Thai Tea Terdekat

Alea tak pernah menyangka bahwa orang yang paling ia percayai justru mengkhianatinya. Kekasih dan sahabatnya—dua orang terdekat dalam hidupnya—ternyata telah lama menjalin hubungan di belakangnya. Malam itu, hatinya hancur saat mendapati mereka di ranjang yang sama. Dalam keputusasaan, Alea melarikan diri ke klub malam dan tanpa berpikir panjang, ia menyewa seorang gigolo. Namun, yang tak ia duga, pria yang menemaninya malam itu bukanlah orang sembarangan. Dia adalah Juno William—bosnya di tempat kerja. Dan yang lebih mengejutkan lagi, Juno ternyata adalah paman dari mantan kekasih yang sudah mengkhianatinya. Pria paling berkuasa dan ternyata posesif pada pasangannya, karena ini pertama kalinya dia jatuh cinta! Mampukah Alea melepaskan diri dari jeratan cinta Juno? Ataukah Alea akan jatuh cinta juga padanya?

Andrès was accused of murdering his boss. The boss of the company he and his wife works for. He was shocked by the accusation and betrayal of his wife and best friend but there was nothing he could do to prove his innocence because the CCTV footage in his boss’ office caught him serving his boss the tea that was spiked. He was tired in court and was given a life sentence for the murder of his boss’ death. Eventually, fate was on his side and he got out earlier than he ever imagined. Upon his return, he found out that his wife got married to his best friend. Driven by rage, he began working for a cartel and soon climbed the ladder, becoming the most ruthless Mafia boss. To some people, he is legendary and a ghost lord. With vengeance in his heart, he is out for blood. Go with me on this journey, to know what happens in this twisted triangle… Will ya?

Menjadi seorang wanita berusia 29 tahun dengan status yang masih melajang rupanya bukanlah hal mudah. Berbagai desakan dan cibiran untuk segera menikah selalu saja terdengar. Entah dari orang terdekat atau bahkan seseorang yang tidak ada kaitannya sama sekali. Faura Sheilani, seorang wanita gila kerja yang selalu menolak untuk menikah tanpa alasan yang jelas. Ia selalu saja menunda dan menggagalkan rencana orang tuanya untuk menjodohkannya. Apa alasan sebenarnya Faura masih enggan menikah? Akankah Faura mampu mengatasinya? *** "Mamah akan terus desak kamu untuk segera menikah. Lagian, apa susahnya menikah, sih? Tinggal cari calon dan nikah, selesai. Seenggaknya kamu udah punya pasangan!" "Yang menjalankan pernikahan itu bukan orang tua, bukan juga tetangga, apa lagi orang lewat! Enggak bisa cuma asal comot pasangan. Kalau nikah dipaksa-paksa begini apa hasilnya akan baik? Enggak! Belum tentu awet."

Nicole Evans never asked to be followed. She never asked for eyes in the dark, for a man like Vane to orbit her life with silence and devotion sharp enough to wound. But obsession doesn’t ask permission. It waits. It watches. It becomes inevitable. What began with missing men and shadows on rooftops soon unraveled into something far more intimate—an assassin who couldn’t let go, and a woman who, piece by piece, stopped trying to make him. As friends vanished and her world narrowed, Nicole found herself drawn toward the very thing she feared most—not out of love, but recognition. In his violence, there was something terrifyingly tender. In his silence, something that listened more closely than anyone else ever had. Theirs is not a love story in any ordinary sense. It’s a descent—a long, slow collapse into dependency, into surrender. A story told in bruises and shared tea, in blood and in stillness. A quiet unraveling that doesn’t end in escape, but in a house by the sea, where memory lingers and echoes never fade. Some stories don’t ask to be understood. Only remembered.

Saat Lazuarrdi seorang pengusaha muda dan tampan, mendapatkan warisan pedang samurai. Petaka dan kejadian mencekam mulai menghantui dirinya. Berbagai teror menakutkan mulai membayangi dalam kehidupan lelaki tampan yang masih hidup sendiri. Hingga dalam sebuah kejadian, Lazuarrdi bertemu seorang wanita bernama Kazumi. Entah pertemuan itu nyata atau hanya dalam dimensi lain. Kazumi seorang wanita cantik yang selalu mengenakan kimono. Namun, dia terlihat seperti wanita pribumi kebanyakan. Rasa cinta mulai bersemayam di benaknya. Hingga suatu ketika pedang samurai itu, terus meneteskan darah. Berbau busuk dan anyir. Membuat Lazuarrdi mulai menyelidiki apa yang sebenarnya terjadi. Apalagi di saat waktu yang bersamaan sosok Kazumi pun menghilang. Lazuarrdi bertekad mencari keberadaan Kazumi. Hingga sebuah kematian tak masuk akal menimpa sahabat karibnya. Tak hanya itu, berbagai kematian mulai menimpa orang-orang terdekat Lazuarrdi. Apa yang sebenernya terjadi? Lalu, siapakah Kazumi yang tiba-tiba menghilang?

