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Suho has always lived between two worlds. One shaped by legacy, pride, and expectations he never chose, and another shaped by a heart that feels too deeply for the life he is meant to lead. He is cold, silent, charming, and smart when it comes to business. But he is gentle by nature, emotionally deep, and quietly devoted when it comes to his love. But love was never allowed to be part of his carefully arranged world. It was always meant to be negotiated, controlled, and contained. At this point in his life, Yerin is his everything. His first love, his only love. He is willing to go to any length to keep her, even when his family repeatedly refuses to accept her. Torn between a heart that refuses to let go and a lineage that demands an heir to carry the Kim legacy, Suho takes a decisive step, trying to hold on to Yerin without disappointing the family that expects obedience and continuity from him. Then Hauen enters his life. Not through affection, but through a contract. Chosen not as a partner, but as a solution, Hauen becomes his wife in a marriage built for convenience. An agreement meant to secure an heir and protect the Kim family’s legacy. In return, Hauen enters this marriage to save her father’s bankrupt business. She is warm and gentle, yet guarded. Strong in quiet ways, carrying her own unspoken burdens. To the world, their marriage looks flawless. Polite smiles, perfect appearances, a union without cracks. To them, it is nothing more than a carefully written business contract, set to end after eighteen months. But life has little patience for plans built without truth. In the midst of calculated decisions and emotional restraint, fate pushes Suho into the lowest point of his life, breaking him in ways he never expected. Stripped of control, certainty, and pride, he is forced to confront the parts of himself he has never imagined. At his most fragile moment, the question is no longer about legacy or contracts. It's about Who will stay when everything collapses? Who will stand beside him when life is hard for him? And when life offers both unbearable loss and unexpected grace, will Suho have the courage to accept them? This is a story of love that begins as an obligation, fractures under destiny's test, and slowly transforms into something honest, real, and beautiful.

[Mature Content R18+] [Slow-Burn Dark Romance] Two days before my wedding, my fiancé told me he would marry my twin sister, because it was her dying wish. My family, his family, everyone dear to me, turned me into a villain for being defiant. The decision was final. The bride had changed. They forced me into a golden cage, waiting for my turn to be another substitute. Then he came. The man who should have been my enemy offered his hand. Led us into one wild night. "Be my wife. Six years. Let's have a contract for exactly that long." "You lost your mind. You promised-" "And I'll give you five years. You can be free. Do whatever you want with the Kingston name. I promised that." "Wh... what?" "But you must promise me, you will be back, and let's live like we burn for each other in that last year." "Rafael... what are you planning to?" "Get things back to their right place." I was tired of being anyone's pawn. So, I play my own game. Five years later, I am back. Revenge is an understatement. The price for my suffering is due. My children keep asking for their father. They'll meet him soon, but there's a problem:  I’m not sure who the real father is. "Viona... I never stop loving you. Tell me they are my flesh, right? I want you back. I want us back." My ex-fiancé shamelessly pleaded before me. "They are mine. The four of them are mine." And there he was, my contracted husband declared with a glare that was ready to burn the whole society down. This should be a simple game of power. But love always meddles between the players. ====== Author's Note: This Novel is a character-driven plot with slow-burn smut. Every character has their own motivation and is layered. Every choice has no easy way out. If you enjoy slow burn, this might be to your liking. Please read all the free chapters before you decide to continue or not. Thank you for giving this story a chance.

Lara's trauma went from mild to chronic when she divorced her husband and went ahead to get inseminated from a sperm bank. She wants to be a single mother. Love has become a fairytale and men were only a bunch of liars and deceivers. She's done with marriage and love. Being a single mother would be the best decision she'd ever made. How would she have known that she made the wrong decision at that moment and fate turned her failure to fortune when she realised that she was carrying the child of the billionaire mogul Curtis Rodney. “You have just an option…” Curtis declared. Other options do not apply to him, he always has his way and the woman before him now has no option but to accept his decision as her only option. “And what is this option of yours?” Lara snapped at him.

