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【Prestigious Family / Light Sci-Fi / AI Mastermind / Strong Leads / Scumbag Abuse / Face-Slapping】 Rumor has it that the prestigious Sherwood Family brought back their long-lost daughter — only to send her to her death. A stand-in for the eldest daughter, but she's the real heiress? Scumbag 1 throws a bank card at her: "Stick with me, and I'll take care of you." Scumbag 2 slides her a contract: "Be your sister's stand-in, and I'll make you a top star." Scumbag 3... The poor little stand-in? She spends money, stirs up trouble, slaps faces, and abuses scumbags every single day. Meanwhile, she builds up her AI, Pike, into a thriving empire — a squad of AI underlings that can earn money, throw punches, and act cute, charging through all obstacles and conquering the world. And there's a spark with Young Master Crawford — a love that goes both ways. Young Master Crawford: My dear girl, may you be happy and safe... Across a thousand mountains, through the warmth of four seasons, all for you alone.

Three years of devotion. Three years of loving Julian with everything she had. Only to be framed for a divorce and personally sent to prison by him. "I didn't kill her," Evelyn begged. "I didn't kill the woman you love." "I don't believe you." Facing a death sentence with no one to turn to, Evelyn made the most desperate choice of her life — she threw herself at the one person Julian would never forgive. His younger brother. "Get me pregnant. Please. It's the only way I survive." Because pregnant women are not subject to the death penalty. By the time the truth surfaced and Julian realized the woman he destroyed was innocent, it was already too late. He dropped to his knees. "Eve, I was wrong. Give me one more chance." A hand caught his wrist before he could touch her. "She's already my wife, brother."

Julian Winslow, the leader of the Winslow Conglomerate, appears gentle and refined on the outside, but is in fact scheming and cold-blooded. Sam Hughes, an orphan abandoned by her family, is a social butterfly in high society, flitting among numerous men, yet never giving her heart away. His encounter with her was a twist of fate, an inescapable destiny. He married her, pampered her, and spoiled her. He meticulously plotted every step against her, exhausting all schemes and vowing to lock her by his side, even going so far as to use their child as bait to trap her. Then came the night his first love and Sam were taken by the same kidnappers, and Julian had to choose. He chose his first love. Sam and her captors went over the edge of a cliff. When he heard the news of her death, his gentle and refined face remained calm and composed, and he only said 2 words: "I know." But did he? Did he really know what he had just lost — or what was coming next?

Before marrying Silas, Joyce had only met him three times. A marriage of convenience, a secret agreement, for a term of three years. She's fresh off a heartbreak — the man she chased for years told her they "weren't a good match." Silas has his own baggage: rumor says he's still hung up on a white moonlight who happens to look just like Joyce. So that's all she is. A substitute. ** In the second year of their marriage, on Joyce's birthday, she drank too much and, in front of everyone, tugged on his tie, pinning him underneath her: "You look... a lot like my husband." The Thorne family's second master, known for being rational and unfeeling, was flustered by her that night. He leaned in close to her ear and coaxed in a low voice, "Be good." The next day Joyce woke up to find her lips were swollen. This… Who did this! When she went to question him, she discovered Silas's lip was bitten. He stared at her and said slowly, "You crossed the line first." ** The scandal leaked. At a party, her ex-boyfriend stepped in: "She's mine. Who dares talk?" Then Silas walked in. The room went silent. "Yours? Since when?" "Joyce, tell me. Whose are you?" So much for the secret marriage. So much for being a substitute. This was supposed to be fake… wasn't it?

"And now for our final auction item!" Inside the underground auction house, the host's impassioned voice rang out, the entire venue suddenly went dark, a moment later...

"Marry me, and it's the best revenge against them!" Young Master Xavier's words moved Hannah Lowell, who was facing the betrayal of her fiancé eloping with her half-sister. "We will just be a nominal couple for one year, and once the time is up, we will divorce." Young Master Xavier's words dispelled Hannah Lowell's concerns about a flash marriage. One day, Young Master Xavier's lie was uncovered. Hannah Lowell suddenly transformed into an enraged beast: "Benjamin Xavier, you big liar!"

On the first day Eve Sherman was taken back by her biological parents, she was forced to marry a man she had never met. After marriage, the two lived separately and didn't interfere with each other. Two years later, Eve Sherman got a promotion and heard that her company's CEO married young and spoiled his wife excessively. However, little did she know, the often-envied CEO's wife turned out to be none other than herself…

On the day she went to get her marriage certificate, she got dumped! Her love rival pompously gloated about their live with lewd photos. In a fit of anger, she dragged an unmarried middle-aged man into the civil affairs bureau. “Mister, they said I have a flat chest?” “It’s alright as long as I like it.” “...” “Mister, they all said you like fair-skinned curvy and long-legged beautiful women?” “I like flat-chested short-legged women.” “...” He was Jin City’s ruthless and resolute business tycoon. He was cold-blooded and emotionless, yet he doted on his coquettish wife that was ten years his junior! People asked, what is your secret method to doting on your wife?” “Lover her, love her, passionately love her!” “...”

