Say Tea And Smile

The maid's daughter, who grew up in my home, had the nerve to act like an heiress. On her birthday, she invited every kid from school for a full-on rager at my family's villa. When I suggested they take it to a hotel, she lost it. "You don't get to tell me what to do! My friends can party wherever they want!" She added, "The ten-layer cake my parents ordered for me is on the way. Why don't you park yourself by the door and wait for it, huh?" Her crew circled up, laughing and pointing at me. But I'd lived through this before. Nothing about her little act rattled me. I turned to the butler and told him to lock the gate. Then, I went to Rambo's cage. "Hey, buddy," I said, opening it up. "See those trespassers?" I pointed at the crowd. "I'm counting to three. If they're still here, don't let a single one get away."

To the outside world, Olivia is just a famous doctor who excels in her career. What most people don't know is that she's also married to the CEO of the famous Wellington Group, Theo Wellington. Her marriage life is a unique one. She rarely sees her husband, and they only meet once in a while. After three years of a loveless marriage, Theo finally files for divorce. But can she easily let go when she has loved him her whole life? His first love is back, threatening to snatch her position. When Olivia discovers that she's pregnant, she has a choice to hide it from Theo and protect herself from further heartbreak. Yet, misfortunes never come alone. She is also diagnosed with an illness that might not only end her baby's life but also hers.

At eight months pregnant, I was hit by a car and gave birth early. But unexpectedly, I regained my hearing. Outside the operating room, my husband was talking to the doctor. “Mr. Griffin, the baby is fully developed and stable. A normal delivery should be possible—” Albert Griffin cut him off immediately, “No, induce the labor now! I promised Summer that I would let our child rightfully join the Griffin family. Paulina is almost a month old. If she gets any older, people will figure out the truth. “If this baby doesn’t make it, that’s fine. She can always have another one. But this is the only way she will truly believe that Paulina is her own child.” I closed my eyes tightly and forced myself to stay calm. He thought his lies were perfect, but he was wrong. I heard everything. And if he could lie and pretend, so could I.

“Sebaiknya mulai sekarang kamu sudah harus menjauhi Renata, terlalu banyak wanita yang lebih baik darinya, Vid.” “Perjuangan bertahun-tahun, pengorbanan tanpa ampun, perasaan cinta di hati yang semakin hari tak terbendung, Ayah suruh aku jauhi? Memang apa yang salah dengan gadis baik, pengertian, cantik, dambaan banyak lelaki dan selalu menyenangkan hatiku seperti Renata, Yah? Jadi tolong, Jangan lagi usik hubungan kami yang sebentar lagi akan menikah.” “Tidak ada yang salah Vid, hanya saja saat kau tetap ngotot ingin menikah dengannya tanpa restu dari ayah, itulah letak kesalahannya.” David bersikukuh mempertahankan wanita pujaan hati yang sangat ditentang oleh ayahnya. Mereka sering bersitegang demi membahas hal-hal yang sebenarnya tidak perlu diperdebatkan soal Renata. Ayahnya yang sangat mencintai anaknya sehingga ia selalu ingin memberikan yang terbaik, khususnya soal jodoh. Sementara David, sang anak kesayangan, habis-habisan memperjuangkan wanita yang tidak direstui oleh ayahnya. Apa yang membuat ayahnya tidak setuju meski ia tahu anaknya mati-matian memperjuangkan cintanya dengan gadis pilihannya itu? Apakah ayahnya mengetahui rahasia tentang Renata yang tidak diketahui oleh David? Dan siapkah mereka dengan segala konsekuensi jika tetap memaksa menikah tanpa restu orang tua?

