Seafood Ayu

Gendis Ayu Maharani, mati-matian memperjuangkan rumah tangga dengan Dirga dengan kehidupan yang serba pas-pasan. Dia tidak ragu melakukan apa saja demi terus bisa membersamai sang suami. Penolakan dari keluarga suami membuatnya harus menjauh dari kehidupan keluarga suami agar bisa terus berbakti, nyatanya kini setelah sang suami mendapatkan kehidupan yang layak keluarga suaminya perlahan mendekat. Hingga badan pun tidak pernah dia perdulikan, asalkan suami dan anaknya layak dalam penghidupan. Puncaknya ketika sang suami telah mendapatkan jabatan di suatu perusahaan dan diam-diam menjalin kasih dengan wanita lain. Alasan suaminya mendua karena lemak yang kian menumpuk di badan Gendis. Apa yang akan Gendis lakukan agar suaminya menyesali perbuatannya? Subscribe dan bintang limanya, Kak 🤩❤❤

During a company team-building event, I collapse from a seafood allergy. Yet my fiance, Frederick Scott, rushes Beatrice Sutton, who only twisted her ankle, to the hospital. I come close to dying because I don't get treatment in time. Later, Frederick explains, "Beatrice is my best friend's sister. He's seriously ill now, and I promised him I'd take care of his sister. I swear I'll keep my distance from her from now on." This isn't the first time I've heard an excuse like that. On our fifth anniversary, Beatrice accidentally deleted a work file and burst into tears out of worry. When Frederick heard about it, he left me stranded on a mountain and drove back to the office himself. I spent a whole day and night walking home through the rain. On Christmas, Beatrice's house lost power. Frederick was worried that she might be scared of being alone, and he rushed over to her place without even telling me, leaving me out in the snow waiting for him until dawn. These kinds of things have happened countless times. Afterward, he always brushes them off with the same excuse. I've long since lost all faith in him and no longer believe a single word he says. I pick up my phone and call the company that keeps reaching out to me. "I've decided to accept your offer from last time. I'll bring the core technology with me."

My boyfriend thought I was too fat at 121 pounds. I signed up for a gym and started working out like crazy, but the more I tried to lose weight, the more I gained. Meanwhile, my best friend, Chloe Woods, was doing late-night eating streams every single day, stuffing herself with steaks, seafood, and greasy takeout. Not only did she not gain weight, she dropped from 154 pounds to 143. When my boyfriend started tearing into me even worse than before, I suddenly heard the tabby cat’s voice in my head. “You idiot. Chloe’s got you trapped in a weight-swap system. “No matter how hard you try to lose weight, she’s the one getting thinner. Every pound you lose is a pound she drops. She’s trying to ruin you.” I froze and turned to look at my best friend, Chloe. She was staring at my boyfriend without even trying to hide it, her eyes full of admiration. Then the tabby’s voice exploded in my ears again. “Chloe is obsessed with that trashy loser. Once she gets skinny, the two of them will hook up. Then they'll team up to get you killed and spend your settlement money living a happy life.” The moment I learned the truth, I smiled. Since my so-called best friend wanted to be skinny that badly, if I made her whole body weigh less than 50 pounds, she’d probably be very grateful to me, right?

Kumi Janitra adalah gadis lugu yang dijodohkan oleh orang tuanya dengan anak sahabatnya, Arka Narendra yang merupakan anak kesayangan mamanya. Semenjak hari pertama menikah, Arka membawa wanita ayu itu tinggal bersama orang tuanya. Kehidupan Kumi berubah drastis. Tiap hari dia ketakutan menerima perlakuan Arka yang kasar serta sikap mertuanya yang selalu membuat dirinya menangis. Saat Kumi sedang hamil muda, Arka meminta Kumi menemani bosnya. Pria itu meminta Kumi memakai pakaian seksi untuk memikat perhatian sang bos supaya mempromosikan Arka menjadi CEO di perusahaannya. Dari situlah mulai muncul keberanian Kumi untuk melawan Arka dan mertuanya secara frontal. Apalagi dia telah banyak menemukan fakta yang disembunyikan Arka selama menjadi suaminya.

Sabila Ayu Nathania mengalami kesulitan dengan karirnya, ia sangat membutuhkan uang agar tetap bisa melanjutkan karirnya sebagai atlet. Melihat itu Gavindra Al Faizan yang merupakan mantan Sabil, memanfaatkan itu untuk menikahi Sabil. Gavin yang merupakan seorang CEO di perusahaan hiburan digital akan memberi sponsor untuk Sabil dengan syarat Sabil bersedia untuk menikah dengannya. Gavin melakukan hal itu karena dua alasan, yang pertama karena ia masih menyukai mantan kekasihnya itu dan yang kedua ia tidak ingin menikahi perempuan pilihan keluarganya yang merupakan seorang aktris ternama. Dalam keadaannya yang sulit, Sabil pun terpaksa menikahi mantannya. Ia akan melakukan apapun asal ia bisa tetap melanjutkan karirnya sebagai atlet bulutangkis.

