Stand-in

Alarick has always thought that he is a poor orphan. He married into a rich family, the Blythes. But because of his poverty, he is humiliated, maltreated and shamed on a daily basis by his wife and her family. He finally gets fed up and asks for a divorce after he caught his wife cheating on him on their marriage anniversary of all days. Angry with his decision to end the marriage instead of remaining as her slave, his wife disgraces him further by throwing him out of the house and tarnishing his image by making it seem like he was the one who cheated on her. Penniless and with his name dragged through the mud by everyone, he thinks all is lost till he was found by a stranger who claimed that he is the heir to a multi trillion empire. Now he will make sure that everyone who ever mocked him, came crawling back to him on their knees, begging for a mercy he had no plan to give. Alarick's new world is turned upside down by unexpected betrayals, threats and danger. The past creeps back into his life and obstacles are placed before him. Will they bring him down? Or will we witness the rise of a discarded son-in-law?

The Five-year engagement is over, says the mother-in-law. You useless person, leave my home as soon as possible. Six days later, the Son-in-law became the head of a wealthy Family. The Mother-in-law pleaded for forgiveness. Good Son-in-law, I beg you not to leave my daughter. Will he be able to forgive her? Read the book to find out.

Over ten years ago, Kelvin got expelled from his family by his father after his mother's death due to some complicated matters. Since then, Kelvin has lived a life of struggles and survival. He fell in love with a young lady and eventually got her pregnant. Her parents despised him but allowed them get married and have the baby so it doesn't bring shame to their family. After the marriage, Kelvin's wife gave birth to twins and it made his in-laws even more furious. He was a GOOD-FOR-NOTHING live-in SON-IN-LAW to them and now also brought the burden of two children to them as well. Kelvin was his mother-in-law’s househelp, running all the errands for her just to satisfy her. He also tried his luck at various places for a good job but the best he could find was a gatekeeper which paid him a little stipend, barely enough to feed him for a month let alone his wife and two children. His father-in-law took on the responsibility of catering for his grandchildren’s education, enrolling them in one of the best schools in the city. The same school where one of his wife's nieces who is married to a billionaire had her children. Kelvin's mother-in-law continued to push for an end to Kelvin's marriage to her daughter but her daughter wouldn't give in to her pressure because of her twins. However, five years passed now and Kelvin wasn't getting any better with his situation. It became a major issue for the family especially with many wealthy suitors coming for his wife and his mother-in-law has become a laughingstock to her sisters and their children. DOES KELVIN SEEK FORGIVENESS FROM HIS FATHER AND REGAIN HIS LOST STATUS OR DOES HE JEOPARDIZE THE FUTURE OF HIS MARRIAGE AND HIS CHILDREN???

What would be the next thing to do when the person you cared so much for leave you at the point of your need?. Moore is a poor but hardworking guy, he worked round the clock just to satisfy his wife but suddenly, Fiona his wife brought in another man and mocked him, calling him useless, in front of her lover and also make him a subject of mockery. He was shattered and pained. However, he was still in a delusion when an old man walked in with his bodyguards. He claimed to that his young master is Moore who was wealthy. Everybody was shocked including Moore as he has never being rich before. What makes Moore the young master? How did he become the young master? Will Fiona go back to him if she finds out about the young master?.

Andreas Lewis is the husband of Cindy Bowie, a daughter who is not considered by her extended family. Cindy Bowie is an adopted child, this woman chose to marry Andreas, who is a scavenger. Increasingly annoyed, the Bowie family increasingly disliked Andreas and Cindy Bowie, until finally they got an unreasonable condition to legally join the Bowie family by starting their own company. And one night Andreas accidentally hit a light when he was about to be hit by a car, and this changed his life one hundred and eighty degrees where he suddenly became the owner of a gold card with a balance of one thousand billion dollars. Will Andreas be able to answer the Bowie family’s challenges? Or will he miss out on a golden opportunity to become a millionaire?

