Once A Villain

Si bartender cantik Arabella, harus merelakan masa-masa menyenangkan dalam hidupnya ketika seseorang yang tiba-tiba datang mengacaukan bar tempat dirinya bekerja. Berakhir menjadi sebuah jaminan, dirinya terpaksa ikut dengan seorang pria yang sama sekali tak pernah ia bayangkan sebelumnya. Seorang pria bermata tajam dengan seringai yang mematikan, Stevano. Dan secara tidak langsung, Bella harus ikut terjerat ke dalam kehidupan hitam pria tersebut.

Chen Xuan tak pernah menyangka, tempat ia belajar dan bersumpah setia—Sekte Awan Biru—adalah dalang di balik kematian kedua orang tuanya. Dibuang. Dikhianati. Hampir mati. Dendam dan cinta menjadi satu dalam kisah hidup Chen Xuan, seorang murid jenius yang mencari kebenaran dan kekuatan untuk membalas dendam atas kematian orang tuanya. Ketika Chen Xuan menemukan kebenaran tentang pembantaian desanya, dia harus memilih antara dendam dan cinta. Apakah dia dapat menemukan kekuatan untuk membalas dendam dan menyelamatkan orang yang dia cintai? Dalam dunia kultivasi yang penuh dengan kekuatan dan kekuasaan, Chen Xuan harus menghadapi berbagai tantangan dan musuh untuk mencapai tujuannya. Apakah dia dapat menemukan cinta dan kebahagiaan di tengah-tengah dendam dan pertempuran?

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Batari Amara Wijaya seharusnya sudah menjadi abu setelah malam jahanam di Uluwatu. Sepuluh bulan lalu, kehormatannya direnggut paksa oleh pria-pria yang ia sebut keluarga. Di puncak Bukit Terlarang, Batari menukar sisa jiwanya dengan Lenka, entitas mistis haus darah yang memberinya kecantikan mematikan dan aroma mawar yang mampu melumpuhkan logika pria mana pun. Setiap sentuhan Batari adalah racun yang nikmat; setiap desahannya adalah lonceng kematian yang sensual. Kini, Batari kembali ke Jakarta bukan sebagai korban, melainkan sebagai predator. Satu demi satu, mereka yang menghancurkan hidupnya mulai tumbang. Erick Koma, Adrian hilang, Seline hancur, dan kini giliran Victor—pria yang mengklaim tubuh Batari sebagai wilayah kekuasaannya. Victor tidak menginginkan cinta; ia menginginkan kepatuhan mutlak. Ia memburu bibir Batari yang berdarah, menyesap setiap desahan yang keluar dari bibir gadis itu, tak sadar bahwa setiap sentuhannya adalah paku untuk peti matinya sendiri. Di sisi lain, Elio hadir sebagai kontras yang berbahaya—seorang pria berkuasa yang ingin menyelamatkan Batari dari kegelapan yang ia ciptakan sendiri. Di atas ranjang yang menjadi saksi bisu perjamuan nafsu dan air mata, Batari bermain dengan api. Ia membiarkan Victor menjadi anjing penjaganya yang gila, sementara ia perlahan menarik pelatuk untuk pembalasan terakhir. Namun, ada satu aturan darah yang tak boleh dilanggar: Jangan pernah jatuh cinta. Karena saat jantungnya bergetar untuk seorang pria, iblis di dalam nadinya akan menelan jiwanya utuh. Akankah Batari menuntaskan dahaga dendamnya, atau justru terbakar kembali dalam api gairah yang terlarang?

I suffered from a skin condition. I scratched myself in the library, and millions of netizens spammed my private inbox. Only then did I find out that a girl accused me of harassing her. I took out my diagnostic report to defend my innocence, but the girl cried pitifully. “You really know how to make an excuse for yourself! How could someone innocent like me frame you?” Even my elder brother spoke up for her! “Why would she frame you of all people? Can’t you take a look at yourself?” I could not bear the cyberbullying, and I died from a sudden heart attack the day before the court hearing. My grandfather could not accept my death, and he collapsed into a coma. My parents cut off ties with my brother before they committed suicide at home. Meanwhile, the girl did not just successfully make her way into graduate school, but she also dug open my grave and used my ashes to make fireworks. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day when she had asked me to reserve a seat in the library.

