Willa saves a dying Alpha King, only to have her best friend steal her identity and the life meant for her. Six years later, Willa returns to the Alpha’s estate with their daughter, and the impostor’s perfect lie is finally about to unravel.
In her past life, Seraphina was killed by her own husband—after he murdered their child. Reborn with her memories intact, she breaks free from that scumbag and chooses the Third Prince of the Dragon Clan, a man hiding his true power. Together, they take revenge and seize control of the Dragon Clan.
Ten years ago, Alexander, heir to the Walker Group, became convinced that his high school sweetheart, Elena, had pushed his mother, Evelyn, down the stairs and left her in a vegetative state. From that moment on, he personally destroyed Elena’s life: her father died under false accusations, her education was ruined, she spent three years in prison, and she even lost the hearing in her left ear. No one knew that Elena had already been diagnosed with stomach cancer. She endured everything for one reason—to see her younger sister, Amy, one last time before she died. But in the end, she learned that Amy had also died because of Sophia’s schemes. Devastated, Elena was abandoned by Alexander in an impoverished neighborhood and disappeared from his life.
Three years later, Evelyn suddenly wakes up and personally confirms that Elena never harmed her. Following the truth, Alexander begins investigating and discovers that the surveillance footage had been tampered with by his father, Richard, and that the tragedies suffered by Elena’s family over the years were all connected to the Walker family. Overwhelmed by guilt, Alexander desperately searches for Elena, only to discover that she is still alive—and has already married Noah, the man who once saved her.
But Elena’s cancer worsens again, leaving her only three months to live. Alexander begins clearing the names of Elena and her family, investigates the truth behind Amy’s death, and completely turns against his father, yet Elena still refuses to forgive him. In the end, he finally learns to respect Elena’s choice and lets her return to Noah. Elena spends her final days peacefully beside the man she loves, while Alexander is left to live the rest of his life with regret that can never be undone.
Inheriting the title of Grand Sage, Matthew journeys to break his betrothal to Lillian. En route, he cures Dragon Emperor Caus, ending a thousand-year curse. But when arrogance leads Lillian to humiliate him and rip their pact, Matthew’s divine wrath shatters the White family forever.
It’s been five years since my mother married into the Sterling crime family, and my relationship with my stepbrother, Louis, is still ice-cold. He’s arrogant, aloof, and wouldn’t give me the time of day. I know better than to even try. Until I saw it: a birthmark on Louis’s body, identical to the one on my online boyfriend, Rowan. I thought about the messages Rowan had sent me every night for the past two years, the ones that made my face flush and my heart race: Baby, I can only fall asleep thinking of you. I need to see you. I’ll show you how much I want you. I’m going crazy thinking about you… I just couldn’t square the man in those messages with the cold-as-ice Louis. To make matters worse, I had just lied to Rowan, telling him I’d failed to get into Harvard and wasn't good enough for him, before breaking up with him. If he finds out it was me who dumped him, I’m pretty sure he’ll tear me to pieces. I was already packing my bags, ready to bolt. But then Louis appeared, blocking my path. He leaned in, his low laugh a menacing rumble in my ear. "Think you can play me and just walk away? Who gave you the balls?"
Cast Out as Old-Fashioned, I Watched the Mafia Fall Apart
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Last night I received notice that the Family was cutting me loose. The explanation was flimsy: my thinking was outdated, I refused to modernize, and I was seriously obstructing the Family's expansion. That morning, my fiance stopped me in the corridor, his expression icy. "Kelly was right. Someone as stubborn and inflexible as you only holds the Family back. "And don't blame me for cutting you. You offended someone you shouldn't have." Kelly leaned against the railing, surrounded by her men, and watched me with a smug smile. She was the Don's own niece. Two weeks earlier, she had been parachuted in to take over the Family's core operations, using reform as an excuse to purge every elder. At the Family meeting yesterday, I rejected her reckless expansion plan in front of everyone. Kelly shot me a cold glance from the crowd, contempt sharpening her voice. "Certain old relics who can't move with the times outlived their usefulness long ago. Clinging to power only drags the whole Family down. "If you know what's good for you, get out." My expression remained unreadable. Without a word, I signed the papers withdrawing from the Family. What she didn't know was that I had never needed to stay in this Family. Someone had begged me to stay and hold it together. Then I posted on Instagram. "I have left the Family. I look forward to seeing what comes next." The moment the post went live, the entire underworld erupted.