In the midst of pouring rain, Leon Carter sits alone, drowning in despair over his crumbling life. Once madly in love with Sophia Winters, the girl who vowed to marry him or no one else, he now faces her icy indifference, her parents' disdain, and a marriage reduced to ashes. When a strange message flashes on his phone—"Do you want to change your fate? Y/N"—Leon hesitates, dismissing it as a hallucination. But something compels him to press “Y,” unlocking a mysterious “Life Advancement System.” His first task seems trivial—run two miles—but the reward, a flood of financial knowledge, feels too real to ignore. Returning to the mansion he shares with Sophia’s family, he’s confronted with divorce papers and an offer to leave with a settlement. To their shock, Leon rejects it all, walking away with nothing but quiet defiance. As he steps into the rain, his phone buzzes again: “Congratulations. Task complete. Reward: A mansion unlocked".

For three years, Ethan Cole let the Whitfield family believe he was nothing a jobless, spineless live-in son-in-law good only for chores and silence. What they never learned: Ethan quietly ran Cole Dynamics, a global tech empire, from a laptop in their guest room. When Gerald Whitfield forces a humiliating divorce to seal a merger, Ethan signs without a fight and disappears. He doesn't come back to beg. He comes back to collect. One by one, the people who spent three years underestimating him the father-in-law who discarded him, the brother-in-law who sabotaged him, the rivals who laughed at him learn exactly whose empire they've been standing in the shadow of.

Riven Kaelen spent three years as the despised live-in son-in-law of the powerful Mercer family. To help his wife, Sloane Mercer, build her business empire, he sacrificed everything—his inheritance, his dreams, and his dignity. While Sloane rose to become the celebrated CEO of Vespera Corp, Riven became nothing more than a joke in the eyes of her family. Mocked by his in-laws, humiliated by strangers, and forced to work as a delivery rider just to pay his mother's medical bills, Riven endured it all in silence. But when his mother falls critically ill and requires a million-dollar surgery, Riven turns to the one person he once trusted—his wife. Instead of helping him, Sloane presents him with divorce papers and a cruel ultimatum. Sign away his remaining shares in her company or watch his mother die. To complete her betrayal, she transfers ownership of a bankrupt company called Veridian Global to him, believing she has finally rid herself of her worthless husband. What she doesn't know is that Veridian Global is far from bankrupt. Hidden beneath years of neglect lies a business empire worth billions. Overnight, the son-in-law everyone looked down on becomes one of the wealthiest men in the country. Now, the Mercer family wants forgiveness. His ex-wife wants him back. His enemies want mercy. But after years of humiliation, Riven has only one answer: They should have treated the son-in-law better when they had the chance.

Jaxon never expected a one-night stand to change everything. But when he wakes up next to Callie, the daughter of the man he believes is behind his parents’ murder. Everything he’s been chasing starts to blur. She’s soft-hearted, beautifully broken, and completely unaware of the blood on her family’s hands. He’s the heir to a fortune he can’t reveal, wrapped up in secrets he can’t afford to tell. Now he has to make a choice, protect the girl who’s beginning to heal him… or expose the truth and risk losing her forever.

At this time Damien's phone vibrated rapidly. He took out from his pocket, this got him a snort from the lady opposite him. Looking at his phone, he saw a strange message. [Ding! System fully activated. Awarded welcome gifts, do you wish to receive it?] Damien could not help but frown as this was somewhat unusual. What welcome gift? He never applied for anything online. 'Hah! These mobile phones ads are really something.' Ding! The next moment the phone's screen flashed red, and the returned to normalcy a few seconds later. «Ding! Congratulations, you just received twenty thousand dollars.» «Ding! Congratulations, you just received ten thousand dollars.» «Ding! Congratulations, you just received ten thousand dollars.» Damien could not help but wonder; is this a program that keeps giving out fake awards? However at this time, a new message popped up, he received two text messages from his bank. "Wells Fargo Bank: Credit alert; twenty thousand dollars" "Wells Fargo Bank: Credit alert; ten thousand dollars" "Wells Fargo Bank: Credit alert; ten thousand dollars" Damien was startled. These three amounts turned out to be the exact amount this ads sent me.