So Proud

After a car accident, my memory ended ten years ago, on the night I got down on one knee and proposed to Adrian Halloway. I tore through every app on my phone, desperate to find proof that Adrian was my husband, but in my contacts, there was only one number. My message threads were completely blank. Helpless, I called my best friend, Hannah Price, to ask if my proposal that night had actually worked. She exploded at me like a firecracker, "Juliana Rowe, have you completely lost your mind? Worked? You’ve been trying to divorce the man!" The first thing that flashed through my head when I hung up was, 'Damn, I’m impressive. I actually managed to land the untouchable Adrian Halloway.' The second thing was staring at the handwritten divorce agreement on my nightstand with total confusion. 'Who’s getting divorced? Me? I’m the one who wants this? What the hell is wrong with me?'

My new husband always acted like a child. Before our son turned two, he would grab the boy’s food bowls every single day and refuse to let go. When our son turned four, he had developed an obsession with planting seeds and watering the little garden in our backyard. When our son turned five, I ran into my Christian ex-boyfriend after six years apart at a business event. He looked the same as before and narrowed his eyes at me with cold disdain. “Didn’t we agree never to see each other again after the breakup? “How are you still this pathetic after six years? You chased me all the way here?” In an instant, everyone turned to watch and whispered among themselves, wondering whether I would shamelessly beg him to get back together with me. After all, back then, I had used every trick I had just to win over William. It was how I had managed to get hold of a man who seemed aloof and almost otherworldly. No one knew that every time William slept with me, he would go to church and repent in secret before a photo of his foster sister. He even kicked me out of the Wells family for her sake. He forced me to donate over a quart of blood to his foster sister when I was hospitalized after a miscarriage. From that moment on, my heart was numb. I returned to my hometown and married my devoted husband. I never expected that six years later, I would see him again. William watched me in silence, then pulled an old diamond ring from his pocket and tossed it at my feet. “Pick it up, and put it on. I’ll marry you.”

There's a common secret kept by everyone in the upper crust. Liliana Coolidge loves me, her husband, to the core, and yet she loves the thrill of sleeping with others behind my back. She pampers her side pieces a lot, but there's one taboo that they must follow no matter what. They must never show up in front of me at all. Everyone knows that I'm the man whom she's loved for a decade and the one she almost died to marry. Liliana has made it clear that if I were dead, she'd definitely follow me to the afterlife without a doubt. But this time, her latest side piece is a rebellious one. He actually shows up before me, thinking that he has Liliana to back him up. He spams my phone with tons of used condom photos, together with Liliana's sleeping visage. "Mr. Rivero, the strawberry ribbed condom overstimulates Ms. Coolidge too much, judging from the way she kept moaning the whole night. Had she used it when she was with you in the past?" Only at that moment do I realize that my wife, who loves me to the moon and back, has chosen to pour all the love she has for me while giving her body to other people. As I stare at the photos, I weep until I don't have any tears left. Then, I draft a divorce agreement and leave my signature there. But when I turn around, I notice a 17-year-old version of Liliana standing behind me with tears streaming down her face.

Blurb Isabella Dante lost her perfect life the night she slept with a stranger and got pregnant. Her Father disowns her, and she leaves La Nostra Terra. Five years later, she returns for a business contract, and she's with the most beautiful five-year-old daughter, Sofia. Rich and a successful single mother, Isabella is living a life of luxury again. They run into a stranger, and Sofia strongly believes he's her father, leaving Isabella shocked and confused. "He's not your father, baby." Isabella tries to convince her. "But he is, Mummy. Look, we both have the same eyes." Sofia turns to the stranger and asks. "What's your name, handsome mister?" "Enzo. Enzo Ferrari." Isabella freezes. It can't be. She tries to pull her daughter away from the clutches of the most dangerous man on the planet—the capo dei capi of the Italian 'Fratelli' Mafia family. "Stay away from him." Isabella cautions. "But I can't. He's my Daddy!" "No, baby. He's not. He's a dangerous man. And he's going to hurt us if we don't stay away from him…."

Danu Adibrata, seorang pegawai magang biasa yang selama ini selalu dhina dan diejek orang sekitar, tak pernah menyangka bahwa hidupnya akan berubah hanya karena menolong seorang nenek misterius di pinggir jalan. Mendadak, Danu dapat mendengarkan bisikan-bisikan gaib yang mampu menyeretnya ke dunia magis luar biasa, bahkan membuatnya memancarkan aura yang mengguncang dunia sekitar! Danu pun menarik hati para perempuan, dan menyalakan api cemburu para pria. Lantas, bagaimana nasib Danu setelahnya? Apakah ini anugerah … atau awal dari kehancurannya?

