Stand Es Teh

Aku adalah seorang fotografer khusus foto pribadi. Malam itu, sahabatku sejak masa kuliah memintaku untuk memotret dia dan istrinya dalam sebuah sesi foto pribadi. Awalnya, semuanya terasa normal, sampai dia mengajukan permintaan yang benar-benar aneh. "Wade, bisa nggak kamu penuhi permintaan istriku sekali ini saja?" Kalimat itu membuatku tertegun. Aku tidak tahu apakah dia serius atau hanya bercanda. Namun, sorot matanya menunjukkan bahwa dia bersungguh-sungguh. Cerita ini pun menjadi awal dari sesuatu yang tak terduga. Apakah permintaannya benar-benar sebatas profesionalisme fotografi atau ada maksud lain di baliknya?

James, my promised soulmate, shattered his vow of eternal loyalty on my eighteenth birthday. He forged a bond with another, the High Elder's daughter, a union that secured his ascension to Alpha. Yet, he craved more, demanding I become his mistress, his threats aimed at my mother's fragile health. Then, fate, in its cruel irony, thrust me into the path of Michael, the formidable Alpha King. Our encounter was a night of raw passion, a moment that felt destined. When my mother's illness worsened and I and I desperately needed funds for her treatment, I sought him out. I found myself driven to him. Stripped of all pride, I knelt before him, pleading. "Please, Alpha King, help me..."

Seorang rekan kerja di kantorku hamil dan memintaku membantunya membelikan teh susu. Tapi dia lalu sakit perut dan keguguran setelah meminumnya. Dia terbaring menangis di rumah sakit, menuduhku sengaja menyakitinya. Aku diseret keluarganya dan dipukuli, lalu menuntut ganti rugi dua miliar. Aku lapor polisi dan bersiap mengajukan tuntutan hukum, tapi aku lebih dulu mati dilindas truk karena didorong ibu mertuanya.

Was passiert, wenn die beste Nacht deines Lebens als dein schlimmster Alptraum zurückkehrt? Marielle Hawthorne kann den Fremden, den sie in jener Nacht in der Hotelsuite geküsst hat, nicht vergessen. Doch der Mann, von dem sie davonging, ist verschwunden. An seine Stelle tritt Kalix Sterling: CEO, Milliardär – und ihr furchteinflößender neuer Chef. Er ist kalt. Er ist distanziert. Er kämpft einen Krieg, den sie nicht versteht. Kalix wird von der Frau hintergangen, die er fast geheiratet hätte, sein Ruf liegt in Trümmern – und trotzdem sieht er Marielle an, als sei sie der einzige Sauerstoff in einer erstickenden Welt. Sie will Abstand halten, um ihre Karriere zu retten. Er will sie mitten ins Feuer ziehen. Doch als Marielle den Beweis für seine Unschuld findet, ändert sich das Spiel. Sie hält den Schlüssel zu seiner Freiheit in der Hand – doch ihn zu benutzen, macht sie zum nächsten Ziel des Feindes. Kalix ist bereit, sein ganzes Imperium niederzubrennen, um sie zu schützen. Marielle muss entscheiden: Ist sie bereit, mit ihm zu brennen?

After getting drunk with my best friend, Lyla Smith, at the bar, I end up sleeping with my fiance, Silas Clarke, whom I've only met for a few times. Not only that, but I only discover that I'm pregnant with his child two months later. Just when I'm debating whether or not I should tell Silas the truth, Lyla, who has been my friend since we were kids, keep advising me. "You never liked Mr. Clarke anyway, Elara. You might as well use this opportunity to screw this engagement over. "Since you and Logan like each other, he won't mind the fact that you're pregnant with Mr. Clarke's child. He'll definitely treat you and the child well. "When the time comes, you won't have to marry the man you don't like. Plus, you'll marry Logan, the man you love! Isn't this a dream come true?" Just as I'm about to agree to that suggestion, I feel a kick coming from my belly, which has yet to develop a baby bump. Next, a baby's voice echoes in my mind. "Mom, don't trust that mean woman! You'll get abused by that Logan jerk in the future, not to mention you'll be forced to sell your body because of the decision you'll make today! "Dad has already found out that you're the woman from that night! He's on the way here right now!" Upon hearing my unborn baby's thoughts, I tremble violently immediately. Although I don't have any feelings for Silas, I can still try to nurture a relationship with him. On the other hand, I only get to live once, so I can't ruin it no matter what!

Di dalam bus tidur saat perjalanan pulang di hari liburan, aku yang memang memiliki hasrat tinggi tidak tahan ingin memeluk boneka silikon khusus yang baru aku beli untuk memuaskan diri. Setelah kembali dari toilet, lampu bus sudah dimatikan dan seluruh kabin gelap gulita. Aku meraba-raba masuk ke dalam tirai ranjangku. "Jangan di sana. Kamu terlalu besar. Nanti rusak." Tanpa banyak bicara, pria itu mengangkat kakiku di bahunya. Benda panasnya yang besar menekan bagian intimku. Aku menggelengkan kepala tidak karuan, napasku tersengal-sengal, air mata dan liurku bercampur menjadi satu, menetes ke seluruh lantai. "Aku salah. Cepat masukkan." Benda keras itu langsung menusuk ke dalam. Aku sampai memutarkan bola mata karena terlalu nikmat. "Kalau terus dipegang, ini akan berakhir sampai penetrasi penuh."

