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After I was reborn, I was the one who changed the name on my blood bond with Prince Mortlock. I wrote in “Isabella”—the other vampire he’d always cherished, always protected. When Isabella wanted the ruby necklace, the one that marked the Prince's Mate, I let her have it. The wedding dress Mortlock had prepared for me? I gave that to Isabella, too. I did it all because in my past life, I got my wish. I became Mortlock’s mate, but I lived every moment in Isabella’s shadow. In the end, during a battle with vampire hunters, Mortlock ran to a wounded Isabella first. I was the one left to take a silver stake through the heart. So this time, I decided to let them be. To stay far away from Mortlock. But this time, the cold, distant Prince wept and begged me to be his mate again.

The youngest female investor on Finance District refuses an arranged marriage with the Golden family. After a drunken night and being drugged, she's saved by her secret admirer and actual fiance, Keir Golden. He pretends to be a poor sugar baby, letting Clara "keep" him. A year later, when family business troubles force Clara to accept the arranged marriage, she tries to break it off with Keir, only to discover her sugar baby is actually her powerful fiance who saves her from the scheming McDowell family.

Leo's family was brutally murdered. When he was on the brink of despair, a mysterious old man taught him the ultimate cheating art. Fueled by revenge, Leo entered the dark underground casinos, moving from game to game. He could spot opponents' tricks at a glance, and with counter-moves that guaranteed victory, he crushed corrupt gamblers and thugs one by one. But the end of this life-and-death road was the massive dark force that took everything, the Wright Gang. "A true gambling master rewrites fate with his own hands!" The ultimate showdown of cheat versus cheat, heart-pounding comebacks in high-stakes games. An epic battle of revenge and reversal begins now!

For three years, Ariana Chambers nursed CEO Elias Hawkins through a coma. After he awoke, their life grew tender, and on his birthday, she planned to reveal her secrets: she was both the legendary Dr. Genius and his childhood savior. But when her sister Veronica—his first love—called, he chose her instead. Heartbroken, Ariana decided to divorce and concealed her identity. Her departure shattered Elias, but as he fights to win her back, he uncovers the stunning truth: the wife he took for granted is the very doctor he's been begging to save Veronica, and the childhood savior whose heart he broke twice.

He is the supreme Grand Duke, a powerful leader with the world at his command. With his return to the South Valley, he has taken up the mantle of bodyguard to the gorgeous company President. Watch as he conjures miraculous wealth while stomping through all the nobodies that dare stand in his way. There's a new sheriff in town — let's see who gets the last laugh!

Mark Bowen transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world but receives no "young genius" storyline. Instead, facing a midlife crisis, he activates a system that not only heals his hidden injuries but grants him the power to shatter anything in his path. This is the story of a middle-aged man climbing the martial peak. The tables turn! Don't underestimate a man at midlife! System, activate!

Miriam Kirk, a Venom Priestess from Spinegrove, faces a critical mission: she must conceive an heir within one year to become the next tribal leader. Carrying her mystical mutarite, a supernatural creature, she leaves her homeland searching for her destined partner. Her journey is fraught with unexpected challenges. In a twist of fate, the mutarite unexpectedly enters Bobby Puckett's body, launching Miriam and Bobby into a series of hilariously complicated and bizarre adventures that will test her sacred mission and challenge everything she knows about destiny.

Zelda Lang never expects to find herself in a whirlwind marriage with Theo Wolfe, the powerful CEO of the Wolfe Corp. Bound by a promise to her late mentor, she secretly sneaks into Theo’s room every night to treat his mysterious illness. Despite her efforts, Theo keeps his distance, wary of her motives. Little does he know, the woman he's pushing away is the very miracle doctor he's been searching for all along…

Once a high-ranking and influential figure, Max Brown, also known as the Knight of Peace of Durkh, had fallen into the depths of despair after losing his memory. With no choice but to rebuild his life from scratch, he toils tirelessly as a laborer on the rugged terrain of a construction site, enduring a torrent of injustices along the way. However, Lydia Hale, his once-promised fiancée, remains true to her word. Despite their disparate backgrounds and familial opposition, the two overcome various obstacles and hardships, eventually growing to know and love each other. Together, they embark on a new journey in life.