After three years of marriage, they continued to treat each other with mutual respect. Following their divorce, he transformed into someone obnoxiously insistent. Yet Norris Moore sneered, "Get lost, I'd marry anyone but you!"

Gu Xiaoer had only rented a temporary boyfriend, but she ended up with a bonus clingy CEO. He was a young and promising elite who clung to her alone, transforming into a devoted wife-favoring fiend. "Honey, I want to eat shrimp dumplings." The next moment, the tastiest shrimp dumplings from Country C were fed to her lips. "Honey, you aren't as romantic as others," she complained. Immediately after, candlelight, fireworks, yacht trips, and seventy-two other romantic gestures—she experienced them all one after the other…

“Wolves were everywhere. In politics, on thrones, in beds. They cut their teeth on history and grew fat on war.” ~Roshani Chokshi, The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) Often some love to read books and find quotes within the books that stick to them. Canary has always felt like she was one of those books. But what ending and what the book will tell she doesn’t know. From a loving and warmth house she was thrown into a cold and unfamiliar age. Not knowing love even by her own mother. Canary now navigates the world as a child. From joyfulness of Lyikar to the judging and coldness of Grania.  Tossed upon a world of wolves and herself being named after a bird. Canary seems to be filled with innocent. A innocent that the wolves around her seem to sense. She herself wishes to go back to Lyikar now that she is of age. But many things and obstacles come into place. All of them being of wolves especially one of love. All of her turmoil begins with a man named Agustin Abarca. The question is will it end with it. With an event named the great fire and the king being behind it. More and more problems being to come. The question for this little bird is will she be able to find herself out of this wolf den or be devoured by it. This is the story of Canary and the Wolf

Two pink lines. One insufferable CEO. And a baby neither of us planned. Congratulations, Mr. CEO. You're going to be a father. If only telling Augustus Evans were that simple. He's been the bane of my existence since childhood. Perfect grades, perfect manners, perfect everything. Unfortunately, he's also ridiculously handsome—and my boss. Six months as his executive assistant was supposed to teach me responsibility. Instead, I fell in love with him. Big mistake. One whirlwind romance, one unforgettable night, and one spectacular fallout later, we're no longer speaking. Then comes the positive pregnancy test. Now I'm carrying my childhood rival's baby, and the man who couldn't handle being my boyfriend is about to become a father. And knowing our families? A wedding might be the least of our problems. What to expect: - Childhood rivals to lovers to something much more complicated - A sarcastic heiress × an emotionally constipated billionaire CEO - Slow-burn romance, explosive chemistry, and mature intimacy - Accidental pregnancy, family meddling, and marriage complications - Laugh-out-loud banter, misunderstandings, groveling, and a hard-earned HEA Mature Content Warning: Contains explicit sexual content, strong language, and mature romantic themes. Reader discretion advised.

"So naive, Melanie. So stupid." Those were the last words I heard before a bullet ended my life. Betrayed by my best friend and murdered by the man she loved, I thought the darkness of death was final. Instead, I woke up inside a web novel. Not as the beloved heroine. Not even as a lucky side character. I opened my eyes as **Seraphina Helene Valemont**—the spoiled, doomed villainess destined to be brutally executed for treason by her own husband, the notoriously cold and terrifying Duke Draven Everfrost. Armed with complete knowledge of the original plot, my survival strategy was simple: 1. Avoid making fatal mistakes. 2. Avoid the high-society enemies. 3. Above all else, **AVOID THE DUKE.** Except, the story refuses to follow the script. The monstrous Duke who was supposed to despise me is suddenly dragging me out of blood wars, tossing me swords to fight my own battles, and lazily controlling my limbs with dark magic just to mock my executioners. The events I memorized by heart are fracturing. Deeply buried political secrets are clawing their way to the surface, and the future I relied on changes with every passing sunrise. As deadly conspiracies threaten the empire and old legends refuse to stay buried, I am caught between a fate I desperately need to escape… and a demon masquerading as a man whom I was never supposed to trust. But the deeper I dig into the dark history of the North, the more terrifying one question becomes: *What if the most dangerous thing in this story was never the villainess?* Because some monsters are not born. Some monsters choose to chain themselves. And some names should have remained forgotten. **[MISSION UPDATE: SURVIVE.]** **[WARNING: ORIGINAL STORYLINE HAS DEVIATED.]** **[WARNING: UNKNOWN ENTITY DETECTED.]** **[CURRENT RISK LEVEL: CRITICAL.]** --- **~Author's Note:~** *First time writing a long, serialized story! Thank you so much for your patience, support, and love while I learn, improve, and build this world!* **THE READER'S PACT ** * **35 FREE CHAPTERS.** 0 excuses. Jump straight into the chaos! * **Kindly add this book to your Library** and Draven will personally protect you from Stephen's schemes. * Refuse... and Malaki wins. The choice is yours. ** THE VOTE REWARDS ** * **Power Stones** = Extra bonus chapters unlocked! * **Golden Tickets** = Mass chapter drops to satisfy your binge-reading! This is my official **WSA 2026** entry. Vote for the Everfrosts today... or watch Stephen try his luck again. **[Daily Chapter Releases — Never Miss a Beat]** **Connect with the Lore:** Instagram: **@merah_writes** TikTok: **@merah_writes**

