Villain Of The Story

Airlea Filonwy De Farn, putri yang hanya memiliki gelar, tidak lebih. Seorang putri tak dianggap yang terasingkan. Pernikahan dengan kedok pertahanan politik. Airlea dinikahkan dengan seorang Duke dari negara musuh. Dengan misi penghancuran negara musuh. Sebagai pion tentu dia tidak berharga dan berakhir tragis. Mati di tangan Duke Alverd yang kejam, suaminya sendiri.

My husband, Luca, had a childhood sweetheart named Sophia. Years ago, during a brutal gang shootout, Sophia shielded him from the worst of the bloodshed, and since then, she had suffered from severe PTSD. Because of that, Luca would push aside family business every year and fly to our estate on a secluded island off the coast of Sicily to spend three months “helping her recover.” “Victoria, she lost her mind because of me,” he told me. “I’m responsible for her. I hope you can be magnanimous.” So, I nodded. And eventually, I got used to the fact that every year, my husband would disappear for three months to fulfill what he called a moral obligation. That was until the day I flew in without warning to inspect the family’s money-laundering network on that island and saw him. In the town square, under the bright Mediterranean sun, Luca was standing there with a five-year-old boy by his side. “Papa, how long do we have to hide on this island?” the child asked. “I want to go to New York. I want to see the Empire State Building.” Luca laughed gently and scooped him up in his arms. With his other hand, he held Sophia’s. “Antonio, be good,” he said affectionately. “Papa’s position is… complicated. When you turn eighteen and pass the family’s initiation ceremony, I’ll kill that woman and her dead old man. Then, I’ll take you back to New York to inherit the entire Corleone family.” I stood in the shadows, unseen. Slowly, I lit a cigarette. The smoke curled around me as their voices drifted over, the conversation getting more vicious as it went. Sophia leaned into his chest, her tone sweet and coy. “Luca, I’ve been with you for seven years without a name or a title. How much longer are our son and I supposed to live like ghosts?” Luca sighed. “I don’t have a choice. The old man in the Corleone family is still alive. I married Victoria just to get her territory. Don’t worry. I’ve been adding something to her milk every day. She’ll never get pregnant in this lifetime. My family bloodline will only continue through you.” The last thread of reason in my mind snapped. In the six years of marriage we shared, I had been infertile. I’d taken countless hormone injections to stimulate ovulation. I’d knelt in church and prayed more times than I could count. Yet, all along, the devil poisoning me was my own husband. The initial shock faded quickly into rage. I crushed out my cigarette and pulled out my phone. Then, I dialed my uncle, the family’s clean-up man. “Uncle Rocco,” I said calmly, “Luca betrayed me. He betrayed the family. Order a coffin in the finest black walnut for me, and make it large, large enough to fit a family of three.”

During a charity gala, my boyfriend bids on a pair of matching watches but gives one of them to his true love. The media excitedly capture the scene and ask, "You bought a million-dollar watch without even batting an eye, Mr. Loewe. You've been single all these years—is it time for you to make an official announcement on your relationship status?" Everyone off stage applauds him, and I join them. I give him my blessings for his so-called announcement. To make it up to me, he attends my birthday celebration. Yet he pushes me into the cake to make his true love happy. Unbeknownst to him, there's a steel rack in the cake to keep it steady. I end up bloodied and on the brink of death.

Meskipun sang Terhebat kembali untuk melewati hari-harinya dengan damai, dia masih diremehkan oleh semua orang. Pada hari pernikahannya, hanya dengan lambaian tangannya, dia memanggil Sembilan Dewa Perang Agung, mereka semua memanggilnya sebagai tuan …

"I am not a good person. I'm not who Atlas ends up with. It's just a fact of life. The good guy ends up with someone good, the hero with the heroine, and the villain is left to die." Or rot in jail, as it is in my case. "And I'm not the hero of this story, Eli. I'm the villain. And the villain never gets a happy ending." Lavender is a stripper with a dark past. A year ago, she ran away from her abusive husband and changed her identity. She thought she was finally able to start over, when her husband finds her and demands that she goes back to him. However, before he can take her back, he is shot in the head by a mysterious stranger with mismatched eyes. Lavender runs away, knowing the cops are going to frame her for the murder. Still, she decides to learn how to protect herself in case the stranger ever finds her, but finds herself getting close to her annoying and overly enthusiastic self-defense teacher, despite knowing that he would hate her when he found out the truth about her.

