The Roommate Read Online

When I started college, my new roommate secretly used my phone to take a selfie. She sent it to the guy I was in an online relationship with and added the caption: [Baby, do you think I'm beautiful?] My boyfriend replied with a giant question mark, followed by a voice message full of curses. "Just thinking about dating someone with that face makes me want to puke!" "Let's break up, you ugly freak. Stay far away from me!" By the time I got out of the shower and tried to explain, I realized he had already blocked me. My roommate, holding her own phone, smugly told me, "The streamer I've had my eye on just added me. He says he wants to start an online relationship." When I looked at the account, I saw it was none other than my ex-boyfriend.

I accidentally hit my head in the shower. To my surprise, I find that I can hear my aloof housemate's thoughts. "Damn, he's got perky buns." I think of him as a regular housemate, but he wants to sleep with me?

My best friend called me sobbing at two in the morning, saying she owed three hundred thousand dollars in online loans and was begging me to save her life. I told her I'd help cover half. She grabbed my phone and transferred all three hundred thousand. "It's just money—why are you being so stingy? You make six figures. Helping me out shouldn't be a big deal." I swallowed it. A month later, she posted Maldives vacation photos on Instagram. When I asked when she planned to pay me back, she replied—right there in the comments, where every mutual friend could see— "God, stop nagging. Maybe spend that energy making more money instead, you cheapskate. So annoying." I screenshotted everything. Then I opened the civil complaint I'd already drafted. This kind of best friend? We could catch up in court.

Alvandra Zayn Malik, harus menelan pil pahit pernikahan atas pengkhianatan yang dilakukan oleh istrinya, Hanum Attabina. Pada awalnya Hanum menerima pekerjaan Alvandra yang hanya sebagai supir angkot, tetapi hal itu justru membuatnya selalu mendapat hinaan dan cacian dari mertua, bahkan dikucilkan oleh keluarga Hanum. Hingga akhirnya Alvandra menerima tawaran bekerja di Malaysia demi merubah nasib. Tetapi saat ia menyempatkan diri untuk pulang ke Indonesia, ia mendapati istrinya sedang bergumul dengan seorang lelaki di kamar pribadinya. Dan dengan lantangnya, sang istri memilih lelaki tersebut hanya karena ia orang yang berpangkat. Alvandra pun kembali lagi ke Malaysia dengan hati hancur, dan di sana dia sempat mengenal yang namanya minuman keras. Namun tak lama, Alvandra kembali sadar. Ia pun bertekad akan merubah hidupnya agar tidak menjadi bahan hinaan dan cacian lagi. Bagaimana kah nasib Alvandra selanjutnya?

I wake up one day to find that I've become the power bank of the whole dorm. When the percentage shown above my dorm mates' heads is low, they'll be tired, angry, and ill-tempered. My job is to help them recharge via all sorts of physical contact. If I don't do my part, my grumpy dorm mates will force me to charge them up anyway…

"Jawab pertanyaan Kakak! Benih siapa yang sedang kau kandung?" Kanaya terdiam. Gadis cantik itu memang luar bisa mempesona, tetapi dia masih polos karena dua kakak angkatnya sangat membatasi lingkungan pergaulannya. Namun, mendadak ia hamil! Mungkinkah salah satu di antara mereka yang menjadi pelakunya? Kalau iya, mampukah Kanaya mengungkapnya?

Kayla, seorang ibu muda dari satu orang anak berusia 3 tahun, dan istri dari seorang pria bernama Azzam. Ditengah himpitan ekonomi dan juga tekanan dari ibu mertua, Kayla harus berjuang sendiri mencukupi kebutuhan anaknya karena pekerjaan Sang Suami yang hanya sebagai security tidak mampu menutupinya. Selama menjalani biduk rumah tangga, banyak sekali kejanggalan yang Kayla rasakan terhadap Azzam. Bahkan banyak berita yang beredar jika Azzam seorang petualang wanita, namun Kayla masih berusaha menepisnya. Hingga akhirnya datang seorang wanita yang diakui Azzam sebagai istri kedua. Kayla merasa terpukul, kesetiaannya sebagai istri berbalas pengkhianatan dari Azzam. Kayla tidak terima, dia merasa harus berontak memperjuangkan hidupnya juga anaknya. Kayla tidak mau harga dirinya terus-terusan diinjak oleh Azzam dan keluarganya, ditambah lagi sekarang ada wanita yang memaksa ingin menjadi satu-satunya dalam hidup Azzam. Namun di saat Kayla sudah memantapkan hatinya, Azzam bersikeras tidak mau melepaskan Kayla.

My dormmates are my bullies. When they hear that my father owns a factory, they force me to get them part-time jobs there for the summer. I look down at the wounds they've inflicted on me and smile. They've just served themselves up for slaughter—they've given me the perfect opportunity to get revenge on them. My father's factory isn't as great as they think—it's known for its strange happenings.

Chloe, the maid I share a room with, is dead. I watched the head housekeeper and another maid pin her to the floor. I watched them as the housekeeper vomited up a slimy, black web of fungus and forced it down Chloe's throat. I should have screamed. I wanted to. But my selective mutism took over, trapping the sound in my throat. It probably saved my life. The next day, Chloe was alive again. She walked into the young miss’s room to brush her hair, just like always. I was so scared I dropped the water basin I was holding. As I stood there, frozen, the young miss leaned in close, her voice a whisper only I could hear. "You've noticed it too, haven't you? They're not themselves anymore."

I go to the city where my online boyfriend, Logan Wright, lives to surprise him without telling him first. Instead, I overhear him talking with his friends. "So what if her voice is nice? She's probably ugly as hell if she's reluctant to even send a picture. If the hottest girl on campus hadn't turned me down, I wouldn't even bother messing around with someone like her. "Not only is she ugly, but she's also horny as hell. She keeps saying she has to see what I'm packing down there before we even meet." One of his friends snickers. "So did you show her?" Logan let out a low grunt in agreement. "But it wasn't mine. It was Troy's." His friend blurts, "What the hell? Troy Levine? Your roommate? You said he was at least eight inches. Were you serious?" "Of course. Why would I lie to you? Troy is a real bro. Seeing that I didn't want to send that kind of picture, he offered to do it for me." They freeze for a second, then all burst out laughing. I laugh too. I've heard of body doubles in Showbiz. This is the first time I've seen a body double in online romance. I want every detail on Troy, and I want them in the next three minutes!