Contemporary

Adrian Vale has spent most of his life learning how to be invisible. As a scholarship student surrounded by wealth, he endures quiet humiliation, borrowed dignity, and the unspoken rule that people like him are meant to stay small. He works harder, speaks less, and lowers his gaze not because he lacks pride, but because survival demands it. When his girlfriend betrays him for a richer man and his classmates turn his struggle into entertainment, Adrian reaches what should have been his breaking point. Instead, something impossible happens. A single transaction changes everything. Behind the life of scarcity Adrian has always known lies a truth carefully hidden from him: he is the heir to a powerful business empire. Wealth he never touched. Power he never asked for. A legacy withheld to protect him. But money does not erase humiliation. Even after the truth begins to surface, Adrian is still doubted, dismissed, and challenged by a world that refuses to believe someone like him could belong at the top. Rather than announcing his rise, he chooses silence. Rather than chasing revenge, he lets systems, institutions, and authority expose the people who underestimated him. As Adrian steps from campus life into the ruthless world of business, he must learn that power attracts enemies far more dangerous than bullies, and that restraint can be more devastating than rage. While some who once mocked him seek forgiveness, others double down, determined to pull him back into the place they believe he belongs.

Johnny Lance was once an ordinary man with an extraordinary sense of responsibility. Growing up in the suburbs of New Veritas, he became the protector and provider for his younger sister, Claire, after their parents’ tragic death. Despite the hardships, Johnny built a modest life with his wife, Elena, and their young daughter, Lily. His dreams were simple: to give his family a better future. But the cracks in his life began to show when he risked everything to start a business with his charismatic best friend, Marcus Blackwood. What began as a partnership built on trust and ambition turned into betrayal. Marcus and Elena’s affair destroyed Johnny’s marriage, and Marcus’s ruthless business tactics forced Johnny out of his own company. Left with nothing—no family, no fortune, and no purpose—Johnny spiraled into despair. He moved into a dingy apartment on the outskirts of New Veritas, drowning in bitterness and regret. His longing to be reunited with his daughter, Lily, was the only light in his dark world. One night, in a drunken and reckless state, Johnny attempted to drive to see Lily, but a devastating car accident left him bleeding out on the brink of death. In his final moments, a mysterious message appeared in his mind: *"The Seven Deadly Sins System of Wealth has chosen you. Do you accept?"* Desperate for any semblance of hope or power, Johnny accepted. The system granted him his first ability: **Greed**, the power to see and manipulate opportunities for personal gain. With this newfound ability, Johnny rose from the ashes of his former life, using the system’s powers to amass unimaginable wealth and influence. His first act of “Greed” involved manipulating a failing stock, turning himself into a millionaire overnight.

Azrael, the God of Dominion, took over the body of a live-in son-in-law of the Hartwell family, Leon Ashford. Leon was a young man and an orphan who struggled his way through life and was deemed worthless in the eyes of his in-laws. He lived a life of humiliation and constant physical abuse, and he endured it all for the sake of his wife, Isabella Hartwell. His college rival, Victor Marston, the son of a rich billionaire, had always wanted Isabella for himself. Seeing Leon as an obstacle, he orchestrated an attack that left him beaten and bleeding in the streets, where he was left to die in the rain. Instead of death, Leon came back as a powerful ancient god whose sole purpose was to dominate the modern world.

Nathan and the others called Calvin a nobody. They destroyed his reputation, openly insulted his wife and publicly dishonored his late mother. Nathan was a billionaire with the entertainment world wrapped around his fingertips, while Calvin was the fallen industry superstar who now had nothing to lean on. However, to everyone's surprise, Calvin got fed up with the attacks against his family and suddenly declared war on Nathan, revealing that he too has secret weapons no one saw coming. When billionaires clash for complete control of the music industry, only one man will survive. Nevertheless, Calvin's enemies are yet to know his most dangerous secret yet…  Just who is Calvin Constantine?

Samantha stood before Michael, her tear-filled eyes pleading for his forgiveness desperately. "Michael, please, I beg you to forgive me," she cried out, her voice trembling. However, instead of the warm embrace or reassurance, Michael's face twisted with anger and malice, his voice dripping with venom. "No, Samantha," he retorted sharply. "The time for apologies is long gone. Now, it's time for revenge. You will pay for what you did." *** Michael Ventura, mistreated, insulted, and despised by all, now possesses special abilities and intends to use them effectively. He will stop at nothing to bring everyone who looked down on him to their knees before him and exact revenge upon them.

