Neon Box Gantung

Gianna Toricelli has always survived by wearing masks. By day, she’s the disappointing daughter trying to make her dying mother proud. By night, she dances under neon lights to pay debts that could cost her friends their lives. Then her mother marries into the most powerful crime family in the city. And Gianna comes face-to-face with the man who once watched her behind a mask. Raphael Capone is ruthless, brilliant, and used to winning. He doesn’t tolerate weakness. He doesn’t forgive betrayal. When secrets start to unravel, debts turn deadly, and billions hang in the balance, Gianna is forced to choose: Protect the people she loves… Or survive the man who has decided she belongs to him. In the Capone world, love isn’t soft. It’s possession.

After the real son, Asher Vale, was brought back, everything in our house became tied to drawing lots. The chef of the day, who would have to cook a particular person's preferred dishes, had to be decided by drawing lots. Even our parents' kisses and hugs were chosen the same way. I always drew the short stick. The long stick, by default, belonged to Asher. He never had to do anything to receive our parents' love. Whenever I felt it was unfair and wanted to cry, Mom would scold me sharply, "I bought the lot-drawing box because I was afraid you'd feel hurt. I wanted to be fair to both of you. If you want something, decide it yourselves. Your father and I won't interfere. If you can't draw the long stick, you can only blame your bad luck." So I began practicing every day, shaking the box diligently, over and over, in hopes that one day, it would help me earn my parents' love. Unfortunately, for ten years, I never once drew the long stick. Until my birthday. Asher wanted to go to the amusement park, and Mom once again told us to decide by drawing lots. I secretly glued the two short sticks together and handed them to Mom, hoping to keep her with me. She slapped me hard across the face, screaming that I was cheating and disobedient. Then she stormed out of the house with Asher. When I fell to the ground, the short stick stabbed deep into my neck. 'I'm sorry, Mom. Next time, I'll work harder. Next time, I'll definitely draw the long stick.'

Perang antara marga Kuromori dan Makigara yang tak berkesudahan telah merenggut banyak nyawa. Para anak yang ditinggal mati menjadi yatim atau bahkan.yatim piatu. Isae adalah contoh anak yatim piatu itu. Ditinggal mati oleh ayah, lalu disusul oleh ibu yang lebih mementingkan ego untuk gantung diri. Alih-alih setelah tumbuh dewasa ingin ikut berperang, rupanya apa yang dia lihat lebih menakutkan dari perang itu sendiri. Aksi pelecehan kian turut andil, ketakutannya bertambah saat lemparan pisau amatiran milik Isae melesat tak cekatan melukai seorang gadis yang dia temui di sungai. Kondisi bertambah buruk dengan hubungan persahabatan Isae dan Kasami yang retak karena hal sepele dan beberapa teror di masing-masing kubu. Tapi teror itu yang menjadi alasan Tuan Ikada memerintah Tuan Hayade untuk mengirimkan para remaja ke kota Yokohama agar di didik. Apa daya, rencana itu bagaikan air yang mengalir sehingga seseorang berhasil menculik orang-orang secara acak baik di desa Kuromori maupun di desa Makigara, sehingga mereka sadar ini genderang perang yang lebih hebat. Namun sebagiannya beranggapan ini adalah tipu muslihat sekelompok orang yang ingin melihat kedua marga ini sama-sama sengsara.

Hana Paramitha, seorang gadis cantik yang berprofesi sebagai fotomodel. Pada suatu hari, dia menjadi model iklan suatu produk apartemen milik salah satu perusahaan besar tanah air. Namun, malang bagi Hana, ketika sedang melakukan pemotretan wajahnya terkena serpihan kaca lampu gantung yang jatuh, karena tidak terpasang dengan benar. Hal itu menyebabkan wajah Hana terluka. Hana melalui managernya melakukan tuntutan ganti rugi kepada perusahaan Barata Group melalui jalur hukum, karena tuntutan sebelumnya yang dilakukan secara kekeluargaan tidak digubris oleh pihak Barata Group. Andhika Barata, CEO yang merupakan penerus kerajaan bisnis Barata Group, merasa geram pada tindakan Hana. Dia menganggap kalau Hana telah mencemarkan nama baik perusahaannya. Andhika lalu mengadakan pertemuan dengan Hana. Setelah bertemu, Andhika akhirnya bersedia memberikan uang ganti rugi pada Hana dengan catatan gadis itu harus bersedia menjadi istrinya untuk sementara, selama satu tahun. “Apa?! Menjadi istri sementara?” tanya Hana dengan mata tak berkedip menatap Andhika. “Iya, selama satu tahun!” sahut Andhika datar dan dingin. Follow, instagram aku di @setiawati_yetti

