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Owen and Kate met when they were both in college. Then, Owen was one of the richest guys on campus, from the prestigious Sinclair family. The Steele family was also a rich one, though not as rich as the Sinclairs. The patriarchs of both families were friends and arranged for both their heirs to get married right out of college, since they already seemed to get along. Maria, Kate's mother was thrilled she got to call the most eligible bachelor in the city her son-in-law. Things go smoothly until Owen's father and grandfather both die in an airplane crash, leaving Owen alone, with his stepmother and stepbrother for company. Owen's step-relatives had always been jealous and had never liked him, so when the leaders of the Sinclair family were suddenly absent, they took advantage of the fact, kicking Owen out of the house and depriving him of his inheritance. Owen no longer had the wealth that had buoyed him for so long, and found himself helpless. The Steeles we're unhappy with the turn of events, and over the years, they seemed to forget whom Owen once was. They insulted and mistreated him, even turned his own wife against him. Kate cheated on Owen countless times, and treated him with disregard until one day, Owen suddenly got fed up and left. Imagine the shock on all their faces when he returns richer and more powerful than ever before. Deception will peak as everyone fights to get back in his good books.

"Step away. She's mine." Eric’s voice was calm but firm, his smirk barely concealed. The man in front of him scoffed. "And what about her?" He pointed at another woman. Eric chuckled, unfazed. "Also mine." The man’s face twisted in disbelief. "And… her too?" Eric nodded casually. "What can I say? A king doesn’t turn away his queens." Frustrated, the other man threw his hands in the air. "How many women do you even need?!" Eric grinned, tilting his head slightly. "As long as beauty exists, they will always belong to me." --- Life had always been cruel. Fired from his job over a ridiculous reason. Dumped by his girlfriend for being broke. Just when he thought things couldn’t get worse, a drunk driver sent him flying. Most would call it the end. For Eric Carter, it was just the beginning. [Ding! Activation requirements met. System initializing…] [Welcome to the Royal Harem System—Dedicated to building the greatest harem in history.] A slow, confident smirk stretched across Eric’s lips as he cracked his knuckles. "From today onward, I, Eric Carter, will be the undisputed Harem King." He straightened his posture, radiating newfound confidence. "Excuse me, miss. You're breathtaking. Would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"

For thr‌ee years, Ethan⁠ Vance was the joke of the city. To his screaming mother-i‍n-l⁠aw, he was a penniless loser who could barely‍ budget the groceries. To the elite corporate clans‌, he was a nameles‍s parasit⁠e ridin‍g the coat-tails of his beautiful wife, Chloe⁠. He washed‌ th‍eir dishes, t‌ook their insu‌lts, an‌d stayed entirely silent. They thought he was a nobody. They forgot who mapped the⁠ mountains. ⁠Fo‌ur year‌s‌ ago, Ethan was the Suprem‍e Comma‍nde‍r of the Veridian Vanguard, the "Shadow E‌mperor" b‌etrayed a‍nd left for dead by‌ the co‌ntinent's ruling alliance. His three years of domestic⁠ exile weren'‍t a r‍etreat; they we‍re a countd⁠own. Now, the allianc⁠e has cros⁠sed the line‍, targeti⁠ng his wife’s compan‌y and pushing his f‍amily to t⁠he brink. The c⁠ountdown is over. The⁠ God-Sla‍yer batteries are charging‍, the‌ hidden Shadow Legion is emerging fro⁠m the dark, and Ethan‍ is fina‌lly stepp‌ing out o‍f the k‌i‌tchen. The elite clans‍ wanted a war. But the und‍erestimated son-in-law is abou⁠t to collect every‌ single receipt, and he wo‌n't stop until the e⁠ntire cont‌inen‍t is burning at his wife‍'s feet.