Aria had devoted her entire life to ice skating until an injury struck, threatening not only her passion but her very existence. At her family’s insistence, she gave up skating, and her already lonely life began to wither in silence. She did as they commanded, learned what they dictated. Even the one place that once offered her freedom her skates was gone. One day, her family informed her that she would marry to secure their wealth. The man she was to wed was Henry Lannister, the boy she had once admired in high school. She hadn’t seen him in years, but now she knew he was the CEO of the family company, achieving success after success. Henry was handsome, and his piercing blue eyes made her feel as if she were gliding on the thinnest sheet of ice. For a fleeting moment, she thought this marriage might rescue her from loneliness. She was wrong. Henry never loved her. He ignored all her efforts, despised her very presence, and eventually left her behind. After months of solitary confinement in her own home and rejection from the only people she had left, Aria’s despair consumed her, driving her to the brink of death. But then, She was reborn.

Dropped.

I thought I had everything figured out,I thought my life would go the way I wanted. I had alot of things i planned to achieve,I had places I wanted to go,I had things I wanted to try out,I wanted to meet someone that would sweep me off my feet and still try everything in his power to have me I wanted lots of men seeking to get my attention, trying everything in their power for me to notice them I wanted to be that girl every man wanted and I will have to decide who I wanted. I never knew life had other plans for me to force me into a marriage I didn't have a choice to say no to, to someone I didn't know what he was like I only had to agree if I would find love or happiness I didn't know I only had to be hopeful.

"Desperation made him marry his cold boss!" --- By day, Adrian Cole is nothing more than a quiet shadow in the glittering empire of Alexander Devereux—the billionaire CEO whose power stretches across cities. As his secretary, Adrian fetches coffee, files documents, and hides his forbidden desire behind lowered lashes, knowing that attraction is dangerous when survival is his only priority. But by night, Adrian becomes Adrienne—the mysterious, breathtaking escort whispered about in elite circles. Draped in silk and secrets, Adrienne enchants the city’s most powerful men, earning what Adrian desperately needs to keep his mother alive. Until one night, everything shatters. The client waiting for Adrienne… is none other than Alexander Devereux. What Adrian doesn’t know is that Alexander carries secrets of his own. With his powerful mother demanding he marry to secure the Devereux legacy, Alexander needs a wife—a perfect society bride to silence scandal and fulfill duty. Love is a weakness. A plague. All he needs is a wife. But instead, Alexander finds himself captivated by the one woman who doesn’t exist. To protect his empire, he makes a ruthless offer: Adrienne will become his wife, his public mask, his possession. Now Adrian is caught in a dangerous masquerade. By day, he is the overlooked secretary Alexander barely notices. By night, he is the obsession Alexander cannot release—the false bride Alexander plans to parade before the world. How long can Adrian balance the fragile lies before desire burns through the mask—and Alexander discovers the truth? As deception twists into longing and duty ignites forbidden passion, Adrian may have started this game to survive… but Alexander plays to win.

Jade, a bold and sassy girl from a modest background, meets the enigmatic and prestigious CEO, *Daniel Ooman*, heir to the powerful Ooman family, during a lavish ceremony — as a mere server. She thinks it’s a one-time encounter… until fate brings them face-to-face again under unusual circumstances. But this time, something happens — a brief touch, a strange shift in energy — and the next morning, Daniel shows up at her door… *asking for her hand in marriage.* Strange, right? Especially with the whispers that follow Daniel everywhere —that he never stays past midnight at any event, that he made a deal with the devil, or worse… that he's cursed. What Jade doesn’t know is that ,she’s the key to his forgotten past… and maybe his only hope for a future

A forced marriage. Two near-strangers. One shared roof... and a lifetime to figure it all out. Shruti, barely eighteen and burdened by the shadows of abandonment, is suddenly married off to Arjun—a quiet, composed nineteen-year-old who never asked for a bride either. Thrown into a marriage neither of them planned, Shruti and Arjun must navigate college life, shared silences, awkward dinners, and growing emotions under the same roof. Between late-night arguments, unexpected comfort, and slow-burning affection, they begin to discover pieces of themselves in each other. But healing isn’t simple. And love isn’t instant. Especially when the past still lingers. As families collide, secrets unravel, and new bonds form, Shruti and Arjun must answer one question neither of them was ready to ask: Can a marriage born from duty turn into something real?

Emma Dave believes that her life is destined to fail especially when her dad kicks her out of her home and her step mom takes over everything.Aside from that, her job proposal fails.... but unexpectedly that same day,Draken Hunt, a billionaire boss happens to have an accident and Emma ends up saving him.Draken traps her in a marriage through a lie,secretly protecting her and hurting back tenfold anyone who hurts her...changing her life and destiny to greatness.