Storage Box Baju

"Kamu tau Riyanti kan?" Tidak bisa dipungkiri, mendengar nama itu lagi setelah 3 tahun menikah membuat tubuh perempuan yang tengah memakaikan baju pada putrinya sempat terhenti. Riyanti. Perempuan pemilik hati suaminya sejak dulu dan mungkin sampai sekarang. Entah karena apa hubungan mereka kandas sehingga orang tua Agam memohon padanya untuk menyelamatkan harga diri keluarga karena ditinggal oleh calon mantu mereka. Masih jelas sekali sewaktu Agam merapalkan nama Riyanti sebanyak 3 kali di depan semua orang yang menyaksikan pernikahan yang seharusnya tidak terjadi itu. "Memangnya kenapa, Bang?" tanya perempuan itu pada suaminya. Diam-diam dia mengepalkan tangannya berharap dugaan buruk dibenaknya tidak akan terjadi. "Dia telah kembali." Jawaban singkat namun menohok hati. Anjali menghembuskan napas pasrah seolah tau apa yang akan terjadi selanjutnya. "Mari kita bercerai, Anjali."

I've been chasing after Howard Chapman for 20 years. A week before our graduation ceremony, we slept together every night, burning through ten boxes of condoms in just as many days. When I bring him our 11th box of condoms, he turns me away as he's working on his thesis. Worried about his health, I buy him some supplements instead. But as I stand outside his door, about to hand them over, I catch him poking holes in the condoms. His friend chuckles and says, "You're still sneaking Selena Reed birth control pills, huh? You're the only one who'd cook up such a scheme. Selena doesn't know she's already swallowed ten of them, does she? If she did, she'd throw a huge tantrum." Howard snorts. "I wouldn't even touch her if I didn't need her to try the pills and help me figure out which one causes the fewest side effects. "Lizzy's got a weak immune system. She's not as tough as Selena, so I have to be more careful with her. Besides, Selena and I are engaged. There'll be plenty of time to nurse her back to health after the wedding. I won't owe her anything." His friends cackle at his response. "You're not wrong. Selena's been pursuing you for 20 years. She's probably over the moon to marry you. She'd probably hand you her uterus if you asked for it—birth control pills are nothing to her." Howard had just proposed to me yesterday, in front of the whole college. My tears spatter onto the supplement box as I turn to leave. Howard has made his choice, and it's only right that I honor it.

While I'm waiting for my vasectomy to start, I see a popular question trending on a forum. "What's the best revenge for a man?" An anonymous answer is upvoted all the way to the top of the comment section. "By stealing everything he's proud of while playing the role of his best friend, of course! To be honest with you, this is how I treat my childhood friend, too. "Before he realizes it, his parents already view me as their biological son. The company has bestowed upon me a position that's superior to his. His wife even gave her virginity to me at the new home he had personally decorated and refurnished. His children are actually mine, and they are super clingy to me! "Because of something I said, his wife made him get a permanent vasectomy. He actually agreed to it. At this rate, that bastard will never be able to have his own children!" Some people are shocked, while others don't hesitate to berate the anonymous poster. But the majority of the commenters are more confused than anything. "What sort of deep-rooted grudge do you have against your childhood friend, though? Why is your revenge going this far?" That poster is surprisingly honest. "Actually, it's nothing much. This friend of mine is superior to me in any way since we were kids. But he's also a smug and arrogant one who doesn't really seem to care about anything at all. "I don't like that attitude of his, so I've come up with this scheme and stolen everything from him. Take now, for example. He's waiting for his vasectomy procedure at the hospital, while I'm hugging his wife right now. In fact, I plan on depleting this entire box of contraceptives!" The latest photo the online poster has uploaded shows a box containing 13 condoms. As for the background, it happens to be my home.

Xabi Xavier bangun dari tidurnya di sebuah rumah sakit aneh di Vladivostok pada tahun 2025 tanpa mengingat satu pun kenangannya selama sepuluh tahun terakhir. Terang saja hal itu membuat orang-orang di sekitarnya berang. Ketua tim khusus Seagull menyatakan bahwa Xabi adalah dalang dari sebuah masalah besar dan harus bertanggung jawab atasnya. Xabi pun kabur dan mendapat perlindungan dari kelompok pemburu harta karun bernama Pandora Box. Dengan dalih akan dipulangkan ke Indonesia, nyatanya gadis itu justru dijebak dan dibawa ke kota mati Vorkuta. Ternyata Seagull dan Pandora Box terlibat perseteruan dan keduanya hendak memanfaatkan Xabi untuk mencapai tujuan masing-masing. Mampukah Xabi bertahan hidup dan mendapatkan kembali ingatannya?

Natasha Kaufman's life has always been dictated by the blueprint her parents handed her, not by fate. Life never seemed to be on her side, until she was driven into something she could only describe as... intriguing. Michael Montero, the talk of the town, a billionaire blessed with both beauty and wealth. His mysterious aura and his cold and distant personality stir up a flurry of rumors about his personal life. The only person with the key to unlock his Pandora's Box is the chosen one to be his bride, and that person is Natasha. Every bumpy road comes with its fair share of risks and challenges. Will Natasha navigate her way to the depths of Michael's labyrinth heart when he himself struggles to let anyone in? Maybe Natasha will forge her own path. But how? When the only way to break through to him is not through love, but through lust.

