Novels by Khoirul N.

The moon was perfectly round. From the attic of Greenroad Villa, the wind made the tops of the cypress trees look like they were rubbing against the full moon. There was coffee steaming in two white cups on the wooden table. A burly hand seemed to pick up one of the cups. "It's beautiful," Claire said after her husband took a sip of coffee. She admired the night view of the place. Jack shook his head. "There is something more beautiful than this." Claire said with a beaming face. "Really?" "'Yup." Jack took another sip of his homemade coffee. "Tell me quickly. I want to see it tomorrow." Claire was getting excited. "Why wait until tomorrow?" "So, I can see it now?" "Of course!" Claire clapped her hands happily. "Where can I see it?" She pulled her chair closer to Jack. "Go to the room." Claire who was listening to her husband intently furrowed her brows. However, she still said, "Then?" "When you stand in front of the mirror, look ahead. It really is the most beautiful vie

People were surprised by Jack's reaction to what Claire had done, and Claire herself was no exception. From the time she knew Jack until they decided to get married, Jack had never yelled at her, except when she made a mistake.'Then, what did I do wrong?' Claire thought to herself as she looked at her husband.Some of the ladies in the guest seats also didn't expect the young master to yell at his wife. They held their chests in shock. In their opinion, what Claire did was right.Those impudent people deserved two or three more slaps. Some of the guests even wanted to join in grabbing their hair.If Claire was shocked, Lady was not. Although Claire's slap made her cheek hurt, she was glad to know that the young master was quick to yell at his wife for being rude. That meant, she still had a chance. Who knew what chance Lady was referring to."Young Master," Matthew said feeling the need to defend Claire. He thought, perhaps his employer had misunderstood. However, before he had a cha

Undeniably, the aura emanating from Jack made the four women depressed. They seemed to clutch at their own clothes to hide their trembling hands in fear."Lady," Jack called out as the four women fell wordlessly silent.Lady forced herself to smile. "I am, Young Master."Jack laughed to hear Lady, who had often made fun of him as a loser, now addressing him with such a title, and spoken in a gentle tone."You insist on seeing me. Tell me, after this, what do you want?" Jack stuffed both hands into his pockets.To be honest, Jack's changeable reactions, sometimes looking angry, sometimes so friendly, confused Lady. She was well aware that Jack had every right to be angry. And she would accept whatever Jack would do.Lady briefly turned her head to the right and left to see the expressions on her friends' faces. She was sure that the expression on her face now was not much different from theirs; fear, anxiety, mixed with an expression of regret.Then, she suddenly dropped to her knees i

The guards delayed dragging Sophie and her friends out because they heard authoritative words from a man. It was an utterance they couldn't possibly ignore.That's right, it was Jack himself who had restrained the guards from arresting the female troublemakers. Now, the place seemed to freeze. Everyone watched Jack's calm face as they wondered what would happen next."What's he going to do?" asked Gary as he watched Jack walk to the edge of the stage after asking his wife for a moment. Although Gary was only watching from the television screen, his breath caught in his throat.As someone who had a lot of blame on Jack, Gary was naturally worried about his life. He began to understand the bad things that kept happening to him, although it wasn't as bad as what happened to David, Gary felt frustrated with his life that kept going downhill. Looking at his current situation, it could explain all the bad luck that had befallen him.So, what if his bad luck is still going to continue? What

That one shout managed to provoke the other guests. Now the place was filled with calls for Young Master Roodenburg to kiss his wife.Both of Claire's cheeks flushed at the sound. She even removed her arms from Jack's neck, turning toward the audience with her head slightly bowed.Jack sighed seeing his wife like that. He brought his face closer to Claire's, making the audience stop their exclamations.Everyone was tense waiting for what the Young Master would do."Don't worry. I won't do it in public," Jack whispered so quietly that only Claire could hear him.She turned to her husband with a bright face. Meanwhile, the audience was still waiting for the young master to do what they expected.In that moment of silence, there was suddenly a shout from the back row of seats."YOUNG MASTER!!!"The people were startled. They looked back, to the source of the voice, to see the appearance of the woman who had so boldly called out to Young Master Roodenburg.Now, they were staring at a woma

The wedding procession of Young Master Roodenburg and Miss Claire Boutcher has been completed. Now, their friendship had officially become husband and wife with a sacred bond of love. Happiness was evident on the faces of the bride and groom, their families, and the invited guests, except for the four friends sitting in the back seats.Sophie, who had been shedding tears, now hugged Lady to hide her sobs after seeing Jack kiss Claire on the forehead. Sophie still remembered clearly that during the time she and Jack were dating, Jack had never asked for a kiss from her. Whereas when she was David's girlfriend, he asked her for everything, even on their first day of dating.Indeed, Sophie often sees Jack as a loser even when it comes to romance. While she gives David very high marks, and considers him to be a real passionate man.'But look at it now. Jack married Claire in front of the entire Rhineland town with great dignity and charisma, with no drama, no fuss, no promises of this or

