Novel & Cerita 50 Resep Teh Duchess

Liam and I have been together for five years. We were supposed to become mates in a month. I have been planning our honeymoon because in these five years, we have never left this city. So I prepared a $100,000 trip in advance as a mating gift for Liam. When I mentioned it to him, before I even finished my words, he interrupted me impatiently, “Who asked you to plan it? For our honeymoon, I will only give you a budget of $50. We’ll just go somewhere nearby for a night.” That night, I found out he had transferred his $1 million hunting competition bonus to his childhood friend Stella, letting her use it to buy an apartment of her own. He got really mad at me, when he saw the receipt for the $100,000 I had prepaid for the honeymoon. “Who gave you the right to spend our future money on a trip?” Liam’s parents also yelled at me, “You are just a useless Omega! You can’t even shift into a werewolf form, unlike Stella, you are not good enough for our son.” But every single cent was earned by myself from my herb business. I broke up with him without any hesitation. Liam stole that trip from me and went on it with Stella instead. Seven years later, we ran into each other at the Alpha’s castle. Liam was about to become a Warrior of the pack. Meanwhile, I was on my knees, searching for something on the floor. “Mia, you broke up with me over a $50 honeymoon fund back then. Now, you are working as a maid? You’re in this mess because of your own choices.” In fact, I was looking for my pup’s favorite toy. It had rolled under one of the tables earlier. “Is that so? Don’t you even know who the Luna of this castle is?”

« Votre mariage n'est qu'un souvenir à 50 euros, Mme Vance. Et votre mari est déjà marié à quelqu'un d'autre. » En un instant, au bureau de l'immigration, ma vie en tant qu'épouse de Liam Sterling, la superstar du CHL, s'est évaporée. Notre mariage secret à Las Vegas n'était qu'une imposture, et Liam était déjà légalement marié à sa « manager » Sophia. Mais la cruauté ne s'est pas arrêtée là. Liam s'attendait à ce que j'adopte « l'orphelin d'un héros de guerre », un enfant qui était en réalité leur fils secret. Il ne voulait pas d'une épouse. Il voulait une docteure de renommée mondiale pour relancer sa carrière et une nounou gratuite pour élever l'enfant de sa véritable épouse. Liam a commis une erreur fatale : il a oublié que j'étais la seule à pouvoir le maintenir en état de jouer. J'ai signé un contrat record avec les Titans, ses rivaux les plus acharnés. Et maintenant, alors que le genou de Liam se brisait en morceaux pendant les séries éliminatoires, j'étais sur le banc adverse, soignant le seul homme capable de le détruire. Il voulait une nounou ? J'étais sûre qu'il allait vivre son pire cauchemar.

I was just a nobody actor, killing time reading a trashy novel where the Omega side-character had my name. His only purpose? To be a disposable prop for the Alpha ML, a walking, talking disaster who gets his life ruined in 50 chapters flat. I hated him. I hated his pathetic weakness. Then I died. And I woke up as him. Now, I'm that cannon fodder. I'm in the body of the fool I despised, on the eve of his public humiliation at the hands of the novel's god-like Alpha, Huo Yan. The worst part? I never finished the book. I know how I'm supposed to die, but I have no idea how this story ends. My only guide is a faint voice in my head, a "Survival System" that gives me one simple, terrifying rule: Don't attract the protagonist. So I have a plan. Be invisible. Be boring. Stay away from Huo Yan. But I messed up. In one desperate moment to save my own skin, I did something unexpected. I showed a spark of talent the original "me" never had. And the Alpha, the man who should be looking at the female lead, is now looking at me. His scent, a predator's frost, hunts me in crowded rooms. His eyes, dark and possessive, follow my every move. He cornered me after a gala, his voice a low growl against my ear. "You are not the Omega from the script," he whispered, his touch branding my skin. "You are a liar. And I will peel back every layer until I find the truth." The plot is broken. The Alpha is obsessed. And my survival system is flashing red. I came here to avoid my death, but now I'm terrified I might just be the reason this story becomes a tragedy.

As a low-income student who's specifically recruited by the elite college this year, I can still feel my hands trembling as I clutch the letter that tells me I get to study for free. Not only are my tuition and miscellaneous fees waived, but I also get to receive 30 thousand dollars' worth of student grant per year. I even get to have free access to the leather seats inside the library, the equipment inside the gym, as well as the aerial garden on the roof. The best surprise for me has to be the cafeteria. All low-income students get a 50% discount on their meals, but the quality of their food doesn't decrease at all. Best beef is used in the steak dinners offered by the cafeteria, whereas a seafood platter showcases the entire huge lobster. Even the most basic mac and cheese meal has different types of freshly grated cheese baked into it. As I sit in the brightly lit classroom and look at the rich students around me, who wear custom-made uniforms and have branded watches latched around their wrists, all I have is one thought. I must be on good terms with them. But my seatmate, who's also a low-income student, isn't as thrilled as me. In fact, she just looks at the people around her with disdain in her eyes. After the first lesson, a rich student arrives at our table. He might not sound polite at all, but at least he's not putting on airs. "Do any of you have time to head over to the cafeteria and buy me breakfast?" I'm about to respond to him when a shrill voice booms out next to me. "You're so annoying! What, you think you rule the campus since you're rich? Had I known that this classroom is filled with useless scions like you who just waste their lives away on nothing, I wouldn't have enrolled in this college in the first place!"

