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In high school, Thorn and his boyfriend Jett had their intimate video secretly recorded and leaked by the school bully, Pitch. Unable to endure the public scrutiny and domestic violence, Jett took his own life. Driven by revenge, Thorn underwent a gender reassignment surgery and became Rose. She entered Pitch's life to get close to him. There, she discovered that Pitch's bullying actually came from his own twisted crush on Thorn. She also found out that Pitch's father-in-law, Thanes, was the one who had murdered her parents. During her pursuit of revenge, Rose saw her best friend, Jennis, brutally killed by Pitch's wife, Denee. Pitch also died when he took a bullet for Rose. Denee couldn't take this anymore, and she turned against her own father. In the end, Rose let go of her hatred. Guided by Jett's spirit, she found a way to move on with her life. This violent quest for revenge exposed a powerful family's drug crimes and ended a cycle of hatred that had plagued three generations.

Five years ago, Mark Steele embezzled company funds for stock trading and lost everything. To protect his daughter Ariel, he begged his son-in-law Sean Grant to take the fall, promising to give him company shares in return.For Ariel's sake, Sean agreed.Now, five years later, Sean is released from prison—only to discover he is in the late stages of cancer.

Yumin Ha, the CEO of the top-tier financial conglomerate Rose Group, hides her true identity and devotes everything to love for seven years—only to be discarded by her profit-driven boyfriend, Seo-jin Kang. Determined to take revenge, she enters a lightning-fast marriage with Ji-hoon Park, the CEO of Parkwon Group. At an upcoming high-profile gala, Seo-jin Kang comes face to face with the newly revealed power couple…

In a world of wealth and privilege, she's the heiress to a vast fortune. Out of gratitude for saving her life, she marries her vegetative husband for many years. However, her world shatters when he wakes up and betrays her, choosing his former lover over her. Devastated but undeterred, she finds her strength and exposes the truth about the deceitful couple. Along the way, she discovers her own resilience and worth. While her ex-husband regrets his choices, she finds unexpected love in the arms of a younger man who appreciates her for who she truly is.

After the death of Sophie, the daughter of the Winter family, one of the wealthiest families in town, her husband Chad, along with his first love, international superstar Brianna, and their child, take her body to the Winter family to demand a fortune. Reborn, Sophie vows to strike back with everything she has. Since you've chosen your 'perfect woman,' I wish you a lifetime of happiness—may you stay together forever!

5 years ago, Lydia Tate accidentally saved Eric Lucia,Lucia Group's CEO, and got pregnant overnight. 6 years later, Lydia met him again while her family forced her into marriage. Eric, who had been searching for her, married her and doted on her. He secretly helped her take down her backstabbing friend, her profit-driven parents, and the bully they forced her to marry.

She was a destitute and poor woman living under someone else's roof, forced to take the blame for someone else's crimes and later forced into a transaction that resulted in her becoming pregnant.He was the wealthy and powerful young master of Williamstown, who believed that she was a corrupted and greedy woman with a tainted reputation.Unable to bear being near him, she disappeared from his side.In a fit of rage, he searched everywhere and eventually captured her.

Mya Walker falls into a trap set by her stepmother, becoming pregnant with the child of Southia's most esteemed man Caleb Monroe. After a challenging nine months, she is forcibly operated on, losing her first child to a villain, while the other four are heartlessly disposed of. Five years later, Mya, now a formidable figure, returns to seek revenge on those who wronged her. Determined to find her children and succeed in her career, she stops at nothing. When her children's father pleads for reconciliation, Mya coldly rejects him, showing him that he doesn't deserve her!

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.

Vega Garrison, a top financial magnate, dies in an explosion only to find her soul inhabiting the body of a ""worthless"" woman arranged by a prestigious family as a substitute bride. Refusing to play the meek role, Vega breaks every rule—putting servants in their place, taking over the bedroom, and crushing fake heiresses under her heel.Powerful mogul Brycen Craig becomes instantly obsessed with her, his wheelchair no barrier to his fierce protectiveness. Meanwhile, business tycoon Elliot Malone completely misreads the situation, bending over backwards to help the fake heiress while unknowingly snubbing the real powerhouse—making himself the joke of high society.When Vega’s true identity finally comes to light, the entire world is shaken. The woman they dismissed as some country nobody is actually the legendary figure who once had two titans of industry fighting over her.

5 years ago, Lydia Tate accidentally saved Eric Lucia, Lucia Group's CEO, and got pregnant overnight. 6 years later, Lydia met him again while her family forced her into marriage. Eric, who had been searching for her, married her and doted on her. He secretly helped her take down her backstabbing friend, her profit-driven parents, and the bully they forced her to marry.

