

What happens when two people destined to have the world fight against them fall in love? Melanie Thorne is a successful lawyer who shares a firm with her husband of ten years, and just won her hundredth case. George Dearborn has just returned from studying abroad to be named the heir to Dearborn Pharmaceuticals, and he’s Melanie’s husband’s nephew. When their paths cross, sparks fly, and a burning love ignites. The universe seems determined to keep them apart, though, as their families and society turn against them. Will they bend to the whims of the world, or dare to realize that the world belongs to them?
![[ENG DUB] "Ordinary" Life and "Poor" Husband](https://acfs3.goodshort.com/dist/src/assets/images/pc/common/f901131c-default-book-cover.png)
Carol, a part-time food delivery worker who lost her mother, coincidentally helped the grandfather of Denton's wealthiest man. Later, this elderly gentleman tried to fix his grandson Nigel up with Carol. In order to repay the debts left behind from her mother's medical treatment, Carol agreed to marry Nigel for the sum of $200,000. Nigel, pressured by his grandfather, entered into the marriage reluctantly and hid his identity from Carol. However, their feelings for each other gradually grew as they started living together. Yet, Nigel's concealed identity remained a ticking time bomb in their relationship. Events such as Nigel's mother visiting their home and the party hosted by Nigel's group further fueled Carol's suspicions about Nigel's true identity, leading to a series of tense yet comical situations.

On mob heiress Luna's wedding day, her groom bails, making her the city's joke. But a poor guy named Liam, who crashed the wrong wedding, proposes on the spot, and she says yes. She hides her underworld boss identity and spoils him rotten, thinking she married an ordinary man. Until their rival crashes their wedding, and his trillionaire heir's mask shatters. A marriage where both are hiding their true selves spirals completely out of control!

Rhett, an elite project director who believes in clear boundaries and rules in marriage, signs a prenuptial agreement with his wife Scarlett, treating their marriage as a business contract where he pays and she takes charge of all housework including childbirth. During Scarlett's pregnancy, he calculates every penny, refuses to cover her maternity expenses even when her life is at risk, and pushes her to the brink of despair. When Scarlett suffers a life-threatening hemorrhage during childbirth, Rhett finally realizes his mistakes, but it is too late. Scarlett files for divorce, rebuilds her career, and becomes a successful designer. Rhett loses his job, his family, and the right to be with his child, spending the rest of his life in endless regret.

Billionaire chairman Rick Worth chooses to live as an ordinary househusband, only to be mocked and despised by his wife and children. They believe he's a freeloader, until his true identity is revealed. Everything they took for granted comes crashing down, and this family who called Rick worthless is left with nothing but regret.

Eliana, the daughter of the Elliott family, plans to get pregnant to reclaim her mother's company. At an exclusive club, she sets her sights on Keaton Massey, unaware he's a billionaire tycoon in the city. After Keaton gets into a car accident causing amnesia, he and Eliana accidentally begin a relationship. In truth, Keaton had been deeply in love with Eliana for years. While concealing his recovered memories, he helps Eliana reclaim her mother's company. As their feelings deepen, they fall in love and eventually welcome triplets together.

"Evelyn Harper stood by Ethan Walker as he rose from nothing to build a multimillion-dollar fortune. But in the third year of their marriage, she discovered that he had been carrying on a long-term affair with her best friend, Claire Bennett. Claire repeatedly framed Evelyn by blaming her for Claire’s miscarriage, fabricating text messages, arranging false witnesses, and even switching out a protection dog. Refusing to investigate the truth, Ethan punished his wife again and again with whipping, ice water, and confinement in a dog cage. Evelyn finally took off her wedding ring, filed for divorce, pressed charges against Ethan for assault, and reclaimed the clients and business resources that she and the Harper family had brought him. Only after Evelyn left him for good did Ethan uncover Claire’s deception and realize that he had personally carried out every act of cruelty against his wife. As his career, reputation, and marriage collapsed one after another, he followed Evelyn to San Francisco and begged for forgiveness, only to be firmly rejected. Reunited with her family, Evelyn rebuilt both her career and her life. Through Ryan Carter’s years of patient and restrained devotion, she also learned to believe in love again, this time entirely on her own terms."

Pianist Emma and Captain Nathan have been secretly married for five years. To celebrate her husband’s birthday, she boards his flight in disguise. Mid-air, the plane hits an emergency, and Nathan makes a public declaration of love over the intercom to “the person he cares for most.” When Emma rushes to the cockpit door, she learns the confession was meant for Olivia, her closest and most trusted best friend. It dawns on her that the five-year marriage she cherished was nothing but a lie.As the aircraft plummets, Olivia injures Emma’s right hand — the hand she depends on to play the piano — by stepping on it. Meanwhile, Nathan prioritizes protecting Olivia above all else. The injury could end Emma’s career, yet Nathan brushes it off casually, dismissing her pain as a tantrum when she brings up divorce. Later, Olivia steals Emma’s late mother’s keepsakes and repeatedly frames her. Nathan consistently sides with Olivia, leaving Emma with no choice but to walk away from the marriage and file for divorce officially.Emma erases every trace of the two of them from her life, travels abroad alone for rehabilitation, and eventually returns to the stage. Only after she leaves for good does Nathan uncover Olivia’s lies, realizing he has single-handedly drained all of Emma’s love for him. He chases her overseas to beg for forgiveness, but it is far too late to make amends. In the end, Emma rebuilds her career and finds new love with Julian, who treats her with genuine respect and companionship. Olivia faces the consequences of her actions, while Nathan is left with nothing but belated remorse, trapped in an irreversible fate.

Miranda, heiress of Frank Aviation Group, returns on her private jet with her young daughter Bella. Her pilot husband, Andre, warmly greets them but secretly takes her jet card to rendezvous with his lover, Jennifer, to whom he lends the aircraft. When Miranda and Bella unexpectedly return to the jet the next day, they confront the arrogant Jennifer, who humiliates Bella and destroys her priceless crown, boldly claiming the jet as her own. Realizing her husband’s betrayal, Miranda exposes Andre’s true nature. With the help of her billionaire father, she sets a trap that leaves Andre bankrupt and behind bars.

Woo-Yeon, a second-generation chaebol, starts an internship at her father's company, where she works with Jae-Hwan, a notoriously prickly but highly capable and sexy boss. She soon discovers that Jae-Hwan’s wife, Ji-Su, was the one who bullied her in the past. Determined to get revenge, Woo-Yeon decides to make Jae-Hwan her own man.