The Ex-Emperor's New Problem

During a college graduation trip, a room assignment lottery intended to be left to fate reveals a devastating truth. For three years, the protagonist has kept her relationship with Ivan Decker a secret, only to witness him manipulate the draw to be paired with Rebecca Benson. After overhearing a plot to rig the results, she watches Ivan publicly favor his former crush. Realizing Ivan never intended to acknowledge their commitment, she decides to end their hidden romance on her own terms.

While discussing business in a hotel, a woman and her fiancé, Zack Tim, are violently ambushed by a livestreaming crew called Cheaters on Catch. The attackers mistake her for a mistress, subjecting her to a brutal beating that results in the tragic loss of her unborn child. After the streamers celebrate their successful broadcast and depart, the grieving protagonist vows to hunt them down. This action-packed mystery follows her pursuit of those who destroyed her life.

I always envisioned a simple, fulfilling future—perhaps growing old alongside the one I loved, or at least finding peace in my final moments. Instead, fate had a far more chaotic plan. I am officially dead, yet my spirit remains tethered to this earthly realm. For reasons I cannot comprehend, my wandering soul is completely unable to leave Mason Reed, my ex-boyfriend. Now, I am forced to hover around him, trapped in a bizarre afterlife that is anything but peaceful.

On her wedding day, a dancer is crippled in a car crash engineered by her fiancé Orlando’s childhood sweetheart, Sarah. Replaced at the altar and unable to dance, she is saved by Gerard Palmer, who marries her and builds her a private studio. But three years later, she uncovers a horrifying truth: Gerard conspired with Sarah to cause her accident, keeping her injured to protect Sarah’s career. Realizing her savior is actually her captor, she vows to escape his golden cage forever.

Seven years after his disappearance, Landon Bennett is found by his sister through an organ donor registry under the alias Jay Mercer. Located in a hospice wing and facing his final conscious hours before surgery, Landon is confronted with a cold ultimatum. His sister offers elite medical care if he returns home to apologize to Mason. However, Landon remains defiant, maintaining his innocence and choosing to sign his final donation papers rather than seek a hollow forgiveness.

When a lawyer discovers his mistress accidentally killed a patient with a wrongful IV administration, he orchestrates a cold-blooded cover-up. He forces an immediate cremation and falsifies records to claim a heart attack, ensuring Marie Harding avoids prison and financial ruin. As the pair celebrates their successful deception, they remain unaware of a horrific truth. The victim was actually the lawyer's own wife, who died carrying his child. Now, she returns to expose the murderous betrayal.