She was thought to be studying abroad, but in truth,she conquered the underworld and became the legendary Divine Phoenix. Returning home to fulfill an arranged marriage, she finds her sister violated by her fiancé and ends him on the spot. Now his family wants revenge, but a queen's fury leaves no enemy standing.

Yulia is sent by her father to the bed of her family's creditor, Yvan. What appears to be an orchestrated honey trap is, in fact, a calculated move by Yvan, a young CEO. Playing along with the scheme, Yvan pressures Yulia's father behind the scenes while playing the innocent victim in front of the clueless girl. His endgame? To trick her straight into marriage.

Theo Lynn is a hardworking student trapped in a city where competition is brutal. He only ranks twentieth, but in the capital—where exams are easier—he'd be number one.He often dreams he was switched at birth and belongs there instead. Then one day, the dream comes true. Returning to his biological family, Theo faces rejection from his stepbrother. But he doesn't care—he has only one goal: to get into his dream university.

In a world where humans and dragons coexist, dragonkind—though capable of taking human form—are inherently violent and must rely on the magic of human women to suppress their frenzy. To secure power and compete for the throne, Dragon Lord candidates enter marriage pacts with women from powerful magical families. Anastasia, born into one such family and gifted with immense magic, once devoted her life to helping her husband Dmitri rise to the throne—only to be betrayed by him and her own sister, and die a tragic death in prison. On the brink of death, she casts a forbidden spell and is reborn on the eve of his proposal. This time, she refuses to be a pawn—she will rewrite her fate and take revenge on those who destroyed her.

"If you refuse to apologize, stay here and reflect on your actions! Feel the pain Agnes went through!" Kenneth was the Alpha. His childhood friend was accidentally locked in a storage unit for three days. To punish me, he locked me in a faulty walk-in freezer. He left me with nothing but a piece of bread the size of my palm before locking the door and leaving. Unbeknownst to him, this walk-in freezer wasn't actually faulty. Not long after he left, the cooling system was suddenly activated. I screamed for help and desperately sought ways to survive. Unfortunately, no matter how hard I clawed at the door, nobody came to my rescue. A week later, he finally showed up outside the freezer. He was expecting an apology from me. But when he opened the freezer's door, all he found was my frozen corpse.

Na-yul had been having a miserable time lately. The workload was already overwhelming when shared among three people, and on top of that, she constantly had to clean up the messes caused by her junior colleague. “…Kwon Si-jin….” That bastard. Kwon Si-jin was a completely hopeless human being. Hopeless in character, hopeless in the words he spoke—a man who knew better than anyone how to trample on another person’s dignity and self-worth with his words alone. And once again today, because of that utterly hopeless man… Grinding her teeth, Na-yul stared at her frozen computer screen for ten straight minutes. It was already 11 p.m. Friday night. 11 p.m. Drawn by the distant glow of light, guided purely by rage and instinct, she marched straight into CEO Kwon Si-jin’s office and flung the door open. “Sir, I really don’t think this is acceptable. I—” “……” “Sir? Are you okay?” Their eyes met in midair. Hot breaths tangled with cold ones. Time seemed to stop completely— Leaving Na-yul face to face with her boss, who was behaving suspiciously late at night during overtime.

Leola Dawson returns home from abroad for her brother Tyrone's proposal to Helen Miller. At the proposal, Helen mistakes Leola for "the other woman." Helen and her family mistreat Leola based on this misunderstanding. Tyrone, influenced by Helen's family, turns against his sister. Finally, Leola and her parents clear up the situation, and she becomes the heiress to Dawson Group.

In her previous life, Hannah Watts was granted the highest noble title and lived in glory, while Liliana Watts became a young widow. Consumed by jealousy, Liliana murdered Hannah, but unexpectedly, both sisters were granted rebirth together, returning to the day they were both to be married.This time, Liliana fights to marry the financially ruined Keagan Randall, believing she can swap their destinies, unaware she's sending herself to her doom... In the previous timeline, Liliana suffered as a young widow living in hardship, while her unfavored sister Hannah became a Duke's wife, basking in endless glory. Liliana firmly believes her misfortune stems from marrying the wrong man. So in this second chance at life, Liliana desperately arranges to switch marriage partners with Hannah, thinking she can exchange their fates, not realizing she's walking down a path of no return.

Lucas Brown went to jail for love, yet all he got in return was indifference and betrayal. The fires of rage engulf the heavens and earth... All who dare cross him will soon pay the price!