Fiona Shaw, once a privileged heiress, fell from grace three years ago when her family's business collapsed. Burdened with a staggering five-hundred-million debt, she was forced to accept the Sterling family's arrangement—an arranged marriage with their second son, Henry. Yet the union was nothing but a façade. Henry, a closeted man deeply in love with his loyal secretary Louis, had no affection for Fiona and abandoned her after their wedding night. His only reason for marrying her was to appease his mother, Elizabeth, and to secure an heir quickly—ensuring his claim to the family's vast fortune and strengthening his position against his half-brother, Jeff.

Josie is the daughter of Chief Commander Choi, and her husband, Gordon Hodges, hails from the Snoylor tribe. Their marriage was only a ceremonial affair—no formal paperwork was ever signed. Shortly after the wedding, Gordon returned to the military camp, and Josie's pregnancy news was delivered to him by letter.Seven years passed without the couple ever reuniting. That is, until their son, Freddie, cried out, desperate to see his father.Josie, determined to fulfill her son's wish, decided to take him to visit Gordon. But when they arrived at the military camp, Josie was shocked to find that Gordon had remarried. Labelled as a "homewrecker," Josie and her son were brutally beaten. In that desperate moment, Josie shouted her father's name. Her father's men immediately rushed her and her son to the hospital, while he went to seek out the Commander.At the hospital, Gordon's new wife, Claire, feigned stomach pains. Gordon, cold-hearted and furious, dragged the doctor away to attend to Claire instead. Tragically, Freddie died on the operating table.When Josie's parents arrived, Gordon and Claire were thrown into prison. But Gordon escaped, and in a fit of madness, he mercilessly shot and killed Claire's mother, Marsha...

On a stormy night at eighteen, a young man lit up a girl's darkness, leaving a dazzling memory she would never forget. After ten years of love, she lost the ability to have children while saving his life, making him her only anchor. But over time, he strayed to other women and even fathered a child. When she was diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only a month to live, her heart broke beyond repair, and she finally left in despair. Only after losing his true love did he awaken to his mistakes—but can he ever earn redemption?

Nancy Shelton sought revenge on her scumbag ex by falsely claiming that Jeffrey Lester, Johnsburg's wealthiest man, was her boyfriend. However, fate took an unexpected turn when Jeffrey overheard her and became intrigued by her. In a surprising twist, he proposed marriage to bring good fortune to his terminally ill grandmother. They agreed that once his grandmother recovered, they would part ways. But as time passed, love began to blossom between them. Jeffrey soon discovered that Nancy was the legendary Dr. Raven he had been searching for. What started as a marriage of convenience transformed into a passionate love story.

After spoiling her daughter Yelena and blindly trusting her scheming boyfriend Tyler Carson, Riverdale's richest woman, Maya Stone, loses everything and dies betrayed. Witnessing her daughter's ex, Fabian Yetter, selflessly bury her body, Maya's soul is granted a second chance. Reborn before Yelena's engagement, Maya exposes Tyler and pushes Fabian as the better man—but Yelena rebels. Forced to cut ties, Maya lets her daughter learn the hard way. When Yelena finally uncovers Tyler's lies, the Stones reunite, the Carsons fall, and justice is served.

Koiti Mikage, the world's wealthiest man, had spent years concealing his identity while working as a cashier to raise his son, Kazuma. Unexpectedly, Kazuma ended up marrying Yuki Hanyo. The Hanyo family was domineering and overbearing, so Kazuma tried to keep the wedding from Koichi, yet Koichi showed up uninvited. At the wedding, Kazuma was belittled at every turn, prompting Koiti to step in and defend Kazuma. Despite initial mockery, Koiti just responded by presenting extravagant gifts. But when faced with persistent provocations, Koiti no longer held back. At that moment, his powerful and influential goddaughter burst in, declaring her desire to marry into the Mikage family, which sent shockwaves through the crowd.

Katy Ferguson is a renowned businesswoman in the city who dotes on her biological daughter Naomi Ferguson, giving her everything while remaining cold and distant toward her adopted daughter Alice Ferguson. However, Naomi schemes to steal the family fortune,causing Katy immense suffering. Before dying, Naomi reveals the truth: she's actually a fake daughter! Everything stemmed from butler Howard Adams' conspiracy years ago—he switched his own daughter with Katy's real daughter, deceiving Katy for her entire lifetime. Only in her dying moments does Katy realize that the "biological daughter" she spoiled her whole life wasn't as worthy as the adopted daughter she drove away three years ago. Given a second chance at life, she decides to shower all her love on Alice instead.