the little of stoicism

We’re preparing to move into a new house, and when my husband’s best female friend found out, she decided to move in with us. I was about to object, but my husband immediately agreed. To make things worse, he even gave my daughter’s master bedroom, which was meant to be her children’s room, to her son and made our daughter move to the basement. When I voiced my disagreement, he dismissed it, saying, “Grace is my close friend; don’t overthink it. Her son is like my son; of course, I want him to have a better room.” When I still stood my ground, my husband and his family began criticizing me, calling me selfish. Unable to stand their unfairness, I moved out with my daughter. It was then they realized my absence and became anxious.

After my engagement to Simon Page, he secretly planned a trip abroad with Yara Watson, the woman he had loved for years. The day before their departure, he was chatting with his friends and Yara in the lounge of a golf club. "Simon, you just got engaged, and you're already taking Yara on a trip. Aren't you afraid Rosalyn will find out?" Simon scoffed. "I hired a guy to pose as her suitor. He’ll keep her so occupied that she won’t have time to bother me. "If something really happens between them, even better. I can use it as an excuse to officially end the engagement and be with Yara openly." Standing outside the door, I trembled as his words sank in. Tears streamed down my face as I looked at the handsome man behind me, his expression filled with guilt. "Then let’s grant him his wish and get married." But just as I was preparing for the wedding, Simon suddenly knelt before me in agony. "Rosalyn, I was wrong. Please, don’t marry him!"

Before my mother passed away, the person she most wanted to see was her beloved son-in-law, Anthony Brosnan. She supported Anthony financially for five years, and the latter started his own business after graduating. At that time, I accidentally walked into his office and instantly fell in love with him at first sight. However, Anthony changed after three years of marriage and fell in love with his secretary. I called him over a dozen times, and it was the secretary who picked up the phone. "Anthony is cooking right now. Do you need something?" Just as I was about to speak, my mother overheard the voice. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she passed away filled with resentment. Anthony, since I had lost my mother, you meant nothing to me anymore.

Xiao Fang Yue menyimpan dendam bertahun-tahun karena suatu kasus yang menyangkut kakak laki-lakinya. Meski memiliki ilmu bela diri yang mumpuni tidak membuatnya bisa membunuh musuhnya dengan mudah. Tidak memiliki banyak sekutu adalah kelemahan utamanya. Tapi tiba-tiba ayahnya, Kaisar Xiao memintanya menikah dengan Tian Xu, putra dari Kaisar Yuan Selatan. Berkeinginan memiliki banyak sekutu setelah menikah bersama Tian Xu menjadikan Fang Yue setuju untuk menikah. Begitu juga dengan Tian Xu yang menyetujui pernikahan karena akan mendapat bantuan dari Fang Yue untuk memenuhi ambisinya. Ternyata perjalanan kehidupan keduanya tidaklah mudah meski sudah bersatu. Hidup dikelilingi banyak musuh membuat keduanya saling mengabaikan rasa cinta. Lalu apa yang terjadi jika Dewa menakdirkan sebuah penyesalan untuk hidup mereka. Akankah mereka bisa bersama setelah banyaknya rintangan? Atau justru memohon pada Dewa untuk mempertemukan mereka kembali pada kehidupan selanjutnya?

Jeasy Gracorner, seorang wanita cantik nan seksi juga sederhana. Kemurahan hatinya yang penyayang serta penolong itu selalu saja memikat semua orang untuk memujinya. Namun, sikap baiknya tersebut malah menjadi boomerang. Salah satunya karena Jeasy telah menolong seseorang. Seolah perantara dari Tuhan, akibatnya ia malah terjebak dalam jeratan pria bernama Willyard Poulter. Pria tampan dan gagah yang telah berhasil merubah keseluruhan hidupnya. Mampukah Jeasy melepas diri dari jeratan pria tersebut? Atau dia malah menikmati perubahan hidupnya demi seseorang? Semua keputusan itu ada di tangan si perantara, yaitu sang malaikat kecil. Lalu, siapakah si perantara atau sang malaikat kecil itu?