After the school cafeteria for elementary school kids shut down, I decided to offer meals for all the kids in our building at my home. At the end of the month, when it came time to settle the bill, one of the neighbors wasn’t happy. “The new caterer downstairs only charges $2.50 per meal, but you’re charging us $5! That’s an extra $75 per kid per month. Do you have no shame?” she accused me. I calmly explained that I only used free-range meat and organic vegetables in my meals. But no matter how patiently I tried to reason with them, the parents insisted I refund the difference and demanded I charge no more than $2.50 per meal moving forward. When I lowered my costs to meet their demands, they started accusing me of mistreating their children. They went online to expose me and even reported me to the authorities. The online attacks were relentless. I was fined, and my husband lost his job because of the controversy surrounding me. The stress pushed me into depression, and in the end, I jumped off a building to end it all. When I opened my eyes again, I saw those same parents being swayed by others in the neighborhood to send their kids to the new daycare service that only charged $2.50 a day. What they didn’t know was that the lunch caterer next door did serve meat every day—but it was frozen, diseased pork that had been sitting in storage for two years.

Pada hari ulang tahun cucuku, aku ditabrak mobil saat dalam perjalanan mengambil hadiahnya. Karena tidak terlalu parah, aku hanya pergi ke rumah sakit untuk membalut lukaku, lalu buru-buru pualng. Setibanya di rumah, ternyata acara ulang tahun telah berakhir. Sementara itu, aku harus membereskan kekacauan yang ada. Tidak ada yang peduli pada lenganku yang diperban. Yang ada di pikiran mereka hanya apakah baju sudah dicuci, apakah makanan sudah disiapkan? Karena tidak enak badan, aku tidak membuatkan sarapan. Putraku dan menantuku pun mengataiku malas. Aku pergi ke rumah sahabatku untuk menenangkan diri. Mereka malah bilang aku bersikap tidak masuk akal, padahal sudah tua. Kemudian, suamiku ingin bercerai denganku demi seorang pengasuh .... Cerai saja! Siapa juga yang mau mengerjakan pekerjaan rumah yang tak ada habisnya itu! Lagi pula, mereka tidak menyukaiku!

Today was supposed to be my marking ceremony. Instead, it became my funeral. Eliza had run me down with her car. She dragged my broken body into the storage room. "Stay here. When the ceremony is over, I'll let you out." She wanted to take my place, to be marked by Greyson, as his Luna. Greyson loved me. But his family could never allow their precious Alpha son to marry a lowborn Omega. "Millie," murmured, his voice thick with guilt. "I have to obey my family and give them an heir first -- with Eliza. You know... she's Alpha blood. "Once the pup turns one, I'll marry you." And I marked the days one by one, counting down to our forever. He claimed it was a mere duty, but but their feverish nights suggested she was his preferred addiction. A month later, Eliza was pregnant. Ten months after that, she bore the Alpha's heir. Another twelve agonizing months dragged by, and finally, it was the day he was supposed to claim me. But now, I was lying here on the floor, my body shattered. Greyson's voice cut through the phone, sharp and impatient. "Why aren't you here yet? Haven't you been desperate to marry me?" "I've let the pup's birthday incident slide -- are you still going to sulk about it?" "If you don't show up, I'll mark Eliza instead." I wasn’t coming, Greyson. I couldn’t -- I was already dead. But he believed I was simply having a tantrum.

"Sedang apa kau di ranjangku?!!!" Serena membuka matanya perlahan dan menyadari jika matahari pagi menyinari tubuhnya. Ia mengucek matanya yang masih asing dengan pantulan matahari. Senyumnya mendadak hilang ketika mendengar teriakan yang begitu keras di sampingnya. "Hei. Apa yang sedang kau lakukan di atas ranjangku?!" Serena menoleh ke samping dan menyadari jika sesosok tubuh besar sedang setengah berbaring di atas tempat tidur yang sama dengannya. Hal itu membuat Serena berjingkat. "Tu... Tuan Dominic! Sedang apa anda di sini?!" tanyanya kaget. Yang ditanya hanya bisa mengepalkan tangan. "Hei, Jalang. Seharusnya aku yang bertanya sedang apa kau di sini?!!" Serena bergeser hingga ujung tempat tidur begitu menyadari jika Mr Dominic tidak memakai sehelai baju pun dalam selimut tebal itu. Buru-buru Serena mengintip tubuhnya sendiri yang terbungkus selimut tebal itu. Dan betapa kaget dirinya ketika ia mendapati fakta jika ia juga sama tidak berpakaiannya dengan pria itu. Shittt! Apa yang sudah mereka lakukan semalam?!

Sated from their passionate deed, Jonathan Sheffield rises and gently scoops the worn-out Eloise Carter into his arms. He cleans her in the bathroom, carries her back to bed, and lets her settle in. Normally, Eloise will have fallen asleep by now. But she won't allow herself to doze off tonight, not before she takes out the birthday present she's carefully prepared for Jonathan. Jonathan is making a phone call out on the balcony when Eloise quietly takes out the present she has hidden. It's a red velvet box, containing the ring she plans to give him when she proposes. She inches closer to the balcony and is about to speak when she freezes. A shocked, male voice rings out from the other end of Jonathan's phone, which he's casually left on the balcony ledge. "What the hell? You must be out of your mind, Jonathan! You're planning to take Eloise's heart and give it to Sonia?"