Rumah Ice Cream

Stanley Porter, my wife Jessica Evans’ close male friend, and I are both competing to be the next fire captain. In my first lifetime, I was chosen by a unanimous vote. On my very first night on duty as captain, Jessica came over to the fire station to celebrate with me. Sticking to my duties as captain, I didn't touch a single drop of alcohol. Yet, after drinking the chicken soup Jessica gave me, I fell into a deep sleep. That night, a massive fire broke out in the old district, resulting in the deaths of 58 people. Because I missed the station's alarm, I was accused of dereliction of duty and labeled as the main person responsible for the tragedy. The enraged families of the victims ended up beating me to death. In my second lifetime, I withdrew my name from the selection for captain. I handed the badge over to Stanley instead, saying, "You're better suited to be captain than I am." I'd assumed that this was enough to ensure that the fire couldn't be pinned on me. Yet, when the authorities looked into the fire, they ended up seeing me appear in the security footage from where the fire began. Everyone assumed I'd deliberately started the fire to get back at Stanley out of jealousy for losing out on the captain position. I now open my eyes again to live my third life. I watch as Stanley excitedly gives his speech on the podium after being made the captain. This time around, I submit a request for annual leave and take a cab straight to the airport.

I was the company's top sales performer, but I never clocked in or out, and I rarely showed my face at the office. Two-thirds of the employees had never even met me. Yet somehow, I single-handedly dominated the sales numbers, outperforming everyone else and propelling us to the number one spot in the industry. Then came the day they handed out year-end bonuses. Jeffrey Young, the new sales director, fired me on the spot, claiming it was bad luck that I stepped into the building with my left foot first. When I demanded to know what gave him the right, he sneered at me with pure contempt. "Because I'm going to be the future owner of this company! You just got lucky landing a few big clients, and that was all thanks to the company's existing customer base anyway!" He continued, "Let me tell you something... Kieran Campbell, whoever the company gives resources to, becomes the top seller!" I could not help but laugh. All they saw was that I never clocked in, but they never saw me out there day and night, running around to maintain those client relationships. The truth was, in this industry, clients were loyal to me personally, not to the company's brand. I pulled out my phone and called my wife, Melanie Gardner. "When did you get yourself another husband behind my back?"

Because of the incident, my life changed completely. I never thought that in an instant, I would lose everything. Family, friends and even the man that I loved. But I met a man which I did not expect to love him. He is the mysterious one, cold as ice, introvert, anti-social but he really caught my attention. But the way his voice sounds or the words he speak makes me think that I met someone like him before. Curiosity kills me inside. Naging parte kaya siya nang nakaraan ko? Nakilala ko na ba siya noon? Pero hindi ko inaasahan na isang araw, mahuhulog ako sa kaniya. Can we bring back our past or remain strangers?

Ningsih dipaksa suaminya untuk diet karena malu tubuhnya gendut sehabis melahirkan. Saat hampir kehilangan nyawa itulah, Ningsih menyadari bahwa sang suami sudah tidak mencintainya, bahkan tega menceraikannya. Sejak menjanda, Ningsih justru bisa membuktikan pada mantan suami dan keluarganya, bahwa tubuh gendutnya berhasil menjadi jalan kesuksesan untuknya!

Awalnya Jhonny -salah satu kepala tim di satuan reserse nakoba- tak pernah menyangka jika pertemuannya dengan sang cinta pertama akan terjadi setelah sembilan tahun tidak berjumpa. Sadar tidak bisa bersantai di saat gadis itu menjadi incaran banyak orang, maka dengan bermodal kenekatan polisi berpangkat AIPTU itu mengajukan sebuah lamaran pernikahan. Jhonny sempat dibutakan kebahagiaan saat Jessica mau menerimanya sebagai pasangan, mengabaikan kenyataan bila mereka baru saja dipertemukan. Terlalu naif bila dia mengatasnamakan cinta sebagai alasan Jessica mau menerimanya, di saat Jhonny sendiri ragu bila Jessica masih mengingatnya sebagai bagian dari kepingan ingatan di masa lalu. Hingga di satu titik, sang polisi mengalami keraguan saat satu persatu rahasia mulai terbongkar mengenai alasan Jessica mau menerima ajakannya untuk menikah. Di saat itu Jhonny mulai mempertanyakan apakah selama ini meraka benar-benar pasangan?

