Truth Untuk Pacar

Setelah punya pacar, putriku secara khusus memintaku untuk mengajarinya cara bercinta dengan pacarnya. Dengan malu-malu, aku membagikan beberapa video lamaku dan suamiku kepadanya. Namun, aku tak menyangka bahwa tindakan itu akan membangkitkan hasratku sendiri. Saat menggunakan video-video itu untuk mengenang mendiang suamiku dan menghibur tubuhku, pacar putriku malah memergokiku. Ranjang di klinik kampus berderit. Aku didorong ke atas ranjang oleh seorang pemuda dan napasku dipenuhi aroma maskulin pria. "Bibi, gimana Bibi dan Paman melakukannya dulu? Biar kulihat ...." Aku terhanyut dalam pelukan pria itu, lalu menyaksikan tangannya menyentuh tubuhku yang sudah bertahun-tahun tidak disentuh, juga merasakan nafsu aneh dan tak terkendali yang mulai merampas akal sehatku ....

My mom always said, "I've never played favorites. "You and your brother mean exactly the same to me." She said it so often I almost believed it. Growing up, anything my brother had, I had too. If he got a new pair of sneakers, so did I. If he signed up for coding classes, I was enrolled in the same ones. Even this year, when we came home for the holidays, my mom smiled as she handed each of us a neatly-packaged designer shopping bag. "I picked these out for you two at the store. One for each of you, exactly the same. "These outdoor brands are expensive, you know. A single jacket costs thousands. I'd never buy one for myself, but I don't mind splurging on you two." I took the jacket. It was well-cut, structured, and looked high-quality. A small warmth stirred in my chest. However, when I tried it on, the collar felt oddly irritating against my skin. Frowning, I pulled back the lining to check. There was a ring of yellowed sweat stains around the label, and tiny flakes of dandruff were caught in the Velcro. A faint musty smell lingered on the cloth, mixed with the stale odor of cheap tobacco. It was sour and impossible to ignore.

"Lima ratus ribu sekali jalan. Tanpa perbuatan mesum. Kalau mau pelukan, gandengan tangan, ada ongkos tambahan, Pak," ucapku. "Kalau dibawa ke kondangan buat pamer ke keluarga, berapa biaya tambahannya, Han?" tanya Pak Akhtara, manajerku. "Saya tanyakan adminnya dulu, Pak." "Sekalian tanyakan, apa bisa kamu dibooking untuk beberapa bulan ke depan dengan modus pura-pura jadi tunangan saya?" Aku menatapnya terkejut, "Maaf, Pak?" "Anggap aja saya pelanggan setiamu. Nanti ada bonus dari saya kalau kamu mau dan nurut sama perjanjian kita. Gimana?"

Di usianya yang sudah genap 27 tahun, bisa dikatakan Safira adalah seorang wanita sukses dengan bisnis bakery cake yang sudah memiliki cabang di beberapa kota besar. Hidupnya sudah ia anggap sempurna dengan dirinya yang sudah berhasil mencapai keinginan yang sejak dulu ia impikan menjadi seorang pebisnis. Namun semua yang ia anggap sukses ternyata masih terasa bukan apa-apa di mata kedua orang tuanya hanya karena dia yang belum menikah. Safira lelah dikenalkan hingga dijodohkan oleh orang-orang aneh yang dikenalkan ibunya. Sampai akhirnya ia bertemu Abhimana–mantan pacarnya ketika kuliah– yang ternyata juga menjadi target yang akan dijodohkan olehnya. Safira bingung. Apakah ia harus menikah dengan Bima atau laki-laki yang sama sekali tidak ia kenali?

I was once the strongest warrior of the Cedar Pack. I was Alpha Killian’s fated mate. But Bianca, an omega who had always secretly loved Killian, saw her chance. While I was leading a team to claim new territory, she lured a pack of rogues to ambush me. They severely wounded me and left me for dead in a marsh. She sold our secrets to the rogues. Then she framed me for the slaughter that followed. Everyone thought I betrayed Killian and left. Killian believed it too. Bianca played the part of the gentle woman who saved him. She became his new mate. Three years later, my body was found. The moment Killian saw the pup inside me, his wolf went feral. His eyes bled red.