Her family’s home is on the line, and she has nowhere left to turn. Then he appears—a billionaire with calm eyes and a dangerous offer. Six months of marriage. One contract. One rule: live with him. It’s supposed to be temporary. A deal. Nothing more. But living under the same roof as a man who hides more than he shows is harder than she imagined. Behind his cold exterior lies a story she wasn’t prepared to uncover… and feelings she never expected. As the days pass, the line between contract and reality blurs. How do you survive a deal… when your heart refuses to let go?

In the quaint mill town of Havenbrook, Pennsylvania, circa 1905, young heir Theodore Whitaker is thrust into a forced marriage with Eleanor Thompson, the humble daughter of his family’s cleaner, to secure a dubious family alliance amid whispers of financial ruin. What begins as a union of resentment and class divide slowly blossoms into genuine affection, tested by the scheming Vivian Langford—a spoiled rival favored by Theodore’s mother—who sows chaos through jealousy-fueled betrayals and manipulations. As family secrets unravel in a web of inheritance plots and scandals, Theodore and Eleanor must navigate societal scorn and personal doubts to forge a love that defies their worlds.

Iren Hale signs the contract because he has no choice. Drowning in debt and facing consequences he can’t escape, he accepts a deal offered by Kael Ardent a powerful man who doesn’t explain much and doesn’t ask twice. The terms are simple on paper stability, protection, discretion. What the contract doesn’t say is how completely it will rearrange Iren’s life. Kael doesn’t demand affection. He doesn’t force intimacy. He only assumes obedience. Control comes quietly through routines, rules framed as care, and choices that stop feeling like choices at all. Iren tells himself it’s temporary. That he’s trading time for safety. That this isn’t ownership. But when the contract begins to feel safer than freedom, and walking away hurts more than staying, Iren realizes the real danger was never the paper he signed. It was the man who believed consent, once given, never expires.

Maya believed seven years of love meant safety, commitment, a future. So when she flies across the country to surprise her boyfriend on their anniversary, she expects joy, not betrayal. Instead, she walks into the moment that shatters everything, Jacob, the man she planned her life around, in bed with her best friend. Numb and unraveling, Maya flees into the night and crashes straight into Ryan Blackwood, her brother’s best friend, a billionaire with a dangerous reputation and a past she’s never dared to touch.

NEW. MASS UPDATE check out my other novels too!! *** Everyone thought Grant was a broke, useless son-in-law living off his wife’s family. They mocked him. Humiliated him. Treated him like trash. But they were wrong. Behind that quiet smile is a man with unimaginable power… the wealthy young master of the prominent Morgan family. Grant was never the leech they thought he was. He was simply repaying a debt to Daisy’s father—three years of marriage and silent protection. Yet the James family never saw his worth and instead made his life unbearable in every possible way. Daisy James never loved her husband. She pitied him at best… until she started to see the man behind the mask. The way he protected her when no one else would. The quiet strength in his eyes. The secrets he carried alone. Now Daisy’s heart is betraying her. She’s falling for the man everyone calls useless, only to discover he’s the most dangerous man of all. During his time in the James family, Grant uncovers a buried secret tied to his past, one that could destroy everything he’s vowed to protect. And when Grant’s true identity is revealed, Daisy will have to decide: stand by the man she’s only just begun to love… or watch the James family’s darkest secrets consume them both.

Evelyn Vance had the "perfect" life planned, right down to the silk ribbons on her wedding invitations. But minutes before walking down the aisle, she discovers her fiancé in the bridal suite with her own cousin. Facing the humiliation of a lifetime and a room full of the city’s elite, Evelyn refuses to be the victim. She storms out of the room and into the path of a devastatingly handsome stranger. "Marry me," she demands. "Right now. No questions asked." To her shock, Silas Vane, a man with cold eyes and a silhouette that screams power checks his watch and simply says, "Deal." Evelyn thinks she’s found a convenient stranger to save her pride, but she has no idea she just married the city’s most ruthless billionaire. Silas is a man in desperate need of a "respectable" wife by midnight to secure his family’s multi-billion-dollar empire. What starts as a desperate act of revenge quickly spirals into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. As Evelyn discovers the true identity of her mysterious new husband, she realizes she hasn't just escaped a bad marriage, comma she has entered a world of dark secrets, corporate wars, and a physical attraction that threatens to burn her "fake" contract to the ground. He needed a bride to save his fortune. She needed a groom to save her face. Neither expected to lose their hearts.

