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Jane Wellsy has a secret — she's got a crush on her step brother Nate Duncan. No one knows except for her worst enemy, hockey badboy Zach Gates. Even worse, Jane finds out Nate's new transfer student girlfriend was her bully from high school, Melissa! When Melissa finds Jane's smutty story and demands to know if it's about Nate, Zach swoops in to save her, kicking off their fake relationship to keep her secret safe. As they spend time together, Jane finds there's a warm, kind heart under Zach's cold bad boy persona, ready to heal her broken heart and face the world at her side...

Timothy, adopted by the wealthy Snyder family, grows up devoted to his three older sisters — until the day their biological son, Matthew, returns and turns them against him with lies and manipulation. Cast out and blamed for things he never did, Timothy still repays their kindness: he saves them, sacrifices for them, and even secretly volunteers for Project Hail Mary, a mission to save humanity by sending one person with a rare gene into find a new planet. Only after he's gone, do the Snyders discover the truth about Matthew's schemes and Timothy's sacrifices. Thirty years later, Timothy succeeds on Planet Artemis, honored as a hero while his grieving family lives with the cost of their betrayal.

Lucas Harrington has two problems: too much money, and too many women chasing it. Desperate to dodge yet another arranged marriage, he drops a bombshell: $100,000 a day to rent a girlfriend for New Year's. Enter Joanna Collins—ice queen, self-made millionaire, and the last person who needs the cash. She signs the contract anyway. Over drinks and family dinners, something shifts. Lucas, spoiled heir who's never washed a dish in his life, finds himself in an apron, chopping vegetables. By the time the fireworks fade, he's not just in love—he's trained. Loyal dog, willing slave, whatever she wants.

She sells illegal fireworks. He runs the underworld. When she mows down his assassins with a minigun, he repays her by canceling her arranged marriage—to his own nephew—and claiming her for himself.

In his previous life, Chase Sharp had a failed marriage, a brain-damaged daughter, and died penniless. Reborn in 1983, he divorces Jennie Grey, wins custody of sick daughter Lily, and rides the reform wave with young Mayor Senela Zane's help.

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Fayne Carter wakes up as a despised live-in son-in-law, constantly humiliated by his cheating wife and her lover. Just when he's about to snap, he unlocks a game-changing system: spend on his "wife" and get 10x cash back. But Fayne quickly discovers a loophole—any married woman qualifies. From his mother-in-law to his rival's wife, he starts spoiling them all, stacking millions while turning the tables on everyone who once looked down on him.

A stolen night. A hidden pregnancy. A son who carries the key to a billionaire's past. When Dr. Presley Raven returns to the city seeking a cure for her child's illness, she collides with the one man she never wanted to see again—CEOv, who now holds all the power. But this time, she's not running. She's fighting for her family, and she'll burn his world down if she has to.

After a spontaneous first meeting, they got married right away. She secretly works as a janitor at his company while facing bullying and jealousy from coworkers. As the company president, he quietly protects her whenever she's in danger—but how long can they keep their secret?

What’s happening? Why do I hear a voice that comes from the inside of me? “Why do I have such a useless descendant like you!” It said. In my middle age, my wife cheated on me, and my daughter is ill. At this time of my desperation, a voice inside of me speaks. It says it is the dragon, that has been living inside of me! How lucky I am! With the help of the dragon power, I will grasp any chance I can to change my fate!

When high school swim team captain Aidan Crew loses his essential after-school job due to his rich bully Will Harrison standing up for him to his boss, he has no idea how he's going to pay his mother's substantial medical bills and rebuild his college fund, until Will offers Aidan a humiliating, but lucrative job as his pool boy. Aidan reluctantly takes the gig and the two start to fall for one another, but they must navigate the hatred between their families and vicious school bullies, while protecting the secret of Aidan's pool boy gig and the feelings building between them.