Azmi Daffa Al Kaivan harus menelan pil pahit ketika lamarannya yang ketujuh ditolak Yasmin. Yasmin beralasan ingin menjadi dokter spesialis dan meminta Azmi untuk menunggu lagi. Azmi memilih menyerah dan kembali ke Al-Hikam. Di sisi lain, Jenar Ayu Kumalasari sedang dilanda patah hati. Arif, lelaki yang dia cintai dan telah melamarnya, tiba-tiba menikah dengan anak kyainya dan meninggalkan Jenar. Sakit hati membuat Jenar memutuskan mondok lagi di Al-Hikam. Dua manusia yang sedang berusaha move on bertemu. Serangkaian kejadian membuat keduanya saling mengenal dan berada pada keadaan yang terkadang membuat sama-sama kikuk. Lambat laun perasaan keduanya berubah. Ada getaran aneh yang mereka rasakan. Akankah keduanya sama-sama move on, dan menjalin hubungan, sementara para mantan kembali meminta perhatian dari keduanya?

As I grit my teeth and buy the last box of discounted shrimp, a young woman dressed head to toe in designer brands is picking out imported seafood beside me. She glances at me and casually drops a king crab into my cart. "It's the holidays. Treat yourself better," she says with a carefree smile. "I'll pay for everything you buy today." I am shocked when I see the five-figure price tag. I quickly try to decline her by waving my hands frantically. She pulls out a black card and shrugs. "It's fine. My sugar daddy gives me more money than I can spend. If I don't use it, he'll get mad." I force a laugh. "Sounds like he's really generous to you." "He's alright, I guess. I can't spend money as fast as he earns it," she says nonchalantly. After a slight pause, she goes on, "Speaking of which, his girlfriend is pretty dumb. She works nonstop for years just to help him pay off a debt that doesn't even exist. When I say I want him to cook on New Year's Eve, he immediately ditches his girlfriend to come be with me." I freeze for a moment. My boyfriend, Eric Sterling, is in debt. Just as I am thinking it can't be that much of a coincidence, my phone buzzes with a message from Eric. He texts, "Anne, the company assigned me to an extra shift tonight. I get triple the pay. Buy yourself something nice to eat. I'll be home tomorrow."

As a low-income student who's specifically recruited by the elite college this year, I can still feel my hands trembling as I clutch the letter that tells me I get to study for free. Not only are my tuition and miscellaneous fees waived, but I also get to receive 30 thousand dollars' worth of student grant per year. I even get to have free access to the leather seats inside the library, the equipment inside the gym, as well as the aerial garden on the roof. The best surprise for me has to be the cafeteria. All low-income students get a 50% discount on their meals, but the quality of their food doesn't decrease at all. Best beef is used in the steak dinners offered by the cafeteria, whereas a seafood platter showcases the entire huge lobster. Even the most basic mac and cheese meal has different types of freshly grated cheese baked into it. As I sit in the brightly lit classroom and look at the rich students around me, who wear custom-made uniforms and have branded watches latched around their wrists, all I have is one thought. I must be on good terms with them. But my seatmate, who's also a low-income student, isn't as thrilled as me. In fact, she just looks at the people around her with disdain in her eyes. After the first lesson, a rich student arrives at our table. He might not sound polite at all, but at least he's not putting on airs. "Do any of you have time to head over to the cafeteria and buy me breakfast?" I'm about to respond to him when a shrill voice booms out next to me. "You're so annoying! What, you think you rule the campus since you're rich? Had I known that this classroom is filled with useless scions like you who just waste their lives away on nothing, I wouldn't have enrolled in this college in the first place!"

At the New Year’s team-building event, the intern, Lilith Woods, did not obtain my approval and changed our suburban trip to a seven-day tour of Baline. “Mr. Lucian Stone, I hear a change of scenery can really spice things up. Don’t lock up tonight. I’ll come by for a deep dive into our collaboration.” She pretended to be drunk and fell into my arms while slipping the room key into my pocket in the process. To avoid suspicion, I did not return to the hotel. However, in the middle of the night, the police called me in for questioning—someone had reported a dine-and-dash. Only then did I realize that the reserved budget of $100,000 for the accommodation had long since been exceeded. Lilith had upgraded their room to a presidential suite, feasted on high-end seafood buffets, and even used company funds to buy luxury handbags! When I showed up at their private room, the interns were still casually taking king crabs and several unopened bottles of the Macallan Whisky with them. “Mr. Stone, you’re just in time. Could you please settle the bill?” Lilith looked utterly righteous as she said this with a grin. “Young people like us make mistakes, while adults help to pay the price. You’re not exactly short on cash, anyway. Just think of it as buying my happiness.” I stared at the $700,000 bill and paid it in silence. The next day, the payment invoices made their grand entrance in the group chat, accompanied by my pinned message. [Upon financial review, this team-building event does not meet reimbursement criteria. All expenses will be shared equally among the seven participants.] [Each person will need to pay $100,000, payable immediately. If payment needs to be deferred, please print the proof and submit it to the President’s Office.]

"Lima puluh juta?!" Teriakan seorang gadis berwajah ayu yang berada di balik meja kasir minimarket menarik perhatian sejumlah pelanggan. Nadia langsung memasang ekspresi tidak enak sembari membungkuk kepada orang-orang sekitar, berusaha memohon maaf. Kemudian, dengan suara yang direndahkan, dia bertanya, "Apa bisa saya ambil cicilan?" Nadia memasang wajah khawatir sembari mendengarkan lawan bicaranya dari ujung telepon yang lain. "S-saya mengerti. Saya akan berikan kabar segera." Begitu panggilan itu dimatikan, gadis tersebut menghela napas berat. Wajahnya tampak muram, pusing memikirkan biaya operasi yang perlu dilaksanakan oleh ibunya. Bahkan dengan upahnya bekerja paruh waktu di tiga tempat sekaligus, dia masih belum bisa membayar tagihan tersebut. 'Dari mana aku bisa mendapatkan uang sebanyak itu?' batin Nadia resah.