Kaca Venom

It is payback time! Cynthia Laurent’s comeback is fueled by heartbreak… and a love that won’t let go. The day she was told she had six months to live, her husband’s betrayal cut deeper than any diagnosis. While grappling with a brain tumor, Cynthia overheard her stepsister’s cruel confession: “I’m pregnant.” One look at her husband’s face told her the truth — the affair was real, and the baby was his. Eight years of marriage, discarded like trash. Her pleas were met with her mother-in-law’s venom who saw her only as a nanny, a cook, a housekeeper, a cleaner – never a daughter-in-law and her eight-year-old son’s chilling wish for a “new mom.” Broken and abandoned, Cynthia vanished to Paris, ready to die. But fate had other plans. In Paris, three men of immense power burst into her life, claiming to be her brothers and vowed to protect her at all costs. Titans of industry, speed, and medicine, they rebuilt Cynthia from the ground up. Now, as the Michelin-starred queen of Maison Cynclair, Cynthia returns to the city that destroyed her. Her ex-husband falls to his knees. “We’re still married,” he pleads. Her son cries, “Mom, don’t you love me anymore?” The woman they once broke is gone. “Thank you for your betrayal,” she replied, calm and clear. “It made me a hundred-million-dollar woman.” A man’s love fades. An empire? Never.

I had taken leave from the sealed research institute where I'd been confined for six years, just so I could attend my daughter's kindergarten graduation. The moment I stepped through the gates, I froze. A woman holding a little boy by the hand was shoving my daughter, Amy, straight into the gutter. She slapped Amy across the face, then sneered for everyone to hear, spitting venom as she called my little girl a filthy wretch. Drenched in filthy water, Amy dropped to her knees before the woman, trembling in humiliation. Rage burned through me. I stormed forward and slapped the woman across the face. But instead of shame, she jabbed a finger at my nose and shouted, "Do you even know who I am? To offend me is to offend the entire Grant family!" Tears welled in Amy's eyes as she tugged at my sleeve, pleading in a choked voice, "Please leave… she's my dad's nanny. My dad will punish you if you hurt her." The woman planted herself in front of me, her arrogance towering. "The Grant family rules this city. You think you can run from us?" For a brief moment, I stood stunned, then calmly pulled out my phone and dialed my husband. "Your nanny says you run Bexley City. Well, I think that's about to change."

Ingrid was born into a family of werewolf hunters. She was raised to believe that the creatures were nothing more than ruthless killers. Though trained as a hunter, she has never participated in a hunt—until the night her father forces her to join. What should have been a simple mission turns into a nightmare when she is captured by a ruthless Alpha seeking revenge against her family for slaughtering his pack. Locked away with no escape, Ingrid fights to survive by using her training to stay alive. When she finally manages to break free. she thinks she’s won—until the Alpha finds her again. He sinks his fangs into her, expecting the venom to end her life, but Ingrid doesn’t die. The bite should have killed her, but it doesn’t. It changes her. Ingrid soon discovers a horrifying truth: the werewolf bite only turns those who carry the gene. She discovers that her entire life has been a lie. Her family, the people she trusted most, hid the truth from her. Now, she’s no longer the hunter—she’s the hunted. With her own people turning against her and the wolf inside her growing stronger, only one person can help her—the same Alpha who cursed her with this fate. Will their hate for each other blossom into something deeper? or does fate have something else planned?

Mature content! Bijak dalam memilih bacaan. Dia menggantikan adik angkatnya dalam sebuah perjodohan dan menikah dengan pria dingin yang tak pernah mencintainya. Namun seluruh keluarga menghianati dan mendorongnya hingga mati di bawah hewan peliharaan suaminya sendiri. Dalam keputus asaan, suaminya bahkan tak mau mendengar atau menatap wajahnya hingga mati! Ketidakadilan, kesepian, kesakitan dan seluruh penderitaan dalam hidupnya membawa dendam, ketakutan dan ketidakterimaan akan akhir takdir hidupnya yang pahit. Hal itu membuatnya dilahirkan kembali tepat sebelum pertunangannya terjadi. Berharap lepas dari takdir suram dan hidup bahagia tanpa beban dia berusaha merubah takdirnya untuk tidak mendekati pria yang akan melenyapkan hidupnya, dan juga keluar dari daftar keluarga angkatnya. Namun pada akhirnya, kenapa pria dingin itu justru tak ingin melepaskannya hingga memutuskan semua jalan keluarnya untuk merantainya agar tetap tinggal di sisinya. "Aku harus lari sejauh mungkin darinya, karena aku tak ingin kematian yang sama." -Ellina Aracelia Azzuri- "Kau hanya akan hidup dalam genggamanku. Tak peduli apapun, meski aku harus menguncimu seperti boneka dalam kaca, merawatmu hingga tua, atau harus membalikkan seluruh dunia. Aku tak akan membiarkanmu meninggalkan aku!" -Kenzie Alexis Reegan- Copyright 2019 All story by = Ellina Exsli / Queenbe_exsly Amazing Picture by Pinterest Amazing Font by Picsart.

