Story Of David

Three years after our breakup, I ran into my ex-girlfriend, and she had her new boyfriend by her side. "Hey, isn't that Henry the expert?" Diego Stanley taunted with a smirk. "Three years post-breakup, and you're slumming it here playing with clay?" I furrowed my brow, ignored them, and carefully moved the Victorian-era porcelain musician figurine onto its preset base in the display case. When I wasn't biting, he reached out to grab the figurine from my arms. "What's this junk you're treating like gold? Let me take a look." Cynthia Wyatt frowned, her voice laced with that familiar arrogance. "Henry, I've given you three years to shape up, and you're still the same loser? Come on, hand over that clay doll to Diego. Don't kill the vibe. If you play nice, I might even reconsider our old engagement." As Diego's hand neared the figurine, I dodged quickly and barked, "Hands off! It's a historical artifact!" Diego got pissed off and shoved me hard. "Some flea market find, and you're acting all high and mighty?" In the ensuing scuffle, I lost my balance, and the figurine slipped from my grasp, crashing to the floor. That sealed their fate. This entitled pair was about to go bankrupt trying to fix it.

The day Yancy Shepherd died, Benedict Page poisoned our dinner. His eyes were wild, and bloodshot, as he watched me writhe in agony. There was a madness in his gaze, but worse was the hatred, a disgust so deep it twisted his face into something unrecognizable. "If it weren't for you forcing your way into our lives, Yancy wouldn’t have died from heartbreak. You ruined us! It’s all your fault!" A photo slipped from his trembling hand and landed at my feet—Yancy at twenty, looking radiant, her smile as bright as a blooming flower. I collapsed to the ground, my strength fading fast like a rose withering in the final grasp of winter. Helpless, I waited for the darkness to claim me, consumed by despair and bitter regret. Why hadn’t I listened to the system and killed him when I had the chance? But when I opened my eyes again, everything was different. I stood watching Benedict flee our engagement ceremony. My brother moved to chase after him, but I quietly raised a hand, stopping him. This time, things would be different.

I knew perfectly well that open flames were forbidden at a gas-leak scene, yet as a firefighter, I still backed my girlfriend's childhood friend when he insisted on lighting a cigarette "to calm his nerves." In my previous life, a sudden gas leak erupted during a gathering. Her childhood friend insisted on smoking to steady himself. I slapped the lighter out of his hand and yelled at him for trying to get us all killed. Humiliated, he ignored everyone's attempts to stop him and stormed outside—only to be crushed by an advertising board blown loose by the explosion's shockwave. Later, when I saved a child who had fallen from a building and was left hanging in midair myself, my girlfriend—my second-in-command—maliciously cut my safety rope. She stared at my corpse and said, "If you hadn't humiliated George in front of everyone, he wouldn't have died." When I opened my eyes again, I was back in that room thick with the stench of leaking gas.

The princess of Oberlin City scorns the poor, and I'm the biggest thorn in her side—I live in squalor but am specially admitted by a prestigious college meant for the rich. "What right does a peasant like you have to study at the same college as me?" Nails appear on my seat, and the shampoo in my bathroom is switched to glue. Chantelle Gorman even daringly tries to ram me over at the campus entrance—all because I'm a poor young woman from the countryside. To survive, I set my sights on her father, a perfect gentleman. He's a domineering CEO who's never had a shortage of women in his life. It's too bad he has no other children besides Chantelle. Chantelle thinks I'm a piece of trash who'll get kicked to the curb after a night of pleasure, but she doesn't know how easily the women in my family conceive. I give birth to seven sons and a daughter for the domineering CEO. How can Chantelle possibly go up against me and my eight children?

My roommate had a strange obsession with taking cold showers on the balcony. She claimed it helped detox her body and brightened her skin. I warned her, “You should be more mindful of your privacy.” However, she only laughed, accusing me of being jealous of her flawless figure. Then, disaster struck. Her shower photos were leaked online, and soon after, thugs showed up at our door, demanding to humiliate her. Instead of taking responsibility, she turned on me. “It’s her! She’s the shameless one showering on the balcony!” Betrayed and defenseless, I was dragged into the woods and left to die, my life snuffed out in humiliation and pain. But when I opened my eyes again, I was back on that fateful day—the day my roommate took her first cold shower on the balcony.

