Hwang Jun Ho Squid Game

Ich hieß Alaya, und ich war nichts weiter als ein Mädchen wie viele andere, geboren in den Gassen eines Viertels, in dem die Armut dich von Geburt an vergiftet. Meine Mutter war krank. Sie hatte nur mich … und ihre Schulden. An jenem Abend kamen sie. Sie klopften an die Tür. Drei Männer in Schwarz. Kein Wort. Nur ein Umschlag … und ein eiskalter Satz: — »Du bist doch noch Jungfrau, oder? Der Chef zahlt teuer dafür.« Ich hatte keine Wahl. Er hieß Santino Ricci. Kalt. Magnetisch. Gefährlich. Das Oberhaupt einer der mächtigsten Mafiafamilien Italiens. Er sah mich an, wie man eine kostbare Ware ansieht. Dann sagte er: — »Du wirst meine Frau. Egal, was du fühlst.« Und ich unterschrieb mein Urteil. Diese Hochzeit war keine Verbindung … sondern ein goldener Käfig. Ich lernte, inmitten von Schlangen zu überleben. Ich sah Tote. Ich sah Blut. Ich hörte die Schreie von Mädchen, die, genau wie ich, verkauft worden waren. Aber was sie nicht bedacht hatten … war, dass die kleine, zerbrochene Jungfrau am Ende zurückbeißen würde.

Not every fantasy is gentle. Not every desire plays by the rules. Some pleasures are dangerous. And these stories? They come with teeth. Behind closed doors and under tight sheets, women surrender to the hunger they’re not supposed to have… and the men who know exactly how to feed it. From a gynecologist who crosses the line with a patient who wants more than a check-up… To a reverend’s wife who falls for a man she sees every Sunday and sins with every chance she gets… To a virgin student who learns her first lesson in the back office of her lecturer… To a nanny who becomes the one thing her boss can’t resist… This isn’t about love. This is about lust… raw and dripping. Forbidden romance. Unholy cravings. So if you’re looking for soft kisses and fairy tale endings… Turn back now. But if you’re ready for something that makes you squirm in your seat… If you want stories you’ll replay in your head long after the last line… Then go ahead. Open the book.

Di tahun ketika pacarku paling miskin, aku memutuskan hubungan dengannya. Beberapa tahun kemudian, dia menjadi bos mafia dan menggunakan segala cara untuk menikahiku. Semua orang berkata, aku adalah cinta pertama yang tak bisa dia lupakan, istri yang paling dia hargai. Namun belakangan, dia membawa pulang wanita yang berbeda setiap malam hingga aku benar-benar menjadi bahan tertawaan semua orang. Aku tidak menangis ataupun marah, hanya diam di kamarku sendiri. Aku tidak pernah mengganggu kesenangannya. Elton marah besar. Dia menciumku dengan kasar, lalu bertanya dengan suara rendah, "Kamu nggak cemburu?" Namun, Elton tidak tahu bahwa aku sedang sakit. Dia bisa membeli setengah kota dengan kekerasan, ancaman, dan uang. Dia bisa membeli kebebasanku, pernikahanku, dan terbenam dalam pelukan wanita lain setiap malam .... Namun, dia tidak tahu bahwa hidupku hanya tersisa tujuh hari lagi.

Aku dan suamiku akhirnya dikaruniai anak pertama di tahun ketujuh pernikahan kami. Suamiku curiga bahwa bayi yang ada di dalam perutku bukanlah anaknya. Aku sangat marah sehingga aku melakukan tes DNA. Sebelum hasilnya keluar, suamiku muncul di depan pintu rumah orang tuaku. Dia sedang memegang sebuah foto. Foto itu menunjukkan pakaian dalamku yang entah kenapa bisa muncul di rumah temannya. "Dasar jalang, beraninya kamu mengkhianatiku dan memintaku untuk membesarkan anak orang lain. Mati saja sana!" Dia menggunakan cambuk untuk mencambuk ibuku yang berusaha melindungiku. Ibuku sampai pingsan, tetapi dia tetap memukulku sampai aku mengalami keguguran. Setelah hasil tesnya keluar, dia baru mengetahui kebenarannya. Dia pun berlutut dan memohon agar anak yang sudah dia hilangkan itu bisa kembali.

