Male Villain

Nalira kehilangan segalanya saat kerajaannya dihancurkan. Sebagai tawanan perang, ia dihadapkan pada Aaron Devonsa, Duke utara sekaligus Jendral berhati dingin dan kejam, pria yang paling ia benci. Di balik ambisinya yang tak terhentikan, Aaron menyembunyikan rahasia kelam yang perlahan melahap sisi kemanusiaannya. Sementara Nalira, dengan keberanian dan luka yang ia bawa, menjadi satu-satunya yang mampu menantangnya. Dalam permainan dendam, obsesi, dan hasrat, mereka bertarung bukan hanya untuk kekuasaan, tetapi juga untuk hati yang seharusnya tak mereka miliki. Namun, ketika kutukan mematikan mengancam nyawanya, hanya sentuhan Aaron yang mampu menyelamatkannya. Terikat dalam takdir yang tak mereka inginkan, kebencian di antara mereka berubah menjadi sesuatu yang jauh lebih berbahaya.

Perselingkuhan dan pengkhianatan yang dilakukan oleh Arsa membuat Andira marah besar. Ia mencoba menyelidiki siapa wanita yang menjadi simpanan suaminya. Dan betapa terkejutnya ketika Andira mengetahui bahwa wanita simpanan Arsa adalah adik tirinya. "Kamu telah mencuri ayahku. Tak akan aku biarkan kamu merebut suamiku!" Selingkuhan Arsa, mengejek dan menantang Andira. "Kita lihat siapa yang akan dipilih oleh Arsa. Aku, atau kamu? Aku bukan hanya bisa merebut suamimu. Tapi juga anak-anakmu. Akan aku rebut apa yang kamu miliki!" Andira tak mau apa yang menjadi miliknya direbut kembali oleh sang adik tiri. Apakah Andira akan berhasil mempertahankan rumah tangganya? Bagaimana reaksi sang suami ketika mengetahui Andira membalas dendam kepada orang yang telah mengkhianatinya? "Jika aku tidak berhasil mempertahankan semua yang aku miliki, akan lebih baik jika kalian semua mati bersama. Kalian hancur bersama-sama!"

Di tengah kekacauan istana dan desakan perang yang tidak terhindarkan, seorang perempuan bangsawan yang diasingkan—Li Qianru—kembali ke istana bukan sebagai korban, tapi sebagai pemain utama. Dengan kepintarannya, keanggunannya, dan rasa sakit masa lalu yang belum sembuh, ia membuat sang Kaisar Xu Jiayan—pemimpin paling ditakuti—bertekuk lutut. Namun, rasa cinta dan dendam yang saling bertubrukan justru menyulut api peperangan yang mengubah takdir seluruh negeri.

WARNING 21+ Bijaklah dalam memilih bacaan. Menjual keperawanan adalah pilihan terakhir Raline Ansara, demi menyelamatkan dua PSK yang disayanginya, Laura dan Maria. Mimpi Raline seakan sirna, saat rahasia kecantikannya terbongkar dari seorang germo bernama Mami Monalisa. Sampai akhirnya Raline Ansara terselamatkan dari lelaki tua keparat hidung belang yang membelinya dengan harga fantastis. Lelaki yang menyelamatkan Raline tidak lain adalah lelaki mesum yang sangat dibencinya saat masih duduk di bangku SMA, bernama Gavin Maheswari. Bukannya senang, Raline malah terperangkap dengan pernikahan paksa karena harus mengganti uang yang sudah dikeluarkan Gavin untuk menyelamatkan Raline dan keluarganya dari Mami Monalisa.

Three years after I died, Stella, my wife, decided to divorce me and marry her dying ex. She stormed into my old house like she owned the place, forcing me to sign the divorce agreement. Mom told her the truth—I was already gone. Stella rolled her eyes. "Why's he still pretending? Harvey's dying. I just wanna be there for him. What's so wrong about that? If he won't come out, I'm done paying your medical bills." She thought threatening Mom would shake something loose. But what Stella didn't get? Mom had already stopped treatment. She was just hanging on to watch her crack.

It was midnight, and I was out at my stall when the cops took me to the station. They checked my profile and looked at me weirdly. "You're a Greatpeak graduate. What are you doing setting up shop in a bazaar?" That was odd. I went through the profile and realized that yes, while the student's ID was mine, the photo was not. I knew the guy in the photo. Josiah Ferguson. I had no idea I got accepted into Greatpeak University twenty years ago. Eventually, I was released, but I had no idea how I trudged back home. Then, I heard Hazel Quinley, my wife, talking to someone on the phone. "I won't let Michael get in your way, Josiah. Just go abroad." So that's it! It was her! My wife helped Josiah take what was supposed to be mine! I was sick. I wanted to throw up. I wanted to confront her and Josiah, but then she stabbed me in the back, and I died. "I'm sorry, Michael. I can't let you ruin Josiah's future." And then I woke up. I was taken back in time to my high school days. Our homeroom was giving out college application forms. This time, things would be different. This time, I would take back what was rightfully mine!

After five years of dating, my girlfriend, Rachel Meyers, cancels our wedding 52 times. The first time, her intern, Ethan Cole, messes up a form at the law firm where she works. She rushes back to fix it, leaving me stranded on the beach for the entire day. The second time, during the wedding ceremony, she hears that Ethan is being bullied by another attorney. She abandons everything to help him, leaving me to become the laughingstock of our guests. After that, no matter when we hold the wedding, Ethan always seems to have some kind of emergency that demands her attention. Eventually, I grow numb and decide to break up with her. But on the day I move out of Westerbay, Rachel loses her mind trying to find me.

On the eve of our wedding, Evelyn Gates fell to her death. Everyone believed that, since I had always been devoted to her, I would take my own life to follow her. However, I didn’t shed a single tear. Three years later, I saw her again. Not only was she alive, but she had no memory of the past. “So you’re my ex-fiancé? After all these years, why do you look so broke and shabby now? For old time’s sake, I’ll give you one day a week to wait on me.” I didn’t even bother to look her in the eye. Evelyn had no idea that, on the very night she fell, I received a video recording. She didn’t know that, during the three years she spent pretending to have amnesia while traveling the world with Cole Anderson, I had gotten married. My bride was her older sister.

My wife went abroad for a six-month training course and unexpectedly secured a major deal.  Thanks to this contract, she was promoted to director against all odds. When I saw the news of her return in the work group chat, I immediately ordered flowers to pick her up at the airport. However, her belly, which would have been eight months pregnant, showed no signs of it. She had aborted our child, turning me into a laughingstock among colleagues. Just as I tried to swallow my anger, she told me she was pregnant with someone else’s child. She demanded that I step aside and make way for her.

It was the day of our marriage. We were supposed to meet up at the City Hall, but my fiancee stood me up. I waited for her the whole day, and the only answer I got was a picture from her assistant. My girlfriend sat astride on his lap, and her arms were wrapped around his neck while they were locked in a deep kiss. "Sorry, Mr. Terraton. Sophie insisted on comforting me. You don't mind, do you?" I demanded answers from my girlfriend, but that only made her impatient. "He donated his blood to me. Yeah, I was with him, but so what? Man up, will you?" That killed any love I had for her, and I called my soon-to-be ex-girlfriend's sister. "Hey, Sylvie. Yeah, about your proposal. So will you marry me?"