

Paul Smith, CEO of Horizon Group, had it all—until his own adopted children and former college friend Lewis stabbed him in the back. Forced into bankruptcy, he watched his empire crumble while grappling with his mother's failing health and furious employees demanding back pay. Just when all seemed lost, Dylan Walker stepped in, offering him a lifeline at his own firm. At the Tech Chip Competition, Paul staged a stunning comeback, leading his team to victory and landing a game-changing deal. Meanwhile, justice caught up with Lewis and his co-conspirators—their schemes finally earning them a one-way ticket to prison.

Sharon Smith, Judiburg's most powerful CEO, catches her "perfect" husband, James Godwin, having an affair at an auction—with Rosie Saul, the very student she has financially supported for years. The betrayal cuts deeper:James has been spending Sharon's money to spoil his mistress, and secretly poisoning Sharon to seize her fortune. Sharon stays quiet, sets a trap, and tightens the net step by step—until the truth detonates in public and the lovers lose everything.
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Sharon Smith, Judiburg's most powerful CEO, catches her "perfect" husband, James Godwin, having an affair at an auction—with Rosie Saul, the very student she has financially supported for years. The betrayal cuts deeper:James has been spending Sharon's money to spoil his mistress, and secretly poisoning Sharon to seize her fortune. Sharon stays quiet, sets a trap, and tightens the net step by step—until the truth detonates in public and the lovers lose everything.

Kate Reed, the Minister's true daughter, had once been treated as a slave. Forced by her parents to serve their adopted daughter, Libby, Kate was later brought into the palace, where she was forced to bear a child for the infertile Libby. After enduring years of cruelty, Kate eventually met a tragic end. Reborn with a second chance at life, Kate was determined to make Libby and the Reed family pay for everything they had done. This time, she vowed to rise to the very top, where no one would ever dare to mistreat her again. Using the memories of her past life, Kate climbed her way from a palace maid to the position of Empress, while gradually capturing the Emperor's heart and making him utterly devoted to her.

Amelin gave everything to make her brothers famous. On her wedding day, they poisoned her, just to hand her wealthy fiancé over to her stepsister, Jessica.Reborn, Amelin sees them for who they are. She chooses to follow her mother into the Burke family—the Shipping Kings.Victor watches her like a hawk. Theo thinks she's fragile. Gideon calls her a social climber. Everyone waits for her to fail.But she saves Theo from an assassin, makes millions for the Burkes at the racetrack, and revives a dying radio station with her horror stories. When her own brothers beg for mercy, she turns away with a smirk: "I'll make you pay, for everything."

Fifteen years ago, I casually helped a homeless kid who couldn’t afford a football. I handed him three hundred dollars and, half-joking, asked for 1% of his future company as “founder’s shares.” I just wanted to give him a push to chase his dream. Fifteen years later, the football club I built is on the verge of collapse. The three children I raised with my own hands team up to steal my company, drain my accounts, and grind me into the dirt. Players are demanding unpaid wages, my wife is dying of a terminal illness, and my most trusted friend forces me to my knees. Just to save my employees and my family, I swallow my pride and give up everything. Right when everyone’s waiting for me to finally break— A fleet of luxury cars from a thousand-billion-dollar empire rolls up to my door. That same scrawny, homeless boy who once had nothing… has come back.

The fallen princess fakes amnesia while concealing the monstrous abilities the Eden Project forced upon her. Living beside the uncle who murdered her parents, she gradually unmasks the Eden and reveals the royal family’s most horrific secret. Finally, she vows to end this cruel experiment that twisted human beings into living weapons.

Adam Irwin, the factory's only college graduate, secretly loved the director's daughter, Rhea Catton. Risking his life to save her at the annual party, he was falsely accused of rape, ruining his life. Reborn that day, Adam exposes the truth, outsmarts Rhea and Jeff Payne,finds justice and true love, while her family regrets trusting the wrong man.

In the most innocent year of love, Nadine Smith dumped Shaun Lloyd, and the breakup scene was extremely ugly. Five years later, Shaun—who had become someone the entire imperial capital feared—came clinging back to her. Meanwhile, Nadine had become the young madam of a wealthy family,surrounded by wolves on all sides. Her husband's half-brother relentlessly tried to win her over, and her ex-boyfriend returned with overwhelming force...

Wealthy heiress Vivian Sterling publicly breaks her engagement after catching fiancé Bryce with her stepsister. Having secretly recovered from paralysis months ago, she stands from her wheelchair to reclaim her power. That night, she meets Adrian, a dangerous, motorcycle-riding mechanic who saves her from harassment. After a one-night stand, she proposes a contract marriage to escape Bryce's stalking. Vivian believes Adrian is merely a handsome working-class man, unaware he is the true heir to the Hale dynasty—and Bryce's most feared uncle. A decade earlier, Adrian was the one who pulled her from a fatal car crash and bore the scars; Bryce stole the credit and her ten years of devotion. As Vivian falls for Adrian, Bryce and his father Gerald launch a campaign of kidnapping, media manipulation, corporate traps, and assassination. When Adrian is rushed into the ER covered in blood, Vivian finally discovers the man she married for revenge is her real rescuer and only true love. What began as a contract marriage escalates into a high-stakes war for love, fortune, and survival.