Sid Jenkins

Itong payat at mukhang kulang sa kain na batang ’to ba ang bagong anak ng mama ko? Anong klaseng bata ’yon?! Ang sakit sa mata! Tuwing magkaharap kami, laging nakayuko at umiiwas ng tingin? Pero bakit habang tumatagal ay lalo naman siyang gumaganda? Mali ba kung palihim kong titikman ang batang ’to ni mama?

Cuando mi cuñada Marina volvió a tener una crisis, supe que otra vez me esperaba el divorcio. Cerré los ojos y pensé: “Esta vez, ya es la novena.” Adrián se frotó las sienes y, con un tono de culpa, dijo: —Isabela, la muerte de mi hermano mayor fue demasiado repentina. Dejó a ella con el bebé en su vientre. No puedo desentenderme de ellos. Tranquila, en cuanto nazca el niño nos volveremos a casar de inmediato. ¡Esta vez no habrá más separaciones! Guardé silencio. Al fin y al cabo, esa promesa ya la había escuchado ocho veces. La primera vez que nos divorciamos fue porque mi cuñada se derrumbó tras la muerte inesperada de mi hermano mayor. Ella estaba embarazada, y Adrián me pidió el divorcio con la idea de volver a casarnos cuando lograra tranquilizarla. Durante nueve meses nos separamos y reconciliamos ocho veces. Todos se burlaban de mí llamándome “la mujer de los ocho divorcios”. Incluso yo lo encontraba absurdo. Tomé el acta de divorcio recién impresa y, al verlo, el funcionario a un lado me preguntó en voz baja: —¿Cuándo volverán a casarse la próxima vez? Respondí con frialdad: —No habrá una próxima.

Wake up, be fed poison, go to school and put on a show. Come home, have head knocked into the hardest thing available. Go to sleep and repeat. It's a day in the life for Kai Deneiro. Her solace is the many faces she hides behind and the performances she puts on for the world. When she's someone else, she is most loved. But, Kai has long since given up on any real notion of love. In her mind, it simply doesn't exist--not from her psychotic mother, not from her dead-beat, estranged father, and certainly not from the pretty boys with their flowery words. When she transfers to a new school, she runs into the most charmingly arrogant boy she has ever met, and things take a strange turn. When he runs into her wall of faces, he's determined to break it down and uncover the true her.

Mae is the secret wife of Alpha Werewolf President Aaron. As an Omega, she has always been nothing more than useless in his eyes. But when her sister, who disappeared eight years ago, suddenly returns, Mae finally decides to break free from Aaron's cage. Yet, he hunts her down, determined to control her. This arrogant, cold-hearted man has never understood what it means to win someone back. He refuses to admit he loves her—only to slowly learn the painful lesson of what it means to lose the one thing he always took for granted...

Una pa lang ay may gusto na si Lea kay Milo. Kaya noong magpasiyang pakasalan siya, ay walang pag-aalinlangan na pumayag siya. Iyon pala ay dahil lamang sa gustong makuha ni Milo ang posisyon sa kompanya. Tiniis ‘yon ni Lea para sa lalaki at baka sakaling magustuhan siya pero nagkamali siya. Hiniwalayan siya nito dahil bumalik na ang totoong mahal nito na si Glaiza Caspe? Anong gagawin ni Lea? Magtitis ba siya sa piling ni Milo gayong hiwalay lang sila sa papel? O ipaglalaban ang pagmamahal rito hanggang sa matutunan siyang mahalin ng lalaki at magkaroon ng pangalawang pagkakataon ang lahat?

They said she was lucky to have married him. He had wealth, charm, a name with legacy and other women warming his bed. She was "just" a scholarship girl with a gentle voice and no background. So when Liana Davids divorced and parted from Dominic Smith, the world snickered. "She'll be back in no time," they taunted. "He's irreplaceable." Even Dominic smiled, betting on her return to his board of directors. But Liana never came back. Liana didn't just disappear, when she returned, she came back like a ghost. A masked tech mogul, business guru and a headline queen. The wife they discarded returned as the woman no one could touch. Now, whispers say she's looking for a father figure for her daughter. Powerful men line up, begging for a taste of the empire she built. But Dominic thinks he is not through yet. He corners her, seething: "Your baby is mine, isn't it?" She lifts her head, eyes colder than frost. "That's none of your business. Now step aside, ex-husband before I bury you."

