Villain Adalah

At our wedding, Toby Webb, the impoverished student my fiancee, Elvira Britton, has been sponsoring, barges into the venue while wailing at the top of his lungs. "Elvira, a wasp has stung me down there! Does this mean I won't be able to…" Elvira doesn't hesitate to ditch all the guests and me in favor of whisking Toby away. I quickly grab her wrist and suggest to her that we should finish the ceremony first before finding a doctor to save Toby. But she reacts by shoving me to the floor instead with an enraged look on her face. "Wallace Cochran, if you truly loved me, you wouldn't stop me at this time!" After that, she quickly takes Toby to the lounge in the wedding venue. By the time I arrive at the lounge, I witness Elvira straddling Toby. The very same woman, who had once promised me that she'd preserve her virginity for our wedding night, can be seen glaring at me angrily. "Toby's condition is very severe, you know! How am I supposed to sit by and watch him suffer? It's just virginity, isn't it? Since you want it that badly, I can just get myself repaired and let you try again, can't I?"

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."

Dunia bawah porak poranda, kerusakan dan kontaminasi tidak terelakkan. Pangeran Yuan terpanggil untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini, mengembalikan dunia bawah menjadi tempat yang layak. Bersama dengan Putri Yui, Pangeran Yuan mencari harta yang bisa mengembalikan tanah tandus menjadi subur, sebuah harpa ajaib. Perseteruan tentang siapa yang seharusnya menjadi raja antara Leiz dan Pangeran Yuan membawa mereka berlomba mendapatkan sebuah harpa ajaib untuk membuktikan siapa yang pantas menjadi raja. Dia yang mendapatkan harpa, dialah yang menjadi raja. (Bagian dari Crystal of Soul:Twins, disarankan membaca Crystal of Soul:Twins sebelum membaca buku ini)

Sejak kepergian sang ayah, Andini harus menikahi Baskara, Tuan Muda yang menabrak ayahnya dalam keadaan mabuk. Hanya saja, Baskara ternyata sudah memiliki tunangan. Pria itu pun menyembunyikan pernikahannya dengan Andini agar masyarakat tak ada yang tahu, termasuk tunangannya Laura dan Mama Baskara. Lantas bagaimana nasib Andini sebagai istri simpanan yang akhirnya hamil anak dari lelaki yang tak dicintainya? Akankah dia mempertahankannya? Atau dia memilih pergi meninggalkan semua bersama lelaki yang merajai hatinya, Prasetia?

I had just returned from a business trip. The moment I stepped through the door, I scooped my wife into my arms and rushed her straight to the bathroom for a steamy shower together. We were kissing passionately when, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed something: the toilet seat was flipped up. I froze. Seven years ago, my wife had read a post online claiming that when men pee standing up, bacteria splash onto the seat. She begged me to sit down to pee for the sake of her health. I have kept that promise. For seven years of marriage, that seat has never been up. A knot formed in my stomach, but the bathroom was spotless, so clean it looked staged, not a single stray hair anywhere. Then I noticed the shower temperature. It was set five degrees lower than her usual 43°C. Men like cooler showers. Women like them hotter… At that moment, I knew, Ruby Lynch had cheated on me.

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?”

My husband, Zane Wade, was drugged at a cocktail party and ended up sleeping with a female college student who looked almost exactly like me. I gave him three chances. The first time, Zane sent the young woman abroad overnight. Then, he knelt outside our home for three days and three nights. The second time, I ran into him and the college student at the hospital. He was accompanying her for a prenatal check-up. At the time, Zane hugged me tightly and refused to let me go. His voice trembled as he said, "I'm sorry, Raina. She's pregnant, and my mother threatened to commit suicide. I have no choice but to keep the child. "I swear, once she gives birth, I'll send her away immediately. The child will go to the old family estate. Please, don't leave me…" But just three days later, because of that same woman, Zane fought me at an auction over my mother's heirlooms. When he saw me raising the bid higher and higher, he immediately went nuclear. This was the third and final chance I gave him. I rushed over to confront him, but Zane wasn't worried. He just frowned slightly and calmly said, "Raina, you know very well that Moira is about to give birth. Why do you insist on fighting a pregnant woman? You only need to endure it for another three months. Then, we can go back to how things were." Upon hearing his words, I almost cried at how ridiculous they sounded. I finally decided to get a divorce, but Zane actually brought Moira Green home openly and without shame.

Fresh from a business trip, my husband swept me into his arms and pulled me toward the bathroom for a passionate shared bath. As our lips met in a dizzying kiss, I noticed something odd out of the corner of my eye: the toilet lid was down. Seven years ago, after reading an online article claiming that men urinating while standing could splash bacteria onto the seat, he insisted we always keep the lid up for hygiene's sake. In all our years of marriage, it had never been lowered until now. A chill ran through me. The bathroom was pristine, not a stray hair in sight. But then I noticed the shower's water temperature was set five degrees higher than the 98.6°F he always preferred. Men preferred cooler water, and women warmer. In an instant, I realized that Nick Doyle had betrayed me.

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.”

Labella Anastasia Laksani, seorang ahli bedah muda jenius, mati saat mencoba menyelamatkan nyawa orang lain. Namun, bukannya masuk surga, jiwanya justru terlempar ke dalam novel best seller yang pernah dibaca adiknya. Ia terbangun di dalam tubuh Ashyel Clarisse van de Liora, seorang figuran pendiam yang ditakdirkan mati dipenggal bersama seluruh keluarganya. "Aku belum mati? Tapi kenapa aku berada di kamar semewah ini? Dan siapa gadis cantik di cermin ini?" Labella menyadari ia masuk tepat sebelum bencana dimulai. Hanya ada satu cara untuk selamat: Menawarkan kesepakatan pada sang "Monster Utara", Duke Aslan Krossvane, pria dingin yang dikutuk dan benci pada wanita. Berbekal pisau bedah dan sifat barunya yang centil-sangat jauh dari sosok Ashyel yang asli-Labella nekat menerobos barak militer. Saat sang Duke sekarat, ia berbisik dengan berani: "Jangan mati dulu ya, Aslan. Aku sudah menjahit perutmu, jadi sekarang bayar aku dengan gelar Duchess."