Señora

Di suatu malam, suamiku tiba-tiba mengigau dalam tidurnya. "Anakku sayang, besok Papa akan bawa kamu dan Mama ke rumah baru." Padahal kami selalu pakai pengaman. Jadi, dari mana anak itu muncul? Aku pun membuka ponselnya. Di sana ada riwayat transfer uang ke wanita lain, dihabiskan untuk segala macam kemewahan dan sebuah rumah. Album fotonya penuh dengan gambar wanita itu yang mengenakan pakaian penari telanjang yang minim, dengan perut yang sedikit membuncit. Foto terakhir adalah hasil USG. Sepertinya sudah empat bulan. Aku tidak mengeluarkan suara apa pun. Hanya menyimpan semua buktinya. Sebentar lagi mereka akan belajar, sebesar apa akibat yang akan ditanggung karena mengkhianati seorang putri mafia.

Suasana meledak, semua orang maju. Aku segera bergerak cepat ke arah Salma yang langsung melayangkan kakinya ke selangkangan dua pria yang mengapitnya. Aku meraih tangan Salma. Sesuai arahku Ferdi dan tiga temannya mengikutiku. "Fer, bawa!" Aku melepas lengan Salma. Ferdi bergegas menariknya menjauhiku. "Keluar!" tegasku sambil menunjuk arah belakang yang memang kosong. "Nggak, Arka!" teriak Salma, terus menjulurkan tangan. Aku tersenyum. Salma perlahan hilang. Syukurlah mereka berhasil kabur. Hampir lima belas menit, aku masih bertahan. Banyak dari mereka yang langsung tumbang setelah kuhajar. Tapi beberapa serangan berhasil membuat sekujur badanku babak belur. Kini penglihatanku sudah mulai runyam. Aku segera meraih balok kayu yang tergeletak tak jauh, lalu menodongkannya ke segala arah. Tanpa terduga, ada yang menyerangku dari belakang, kepalaku terasa dihantam keras dengan benda tumpul. Kakiku tak kuat lagi menopang, tak lama tubuhku telah terjengkang. Pandanganku menggelap. Sayup-sayup, aku mendengar bunyi yang tak asing. Namun, seketika hening. (Maaf, ya, jika ada narasi maupun dialog yang memakai Bahasa Sunda. Kalau mau tahu artinya ke Mbah Google aja, ya, biar sambil belajar plus ada kerjaan. Ehehehe. Salam damai dari Author) Ikuti aku di cuiter dan kilogram @tadi_hujan, agar kita bisa saling kenal.

Ruby adalah gadis zaman milenial yang tidak sengaja menempati tubuh orang di masa lalu yang bernama sama sepertinya. Dan saat menjalani kehidupan barunya, Ruby tidak kuat. Ia ingin bebas dari rasa sakit yang membelenggu dan merenggut jiwa sang pemilik tubuh. Namun, di tengah rencananya Ruby dilema. Ia bimbang akan perasaannya sendiri. Entah ini perasaan murni miliknya, atau memang milik tubuh yang ia tempati sekarang.

Setelah memergoki kekasihnya selingkuh, Ruby Estella memilih menghabiskan waktunya untuk menenangkan diri di pantai. Namun, takdir justru membuat Ruby bertemu dan menghabiskan satu malam dengan Louis Winston! Sadar kebodohoannya, gadis itu pun kabur. Namun... siapa sangka Louis adalah orang yang berkuasa di bidang bisnis perhotelan? Mampukah Ruby benar-benar "kabur" darinya?

Ia mati sebagai yang tak berguna. Qu Cing hanyalah murid lumpuh yang dibuang dan dilupakan. Tak ada yang peduli ketika ia dinyatakan tewas. Namun kematian itu hanyalah awal. Dengan nama baru (Cing Mu) ia kembali ke sekte yang pernah mengabaikannya. Sebagai murid kelas bawah. Sebagai bayangan. Di balik aura elemen kayu yang biasa, tersembunyi cahaya penyembuh yang dikaitkan dengan ras siluman yang telah lama diburu dan dimusnahkan. Kekuatan yang, jika terbongkar, akan membuat seluruh dunia memburunya tanpa ampun. Ia harus menekan matahari di telapak tangannya. Ia harus tumbuh tanpa terlihat. Karena di dunia kultivasi yang kejam, bayangan yang diremehkan sering kali menjadi awal dari bencana yang tak terhindarkan. Sangat disarankan membaca book 1 dulu yang berjudul THAI QU CING SI ANAK KOTORAN #fantasy #comedy #romance