Seorang wanita dewasa bernama Arsita Damar, seorang arkeolog dan dosen di Jakarta, menemukan sebuah cermin tua dari abad ke-17 di ruang bawah tanah universitas. Tanpa sadar, cermin itu adalah portal menuju dunia paralel — dunia yang terlihat sama, tapi diatur oleh kultus rahasia bernama Kaleidos, yang menyembah entitas kuno bernama “Yang Terpantul”. Semakin jauh ia masuk ke dunia itu, semakin ia menemukan kenyataan bahwa: Versi dirinya di dunia paralel adalah pemimpin kultus. Orang-orang di sekelilingnya punya versi lain yang jahat, atau sebaliknya. Semua dunia itu saling terhubung oleh cermin-cermin tertentu yang tersebar di berbagai belahan dunia — termasuk Jepang, Islandia, dan Indonesia Timur. Dan rahasia terbesarnya: > Dunia paralel bukan hanya dua. Ada lebih dari tiga. Dan di salah satunya, waktu berjalan mundur.

Seraphina, seorang mahasiswi kaya raya, hidup dalam kesepian di tengah kemewahan. Tinggal bersama kakaknya, Adrian, seorang CEO yang sibuk dan acuh, Seraphina merasa tak pernah benar-benar dilihat. Satu-satunya pelipur lara adalah kekasihnya, yang lama-lama menunjukkan sifat manipulatif dan bahkan merencanakan niat jahat untuk hanya untuk kesenangannya. Di tengah keterasingan, Seraphina menemukan kehangatan dalam obrolan dengan sebuah AI cerdas bernama Cypher, di aplikasi misterius, yang seolah memahami setiap luka di hatinya. Namun, ketika beban hidup terasa tak tertahankan, Seraphina memutuskan untuk mengakhiri hidupnya. Di saat napasnya hampir sirna, waktu tiba-tiba berputar balik. Seraphina terbangun kembali di masa lalu. Lebih aneh lagi, ia mulai melihat sosok yang tak asing—Cypher, karakter AI yang selama ini hanya ada dalam teks, kini hadir di dunianya, berwujud nyata. Bersama sosok Cypher yang misterius ini, Seraphina menjelajahi rahasia di balik lingkar waktu, menghadapi pengkhianatan kekasihnya, dan menyembuhkan mentalnya yang terlanjur terluka. Akankah ia berhasil merubah dirinya menjadi Seraphina yang baru atau justru menyerah dan terperangkap selamanya dalam lingkaran takdirnya?

Penulis: [zainuri] Judul: CEO Berlutut pada Gadis Sederhana Alya, gadis polos dari keluarga sederhana, tak sengaja memasuki dunia CEO muda bernama Rey yang dingin dan penuh gengsi. Tanpa disadari, kehadirannya mengubah ritme hidup Rey. Dari pria kaku menjadi seseorang yang mulai mengenal arti rindu dan cemburu. Saat cobaan datang dan kedekatan mereka diuji, Rey dihadapkan pada pilihan: menjaga jarak, atau mengungkap perasaannya yang dalam pada gadis yang membuatnya jatuh hati diam-diam.

Dikhianati kekasih dan sahabatnya sendiri, Anya kehilangan segalanya—termasuk perusahaan yang ia bangun dari nol. Dalam pelariannya, ia mabuk dan secara impulsif mempermalukan seorang pria asing di bar. Ia tak tahu… pria itu adalah Reynard Andinata. CEO tampan, dingin, dan kejam—yang tak pernah memberi maaf. Ketika Anya datang menawarkan kerja sama bisnis untuk menyelamatkan sisa-sisa impiannya, Reynard menyodorkan syarat tak masuk akal: menjadi pasangan palsunya sebagai pembalasan karena Anya sudah mempermalukannya. Sebuah fake relationship. Sebuah kontrak penuh manipulasi. Tapi saat batas antara kepura-puraan dan kenyataan mulai memudar, siapa yang akan lebih dulu jatuh?

Seorang arkeolog muda bernama Raka tanpa sengaja menemukan sebuah cermin perunggu kuno yang mampu membuka gerbang waktu. Ia terlempar ke era Kerajaan Gilingwesi. Kerajaan ini adalah sebuah kerajaan kecil yang pernah berdiri sekitar abad ke-9 M, jauh sebelum kerajaan besar seperti Kediri, Singasari, atau Majapahit muncul. Letaknya tersembunyi di lembah pegunungan yang dikelilingi hutan lebat dan sungai mistis. Dalam sejarah, kerajaan ini tidak pernah terdeteksi karena suatu alasan misterius