No Exit

My brother and childhood sweetheart both fall in love with my adopted sister who is about to marry someplace afar in my stead. One of them has forgotten about me, and the other has broken his vow to always be by my side. To win back Mona Pierce—who has learned the truth—they join forces to push me down the stairs on my birthday. I lose all hope in them and agree to the arranged marriage. Five days later, I leave the Greer family for good. Yet, after my departure, they regret everything.

Dunianya serasa berantakan dalam semalam, Ayunira Larasti diceraikan sekaligus dijual oleh mantan suaminya, sebagai alat penebus hutang terhadap teman lamanya yang merupakan seorang konglomerat ternama. Kaget dan juga belum bisa menerima kalau ia harus mau dinikahi oleh konglomerat itu, yakni Kenan Adijaya, sebagai ganti rugi hutang yang dipinjam berpuluh-puluh juta oleh mantan suaminya tersebut, Ayunira berakhir membenci sang suami baru. Akankah cinta hinggap kembali di lembaran hidupnya yang baru? Atau, Ayunira akan berusaha bersabar tinggal bersama Kenan, sembari menanti hari terbebasnya ia begitu hutang mantan suaminya lunas?

On my birthday—the same day Troy hyped some "surprise" for me online—I saw a photo that afternoon. He was on my horse. With his assistant. His shirt hung open, red finger marks dragged across his chest. Caption? [First time in my life. Thanks to him.] The comments went wild: [Jealous of whoever touched those abs.] [That position... damn.] Troy liked that one. My chest went cold. I thought that side of him was just for me. Turns out—it could be anyone. I washed the horse myself. Scrubbed off every trace. Then I signed the ranch over to him. "You can give the rest away. Pick whoever you want." He lit up. I said yes to the arranged marriage.

Charles Jansen's true love returns to the country in my seventh year with him. The first post on her social media after she lands is an intimate photo of them together. She captions it, "I'm glad we've come full circle." Only then do I find out the ring hidden in the living room isn't for me. Charles' proposal isn't for me, either. Suddenly, I feel exhausted.

Luna Elvira, 18 tahun. karyawan. Ditinggalkan oleh sang ayah membuatnya harus menjadi seorang yang mandiri dan pekerja keras. Ibunya yang memiliki penyakit yang cukup parah, membuatnya harus bekerja dan memaksanya untuk melupakan cita-citanya untuk menjadi dokter. Saat Luna telah diterima bekerja di sebuah restoran, ia malah dicurigai telah menjadi selingkuhan dari pemilik restoran.

Kalah menjadi abu. Menang menjadi arang. Ini adalah kisah tentang pertikaian sengit di antara para putri yang ikut serta di dalam perebutan mahkota Putri Purba. Tujuh bersaudara yang sedari kecil hidup bersama-sama dengan bahagia, … mulai menjalani hubungan persaudaraan yang kacau nan berantakan, … dikala mahkota yang didamba-damba telah jatuh ke tangan putri yang bahkan sama sekali tak mengharapkan takhta kerajaannya sedari awal. Akankah takhta kembali beralih kepada orang yang sudah seharusnya menerimanya sedari awal? Ataukah sang putri yang dijatuhi bingkaian hiasan kepala terbuat dari logam mulia, lengkap dengan intan dan juga permata itulah, … yang pada akhirnya akan tetap menjadi pemimpin kerajaan? "Apa kau ingin tahu, kesalahan terbesar apa yang pernah dibuat olehku di sepanjang hidupku ini?" Sang putri tertua kerajaan ini, si Putri Mahkota yang bahkan tak dapat menggapai gelaran mahkotanya lagi, Putri Purbararang, … bertanya dengan wajah yang pahit terhadap sang putri baik hati, yang saat ini tengah berdiri berhadapan dengannya diluar sel penjara. "Kesalahan terbesarku adalah, pernah membuat hatiku yang sudah hancur ini, untuk menyayangimu dengan segenap hati …." Dia berucap lirih semacam itu, diiringi dengan lelehan air mata. "… Purbasari." Air mata keputusasaan yang akan senantiasa ia dapatkan, dikala berhasil dikalahkan oleh adik kandungnya sendiri, Putri Purbasari, lagi dan lagi.