Sejak Fajar mengalami PHK, Alisya terpaksa menggantikan peran sang suami menjadi tulang punggung keluarga. Parahnya, bukan hanya untuk keluarganya saja, tetapi juga keluarga besar suaminya. Sejak ayah mertua meninggal dunia, keluarga besar suami tinggal di rumah mereka. Sebagai anak tertua dan satu-satunya, Fajar merasa berkewajiban menggantikan posisi sang papa. Membiayai seluruh kebutuhan keluarga, juga menyelesaikan kuliah Intan, adiknya. Sayang, sejak terkena PHK, beban itu dia limpahkan di pundak Alisya, wanita yang dinikahinya tiga tahun lalu. Tak hanya menghidupi mama mertua dan adik ipar, ada seorang wanita muda yang harus Alisya tanggung segala kebutuhannya. Desy, keponakan mama mertua yang telah lama ikut mereka. Sang mertua bahkan sengaja memeras dan menjadikan Alisya sebagai sapi perah. Sementara, Fajar yang pengangguran hidup bermalas-malasan. Dengan alasan Fajar masih frustrasi, mama mertua melarang Alisya menuntut sang suami untuk segera mencari pekerjaan baru. Alisya menjalani semua itu dengan sabar dan penuh keikhlasan. Setiap malam, dia berusaha mencari penghasilan tambahan dengan bekerja lembur. Namun, pengkhianatanlah yang dia terima sebagai balasan. Desy, sang benalu yang menumpang hidup di rumahnya, telah menjadi duri di dalam pernikahannya.*Bagaimana Alisya menjalani kehidupan yang tak sehat itu? Bagaimana dia menghadapi perselingkuhan suami penganggurannya? Akankah dia bertahan atau membalas perbuatan para benalu itu? Ikuti ceritanya, ya. Terima kasih.

Aline’s life plan doesn’t include being the sole female in a pack full of idiot males. When her boyfriend turns Alpha and imprints on her best friend, she learns horror stories are real. When Hunters attack the pack, Aline discovers how far she'd go to cheat fate. Jian, her packmate and secret-admirer, finds Aline naked in the trees, broken by her epiphany. Lending her his shirt and taking her home hardly seems like a life-changing event. But she asks him to stay. Will Aline choose Jian over the imprint she's fated to meet? --- Author's Note: Your reading experience is important to me. For some, certain topics can ruin that experience. Please visit https://laelamoreno.tumblr.com for a list of trigger warnings.

A girl's love so deep? It appeared it was true love at the beginning. She was determined to do everything possible to get what she wanted. Her friends ridiculed her. Society mocked her. But she did not give up. "True love?" I often asked myself. But I had no answers to my questions. It took me quite a long time to define her true intentions. One night, she visited. "Let's try it," she proposed that night. I felt her warm breath as she whispered. Her wild expectations coupled with anxiety was making her heart beat very fast. It was a quiet night, and the light was dim in the room. That was the first time she spent the night with me. I was determined not to have any affair with her. I was a novice, and I believed she was not though many people in the community including her family believed she was a virgin. A feeling I could not define thrilled through me when she spoke. "A test or she mean it?" I asked silently. We have often talked about staying chaste till the appropriate time, the time we are sure to get married, so why was she proposing that we try it? I brushed off that thought and began thinking about how I was going to go about it if she really meant it. I had no experience in satisfying a woman in bed. "Did you hear me?" she asked. And before I could say anything, I felt a kiss on my right cheek. The man in me responded to the touch. But before I could act on my feelings, I remembered grandma's prediction about us. "Are we really going to get married someday?" I asked silently . . . Happy reading!

It's my husband, Niall Luther's birthday. I take my son to the hospital to visit Niall since he's working late; I want to surprise him. However, we get into an accident on the way there. When I rush to the hospital with my bloodied son in my arms, I see Niall holding his first love's daughter. He coos at her and says, "This might be a small wound, but there's a risk of infection if it isn't handled well!" His first love, Chelsea Blanc, gives him a chiding look. "You treat Lulu so well that I'm getting jealous." Niall wraps an arm around her. "It's only because I love you. You're the one I love the most." I pull out my phone and call him. He keeps his arm around Lulu White and rejects my call. So, I text him, telling him our son is injured and has been taken to the hospital where he works. I tell him he needs to attend to our son. However, he berates me for lying. I have no choice but to take my son elsewhere for treatment. Before leaving, I see Niall kiss Chelsea tenderly and tell her he wants to take her to an amusement park. That's when I know he and I are over.

After the murder of Ethan's mate he knew he would never love again. The pain he felt was worse than any physical harm his body could experience. Wracked with grief, he closed himself off from the world, putting his position as alpha in jeopardy. Jenny never wanted love, she tried that once, she was content in educating children and dedicated her life to suppressing the wolf inside her. She thought she was successful but the Moon Goddess had other plans.