Nakano Izumi : Aku bertemu Hasegawa Ishida – lelaki yang wajahnya membuatku teringat sesuatu yang buruk di masalalu. Awalnya aku takut setiap melihat wajahnya tapi pria itu punya senyum sehangat mentari sampai-sampai rasanya pipiku memanas tiap kali ia tersenyum padaku. Hasegawa Ishida : Aku akhirnya menemukan gadis yang aku cari setelah tidak bertemu selama dua tahun. Karena tidak ingin kehilangannya lagi, kali ini aku memberanikan diri untuk mengenalnya lebih jauh. Tapi semakin jauh mengetahui tentang dirinya, aku semakin tidak bisa kembali ke tempat semula aku berdiri. Kenichi Hasegawa : Dia bukan type ku sama sekali. Kisah ini bermula saat musim semi di Yokohama. Berada diantara dua pria sudah cukup merepotkan, apalagi jika keduanya tidak akur sejak awal. Izumi setuju soal senyum Hasegawa Ishida yang sehangat mentari, tapi lambat laun ia menyadari sisi lain yang Hasegawa Kenichi miliki. Pada siapa Izumi akan berakhir? Pada Ishida yang ternyata memiliki hubungan dengan orang di masa lalunya – yang sempat membuat hidup Izumi hancur, atau pada Kenichi pria tampan dengan sifat sedingin angin diawal bulan maret?

Kayla Audrey bertekad menyatakan cintanya kepada kakak kelasnya bernama Aska. Namun, tanpa diduga apa yang ia lakukan malah bertemu dengan kesalahpahaman. Pernyataan cintanya malah menyasar orang lain, yaitu Kenzo. Parahnya lagi kesalahpahaman itu semakin berujung menuju kebetulan-kebetulan yang membuat hubungan di antara Kayla dan Kenzo semakin dekat

" Bah, serius Abah mau mindahin aku di pondok ini? " Tanya Abbas sambil mencoba berjalan sejajar dengan abahnya . "Ya gimana lagi. " Jawab abahnya dengan singkat. "Di pondok ini ikhwan akhwat jadi satu loh. " Balas Abbas. "Kamu di sini mondok niatnya buat cari ilmu, bukan cari akhwat, kalau niat awal kamu mau cari ilmu, InsyaAllah gapapa walaupun ada akhwat. " Jelas abahnya dengan lembut. *** "Ih Putri, jangan jadi berondong kau ni. " Ucap Aini membuyarkan lamunanku. "Dih, siapa juga yang jadi berondong, kau nanti kaget kalau tahu dia, " balasku. "Hmm iya-in aja deh biar kau seneng. " Balasnya sambil tertawa. *** Mungkin nantinya tak akan ada yang tahu, bahwa ada seseorang yang selalu melangitkan do'a sendirian, berjuang dengan teguh nya, tanpa adanya sebuah dukungan, ia selalu yakin akan takdir Allah yang indah, Allah tak mungkin membiarkan do'a dan keteguhan dari hamba-Nya itu kembali dengan sia-sia. Meski selalu ada rintangan yang tak segan-segan menghampiri, bahkan terkadang rintangan itu memberi rasa luka di hati. Akankah ia mampu bertahan di atas derasnya rintangan itu? Ataukah perjuangannya akan berhenti sebelum Allah buka pintu do'anya? . Ingat, hal menyakitkan dalam hubungan percintaan adalah;"kita telah kehilangan sesuatu itu sebelum sempat memilikinya. "

“This thing you are doing to me, I have no idea what it is. I just want to feel it forever.” Romero declared his face void of its usual strictness. This was the first time Imade was seeing him show something close to emotion. It was beautiful. ______ Imade has never had a problem being the "IT" girl, in fact, she bodied it effortlessly. She had enough hate from her family members and that was enough to keep her going. It was one thing to be living your dreams and it was another thing to be rudely pulled out and pushed into a deep web of lies woven by your parents. Imade's perfect life was thrown into deep chaos when she was forced to marry the dark lord Romero Vaughan. Her whole life was put on hold and she was introduced to a world she thought was all myth. More chaos when she finds out that the dark lord hated her and the peak was when she finds herself falling deeply for him.

At sixty-five, I got served divorce papers. The same day, my husband Sebastian — decked out in his wedding suit, of all things — popped a handful of sleeping pills in a suicide attempt. For years, we were the perfect couple. The kind of pair neighbors whispered about with envy. I couldn't wrap my head around it. The divorce. The pills. None of it made sense. Not until I found the photo and letter in his pocket.