Mistress Mika Katana

Ada satu hal yang membulatkan tekad Mika kembali ke Indonesia setelah delapan tahun lamanya berada di Italia, yakni membalaskan dendamnya terhadap Sakti. Kalau perlu sampai sosoknya enyah dari muka bumi ini. Sayangnya, di tengah aksinya yang sudah berjalan sebagian, dirinya menemukan hal yang membuatnya dilanda sebuah penyesalan. Bahwa apa yang ia sangkakan berbanding terbalik dengan kenyataan. Akankah penyesalan itu mampu membuat Mika melupakan dendamnya? Atau justru malah semakin memperkuat tekadnya?

The day my husband, Ethan Hart, posted wedding photos in a bridal gown with the college girl he was sponsoring on his social media, I didn't fly into hysterics like I usually did. Instead, I gave them a like. I even left a comment: [Such a perfect match. Let's all wish the newlyweds a lifetime of happiness.] People in our circle said I was the most pathetic wife alive, letting the mistress walk all over me without resistance. A week later, he came home and explained, "It was just an act. Her grandfather is sick. Before he dies, he wants to see her get married." I nodded calmly. "I didn't take it seriously. I believe you." In my previous life, I had stormed into their wedding ceremony that very day and caused a scene, ruining their wedding. To punish me, Ethan went after my parents' company. He drove them into bankruptcy and forced them to jump to their deaths. And I was sent to a mental hospital by that woman, tortured until I truly went insane. So in this life, reborn with everything laid bare, I no longer crave his love. All I want is his money. Every time he cheats, I transfer a portion of the assets under his name. Three chances remain. After that, he will have nothing left.

In this world, there are more ways to deal with a problem than the problem itself. That applies just as well to cheating men. Rich men, especially, will go to absurd lengths just to have more women in their lives. There's no trick too low, no scheme too shameless. Take my boss, for example. He handed over his stunning mistress to me. Honestly, I suspected he couldn't perform in bed, because she came into my bedroom night after night.

Bagaimana jadinya jika tiba-tiba adikmu meminta kamu untuk memberikan kekasihmu padanya? Dan ternyata mereka sudah memiliki hubungan di belakangmu dan memutuskan untuk menikah. Hancur? Pasti. Itulah yang dirasakan oleh Mika di mana adiknya meminta hal itu padanya. Lebih gila lagi, pria bernama Noval yang dia ketahui adalah kekasih sang adik tiba-tiba saja datang untuk melamar dirinya. Yang benar saja. Apakah dunia sedang mempermainkannya dengan hal ini? Lalu, apakah Mika harus menerima lamaran Noval sebagai bentuk balas dendamnya pada sang adik?

During Christmas break, my boyfriend, Trevor Hayes, asks me to stop by and feed the dog that his childhood friend, Evelyn Summers, keeps at her place. I bring a bag of kibble over. But the second I open the door, a huge pit bull lunges at me and bites into my face and arms. Luckily, a neighbor hears me screaming and pulls me out of its jaws, but the damage is already done. The scars will stay with me forever. I break down, but Trevor blames me instead. "You must've done something wrong when you fed Mojo and set him off. You just got a scar, but Mojo's dead!" The weight of it all crushes me until I climb a rooftop and jump. After dying, I see Trevor holding Evelyn in his arms. "Honey, you're so clever. Starving Mojo for a few days really worked. Now, she's dead. We can finally be together." When I open my eyes again, I'm back on the day Trevor asks me to go feed that dog.

For five years, I fought illegal matches in an underground cage ring to scrape together enough money to repay the massive high-interest loan I had taken out to treat my son Luca’s illness. Dragging my still-dislocated left arm, I rushed to tell the father and son the good news. Yet when I reached the door, I saw the capo who managed the cage arena bowing low before my husband, Vicenzo. “Underboss, Eva said she’ll repay the loan in a few days. Do we still keep pretending to pressure her?” Vicenzo idly spun the Browning in his hand, the diamonds set into it worth enough to buy the entire cage arena. “No need. She’s suffered enough these past few years. Even when she had two ribs broken a few months ago, she didn’t dare tell us.” Elena, his sworn sister, seated beside him, let out a soft laugh. “Vicenzo, what if she’s a spy sent by a rival family? After all, you are the underboss of the Carlini family. “Besides, Luca has been pampered since he was little. How could he live with someone who reeks of blood?” My six-year-old son wrapped his arms tightly around her neck and echoed her words. “I don’t want a woman covered in scars as my mommy. Just looking at her wounds makes me feel sick.” Then he turned to her and pouted. “Aunt Elena, I wish you were my mommy.” Vicenzo hesitated only a moment before looking at them indulgently. “Then we’ll test her for another six months. If she remains this obedient, I’ll officially let her become part of the Carlini family.” I watched the farce with cold eyes, because to avoid frightening Vicenzo, the ordinary librarian I believed him to be, I had hidden my identity as the principessa of the Moretti family. Also, to keep from being found by my family and my fiancé, the Don of the Carlini family, I had not touched a single cent of family money. Instead, I chose to earn it with my fists in places piled with the dead. So it seemed my endurance and sacrifice were nothing more than a taming game in their eyes.

