Toxic Family Quotes

Ketika aku mengetahui bahwa Navish lebih memilih untuk mengantar obat flu untuk asistennya, sementara aku terjebak di lift dengan klaustrofobia, aku memutuskan untuk mengajukan cerai. Navish dengan cepat menandatangani dokumen itu. Dia bahkan tertawa santai kepada temannya dan berkata, "Dia cuma ngambek. Lagian, orang tuanya sudah meninggal, dia nggak mungkin benar-benar menceraikan aku." "Selain itu, bukankah ada masa tunggu 30 hari untuk perceraian? Kalau dia menyesal, aku bisa bermurah hati memaafkannya dan dia pasti akan kembali padaku," tambahnya sambil tersenyum percaya diri. Keesokan harinya, dia memposting foto pasangan dengan asistennya di media sosial, lengkap dengan caption. [ Merekam setiap momen malumu yang manis. ] Aku menghitung hari-hari dengan tenang. Setelah memastikan semuanya sesuai rencana, aku mulai membereskan barang-barangku dan menelepon seseorang. "Paman, tolong belikan aku tiket pesawat ke Nu York," kataku dengan suara tegas.

Saat aku pergi ke rumah sakit untuk memeriksa apakah percobaan bayi tabung keempatku berhasil, aku melihat Erwin Sentosa yang katanya sedang dinas luar kota, dengan hati-hati menopang seorang gadis muda dan cantik keluar dari departemen kebidanan. Perut gadis itu membesar, tampak sudah hampir melahirkan. Erwin hanya terlihat panik sesaat, lalu segera melindungi gadis itu di belakang tubuhnya. “Jennie, Keluarga Sentosa butuh seorang anak untuk meneruskan garis keturunan. Setelah anak ini lahir, kita akan kembali seperti dulu.” Nada suaranya yang tegas terdengar jelas di telingaku. Aku tersenyum dan mengangguk menyetujuinya. Di tengah tatapan terkejutnya, aku diam-diam menyembunyikan hasil pemeriksaanku. Di hari gadis itu melahirkan, aku meninggalkan surat perceraian… dan pergi dari hidupnya untuk selamanya.

Pada hari ketika aku dikonfirmasi menderita kanker, suamiku menampar wajahku dan berkata, “Kau begitu keji dalam hatimu, bahkan ingin merebut penyakit adikmu.” Anak kami berteriak, “Mama sangat jahat, aku benci Mama.” Aku tidak menangis dan tidak membuat keributan, hanya diam mengemas lembar pemeriksaan, sambil memilihkan liang kubur untuk diriku sendiri. Lima belas hari lagi, aku akan pergi dari kota ini, menyelip ke dalam sunyi, seperti bayangan yang menghilang. Saat semuanya berakhir, aku ingin bahkan penyesalan mereka pun tak sempat menemukan aku.

The day my brother, Chester Rodney, came to the orphanage to take me home, my boyfriend Dominic Huxley looked at me coldly and said, "If you choose to acknowledge your birth family, we're over." I knew he had his pride—he could never accept the difference in our social standing. So, for him, I turned my back on the family I had yearned for my whole life. In the decades that followed, I toiled without complaint, saving every cent to help him rise to success. By the time I was not yet fifty, overwork had worn me down. Lying on my deathbed, my breathing shallow and weak, I watched Dominic on television. He was now an acclaimed scientist, just awarded the nation's highest research honor. Tears welled in his eyes as he thanked another woman. "All these years," he said, "I never felt worthy of Alicia. But now, maybe I can use this award as the prologue to a love I've owed her for decades." The "Alicia" he spoke of was the woman mistakenly switched with me at birth—the false heiress the Rodney family raised as their own. The camera zoomed out. Alicia Rodney stood radiant, graceful, and perfectly preserved by years of luxury, blushing as she accepted the trophy. "I waited for you for decades," she said sweetly, "but marriage is still something I'll need to ask my brother about." Chester, who had long taken over the family, looked at her with an indulgent tenderness tinged with something unspoken. "I was adopted by our uncle back then for one reason—to protect Alicia. Making the only princess of the Rodney family happy has always been my life's mission." Only then did I realize—everything I thought I had chosen freely, every sacrifice I made without regret, was nothing but a trap, carefully woven by two men, all for Alicia. The betrayal pierced my heart. I died without peace. But when I opened my eyes again, I was back on the very day Chester came to take me home from the orphanage. I glanced past the two men eyeing me with subtle disdain. Without hesitation, I stepped into the car. "Take me home," I said. This time, I'd send whoever stole my life back to the gutter they slithered from.

