(Romantic - Comedy) Karena perjodohan yang dilakukan oleh sang ayah, Briana Aulia Wiratmaja jadi membenci Athala Kavi Gautama yang menjadi suaminya selama hampir dua tahun terakhir. Bri, begitulah perempuan itu biasa dipanggil, merasa hidupnya begitu nelangsa karena harus berpisah dengan sang kekasih tercinta akibat pernikahan mereka. Berkali-kali Bri meminta Athala untuk menceraikannya, tetapi berkali-kali pula Athala menolak dengan alasan janji kepada sang ayah dan mereka belum memiliki keturunan. Maka dengan segala kekesalan dan kebencian yang meluap, Bri akhirnya bertekad membuat onar, sengaja melakukan hal-hal yang Athala benci. Berharap laki-laki itu muak dan kemudian menceraikannya. Namun, Bri sadar bahwa ekspektasinya ternyata sia-sia. Athala masih tetap keukeuh pada prinsipnya tidak akan bercerai sebelum mereka punya anak. "Kalau kamu mau cerai, kamu harus berikan saya seorang keturunan dulu, baru saya kabulkan permintaan kamu." "Kamu udah gila? Mana mungkin aku mau punya anak dari kamu! Aku benci kamu dan kamu juga nggak cinta sama aku!" "Kalau begitu jangan mimpi kamu mau bercerai." "Kenapa kamu masih aja mau bertahan di pernikahan nggak sehat ini? Kamu beneran udah sakit jiwa!" "Karena ini satu-satunya cara saya untuk balas dendam sama kamu, istriku." -------------------------------------------- Warning!!! 🔞 Story with mature content, harsh words, skinship, high level of romance and adult, problematic character, mental illness, family issues (21+) copyright @poetryalexandria First publish May 2024

Nolan, an unapproachable guy who ignores the existence of all his schoolmates, sleeps in all of his classes. Normally, this wouldn't be Chelsea Arnold's problem-she does her best to pay attention in class and attends gym like a good, normal student. Unfortunately, she just so happens to be his assigned desk partner in many classes. She's frequently forced to wake him in English class and ends up earning the unofficial title of Nolan's Wake-up Alarm-a title that nobody in the entire school covets. The last thing she wants is to interact with him more than she absolutely has to. One day, their gym teacher sends her to bring him back to class, which he always skips for some reason. When she accidentally shines her flashlight in his sleeping face, it triggers a chain of events that gradually intertwines their lives together. It's hard to be a normal student when you start befriending the school oddball. It doesn't help that he has more secrets than the Big Ben has stairs. ----- Complete. (first person, past tense, slowburn) ----- 1st place in Humor Category of Psychological Novel Reads Contest 2020 (29 Sep 2020) ----- Started: April 28, 2020 Completed: July 23, 2021 Word Count: 160K+ ----- The sequel, The Tortoise and His Sunrise, is up on my profile now!