Sit Down, Be Humble

I spent five years as Alex Brown's emotional substitute while he remained obsessed with Alice. I endured his frostiness and the pack's mistreatment until our contract expired, allowing me to finally pursue my design career. Eventually, Alice’s avarice bankrupted Alex, and her fabricated pregnancy led to their ultimate downfall. After the pair committed suicide in despair, I was finally liberated from a loveless marriage that was never intended for me.

Elara’s world shatters when she is cruelly rejected by her fated mate, the Alpha of the Crescent Pack. Rather than accepting her rightful place, the cold leader chooses a more politically advantageous partner, leaving Elara broken and exiled. However, as she struggles to survive on the fringes of werewolf society, she discovers a shocking secret about the Alpha’s lineage. To reclaim her dignity, she must challenge the false king's rule.

Lila thought her engagement to Carter Sterling would rescue her family's finances, but the morning after their celebration, an anonymous photo exposes his affair with her childhood friend Paige. Confronting them only deepens the betrayal: her father demands she preserve the merger, using her mother's critical medical bills as leverage. Forced to play devoted while trapped among liars, her desperate act of revenge leads her into the arms of Julian Sinclair—Carter's merciless cousin. As Paige attempts a public humiliation, Lila's resolve hardens. She will no longer survive this gilded cage; she intends to destroy the corrupt world that shackles her.

Locked out of his family’s new home, a son makes a devastating discovery: his parents registered their two dogs for facial recognition but left him out. To get inside, he must hoist a fifty-pound retriever to scan the gate. When he begs to be added, his parents refuse, prioritizing their overseas son's pets over him. Deemed an ungrateful disappointment who brings no joy, he stares at the security screen labeling him an unrecognized stranger—and decides to leave for good.

Exhausted from her hospital shift, a woman returns home to a trap: her husband Kian’s mistress fakes a miscarriage to frame her. Kian brutally attacks his wife, leaving her bleeding to save his lover. In the aftermath, she discovers Kian has been poisoning her for months. Done with being submissive, she treats her own injuries, files for a massive five-billion-dollar divorce, and revives her secret hacker identity to dismantle his entire life.

For four years, she poured her heart into her marriage, enduring endless housework and cooking grueling holiday feasts alone. Now pregnant, she expected some consideration when her mother-in-law booked a New Year's Eve dinner. Instead, after finishing her chores and rushing to the restaurant, she arrives to a heartbreaking sight: her family has already started eating without her. With twelve relatives but only eleven seats, she stands forgotten at the door, dismissed with an offer of leftovers.