuh bayi yang lahir dari rahim Elena sebagai bentuk pelampiasan amarahnya. Namun, apa jadinya ketika pria itu dan Elena malah saling jatuh cinta dan mencari cara agar bisa keluar dari kurungan untuk hidup bersama dengan penuh cinta?

Xander duduk, tersenyum samar memandangi tiap ruang pertemuan ini-markasnya-beserta semua orang-orang yang tidak akan bisa berkutik di bawah kuasanya. Dengan satu tarikan di pinggang, Crystal terduduk di pangkuan Xander. Menjadi mainannya. Crystal terbelalak, nyaris memekik ketika jemari dingin Xander menyusuri belahan pahanya lewat belahan gaunnya yang panjang. Terus naik. Lalu, mengelus pelan di sana. Sialan. Rencananya memang seperti ini, tapi tidak sampai seperti ini. "Duduklah. Mulai rapatnya." Xander berkata malas pada orang-orangnya yang masih berdiri kaku, menunggu perintah selanjutnya. "Aku ingin melakukannya dengan dia di pangkuanku." * * * Crystal Leonidas; the Perfect Princess! Hidupnya sempurna. Putri bungsu Billionaire nomor satu dunia, cantik, pintar, dengan Aiden Lucero; lelaki bak prince charming yang mencintainya. Melindunginya dari segala hal. Bersama Aiden, Crystal percaya ia tidak membutuhkan apa pun lagi. Hingga, tatapan Crystal bertemu dengan mata indah Xander William. Hangat tapi kelam. Menenangkan sekaligus menakutkan. Bukan rahasia lagi jika seketika itu Crystal terjatuh pada lelaki asing itu. Cepat, keras dan dalam. Percikan perasaan itu terasa menakutkan, berubah menjadi api, lalu menjelma menjadi rasa mendamba yang kuat. Terlarang, tapi memanggil-manggil untuk ia lewati. Ketika bibir Xander membakar tubuhnya dengan ciuman, Crystal tahu ia sudah melanggar batas. Batas berbahaya. Sayangnya, tidak ada jalan kembali. He is a Beast. A cruel beast who can kill you and throw your body in the east. So, what happened next when Crystal realizes that she already Falling For The Beast?