When I was born, my father left me to die beside my mother's corpse in the fields. Why? Because I looked like a ghost—white hair, white eyes—and the chaos that followed my birth terrified him. He didn’t even give me a name. Twenty years later, I’m still wolfless. Still the family punching bag. Still hated by the entire pack. And when the Alpha’s son, my mate and my step-sister framed me, I was sentenced to death by hanging. But death never came. Instead, I was claimed by another mate. The devil himself. Primus Alexander of the Theriakon Pack. The most feared, merciless creature to ever walk the earth. His goal? Find or mold a strong mate and produce an heir. My goal? Find peace, maybe even freedom. Easy enough. Or so I thought. But what happens when friends, loyal subjects and even family try every means to kill me? Because the deeper we fall, the more I uncover the terrifying truth—about his need for a child… and worse what he really is.

Verana tahu bahwa dia telah salah langkah, percaya dengan rayuan dan janji manis pacarnya, Josh. Setahun berpacaran, mereka sudah melakukan lebih, tidur bersama bahkan melakukan hubungan badan. Dua garis biru tampak di depan mata setelah bulanannya tidak kunjung datang. Panik, Verana langsung meminta pertanggung jawaban dari pacarnya, namun Josh dengan enteng mengatakan digugurkan saja karena mengingat mereka sudah semester enam, sudah pasti akan sangat sibuk mengurus skripsi dan yang lainnya. Bagaimana nasib Verana selanjutnya?

My sister, Gabriella Rutherfurd, is the richest female CEO in Brightshire. Her male secretary, Freddie Morgan, mentions that he wants to see a real-life version of the Squid Game, so she builds the venue and spends 100 million dollars to make it happen. The lure of a gigantic cash prize draws in countless desperate souls. Even the bodyguards responsible for protecting my brother-in-law, Cyril Harding, abandon their posts to participate. Cyril has no choice but to go to the hospital without the bodyguards for his medical appointment, but he is abducted halfway there. In my previous life, I found Gabriella and asked her to stop the game and send people to rescue Cyril. After hesitating, Gabriella agreed. She stopped the game and managed to save Cyril just in time. But the few players who had made it to the final round were furious that the game was canceled. To vent their rage, they took Freddie and beat him to death. Gabriella acted like it had nothing to do with me. Yet, on the day Freddie was buried, she ordered her men to beat me up. When I open my eyes again, I am back to the day that Cyril was abducted. This time, Gabriella gets what she wants, and the Squid Game is held as planned. By the final round, a masked man is dragged onto the high platform. Freddie announces that whoever slices the man's head off will win the 100-million-dollar prize. When Cyril's head rolls to Gabriella's feet, she finally snaps.

For five years, I've played the role of Alpha Owen Winslow's secret lover. During the day, I'm his docile and humble younger adopted sister who takes good care of the entire Winslow family. At night, I lie beneath Owen's frame in bouts of passion. I've already grown accustomed to writhing my body to go along with his acts of lust. That is, until I find out that Owen has been livestreaming our lovemaking sessions to his friends this whole time. He even tells them that he'll cast me aside once he tires of me. Since he doesn't cherish my love for him, he can forget about having it ever again. As I clutch my phone tightly, I place a phone call. "Are you a lecturer at the Royal Academy? I've decided to accept your enrollment invitation."

Everyone said my good looks were what saved me from my family's downfall. It was how I managed to become a Donna. I was the only one who knew why he had to compromise to marry me. Xavier Whitmore, the tall and handsome Don, was unable to have physical relationships with a woman. When I shyly took off the gown on our wedding night, he sat in his chair and lit a cigarette before remarking in an icy voice, "I'm allergic to women. That said, you have my word that you will be the only woman in my life." He kept his promise. Though he never so much as touched me in the five years of our marriage, he provided me with a life of luxury and wealth. Although it was merely a title, being his only woman brought me happiness. Everything changed on the day my men and I were ambushed by a rival mafia family. We barely made it out alive. When I returned home, I found him locked in a tight embrace with his widowed sister-in-law, Alice Ortega. "Alice, I won't let you remarry. If you do, I'll make sure that man dies a thousand deaths." I scoffed. It wasn't so much that he couldn't handle being physical with a woman. It was simply that he could not be physical with anyone but her. In that case, she could have the pleasure of being the Donna.

Our favorite MC Max, who has lost his father, his gaming career and yet, he still is a cheerful and strong character who loves his best friend Lucifer and his mom, the strong pillar of his life. After being betrayed, he finds his joy and passion while playing the newest Hi-Tech game Virtual Dream. He believes that he could do well in what is his specialty. But his life is soon to take a turn for the better or the worse as he discovers shocking secrets, given a secret mission, faces his past demons and what not….How will he fare against these?. Find out as he takes on them one by one.