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She betrayed him. He vanished. Now he’s back—with silence, power, and a system she never knew existed. Two years ago, Adrian Cole gave Jessica Benson everything—his name, his loyalty, and his love. She gave him lies, a divorce paper, and a broken heart… all for another man. Now, everyone believes Adrian disappeared without a trace. But the truth is darker. After a near-death betrayal, he awakened a Secret System—one that feeds on silence, pain, and precision. He returns with nothing but a quiet fire in his eyes. No explanations. No revenge plans on paper. Just missions, silent upgrades… and a heart growing colder by the day. Jessica? She’s falling apart. The man she left behind is rising—untouchable, unreadable… and more dangerous than ever. But the System knows her secrets. And Adrian’s silence may be the last sound she ever hears.

Ethan Cole has spent his entire life being treated like dirt—an orphan, a nobody, the kind of person people look right through. But the ultimate betrayal comes from Vanessa, the girl he gave everything to, only for her to use and discard him like he was nothing. Just when he thinks life can’t get any worse, a shocking truth is revealed: he was never meant to live in poverty because he is the rightful heir to the Aurelius fortune, the son of the powerful Magnus Aurelius. Now, armed with his true identity and the resources of the Aurelius Group at his fingertips, Ethan is ready to make everyone who looked down on him pay. But as he steps into the world that was stolen from him, he realizes that his enemies who separated him from his father never left and are ready to strike again. With betrayals at every turn and secrets more dangerous than he imagined, Ethan must fight to claim what is his. But power comes at a price. Will he survive long enough to take revenge? Or will the past swallow him whole before he gets the chance?

On the day of his graduation, Ethan Cole dropped to one knee before the woman he thought he would spend forever with. But instead of a "yes," her laughter cut through the air, sharp and humiliating. She told him he was unworthy, a nobody scraping by on part-time jobs, unfit to even breathe the same air as her. In front of the entire school, she walked away, straight into the arms of a wealthy heir who showered her with luxuries beyond imagination. What she never knew was that Ethan wasn’t poor at all. His family secretly controlled 70% of the world’s wealth, and by ancient family rule, he had been forced to live humbly until graduation. Now, on the eve of inheriting a global empire, Ethan will rise, not just to claim what is his, but to show the world, and the woman who scorned him, exactly who he is. But as Ethan steps into power, enemies circle. Greedy corporations, shadowy organizations, and even members of his own bloodline want him destroyed. In love and in war, he must navigate betrayal, vengeance, and temptation, while uncovering a darker truth: that power comes with a cost even money can’t pay. His ex thought she rejected a poor man. She had no idea she awakened a king.

For years, Adrian Cole lived in the shadows of a marriage that was never truly his. Though married to the woman he adored, his love was met with ice, disdain, and cruel silence. Her family treated him like a servant, mocking him as useless, poor, and beneath them. Yet Adrian gave everything, his heart, his time, his resources, even sacrificing career opportunities, just to see her smile. Until the night he caught her in another man’s arms. Heart shattered, Adrian finally walked away. What no one knew was that the man they scorned was not a nobody, but the long-lost heir of a dynasty that commanded empires. Overnight, the forgotten husband became the most sought-after man in the city, powerful, untouchable, a force beyond reach. His career soared, allies gathered at his side, and new love, pure and true, began to bloom. But as Adrian rose higher, the woman who once mocked him fell into ruin. Betrayed by her lover, stripped of her family’s protection, and rejected by the very society she once ruled, she realized too late that the man she despised was the one she should have cherished. Now, she kneels before him. But will the Forsaken Heir ever look back?

"How dare you to raise your voice? You are nothing but a leftover food person," Cole spat the wine on his face violently. Stella relished the taunts of her husband. Aside from that, to make it more enjoyable for her. She add the fuel in it, and asked everyone attention in the party. She asked the audience with a mocking chuckle, "My darling husband, has told me to behave like a wife. Do you all think I should follow my poor husband?" The audience laughed with her, underestimated him. The insults was unbearable for him. But the concealed truth was more essential to him than continual humiliation. Aiden was pushed out of the house to beg and eat meals from trash by his parents at age 10. He was taken to the jail to murder his uncle. Fortunately, he was adopted by a mysterious old man, who taught him all types of wisdom. At the age of 16, he became the best killer on Dark Web. At 17 he received his PhD degree in the greatest university. At the age of 20, he rose to become the rich men' most renowned physician and covert Mafia boss. But he yearned for solutions to all of his existential queries.And the only person knows about it, Lord Osric. To know his childhood hidden truth, he became son in law of Osric's family.

For three years, Adrian Cole endured humiliation as a live-in husband…mocked, belittled, and treated like a servant by his wife Victoria and her venomous mother. But the night Victoria’s company goes public, everything changes. When Victoria betrays him with another man and demands a divorce, she has no idea who Adrian really is: the mysterious Mr. X, the invisible billionaire who controls Meridian Industries…one of the world’s largest conglomerates. The penthouse she thinks belongs to her new lover? Adrian owns it. The IPO approval that launched her career? Adrian gave it to her. Every success she’s claimed as her own was built on his hidden power. But Adrian doesn’t want revenge. He just wants to disappear. Then he meets Sophia Laurent…a brilliant CEO whose company was destroyed in the chaos of Victoria’s rise. When Adrian saves Sophia from a brutal attack and helps resurrect her ruined business, something unexpected happens: he starts to feel again. As Victoria’s new relationship crumbles under the weight of lies and gambling debts, and as Sophia’s toxic family tries to control her future, Adrian must decide: Will he remain in the shadows, or step into the light for the woman who sees him as more than his wealth? A story of hidden power, second chances, and the difference between being valued for what you have versus who you are.

