Seafood Ayu

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?

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."

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.

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.

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.

My name becomes the sensational topic on the trending list thanks to my company's employees, who have cyberbullied me relentlessly. It all started when an intern named Cecily Plinkton posted a complaint on her social media feed, claiming that the seafood thermidor, a new food item that had just gotten released in the company's cafeteria, was sold for 14 dollars, which was four dollars more expensive than before. "What a scum company! Are the higher-ups that crazy over money? They're just leeching from us white-collar peeps repeatedly!" The entire Internet doesn't hesitate to curse me out. They claim that I'm a cold-blooded capitalist who's greedy enough to charge her own employees for lunch. No one cares about the fact that I've been shelling out my own money in order to upgrade the cafeteria's food choices just so I could make the employees happier. Every day, they get to eat over hundreds of dishes to their fill for free. Every week, the expensive dishes, such as lobsters and crabs, are charged at the net price. Thanks to these free benefits, the administrative department has been suffering from almost a one-million-dollar loss every year. So, I announce that the food prices in the cafeteria will be changed to reflect the current market's prices. At the same time, I've fired the head chef and the kitchen staff and left the meal preparation to another company that produces instant meals. As soon as the announcement is made, the entire company goes into a frenzy. The employees all crowd outside my office while begging me to bring back the benefits with tears streaking down their cheeks.

A king crab in the company's storage is about to die. In order to prevent the company from suffering a loss, I decided to buy it at the price of 480 dollars and treat my friends to a nice feast. The next day, my boss, Mitchell Wright, calls me to his office. "Ms. Langford, it's true that the net price of a king crab is 480 dollars. But the company has a rule that states that if an employee buys the company's products, they still have to pay according to the selling price." While I'm quite displeased, I still transfer an additional 400 dollars to the company's bank account. But Mitchell raises his voice at me. "Stop being a smartass! The selling price of a king crab is 88 thousand dollars, not 880 dollars!" I do my best to refute. "But we give all of our customers a 99% discount! Surely you can't force me to spend 88 thousand dollars on a crab!" Mitchell just chuckles icily in return. "Rules are rules! While customers are always right, you're nothing but a corporate slave! What makes you think you deserve to receive the same treatment as the customers? "If you refuse to pay the selling price for the crab, then don't blame me for being ruthless!" As I watch Mitchell, who keeps yelling at me with spittle flying everywhere, I find myself filled with an eerie sense of calm. I hope that Mitchell will still be able to chuckle when he finds out that my dad is the biggest seafood supplier.

”Ada cinta yang terlarang di sana, nafsu yang terkekang, cinta tak berbalas, bertepuk sebelah tangan, penolakan, penampikan, perjuangan, pengorbanan, pertarungan, tetes darah, airmata, juga..,” Mira boleh cantik dan kaya. Leony juga bisa menarik bak artis sinetron. Anggun sang pramugari pun menawan bak bidadari. Riska yang seorang guru juga ayu plus salihah. Ada pula Jihan dan Ika yang keduanya masih gadis dan masih berkuliah. Namun, Ifat justru jatuh cinta pada Kassandra yang seorang wanita tunasusila?? Apa yang dimiliki Kassandra hingga Ifat tidak sanggup melupakannya bahkan ketika sudah dipisahkan oleh jarak dan waktu? Perjuangan dan kepahitan hidup bagaimana pula yang ia jalani bersama Joni Johan bersaudara dan Ucon? Semuanya akan Anda dapatkan di sini, di dalam novel IFAT yang sangat menguras perasaan dan juga emosi. Selamat membaca, selamat menikmati.

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!"