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When I learned that Holly Jones had gone to deliver cold medicine to her young assistant, even though she knew I was trapped in the elevator and suffered from claustrophobia, I asked for a divorce. Holly signed without hesitation. Smiling at her best friend, she said, "Jim is just throwing a little tantrum. His parents are gone, so there's no way he'd really divorce me. Besides, there's a thirty-day cooling-off period before it's finalized. If he regrets it, I'll graciously forgive him and take him back." The very next day, she posted a couples' photoshoot with her assistant, captioned: [Capturing your every sexy moment.] I counted the days. Calmly, I packed my belongings and made a phone call. "Uncle, buy me a ticket to Hudson City."

Alena Pradita berdiri di tengah kerumunan sambil menggenggam dua tumpukan kertas. Yang satu adalah hasil diagnosis mati rasa emosional, sedangkan yang satu lagi adalah perjanjian kesepakatan cerai. Tiga jam sebelumnya, karena status perkawinannya di sistem rumah sakit menunjukkan bahwa Alena telah bercerai, dia pun sengaja pergi ke kantor catatan sipil. Staf itu mendongak dan berujar, "Bu, kamu dan Pak Ardian memang sudah bercerai tiga tahun yang lalu." Ekspresi Alena seketika membeku. "Mana mungkin? Kami baru menikah tiga tahun yang lalu." Staf itu memastikannya lagi, lalu menjawab dengan nada yang agak aneh, "Benar, waktu perceraian memang di tiga tahun yang lalu, tepatnya ... tujuh detik setelah pernikahanmu."

Kairo Evel Monoxo has always been used to the life that he wants. Playing, non-committing, nagagawa niya ang lahat ng gusto niya. Nakukuha ang lahat ng nais. Until one day, he met an untamable, feisty wave along the way. He was mesmerized by it. He was challenged. He wants to hold her and have a grasp on her world. But she doesn't... A few years later and he found himself still chasing it endlessly. Still whipped and damned crazy for the thing that he has already been pursuing for years. It was the only thing that he still can't have. The only one that he can't manipulate or control. Sa patuloy na pagdami ng pagsubok sa buhay, magagawa ba niyang kamtan ang ninanais? Can trust allow you to risk yourself even when all odds are stacked against you? Kagaya ng ulan na madalas ay banayad, magagawa ba niyang hintaying tumila ito? Kahit na hindi alam kung bahaghari ba ang nasa dulo?

Mereka dikenal sebagai empat pengacau di Pesantren Nurul Hikmah. Namun, hanya sedikit yang tahu misi rahasia mereka: menjadi bayangan yang menyelinap untuk mengoyak tirai ketidakadilan. Berbekal niat yang lurus, mereka meretas sistem yang bengkok, membuktikan bahwa untuk menjaga kehormatan, cara tak terduga terkadang menjadi satu-satunya jalan. Selamat datang di kisah Arnav Hafizam Rahandika dan kawan-kawannya.

At the company holiday party raffle, I'd barely stepped on stage when my superior, Victor Grant, shoved a crumpled slip into my hand. "Special prize for our top sales guy. Go on, open it. Let's show everyone." All eyes were on me as I unfolded it. Scrawled across the paper: [VIP janitor status unlocked—every toilet in the company, three days.] The room lost it—laughter everywhere. Victor crossed his arms, grinning. "Fair, right? Everyone knows you climbed the ranks hooking up with rich cougars. Gotta avoid hard feelings for the others, yeah? While the rest of us take a break, you can get busy. You're not gonna back out, are you?" The crowd cracked up. My girlfriend—and CEO—Rachel Sullivan stood off to the side, watching. Didn't say a word. Everyone waited for me to explode. Instead, I just nodded. Next day, over 300 refund requests hit. Cash flow flatlined. Victor and Rachel begged me to talk the buyers down. I shrugged. "Nah. Don't wanna save the company and make my performance too good. That'd just cause more ' hard feelings,' right?"

