Snack Box Mewah

At the company’s year-end party, management tried to cut costs by using junk as raffle items. The prize box was filled with bottle caps, instant noodle wrappers, toothpaste boxes, and other trash. Everyone was only allowed to pick one item and scan the QR code on it. Whether you won anything depended entirely on luck. I casually picked up a bottle cap and unexpectedly won a car worth 500,000 dollars. As soon as the vice president found out, he rejected my win and demanded that I hand over the prize. “The company spent 20 dollars to get these raffle items from a recycler. Any prizes won have to be recorded in the books as company assets. They belong to the company.” My boss reprimanded me as well, “Have you lost your mind because you’ve been poor? Do you think you could have won without the company? You don’t know how to be grateful, and now, you’re trying to take company property. Stop causing a scene!” I did not argue and calmly handed over the bottle cap. Then, I turned around and called one of our clients. My boss had forgotten one thing: I was the company’s top salesperson. If he insisted on crossing me, I would make him lose five million.

Aphrodite Reid, having a name after a Greek Goddess of beauty and love, doesn't exactly make her one of the "it" crowd at school. She's the total opposite of her name, ugly and lonely. After her parents died in a car accident as a child, she tended to hide inside her little box and let people she cared about out of her life. She rather not deal with others who would soon hurt her than she already is. She outcast herself from her siblings and others. When Logan Wolfe, the boy next door, started to break down her wall Aphrodite by talking to her, the last thing she needed was an Adonis-looking god living next to her craving attention. Logan and his brothers moved to Long Beach, California, to transfer their family business and attend a new school, and he got all the attention he needed except for one. Now, Logan badly wants only the beautiful raven-haired goddess with luscious curves. No one can stand between Logan and the girl who gives him off just with her sharp tongue. He would have to break down the four walls that barricade Aphrodite. Whatever it takes for him to tear it down, he will do it, even by force.

Trapped in a sweltering 40-degree sauna room, I overheard my older brothers talking outside. My second-oldest brother, Sean Lambert, remarked, "This kid is too stubborn. We need to teach her a lesson." My third-oldest brother, Jacob Lambert, replied, "The temperature has been adjusted. She won't die." I was locked up alone for 72 hours. It was their way of punishing me because of my stepsister. Yet, they were the ones who used to love me the most. My father was a business tycoon, my eldest brother, Axel Lambert, was skilled in finance, Sean was a legal expert, and Jacob was a medical prodigy. My mother passed away after fulfilling her mission, leaving these four men to look after me. They once showered me with love like I was their precious gem, until I turned five. That's when my stepmother and her daughter came into the picture, and I was banished to the housekeeper's room. Their attention shifted entirely to my stepsister. Whenever she cried, my father would bring out the punishment box for me to draw lots. 72 hours passed, but no one came to open the door. Before I blacked out, a few lines of small text popped up before my eyes: [The minor character is about to die. Once she dies, she can be reunited with her mother.]

I'm the heir of the York family in Yarrowdale. My parents request that I choose either June Langley, my female bodyguard or Jasmine Turner, the low-income student that my family has been sponsoring as my wife. I had had a crush on Jasmine for a long time. On the day I was supposed to draw lots, I tampered with the box and chose her as my wife. But after we got married, Jasmine plotted to let the butler's son, Marcus Lockwood, take my place as the new heir. Just like that, I fell from grace and became the impostor that everyone looked down on. Then, I was cast out of my own home. Jasmine then introduced Marcus and their illegitimate child into the York family. Her actions gave my parents heart attacks, leading to their deaths. Before my death, I witnessed Jasmine gifting the Yorks' shares to Marcus. She even shattered my parents' urns just to appease him. "Tristan, you had spent your life in luxury. Now, it's Marcus' turn." When I open my eyes again, I've returned to the day I'm meant to choose my wife by drawing lots. This time, I've changed the names on both lots to June Langley, my loyal bodyguard.

Setelah melalui lika-liku balas dendam yang menghancurkan, rekonsiliasi yang penuh air mata, dan pernikahan mewah yang seperti dongeng, hidup Liana seakan mencapai puncak kebahagiaan. Namun, takdir ternyata masih menyimpan satu babak terakhir yang tak terduga. Di tengah malam yang semestinya dipenuhi kehangatan cinta, dering telepon dari masa lalu memecah kesunyian. Kabar darurat tentang ayahnya yang kritis membawa Liana pada dilema paling menghancurkan: Apakah dia akan membiarkan dendam lama mengubur kesempatan terakhir untuk memaafkan? Atau justru mengorbankan kebahagiaan barunya untuk menyelamatkan orang yang pernah menghancurkannya? Sementara Artha berusaha melindungi wanita yang dicintainya dari luka lama yang kembali terbuka, sebuah rahasia terpendam terungkap—sesuatu yang akan mengubah segalanya. Di ujung malam, ketika fajar akan menyingsing, Liana harus membuat keputusan yang tidak hanya menentukan nasib ayahnya, tetapi juga masa depan pernikahannya. Akankah cinta dan pengampunan benar-benar menang? Atau justru menguak luka baru yang lebih dalam?

