The Hart-Breaker

During her graduation engagement party, a young woman is shocked when an arrogant classmate demands her expensive dress to polish shoes. The aggressor accuses her of being a leech who squanders her boyfriend's fortune on designer clothes, even threatening her with human traffickers. However, the protagonist realizes a dark truth: the man she has been financially supporting is actually leading a double life. This mystery novel follows her as she confronts the betrayal of her fiancé and his secret mistress.

For five years, I laundered money for Ethan Cole, deceived by his lies. After securing a strategic marriage, he abandoned me. His fiancée exposed my private photos to shame me while Ethan stood by. He later trapped me with a corrupt official to trade my body for a business permit. Escaping into a storm, I encountered his rival, Don Noah Miller. He offered vengeance instead of pity. Now, we will make them pay for discarding a diamond like me.

Winning the student council election should have been a victory, but it becomes a nightmare for the protagonist of this modern novel. To save his opponent—and best friend—from a humiliating bet, his girlfriend Maureen publicly leaks manipulated private photos, framing him as a disgrace. Disqualified and humiliated before the entire school, he confronts her only to face cold indifference. Realizing her love was a lie, he decides to leave the country and start over with his mother abroad.

For years, my family exploited my financial support to pamper my younger brother, even draining my retirement savings. But when they tried to sell me into a marriage with an older, divorced man for a $660,000 dowry, I finally drew the line and severed all ties. Tragically, a fatal construction site accident claims my father's life shortly after. Now, instead of finding freedom, I am universally condemned, branded by everyone as the sole cause of his untimely death.

Evelyn’s fifth anniversary brings a cruel shock: her husband, Adrian, plans to marry his first love. Believing Evelyn will always submit, he demands she deliver a speech at the ceremony. Evelyn agrees despite her heartbreak, concealing a secret terminal brain cancer diagnosis. As Adrian celebrates with the woman Evelyn once helped save, he remains blind to his wife’s fading life, unaware that his cold betrayal is leading toward a permanent goodbye.

She chose a quiet departure, packing her bags and signing the divorce agreement without a single regret. But when her true identity is unexpectedly unveiled to the world, the dynamic shifts entirely. Victor, her wealthy ex-husband, finds his pride shattered. Driven by regret, he returns on his knees, pleading for her mercy and desperately begging her to stay. Unfortunately for him, the damage is done, and his desperate pleas have come far too late to mend what was broken.