Sardonic Humor

Katrina harus menelan pil pahit kehidupan saat sang Bunda membawanya pindah ke Surabaya hanya demi memisahkan dirinya dengan kekasihnya Reyhan. Hubungan mereka tidak direstui karena mereka berbeda agama. Katrina beragama Katolik, sedangkan Reyhan seorang muslim. Sepuluh tahun berlalu, mereka kembali dipertemukan. Tapi sayangnya, Reyhan yang saat itu berdiri dihadapan Katrina justru tidak mengenali Katrina yang telah menjadi seorang muallaf dan bercadar. Terpisah selama sepuluh tahun tidak membuat mereka saling lupa. Cinta mereka tetap terjaga, bahkan mereka saling mencari satu sama lain. Hingga akhirnya sesuatu terjadi. Jarak mereka begitu dekat, tapi sayangnya ada sebuah benang halus yang seakan memisahkan mereka. Sampai pada rencana perjodohan Katrina dengan seorang lelaki bernama Hardin yang merupakan sahabat Reyhan. Serta pengakuan Reyhan yang ingin menikahi Anggia, adik Hardin. Lantas, bagaimana akhir kisah cinta mereka? Akankah pencarian cinta Reyhan dan Katrina menemukan titik temu? Ataukah cinta Reyhan hanya akan tersembunyi dibalik cadar seorang Katrina? Temukan jawabannya dalam kisah mereka. ***** Nb : Kisah ini bertema Roman - Religi dan mengharu biru serta sarat akan pesan-pesan moral. Semoga bermanfaat bagi para pembaca... Happy reading...

Bumi hanya seorang freelance editor dengan penghasilan tak menentu. Atap rumahnya bocor, gas dan beras habis sering tak terbeli. Di mata mertuanya, ia adalah menantu gagal—tak layak mendampingi putri mereka, Tari. “Tiga tahun pernikahan! Kita sudah terlalu lama memberi kesempatan,” kata Ayah Tari tegas. “Dan apa hasilnya? Tari hidup kekurangan. Lebih baik dia hidup bersama Ayah dan Ibu saja." Tari pun memilih pergi. Meninggalkan Bumi demi kenyamanan. Demi status. Demi harapan yang lebih pasti. Tapi hidup tak berhenti di titik terendah. Setelah perceraian itu, Bumi malah mendapat tawaran pekerjaan yang mengubah statusnya. Kini, ia bekerja di kota terbesar di dunia. Ia tak lagi dihina. Ia dihormati. Saat Tari melihat Bumi yang dulu ia tinggalkan ... Apakah penyesalan bisa mengubah masa lalu?

Adrian Vale is powerful, successful, and untouchable. At twenty nine, she is the CEO of Vale Noir Group, admired for her intelligence, respected for her leadership, and protected by a family no one dares to cross. Adrian is kind, warm, and loyal, even as powerful men orbit her world, each drawn to her for different reasons. A brilliant lawyer who challenges her mind and tempts her restraint. A businessman from her past who knows the woman she used to be. A dangerous connection she never fully escaped. But danger does not always arrive openly. Celeste Ashford is charming, helpful, and always close. A friend who smiles easily and listens carefully. When envy turns into entitlement, proximity becomes a weapon, and betrayal sets off a chain of events Adrian never sees coming. Whispers turn into threats. Threats turn into violence. And a reward is placed on Adrian Vale. Forced to confront the cost of being desired and the danger of being known, Adrian must decide who truly deserves her trust and how far she is willing to go to survive. This is not a story about a woman waiting to be saved. It is a story about power, desire, loyalty, and what happens when the wrong person gets too close.

He shattered her heart to avenge a past that wasn’t hers. Now he desires her in his bed—as his wife. Marceline Valino once believed in love. She gave her heart—and her innocence—to Cross Dejava, the boy who whispered promises in the dark, igniting dreams of a forever that felt so real. But by morning, her world was left in ruins. Private photos were leaked, her name dragged through the mud, and at the eye of the storm? Cross, smirking, cold, and ruthless. “You mean nothing to me,” he said, delivering a blow that would leave scars. “You’re just the bastard daughter of my father’s mistress.” His vengeance had never aimed at her heart; it was meant to punish the daughter for her mother’s sins—an ex-lover who had torn his family apart. Pregnant and abandoned, Marceline begged for mercy, but all she received was the echo of his silence. When she lost the child, she lost every last piece of the girl she used to be. Now, five years later, she’s preparing to return—broke, desperate, and willing to do anything to save her ailing mother. Anything… except this. Because the man extending a lifeline isn’t a savior. It’s Cross. And he has no desire for her heartfelt apologies; he craves her complete submission. A contract marriage awaits her. No love. No escape. No mercy. But Marceline isn’t the naive girl he once broke. She’s a woman who has risen from the ashes, ready to play his game. And as the pieces of their lives fall into place, she’s determining when—exactly—she will ignite a fire that could burn it all down. The future promises a reckoning, and she's preparing to seize it.