Around a sharp bend in the road, just as anger and confusion clouded his mind, a blinding light pierced the night . Before Dion could react, a massive collision sent his car skidding off the road. Metal crumpled and glass shattered as his world was thrown into chaos. The pain was excruciating. Dion felt as if he was being torn apart as he struggled to maintain consciousness as he was trapped within the wreckage. Blood trickled from a deep gash on his forehead, and his breathing was labored. [ Before the accident.] In the opulent surrounding of the Remington penthouse, Victor Remington stood before an expansive window,his face a mask of calculated determination. He dialed a number on his smartphone, his voice cold and devoid of emotion. " It is time to take care of the problem,"Victor said, his voice carrying a weighty command . " Make sure Dion never becomes a threat to this family. " The person acknowledge the order with a single word: "understood." Back at the scene of the accident, Dion teetered on the brink of death,unaware of the sinister forces at play. He was helpless and vulnerable. In his delirium, he could hear muffled voices,their words a distant murmur. They spoke in hushed tones as they assessed the wreckage,their attention focused on him. One of them, a tall and imposing figure, appeared to be giving orders. "We need to get him out of here,quickly," the leader said his voice commanding. Mistreated and plotted against .Almost at death's door, Dion finds himself in a sudden upgrade. Six years later,he is back for Revenge and to take what was rightfully his. and this time, he is DION BLACKFIELD.

For three years, Li Tian was the laughingstock of the Zhang family, they saw him as a penniless, spineless son-in-law forced to run errands and eat leftovers. Mocked by his wife’s relatives, humiliated by society, and treated like a servant, no one knew his true identity. Until the day he finally snapped. Because Li Tian wasn’t just some poor nobody. He was the Dragon King, the hidden ruler of an underground empire,a man who once vanished from the world after being betrayed by those closest to him. Now he’s back, and he’s not hiding anymore. Armed with limitless power, a secret system that unlocks his god-level potential, and a list of debts to collect, Li Tian is ready to flip the entire city upside down. The Zhangs wanted a dog to kick. They didn’t realize they’d leashed a dragon.

"Useless, impoverished son-in-law!" "Get lost!" ... These were the harsh words that Elmo Brown constantly had to endure while living with the Lara's family. His wife's family looked down on him, her relatives belittled him, and even his wife who is an upcoming actress constantly berated him, going as far as betraying him and being with another man. She had no shame when Elmo confronted her with evidence of her infidelity, and they forced him to divorce her. Little did they know Elmo had inherited the mighty Brown family fortune and now possessed wealth and power. The wife's relatives who once scorned him would now be trampled beneath his feet, one by one! The family that humiliated him would now be forced to grovel at the soles of his shoes! His unfaithful wife sought out a wealthy and powerful man, so he would show her what true, absolute power was. With Elmo's appearance, everything else was merely a speck of sand in his journey of revenge and reclaiming all that was rightfully his.

In a world where everyone tames powerful beasts, Lucien Drax is humiliated with a cracked, dying egg and labeled a failure. But when it hatches, everything changes. What he bonds with isn’t a beast… but a sealed Nightmare God. As Lucien rises from the lowest rank, fear follows in his wake, and those who once mocked him begin to disappear. Yet the more power he gains, the more dangerous his bond becomes. Because the creature at his side isn’t loyal only interested… and increasingly possessive. While others tame beasts… Lucien tamed a god.

Adrian McCain a lowly orphan fought his way to see himself through college and graduated with honors. He then got married to the daughter of a wealthy or prosperous family, he thought he would be happy, but that was not the case. He became a laughing stock, he was always looked down on and taunted due to his poor background by his very own in-laws day in, day out. He became an errand boy, to make it even worse the woman he was in love with and married, in other words his very own wife, joined hands with her family and made his life unbearable. But then, what if Adrian McCain isn't as poor as they thought he was? What happens when he finds out he wasn't even an orphan to begin with, but the son to a much more prosperous family? Will he have his revenge on those who looked down massively at him? Find out on 'BELITTLED SON-IN-LAW' by LADY E as you turn through it's intriguing pages.