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Noah Marr is the last surviving bloodline of his parents, a young heir who sleeps until noon, counts money until his hands cramp, and lists eating and gaming as his highest aspirations. At his own birthday banquet he announces these goals without embarrassment, and the room collectively writes him off as a useless rich boy. His fiancee moves to break off the engagement. Nobody takes him seriously. Noah takes none of it personally. Then, the people responsible for his parents’ deaths finally step into the light, and everyone who ever laughed at him gets a very different look at who they were actually dealing with. Every sneer he absorbed, every dismissal he let slide, was just silence before the thunder.

Lily Arnold saved Tim Nell from a car accident and married into his wealthy family. However, during their four-year marriage, she was met with nothing but indifference. Tim's heart belonged solely to his childhood sweetheart, Sara Buck, leaving no room for Lily's devotion. Empowered by Tim's favoritism, Sara repeatedly schemed against Lily, but Tim always took Sara's side. To cure Sara's nightmares, Tim sacrificed Lily's unborn child. Completely heartbroken, Lily signed the divorce agreement and fled abroad to pursue her artistic dream. Only after she left did Tim realize he had long fallen in love with the wife who had silently given him everything.

Carrie takes her daughter to the hospital and walks straight into the man who broke her life apart--Doctor Rynn Fletcher, her ex-boyfriend who once dismissed their love as “playing around,” then went aboard seven years ago. Rynn doesn't recognize her, let alone know she secretly gave birth to their daughter. Carrie denies everything. Her past. Her pain. Her daughter's father. But fate keeps forcing them closer, the child's allergy history, living habits, even blood type, are all pointing toward the same answer, reopening wounds she never healed.

The Northern Pack had one unbreakable rule: the Alpha heir could never bond with a human girl. Despite that, Alpha Kieran Wolfe still formed a mate bond with me. To be with me, he openly defied the Elders' Council. He endured 99 lashes and was forced to kneel at the altar for three days and nights. Even as blood soaked through his shirt, he smiled at me and said, "Elise, don't be afraid. I only want you." Eventually, the Elders' Council finally relented and agreed to let Kieran leave with me. However, there was one condition: he had to leave a pure-blood heir behind for the Pack. From that moment on, the phrase I heard most from Kieran was "wait". The first time, Kieran asked me to wait while he got another she-wolf to carry his pup. He slept with Cecelia Donati 33 times until she was carrying his pup. The second time, he told me to wait again because the first pup was a female, and the Elders wanted a male. So, Kieran slept with Cecelia 99 more times until she was carrying his pup again. Just when I thought our ordeal was finally over, their daughter, Tyra Wolfe, accidentally ate wolfsbane at her Meet the Pup Party. Everyone was convinced I had poisoned her. When they threw me into the freezing cold storage room, Kieran stood at the doorway with bloodshot eyes. "I told you to wait..." His gaze was ice-cold and cutting. "You know what wolfsbane means to our kind. Why would you hurt my pup?" The words "my pup" hit me like a knife to the heart. My fingernails dug deep into my palms as the pain tore through me. When the storage room door opened again, I loosened my bloodied hands. This time, I was not going to wait anymore.

Noah Marr is the last surviving bloodline of his parents, a young heir who sleeps until noon, counts money until his hands cramp, and lists eating and gaming as his highest aspirations. At his own birthday banquet he announces these goals without embarrassment, and the room collectively writes him off as a useless rich boy. His fiancee moves to break off the engagement. Nobody takes him seriously. Noah takes none of it personally. Then, the people responsible for his parents’ deaths finally step into the light, and everyone who ever laughed at him gets a very different look at who they were actually dealing with. Every sneer he absorbed, every dismissal he let slide, was just silence before the thunder.

Lily Arnold saved Tim Nell from a car accident and married into his wealthy family. However, during their four-year marriage, she was met with nothing but indifference. Tim's heart belonged solely to his childhood sweetheart, Sara Buck, leaving no room for Lily's devotion.Empowered by Tim's favoritism, Sara repeatedly schemed against Lily, but Tim always took Sara's side. To cure Sara's nightmares, Tim sacrificed Lily's unborn child. Completely heartbroken, Lily signed the divorce agreement and fled abroad to pursue her artistic dream. Only after she left did Tim realize he had long fallen in love with the wife who had silently given him everything.

The Northern Pack had one unbreakable rule: the Alpha heir could never bond with a human girl. Despite that, Alpha Kieran Wolfe still formed a mate bond with me. To be with me, he openly defied the Elders' Council. He endured 99 lashes and was forced to kneel at the altar for three days and nights. Even as blood soaked through his shirt, he smiled at me and said, "Elise, don't be afraid. I only want you." Eventually, the Elders' Council finally relented and agreed to let Kieran leave with me. However, there was one condition: he had to leave a pure-blood heir behind for the Pack. From that moment on, the phrase I heard most from Kieran was "wait". The first time, Kieran asked me to wait while he got another she-wolf to carry his pup. He slept with Cecelia Donati 33 times until she was carrying his pup. The second time, he told me to wait again because the first pup was a female, and the Elders wanted a male. So, Kieran slept with Cecelia 99 more times until she was carrying his pup again. Just when I thought our ordeal was finally over, their daughter, Tyra Wolfe, accidentally ate wolfsbane at her Meet the Pup Party. Everyone was convinced I had poisoned her. When they threw me into the freezing cold storage room, Kieran stood at the doorway with bloodshot eyes. "I told you to wait..." His gaze was ice-cold and cutting. "You know what wolfsbane means to our kind. Why would you hurt my pup?" The words "my pup" hit me like a knife to the heart. My fingernails dug deep into my palms as the pain tore through me. When the storage room door opened again, I loosened my bloodied hands. This time, I was not going to wait anymore.

