A Shoulder You Never Saw

I thought I found true love, but it was all an elaborate trap. My boyfriend built our entire relationship on deception, weaving a heartbreaking, fabricated tale about his dysfunctional family to win my sympathy. Blinded by affection, I fell for his manipulation, only to watch him systematically strip away everything I owned. Now, the mask has finally slipped, revealing the ruthless liar beneath the disguise. I am left with nothing but the devastating truth of his ultimate betrayal.

On the eve of her wedding, her fiancé vanishes from the rehearsal, only to send a devastating ultimatum. He demands they postpone their marriage for three years so he can legally wed another pregnant woman to register her child. Worse, he insists she take the blame for the delay to protect his friend's reputation. Done with his betrayal, she replies with a single word of agreement—not to wait for him, but to walk away from their relationship forever.

The charred body in the morgue is not Lorenzo. His grieving twin is the man himself, having murdered his brother and swapped identities to flee their marriage with his pregnant mistress, Valentina. In her first life, Rosalind's refusal to sign the death certificate led to public humiliation, the loss of her widow's benefits, and her children starving in a freezing alley while Lorenzo laughed from the shadows. Reborn in the Syndicate safehouse, she makes a different choice. Without tears or pleas, she legally declares Lorenzo dead, positioning herself to inherit his entire criminal empire. Her goal is absolute: seize control, protect her children, and reduce the man who discarded them to ash.

Samuel Westbrook is the absolute ruler of Harbor City's empire. He saved me from my tormentors, and now, we are expecting our long-awaited child. But our perfect life shatters when a late-night call from his casino claims Samuel has committed an assault. Expecting an enemy setup, I rush to the scene, only to confront a fragile girl wearing my identical wedding ring. Defiantly stepping on my daughter's portrait, she rages over Samuel missing her midnight birthday.

Valeria Romano spent years preparing to assassinate Lorenzo De Luca, the man she blamed for her father's death. However, she discovers a shocking betrayal: her uncle Marco is the actual murderer. Now forced into a political marriage with Lorenzo, Valeria must navigate a treacherous criminal landscape to eliminate her true enemy. As she pursues Marco, her deep-seated resentment for her new husband evolves into a complex bond that threatens her mission.

Forgiving her husband's first betrayal was a mistake. Now, in this dark mafia romance, Gabriel’s second affair with Serena has pushed things to a deadly limit. When his mistress vanishes to Europe with his unborn child, Gabriel threatens his wife at knifepoint, begging her to let the baby live and promising she can raise it. She gives him the location, but as soon as he leaves, she reaches for a burner phone. To escape his cruelty, she must call in one final, dangerous favor.