This was not Jack's first encounter with Emma's grandmother. He had seen her before when he organized a free dinner for the underprivileged at the elite SweetSky restaurant. Even then, Jack was sure he was the only one paying attention to her, and not the other way around.If Grandma had indeed noticed Jack back then, her reaction now would seem somewhat exaggerated. She acted as though she had just reunited with someone she had known for a long time after a long separation.Nevertheless, Jack now flashed a smile. Gently, he said, "It's me, Jack Hall. It's a pleasure to meet a beautiful woman like you."Jack's light-hearted joke, meant to warm up the atmosphere with Grandma, even succeeded in making Emma chuckle softly. However, not Grandma, who instead shook her head while shedding a tear.Jack glanced at Emma, worried that he might have offended Grandma or made an unintentional mistake."What's wrong, Grandma?" Emma kneeled beside Jack.Grandma wiped her tears with the white handker

Irene opened the door of her office. The guard who had just entered explained more clearly about the situation upstairs.Hearing the report from the guard, Emma immediately grabbed Jack's arm. Her face suddenly turned pale with a frown on her forehead.Jack tried to calm Emma down. He asked Emma to stay put while he went back to room 3F.“What if they hurt you? Jack, Andrew and his friends won't let you get away after you made Jimmy's head leak. They will definitely get back at you.”“What?” Irene gasped. The story from Jack was only about their escape from the perverted men, who were being held in room 3F by the guards. She had no idea at all if Jack was desperate to hurt one of them in order to protect Emma.“That's right, I hit his head with a bottle. But I haven't made Andrew's head leak yet. I'll be back to do it. He and the others deserve to be taught a lesson.” Jack's gaze was intimidatingly sharp.Irene could clearly see that Jack was furious. Once again, she chastised herself

Irene Walker looked at Jack who raised his arms, about to return Emma's hug but still hesitating. Until finally she smiled bitterly watching Jack embrace Emma.“It's okay, you can cry Emma. I know, it's not easy.”Irene didn't know why, but it was like her throat was choked, so much so that she had trouble even swallowing. It was so strange that she was heartbroken right now, it was obviously the first day she met Jack. Could there be such an instant, yet profound feeling of love?Irene shook her head, looking down to doubt her own sense of sanity.“I thought it would be an important and memorable night because finally after months of dating, my relationship with Andrew was progressing. But it turns out...” Emma shook her head while swallowing bitterness. She sobbed again as she remembered how cruel Andrew had been to her.“I understand.” Jack rubbed Emma's back gently.Emma tightened her embrace around Jack, burying her face deeper into his chest. The scene made Irene close her eyes

Emma was about to leave her seat, but Andrew prevented her by explaining that his friend was just joking. However, Emma still wanted to leave. She got up from her seat and left the sofa.Andrew also stood up, caught up and held Emma's hand. He begged her to stay there.Jack could clearly hear their conversation as they stood less than a meter away from him."I don't like your friend's jokes. They're over the line." "Emma, please don't listen. He's out of his fucking mind, talking out of his ass. I beg you, don't go yet. I haven't introduced you to Jimmy yet. You know, he's the one who often sets me up with his female colleagues. I want to show him that I already have a beautiful and charming girlfriend."Emma's cheeks flushed at Andrew's sweet and gentle words. She said, "But just for a while, then we'll go home.""I promise you. After this, I'll take you home."Andrew had managed to get Emma to come back to the party.Indeed, when Jack sees Emma smiling at him as she walks back past

Jack ran to the reception desk while continuing to call Emma.When he reached the reception desk, Jack inquired about Emma's arrival by describing her characteristics. The receptionist seemed to be thinking, recalling and comparing the characteristics of the woman Jack mentioned with the female visitors at The Groove Spot."I think I saw her come in a few minutes ago."Jack's eyes rounded. He remembered that the profile picture on Emma's cell phone number was a portrait of Emma. He showed the photo to the receptionist. "Is this the woman you saw?""That's right! It's her I saw. She was wearing a white dress, coming in with a man with long, tied-up hair."Jack thanked her, then ran to the third floor while continuing to call Emma."Hello, Jack," Emma said finally, from the other end of the line. Her voice still sounded cheerful."Emma, you've arrived at The Groove Spot, right? I'll come over and introduce myself to your boyfriend. Um, I'm at the karaoke place right now." "Really? Tha

"Hey, are you having trouble? Tell me if there's anything you don't understand." Ronald Smith put the glasses on the tray.Jack shook his head. "I'm just a little nervous. I hope I didn't make a mistake."Ronald put the wine bottles on Jack's tray. He patted Jack on the shoulder. "It's going to be all right. You can do it. The first time I worked here, I felt the same as you. But now I'm used to it, it's just... I'm still scared when dealing with Miss Walker haha."Ronald didn't know that Jack's nervousness wasn't about work, but about what was going to happen.Actually, Jack was taking a big risk. He didn't know whether bad things would happen to Emma or not, but he definitely wanted to protect her, even though there was a possibility that he would see an intimate scene between Emma and her boyfriend. Thinking about it certainly made Jack uncomfortable, but imagining bad things happening to Emma made him even more uneasy."Follow me and watch your step." Ronald commanded. He wanted t