Reborn as the long-lost Rogers heir, missing for fifteen years, I avoided every chance to bond with my two brothers in this family. When they tossed me Vivi’s discarded, ill-fitting gown for the family gala, I smiled and put it on. When they sent Vivi to get an elite education while ordering me to scrub the utility room, I picked up the mop without a word. When they let Vivi chase love and dumped her rejected suitor on me, I didn’t fight. I accepted her leftovers with a calm nod. This was all because in my past life, I had spent my entire life desperate for my brothers' approval, only to end up despised by everyone for it. When I died in the crossfire of a gangland shootout, my own son pushed my body away in disgust. "Mom, did you really waste your whole life on such a petty fight with Aunt Vivi? Dying for the family would have been a more dignified end. At least then you wouldn't have disgraced our name." I left this world filled with resentment, only to open my eyes and find myself back at the moment I first set foot in the Rogers estate. This time, I'm done fighting. The power, the name, the honor. I'm letting them have it all. I’ve already been accepted into a closed-door medical project. Soon they will never see me again.

Back in New York to pursue her medical degree, Mykaela navigates her way through a dangerous web of lies and family secrets while contemplating a long-distance relationship with Miles, her best friend. Maximiliano "Miles" Falco, a pureblood from a surreptitious clan of vampires, wants a quiet life away from his family and only wants the best for Mykaela—but that means pushing her away and dealing with the mobsters awaiting his family's downfall. Magnus Roiz is a wealthy vampire-werewolf hybrid and the firstborn of Ilya—a pureblood alpha and boss of the Božić crime syndicate. When Magnus learns of his estranged father's deathbed wish, Magnus tries to find Mykaela to inherit the alpha's multibillion empire. Will their choices protect them from the dangers along their path? Or will they resort to drastic measures to escape the lethal fury of the Italian and Russian mafia? 18+ Romance Crime Vampire Werewolf [This story is intended for MATURE readers.]

Vivian sacrificed everything for the sake of her marriage with Syrus. She left her work and family to put up with his toxic mother all in the name of preserving their wedding. Yet that didn't stop Syrus from having an affair, what's worse? He wasn't afraid to show it. Having had enough, Vivian asked for a divorce determined to kick-start her life and chase her dreams. If only her ex-husband and his family would just leave her in peace.

I need to drive to and from work due to a change in my job scope. However, my father-in-law hoards my car and refuses to return it. My husband stands up for him. "How can you be so materialistic? So what if you have to take an electric scooter to work?" So, I sell the car. My husband points at me and snaps, "What right do you have to sell Dad's car?" I look at him calmly. "I've sold the one you drive too."

Aku dan suamiku akhirnya dikaruniai anak pertama di tahun ketujuh pernikahan kami. Suamiku curiga bahwa bayi yang ada di dalam perutku bukanlah anaknya. Aku sangat marah sehingga aku melakukan tes DNA. Sebelum hasilnya keluar, suamiku muncul di depan pintu rumah orang tuaku. Dia sedang memegang sebuah foto. Foto itu menunjukkan pakaian dalamku yang entah kenapa bisa muncul di rumah temannya. "Dasar jalang, beraninya kamu mengkhianatiku dan memintaku untuk membesarkan anak orang lain. Mati saja sana!" Dia menggunakan cambuk untuk mencambuk ibuku yang berusaha melindungiku. Ibuku sampai pingsan, tetapi dia tetap memukulku sampai aku mengalami keguguran. Setelah hasil tesnya keluar, dia baru mengetahui kebenarannya. Dia pun berlutut dan memohon agar anak yang sudah dia hilangkan itu bisa kembali.

Di malam perayaan pernikahanku yang kelima dengan Lionel, dia meniduri sahabatku, Regina, di ranjang kami. Terdengar suara anak-anak melalui kamera. "Tante Regina, aku akan menjaga pintu. Aku nggak akan membiarkan ibuku masuk!" Regina menghadiahi Lionel sebuah ciuman. "Putramu pintar. Kamu nggak pertimbangkan untuk punya anak lagi dengan Ivana?" Lionel menutupi wajahnya dengan bantal. Dia berkata, "Aku mual melihat bekas luka di perutnya."