Ruthless

(Gideon Vesarius' Story) At the age of nineteen, Lyzza joined an auction to sell her body out of desperate need. Whoever has the highest bid will get her virginity. And it happened to be Gideon Vesarius, the bad-ass ex-military, multi-billionaire. He had her, then left her life. She thought it would be forever. Four years later, when she was about to be an intern at a large airline company, she did not expect that the man who owned her virginity also owned the company. He found her secret, and their three-year old daughter. Will he take the kid away? Or… he gave her another choice - marry him!

Eli Thorne is hated by his in-laws because he is poor and an orphan, he receives insults anywhere he goes and wishes for nothing more than to be rich in order to have a better life and spoil his wife, the only person he believes truly loves him. One day he receives a letter and a key that would change his life forever Power is forged. Blood remembers. And some keys were never meant to be turned.

Grit, that was Elijah Langston's life. He knew life was harsh to the poor but his life was a combo of threat— harsh and bitter like bile. People relate with him like trash, spat in his face like his life was a cruel joke. The only person who he thought had his back and believed in him, Clara, his girlfriend was caught in seclusion, in a flashy hotel room with an arrogant billionaire in, Derek Vaughn. Not a flicker of guilt, no repentance, Clara spat it to his face, calling him all sorts of gruesome names that left him devasted and shattered. “Take a look around peasant, this life is what I deserve and not the hell you made me pass through. To hell with your love!” Clara didn't just hurt him, he made him look like a fool, taking side with Derek even when he was the one hurt. But a call. Just a call changes Elijah's life.

He was cast out. Forgotten. Left for dead. Jeffrey Goodman, the firstborn son of the powerful Goodman Empire, was supposed to inherit it all. But his father’s cold rejection, his stepmother’s cunning manipulation, and his half-brother’s ruthless betrayal forced him into exile. The world thought he vanished. But in the shadows… he was rising. Now, he's back—not just as the true heir, but as the ruthless king of the criminal underworld. Armed with secrets that can shatter dynasties and a vengeance sharpened by time, Jeffrey will reclaim his empire, avenge his father's mysterious death, and burn anyone who stands in his way. The Goodman family wanted a war. They just didn’t know it was already here.