

Six years after Ariel Yorke divorced her ex-husband, Tyson Barrett, he ascends the throne. The news reaches her second husband, Vincent Wray, and his family. Just as Vincent's mother prepares to force a divorce, Tyson unexpectedly appoints Vincent as Deputy Minister of Works. Now the wife of the emperor's subject, Ariel once again faces the man she left behind—unable to discern what hides behind his cold, distant gaze.

For Christmas, Harvey Bailey, a humble construction worker, agreed to a flash marriage with his boss, Ember, to ditch her arrogant, wealthy fiancé. But when her family mocked his poverty, his own parents' shocking secret erupted: their "farmhouse" was a vault of priceless artifacts, and Harvey was the hidden heir to a billion-dollar empire. Beginning this Christmas, the humble construction worker will transform into the sole heir of a commercial empire.

Bryce Davidson married into the Barber family and has never quite stood straight under the weight of it. On New Year's Day, his wife Ginny leaves to collect relatives and asks him to bathe their infant with a towel. Out of some small, stubborn impulse he fills the bathtub instead. The phone rings. He looks away. By the time he looks back, it is too late. In his collapse he hides what happened. He conceals the baby,covers the room, holds himself together through the Barber family's New Year visit. Every attempt by the relatives to see the child Bryce deflects. Ginny watches him, and something in the way he moves begins to pull at her. She can feel the shape of a closed door. She moves toward it.

The heir to Sky Hall, Jim York, descends the mountain for training under his mentor’s orders. Upon completing his mission, he is presented with two potential brides to choose from in order to become the Lord of Sky Hall. The first, Amy Cook, dismisses him as an unsophisticated bumpkin and believes she is out of his league. Right then, a beautiful CEO he once saved steps forward and proposes marriage to him. However, the second girl, Eve Soot, objects to their marriage.

Deaf and mute for seven years, Emelie Byrne's entire world is Marvin Barlow, until she watches him sign away his own future for his first love. Heartbroken, she agrees to an arranged marriage, only to end up married to a doctor, Kyle Morgan, a man who feels like a stranger to her. But he turns out to be the one who ran into a burning building to save her seven years ago. By the time Marvin finally realizes that the person who quietly supported him all those years, the only one who understood him when he couldn't hear or speak, was Emelie all along, it's already too late. This time, she isn't standing in for anyone. She's only her own light.

As the only daughter of the Merrick family, Kirsty Merrick bears the responsibility of marrying into the prestigious Bartley family to lead the Merrick family to new heights, as carefully orchestrated by her mother Evanna Taylor. Kirsty successfully secures a betrothal with Morgan Bartley, the playboy son of the Bartley family's second heir. Unknown to Kirsty, Morgan has been secretly involved with Jess Merrick, Kirsty's only friend who grew up with her in an orphanage. Years later, when brought back to the Merrick family, the kindhearted Kirsty could not bear to abandon Jess, and thus pleaded with her parents to take Jess in as well. Now, Jess has begun an affair with Kirsty's fiance Morgan. To get back at Morgan, Kirsty designs a plan to seduce and intoxicate Nicolai Bartley, the young CEO of the Bartley Group, leading to the start of a dangerous "underground affair."

The Bellaros border is in crisis, and Eloise Quimby volunteers for a political marriage. She has grown up with the crown prince, inseparable from him for ten years, yet now she leaves him behind. When he seeks to marry Camila Lowe instead of her, Eloise’s heart has already turned cold. The emperor names her Protector of the Realm, to wed in seven days—while the crown prince remains unaware…

After spending three years as a substitute for Jason Quinn’s first love, the vivacious Lily Shea is left heartbroken when he chooses Leah Shea, her stepsister, instead. Furious at her father’s favoritism, Lily cuts ties with him for good. When Leah arrives with Jason to flaunt their relationship, Lily pushes back. Soon, the heirs of the four most powerful families, led by Evan Larson, arrive as well. They are there to show their support for someone…

On the way to his girlfriend Louisa Astor's house for a meal, Henry Lowell and his mother, Agnes Byrd, are stranded by the roadside when Louisa receives a call from her childhood sweetheart. Left in the severe cold, Agnes tragically succumbs to a heart attack. Grieving his mother’s death, Henry ends his relationship with Louisa. However, unaware of Agnes’s passing, Louisa mistakes his solemn words for a mere tantrum.

Anna Kurt, daughter of a global tycoon, leaves home to escape her father's control. Hiding her identity, she marries Jason Zahn, only for him to fall for Emily Shaw, a fake heiress, and seek a divorce. Heartbroken, Anna enters a contractual marriage with Henry Wood, and as they uncover each other's true selves, love gradually blooms between them.