The Guilty Ones

As the year ended and payday finally arrived, my salary still hadn't hit my bank account. I headed straight to the finance department to sort it out, but Sarah Thompson dismissed me impatiently. "You picked up those coupons last week, didn't you? The ones for "Spend 2,000, save 1,000". You got ten of them, adding up to $10,000. Your salary is $8,000, and that extra $2,000 is a perk." I stared at her, stunned. No one had said a word about this when the coupons were handed out. Worse, they could only be redeemed at our boss's supermarket, where commodities were ridiculously marked up. Items that cost $19.99 at a regular supermarket went for $49.99 there, more than double the price. It dawned on me that the boss was just shuffling money from one pocket to another, which meant I had been basically working for free. I shoved the coupons back at her. "I don't want these. Just deposit the cash into my bank account." Michael Wright walked over with a frown. "What's all the yelling? We gave you an extra $2,000, and you are not even grateful? You're stirring up trouble for nothing. You'd spend your salary on stuff anyway. We're just making it convenient." My voice rose, shaking with fury. "What you're doing is illegal!" He laughed, cold and scornful. "Then sue me. I manage things here. You think I'd be scared by a minor employee like you?" Right then, my phone buzzed with a text notification: [Lisa Matthews, congratulations on securing the Enforcement Officer position at the tax bureau.]

In the second month of my relationship with my best friend Sophie Vaughn's older brother, Elias Vaughn, Thanksgiving arrives. Sophie leans in, eyes gleaming with mischief. "Elias is bringing his girlfriend home for the holiday. Let's see what all the fuss is about." I take my time getting ready, heart fluttering with hope. Just maybe, I'll finally be formally introduced as his girlfriend. But the moment I step inside, I see him with another elegant, beautiful woman, smiling as he introduces her to his parents. "This is my girlfriend," he says. He then inadvertently looks over at me, stiffening for a moment, clearly caught off guard. But just as quickly, he recovers and turns to the woman beside him. "That woman over there is my sister's friend and a part-time student. You could say she's a maid in our household." A maid? As it turns out, I'm nothing more than someone for him to kiss and sleep with. I was never someone worthy of standing by his side publicly. I turn away and board the train back to Ashcroft University, choosing my future over another night in his bedroom.

Cita-cita Amara hanya satu, ingin membahagiakan keluarganya. Sangat klasik memang, tapi seperti itulah inginnya. Di saat Amara sedang menata kehidupannya yang tak lengkap, di saat itu pula banyak kejadian yang tak bisa ia hindarkan. Bertemu dengan ayah kandung yang sudah 'membuangnya' membuat luka Amara semakin menganga. Terlebih ia bertemu dengan Angkasa, pria dengan penuh sejuta pesona. Angkasa yang terus saja mendekatinya hingga benar-benar membuat ia jatuh hati. Tapi pria itu memberikan kekecewaan lain pada Amara, memberikan posisi yang seharusnya tak ia duduki. Orang ketiga atau biasa disebut perusak hubungan orang. Bisakah Amara mengharapkan cahaya dalam hidupnya walau redup?

Julian Ashford, the golden boy of the city's elite, had his left leg broken by his father with a golf club -- all because of me, a scholarship student. He was stripped of his billion-dollar inheritance and cast out of the family. For three years, he dragged that ruined leg around an auto repair shop, doing backbreaking labor just to scrape together enough for my college tuition. Everyone said I was the luckiest girl alive -- that I'd brought the untouchable heir of a financial empire to his knees, made him willing to live on scraps in the worst part of town. Today was our three-year anniversary. I was carrying the freshly signed Holloway Group inheritance confirmation documents, ready to finally tell him my real identity and pull him out of this misery. I walked down the corridor of The Grand Pavilion, holding a box of vanilla shortbread -- his favorite. Through the half-open door of a private suite, Julian Ashford stood tall on two perfectly healthy legs, dressed in an immaculate tailored suit, sliding a rare pink diamond ring onto the finger of Victoria Sterling -- the city's most celebrated socialite. "Victoria, I used that scholarship girl as a shield to survive three years of my old man's relentless arranged marriage schemes. My body's completely untouched. You've always been the one I was going to marry." I looked down at my own hands, cracked and raw from the cold, and tore the inheritance documents to shreds.