Brenda has been with Grady for five years, but the Cabrera family has constantly tormented her over tarot readings. Every year, she draws an “unlucky” card and is publicly humiliated for being unworthy of Grady.
In the fifth year, the family finally approves their engagement. But right before the engagement party, Brenda discovers that Grady has been having an affair with the tarot reader, Mallory. The two of them have been using fake cards to sabotage her relationship with Grady.
Heartbroken, Brenda quietly accepts a high-paying job in New York and flies out on the day of her engagement party. When Grady realizes she’s gone, he panics and tries to win her back—but it’s too late.
At the party, Brenda’s best friend, Eden, plays a video exposing Mallory’s fake tarot readings. Mallory and Linda’s scheme is finally revealed, and the family matriarch, Elena, furiously condemns everyone involved.
Meanwhile, Brenda builds a successful career in New York and buys a home of her own. Six months later, Grady comes to beg for forgiveness. Brenda tells him she forgives him—but she will never take him back.
In the end, Brenda steps into the sunlight, leaving her past behind for good.
I married Eleanor Vance on the very same day her true love was getting married next door. Just as we were about to exchange rings, the man himself stormed into our ceremony. Red-eyed and shaking, he announced that the only woman he'd ever loved was Eleanor and that he couldn't go through with marrying the fiancee waiting for him, the one battling a terminal illness. Eleanor didn't even look at me. She pulled her hand from mine and ran after him. I was left standing there, humiliated, while my mother was so angry she ended up in the hospital. Later, the abandoned bride and I caught each other's eyes for a moment. I asked quietly, "Do you want to switch grooms?" Three years passed before Eleanor came back. She was crying, saying she regretted everything. But I scooped up both kids from the backseat, one in each arm. I stepped aside and said, "Excuse me. I'm in a hurry to pick up my wife from work."
Mute rancher Martha and Frank take in abused orphan Lily and raise her to Frontier Edge's Chief Architect. Their son Ethan frames the couple to steal the ranch's $2.8M and throws them out beaten. At his birthday gala Lily reveals her title and brings the heir to his knees. In a warehouse Frank takes a bullet for the son who betrayed him—chosen love outweighs blood.
Five years ago, biomedical researcher Mara Ellison’s husband, Caleb Warren, was involved in an accident while on a business trip in Australia and was declared “missing.” Everyone told Mara that he was dead. Unable to cope with the loss, Mara once attempted to take her own life, but Caleb’s best friend, Julian Hayes, saved her and stayed by her side through the next three years of trauma and recovery. In the fourth year, Mara finally opened her heart to Julian, and the two began a relationship. In the fifth year, Mara discovered she was pregnant and planned to surprise Julian with the news. Instead, she accidentally found evidence in his study revealing that Caleb had never died. He had already built a new family with Mara’s best friend, Sienna Brooks, and the two had a four-year-old daughter. As Mara continued investigating, she learned that Julian had known the truth from the very day he saved her five years earlier—and that even her own mother, Helen, had known all along. Everyone had helped maintain the lie for five years, all in the name of “protecting” her. After the truth came out, Mara lost the baby due to complications in early pregnancy. Caleb, Sienna, Julian, and Helen each eventually confessed what had really happened five years before. Mara finally understood that they had not lied to her only once. Every single day for the past five years, they had made the choice to keep deceiving her. In the end, Mara forgave none of them. She left the city, returned to work, rebuilt her life, and continued therapy, slowly freeing herself from her emotional dependence on Julian. A year later, when Mara saw Julian again, she no longer needed his explanations. At the end of the story, she buys a pair of white baby shoes in memory of the child she lost and writes on the card, “Mommy remembers you.” Only then does she truly understand that the person who finally pulled her out of the ruins was herself.