Sienna Calder swore she’d never touch her father’s world—Dorian Ashford, shipping mogul and billionaire king, left her mom to rot while he built his empire. She’s there to curse his grave when he dies, not to claim a dime. But his will traps her, naming her co-heir to his $50 billion legacy alongside Roman Valtieri, the brooding, hard-edged protégé who’s clawed his way into Dorian’s shadow—and now into hers. They’re to run the empire together or lose it all, and Sienna hates him for it: too slick, too close, every look a spark she doesn’t want. Then a letter from Dorian’s cold hand ignites the fire—he was murdered, and Roman’s name’s scratched beside the truth. A silver key and a vial of blood—hers, his—drag her deeper, promising answers locked in Ashford estate.But the walls crash in fast: Ezra Locke, a scarred snake with a grin like a blade, wants that key, and he’ll drown the place to get it. Roman’s her lifeline—gun drawn, hands steady, pulling her from the flood—and she loathes how his touch burns, how his voice steadies her when the water’s at her throat. Caught between rage and a pull she can’t name, Sienna fights the heat growing with every near miss—Roman’s too damn solid, too damn close, and she’s torn between shoving him away and pulling him in. The empire’s crumbling, the cliff’s falling, and Ezra’s not the only shadow circling—something darker watches, waiting. Love’s a gamble when blood’s the stake, and Sienna’s playing with a deck her father rigged. Can she trust Roman’s hands to hold her up, or will the crown they’re fighting for crush them both in its ashes?

In my previous life, my three sons told me they wanted to set up a Family Bond Fund for me. Each of them would deposit three thousand dollars every month. I cried with gratitude, truly believing that decades of sacrifice had finally paid off. One of them even said, "Mom, you've given us so much. It's our turn to take care of you now." However, eight years later, I was told I have uremia. That was when I discover that the bank card, which supposedly held the fund, couldn't even cover the dialysis deposit. Soon after, my eldest son video-called me. He said he wanted to buy a better apartment in a good school district. He was short of 150 thousand dollars for the down payment and asked if I could lend it to him first. My second son came to the hospital with his wife and daughter. He didn't ask about my condition at all. Instead, he kept showing off his daughter's piano competition trophy, hinting that he needed 50 thousand dollars to enroll her in a prestigious international piano program. My youngest son was even more straightforward. He said he had his eye on a limited-edition pair of sneakers and wanted me to pay 30 thousand dollars for them as a birthday gift. The moment they realized the bank account didn't have enough money, their faces fell. "We each put in three thousand dollars every month. Over eight years, that's at least eight hundred thousand dollars. Mom, are you hiding the money from us?" To force me to reveal my savings, they took turns pressuring me, switching between sweet talk and threats. They even told relatives that I had dementia and had been scammed out of my money. Unable to take it anymore, I yanked out my IV late one night and walked out of the hospital, only to be hit by a car, dying instantly. When I open my eyes again, I find myself back on the day of my hospital checkup.

At the New Year's Eve dinner, my mom suddenly assigns some rules to me and my siblings. She claims that those who don't fit the criteria aren't allowed to eat at the table. Rule number one: One must have spent at least 50% of their time keeping Mom company at home last year. Rule number two: One must have gone shopping with Mom all the time. Rule number three: One must keep giving Mom allowance. But it appears that I, the oldest sibling, am the only one who doesn't meet the requirements. My little sister, Chelsea Cage, begins acting coquettish immediately. "All Cassidy cares about is her business, unlike me, Mom! I care about you!" Meanwhile, my younger brother, Cameron Cage, lectures me with a frown, "What's the point of you being able to earn more money than average people? No matter how good a breadwinner you are, the fact that you don't care about Mom completely nullifies it!" My mom tells my siblings to sit around her happily. Then, she criticizes me in a sarcastic tone. "As parents, when we become old, what we need is our children's company, not cold hard cash." I'm pissed off, to say the least. I'm the breadwinner of this family, and yet these freeloaders get to put on airs in front of me. The reason why I don't go shopping with my mom is that she's never satisfied with whatever gifts I've picked out for her during the times I did go out with her. That's why I gave her money straight away. I didn't give my mom any allowance at all because all the money is regularly deposited into the supplementary card, which she has. Since my long-term efforts are worth nothing compared to my siblings' sweet talk, I suppose I can quit being the ATM of this family.