My engagement ended in humiliation. One moment, I was the bride-to-be. Next, my fiancé was slipping a ring onto another woman’s finger—nope, not just anyone, my half-sister! And the whole city watched. So I did the unthinkable. I kissed the one man I was never supposed to touch—his aloof, very hot, useless uncle. Dominic Fletcher. It was supposed to be revenge. A scandal to wipe away my shame. Until he stole my bra and with it, my senses… and my already fragile heart. “Give it back!” I demanded, reaching for my bra, but he only lifted it higher. “I’ll keep this as a memento, Kitten,” he murmured, eyes dark, voice dangerously seductive. But Dominic Fletcher was far from useless. Behind the nonchalant façade was a ruthless power only I had glimpsed. And now, he wants to help me take my revenge— “Marry me, sweetness,” Dominic rasped, gaze sharp as steel. “I’ll make everyone who offended you a foot mat. What do you say?” How could I say no? I’d do anything to make that worthless, piece-of-shit scumbag ex lose sleep for the rest of his life and become his worst nightmare. So I said yes—to his uncle. I became his aunt-in-law. Then I returned, victorious and unbroken. My family pleaded for me to forgive them. My ex-fiancé fell to his knees, clutching my hand. “Let’s start again, Harper,” he begged. “You’re the only one I cherish...”

Come clean up the body," the towering Alpha huffed into his phone, tossing a sharp glance at the bed. Levi blinked. He was apparently the said 'body.' In his past life, Levi was 'Slime,' a legendary assassin known to topple governments. Now? He had transmigrated into the body of a delicate Omega who had literally been fucked to death by a monstrous Type B Alpha. Type B Alphas were rare, lethal, and overwhelmingly dominant. The original host died mid-climax. Now, the Alpha believes he has found his fated soulmate. He has no idea that the 'fragile' Omega in his bed is a retired killer calculating his exit strategy. ***[Snippet] Levi quickly shut his eyes when the Alpha tossed the phone on the bed and walked naked to the bathroom. Peeping through his lashes, Levi wondered what would happen now. He had woken up in this body during the intense climax, right when the bulky Alpha was biting his neck. Fuck, that was hot. ​[#Smut #FaceSlapping #SlowBurnPowerReversal #Mpreg #Showbiz #TragicWetCatGong]

He needed her silence. She became his ruin. Lucien Vale built his empire on secrets too dangerous to speak aloud. Then Evelyn Kingsley walked in with proof that could burn it all down. She was supposed to be a problem he could erase. Instead she became the one thing he couldn’t release. In a life where trust is poison and desire is a loaded gun, their marriage becomes the most lethal game either of them has ever played. The closer they get, the more blood stains the pages. He holds the leash. She holds the match. Together they will set the whole world on fire.

A knife in the pregnant Luna’s belly. All evidence points to the Alpha’s scorned concubine. Althea didn’t do it. But no one will believe the wolfless omega who was rejected, humiliated, and made his slave. So she runs—straight into the Red Mist and into the jaws of the one creature that even the Alpha hunting her fears. --- Thorne Vargan, the Hellhound of the North Clan, swore bloody retribution on everyone responsible for destroying all he had ever known—especially the woman who beheaded his mother. As fate would twist it, that woman’s daughter stumbles into his hellish domain… And Thorne is not letting her go. He claims her. As captive. As leverage. As vengeance. But the fates have a different tale to weave as something in him hungers for her in ways far more dangerous than hate. Her scent tempts him. Her fear intrigues him. Her secrets threaten to set his bloodand the entire pack system on fire. And while Thorne pins her to his world with claws and shadow, the Alpha she fled is coming. He wants his little omega back.m

#Mature# She was never meant to be loved—only used. Bound by a thoughtless contract, Dora carries a child for a man who wants nothing from her but an heir. But fate is cruel, just as she discovers the monster she’s married to, he forgets who he is. He professes love but all she feels is hate. Intent on crushing him into dust. Disclaimer: There’s a reason why I tagged it as DARK. The characters will stay true to their personality and backstory. Don’t expect anything different.

