While We Were Here Novels & Stories

(21+) ​"Today, you belong to me, Cariño. Forget the outside world. Your only job from now on is to serve me."​ (("Hari ini, kau menjadi milikku, Sayang. Lupakan dunia luar. Satu-satunya tugasmu mulai sekarang adalah melayaniku.")) ​“Also, did you say you like kids, hm? How about we make one?” Muyeol menyeringai sebelum akhirnya berbalik dan melangkah keluar dari perpustakaan, membawa serta sisa kehidupan normalku di dalam map hitamnya.​ (("Juga, apa tadi kamu bilang kamu suka anak-anak, hm? Bagaimana kalau kita membuatnya satu?")) . Bermula dari sebuah ledakan dahsyat di Pelabuhan Busan yang mengubah hidup Traya Gayatri dalam semalam. Berniat mencari murid-murid TK-nya yang hilang dalam kondisi terluka, guru muda asal Indonesia itu justru salah melangkah masuk ke wilayah rahasia milik Kim Muyeol, bos kartel keturunan Korea-Mexico kejam yang manipulatif. Tak sengaja melihat apa yang seharusnya tidak boleh dilihat, kebebasan Traya direnggut seketika. Dunianya kini menyusut, terkurung di dalam sangkar emas berupa mansion megah dan kamar utama tempat Muyeol menuntut kepatuhan mutlak. Ketika batin dan moralitas Traya menjerit menolak, sentuhan posesif dan dominasi Muyeol yang teramat kuat justru perlahan mulai mengkhianati akal sehatnya. Di atas ranjang sutra yang dingin, Traya tidak memiliki pilihan selain pasrah menghadapi badai gairah sang bos kartel yang menuntut tubuh dan jiwanya seutuhnya. Sanggupkah Traya mempertahankan sisa warasnya?

Daniel and Stefany had been friends since childhood. They seemed inseparable, always spending time together, playing and having fun to create beautiful memories that they would remember in their adulthood. Especially when Christmas arrived, Daniel and Stefany always made appointments to meet at an old church in the village to spend Christmas Eve together by playing snowball fights, lighting fireworks and creating snowmen. As teenagers, they became more intimate and the seeds of romance began to emerge between them. However, because they were comfortable with a very close friendship. It made Daniel and Stefany deliberately keep their feelings of affection in their respective hearts. Until one day Daniel plucked up the courage to express his love for Stefany. But unfortunately the girl's family had moved to the city, and left the village where they had been living. Years passed, Daniel kept waiting for Stefany to return to the village. He always waited for the girl to come and meet him in front of the gate of a church every Christmas. But Stefany never came. What is Daniel's fate next? Will the man be able to forget his childhood love? Where has Stefany been all this time? Will they meet again? Curious about the continuation? Come on ... please read!