They Picked The Wrong Scapegoat

While visiting family in the countryside, Elden and his girlfriend, Mildred, are blindsided by his uncle Barron’s new wife, Hilda. After a simple meal, she demands a staggering 3,800 dollars, citing outrageous prices and service fees. When Hilda blocks their exit and insults Elden’s status, the situation turns into a tense standoff. Refusing to be extorted, Elden calls his uncle to settle their own long-standing financial accounts in this high-stakes modern drama.

Receiving red high heels on her tenth wedding anniversary in this life, she chooses a different path. Instead of confronting her husband's mistress, she discards the present and demands a divorce. However, the secretary confronts her anyway, bewildered by her lack of fury and muttering that the timeline has changed. Realizing her rival is also reborn, she easily blocks her assault. She gladly steps aside, leaving the unfaithful pair to their own toxic happily ever after.

Ever since Asher Vale returned home, every family interaction has been dictated by the luck of the draw. From meals to parental affection, the protagonist always loses to Asher, who effortlessly claims the long stick every time. Despite years of practice, the protagonist remains unloved and neglected. On a pivotal birthday, a desperate act of cheating to gain his mother's attention leads to a violent confrontation and a fatal accident. This haunting young-adult tale explores the dark toll of a family's forced fairness.

When Matt abandons Elena’s citizenship ceremony to console his first love, he assumes his wife will endure the humiliation. Instead, Elena leaves him, leases her own place, and launches a thriving language service to reclaim her stolen professional worth. As Matt tries to ruin her business and their son Ollie copies his father's cruelty, a hidden note reveals a pre-planned betrayal. Elena is rising fast, and no cheap apology can earn her forgiveness.

Chloe is suffocating under overwhelming debt and a rare neurological illness that makes her own skin a source of unbearable pain. Her enigmatic neighbor Julian rescues her from a violent client, secures her a $20,000 settlement, and unexpectedly eases her torment through one desperate night together. Yet Julian is far more than the handyman he pretends to be—his Bentley, unchecked violence, and hidden power terrify her. Panicking at his absolute control over her body, Chloe coldly offers him a $500 check for his "excellent service." His hurt fury drives him away, and her condition immediately worsens. Now desperate, she wires him another $500 to provoke a response, only to hear his triumphant whisper at a convenience store: "Preparing for next time?"

Hoping to escape their noisy dorm, two college friends agreed to rent an apartment together under one strict condition: no boyfriends allowed. However, the roommate repeatedly broke this promise, sneaking her partner in and even using the protagonist's own bed for their intimate encounters. When the betrayal is uncovered, a furious confrontation ends with an eviction demand. But instead of leaving quietly, the ungrateful roommate retaliates with a chilling threat to leak stolen, intimate photos online.