The day I went to try on my wedding suit, a stranger stormed into the VIP fitting room and drove a knife into my gut. "Sleeping with my woman, and you dare wear a suit this expensive?" He ripped my shirt into ribbons with a wild grin and threw sulfuric acid straight at me. The knife was buried deep in my abdomen. Pain ripped through me as I collapsed. He yanked my hair, forcing my head up. "Susan Lefebvre is my wife. What the hell are you? Just some filthy side piece hiding in the shadows!" Blood dripped from my fingertips as the truth sank in. The fiancée I'd loved for seven years had been cheating on me all along. "What are you staring at?" He sneered. "Even if I kill you, no one can touch me. My wife runs this city!" Watching that arrogant face twist in triumph, I took out my phone with a trembling, blood-soaked hand and dialed my sister. "Allison," I said, my voice cold and calm. "Come pick me up at the bridal salon. And tell the Lefebvres that the engagement is off."

I went to visit the set where my chaste fiancee, the award-winning actress Whitney Lockwood, was shooting her new movie. When I heard she was shooting a bed scene, I frowned but still agreed. However, her scene partner, a young actor named Yarden Stein, could not get into character. Whitney grew impatient. She said they should do it for real. I stopped her and said they could use a body double instead. She slapped me across the face and glared at me with teary eyes. “Yale, this movie is very important to me! I have to make sure it’s perfect! Or do you think my first time matters more than the career I love most?” In the next second, she tore off all her garments and climbed onto the young actor without hesitation. She turned to look at me. Her eyes were full of sorrow. “I’ll imagine Yarden is you. Then, it will be no different from being with you.” I watched them slowly prepare for the scene. I heard the clapboard snap as filming began. My face stayed blank as I made a phone call. “Blacklist Whitney and Yarden. Anyone who still hires them will be making an enemy of the Foster family.”

When I got off the plane, a notification popped up on my phone. It was an announcement of my wife's wedding to her lover on social media. I rushed to the company, but I was stopped by the HR director at the elevator. "You are fired. Our company doesn't need freeloaders like you." I was utterly confused. Wasn't this my own company? "Is this a direct order from Claire Luna?" I inquired. "Haha, you are just a nobody in the company. Why would our president Ms. Luna bother with you?" "This is Mr. White's order!" I laughed in disbelief. Since when did Evan White speak for my wife? "Where are they?" I asked the HR director. "They are finally having their wedding on the top floor of the banquet hall. You need to leave now as the top floor is only accessible to the executives." Upon hearing that, I pushed the HR director away. I immediately pulled out my identification card and tapped it on the access scanner. "Beep. Highest authorization confirmed. Welcome back."

On the day of my wedding gown fitting, a stranger burst into the VIP suite and stabbed me with a knife. “You think you deserve a dress this expensive after stealing someone else’s man?” She tore at the delicate fabric of my skirt. Then, with a twisted smile, she hurled a bottle of acid at me. The blade was buried in my lower abdomen. The pain drove me to my knees. She grabbed my hair and yanked my head up. “Gerald’s my husband! What are you? You’re nothing but a mistress who can’t even be seen with him in public!” Blood dripped down my fingers. That was when it finally sank in. The man I had been with for seven years had been keeping another woman by his side. “What’re you staring at? Even if I kill you, with my husband’s influence, no one will dare touch me!” Staring at her smug face, I pulled out my phone with hands slicked in blood and called my brother. “Matt…” My voice was unnervingly calm. “Come pick me up at the bridal shop. And please inform the Hoover family that the engagement is off.”

After being abroad for half a year, I went back home to see my fiancee. However, I was stopped at a parking lot by a random man yelling at me. I tried to shrug him off, but he arrogantly retorted, “Don’t you know who I am? Vanessa Whitecastle is my wife. If you’re smart, you’ll do what I say.” I stood in place and looked at him. Then, I made a phone call, “Are you seeing another man, Vanessa?”