"Maaf, Nyonya benar-benar tidak boleh masuk ke dalam! Nyonya!" "Minggir kamu!" Wanita yang dihadang itu menghentikan langkah kakinya lalu menatap pengurus rumah dengan tatapan ganas. "Kakak, Kakak ipar mengatakan kalau tubuhmu tidak sehat jadi aku akan membantumu untuk 'menjaga' kakak ipar dengan baik!" Adik berjalan keluar dari kamar mereka dengan senyum polos di wajahnya sambil merangkul lengan dia. Segelas teh yang masih panas diguyurkan ke wajahnya, ibu mertua berkata dengan ekspresi datar, "Tangan orang tua tidak bisa begitu lincah lagi, kamu tidak akan dendam dengan orang tua sepertiku, bukan?"

For ten years, I was Vincent's blood bag and his sharpest blade. I offered my rare blood to sustain his ancient power. I offered my loyalty to secure his throne as the Vampire Lord of this territory. I thought my devotion might earn me the eternal embrace of the turning. Instead, I received the announcement of his marriage to Lilith. A princess from a powerful European vampire clan. He said it was a necessary alliance. He said my blood was still precious. But when the sanctified silver tearing through the car,he used my body as a shield, to ensure his bride remained unblemished. That's when I knew. I was never his lover. I was just a consumable resource, a blood bag to be used and discarded. So, when I was ordered to become his blood servant under the title of his fiancée, I made a call to my father. “In seven days,” I said, my voice clear and final in the dark, “make the name Elena Rossi disappear from this city. From vampire’s world. Forever.” In seven days, when Vincent finds his precious living blood bank gone, he went insane. And this decade-long game of predator and prey… will have a new set of rules.

After my brother, Don Matteo Sabella, finds out I have a crush on our family Consigliere, Lorenzo Gallo, for years, he spikes Lorenzo's wine and has him delivered to my bed. That night, he pushes deep into me, and we lose ourselves in each other. When the sky begins to lighten, Lorenzo stays, kisses my temple, and asks me to marry him. Now that we are married, he is all those things—gentle, perfect, and fiercely possessive—handing me almost everything I desire. I truly believe I've landed the kind of love every woman in our world dreams about. That illusion lasts until the day Matteo gets taken out in an assassination. After that, Lorenzo steps up as the Sabellas' new Don. It isn't long before he says he has family business to handle and disappears overseas for three years. Even on the day I deliver our daughter, Luna Gallo, he can't come home because of some emergency. Then I hear a recording that's blowing up on the family's internal network. His Consigliere chuckles and asks, "Don, what do you think has changed the most since you took over the family?" Lorenzo answers in this offhand tone, "It's definitely the fact that I can finally give those I care about most a home. But it also means I'm even more worried that Eliana and Sofia will be targeted because of me…" My blood runs cold. Eliana Rossi is his adopted sister, and Sofia is her daughter. Turns out every business trip, every absence, every so-called emergency Lorenzo has is about them. He has another home out there. That night, with my hands shaking, I dial the encrypted line. "Matteo, we've found the traitor. Isn't it time you stopped pretending to be dead and came to take Luna and me away?"

[Heyyy! Gadis kampung! Ini peringatan saya yang ke sekian! Kamu pake guna-guna apa, hah?! Cepetan hilangkan ilmu hitam yang kamu kirimkan pada Ashraf! Kamu tidak pantas menjadi menantu di keluarga Adireja!] Aku menghela napas panjang. Sehari setelah aku menerima lamaran Tuan Muda Ashraf, aku selalu mendapatkan terror dari nomor yang tidak dikenal. Pikiranku yang sedang kacau oleh hal itu, bertambah runyam oleh omelan yang keluar dari mulut cabenya Teh Selvi. “Kalau semua ayam yang kamu goreng gosong? Kamu pergi lagi ke pasar beli ayam lagi pake duit kamu sendiri, punya gak?” cibirnya. Dia tak pernah bosan menghinaku karena kastaku yang dianggapnya rendahan. Aku lupa ada sepasang netra yang menatapku sambil berlinang. “Ibu kenapa?” Aku menoleh ke arahnya setelah Teh Selvi berlalu. “Maafin Ibu sama ayah kamu, Ta! Kalau saja kami punya uang dan menyekolahkan kamu tinggi, mungkin kakak-kakak sepupumu tidak akan merendahkanmu seperti ini?” isaknya. Wa’ Imah hanya sesekali melirik kearahku dan Ibu. “Bu, sudahlah! Sinta tidak apa-apa! Tuhan tidak akan salah memilih orang yang akan Dia tinggikan, Allah tidak hanya melihat dari pendidikannya. Meskipun seluruh dunia merendahkan orang itu, jika Allah meninggikannya semua bisa apa? Ibu hanya perlu mendoakanku agar tetap menjadi orang yang penuh syukur dan berada di jalan-Nya. Ibu mau kan jika Allah memilihku dan meninggikan derajat kita suatu hari nanti?”