Wallpaper Beranda

My fiancé suddenly announces he's marrying my sister instead. And just as my world collapses, the cold, noble Twinkle Oriven kneels before me with a diamond ring in hand. He confesses he's loved me for years. We get married. For three years, he's gentle, considerate, and flawless in every way. Then, one day, I accidentally overhear a conversation between him and a friend. "Twinkle, Amelie has everything she has ever wanted. Isn't it time to end this fake marriage?" "Since I can't marry Amelie, it doesn't matter who I marry. All that matters is that it keeps her life undisturbed." In the chapel where he prays every day, the wallpaper is covered with one name—Amelie Ashcombe. I hear him pray to the heavens. "May all the good in the world belong to Amelie. I'd trade my own happiness for her peace and joy. I don't ask to have her in the next life… I just want her to remember me." So this is the truth behind three years of a seemingly perfect marriage. I erase my identity and stage a fake death. From now on, Twinkle and I are nothing.

Tunanganku, Arthur Kusnandi, adalah seorang bos mafia yang memerintah seluruh dunia mafia negara ini dengan tangan besi. Di mata orang-orang, dia adalah perwujudan kekuasaan. Namun di mataku, dia adalah perwujudan cinta. Hanya saja, aku tidak pernah menyadari harga apa yang harus dibayar untuk mencintai pria seperti dirinya. Pada hari Valentine, aku memasak sendiri hidangan yang paling disukai Arthur dan menunggunya pulang ke rumah. Waktu terus berlalu, tetapi kursi Arthur tetap kosong. Dengan perasaan gelisah, aku akhirnya membuka beranda media sosial adik angkatnya, Bella Atmaja. [Mau memuji seseorang. Aku cuma bilang aku kesepian, eh dia langsung datang.] [Bahkan ketika aku nggak sengaja menumpahkan anggur ke tubuhnya, dia sama sekali nggak keberatan. Arthur memang orang yang selalu menempatkan keluarga di urutan pertama. Meski kekasihnya diabaikan, dia tetap nggak pernah mengecewakanku. Terus pertahankan seperti ini.] Di dalam foto itu, bagian pinggang kemeja Arthur basah kuyup. Sapu tangan di tangan Bella bergerak dengan berbahaya di area paling intim tubuh pria itu. Arthur tidak menghindar. Dia hanya menatap Bella dengan tatapan penuh kasih dan memanjakan. Aku tidak membuat keributan apa-apa. Aku hanya memberi tanda suka pada unggahan Bella itu. Kemudian, aku mengirim pesan kepada Arthur. [Kita putus saja.] Seperti biasanya, Arthur mengabaikan pesan itu. Belakangan barulah aku tahu, saat pesan putusku muncul di ponselnya, Arthur hanya merespons dengan nada santai. "Valerie Winata nggak mungkin bisa hidup tanpa aku. Dia cuma lagi ngambek, hanya pura-pura doang kok. Kalau dibiarkan beberapa hari, dia akan kembali sendiri ke sisiku. Dia itu memang gampang dibujuk." Arthur tidak tahu, selama ini aku mudah dibujuk hanya karena aku mencintainya. Namun setelah aku memutuskan untuk pergi, tidak peduli bagaimana Arthur berusaha membujukku, dia tidak akan pernah lagi bisa membuatku kembali.

On the night of New Year's Eve, I wake up in a hospital ward with an IV drip connected to the back of my hand. A nurse passes me the hospital bill. "It's 300 dollars in total, including the emergency treatment fee and the cost for a bottle of glucose drips." When I turn on my phone, I feel my heart sinking. I only have 29.01 dollars left in my bank account. The wallpaper of my phone is a countdown of my family contract's app. Today is the date when I have to renew my family contract for the year. In order to accumulate enough money to go home, I've been working as a staff member in concert venues. Earlier, I had collapsed backstage, so I was quickly sent to the hospital. The dial tone keeps beeping for a long time. Finally, my mom answers my call in what seems to be a noisy background. "Mom, I'm at the hospital right now. I need 300 dollars to pay the hospital bill." "You're at the hospital?" Mom's voice turns shrill immediately. "Why did you visit the hospital during the holidays? You really are a jinx!" "I fainted earlier. I was working at a concert venue—" "What? So, you refused to do chores at home during the holidays! Instead, you decide to work at a concert venue?" Mom interrupts immediately. "I don't have 300 dollars on me! You'd better come up with a way to pay that bill of yours!" "Mom…" My hand tightens around my phone. "Today is the last day of my family contract's renewal period. I'll renew the contract once I pay the bill." "Renew the contract, huh?" Mom just sneers at me. "That's a part of your duties! How dare you use it against me! Helena Lambert, if you don't renew the contract today, you can forget about calling me 'Mom'!" After that, she ends the call. I can only grip my phone to the point that my fingers turn white. After that, I tap on a social media app in hopes that I can borrow money from my friends, only to see the latest post on the social media feed. My younger sister, Hannah Lambert, has posted a photo collage there. "I'm here with my parents to watch my favorite singer's concert! Snagging tickets to the first-row seats is definitely worth it!" The background of those photos is the same concert venue where I work part-time at. It's the most expensive venue in town. Apparently, tickets cost 2,900 dollars each.