“How long have we been mates?” Aidan barked. “Four weeks,” I cried, tears rolling down my face and neck. “And how many times were we intimate, Tara?” My lungs tightened in my chest as I whispered. “Once.” “And we were being safe, so why do you think this lie would stick?” Venom dripped from his next words. “Get out of my life because the next time you show up, I will kill you.” ***** It wasn’t exactly a one-night stand, but the possibility of a pregnancy was almost non-existent even though he was my mate. When I mustered the courage to break the news to Aidan Graham, the father, he denied me. He severed our bond and plotted my death, and my only option was to run. Nine years later, my daughter walks into my office with a man, and the scent I recognize all too well fills my lungs. She says. “Mommy! I found you this handsome man!” The match my baby girl just made for me…is to my ex Alpha mate. I have been broken in the past, so how do I make this work for my daughter? Can I still try even when Aidan ropes us into a web of secrets, deceit, and brings me to a past I wished to bury forever? The plot twists are bound to make you ask… “Wait…What. The. Heck??” So, read on!!

They say that psychos can never love. But what if a psycho falls in love? It sounds like a joke, doesn't it? But he punishes the people who make fun of his love in front of him. A ticket to hell. He is a psycho, A serial killer, A ruthless ruler, And what else? An Obsessed Lover. His heart decided to beat again, only after seeing her. He was drawn to her not only by her beauty but by her innocence. Because even the devil himself feeds on innocent souls. Her laughter settled in his ear. Her smile gave him breath and her face made his heart beat. Having found the reason to live once again, now he did not want to lose it. Now she had become a means of living for him. Why? Because have we not known from the beginning that love conquers all? Her innocent love conquered his evil but in the midst of all this, she lost her soul. How? Because he snatched it from her. He used his evil ways to get her and that is how he broke her. Injured her. And that was the reason, she could not love him back It was complicated. A pure venom was inflicted by him. In her. It was so toxic that it just made her soul leave her body. His insanity proved fatal. But whatever others say, the feeling was pure. It was naive and that is why it is still called Love.

I loved Adriano Ferraro—yeah, that Don—for five freaking years. He wasn't just my fiancé; he was my anchor in a world where loyalty got tested, and weakness got you killed. We had it all mapped out—dreams, plans, a future we actually thought we owned. Until I lost our baby. I reached for him, shaking, desperate for anything. But comfort never came. Instead, it was her. His stepsister, propped up. "Don't buy her act. She's just fishing for attention—again." That snake smiled like she just won a prize for emotional torture, dripping venom while fanning the flames. And Adriano? He bought it. He turned away. In that moment, it hit me—I wasn't just grieving. I was completely alone. The kid I carried, the future I built in my head? Gone. And so was I. I walked out. On him. On the Ferraro Family I was stupid enough to think I could belong to. All I left behind was silence. Empty space where we used to be. Now Adriano's drowning in regret, but it's too damn late. The life we should've had, the love we should've built? Dust. And her? The stepsister who ruined it all? She's paying for every lie.

