excerpts from my secret garden

After her father's betrayal destroys her family, Jeri Snider abandons her fortune and disappears, only to be saved by struggling entrepreneur Clayton Lynn. She helps him build his empire in secret, but once he rises to power, he turns on her, even cheating with her relative, July. When July exposes Jeri and sets her up to be assaulted, mysterious tycoon Craig Lawson intervenes. But why does he care? Jeri once left him without explanation, and now his sudden return feels… calculated. Is love the real motive? Or is this marriage just another trap? Jeri must outsmart them all—before she loses everything for good.

Keith's daughter had a lifelong strawberry allergy. After eating a cookie with hidden strawberry ingredients, she died from an allergic reaction.Keith,already battling cancer, found out his wife Hollie was the one who gave her the cookie. To spare her the guilt, he took the blame. But Hollie,believing he killed their daughter, resented him deeply and made him suffer. Only as Keith lay dying did she learn the truth—too late to make things right.

Eva Washington is a billionaire heiress who hides her identity to support her husband Kevin as he works up the ranks. However, just as he’s about to sign a big contract, Kevin cheated with a mistress and kicked Eva to the dirt. In her grief, Eva married Ryan Jones, who needed a contract wife, but had no idea that Ryan was actually a secret billionaire himself! All of Eva’s tormentors will pay the price for their foolishness.

Former gambling legend Ryker Miller, weary of the bloodshed and intrigue of the casino world, retreats from the underworld to live an ordinary life. Years later, Ironbriar Group chairman Bryan Taylor leverages an old favor to finally convince Ryker to emerge from retirement and help resolve a crisis threatening the corporation's survival. However, Ryker doesn't know that behind the Taylor family's glamorous facade, Bryan's son Jason Taylor is brutally tormenting his pregnant daughter-in-law, Carmen. Her suffering and despair are quietly brewing a storm powerful enough to overturn the entire Taylor family, and Ryker's return will inadvertently pull him into this vortex of family and power struggles.

Lowell, the CEO of Wonder Group, gave up his career and walked away from everything for love—marrying Lillian. For years, he believed he had found happiness. But everything changed when Lillian's first love, Karl Scott, returned to their hometown. The moment they reunited, old feelings quickly reignited, and before long, the two were entangled in a secret affair. To make matters worse, even Lowell and Lillian's son began growing closer to Karl, treating him like more of a father than Lowell himself. Faced with his wife's betrayal and his son's rejection, Lowell endured the pain in silence—again and again. But eventually, something in him broke. Tired of being taken for granted, he made a decision: he would end the marriage and reclaim everything that was rightfully his. In the end, when Lowell revealed his true, wealthy background and calmly filed for divorce, Lillian was left in shock—and full of regret.

Lia kept her identity a secret in order to marry the CEO of Bough Holdings, Sam Bough. However, not only was she humiliated, she had to become a walking bloodbank for Mandy Moore. This devastated her and decided to divorce Sam and reclaim her lost identity. So. this began Sam's arduous journey of winning Lia back.

Tired of the life of violence, Frank becomes an ordinary taxi driver, hoping to live out his days in peace. However, when he accidentally rescues two girls from kidnappers, he's hired as the driver for one of them, Wendy. What seemed like a simple job quickly turns dangerous—Frank discovers that Wendy is the prime target of multiple powerful forces...

The richest man, Lorren Quinn, saved the chief attendant, Maggie Lawson, from being harassed by the general manager of Boker Airlines. After the emergency landing, Maggie asked Lorren to pretend to be her boyfriend, but was misunderstood by Lorren's son, Harley. After several incidents, the misunderstanding between Lorren and Harley was cleared up. Lorren finally won over the support of Maggie's parents and was together with Maggie.

On her birthday, Elena Swift accidentally found out that her husband was not crippled, but actually from a wealthy family, and he was welcoming another girl back to the country. The explanation he gave Elana was that he wanted to test if she was a gold-digger. While Ethan was waiting for Elena to come back, she was already planning to divorce him. Meanwhile, Clarence Fowler, the richest man in the country, requested her to marry him, because she happened to be able to ease his pain from touch starvation.