On the Lunaris Festival, the palace banquet glittered with candlelight. It lasted until the Crown Prince rose and dismissed every consort of his for the sake of his first love, the woman he had never stopped idolizing. Everyone else accepted the gold coins from the prince and returned home for reunions. I had nowhere to go. I found a rope and hanged myself at the gate of the Withered Court. I had been reborn into this world and spent 21 years locked in the System's mission. It demanded that I court four designated male leads and earn absolute affection from at least one of them. I failed every route. The final path collapsed in my hands. The System offered one last mercy. If this body died, I could return home and reunite with my family. As my consciousness slipped away, I thought I heard someone scream my name, as if the world itself were breaking.

It was the third anniversary of my registration of a mate bond with Xavier Ashford, the alpha of Shadowcrest Pack. My gift to him was a positive pregnancy test, but his gift to me was a contract terminating our bond as mates. I froze, too distraught to reach out and take it from him. Xavier cleared his throat awkwardly. "A wolf tricked Talia into getting pregnant. A pup born out of mate bond can't get the rights to live in the pack. My plan is to terminate our bond as mates and become mates with Talia for the time being so that her pup can have a legal identity. After she gives birth to her pup, then you and I can become mates again. How does that sound?" He passed me a bond termination contract. It had clearly been prepared a long time ago. He noticed my hesitation and explained gently, "You're my one true love. I'm only helping her as a friend. Even after we split up, I can guarantee that you won't be mistreated." I looked up at him with a smile and stayed silent. Then, I reached into my pocket and felt the pregnancy test under my fingers. The two red lines on the screen were as clear as day.

All my life I've been waiting for my mate. I never thought he would turn out to be my boss. I’m his secretary by day, but his secret lover by night. That’s been our status quo for four years now. He says an Alpha in his position must maintain his reputation. “My family’s honor is my greatest privilege,” he once said to me. Honor might keep Emeric Garvalle from claiming me properly as his. But it sure doesn’t stop him from devouring me during our weekly hookups. Nor does it stop him from locking his office door behind us and bending me over his big mahogany desk whenever he feels so inclined. Most of the time, Emeric is nothing but cold to me. But he’s like a different person in bed, where he can’t get enough of me. A secretary with benefits. That’s all he wants me to be.

Teman-teman gila, dibully karena berbadan mungil, sering lupa ngerjain PR, dan terjebak friendzone. Potret lengkap kehidupan Khika saat ini. Remaja biasa dengan segelintir aktivitas yang sama dengan remaja lain. Namun hidup Khika tiba-tiba saja berubah ketika seorang Alvino Clovender datang kehidupnya. Lelaki penyuka Clover yang super sempurna, si anak miliyuner yang dipuja satu sekolah, yang selalu membuat kehidupan disekolahnya jadi serba sulit. Nyatanya ketika Khika tanpa sengaja mengetahui kelemahan Vino, tiba-tiba saja lelaki itu begitu tertarik untuk selalu bersamanya, membuatnya jatuh hati, bahkan membuat gadis itu terpaksa menyelam lebih dalam ke dasar seluk beluk kehidupan Vino yang sungguh jauh dari bayangannya. Kekayaan serta gaya hidup yang tak bisa Khika bayangngkan sebelumnya. Membawa serta Khika ke berbagai kota dan negara yang tak pernah ia bayangkan. Lalu lebih dalam lagi Khika akhirnya menemukan alasan mengapa Vino begitu terikat padanya. Dan ini menyangkut dua orang yang begitu mereka sayangi. Mampukah Khika dan Vino menghadapi perbedaan diantara mereka? Baik status sosial juga permasalahan yang ternyata mengikat mereka dalam suatu kejadian yang benar-benar tak bisa ditolerir. Bisakah mereka tetap bersama? Novel ini bukan sekedar menggambarkan cerita cinta di Sekolah, namun juga persahabatan lucu yang membuat kita bernostalgia. Dan lebih dari itu. Kita akan disuguhkan permainan takdir yang rumit diantara mereka. - Clover Beside Me -