Song Liya, seorang guru olahraga dari dunia modern, terbangun dalam tubuh Murong Shi, tokoh antagonis dalam novel Gelora Cinta Sang Adipati, yang ditakdirkan mati tragis. Terjebak dalam pernikahan politik dengan Adipati Xuan, penguasa Beiyuan yang dingin, ia mewarisi reputasi buruk yang menyeretnya menuju hukuman mati. Menolak takdir itu, Song Liya mengubah hidup Murong Shi; meninggalkan kebiasaan buruk, menjadi disiplin, dan membangun kembali kendali atas kediaman adipati. Namun perubahan itu justru menarik perhatian sang adipati. Ketika ia hampir lolos dari nasib buruknya, Song Liya menemukan rahasia kelam, Murong Shi hanyalah pion keluarga Murong untuk menjatuhkan sang adipati, dan saudari kembarnya, Murong Lian, berambisi merebut identitas, kedudukan, serta suaminya. Kini Song Liya harus melawan takdir novel, menghadapi saudari yang ingin menggantikannya, dan bertahan di dunia penuh intrik, sebelum takdir kematian kembali mengejarnya.

Men Of Manhattan #3. Christopher Royce had a hard life since the beginning, which led him to be a withdrawn and serious man. This is further aggravated after an event that marked his life, so Christopher decides to focus only on his work, making him even more lonely if possible. Nowadays, he only trusts a couple of people because it's impossible for him to open up once more. Full of resentment, distrust and tired with the life he's living, he accepts the present his best friend gives him for his birthday: A trip to Hawaii. What Christopher doesn't expect is that this trip will become the best experience of his life when he meets Helena; a happy, outgoing, tenacious woman determined to make the man with serious face and melancholic eyes see that life is too short not to take risks. The problem will come when the trip comes to an end and they have to say goodbye and walk away.

Jason Schwartz had been a close friend of my father's, despite the age gap. The year I met him, I was fearless, the kind of girl who thought nothing could touch her. I bit down hard on the hand he offered me. Jason just laughed. "You're adorable," he said. "Like a little wolf." On my 18th birthday, he shoved me onto the bed, his eyes red, as if he had been holding back for years. "Diana, I've finally waited long enough for you to grow up." He was the one who pulled me into that first flutter of desire, the one who led me across every line I wasn't supposed to cross. I grew into exactly the kind of girl he wanted. The day my father was hacked to death by his enemies, Jason took my hand and stepped into his place without hesitation. When I was pregnant, he brought home a girl covered in blood. "Diana, she's not like you. She's like wild grass, tough and stubborn." He said he admired wild grass. But he forgot something. He was the one who raised me into a rose that only knew the shelter of a greenhouse. Good thing I didn't need him anymore.

As human fertility rates kept falling, the government created a matching system between humans and beasts. That was how I became engaged to the Blackwood brothers—two wolf beasts who never wanted me. For a year, I made coffee for both of them every morning.The older brother, Adrian, kept his distance, but he always took the mug and thanked me quietly. The younger one, Kieran, was all temper and sharp teeth. He snapped at me, broke the mug, and acted like I was a nuisance. I told myself this was fair. If I treated them the same, maybe one day this arranged bond would feel like home. Then my best friend saw it and asked, “Have you ever thought that treating them equally might be unfair to the one who’s actually kind to you?” I thought about that all day. Then one morning, I walked out of the kitchen carrying only one cup.

Sebuah kecelakaan membingungkan yang melibatkan Ghazanvar Nawasena Gunadhya dan menelan nyawa sepasang suami istri membuat Ghazanvar terjebak pernikahan dengan anak korban kecelakaan tersebut. Ghazanvar yang masih bingung dan merasa bersalah karena kecelakaan itu malah menjadikannya sebagai saksi akhirnya menerima solusi absurd sang mami untuk memperistri anak korban yang sekarang menjadi yatim piatu. Naraya Kirani adalah mahasiswi Seni sebuah Universitas di Jakarta tiba-tiba harus menjadi yatim piatu setelah kecelakaan yang merenggut nyawa kedua orang tuanya. Gadis cantik dengan mata besarnya yang indah itu terpaksa menerima lamaran mami Zara untuk Ghazanvar dari pada harus menjadi penebus hutang mendiang orang tuanya kepada seorang rentenir kejam yang ingin menjadikannya istri. Dalam sepengetahuan Naraya, Ghazanvar adalah orang pertama yang melihat dan melaporkan kecelakaan kedua orang tuanya. Apakah pernikahan kedua orang asing ini bisa berakhir saling mencintai? Atau justru Nay akan membenci Ghaza, bila mengetahui kalau pria itu ikut andil dalam kecelakaan yang menyebabkan kedua orang tuanya meninggal?