Karma

My husband woke me at 2 AM, demanding I come to the hospital to operate on Ava Foster— his first love. When I arrived, Ava was lying ghostly pale in the hospital bed. The chart showed end-stage uremia; she desperately needed a kidney transplant. I explained that her condition was critical, and without a matching donor, there was nothing I could do. My husband mistook my professional assessment for jealousy. He slapped me hard across the face. "What kind of doctor are you?" he snarled. "Are you just going to let her die? Test more people until you find a match!" I rubbed my cheek and nodded calmly. "Actually, we already found one." "Your kidney is compatible with hers. You'll be the donor."

Menjelang hari pernikahan, Nando Soman tiba-tiba menjadi korban pemukulan. Saat aku mendengar kabar buruk itu dan buru-buru ke rumah sakit, dia sudah tak mengenaliku lagi. Dokter bilang, kepalanya mengalami benturan hebat, menyebabkan amnesia sementara. Sejak itu, aku mengerahkan segalanya. Kucoba mengajaknya mengunjungi ulang semua tempat penuh kenangan kita, berharap bisa membangkitkan kembali ingatannya. Tapi saat kami kembali ke rumah sakit untuk pemeriksaan, aku tak sengaja mendengar percakapannya dengan teman-temannya. “Rani udah sebaik itu sama kamu, kamu nggak terharu?” “Terharu apanya, aku mau muntah. Setiap hari mutar di tempat yang itu-itu aja, nggak ada hal baru. Cewek-cewek baru malah lebih seru dan bervariasi.” “Kalau gitu kenapa masih mau nikah sama dia? Menurut aku sih, mending batalkan aja tunangannya, hidup lebih bebas.” Tapi dia malah marah besar. “Ngomong apa kamu?! Aku cinta banget sama Rani, mana mungkin aku batalkan pertunangan kami! Aku pasti akan menikahinya! Cuma, waktunya ditunda sedikit.” Saat aku melihat hasil pemeriksaan di tanganku yang menunjukkan semuanya normal, aku baru benar-benar tersadar. Ternyata, memang tak bisa membangunkan orang yang pura-pura tidur.

Lima tahun menjalin hubungan dengan Jonas, nyatanya tak membuat Senja benar-benar mengenal siapa kekasihnya. Dan saat Senja memutuskan berpisah darinya, Jonas telah mempersiapkan sebuah kejutan. Seminggu setelah putus, sebuah undangan pernikahan diterima Senja. mampukan Senja melupakan lelaki yang sesungguhnya amat dia cintai itu dan menerima hati yang baru? Dirgantara Langit Biru, sepupu Jonas yang datang menawarkan cinta yang suci untuknya. Dan bagaimana hidup Jonas selanjutnya setelah mereka berpisah? Jonas yang akhirnya terjerat pernikahan dengan perempuan posesif bernama Marsya, yang akhirnya terindikasi memiliki gangguan jiwa, nyaris saja menghancurkan hidup Jonas sehancur-hancurnya

As I'm unable to get a ticket for my return trip after the Thanksgiving holiday, I specifically booked a first-class seat home. Just as I find my seat, I see an unruly child jumping around on it. I patiently smile and say, "Kid, this is my seat. Where is your seat?" He makes a face at me. "It's mine now, old hag!" I grab him by the collar of his shirt, wanting to lift him out of the seat. At that moment, a woman's piercing voice sounds behind me. "What are you doing? Let go of my son!" I release my grip and say as gently as possible, "Please control your child. This is my seat." Suddenly, she raises her voice. "He's just a child! Can't you, as an adult, give way to him? You're young and dressed decently. How can you have no compassion at all?" I'm so angered by this distorted reasoning that I laugh. "If you're so compassionate, why didn't you spend the money to buy your child a first-class seat?"

