Stoic Artinya

Sebuah kisah tentang seorang lelaki yang ingin menyelamatkan rumah tangganya dari kehancuran. Imej jelek yang melekat di dirinya membuatnya tidak dianggap.Sumando, kata yang berasal dari bahasa Minang ini memiliki arti sebagai menantu laki-laki, tapi ada tambahan Lapiak Buruak, yang artinya tikar yang sudah jelek sekali. Makna dari Sumando Lapiak Buruak adalah suami yang lebih suka menghabiskan waktu di rumah, berleha-leha dengan anak bini. Lelaki yang malas bekerja mencari nafkah demi menghidupi keluarganya.Tersebutlah Syamil Wafiq, nama lelaki itu. Keberadaannya di rumah sang istri tidak begitu dianggap. Dia cenderung tertutup, dan tidak bisa bergaul dengan orang-orang.Hal itu membuat Shanum Diya-istrinya-merasa bak makan buah simalakama. Suaminya menjadi bahan gunjingan dan lama kelamaan, rumah tangganya berada di ujung tanduk. Bagaimanakah kisah ini bergulir? Akankah Syamil bisa menyelamatkan keluarganya?Sumber gambar:Designed by Freepik

"I never knew what love was until I met you." I looked up. "Stop joking around like that." Theo's deep blue eyes bore into mine. "Who says I'm joking?" *** In the shadow of her prodigious twin brother and the periphery of neglectful parents, high school senior Cora Kinsley navigates her world alone. Her life takes a turn when Theodore Thorsen, a mysterious and wealthy new student, arrives at school.Constantly thrown together, Theodore's stoic demeanor clashes with Cora's reserved nature, sparking a complex love-hate dynamic between them. Amidst their turbulent relationship stands Jin, Cora's steadfast friend who offers support and challenges her perceptions of love and friendship. Is Theodore the key to helping Cora break free from her isolation? And what secrets lie behind his captivating exterior and enigmatic personality? And as Cora navigates these questions, will Jin's presence becomes crucial in shaping her choices and understanding of true connection?

Vanesa mengabdikan seluruh hidupnya pada suami dan keluarganya. Ia bahkan rela bekerja banting tulang agar suaminya bisa kuliah ke jenjang yang lebih tinggi. Namun saat suami mendapatkan semua yang diinginkan Vanesa di buang seperti sampah. Bukan hanya itu, ternyata suaminya berselingkuh dengan temannya sendiri. Vanesa merasa hancur dan patah hati, ternyata pergobanannya selamala ini tidak ada artinya bagi suami dan keluarganya. Vanesa berniat membalaskan dendam pada suami dan keluarganya. Ia rela jadi orang ketiga untuk rumah tangga seorag presiden. Vanesa diminta melahirkan anak dan sebagai imbalannya laki-laki itu akan membantunya membalaskan dendam pada mantan suaminya. Vanesa setuju,setelah melahirkan anak ia pikir laki-laki yang menikahinya tidak mencintainya, ternyata Gevan jatuh cinta padanya. Setelah membantu Vanesa me membalaskan dendam ia meminta wanita cantik itu agar tetap bersamanya untuk mengurus anak mereka. Apakah Vanesa mampu bertahan dengan sikap jahat istri pertama Gevan? Apa dia memilih pergi meninggalkan semuanya?

Seorang wanita penghibur bernama Shanum, ditugaskan oleh sang mucikari untuk mencari pelanggan yang akan meramaikan rumah bordir miliknya. Di rumah bordir itu juga Shanum mengais rejeki, sehingga mau tidak mau dia harus menuruti perintahnya. Tepat ketika dia melaksanakan tugasnya, Shanum malah terjebak pada seorang Kyai pemilik paras tampan. Awalnya Shanum mengira dia adalah pria blasteran atau turis asing yang sedang berkunjung di kota ini, namun ternyata dugaannya salah. “Karena kamu adalah wanita yang masuk ke dalam mobilku, maka maukah kamu menikah denganku untuk membantu diriku memenuhi janji yang telah aku buat, Nona?” Ucapan pria itu sungguh mengejutkan Shanum, tidak mungkin dia menikah, itu artinya dia tidak bisa bekerja dan bersenang-senang dengan banyak pria lagi. Sebuah syarat akhirnya diajukan oleh sang kyai bernama Rasyid itu, yang pada akhirnya disetujui oleh Shanum. Namun ternyata menikah dengan Rasyid adalah awal penderitaan bagi Shanum, lalu, mengapa seorang Kyai yang taat agama bisa membuatnya menderita?

“Bayarlah hutang suamimu dengan menikah denganku. Lahirkan anak untukku maka aku akan bebaskan suamimu dari penjara.” Isha membulatkan matanya ketika mendengar apa yang ditawarkan atasan suaminya itu. Bagaimana bisa dia mendapat tawaran itu padahal dia sudah menikah. Niatnya datang ke sini adalah untuk meminta Danish membebaskan suaminya. Bukan untuk menerima tawaran konyol itu. “Apa Anda lupa jika saya ini istri manajer keuangan? Bagaimana bisa Anda meminta saya untuk menikah, padahal saya sudah menikah?” Isha masih tidak habis pikir dengan apa yang diinginkan Danish. “Ini bisnis. Tidak ada orang mau rugi saat berbisnis. Suamimu sudah menghabiskan banyak uang perusahaan dan artinya aku sudah rugi. Jadi aku ingin ganti yang setimpal. Tidak peduli kamu sudah menikah atau belum.” Danish tersenyum menyeringai. Isha benar-benar merasa Danish begitu kejam sekali. Ganti rugi yang diminta Danish benar-benar adalah hal yang sulit baginya.

