Marriage First, Love Second

Suddenly, at the stroke of midnight, magic happen and hundreds of notifications started popping up on the screen. Barry's trades took off in a way that defied all logic with profits soaring on a larger scale. He was earning billions of dollars per second. After the first second, he earned $10.42 billion. After a minute, he made $625 billion. After an hour, Barry made over $37.5 Trillion. Barry continued to sleep, unaware his laptop was blowing up with unimaginable wealth....

Ethan Sterling has always had control. As the CEO of Sterling Enterprises and a self-made billionaire, his life revolves around precision, strategy, and power. Nothing—and no one—distracts him from his goals. That is, until Clara Bennett walks into his office, fearless, determined, and unlike anyone he has ever met. When a high-stakes business arrangement threatens his empire, Ethan makes a bold proposition: a contract marriage with Clara. What begins as a calculated, strategic partnership is meant to secure his personal and professional interests—but it quickly spirals into something far more complex. Navigating public scrutiny, family expectations, and business rivalries, Ethan must confront his own fears of vulnerability and trust. Clara’s resilience, independence, and integrity challenge him in ways he never anticipated, stirring emotions he has long suppressed. As the contract unfolds, Ethan discovers that love can emerge even in the most calculated arrangements, forcing him to balance ambition with desire, control with surrender, and strategy with the heart. “The Sterling Accord” is a tale of power, passion, and the unexpected vulnerability that comes with opening oneself to love.

After a mysterious woman gives Bryan the boot from his reality, he finds himself in a bit of a predicament: Graduate from Chromaryn Academy or face execution. To make it to graduation and keep his head, he will need to grow stronger with his magic and form a team to help him overcome any obstacle. Strangely enough, except for Bryan, only women join his team... According to him, this is a byproduct of “calculated luck”… Whatever that means…

Raymond Winston is the abandoned son of the Winston family, after surviving ten years away from home. With news that he has just one more year before he dies of an incurable sickness, Raymond is forced to marry into the Brooks family as a live-in- son-in-law and is despised even more there. Determined to get revenge on all of the people that had harmed him, Raymond keeps his identity hidden until the right time. Who would have imagined that the weak and dying son-in-law is the supreme boss that has all the rich family eager to meet and please?

Ethan got manipulated into a contract marriage after he woke up from coma, with his memories wiped. He was treated as a slave and trampled upon in the Logan's family. Then, one day, a huge tattooed man appeared on his doorstep and revealed he was the son of the richest man in the country and the heir. Now, he would make them pay for manipulating him.

William's life as an orphan has been miserable since childhood. His life didn't change until adulthood; cheated on by his girlfriend, humiliated, fired from his job, and evicted by his landlord. However, his life changed after obtaining the Limitless Destiny System which allowed him to change his destiny to become whoever he wanted.

“What is right and what is wrong in a world where survival is all that matters?” Stuck in an unusual game of survival, Mikaila has these words keep repeating in her mind. Out of necessity, Mikaila was forced to participate in a massively multiplayer role-playing game that features a very unique gameplay; players have to use their real physical bodies to enter the fantasy world. Due to the harrowing nature of the game, Mikaila’s morals are continuously challenged as she progresses in this brutal world. Can she hold on to her principles? Or will the infectious cruelty of this world tarnish her soul? Note: This is the second book of the story Utopian Fantasy: "A Fair Game". It's better to read the preceding story first to better understand the context of some events. You can read the first book on the same platform. Art Cover by @kuma_chan28 Contact him for commissions: kumac215@gmail.com

Rosalie Jacobs had been married to Byron Lawrence for three years before finally getting a divorce. The entirety of Coast City frowned upon her as the outcast wife of a rich family.Six years later, Rosalie returned to the country with a pair of twins and became a world renowned miracle doctor.Countless people flocked to marry her.Suitor No. 1 said, "Miss Jacobs, are your children missing a father? What do you think of me? If you agree, I will treat them like my own."Suitor No. 2, "Miracle doctor Jacobs, I was blown away by your beauty and talent when I first met you. I would like the chance to love you to the best of my ability for the rest of my life. President Lawrence is blind to turn his back on you. I would never leave you!"Just then, a little girl appeared. She hugged Rosalie's leg and said, "Mommy, daddy has been kneeling on the washboard for three days and three nights now. He asked if you’d calmed down yet. If you have, he wants to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get remarried."

They mocked him. Betrayed him, and left him to die. Now he wears a mask to hide the scars from the past. Steven Hale was once a poor, broken student—bullied, humiliated, and beaten down by life. Until tragedy revealed a shocking truth: he’s the missing heir to the powerful Hale empire. But this isn’t a Cinderella story. It’s a payback. Reborn as Sinclair Hale, the mysterious billionaire CEO, he returns to Avalon City with one mission: revenge. And nothing—not even a contract fiancée chosen to subdue him—will stand in his way. But then there’s April Dawn—his sweet, clumsy personal assistant who wasn’t supposed to matter. With her loyalty, and unexpected courage, she begins to see the man behind the mask… the man Steven no longer believes he can be. When old enemies rise and betrayal hits too close, Sinclair must choose to either cling to the darkness that made him… or fight for the love he never saw coming. What will he do? Will his mission to seek revenge stand? Will he choose love over everything?

Charming had never been an issue for exiled Crown Prince, Wilhelm. Women came easy to him but he had been in love with another for as long as he could remember. Sent away by his father with the condition of his return home being for Wilhelm to convince a Princess, who has no interest in anything other than God and entering into the monastery, to be his wife. It was bad enough that that he didn't want her but the damn woman evades him at all cost. But he would try, no matter what it takes. Even if it means seducing a nun. For his family, there’s nothing Wilhelm won’t do. However, Princess Giselle Marié seems to have secrets and ideas about marriage – all not in the favour of an arrogant Prince.