After Varethkaal is sealed, Clara and Ashani uncover evidence that WildWood was only one node in a network of ancient, sleeping powers. The roots of these dark entities—known to the Yanuwah as the Deep Ones—spread beneath ley lines and forgotten places. Now, something has begun to stir in the northwest, near a coastal town where strange weather, disappearances, and madness are creeping inland. Emily’s spirit lingers, tethered to the new node… and a child, born near the ruins, may carry a seed of the old darkness.

The Curse: KutukanNyatanya dikutuk menjadi manusia serigala tidak cukup untuk menghancurkan kehidupan William Redorge. Di depan sana, kutukan yang jauh lebih besar telah menantinya."Aku harus menjadi aktris terkenal hingga semua kamera akan menyorotku, dan hidupku akan aman," ucap Leona pada dirinya sendiri."Kau hanya harus terus berada di sampingku, dan aku dapat melindungimu walau di belakang sorot kamera," balas William mengagetkan."Tidak. Aku tidak bisa menggantungkan hidupku pada monster sepertimu. Itu terlalu berisiko," tolak Leona."Tapi aku bisa melindungimu. Tetaplah di sampingku dan tinggalkan dunia penuh drama ini!" seru William dengan nada tegas.Ketika seorang aktris pendatang baru yang ingin menjadi pusat perhatian untuk mengamankan hidupnya terpaksa tinggal satu atap dengan aktor misterius yang tak ingin kehidupan pribadinya terusik agar kutukan yang ada pada dirinya tidak diketahui orang lain. Lantas, apakah keduanya akan dapat bersama dengan berbagai perpedaan yang ada?

Oryza Sativa Wiryawan yang masih duduk di bangku SMA dipaksa menikah oleh ibu tirinya yang ingin menguasai sendiri harta peninggalan almarhum ayah Ory. Sementara Airlangga Putra Dewangga, pria tampan mapan rupawan yang sudah berusia 34 tahun dan sangat anti dengan yang namanya komitmen pernikahan, harus terjebak menjadi suami Ory akibat dari hutang budi ibunya terhadap almarhum ibu gadis yatim piatu itu. "Buat apa kita harus capek-capek memelihara kambing jika hanya sekedar kepingin makan sate?" -Airlangga Putra Dewangga- " Kalau menurut Mas manusia itu dalam menuruti pemenuhan hawa nafsunya hanya sebatas fitrah nya saja seperti jika lapar, ya makan. Dan jika ingin melampiaskan nafsunya ya kawin. Apa bedanya Mas dengan kambing?" -Oryza Sativa Wiryawan-

"Just let me out from here... I can't stand it anymore.. please some one let me out from here.... I need my own life back not this!!"

KASAL na lang ang kulang sa relasyong Yvonne at Leonardo. Pero paano kung sa nalalapit nilang pag-iisang dibdib ay may isang lihim na mabubunyag.Mapapatawad ba ni Yvonne si Leonardo at ang babaeng kasangkapan nito sa panloloko? O, mananatili ito sa piling niya't gagawing miserable ang buhay nito?

Maria Venus Cecilia Zamora is a brave woman, she is the daughter of a billionaire. But her life changed when she was kidnapped and hidden for two years. Hindi naging madali ang pinag daanan ni Venus sa mga sindikato Ngunit umaasa siya na darating din ang panahon na mayroong sasagip sa kaniya. Wala ng nagawa pa ang kaniyang Ama na si Arthur kundi ang lumapit sa Grupo ng black lion na pinamumunuan ni Thor Miguel Carizon, He gave him a mission, that when Thor found his daughter he was ready to give him whatever he asked for. Can thor still find venus? Is he willing to sacrifice his life just to find this woman? What will he ask in return for this mission? "love will bring us to death. we will be wounded, we will fail, and our heart will stop beating when we are hurt because of too much love."