

The day his mother dies, Evan Brooks learns his wife Elise Hayes is out meeting her first love — and reading her diary, discovers she's only ever seen him as a stand-in. Five years of marriage, and she never let go of the other man. Heartbroken, Evan walks away. Too late, Elise regrets everything.

Seven months into her pregnancy, Ashley Young struggles with every movement, her swollen belly making even the simplest tasks difficult. Yet, her husband remains utterly indifferent, as if she means nothing to him. He not only allows his secretary to mock her stretch marks but also forces her to cook for his guests. He even casts her out of their home, shattering her heart.

The day my girlfriend got back together with her first love, I boarded a plane bound for Brindlewood. She told her first love, "Craig was just a fling. I won't have anything to do with him anymore. From now on, I'll only be by your side." Her friends all worried I might cause a scene. But they didn't know—this time, I wasn't going to make a fuss. Before leaving for Brindlewood, I had promised my mentor I'd join his medical research program. In just two weeks, I'd lose all contact with the outside world and dive into a secret project for the next ten years. From that moment on, there would be no ties between me and her anymore.

The day my girlfriend got back together with her first love, I boarded a plane bound for Brindlewood. She told her first love, "Craig was just a fling. I won't have anything to do with him anymore. From now on, I'll only be by your side." Her friends all worried I might cause a scene. But they didn't know—this time, I wasn't going to make a fuss. Before leaving for Brindlewood, I had promised my mentor I'd join his medical research program. In just two weeks, I'd lose all contact with the outside world and dive into a secret project for the next ten years. From that moment on, there would be no ties between me and her anymore.

During college, Iris Shaw confesses her love to Paul Snow 99 times, only to be rejected each time. One day, she learns the shocking truth—Paul had fallen for her at first sight but kept turning her down just to enjoy her frustration. Realizing she has been nothing more than his amusement, Iris decides to walk away. To turn the tables on him, she hints at a grand 100th confession a month later—while secretly planning to disappear from his life for good.

Countryside girl Elise Jensen marries Cyrus Fenton in place of her twin, Sylvia, to secure an alliance between the two families. In the next three years, she endures neglect, misunderstandings, and harm, all for the promised pay. But when Sylvia reclaims her place, conflicts and complications arise, eventually bringing the truth to light. When Cyrus finally realizes his love for Elise, she has already started a new life with someone else.
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Zoey Devro transmigrates into a novel she already knows the ending of, which is bad news, because she lands as the sidekick to the villainess. In this story, the villainess Elaine Luke ruins everything and takes everyone around her down with her, sidekick included. Zoey has absolutely no interest in that ending. Armed with a system that tasks her with correcting the villainess' worst impulses, she attaches herself firmly to her difficult employer and starts quietly steering the ship. Scheming men get exposed, bad decisions get intercepted, and the villainess slowly becomes someone worth following. Zoey, meanwhile, is building her own empire on the side. She came as a footnote. She is leaving as the whole story.

Lucas Kent gave up his birthright as heir to Kent Corp for a simple life with Melanie Porter. But on the eve of their wedding, a devastating betrayal involving her closest friend shatters everything he sacrificed. Lucas reaches his breaking point and finally cuts ties with Melanie. He reclaims the life and legacy he once abandoned as heir to Kent Corp. Only then, when the truth unfolds before her, does Melanie drown in bitter regret.

In a wasteland shrouded in radioactive dust, Ian, a strikingly handsome youth, toils relentlessly in dangerous scrap yards to provide for his adoptive parents and sister, bartering his dignity for their sustenance. He unwittingly draws the attention of Caesar, a ruthless warlord, and is abducted into the military camp, reduced to a captive plaything. To his utter devastation, his family unhesitatingly abandons him for a truckload of canned rations. When Ian falls ill with a rare radiation sickness and is left to perish in a corpse pit, he discovers that two decades of tender affection was nothing but a lie. A storm of desperate rebirth and retribution is silently gathering force.

Sam Lloyd, heir of the Lloyd family, is forced by his grandfather to honor a childhood engagement with Kate Clark, CEO of Clark Corp. He joins her company for six months, quietly helping her rise to become Havora’s new business queen. Yet she meets him with cold disdain. Heartbroken, he leaves and ends the engagement. After his departure, Clark Corp declines sharply, and Kate is left drowning in regret—only realizing too late who truly built her empire.