Tak pernah terlintas di benak Aina Zavira bahwa dia akan menikah, apalagi dengan laki-laki yang bahkan tidak dikenalnya dengan baik. Laki-laki itu memang anak dari rekan kerja ayahnya. Namun, tetap saja dia tidak begitu mengenalnya dan hanya pernah bertemu tiga kali sebelum mereka menikah. Oh Tuhan, yang benar saja! Bahkan Aina tidak pernah berkeinginan untuk menikah dalam hidupnya. Baginya, pernikahan sama seperti neraka. Dia sama sekali tidak ingin menjalani kehidupan pernikahan yang seperti neraka itu. // Ada sesuatu yang menarik bagi seorang Alvin Pradipta saat mendengar ungkapan wanita di hadapannya. Dia bilang tidak ingin menikah? Itu terdengar sangat aneh di telinga Dipta. Mungkin akan masuk akal jika alasan wanita itu menolaknya karena telah memiliki kekasih atau semacamnya. Tapi sekarang? Wanita ini bilang dia tidak ingin menikah, baik dengannya atau dengan siapapun? Padahal sejauh yang Dipta tau, bukankah menikah adalah impian semua wanita? Mungkin wanita ini adalah pengecualian. Apa yang membuatnya enggan menikah? Dipta benar-benar ingin mengetahuinya.

My newlywed husband wants to kill me. He's backing me to the balcony with a knife in his hand. The blade pierces my heart, and he shoves me off a 20-story building. At the same time, I see the tear streaks on his face. He says, "Long time no see, my perfect lover."

Aurora Kingston has everything—money, beauty, and a habit of ruining her father’s reputation. Her latest scandal pushes him too far. Her punishment? Become the personal assistant to Damian Blackwood—her father’s ruthless, impossibly controlled best friend. Damian is the last man she should want. Forty-two. Divorced. Dominant. A billionaire who turns obedience into an art and mistakes into consequences. He thinks she’s a spoiled brat. She thinks he’s an emotionally unavailable tyrant. But when he discovers she’s untouched, curiosity turns into obsession… And her smart mouth turns into an invitation he can’t ignore. Now Damian wants to teach her discipline. Submission. Pleasure that borders on pain. Rules she’ll kneel to obey. He swears he won’t touch her. She swears she’ll make him break. And when he finally does… Daddy’s little spoiled princess becomes a very, very bad girl. But their secret burns too brightly—and when it explodes, it could cost them her father, his empire, and the one thing neither of them expected: Each other.

When a predator becomes the prey… Alejandro Cortes was born into violence. As the heir to the infamous Cortes mafia family, he grew into something worse. Someone who bathes in the blood of his enemies yet with precision. A devil in a tailored suit feared across Italy. Ruthless. Untouchable. A man who ruled through blood and terror. Yet even devils have weaknesses. For Alejandro it was not his wife. It was his daughter. Nikolai Vassilliou built his empire differently. Not by any inheritance, but by hunger. By betrayal. By carving his name into the underworld through sheer brutality. Two monsters ruling two empires. Then one mistake changed everything. A hit meant for Alejandro’s wife ended with his daughter dead. Now Nikolai sits chained in a cold concrete cell. Broken, bleeding and at the mercy of a grieving father. The predator who once hunted… has finally become the prey. But revenge has a way of turning hatred into something far more dangerous.

On the day I entered my contract marriage with Brian Janson, a flood of comments suddenly flashed before my eyes. [No…! The villainess is going to ruin the male lead’s purity!] [The CEO’s first time should belong to the heroine! Shameless woman, get off his waist right now!] [Are they going to do it or not? I’m on a tight schedule.] [Come on, have some loyalty to the main couple!] [If Brian knew he wouldn’t be able to give Quincy the ‘pure, untouched version’ of himself in the future, he’d probably drown in guilt.] Pure, untouched version? Sorry. I was born a villain, and making trouble is what I do best. So while Brianwas drunk, I leaned in without the slightest bit of guilt. The comments exploded again. [It’s over. They look like they’re about to get married for real!] [Am I seeing things? Did the male lead just… smile?]

WARNING: THE BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENTS! Maryna has spent her entire life stuck in an unrequited love for the Penston Pack’s Alpha as well as his childhood friend, Calvin. She did everything to have him and went as far as to sit in the Luna position to do his paperworks, conquer packs, and in the end, gave him all the credit. To be frank, she was madly in love. Everything was great until Calvin found his very own soulmate — not someone who was simply the Luna, arranged as his partner — but his soulmate — a living counterpart a werewolf could ever have. Maryna’s world crumpled to pieces, so much that the only thing she wants is to fix herself — to bring back all the pieces taken from her and run away. And in order to do that, she has to marry a higher position that even Calvin could never stop. Maryna has to marry the Alpha King. Only for convenience, of course. Or . . . Is she supposed to expect something else? (DISCLAIMER: Most dialogues are modernized)