My live-in husband used my family’s influence to climb all the way to the position of Deputy Fire Chief. Throughout our five years of marriage, he has stood me up on every anniversary by using work as his excuse. This year, he finally agreed to celebrate our anniversary with me. But he only did so out of guilt. He had manipulated me into staying abroad to handle matters for him, which made me miss saying goodbye to my sister while she was dying in childbirth. The dinner was just his way of pretending to be sorry. As our dishes were served, my husband saw a news report about a fire at a top-tier postpartum care center downtown. He immediately ditched me and rushed to the scene. The fire station headquarters was just one block over! And he had specifically taken leave that week. I accidentally answered a call on his personal phone, and that was when I realized why he had been away from me most of the time. This man would not even buy me a cheap birthday gift, yet he had spent a packet to book a stay at a postpartum center for his mistress! I had to see for myself what kind of woman would have him so spellbound. I was determined to make him pay back every single item he had gotten from the Grant family, with interest.

I'm the only daughter of Marcus Nightbloom, the former Alpha King. I'm also the fated mate of Lucas Ashbourne, the new Alpha King. On the night before the coronation ceremony, I happily whip out the spirit stones that I've been saving up for the past three years, hoping to craft Lucas a new scepter. But I find an exile proposal with my name on it as well as a stack of close-up photos of the Rogues violating me in a hidden room of Lucas' study. His handwriting can be seen on the back of one of the photos. "She's defective, so she's not suitable to become the Luna Queen." I grab the photos and rush off to confront Lucas. But he merely toys with the crown meant for the Luna Queen. "Although you're my fated mate, you're still tainted, Elena. An Alpha King's mate must be perfect and flawless. You, on the other hand, reek of Rogues. Whenever I pick up your scent, I feel so nauseous that I want to puke. "If werewolves are scarred, those scars are their medals. But if she-wolves are tainted by other wolves, they are impure and deserve to be discarded." I find Lucas' logic very ridiculous. "I did that just so I could save your life five years ago!" Lucas merely chuckles icily in return. "I never asked for your help. Anyway, I will never mark a defective she-wolf who's tainted by other wolves." At the coronation ceremony the next day, Lucas showcases the evidence of me getting violated by the Rogues in front of the entire Kingdom. I never shed a tear at that moment. After all, Lucas has no idea that the she-wolf, whom he has just discarded like trash, has the bloodline that's capable of conquering all wolves flowing through her veins.

Di sebuah desa kecil yang terhampar di lereng gunung, hiduplah seorang pemuda bernama Takeshi. Dari kecil, Takeshi telah dibesarkan di dojo kecil di desa itu. Dia bermimpi untuk menjadi seorang pendekar pedang yang hebat, seperti yang sering digambarkan dalam cerita-cerita legendaris yang didongengkan oleh orang tua desa. Takeshi adalah sosok yang teguh dan bersemangat, meskipun sering dianggap terlalu naif oleh rekan-rekannya yang lebih tua. Wajahnya yang penuh dengan semangat dan mata yang berbinar-binar ketika mendengar kisah-kisah pahlawan zaman dulu menjadi ciri khasnya. Namun, di balik keberaniannya, Takeshi masih belum memiliki keterampilan yang cukup untuk dianggap serius sebagai seorang pendekar. Di dojo, Takeshi sering menjadi sasaran cemoohan dari rekan-rekannya yang lebih mahir dalam seni bela diri. Mereka meremehkan tekadnya yang kuat, menyebutnya sebagai "pemimpi bodoh" yang tidak mampu menghadapi kenyataan kejam dunia luar. Meskipun begitu, Takeshi tidak pernah kehilangan semangatnya. Baginya, impian menjadi seorang pendekar pedang bukanlah sekadar fantasi kosong, tetapi tujuan hidup yang sesungguhnya. Saat usianya mencapai 17 tahun dia pergi dari Dojo itu untuk mencari pengalaman baru karena dia berpikir tidak akan berkembang di lingkungan yang buruk itu. Di perjalanannya, Takeshi mendengar pembicaraan tentang katana pusaka, katana yang sudah sering di gunakan oleh pendekar pendekar pedang terdahulu, dia lalu tertarik untuk mencari katana itu, mengahadapi segala rintangan yang ada.

I had been married for five years, but my belly remained flat—no sign of a child. Then, on my 35th birthday, I suddenly found out I was pregnant. When I shared the good news with my husband, he flew into a rage. Instead of being happy, he accused me of carrying someone else's baby. Only then did I learn he had a mistress. He even claimed he wanted a "real" child—one that truly belonged to him—with her. I thought he was just being irrational and would eventually come to his senses. After getting an amniocentesis, I immediately brought him the paternity test results to prove the baby was his. He came home acting like a changed man—hugging me, kissing me, claiming that he didn't cheat on me. The very next day, he booked a hotel and threw a banquet, announcing to all our friends and family that he was going to be a father. However, when his mistress saw the news, she completely lost it. She showed up with a group of people, blocked me in the street, and—despite my pregnancy—started punching and kicking me. "You shameless woman! How dare you carry my man's child? Are you that desperate to die?"