Evelyn Sinclair was the epitome of grace and sophistication, groomed to inherit her family’s prestigious legacy. But one fateful night, she was drugged and set up, leading to a scandal that shattered her world. With her fiancé canceling their engagement and her father stripping her of her heiress title, Evelyn found herself cast out of her family and forced to raise her twins abroad, far from the life she once knew. Years later, she returns to New Santerra, determined to provide a stable life for her children. However, fate has other plans when she discovers that the stoic CEO of the company she just joined is none other than Adam Dean—the man she had a one-night stand with, the one who unknowingly holds the key to her tumultuous past. “Sir, please watch your manners!” she challenges, her eyes blazing with defiance. Adam’s expression remains impassive, but his voice is low and intense. “This is my office. Who’s going to stop me if I want you here, right now?”

I was reborn, back to the day before my wedding. The first thing I did? I swapped husbands with my sister. Last time around, I married Julian, a mild-mannered tech mogul. He couldn't handle my fiery temper, and I couldn't stand how soft he was. Our marriage crashed and burned in a year. My sister, sweet and timid, was in an arranged marriage with Robin Kane, the Don of New York's biggest crime family. She couldn't handle the brutal, chaotic life. Tormented by Robin's so-called childhood sweetheart, Isabella, she fell into a deep depression and died. So when I came back, I made a decision. I’d be the one to marry the Don. But I never expected that after the wedding, the cold, stoic Don would become a different man. Every night, he’d be on top of me, kissing me like he was obsessed, whispering, "Good girl. I'll make you feel good. Just one more time, baby?"

At the wedding I've spent months planning, my usually stoic fiancé, Anthony Scott, is about to run off with his assistant, Erica Jones. To top it all off, she is wearing a wedding gown. Out of nowhere, his younger brother, Christopher Scott, grabs my hand and plans to pull me straight to City Hall. He disregards my panicking eyes. "Let's get married," he says, as if it's the most normal thing in the world. Then, the stage decorations suddenly collapse, revealing a room full of guests mocking and laughing at me. The two men who once swore to love me forever do all just to make Erica smile. The three of them clink glasses and drink a love toast on stage, completely lost in their own moment. "The wedding you planned was way too outdated. You should thank Erica for turning it into a bachelorette party!" "The real wedding will be this Sunday. Isn't Erica's idea amazing?" Anthony and Christopher were confident that I wouldn't dare leave them. But I quietly pick up my phone and type a message. "Let's set the wedding date for this Sunday, Levi."

Love is very painful, deceitful yet it is remedy for a torn heart. Isqaar Tarun is such a beautiful girl, who strongly believe in love as the portion for the soul. All her life has always been pain and sorrows, loosing her parents at a tender age, living with a stoic mafia brother who never said a word to her and her frail health made it worse. but love saves Isqaar Tarun, despite the fact that she solemnly hates the mafia for taking away her country's freedom and her brother, she falls for the mafioso prince, her brother's best friend. Ahmed looks like her prince charming, he is kind to her and only her, and of course very good looking. every one wishes to have him but only she has him. And she wants to change him, for the best, however the mafia is all Ahmed has ever had. fate plays a very cunning game to her when she feels she has the world at her feet... Love is just a lie the novel is about the lives of four growing adults. struggling with love, peer pressure, poverty and gang life...

---> if you are interested in my work, please check out my novel The Starving Vulture. Available on Amazon, $3.99 for the Ebook and $14.95 for the Paperback https://www.amazon.com/Starving-Vulture-Miguel-Monta%C3%B1a/dp/1951150899<--------- Aster Likaya is a Battle Mage of the Zeraph Republic. Raised in a military family, she was destined for a life on the front. As a Battle Mage she has mastered the art of Controlling. A simple but effective kind of magic that is necessary when one bonds and commands the essential robotic warmachines of her world. The Gearbanes. And now, she is a Captain. But much to her surprise, she is not handed a company but a unit of stoic and silent soldiers that call themselves DragonWolves. Her second in command, is Lieutenant Able Froster, young but grim faced soldier who has seen combat since he was barely a boy. For their first mission, they are given a simple task. Retrieve an agent of the Republic who is lost in the vast swampland known as the Suha Marshes. Little do they know, that they are not the only factions searching for the man. For in the Suha Marshes, hunt the cannibalistic Birchmen and the Kolysian pirates. All eager for the prize the agent carries. This is the world of Likaya and Froster. Dominated by machines powered by magic, weapons ignited by runes and wars fought over ancient relics forged by a forgotten past. Welcome to Likaya's Wolves.