Fabiola Thomas debuted 10 years ago but her popularity hadn't been able to climb up the ladder except in her dreams. It's just been one criticism or the other. She was sure they might not even get past the first 10 minutes of a movie starring her before writing their heart's contempt. Unfortunately, three years ago, she finally fell short in the ladder and two months ago her family married her off to Dylan Scott who became her worst nightmare! Would she survive this script written by others or would she finally write her own story?

I had a plan: blackmail my terrifyingly powerful boss, Malachai Shaw, into marrying me to get back at my family. He needed a wife to secure his inheritance. I needed a man impressive enough to humiliate my cheating ex. It was a perfect, professional arrangement. Strictly business. Until that kiss in the museum and… everything after.  I accepted that he’s the head of a criminal empire. I don’t care if his family always looks like they’re on their way to a funeral. But why didn’t anyone tell me he’s a demon!?

Bound by a Lie She was never looking for power—only survival. Broke, burdened, and desperate to keep her family afloat, she learns early that the world doesn’t reward honesty—it rewards leverage. When a single decision pulls her into the orbit of a man who controls everything money can buy, she makes a choice that can never be undone. A lie binds them together. A contract rewrites her future. And love was never part of the deal. In a world where wealth decides who gets protected and who gets crushed, she must decide how much of herself she’s willing to lose to save the people she loves. Because some bargains don’t just change your life— they own it.

Everything was going on well until the night before her wedding, Lin Shuyin’s fairytale life suddenly crumbled from her fiancé's call, dragging her to reality... Her fiancé abandons her for her stepsister, her father and stepmother escape, abandoning her to fend off the reporters and media, and by morning, she’s framed for her grandmother’s murder. Thrown into a cruel underground prison, she dies beaten and broken. But death is only the beginning. An ancient soul awakens within her, a woman who spent a century trapped in a lab, experimented on, and injected with beast blood. When her soul awakens, the weak and naive Shuyin is gone. In her place rises someone colder, sharper… unstoppable. Then comes Lu Yuze, her ex-fiancé’s uncle, a man wrapped in secrets and power. He saves her from the abyss, but not for free. His price? Her blood, and her bone marrow… to save his dying daughter. The only thing Lu Shuyin wanted was revenge, and asked for a contract marriage, and money, these were the most important things to survive out there... In a world where betrayal runs deep, love becomes the most dangerous experiment of all. She’s no longer the victim. She’s the revenge they never saw coming.

She's a photography genius. However, she finds herself bullied by her stepmother and stepsister, and thus, isn't able to showcase her talent. He's the young master of Sharp Edge Group, cold and ruthless. However, he fancies her. With a marriage certificate, he forces her to marry him. She goes from a fallen Cinderella to an enviable Young Madam Lu. He supports her as she soars freely in the world of photography. Oppression and anti-oppression, hunting and fleeing. They are destined to be entangled for a lifetime.

The mistake her father made when he was young forced her to marry him. Handsome and wealthy, yet full of danger, she knew she must never be entangled with him. But after two years of married life, his indulgence and tenderness gradually seeped into her heart... * Just when she innocently thought they were heading for a perfect ending, He brought up divorce at her lowest and most heartbroken moment, when her father died and she lost their child... Since then, she has been poor and downcast, never able to enter his world again... * After four years, they met again. He was still as spirited, with his wedding to his fiancée approaching. With tears in her eyes, she finally realized all her struggles in finding a job over the past four years were because of him... * It turns out their marriage was nothing more than a scheme he devised with her father for the woman he deeply loved... All this time, he had never said those three words to her because he never loved her... * Who would have thought that she would bear his child again, even though they now belonged to separate worlds?... Only to discover in the end that his revenge on her had just begun...