

Escaping from a pervert trying to buy her virginity, Julia kisses a stranger—Stephen, a billionaire who’s allergic to women. Years after their one-night stand, Julia returns with his child. But what she doesn’t know is that Stephen has been searching for them all along: the only woman he isn’t allergic to...and his child.

Victor Walker—struggling mechanic by day, New York's long-vanished mafia king by night. For twenty years, he's hidden his empire to keep his son Ethan safe from the life. But when a spoiled rival humiliates and threatens Ethan, the legend returns—fierce, unstoppable, and ready to protect what's his.
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Selma Sullivan follows her husband, Chester Sanders, home for the New Year, only to be targeted by his childhood sweetheart, Shirley Zamora. Knowing Selma is allergic to scallions, Shirley deliberately adds them to every dish, then burns Selma's multimillion-dollar contract and even drugs her, hiring a man to assault her. Yet Chester and his family always tell Selma to forgive her. After being driven to her death, Selma is reborn. This time, she replaces Shirley's scallions with the ginger Chester is allergic to and her contract with his $500,000 loan. She makes her husband's family pay for every "forgive and forget" they ever demanded.

Once an ace pilot, Juliana put her own career on hold for three years to support her husband Aaron’s dream of becoming a captain. But despite being together for three years, Aaron refused to make their marriage official, canceling their marriage registration eighteen times because of his female trainee, Kelly.After he stood her up yet again, Juliana finally gave up on him. She resigned and left for Avalonia to start a new life.Only after she disappeared did Aaron realize he had taken her love for granted until there was nothing left. Overcome with regret, he chased her all the way to Avalonia, desperate to win her back.But when he finally found her, Juliana had only one thing left to give him—a calm, final goodbye.

Before her divorce, the desperate Raegan Sharp shared one devastating night with a stranger. Months later, forced into marriage with the city's most feared man, she learned he was the father of her child, the same man from that night. As she considered ending the pregnancy, she remained unaware that he had spent ten years silently orchestrating their reunion.

On my birthday, one of my husband’s subordinates leaned close to him and whispered in Russian, “Sasha has a surprise prepared for you tonight.” My husband smiled at me as he finished cutting my cake. Then, in the same language, he replied, “She has quite a few tricks in bed. I’ll see her later. “Just don’t let Madam find out, or I’m afraid I’ll get thrown out.” Everyone around laughed and assured keep it quiet. None of them knew that I’d been fluent in multiple languages since I was a child. What they also didn’t know was that I’d found the hidden phone he kept in the false drawer, where all the filthy videos of him and Sasha were saved. I didn’t confront him. Instead, I contacted a few remaining connections in the Vegas and had them prepare a new identity for me. In three days, Claire Vega would no longer exist, and he would never have me again.

"Seven years after a devastating fire tore them apart, childhood sweethearts Stella and Ashton are trapped in a loveless marriage. Believing Stella abandoned him in the flames, Ashton spends three years sending her divorce papers—more than a hundred times. Every time, Stella swallows her pride and fights to save their marriage. Everything changes with the 101st divorce notice. At a party, Ashton chooses his stepsister Jade over Stella, forcing his alcohol-allergic wife to drink in public. When Stella refuses, he slaps her so hard that her hearing aid shatters—destroying the last of her love for him.Determined to fulfill her late mother’s dream of developing a breakthrough cancer screening program, Stella accepts a proposal from Ethan, the mysterious billionaire who has loved her for years, and finally signs the divorce papers.But Jade isn’t done. After faking a video to drive an even deeper wedge between them, Ashton spitefully announces his engagement to Jade,convinced Stella will come running back.Instead, on the day of his engagement, Ashton watches the woman he lost marry Ethan, the richest man in the Bay Area. Consumed by regret, Ashton launches a reckless campaign of revenge, only to destroy his own family’s jewelry empire. Left with nothing, he ends up begging on the streets for one last chance. This time, Stella has already moved on—and she refuses to look back."

Annie never knew her mother's love. Carole despised her, reserving all her doting affection for Fiona, the daughter of a past romance. Carole believed her marriage to Ben was a drunken mistake, and Annie was simply the regrettable result. Unable to bear the abuse Annie suffered, Ben resolved to take Annie and leave Carole for good. Despite this, on her own birthday, Annie chose to give her mother one final chance.

For seven years, Naomi Stone loves Ethan Ward quietly and completely and gets cold indifference in return. She tells herself patience is enough. It isn't. The breaking point arrives on her birthday, when she watches Ethan and his daughter shower warmth and celebration on another woman without a second thought.Something in Naomi goes still. She files for divorce, walks out without a scene, and throws herself into building a life that is entirely her own. She turns out to be remarkably good at it. Only then, when she is no longer waiting by the door, do Ethan and his daughter suddenly remember every good thing about her they never bothered to acknowledge while she was there.

After losing his down payment in a gamble, Luke Lovell attempts suicide—but survives. His father, Bryce Lovell, brings him into the casino, secretly plotting to turn every thousand against the house. Amid cheating and hidden dangers, he outsmarts everyone in a high-stakes game, redeeming both father and son. The table remains a warning: greed ruins lives; only by quitting can one see the light.