WARNING 21+ Bijaklah dalam memilih bacaan. Menjual keperawanan adalah pilihan terakhir Raline Ansara, demi menyelamatkan dua PSK yang disayanginya, Laura dan Maria. Mimpi Raline seakan sirna, saat rahasia kecantikannya terbongkar dari seorang germo bernama Mami Monalisa. Sampai akhirnya Raline Ansara terselamatkan dari lelaki tua keparat hidung belang yang membelinya dengan harga fantastis. Lelaki yang menyelamatkan Raline tidak lain adalah lelaki mesum yang sangat dibencinya saat masih duduk di bangku SMA, bernama Gavin Maheswari. Bukannya senang, Raline malah terperangkap dengan pernikahan paksa karena harus mengganti uang yang sudah dikeluarkan Gavin untuk menyelamatkan Raline dan keluarganya dari Mami Monalisa.

Di tengah kekacauan istana dan desakan perang yang tidak terhindarkan, seorang perempuan bangsawan yang diasingkan—Li Qianru—kembali ke istana bukan sebagai korban, tapi sebagai pemain utama. Dengan kepintarannya, keanggunannya, dan rasa sakit masa lalu yang belum sembuh, ia membuat sang Kaisar Xu Jiayan—pemimpin paling ditakuti—bertekuk lutut. Namun, rasa cinta dan dendam yang saling bertubrukan justru menyulut api peperangan yang mengubah takdir seluruh negeri.

Nalira kehilangan segalanya saat kerajaannya dihancurkan. Sebagai tawanan perang, ia dihadapkan pada Aaron Devonsa, Duke utara sekaligus Jendral berhati dingin dan kejam, pria yang paling ia benci. Di balik ambisinya yang tak terhentikan, Aaron menyembunyikan rahasia kelam yang perlahan melahap sisi kemanusiaannya. Sementara Nalira, dengan keberanian dan luka yang ia bawa, menjadi satu-satunya yang mampu menantangnya. Dalam permainan dendam, obsesi, dan hasrat, mereka bertarung bukan hanya untuk kekuasaan, tetapi juga untuk hati yang seharusnya tak mereka miliki. Namun, ketika kutukan mematikan mengancam nyawanya, hanya sentuhan Aaron yang mampu menyelamatkannya. Terikat dalam takdir yang tak mereka inginkan, kebencian di antara mereka berubah menjadi sesuatu yang jauh lebih berbahaya.

Perselingkuhan dan pengkhianatan yang dilakukan oleh Arsa membuat Andira marah besar. Ia mencoba menyelidiki siapa wanita yang menjadi simpanan suaminya. Dan betapa terkejutnya ketika Andira mengetahui bahwa wanita simpanan Arsa adalah adik tirinya. "Kamu telah mencuri ayahku. Tak akan aku biarkan kamu merebut suamiku!" Selingkuhan Arsa, mengejek dan menantang Andira. "Kita lihat siapa yang akan dipilih oleh Arsa. Aku, atau kamu? Aku bukan hanya bisa merebut suamimu. Tapi juga anak-anakmu. Akan aku rebut apa yang kamu miliki!" Andira tak mau apa yang menjadi miliknya direbut kembali oleh sang adik tiri. Apakah Andira akan berhasil mempertahankan rumah tangganya? Bagaimana reaksi sang suami ketika mengetahui Andira membalas dendam kepada orang yang telah mengkhianatinya? "Jika aku tidak berhasil mempertahankan semua yang aku miliki, akan lebih baik jika kalian semua mati bersama. Kalian hancur bersama-sama!"

Susan Miller, my father's caretaker, often complains that the supplements keep running out. The wild kingroots that are worth 500 thousand dollars are completely used up even though Susan has only made soup with them twice in a row. As I filter through the medicinal residue with a frown on my face, Susan sinks down to her knees and begins slapping herself. "They must have melted in the soup because of my lack of attention! Please dock my pay, Ms. Lawson, but please don't fire me!" But that night, I come across a post uploaded by Susan's son, Roman Cox, on Instagram. "Hi everyone! Today, I'm challenging myself to eat two wild kingroots in one go!" When I see Roman picking up a familiar-lookng giftbox, I feel my temper flaring instantly. Then, I order a packet of potent aphrodisiacs meant for animals on the spot. It turns out that Roman intends to chug down my prized Romanee-Conti in the next episode of his stream. Well then, I'll let him have his feel of drinking something else!