I was nine months along and ready to give birth, but my husband, Sean Conner, had me locked in the basement storage room and told me to hold the baby in. He said it was because his late brother’s wife, Quinn Faber, was also due today. Years ago, Sean and his brother had agreed that the first child born to the Conners would be raised as the heir and inherit the family inheritance. “Quinn’s baby must come first,” Sean said as if it were nothing. “She lost her husband and has nothing. You already have my love. It’s only right that the inheritance goes to her child.” The pain from the contractions folded me over, and I cried, begging him to take me to the hospital. He wiped my tears with a dangerously calm voice. “Stop the act,” he snapped. “I always knew you didn’t love me. All you care about is money and status. You forced labor to happen early so you could steal my nephew’s place… How can you be so cruel?” White-faced and shaking, I managed to whisper, “I can’t control when a baby comes. It’s a coincidence. I swear I don’t care about the inheritance. I love you!” He let out a cold laugh. “If you loved me, you wouldn’t have pushed Quinn to sign that contract relinquishing her child’s inheritance. Fine. Once she has her baby, I’ll come back for you. After all, the child in your belly is my blood.” Sean stayed outside Quinn’s delivery room. Only after the newborn arrived did he remember me. He ordered his secretary to take me to the hospital, but the secretary’s voice trembled as he said. “Madam… and the baby… They’re both gone…” At that moment, Sean lost his mind.

My husband, Julian Sutton, is busy with work on the day of my prenatal checkup. His childhood sweetheart, Vera Levine, with whom he's been amorous for years, offers to drive me. On the way there, she suddenly swerves and rams into the back of a truck. The car is flattened. Julian is a doctor in the emergency room, but I don't call him. Instead, I dial 911 and wait for assistance. Why? I called him in my past life, and he took me to the hospital. Our child was saved, but Vera died due to significant blood loss. Julian claimed not to blame me and even arranged for me to stay in a private hospital ward. But on the day I was discharged, he dragged me to Vera's grave and stabbed me. I lost the child and was on the verge of death as I stared into his bloodshot eyes. They were filled with unbridled hatred as he snarled, "Vera wouldn't have died if you hadn't grabbed the wheel! Don't think I'll believe you just because you're acting innocent! An eye for an eye—I want you to die for her, but only after experiencing the pain she felt in a hundredfold!" He twisted the blade and stabbed me repeatedly. My blood splattered on Vera's gravestone, dying it red. When I open my eyes again, I find that I've been taken back to the scene of the accident.

My mom ended up in a vegetable state because my husband's childhood sweetheart hit her while drunk driving. When the police asked her to take a breathalyzer, Sarah swore she hadn't drunk anything and dared them to draw her blood for a test. At the hospital, James faked the test results. He staked his career on it, producing a clean report that cleared her of driving under the influence. The day she walked free, he went to pick her up. I screamed at him, "Don't you know she hit my mom?" He shrugged. "Margaret is not dead. She'll wake up, okay? Why are you freaking out, trying to ruin Sarah's life? Will that make you happy?"

Seven days before our wedding, Danny Wagner—my childhood sweetheart—got down on one knee for Mia Kant, the broke girl he'd been sponsoring. Right in front of me and his buddies. I didn't cry. Didn't lose it. Just slapped a smile on my face and said, "Wishing you two a lifetime of happiness." His buddies? Oh, they had the nerve to tell me to be generous and let Danny help Mia finish her "wish list." Danny, unsatisfied and ticked off, said I was overreacting and demanded an apology. Dismissive, he sneered, "I said I'd marry you after Mia's wish list was done. Stop being so unreasonable." I knew this was the last item on her list. I opened my notes app, scrolled to my wish list, and deleted all thirty-three bullet points. Done. Then I made a call. "I'm willing to marry you."

Love is both salvation and torment. If Bella Ramsey were given another chance, she swore—she would never fall in love with Seth Rogan again.

Gaji Zevanya Camila sebagai seorang pegawai kelab malam nyatanya tidak mencukupi untuk membiayai pengobatan ibunya. Dia terpaksa mengambil keputusan berat, yaitu dengan menjual keperawanannya. Namun, kegamangan dirasakan Anya ketika dia melihat seorang pria tualah yang akan dia layani. Dia pun nekat kabur, dan bertemu dengan Davanka Abisheva Gunadhya yang menolongnya. Sayangnya, ada harga yang harus Anya bayar untuk pertolongan yang diberikan Davanka. Apakah itu? Dan apakah Anya sanggup membayarnya?