Three months after my baby was born, I found out my husband, Joe, was cheating. The other woman? Hailey. Pregnant and smug. Joe actually got on his knees, begging for a divorce. I said yes. Until I could find a place, Joe's mom, Claudia, let me stay at the house. "Hailey," Claudia said, "you'll handle all the household responsibilities now." Hailey, all fake enthusiasm, chirped, "I'll take good care of this family!" Claudia replied, "Great. You'll start your day at five making breakfast. When Luca's hungry, you'll feed him and change his diapers. Once he's down for a nap, clean the house, grocery shop, and prep lunch. Laundry in the afternoon, tea service mid-day, then bathe Luca and cook dinner. After that, you'll put him to bed." Hailey's face? Priceless.

Sudah terlalu lama aku terbiasa menerima takdir sebagai wanita yang tidak sempurna, hingga Tuhan kemudian malah menggariskan sesuatu yang berbeda, yang bahkan nyaris tak bisa untuk kupercaya. Setelah 25 tahun, aku tak pernah menyangka jika kesempatan itu akhirnya hadir, rahimku dihuni sebuah kehidupan baru yang sebelumnya kuanggap musykil. Tapi segalanya menjadi sangat tidak mudah karena dia hadir di kala usiaku tak lagi muda. Bahkan kehidupan kami saat ini berada di titik nadir dengan carut marut ekonomi yang nyaris membuat kami terpuruk. Masihkah aku tetap bisa positif, bahkan di saat semua orang menyangsikan kehamilanku? Sementara orang-orang terdekat kami sudah memiliki rencana lain dengan segala milik kami yang masih tersisa, ketika aku dan suami berpulang. Rasanya 25 tahun dalam kemandulan membuat semua orang benar-benar menganggap aku tak akan pernah bisa menjadi seorang ibu.

Bintang Aurora bermimpi merasakan kehidupan sama seperti remaja-remaja pada umumnya. Diberi limpahan kasih sayang oleh orang tua, menikmati masa-masa sekolah yang menakjubkan, dan dikelilingi sahabat dan orang terdekat yang membuat hari-harinya terasa sempurna. Namun, realitas tidak sebaik itu. Ia harus sabar menghadapi kebencian sang ayah dan kakak atas takdir yang sama sekali bukan kesalahannya. Diabaikan, dianggap kasat mata, dan ditolak keberadaannya sudah menjadi makan sehari-hari sejak masih kecil. Lalu kehadiran Angkasa Yudhistira menambah masalah dalam hidupnya. Cowok yang selalu membuat Bintang kesal karena kata-kata pedasnya. Lalu makin mengesalkan karena selalu berada di sekitarnya karena sebuah alasan yang kelihatan dibuat-buat. Kejadian demi kejadian nyatanya membuat mereka makin dekat.Masalah keluarga yang makin meruncing dan kelainan jantung yang kembali parah, membuat Bintang bertanya-tanya alasan ia hidup. Akankah ia bertahan untuk terus memberi cahaya di dunia yang tak menerimanya? Ataukah menyerah merupakan pilihan terbaik?

My name is Emma. At 31, I am doing well for myself. I’ve got a great job. Or at least a well paid job, my boss loves me, and my girlfriends think I’m great. More important than anyone's opinion is that of my housemate, and best friend in the world, Scott. Scott thinks the world of me and always tells me to be myself. So why do I feel the need to lie outrageously on dates? From rock-climbing to Muay Thai: when it comes to prospective boyfriends, I am compelled to embellish my C.V. with unlikely porkies that alwaysbackfire - with hilarious results. I have Craig to blame for that - he really shattered my sense of self-confidence and self-worth. But then I turn the spotlight on Scott, and he wishes he'd never brought it up. With a penchant for checked shirts and Harry Potter-style specs, I decide he needs a makeover and to experience the abysmal dating world. My friendship with Scott began in the most unconventional way. His past life had made him homeless and isolated, but he saved me. And now we are inseparable. My dating disasters began when my relationship with he-who-must-not-be-named ended. Waking up with a pounding head, a dry mouth, aching limbs and a random arm draped over my waist, I struggle to get up and then stumble to the bathroom. I rubbed my eyes and stare at the hungover, half dead panda eyed loser staring back at me. What started out as a lighthearted challenge with Scott, became something more. We were prepared. But nothing could prepare us for the surprise results! Before long, I realise that our lives will never be the same again.

When Callum abandoned me, feverish and shivering on a mountain road, just to watch a meteor shower with the young woman he had raised, I decided to divorce him. His good friend, Emmet, advised him to try winning me back. "Look Cal, sisters are sisters, but a wife takes priority. You’d better not mix up what matters most." Callum, however, dismissed the idea with a confident smile. "She’s bluffing. Does she really think she’ll go through with the divorce?" "All these years, I’ve given her a place to belong. Without me, she wouldn’t even have a home. Leave me? She wouldn’t dare.  "Just wait. Before the cooling-off period ends, she’ll come back crying and begging me to take her in."  But thirty days passed, and I never looked back. While he scoured the world searching for me, I sipped tea in a misty mountain villa, utterly at peace. "James," I remarked to my step-brother, "your place truly feels like home."