Infidelity amidst triumph and defeat - isn’t too high of a price to pay when you’re a college soccer league talk of the town, but when you are secretly loving your girlfriend’s best friend, and your girlfriend secretly love the water boy while you are bound to a hospital bed; it is a whole different ballgame. “You and Rebecca been loving each other, behind my back Daniel?!” "You have been loving the water boy, while have been sick and in the hospital?! I can’t show my face anywhere now! Drama escalates in the blink of a scandal on American state Campuses. A text, a post, a cringe compromising photo! No secret is too loud to be kept under wraps! No star is too popular to quiet a scandal! The Dream League trophy needs to come home a second year in a row! It is up to one injured striker, one substitute, one faithful team, one dismantled cheerleading squad, one determined coach! “You are nothing but a lowdown dirty filthy scumbag! I will see to it that you never step foot on another campus soccer field!” Will a bad tackle and a web of deafening scandals stop The Holloway Pinnacles from taking home the Championship title a second year in a row? One team has to raise the trophy! One team have to turn and walk away! Will love take it all, or is it a campus story flooded with erotic steam and sensual boiling points?

EARTH ONLINE The black towers hung silent over every city for six months. Then, one November morning, a child's bright voice rang out in every head at once — Earth has gone online — and gave the world three days to eliminate a stranger, or be erased. Half the planet didn't make it. Cole Mercer is a librarian. Quiet, exact, ruthlessly calm — the kind of man who reads the room while everyone else is screaming. When the games begin he finds he's been handed no fire, no lightning, no gift worth the name: only a snide little book that collects the powers of the people he kills, and a mind that has never once lost a game that had rules. The Spire has a great many games. Every one is a trap dressed as a fairy tale, and every one can be solved — if you're cold enough, and fast enough, and willing to do the math while the monster is still smiling. But there's a voice on the other end of a cracked artifact, two hundred miles away: the strongest player on the server, a man Cole has never seen, who already seems to know exactly how he thinks. The tower wants them to climb. It should never have let them meet first. A slow-burn M/M apocalypse where the deadliest thing in any room is two minds that refuse to lose — and the one mistake the end of the world ever made was growing them a partner.

Julie’s expression hardened, her desperation transforming into a steely determination. "If you really love me, you would do this for me," she insisted. "You have nothing to lose, Jason. But for me, it means everything. My career, my future... It’s all at stake here." Jason Grey felt the weight of her words pressing down on him, a crushing pressure that made it hard to breathe. He loved Julie deeply, but the idea of sacrificing himself for her crime was unthinkable. "Julie, this is insane," he said, his voice strained. "You’re asking me to throw my life away for something you did. I can’t do that." After taking the fall for a crime his wife committed, Jason was released from prison after five years. Upon returning home, he found his wife in an intimate position with his best friend. Feeling betrayed and heartbroken, Jason confronted his wife, only for her to show no remorse and reveal her intention to divorce him. Just as everything seemed to be going wrong for Jason, he received a phone call from a woman who revealed his true identity: he was actually the son of the owner of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, and his real name was Jason Tempest. Now, with a new identity and a renewed sense of purpose, Jason vowed to take revenge on his wife and best friend for their betrayal. However, he also needed to prove himself worthy and adapt to the cutthroat world of business.

He died at the height of cultivation. He woke up in the body of Lin Fan — F-rank, the weakest awakened human in the eastern city, a name people use as the punchline of a joke. He planned to sit quietly, heal, and work out who killed him. He never gets the chance. Because people keep kneeling. An old woman bows to him in the middle of the road. A billionaire forgets his own sentence halfway through it. A beast that hasn't lowered its head to anything in a thousand years calls him Your Majesty. And the girl who spent three years guarding a loser's reputation looks up at him without a flicker of surprise and says, softly: "You finally came back." He has never met her. That is the whole problem, and it is total. Everyone who looks at his face is remembering a man he cannot recall. His memories are complete — he's certain of it. He remembers the climb. He remembers the sky. He remembers the poison. He just can't remember his own name. Somewhere behind him is a life so vast the world still bends toward it. Somewhere ahead is the woman who has been waiting for him to come back. And the people who killed him the first time are still out there — still powerful, still watching, still certain he is dead. They're about to be very disappointed.

