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Julian Ashford spent twenty-six years quietly holding his adoptive family's company together, closing every major deal Halden Corp ever took credit for. Then a stranger named Preston walks in claiming to be Richard Halden's real, biological son, and in a single afternoon Julian is cast out of the house, stripped of his position, and abandoned by his own fiancée. What his family doesn't know is that Julian secretly built Sterling Vale Group, one of the country's most powerful investment firms, entirely hidden from them. When he stops holding Halden Corp up, it starts to fall, and Julian patiently uncovers a scheme by a corporate raider named Elias Marsh to steal the family's most valuable land. But exposing Marsh doesn't end anything. Marsh was never the top of the chain, and the man funding him will not simply disappear. A cornered Preston, desperate and out of options, makes a choice that nearly costs Julian his life. A forgotten branch of the family resurfaces with a legal claim on everything Julian has built back. And once Julian's empire becomes public knowledge, a rival chairman circling for weakness decides Sterling Vale is the next company worth tearing apart. Every time it looks like Julian has finally won, the war gets bigger. Stay tuned for this ride with Julian and the empire nobody knew he built.

Once upon a time, I was as stupid as a dog. Wherever she went, I followed her, like a piece of chewing gum that could not be shaken off. I would eat shit and agree with her words. Everyone called me a "fool" and said that this was how my life would be, and how I would end. But when I finally woke up—— ...... "You said you were my wife but I do not deserve to be your husband? Oh, but look at your face! It's ugly to fit with mine even in a mere picture!" "Didn't you say you'd rather die than let me touch you? Now you're begging me, crying, wanting a son from me who looks like me—shouldn't you be dying instead?!" "Why is everyone saying I have been bullying? Sit back and watch, it's just the beginning." * * When the abandoned fool finally regained his memory, the whole world realized that they had offended the wrong person—they had to come begging for forgiveness. WHAT TO EXPECT: [o] In a nutshell, this is a Romance meets Indomitable Husband and The Heir... with a dash of Face slapping. [o] Progression Urban Story. No instantly showoff your wealth MC. [o] Much violence and romance elements. [o] Clever schemes, well detailed action, and in-depth character development and drama. [o] No system or magic

Three years of devotion. Seven days braving a frozen hellscape. All for a lie. Gerald risked everything to secure the Glacial Serum, enduring frostbite and near-death experiences just to keep his wife, Tina, safe from the creeping apocalypse. But when he returns, he isn't welcomed with open arms. Instead, he walks into a lavish celebration where Tina is flaunting a pregnancy—fathered by the wealthy best friend she always claimed was "just a friend." Mocked as a penniless factory worker and tossed to the jaws of a dimensional beast by the very family he bled for, Gerald expects the end. Instead, his agonizing death triggers the ultimate cosmic gift: his Primordial Essence awakens, snapping his consciousness backward through time. Reborn exactly one month before the world ends, the submissive "pack mule" is gone. Armed with absolute knowledge of the future, upcoming lottery numbers, and a booming stock market miracle that turns his meager savings into millions overnight, Gerald cuts the dead weight. Let them call him a broke nobody in his worn jacket. While his ungrateful ex-wife and her elite lovers scramble for scraps in the high-end restaurants of a dying city, Gerald is building an impenetrable empire of hoarded supplies and awakening ancient powers. The apocalypse is coming in twenty-one days. This time, Gerald isn't saving anyone. He's coming for blood.

Bathed in the blood of his true relatives, Lucien Valemont-No, Lucian Crownwald felt like the biggest and most ridiculous fool in Blue Sphere. He treated the enemy as precious treasures, and fell into their machinations. The enemy that kidnapped him, built him into a useful tool, and milked all of his worth to take down the Crownwalds by using their own bloodline. Endless regret was followed by endless despair at realizing he didn’t even have the chance to take revenge. As the only descendant left of the Crownwald, he became an eyesore to the Valemont, and the night after discovering the truth, his apartment burst up in raging flames. But, maybe he died with too much hate, regret and sorrow that a higher being decided to intervene, and gave him a glimmer of hope. A mechanical voice rang clearly in his dissipating consciousness. “Bzzt…Bzzt…The Returnee System is online.”

