The Awakened Lion

My world crumbles when I discover my fiancé, Dante Moretti, views me only as a financial asset. My loyalty vanishes after his mistress, Livia, causes a gym accident that leaves me severely injured. Instead of helping me, Dante comforts the woman who tried to kill me. Realizing he is part of her lethal scheme, I approach the Valenti Syndicate. I will provide the proof they need to crush his empire. The pawn is finally ready to topple the king.

To clear his first love Evelyn's debts, George manipulated his own son, Patrick, into committing embezzlement, only to ruthlessly report him to the police. The betrayal drives Patrick to jump to his death on the day of his arrest. While his wife grieves over her son's ashes, George is away on a vacation with Evelyn and her child, heartlessly declaring on social media that he will protect her family. Confronted with his cruelty, George coldly dismisses his son's tragic fate, leaving a devastated mother with nothing but a desire for reckoning.

Desperate for her mother's rare warmth, Angela eagerly promises to give her brother everything for his future marriage. Though she knows her mother's affection is entirely conditional and focused solely on her brother, Angela is overjoyed just to be praised for her selflessness. Retreating to her room, she shares the exciting news with Amber, who shares her enthusiasm. Together, they dream of showering their little brother with an astronomical sum of one hundred million.

To protect her sister from a forced union, a young woman steps in as the bride for billionaire Harrison Marcus. Their relationship begins as a cold business arrangement with a two-year contract. Both parties set rigid boundaries, including separate living quarters and no physical intimacy. They intend to remain strangers until their eventual separation, but as the final deadline approaches, their logical agreement is tested by rising feelings.

After a venomous bite, Daniel Dawson chooses to save his wife’s adopted sister, Grace, leaving his spouse to perish. With the toxin rotting her body, the protagonist has only two days left. Rather than fighting for her life, she prepares for her end by transferring her grandfather’s hospital and her life's work—an ALS treatment—to Grace. She divorces Daniel and hands him over to her sister. As her family celebrates their new bond, she waits for the moment they discover her corpse.

After three years of a seemingly perfect marriage, Clara discovers a hidden drawer that shatters her reality. Her husband, David, is not the successful architect he claims to be, but a man living under a stolen identity. As Clara digs into his dark past, she becomes entangled in a dangerous web of secrets and betrayal. Every truth she uncovers puts her life at risk, forcing her to decide if she can escape the man she thought she loved.