Neil Bradford ran away from home to pursue and marry his girlfriend,Sophie Perez. However, things took a dark turn when Sophie accidentally hit Neil's mother with her car and fled the scene. In order to save his mother, Neil was forced to accept harsh conditions. After uncovering the truth, he brought Sophie and her best friend Lily to justice. In the end, Neil inherited the family business and freed himself from the bonds of love.

The world's top mercenary, Paul Wood, believed money could solve anything. An assassin from the top ten assassin list? With more payment, he could wipe out all ten of them. The top assassin was Green Onion Hater? With more payment, anyone who hates green onions would become his enemy. While Paul was on a mission, disguised as a delivery guy, he ran into Kelly Josh, who insisted that Paul used to be her classmate and bully her. But Paul didn't even know her! "Lady, please have some self-respect. I only do delivery."

On her birthday, Elena Swift accidentally found out that her husband was not crippled, but actually from a wealthy family, and he was welcoming another girl back to the country. The explanation he gave Elana was that he wanted to test if she was a gold-digger. While Ethan was waiting for Elena to come back, she was already planning to divorce him. Meanwhile, Clarence Fowler, the richest man in the country, requested her to marry him, because she happened to be able to ease his pain from touch starvation.

Vincent comes from wealth on both sides - his mother is the chairman of the Wilson Group and his father is a mysterious gangster lord. He hides his riches to start a relationship with Jessica, but ends up in a coma for three years after a car accident while losing contact with his parents. Jessica works part-time to pay Vincent’s medical bills, but she is bullied by her relatives and ridiculed by the world. When Jessica is abused yet again because of Vincent, the man who has been in a coma for three years comes to his senses. When the bullies learn Vincent’s true origins, they realize just who they’ve been messing with…

Lydia Steele arrives at the Golden Glow Awards as its celebrated, veiled screenwriter. The night turns brutal when she’s publicly humiliated as a “mistress” and betrayed by her own husband. But the shocking truth is—she is not just a genius writer, but also the secret heir to the all-powerful Everworld empire. With her brother’s arrival, the tables turn. Now, every betrayer will pay.

Five years ago, Mark Steele embezzled company funds for stock trading and lost everything. To protect his daughter Ariel, he begged his son-in-law Sean Grant to take the fall, promising to give him company shares in return.For Ariel's sake, Sean agreed.Now, five years later, Sean is released from prison—only to discover he is in the late stages of cancer.

Isabelle, the CEO of New York City’s Weston Group, wants to bring her elderly father, Jerry, from her hometown to the city so she can take care of him. Jerry hence sets out for the Big Apple, but neither father nor daughter expected that this journey would become a nightmare. No one knows that Jerry is Isabelle's father, and instead assume from his plain clothes that he’s a beggar or a pervert. Jerry suffers bullying and abuse by Weston Group’s employees and partners, until Isabelle finally arrives......

On the day of Valeria Castle's engagement, her mother, Marilyn Castle, arrives at the banquet disguised as a cleaner, only to face humiliation from the Hardy family. A wealthy woman fights her over a parking spot, her future mother-in-law enforces strict household rules, and her fiancé demands an outrageous betrothal gift. But Marilyn soon reveals her true identity. Wayne Cuddy, Aaron Shaw, and Basil Brady step in with a billion-dollar dowry, instantly turning the tide. From that moment on, she proves her strength time and again, expertly resolving the crisis at Price Corp. In the end, as foreign capital threatens their empire, she takes Valeria abroad—ready for the next battle.

On the day of Valeria Castle's engagement, her mother, Marilyn Castle, arrives at the banquet disguised as a cleaner, only to face humiliation from the Hardy family. A wealthy woman fights her over a parking spot, her future mother-in-law enforces strict household rules, and her fiancé demands an outrageous betrothal gift. But Marilyn soon reveals her true identity. Wayne Cuddy, Aaron Shaw, and Basil Brady step in with a billion-dollar dowry, instantly turning the tide. From that moment on, she proves her strength time and again, expertly resolving the crisis at Price Corp. In the end, as foreign capital threatens their empire, she takes Valeria abroad—ready for the next battle.