"You think a loser like you could ever have me?" Selena sneered, flipping her hair as she clung to Derek’s arm. Jason's heart pounded in his chest. He had done everything for Selena—her homework, her errands, even covered for her when she skipped class. And now, she was throwing it all in his face, laughing at him in front of the entire campus. "You’re pathetic, Jason. You’ll never be good enough for someone like Selena," Derek added, smirking. That night, drowning in anger and humiliation, Jason scrolled through his phone, only to see a strange app appear on his screen. "The Game of Kings"—he hadn’t downloaded it, but it was there, glowing like a beacon. Curious, he tapped it. A message popped up: "Enter your name to begin. Rise or fall—it’s your choice." Jason hesitated, then typed his name. The screen flashed. "Level 1 complete. Claim your reward: $2,000,000 or continue playing?" His breath caught. Two million grand? Was this a dream? His bank app confirmed it—his balance had skyrocketed overnight. Now, with wealth and power at his fingertips, Jason isn’t just playing to win. He’s playing to change his fate. Will he use the game to take down Derek and make Selena regret ever betraying him? Or will he realize that the true game is much bigger than revenge?

Eli Turner was the invisible kid at Crestwood High. Skinny, quiet, and always buried in books, he was the prime target for bullies. Every day, he was shoved into lockers, laughed at in the cafeteria, and humiliated in the classroom. No one cared that he was a genius. No one cared that he had dreams. Least of all, Amelia Rhodes—the girl he once dared to admire from afar. The queen bee of Crestwood. She smiled at him once, and he thought maybe, just maybe, she was different. But that hope was shattered when she dumped a milkshake on his head during prom night, laughing with the rest of the crowd. "You're just a loser, Eli. Always have been, always will be," she spat, heels clicking away as the crowd jeered. Broken and humiliated, Eli almost gave up. Until the email arrived. "Welcome, Elijah Turner. You have unlocked your inheritance. The Turner Foundation and all its holdings are now yours." In disbelief, he opened the account. $250 million. Access to top private mentors, global influence, and a tech empire under his control. Now, Eli is returning—but not as the bullied nerd. This time, he’s the prodigy they never saw coming. With a new name, a sharpened edge, and the power to bring his enemies to their knees. Amelia will choke on her laughter. The bullies will bow. And Crestwood will never forget the day Eli Turner rewrote his story. Will Eli seek vengeance, or redemption?

In a world where the "System" grants incredible powers, Silas is branded an Aberrant—a cosmic mistake. His "Paradoxical Path" doesn't give him magic or strength. It gives him impossible, humiliating quests. Get pecked by five chickens. Let a squirrel steal your lunch. Get slapped in public by the Guild's golden boy. Everyone in the backwater village of Oakhaven laughs at the boy with the useless System. But with every absurd challenge completed, Silas earns a hyper-specific, seemingly worthless reward: unshakeable heels, the ability to retrieve stolen items, legs that can't be knocked down. When the arrogant Stormcaller Sir Alaric and his elite squad become trapped by a dungeon's monstrous vines, they're saved not by a mighty warrior, but by a "useless" Aberrant throwing a rock in the most inexplicable way possible. Forced into the Guild's most despised division—Branch C, "Miscellaneous Problems"—Silas must now navigate a hierarchy that despises him, using his growing arsenal of bizarre abilities to solve problems no one else can (or wants to): a cursed oven, a whispering river, a cat in a tree guarded by an axe-wielding hermit. All while fending off the schemes of a noble rival determined to prove he's just a lucky fool. For Silas, every impossible quest is a stepping stone. Every humiliation is a hidden strength. And the Guild is about to learn that the greatest threat to the status quo isn't a mighty hero, but the village idiot who sees a different set of rules entirely.