Tatlong taon. Three years of hell. Ganoon katagal tiniis ni Maria ang isang loveless marriage sa piling ni Javier Elizalde. Sa mata ng cold-hearted CEO, isa lang siyang desperadang gold digger na humahadlang sa kaligayahan nito. Pero nagbago ang lahat nang ma-aksidente si Javier. Tragedy struck, leaving the powerful billionaire blind and helpless. Sa panahong tinalikuran siya ng mundo, si Maria ang nanatili. She became his eyes, his hands, and his sole comfort. Sa ilalim ng katahimikan at walang pagpapakilala, inalagaan niya ito. She nursed him back to health, umaasang sa wakas ay matutunaw na ang yelong nakabalot sa puso ng asawa niya. And it worked—he fell in love with her gentle care, promising to cherish the woman who saved him once he recovered. Pero ang akala ni Maria na happy ending, naging bangungot. When Javier finally opened his eyes, he didn't look for her. Instead, he embraced another woman—his first love—believing she was the one who stayed by his side. Wasak na wasak at pagod na sa pagiging option, Maria made the ultimate decision. Ibinigay niya ang kalayaang matagal nang hinihingi ni Javier. She handed him the divorce papers with a final, broken whisper: "You are free now, Javi. And so am I." She left without looking back. Kaya bakit ngayon ay parang asong ulol na naghahabol ang makapangyarihang CEO sa kanyang ex-wife? Bakit siya lumuluhod at nagmamakaawa para sa isang second chance? Sorry, Mr. CEO. The wife you took for granted is dead and gone. And this time? Walang bawian.

Camille Thompson's first love and husband-James Parker is in coma and has been hospitalized for three months since the tragic accident he had on his way out after a heated fight they had. Still guilt-ridden and blaming herself for the circumstance, Camille finds herself in another loop when she falls in love with her husband's distant cousin – Liam Scott, who's way younger than she is – when she meets him for the first time. When she finds out she's pregnant for Scott, and that her loving husband had kept his infertility problem a secret for the past 11 years they've been together, will she forgive him or go after a new lover who's obsessed with her but not ready for a family yet, without giving heed to reasoning?

Tessa Ford thought she had it all: a loving husband, a beautiful daughter, and a thriving fashion brand. But when her husband, Grayson Grant, is manipulated into believing she’s having an affair with one of her models, the perfect life she built begins to crumble. Without giving her a chance to explain, he serves her divorce papers and disappears just when she needs him the most. When tragedy strikes, Tessa signs the papers and walks away. Five years later, fate brings them face-to-face once more. Grayson is haunted by his mistakes and desperate for forgiveness. Tessa has built walls around her heart that no amount of apology can break. As time goes on and old feelings resurface, will Tessa be able to find it in her heart to give him a second chance?

Shock, cold and absolute, rippled through me. My jaw dropped. “Owned? I am not an object! You can’t just—” His dark chuckle cut me off. It was a chilling sound, devoid of warmth. “Oh, but I do, little bird. You became mine the moment your dear brother, Carlos, sold you to clear his debts. Along with almost all the shares in your father’s company.” The air left my lungs in a ragged gasp. What was he talking about? That couldn't be true, yet the look in his eyes said otherwise. He had sold me like an object, like chattel. Rage, raw and unadulterated, surged through me, eclipsing the fear for a fleeting moment. I tried to push past him, to escape and to run anywhere but his hand shot out, grabbing me by the neck, not quite choking but enough to hold me in an iron grip. He pinned me to the wall, his face inches from mine, his eyes burning with an intense possessive fire. “You now belong to Lorenzo Blackwood,” he growled, his voice low and dangerous. “You are mine. To possess. To claim. To own.”

Siya ay isang Pilipinang psychiatrist, naniniwala na ang mga karamdaman sa pag-iisip ay pangunahing sanhi ng mga biyolohikal at henetikong pagkakamali. Ngunit, ipinagpaliban niya ang kanyang karera upang magsilbing pansamantalang CEO ng Del Fuego Industries. Pero paano kung ang lalaking kanyang binu-bully noon ay muling lumitaw at nag-aalok ng kanyang tulong? Tatanggapin ba niya ito, o pipiliin niyang balewalain ito?

"Aku kira, aku satu-satunya dihatimu. tapi ternyata aku hanya salah satunya!" "Ra, Anna itu adik kamu. kenapa kamu harus cemburu?" "Oh, kalau gitu, Aga juga sahabat mu, jadi kamu juga jangan cemburu!" ___ Arabella tak pernah menyangka, hidupnya akan berubah hanya karena satu orang, anak angkat yang tiba-tiba datang dan mencuri segalanya keluarga, perhatian, dan cinta pertamanya. Tersesat dalam kemarahan dan rasa sakit, Ara mencari pelarian. Tapi pelariannya bukan sekadar pelampiasan, melainkan dosa yang tak bisa dihapus, mencintai sahabat pacarnya sendiri. Ini bukan hanya kisah tentang cinta dan pengkhianatan. Ini tentang perempuan yang kehilangan segalanya, lalu memilih untuk menghancurkan apa pun yang tersisa.