Kayla Janneth, 27 tahun. Cantik, cerdas, dan baru saja bangkit dari luka masa lalu yang nyaris menghancurkannya, ditipu besar-besaran oleh sang kekasih dan kini kabur entah ke mana membawa semua uang miliknya. Saat dirinya mabuk dan salah masuk kamar, dia bercinta dengan pria yang tidak dikenalinya. Setelahnya, dia pergi begitu saja karena ada wawancara kerja. Saat ia menerima tawaran menjadi asisten pribadi seorang CEO muda ternama, ia tidak menduga bahwa lelaki itu—Samuel Thomas—adalah pria yang telah menghabiskan malam bersamanya. Samuel, 32 tahun. CEO tampan dengan reputasi kejam di ruang rapat dan tak tersentuh di ranjang. Ia tidak pernah mencampur urusan pribadi dengan pekerjaan—hingga Kayla datang, dengan sorot mata tajam dan bibir yang selalu tampak ingin dicium. Ia tahu, menginginkannya adalah kesalahan. Namun semakin ia menjauh, semakin ia terperangkap dalam pesona wanita itu. Di balik meja kerja dan ruangan kaca kantor mewah, ketegangan di antara mereka berubah menjadi permainan berbahaya. Sentuhan yang semula tak disengaja berubah menjadi kecanduan. Tatapan yang seharusnya profesional menjadi terlalu lama dan terlalu panas. Tapi mereka tahu, jika melangkah lebih jauh, tidak akan ada jalan kembali. Rahasia, pengkhianatan, dan masa lalu kelam siap menghancurkan apa pun yang tumbuh di antara mereka. Pertanyaannya: beranikah mereka menghadapi dunia demi rasa yang terlarang ini?

Tiga puluh tahun lalu, dua wanita bersahabat, Bella dan Caitlin mengikat janji diam-diam: Jika anak mereka laki-laki dan perempuan, mereka akan dijodohkan. Tapi hidup tak semanis sumpah masa muda. Caitlin mengikuti suaminya ke luar negeri. Bella tertinggal, membesarkan putrinya bernama Vreya, di balik bayang-bayang pernikahan yang retak. Saat mereka ingin bertemu kembali, waktu sudah berubah. Persahabatan mereka hilang ditelan jarak. Nama Bella tak lagi mudah ditemukan, bahkan di dunia digital. Tapi takdir tidak pernah lupa. Zayn, putra Caitlin, kini pengusaha muda paling berpengaruh di Asia. Vreya, putri Bella, menjadi bintang layar kaca yang dikenal karena keanggunannya—dan kerahasiaannya. tak banyak yang tahu dia adalah putri kandung dari Yuan Aditama. Di sebuah malam pesta para elite, Zayn terpikat pada sosok berselendang merah darah yang memainkan piano dengan elegansi menggoda. Ia tak melihat wajahnya—hanya punggung, dan denting nada yang menusuk jantung. "Putri Tuan Yuan Aditama," kata mereka. Tapi Zayn tak tahu, Tuan Yuan memiliki dua anak perempuan.. Ia jatuh cinta pada Dona, adik tiri Vreya—perempuan yang salah. Demi mendekatinya, Zayn rela menjadi pengawal pribadi Vreya. Yang tak pernah ia tahu, perempuan yang membuatnya terobsesi sejak malam itu adalah Vreya. Dan yang lebih mengguncang dunia mereka: Mereka sebenarnya sudah dijodohkan sejak bayi.

Di sebuah desa yang tenang namun menyimpan banyak rahasia, berdirilah sebuah warung makan sederhana bernama Warung Bu Rini. Tak ada yang istimewa dari tempat itu—kecuali satu hal: warung itu tak pernah sepi pembeli, bahkan di hari-hari paling sunyi sekalipun. Orang-orang hanya bisa menebak-nebak, hingga suatu malam, seorang gadis muda bernama Diah datang bekerja di sana. Sejak hari pertamanya, ia sudah merasa ada sesuatu yang tidak beres. Bau anyir menyengat muncul setiap kali Bu Rini menutup warung. Dari dapur belakang, ia sering mendengar suara bisikan yang memanggil namanya dengan lembut… lalu berubah menjadi tawa mengerikan. Sampai akhirnya Diah menemukan selembar kain lusuh di dalam toples kaca yang disembunyikan di bawah meja altar kecil. Kain itu basah oleh darah yang tak kering, dan setiap kali disentuh, tubuh Diah gemetar ketakutan. Sejak malam itu, mimpi-mimpi buruk mulai datang. Bayangan perempuan berambut panjang dengan kain merah menutupi wajahnya selalu mengikuti ke mana pun Diah pergi. Dan satu demi satu, orang di sekitar warung mulai mati dengan cara yang mengerikan. Apakah benar warung itu mendapat keberkahan dari “penglaris”? Atau sebenarnya, ada perjanjian lama yang menuntut darah sebagai bayaran? “Kain Penglaris” adalah kisah tentang keserakahan, kutukan, dan dosa yang diwariskan dari satu generasi ke generasi lain—karena tidak ada rezeki yang datang tanpa harga.