{TW: DARK ROMANCE, ABUSE, DADDY KINK, PSYCHOTIC, VIOLENCE. This is not your typical dark romance novel, it gets darker with each chapters so if you can't handle it, kindly exit, not all Male leads are heroes some can be your worst nightmare, if you are looking for love you won't find it here} *********************************** "Won't you like to open your gift, Bambi?" It wasn't a question. César Navarro never asked. He commanded. When Anya Esmeralda Torres untied the silk ribbon and lifted the lid of the velvet box, her world shattered. Inside, staring back at her with dead, lifeless pupils, were the green eyes of Giovanni De Luca.....the man whose gaze had made her uncomfortable all evening. Her scream ripped through the silence. "Now his eyes will never trouble you again." He said it like he'd given her a necklace. Like dismemberment was romance. Like murder was love. César Navarro, known in the underworld as Calavera, wasn't just the founder of a billion-dollar tech empire. He was the Skull—mafia heir, executioner, and obsession wrapped in a tailored suit. And Anya? She was his cage bird. His possession. His favorite game. But Anya wasn't born to be caged. She was fire—wild, defiant, desperate for freedom. And no matter how many diamonds he draped her in, she vowed to escape. The question is: can you ever run from a monster who always finds you? Or will love become the cruelest prison of all?

When I go home for the holidays, I find out that my dad has installed a facial recognition machine at the front door. "You'll have to pay an entry fee of 50 thousand dollars. Will you be paying by card or payment code?" I thought my dad was joking at first. As I laugh, I attempt to walk through the front door while pushing my luggage forward. But my mom passes me a price list with an icy look. "That'll be 200 dollars for dragging stuff across the floor. You'll also be charged 1,000 dollars per hour for using up the air." I'm stunned by her words. "Mom, stop messing around already!" But when I walk into the house, I realize that the air inside has disappeared. Unable to breathe, my face soon turns bright red out of suffocation as I kneel down on the floor. My mom huffs coldly again. "If you want to live, then pay up!" With great difficulty, I dig out my phone and pay the fees. Once the transaction is done, I can feel air rushing through my nostrils and into my lungs. For a few moments, I pant heavily. As I stare at my cold-looking parents, I finally feel that something is off. So, I scramble up to my feet and rush for the door. But that's when I find out that the front door is already welded shut. There's a payment code pasted on the door as well as a message. "Exit fee. One million dollars."

Five years had gone by since my death. The cops called my mom and told her they got news about me. My mother and brother marched to my grandmother's home and kicked her door down. "Where's Charlie? That shameless woman has been hiding from us far too long. Her brother needs her cornea, and she's giving it to him!" "Charlie's dead," said my grandmother, sobbing. My mother sneered. "As if. The cops called us. They said they had her news. Hand her over or get out of the house, you hag." My grandmother looked at her daughter, tears streaming down her cheeks. With trembling hands, she took my photo out. "I wonder if you've ever regretted saving your brother, Charlie."

Akibat salah paham, Zahra dipaksa menikah dengan Zyan, bosnya di kantor. Keduanya tak bisa menolak karena alasan masing-masing. Zyan terancam tidak akan mendapat warisan, sementara Zahra terdesak oleh keadaan. Mereka pun akhirnya sepakat membuat perjanjian sebelum menikah, yang menuntut Zahra agar menurut dan melakukan apa pun yang Zyan inginkan. Lantas, apakah Zahra bisa bertahan dalam pernikahan itu, sementara ia harus menyaksikan Zyan tetap menjalin hubungan dengan wanita lain? Atau akankah Zahra berpaling pada seorang pengusaha muda yang gencar mendekatinya?