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Alex, once a humiliated salesman, has his life turned around after saving CEO Evelyn. He gains the ability to see through jade, skyrocketing him to fame and fortune in the high-stakes world of antiques and gems. But his success draws the wrath of rival Logan. As Alex discovers his growing powers, he teams up with Evelyn to fight enemies and protect his family in a dangerous world where every move could make or break them.

His jealousy fueled by a misunderstanding led to relentless torment, believing she cheated and carried someone else's child. But as the truth unfolds, can their love be salvaged?

On her engagement day, she was arrested and imprisoned, with nobody believing her innocence. Five years later, she's released. Living in her fiancé's house like a servant, as he believes she killed her first love. But the truth is far from that.

Seven years ago, he was a down-and-out orphan, and she was a female CEO. For love, she gave up everything to elope with him. Seven years later, he returns as a powerful, influential tycoon, wealthy enough to rival nations. Driven by a desire to make amends for his past and protect her, he ensures her security and comfort.

Eight years before, the twin heirs fell in love with you at the same time. But fate did them badly, that one died and one suffered amnesia. Eight years later, you encountered the one who don't remember you on a blind date, and he quickly fell for you again. This time, will true love find its way?

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The King of Hell, after being trapped in reincarnation for 3,000 years, leaves the underworld in chaos, with ghost officials in deep slumber. In his final reincarnation, he lives as a struggling food delivery man, burdened by poverty and his mother's illness. Following a fatal heart attack caused by a malicious customer, he is taken back to the underworld by ghost messengers, where he regains his memories and powers as the King of Hell. Restored to his throne, he returns to the mortal realm, saves his mother, and astonishes everyone with his supernatural abilities. At an auction, he reclaims a lost artifact and subdues a demon. During the Yin-Yang Summit, he defeats powerful sect leaders, reopens the underworld, and restores balance between the realms, ultimately becoming the guardian of both the human and spiritual worlds.

General Astrid Sinclair gave up her sword to save her husband, Chasel Grayson. Three years later, she returns with the cure—only to find him wed to another woman, Roxy Durant. Stripped of her title and dignity, Astrid walks away. But when the new emperor Asher Bellamy reveals his long-hidden devotion, her journey from abandoned wife to sovereign empress becomes a reckoning none of her betrayers will survive.

Ivory finds herself coerced into a contract marriage with Wayne. She feigns compliance but attempts to escape, only to be personally caught by Wayne. Betrayal, ex begging her back, and family drama. This marriage born of convenience teeters on the brink of either a grand wedding or a dramatic divorce.

Isabella Méndez cleans rooms at a luxury hotel in Miami, quietly dreaming of one day opening her own café. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she's mistaken for Mariana Echeverría—a glamorous heiress and influencer set to buy the hotel, remodel it, and fire the entire staff. Instead of telling the truth, Isabella slips into the fantasy and accepts a dinner invitation from Alejandro de la Vega, the hotel's owner and Mariana's future business partner. What begins as a harmless mix-up spirals into a whirlwind of secrets, romance, and high-stakes consequences. As the real Mariana closes in and the truth threatens to unravel, Isabella must choose between protecting her heart… or facing the fallout.

When her father becomes critically ill, a young woman is forced to impersonate a missing wife to obtain surgery funds. She juggles deceiving the husband at night while working as his assistant by day, leading to blackmail and misunderstandings. After enduring betrayal and captivity, she escapes and eventually reunites with the husband a year later, resolving their conflicts.