Anna is a beautiful young lady who works hard to earn a living with her soon-to-be husband, Desmond. To sponsor their wedding, Anna takes up a job offer that promises huge pay. The only problem is that the job offer is from the house of the most notorious Mafia boss, but Anna doesn't care as long as she gets the money she needs. Ace Padrino Agostino is a well-known name throughout Italy and beyond. He is not just any Mafia boss; he is the king and leader of all the Mafia bosses in Italy and other countries. Just the mention of his name sends shivers down the spines of many. No one really knows what he looks like except his workers and the other Mafia bosses. While working, Anna gets set up with Ace by Ace's father, and she ends up getting pregnant. Ace's father hides and takes care of her throughout her pregnancy, all of this without Ace's knowledge. "Sir, when will you get a woman who will be our queen? You don't even have a child to call your own," during one of their meetings, Saro, a Mafia boss who has always been jealous of Ace, said. He was about to say something else when they heard the voice of a little girl ask, "Is that Daddy?" The whole group of Mafia bosses turned to see the little girl who asked this question. Only to find out, she was not alone. She was with five other identical children, and they were all pointing at the godfather. "Are they the godfather's children?" Everyone was left in shock – including the godfather himself.

August White, an orphan girl who’s reigning her gang was suddenly involved in a manic accident between the orcs and people from another world. She was abducted and brought to Pandora—a parallel universe of Earth. She was forced to live a life she did not wish for. She only wants to return to earth and not involve in the power struggle and conflicts between the nobles and monster subjugation.

After half a month of nonstop overtime, I secured a contract worth over ten million, pulling the company back from the brink of collapse. My boss, Richard Gray, was overjoyed. At the celebration party, he called me the pillar of the company and announced that he would reward me with a bonus. However, when the end of the month came, and I opened my payslip, I froze. Negative 250 dollars. A negative commission? I actually owed the company 250 dollars? I immediately called the finance department, asking if there was a mistake on my payslip. They replied, "No mistake. This is the cost calculation formula that Mr. Gray personally instructed us to use. He said you'd understand once you saw it." I went straight to Richard for an explanation. He laughed. "The contract that you signed, after factoring in the concessions, upfront resources, and hidden expenses, left the company with a net loss of 150 thousand. Since the loss was due to your personal decisions, you're responsible for five percent. That totals to 7500. "Considering how hard you worked, we deducted it from your base salary first. But your salary wasn't enough, so you still owe the company 250. Don't worry. The company treats its employees well. We'll write that off." Soon after, he awarded 100 thousand dollars to the newly arrived intern. I watched the newcomer, probably connected to Richard, cheerfully treat the entire company to dinner with her bonus, and something inside me just snapped. From that day onward, I did the bare minimum. I clocked in. I clocked out. Nothing more. Later, when a critical project went catastrophically wrong and the company faced a colossal compensation demand, Richard came begging me to fix it. I just smiled and said, "Sorry, Mr. Gray. I've already resigned. If there are any problems, you can ask the intern who got the 100 thousand dollar bonus to handle it."

At the award-giving ceremony of the end-of-the-year gala, my boss, George White, suddenly announces that he will be adding a bonus round on a whim. "This is the annual department evaluation! The department that comes last shall come onto the stage and receive a tiny encouragement from me!" The huge screen lights up at that moment. The sales achievements accumulated by all departments are being shown in a ranking system. The sales department is ranked first. The operations department comes second, and the marketing department gets third place. As for the administrative department, the sales achievements shown on the screen are none. After all, that department has no KPI to achieve at all. George beams at us from the administrative department. "Everyone from the administrative department, come on up and receive your prize!" Two people can be seen carrying a basket of brooms up the stage. Everyone bursts into laughter instantly. "Come now, sweep away your bad luck with the brooms! Try not to come up as the bottom-ranked department again next year!" George personally thrusts the brooms into our hands. Camera flashes go off beneath the stage—people are clearly taking photos of us. The people from the sales department are the ones laughing the hardest. "Finally, the peeps from the administrative department are getting the recognition they deserve!"

“Your ex-fiance’s loss is my gain. Akin ka na ngayon, Selene.” Selene Martinez thought she was close to the happily ever after she had been dreaming of since she was a child dahil papakasalan niya na ang lalaking mahal niya. Balak niya itong surpresahin pero mas nasurpresa siya nang tumambad ang hubo’t hubad na kasintahan kasama ang kaniyang stepsister. Akala niya talo na siya, ngunit dumating si Leviticus Thompson para isalba siya. Ang bilyonaryong may nakakabighaning kagwapuhan at karisma. Kailangan niya nang maipapakilalang asawa sa kaniyang pamilya, kailangan naman ni Leviticus ng asawa para makuha ang kaniyang mana. Ang naisip nila? To make her his temporary wife. But what happens when their pretend marriage starts to feel all too real? As their fake union evolves, will they discover that what they’ve been searching for is right in front of them?