I receive a mysterious parcel on my fifth wedding anniversary. Inside the box are photos of my husband, Luke Madden, being intimate with his assistant. The photos go back a long time—they seem to start from over five years ago. The latest one was taken half a month ago. He, his assistant, and their daughter are playing by the seaside. They smile brightly in the photo and look like a happy family of three. I suppress my devastation and take medication to terminate my pregnancy. Then, I pull out my phone to text my mother. "I'll do as you say and get a divorce, Mom. I'll be back next month to take over the company."

What if someone is watching you? What if your friends mysteriously die? What if one day you wake up and you are inside the box? Know the perfect example of Stockholm syndrome and how it connects to the lens of the camera. Get thrilled, suspense and fall-in-love with Lady and how did she survive the pain of being heartbroken that her long term boyfriend caused her. How did she survive from all the threats that her captor caused her and who will she go to choose at the end? Her long term boyfriend who cheated on her or her captor who makes her life a living hell? find out and get thrilled, braced yourself to fall-in-love in the story of LENS

The Mad Donna He Never Really Married For three years, I was Donna of the rising Valenti family. One day, Enzo was holding a meeting at a private cigar club. I worried about his stomach issues, so I went to bring him his usual antacids. Standing outside the private room, I heard his men laughing. “Don Enzo, are you really going to keep Clara hidden away at the Silver Lake villa forever?” “That mad Moretti heiress in the main house is still parading around as Donna of the Valenti family.” Enzo rubbed the bridge of his nose and scoffed. “If she hadn’t taken a bullet to the head for me and gone insane, and if I hadn’t desperately needed her family’s capital, I never would have married a woman with no blood ties to the life.” “But Clara is my legal wife. The family trust, the marriage certificate at City Hall, it’s all in her name.” “Stella’s just a plaything I keep at the main house. Once Clara gives birth to an heir, I’ll bring her home for good.” My knuckles turned white as I squeezed the small box of medicine, the cardboard crumpling in my hand. He had exchanged blood oaths and rings with me in the church, yet it was Clara who had signed the papers at City Hall. He played me for a fool, all to keep Clara’s reputation clean. Clutching the box, I turned and melted back into the shadows. He had no idea my sanity had returned three days ago. He would never guess I had already sent an encrypted message to my brother, who runs a business empire from our home in Solaria, far across the sea. I was done with this goddamn Valenti title.

My mother was once adored and protected by three men. As such, I had three fathers. After her death, I was raised by one of the greatest doctors, the richest man in Theala, and an award-winning actor. For 13 years, I was showered with overwhelming adoration. That was until three years ago—the day they adopted Erin, an orphan girl. From then on, they began to dote on her. When she accused me of stealing her necklace, they tore my room apart in their search, smashing my most cherished music box in the process. They only felt remorse when they saw me sobbing over the shards. As compensation, they bought me every music box they could find. When she claimed I mocked her for being an orphan, they forced me to write a hundred apology letters as punishment. They only massaged my hands in remorse upon seeing them trembling so badly that I could no longer feed myself. When Erin accused me of shredding her gown, they locked me in the dark basement, starving me for three whole days. When I was let out, they were filled with remorse upon realizing how much weight I had lost. Their bloodshot eyes watched over the grand feast they prepared as an apology. All of that lasted until Erin poisoned my cup of water. I kept coughing up blood as my body grew weaker by the day. Daniel only diagnosed me with malnutrition and made me take prescribed supplements. Unbeknownst to him, those supplements only hastened the poison's effects. After I collapsed at school, I went to the hospital for treatment. "You only have three days left to live," the doctor said. Why then… Why did my fathers drown themselves in sorrow and kill Erin after my death?

My family has this outdated tradition. On my twenty-second birthday, whoever gets my heirloom bracelet first becomes my wife. For the past eighteen years, my childhood sweetheart, Madison Young, teased that she’d be the one to claim them. However, when I opened the box, the beads snapped and spilled across the floor, right in front of a blind girl passing by, Grace Bellamy. She bent down and picked them up. Madison made a scene, urging me to marry her instead, just to please my father’s illegitimate son, Connor Vaughn. Watching Grace stand there, flustered and surrounded, I stepped forward, shielding her with my body. "Fine," I said. "I’ll marry her."

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