Após sete anos de casada com Euzébio Mendes, o mundo de Clarice Campos desaba com um diagnóstico devastador: um tumor cerebral. Disposta a lutar por sua família, ela decide arriscar tudo em uma mesa de cirurgia, mesmo com apenas 50% de chance de sobrevivência. No entanto, o destino lhe reserva um golpe mais cruel que a doença. Com o retorno de Florinda Rosa ao país, a antiga paixão de seu marido, Clarice descobre que seu casamento não passou de uma farsa. Euzébio não apenas transformou Florinda em sua secretária particular, como também todos os seus amigos sabiam do relacionamento secreto entre os dois. O golpe final vem de onde ela menos esperava: seu próprio filho de seis anos confessa que adoraria ter Florinda como mãe. Com o coração dilacerado e a alma vazia, Clarice entende que nunca teve uma família de verdade. Sem dizer uma palavra, ela corta os laços, apaga seus rastros e desaparece do mapa. Apenas quando encontram o diagnóstico esquecido e a verdade sobre o seu sacrifício, o arrependimento atinge pai e filho como um raio. Eles cruzam fronteiras e viajam para o exterior, caindo de joelhos em busca de uma redenção que parece impossível. Eles imploram por um único olhar, um sinal de perdão. Mas Clarice sequer pisca. Para ela, um ex-marido cruel e um filho ingrato são fardos que ela não pretende mais carregar.

Everyone thinks I've lost my mind when I marry Bryan Sable. That's because I'm the daughter of the richest family in town, while he's just the owner of a small company. Everyone says he's only marrying me for my money. They don't know that he's willing to risk his life just to be with me. He also spent years pursuing me. On the day of the wedding, apart from the wedding ring, I also give him 99 free passes, saying, "If you ever upset me, you can use one of the free passes to cancel it out. But once you've used up all 99 of them, this marriage ends." Bryan swears he will never even use a single one of the free passes. But not long after we get married, he gets involved with his secretary, Roxy Upton. From that moment onward, the free passes get used up in rapid succession. He uses one when he misses my birthday party because of her. He uses another when I find a hickey left on his neck by someone other than me. It gets to a point where even our butler can't help but remind Bryan, "Mr. Sable, I think Mrs. Sable is upset right now. Are you sure you want to leave now to go to Ms. Upton?" But Bryan doesn't think much of it. "If she's upset, let her be upset. What's the worst that can happen? I'll just use one of the free passes. I've only used about 50 of them. I've got plenty of chances left." He has no clue that he only has three free passes left. And by now, I no longer kick up a fuss. I'm simply waiting for the day he uses up the final chance. I'm going to watch him dig his own grave, losing me as well as everything I've given him.

Pada hari keluarga kami runtuh, aku menarik ayahku turun dari atap gedung. Para penagih utang mengepung di depan pintu, menggunakan ibu yang sudah stadium akhir kanker paru-paru untuk mengancamku, memaksaku melunasi utang judi ayah sebesar lima juta dolar dalam waktu tiga hari. Aku berbalik dan menyetujui lamaran bos mafia Lorenzo dari Keluarga Witaria. Syaratnya, aku ingin lima juta dolar. Di ujung telepon, dia terdiam selama tiga detik, lalu tertawa pelan, "Sepakat." Lorenzo adalah mantan sekutu ayahku, pewaris Keluarga Witaria. Kami sudah berpacaran selama tiga tahun, aku kira dia mengerti kesulitanku. Namun baru setengah tahun setelah menikah, dia membawa seorang wanita bernama Ainslie pulang ke rumah. Aku bahkan belum sempat bicara, sebuah perjanjian pranikah dilempar ke wajahku. "Jangan lupa posisi kamu. Bukankah dulu kamu menjual seluruh hidupmu padaku seharga 5 juta dolar? Dengan harga itu, cukup untuk membeli seumur hidup kamu tunduk dan merendah, bukan?" Aku mengepalkan tangan, Kukuku menancap ke daging dan aku tak mampu membantah. Sampai suatu hari penyakit ibu kambuh, tagihan obat di rumah sakit selalu kurang 500 dolar. Di telepon, dia berkata dengan suara dingin, "Kamu ini ketagihan jadi perempuan matre ya?" Di saat yang sama, dia menghabiskan 50 juta dolar untuk membeli kalung bagi Ainslie. Untuk merayakan bahwa Ainslie memberikan malam pertamanya kepadanya. Perawat mendorong pintu untuk ketiga kalinya, "Nona, biaya obat Anda ...." Aku tersenyum tipis, lalu menyetujui permintaan Ainslie. Aku memulai siaran langsung, mengumumkan ke publik bahwa aku tidak pernah mencintai Lorenzo. Pernikahan yang dibeli seharga lima juta itu, juga sudah waktunya berakhir.