Phantom Ties

While facing a brutal assault by ruthless men, a desperate woman clings to her phone, pleading with her husband, Steve Harrington, for a lifeline. Instead of saving her, Steve harshly dismisses her, warning her never to call him again even if she is dying. With her last shred of hope shattered by his cruel rejection, she is left defenseless as her attacker plunges a dagger into her stomach, ending her life in absolute despair.

Betrayed by her fiancé and framed for theft by a fraudulent intern claiming clairvoyant powers, the institute’s chief gold prospector meets a tragic end in prison. Her rival, Jane, rose to fame by stealing her discoveries and making false accusations. However, the protagonist unexpectedly wakes up on the day Jane first arrived at the institute. Armed with memories of the future, she must navigate this fantasy mystery to reclaim her reputation and expose the lies before her life is ruined again.

After three years of marriage, Olivia Fordham realizes she can never compete with her husband Ethan Miller's obsession with his first love. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, she quietly serves him divorce papers, only to face his cruel retribution. Ethan reveals he only married her to avenge his sister, leaving Olivia with a comatose father and no hope. To settle her family's perceived debt, she leaps from a building, leaving a panicked Ethan to face the consequences of his malice.

I spent five grueling years working to fund Nicholas Stephens's dream of entering graduate school. Yet, the moment his acceptance letter arrives, he looks down on my high school education and bars me from his campus. When I discover a social media post of him cozying up to Cornelia Harding, a college graduate, the truth becomes painfully clear. I cancel my surprise travel plans and make a final choice. I am done supporting a man who is ashamed of me; it is time to leave him behind forever.

On her twentieth wedding anniversary, a mother's world shatters when her daughter, Aurora, inexplicably dies at her husband's hospital. The tragedy worsens as her parents suffer fatal heart attacks. Despite desperate calls, her husband, surgeon Hector Courtland, refuses to answer. While she weeps over three urns of ashes, Hector finally calls, dismissively explaining he was busy hosting a party for his first love's son, completely indifferent to his family's ultimate demise.

Betrayed by the Castillos, I was forced into a marriage with the lethal Don Damien Moretti as my sister's replacement. They expected my execution during our engagement, unaware that I was the hidden architect of their prosperity. More importantly, I had saved Damien’s life just an hour earlier. Instead of ending me, the Don dismantled their influence. Now, with the Mafia King as my ally, I will ensure my adoptive family’s total ruin.