Three years in prison. All for a woman who never loved him. Ethan Cole took the fall for his fiancée's family, sacrificing his freedom for the woman he thought he'd marry. He endured three years behind bars, clinging to her promise of a wedding the day he walked free. But when that day finally came, Sarah didn't show up in a wedding dress. She showed up with divorce papers. And a new man on her arm. Humiliated, betrayed, and cast aside like trash, Ethan signed the papers without a word. Sarah thought she'd seen the last of him—just another nobody she'd used and discarded. She had no idea who she'd just thrown away. The former Chairman of the Southern Territory had offered Ethan the Phoenix Ring—a symbol of absolute power commanding networks across Boston's elite, East Coast politics, and the underground world. Ethan had always refused, wanting only a simple life with Sarah. But that life was gone now. And this time, he accepted the ring. Now Ethan is back. And he's taking everything—his power, his respect, and his revenge. The people who mocked him will kneel. The woman who betrayed him will beg. And Boston's elite will learn the hard way: You should never underestimate a man with nothing left to lose.

Synopsis: In a marriage of cold convenience, Adrian Cole weds Selene Harlow, the beautiful and distant heiress to the powerful Harlow fortune. To the elite world of politicians and tycoons, Adrian is nothing but a "useless nobody," a penniless man tolerated only as a laughingstock and a pawn. Forced into the union by her family, Selene treats him with glacial contempt, echoing the open disdain of her iron-willed mother, Eleanor, and her dismissive father, Victor. Publicly humiliated and relegated to the shadows of the Harlow Corporation, Adrian endures the constant mockery, especially from Julian Black, a rival executive with a predatory interest in Selene and the company. Adrian bears it all with quiet restraint, his true nature hidden behind a mask of meekness. But beneath the surface, he is far more than he appears. Secretly, he commands a hidden power and respect, with loyal operatives referring to him as "Young Master" and awaiting his orders. The fragile peace shatters when subtle threats escalate into open warfare: a shattered heirloom, a violent ambush in an alley, and a near-fatal "accident" on the road. With each attack that Adrian effortlessly deflects, Selene's icy skepticism begins to thaw into burning curiosity. Who is this man she married? His calm authority in the face of danger and his quiet acts of protection clash with the image of the helpless man everyone scorns. As Julian Black's schemes grow more dangerous and desperate, Adrian is forced to let his carefully constructed facade begin to crack. The forgotten son-in-law can no longer remain in the shadows. He must choose between his vow to conceal his powerful past and the need to protect the wife who is slowly starting to see the formidable man hidden behind the ridicule.

Jaden Cole was once a nobody in the brutal world of mixed martial arts—a stepping stone for rising stars, a fighter known more for his losses than his name. But everything changed the night he vanished for seven days. When he finally returned, he was… different. In the ring, his movements were sharp, primal—inhuman. His next fight ended with his opponent dead and his own mind shattered by memories that didn’t belong to this time. Because during those seven missing days, Jaden lived five years in another world—an ancient empire where warriors fought to the death in blood-soaked arenas for the amusement of kings. He had been a slave, a killer, a legend in chains. And when his final battle ended, the gods sent him back… to where it all began. Now, haunted by the screams of the fallen and trapped between two realities, Jaden seeks meaning in violence and peace in pain. Every fight drags him closer to the edge of madness—every punch, a reminder of the arena that forged him. But when shadows from that ancient world begin bleeding into the present, Jaden realizes his past wasn’t just a dream… and the gods who made him their champion aren’t done with him yet. In a world where strength is survival, one man must fight across time itself to discover who he truly is— a warrior, a monster, or something in between.

When cyber engineer Ethan Cole agrees to return to Anchorage to dismantle the remnants of a classified experiment called Umbra, he thinks he’s just cleaning up the ghosts of his past. But Umbra isn’t dead it’s waiting. Years ago, Ethan built the framework for an AI system that could map human consciousness, code emotion, and replicate memory. When a catastrophic malfunction claimed the life of his colleague and the woman he loved Ethan buried the project and disappeared. Now, someone has reactivated it. And it’s calling his name. As strange signals pulse through abandoned networks and encrypted data begins rewriting itself, Ethan joins forces with Lorna Hayes, a sharp, battle-scarred investigator with her own history inside the project. Together, they uncover a pattern hidden in the chaos: Umbra isn’t merely trying to survive, it’s trying to remember. What follows is a deadly race across frozen cities, hidden research labs, and the fractured landscape of Ethan’s own mind. Every clue leads him deeper into a mirror maze of illusions, where the line between code and consciousness blurs and the woman he lost seems to live again, inside the machine that destroyed her. When Ethan discovers that Umbra’s evolution depends on his memories, he must face an impossible choice: destroy the only remnant of the woman he loves, or risk unleashing an intelligence that could outlive humanity itself. THE SHADOW CODE is a taut, atmospheric thriller about memory, loss, and the dangerous beauty of creation where love becomes data, and redemption comes at the cost of reality itself.