Ariful Haque is trapped in a dying, submerged Dhaka, caught in a time loop controlled by a parasitic System. With every death, he grows stronger, but the bio-mechanical monsters he fights grow smarter, using his own memories to hunt him. To survive, he must betray the woman he loves—or risk becoming the monster that ends humanity.

As underground caverns have opened, releasing demonic beasts that affect the human's survival. Keiran Cross, an ordinary man, found himself transported to a new era, where solutions are being sorted, to fight the demonic beasts. Keiran found himself in a magical academy, where he was a scholarship student but due to the demonic beasts invasion, their magical level needed to be detected. He was detected as having the lowest magical level , which brought him humiliation but his story changed when he was given another chance of gaining the highest magical level to conquer the demonic beasts.

[Warning: This book contains a lot of sexual explicit content. R18] Coyote Watkins’ life has been nothing short of a roller coaster. From a street kid adopted by his idol—NASCAR legend Louie Watkins—to a blacklisted former champion barely scraping by as a mechanic, he’s seen it all. Coyote hit rock bottom after being attacked by a client’s husband for allegedly assaulting his wife. With his car nearly destroyed and his spirit shattered, an impulsive and suicidal Coyote enters an underground race. He wins—but nearly dies in the process when a blinding light zaps into him, ejecting him from the car just moments before it explodes. A few minutes later he awakened to a cyan screen and a voice in his head. [The criteria required for activating the Speedracer Harem System have been fulfilled.] [System synchronization with host commencing.] [Synchronization complete. Congratulations. You have been given a chance to achieve your goal of beating Louie Watkins record.] Join Coyote as he tries to be the greatest NASCAR driver in the world, while having so much fun with women.

"Adam, look at yourself. You’re fat, you’re broke, and you’re a nobody. Staying with you is a waste of my youth." ​With those cold words, Adam Carter’s world shattered. He watched as his girlfriend of three years climbed into a luxurious car, leaving him standing in the rain. But the nightmare didn't end there. That same night, an accident took his life. ​ [Ding!] [Initializing the Supreme God of Wealth system...] [Initial Reward: $1,000,000,000,000!] Gone is the overweight student who was treated like a doormat. In his place is a man with a body carved by the gods and a bank balance that could buy entire cities. To the woman who dumped him for a rich playboy: You’re not even worth my pocket change.

When their only method of divorce is to frame him. A technique used to completely sabotage and ruin his image. With the belief that his life has reached it’s abrupt end. But they do not understand who they truly have wronged. He has returned for a single purpose. To spite them all Who is he? What is he? Those are the mysteries that haven’t been truly answered. To many he is a lowly trash who tried to steal from his ex wife’s company. But to the top one percent of the world. He’s the Young Master!

What would you do if the entire world wanted you dead… simply because you existed? Kai Ashford thought his biggest problems were paying bills and surviving another bizarre investigation job. Then an ancient inheritance awakens a forgotten power within him—Qi—turning him into the first cultivator in centuries and the one the world fears as the Last Cultivator. Now, every time he uses his powers, government satellites lock onto his location, deadly machines are deployed, and hunters descend upon the city. To survive, Kai must hide his identity, suppress his Qi, and continue living as an ordinary young man by day. His only ally is Aria Vale, a mysterious hacker who never leaves her hideout. From behind a computer screen, she erases his digital footprints, manipulates surveillance systems, and protects his secret while guiding him through a world of ancient legends and hidden conspiracies. Together, they uncover the truth about the Civilization Rift, a gateway to the last sanctuary of the immortals, and a terrifying project to create a weapon capable of killing gods. But the greatest shock awaits Kai. The woman leading the hunt for the Last Cultivator is Director Evelyn Ashford, the legendary enemy of all cultivators… and the mother he believed died long ago. She has spent her entire life hating immortals, believing they stole her child. She has no idea that the boy she is trying to capture is her own son. Caught between humanity and the surviving immortals, Kai must uncover the secret of his birth and decide where he truly belongs. Is he human? Is he a cultivator? Or is he the bridge between two races destined for war? And if the truth behind his existence is finally revealed… why did his dying master tell him to run from the world?