The Crouching Dragon

When a catastrophic flood strikes during a family vacation abroad, the true colors of those closest to the protagonist are revealed. Her fiancé carries her sister to safety, while her parents prioritize saving a new pet parrot over her. Left alone in the rising waters, she watches as her family flies home and celebrates their survival online. Having survived the ordeal unaided, she cuts ties and contacts her mentor, Dr. Jackson, to join Doctors Without Borders forever.

Five years after her husband abandoned her, Elodie's world is upended when billionaire Travis Milton nearly causes her son’s death in a tragic accident. Seeking to make amends, Travis brings them into his home to recover, but his obligation soon evolves into a deep, consuming desire. As hidden truths surface, Elodie faces a painful choice: embrace a future with Travis or flee to protect her child from the dangers lurking within the billionaire's shadow.

After enduring her billionaire husband David's constant infidelity, the protagonist bides her time to reclaim the company she built. Her silence is mistaken for weakness, but the cruelty peaks when David locks her in a freezing cellar to force her into being a surrogate for his mistress's faked miscarriage. Seizing the moment, she tricks him into signing away his entire empire under the guise of a surrogacy contract. Now, she flies toward freedom, watching his ruin unfold.

Abandoned on the highway during her prenatal checkup, a pregnant wife is left injured and bleeding after her billionaire husband, Ace Landry, casts her aside. Desperate, she calls him ninety-nine times, only for him to dismiss her agony as a lie. While she suffers alone, Ace spends thirty million to win his childhood sweetheart Faye Lennox's first night. Discovering their betrayal online, she realizes her entire marriage was a lie, overshadowed by his decade-long obsession with another woman.

Harper's husband and family force her into a premature delivery to harvest her baby's cord blood for her adopted sister, Sonia. Left to bleed to death while her child dies alone, Harper watches her family celebrate Sonia's recovery instead of mourning her. However, death is not the end. Waking up three months in the past, Harper finds herself back on the day she was pressured to sign her divorce papers, handed a second chance to rewrite her tragic fate.

After leaving their safehouse for an untracked rental, she officially ends her arranged alliance with mafia heir Lorenzo Marchetti. His instant, single-word agreement to dissolve their bloodline pact confirms her deepest fear. For eight years, she filled their private chat with one-sided updates, believing his coldness was just his nature. But discovering he eagerly listened to someone else's voice messages while leaving hers unopened shatters the illusion. She is finally walking away.