Istri dari mendiang sahabat suamiku mengunggah foto hasil pemeriksaan kehamilan. “Terima kasih atas spermamu yang memberiku kesempatan memiliki anak sendiri.” Aku melihat di kolom suami tertera nama suamiku, Benson. Lalu, meninggalkan komentar tanda tanya. Tak lama kemudian, Benson langsung meneleponku dan memarahiku habis-habisan. “Dia itu seorang janda dan hidupnya kesepian. Dia hanya ingin punya anak supaya ada teman di rumah, biar agak ramai. Masa kamu nggak punya sedikit pun rasa toleransi?” “Lagipula, Celvin itu sahabat baikku. Dia sudah meninggal, jadi wajar kalau aku menjaga istrinya. Ini namanya setia kawan, kamu mengerti nggak, sih?” Tak lama kemudian, janda sahabatnya itu kembali memamerkan foto sebuah apartemen mewah tipe penthouse di Sandona. “Untung ada kamu yang menemaniku, membuat aku kembali merasakan hangatnya sebuah rumah.” Melihat foto punggung Benson yang sedang sibuk di dapur, aku pun berpikir, sepertinya pernikahan ini memang sudah waktunya berakhir.

Maya dan Irwan telah menikah bertahun-tahun. Rumah tangga mereka tampak harmonis dari luar—rumah mewah, karier cemerlang, dan cinta yang tak tergoyahkan. Namun, satu kekosongan terus menghantui: mereka belum juga dikaruniai anak. Irwan telah mencoba segala cara medis untuk mengatasi masalah kesuburannya, tapi hasilnya tetap nihil. Sementara Maya semakin tertekan oleh desakan keluarga dan waktu yang terus berjalan. Hingga suatu hari, seorang pria dari latar belakang sederhana datang membawa tawaran tak terduga. Pak Karyo, tukang kebon keluarga mereka yang loyal dan diam-diam mengagumi Maya, memberikan saran yang mengguncang fondasi moral dan perasaan Maya. "Kalau Ibu bersedia... saya bisa bantu Ibu dapat keturunan," ujarnya tenang, tapi penuh keyakinan. Sebuah tawaran gila... atau mungkin harapan terakhir? Di tengah konflik batin, rasa bersalah, dan godaan yang tak terelakkan, Maya harus memilih: mempertahankan kesetiaan, atau melangkah ke jalan yang tak pernah ia bayangkan... bersama sang tukang kebon.

He pinned me against the wall, his eyes burning with intensity. I tried to push him away, but he just smiled, his lips curling up in that annoying grin of his that looked sexy as hell. 'You can't resist me, can you?' he teased, his breath hot against my skin. I tried to deny it, but my body betrayed me, arching into his touch. He chuckled, his eyes glinting with triumph. "Don't," I whispered, my voice trembling with need. "I'm not ready for this." He paused, his gaze searching mine. Then, he leaned in closer, his voice low and husky. 'I think you are." When Tilda's fiancé cheats on her, she seeks comfort in a one-night stand with a stranger who pretended to be her groom to get her our a a bind but when she discovers he's her new boss, Richard, and the father of her young patient, Ivy, Tilda's world is turned upside down. As she explores her feelings for Richard, she must confront the consequences of their whirlwind romance as well as the Pandora's box they open. Will their love survive or will they end up like every Ill written love story?

On the day of my wedding with my girlfriend, I was unexpectedly informed by the hotel that our ceremony had to be postponed by a couple of hours. With no time to notify relatives and friends of the change, I had to rush to the hotel entrance to intercept guests. Upon arriving, I was stopped at the door by security, who told me that a wedding was currently taking place inside. The host's voice could be heard as I saw my girlfriend, wearing a veil, smiling and extending her hand to a man who was half-kneeling. In the audience, all the bride's relatives who were supposed to attend our wedding were seated, clapping and cheering. The man on stage was her dream guy and also my current superior. Seeing me causing a commotion, my girlfriend warned me, "I'm just helping out. Alex is your superior. I'm also doing this to help you. Don't cause any trouble." Just helping out? I had booked the wedding venue, chosen the time, designed the wedding dress, and personally sent out the invitations. How could a wedding be rearranged so suddenly? I looked coldly at the ring box the man was holding. "It seems my taste is quite similar to my yours. If that's the case, this diamond ring is yours, including the wife." My girlfriend finally panicked.

"Fresh out of prison and you can't wait to prostitute yourself, you sure are a no-nonsense bitch." Framed and imprisoned, Zona is kidnapped just after her release from prison to a slave auction and bought by her nemesis, Mafia Lord Valerio, for five million dollars. Because of the misunderstanding that Zona is the murderer of his own sister, plus the misunderstanding that she has betrayed him physically and mentally in the past, Valerio, who used to be gentle and accommodating to Zona, now sits in the VVIP box of the auction and casts a gaze at her as cold as looking at garbage. Valerio does not want to kill her, so he humiliates her, in order to revenge, he wantonly plundered her spirit, body, tortured her like a broken doll, and threatened to set her free only if she paid him back five million dollars. Zona endures all the abuse and pain she is subjected to in order to clear her name and avenge the death of her best sister. When the real killer appears in front of her, will she be able to fight back and make the bad guy pay? When the truth comes out, how will Valerio deal with the "angel" that he has tortured so much? And when it's all over, what path will Zona choose, heaven or hell?