We meet to either path ways or to stay in each other’s lives forever. This is the story about a therapist named Briana Jones, who falls in love with a celebrity (David Carlson) she once had a crush on back in her teenage years. However, after crossing paths with her childhood friend whom she doesn’t seem to remember, marks the beginning of a whole new life for her as she uncovers some truths about her past. Will life treat her fairly?, when she has to make the hardest decision to either choose her past or her present.

Naintriga si David Samonte nang makita niya si Helaena na desperadong umiiyak sa isang sulok ng office room. Namumugto ang mga mata at namumula ang ilong sa kaiiyak. At ang nakaiintriga nang higit kay David ay hindi siya kilala ng dalaga. And for the life of him, he was there and coaxed her to pour out to him her problems. And on top of all that, inalok niya ang sarili sa dalaga bilang rebound ng taksil nitong boyfriend. Subalit paano pakikibagayan ng isang tulad ni Helaena ang isang man of the world na kung tawagin ay Big boss na tulad ni Nathaniel David Samonte.

Bagaimana jika kisah manismu tiba-tiba berubah menjadi pahit? Elfara Adhinata, seorang wanita cantik berusia 24 tahun, terpaksa harus menelan kekecewaan karena mendapati sang kekasih, David Sinaga, yang tengah bermesraan dengan Aleena, sahabatnya. Momen tersebut membuat hubungannya dengan David yang sudah terjalin selama dua tahun, harus kandas di tengah jalan. Di saat hatinya masih berbalut lara, dia justru harus menerima kenyataan lain yang membuatnya semakin terpuruk. Perjodohan dadakan antara dirinya dengan pria bernama Erlan Gusmara seakan-akan merenggut begitu saja sisa-sisa kebahagian di hidupnya. Siapa pun tidak akan ada yang menginginkan berada di posisi Elfara. Menikah dan menjalani hidup berumah tangga dengan seorang pria asing dan menyebalkan yang tidak dia cintai. Belum selesai sampai di situ. Setelah pernikahan itu berlangsung, Elfara kembali dikejutkan dengan kenyataan baru. Dia baru mengetahui bahwa Erlan adalah sahabat baik David. Bahkan, setelah sekian lama menikah, kenyataan lain juga terungkap bahwa David dan Aleena tidak memiliki hubungan apa pun dan selama ini dia hanya salah paham. Menyesal. Tentu saja Elfara sangat menyesal karena tidak pernah memberi David kesempatan untuk memberi penjelasan padanya. Namun, nasi telah menjadi bubur. Waktu pun tidak bisa diputar kembali. Sementara itu, Erlan merasa bersalah karena telah menghancurkan perasaan David, meski tidak sengaja. Entah mengapa dunia begitu sempit sehingga dia dan sahabatnya dipertemukan dengan wanita yang sama. Lantas, bagaimanakah kelanjutan kisah mereka? Akankah Elfara kembali kepada David atas persetujuan Erlan? Atau Erlan akan mampu meluluhkan hatinya dan melupakan David?

Warning!!!!! Pembaca harap bijak. Terdapat konten 21+. David adalah seorang Wakil Presiden Direktur di sebuah perusahaan ternama. Ia dipaksa harus segera menikah atas perintah ayahnya. Hal itu sebagai syarat utama untuk menjadi Pewaris Tunggal di perusahaan yang sudah ayahnya dirikan. Di sisi lain, pergerakan Nicholas - adik iparnya - semakin terlihat kentara dan menjadi ancaman yang kuat untuk merebut gelar Sang Pewaris. Akankah David segera menemukan calon istrinya dalam waktu dekat? Siapakah wanita itu? Dan mampukah David mendapatkan tahtanya sebagai Pewaris Tunggal?

I worked for a restaurant, and our boss loved making empty promises about giving us restaurant shares. The boss said we would start with zero shares, but we could earn 0.01% for every two hours of overtime, covering someone else’s work or saving the restaurant 1,000 bucks. I suggested she write this down in an official document and have someone track it properly. She just smiled and told everyone to work harder. She never actually put it in writing. The experienced staff did not believe her, but one prep cook took it seriously. At the end of the year, he went to the boss to claim his shares. The boss said, “Sorry, the head chef told me there’s no official document, so it doesn’t count. You can’t claim any shares.” The prep cook worked hard all year and got nothing for it, so he took his anger out on me. The day before I was going home for the New Year, he killed me with a knife. “If you hadn’t said it doesn’t count without an official document, this whole restaurant would’ve been mine!” I lay in a pool of blood. When I opened my eyes, I was back to the day the boss first made those empty promises.