Menjalin cinta selama tujuh tahun, pacarku yang seorang CEO sudah 99 kali membatalkan rencana untuk buat akta nikah denganku. Pertama kali, ketika asisten perempuan barunya terkunci di kantor, dia segera bergegas kembali dan meninggalkan diriku di depan kantor catatan sipil sampai tengah malam. Kelima kali, saat kami sedang berfoto bersama, dia mendengar asistennya diganggu oleh klien dan kembali untuk menolongnya, meninggalkan aku menjadi bahan ejekan orang lain. Sejak itu, setiap kali kami hendak membuat akta nikah, selalu ada kesulitan yang menimpa asistennya. Akhirnya aku benar-benar putus asa, dan memilih untuk pergi. Setelah aku pindah dari Kota Niros, dia malah dengan terobsesinya mencariku selama lima tahun.

To make up for past regrets with his first love, my husband, Pierce Ronan, lied that he could see everyone’s lifespan. He told me I had sixty years left, but his first love, Jessica Stone, had only seven days to live. So, for those seven days, he said he had to fulfill the promises of their youth. He brought her home, cared for her, and when they went back to their old college campus to relive their love, I didn’t protest. When he confessed his love to her and planned the wedding of the century, asking me to be the bridesmaid, I didn’t raise my voice. It wasn’t until he wanted to break the final taboo — in our marital bedroom — that he looked at me with guilt in his eyes and begged me to move out. The housemaids watched, snickering behind their hands, but I only smiled and nodded in agreement. I packed my bags, carried our child, and moved into the guest room next door. Seeing how obedient I remained, Pierce was touched. “I promise, this will be the last time I wrong you. Once Jessica passes, I’ll make it up to you.” What he didn’t know was that I had already seen through his lies. What he also didn’t know was that the one truly dying of cancer, the one with only seven days left to live, was me. Three days remained. Then, I would be gone.

Before my wedding, my future sister-in-law diagnoses me with cervical erosion. She insists it's because of my promiscuity. My boyfriend arranges for my sister-in-law to operate on me without my permission. After the surgery, I find that my womb is missing. I'm furious, and I want to know what's happened. However, my boyfriend berates me. "It's perfectly normal for Kate to make a mistake since it was her first surgery. You're her sister-in-law—stop making a big deal out of a small thing!" I refuse to settle the matter privately and call the cops. That's when my boyfriend secretly murders me via poisoning for the sake of his sister's future. When I open my eyes again, I find that I've been taken back to before the surgery.

Farrah Vale doesn’t believe in curses. She’s a logical person, a medical student who stitches people up, not someone who prays to statues. So when she finds her name scribbled in blood beneath the Weeping Statue of the old campus, she laughs it off… until she dies in a car crash that same night. Except she wakes up on a train with six other passengers... Then, sitting across from her is a man she knows, Shane Calder, the ex who broke her heart a few weeks ago. But before she could process the situation, she heard a voice... [ Welcome, Cursed Ones.You have been chosen to play the Trial of Seven Sins. ] [ Survive all seven worlds, and your curse will be lifted. Fail, and your soul will burn forever. ]

Glayscent Clemente is a single mom kaya kinailangang niyang magtrabaho kahit na maliit pa lamang ang kanyang anak na lalaki. Lahat ng trababo ay kaya n’yang pasukin upang mabuhay lamang silang mag-ina. Haniel Hermuenez is one of the most sought-after bachelors in the Philippines. Magandang lalaki, matalino, at higit sa lahat ay mayaman. But he has a secret no one can know. One day, his grandfather offered him a deal that he can’t refuse. Isang kasunduan maglalagay sa kanila ni Glayscent sa isang kumplikadong sitwasyon. Masu-solusyonan ba ito nang walang nasasaktan? O mabubunyag ang mga lihim na matagal nang itinago?