Teresa Swift erased Jeffrey Rivers's memories after they spent a night together. Then, she returned to Cartale Mountain and gave birth to her daughter Carol Swift. Six years later, Carol went down the mountain to find Teresa a husband. Upon running into Jeffrey, Carol started to call him dad. To Jeffrey's surprise, both this girl and her mom made him feel like he knew them once before.

Karlie Scott marries the most powerful and formidable man on Alpha Planet,Anton Bright, yet she's desperate to escape. She fights tooth and nail to annul this arranged marriage, unaware that the seemingly cold and distant commander has already hidden all his sharp edges for her, secretly becoming soft and dependent. In public, he's the Empire's ruthless commander whom no one dares defy. But alone with her, his eyes redden as he murmurs, "Sweetie,are you abandoning me again?" Step by step, word by word, he uses his gentlest facade to trap every thought of escape. This marriage—he'll never let go, not in this lifetime.

Karlie Scott marries the most powerful and formidable man on Alpha Planet,Anton Bright, yet she's desperate to escape. She fights tooth and nail to annul this arranged marriage, unaware that the seemingly cold and distant commander has already hidden all his sharp edges for her, secretly becoming soft and dependent. In public, he's the Empire's ruthless commander whom no one dares defy. But alone with her, his eyes redden as he murmurs, "Sweetie,are you abandoning me again?" Step by step, word by word, he uses his gentlest facade to trap every thought of escape. This marriage—he'll never let go, not in this lifetime.

Sherlyn is a traditional medicine prodigy who spent years raising her son alone, coming down the mountain with nothing but her child and her medicine kit and asking no one for anything. Then she walks straight into Lucas Taylor, her son's father and the head of one of the most powerful families in the city. A rare hereditary condition surfaces, tangled identities unravel, and rival healers with hidden agendas start circling. Through every scheme and confrontation, Sherlyn fights back on her own terms, with her son beside her and her instincts sharper than any prescription. Three lifetimes of unfinished feeling, it turns out, have a way of finishing themselves.

Hera has been abused by her step father for a long time, until she enters the art department of Ston College and meets her classmates Brad and Yoanna. The three of them become good friends by chance. Brad and Yoanna's care for Hera makes her gradually feel the beauty of freedom and gives her the idea to rebel against David and break through the ball cage. But freedom is not easy to come by, and Hera pays a painful price for this new life...

Karlie Scott marries the most powerful and formidable man on Alpha Planet,Anton Bright, yet she's desperate to escape. She fights tooth and nail to annul this arranged marriage, unaware that the seemingly cold and distant commander has already hidden all his sharp edges for her, secretly becoming soft and dependent. In public, he's the Empire's ruthless commander whom no one dares defy. But alone with her, his eyes redden as he murmurs, "Sweetie,are you abandoning me again?" Step by step, word by word, he uses his gentlest facade to trap every thought of escape. This marriage—he'll never let go, not in this lifetime.

Despite being married for three years, Muse Dawn doesn't even get to hold hands with Jim Hawkins, let alone bear a child for him. After surviving a plane crash, Muse finds herself in the hospital, where she sees Jim accompanying another woman for a prenatal checkup. This makes Muse realize Jim's never had space in his heart for her. As soon as she ends the relationship, Muse changes back to the granddaughter of the world's wealthiest man. Since she can't be Jim's wife, she'll be his nemesis instead. She'd like to see who's the unworthy one now!

Frank Church gave up his status as a wealthy heir to marry Lynn Cooper. On their daughter Tianna's birthday, the little girl waited alone by the road for her parents. Meanwhile, Lynn was out with her first love Harry Zimmer and his daughter Yana. While driving together, they accidentally hit Tianna,leaving her critically injured. Lynn chose to take Yana—who had only minor injuries—to the hospital first, delaying Tianna's treatment and ultimately leading to her death. Despite Frank's repeated pleas, Lynn refused to visit their daughter, insisting that Tianna was fine. Devastated and betrayed, Frank finally turned his heart away forever.

Orphaned and utterly alone, Frank Judson has lived undercover for years on end. To perfect his alias, he's mingled in every entertainment den in the city, only to be busted, again and again, by Lila Tynan, his high school desk mate turned police detective. A reunion, but not the kind he'd imagined. Then comes the order from Captain Sam Lunn: infiltrate the inner circle of Bernice Ruth, the shadow queen of Yorick's underworld.Starting from the foot spa SpaVille,Frank begins to peel back layer after layer of deception. Yet when the fog clears, she realizes, deep down, he's still the same boy she once knew.

Luke Shaw walks out of prison framed by his own brother and stumbles into something inexplicable, an ancestral bronze mirror that connects him across nine centuries to Wendy Cole, a young woman surviving alone in the Ascon Era. They make a deal. Luke sends modern goods and business strategies through the mirror, helping Wendy clear her father's wrongful conviction and build a commercial empire from nothing. She sends back Ascon antiques, giving Luke the capital and leverage he needs to dismantle his brother's power piece by piece. Two people wronged by their own families, separated by a thousand years, building each other's revenge one transaction at a time.

Luke Shaw walks out of prison framed by his own brother and stumbles into something inexplicable, an ancestral bronze mirror that connects him across nine centuries to Wendy Cole, a young woman surviving alone in the Ascon Era. They make a deal. Luke sends modern goods and business strategies through the mirror, helping Wendy clear her father's wrongful conviction and build a commercial empire from nothing. She sends back Ascon antiques, giving Luke the capital and leverage he needs to dismantle his brother's power piece by piece. Two people wronged by their own families, separated by a thousand years, building each other's revenge one transaction at a time.