"Men are scum, but women are no saints!" Never in a million years did Alexander expect that the one woman he loved would betray him the way she did. He saved her from getting raped and ended up being sent to prison for four years. During his stay behind bars, he honed his skills in both martial arts and medicine. He thought he would marry his fiancée once he got out. But to his greatest surprise, she had moved on with the man who sent him to prison. The two backstabbers were about to get married. Consumed by rage, Alexander embarked on a journey to make them pay. He stripped them of their happiness one by one. In the end, his cheating fiancée fell to her knees and begged for forgiveness. Alexander thought he was done with love and anything that had to do with women. However, he soon learned that an heiress actually gave birth to his child while he was locked up. This realization changed his whole world all over again. He was confused, to say the least!
"Whoa! I'm free at last!" Alexander Davies screamed excitedly with his face to the heavens. After taking a deep long breath, he turned around to look at the prison where he had been incarcerated for four long years. He backed up while vowing never to return to this place.
In a taxi on the way back to Nuledo, Alexander fiddled with the ring on his finger as he recalled Willard Edwards' last words to him before he was let out of prison.
"Make sure you keep the ring safe. Two months later, take it to Dragon Island."
Although Alexander had spent a lot of time with Willard while in prison and also learned a lot of things from him, he still didn't know much about the man.
Why was this ring so special that Willard gave it to him with such instructions? Where was Dragon Island? Willard hadn't sat him down to explain this clearly.
All that old man did was throw the ring and a medical book to him just when it was time for him to leave.
Several minutes later, the taxi came to a stop in front of a gated and beautifully decorated community. Alexander picked up his shabby backpack and got out.
Alexander's heart became heavier as he walked to the house that was ingrained in his memory. Mixed feelings surged inside him when he finally came to the door.
Over four years ago, at a graduation party, Sharon Wilson was drugged and almost raped.
Alexander had shown up just as the rapist was about to take advantage of her. Without thinking twice, he knocked out the man and saved Sharon.
Little did Alexander know that the man he knocked out was Victor Johnson, heir of the Johnson family.
The Johnson family was one of the third-tier families in Nuledo. Although Alexander's father also had a company, that didn't make him half as wealthy or powerful as the Johnsons.
Instead of getting rewarded for his good deed, Alexander was framed and sent to prison for four years. It was pretty easy for the Johnson family to do that.
Sharon was not ungrateful, which brought much relief to Alexander.
When she learned that Alexandra was going to be sentenced to prison, she promised him amidst tears that she would wait for him to get out and marry him no matter how long it would take.
Thinking of his fiancee, whom he hadn't seen for four years, Alexander was extremely excited.
"Sharon! Not to worry, I'll make sure no one bullies us from now on," Alexander vowed silently with determination.
He was just about to knock on the door when a moan came from inside.
"Easy there, honey. Don't rub it so hard. Remember the wedding is tomorrow. If you ruin my dress, what will I wear? Be patient. You can fuck me while I'm still in this dress tomorrow night. How does that sound?"
Standing outside the door, Alexander couldn't believe his ears.
The coquettish voice sounded just like that of Sharon-the woman he had been thinking of day and night for the past four years.
"No, it can't be her!" Alexander kicked the door open, hoping that his fiancee wasn't in there.
The sight that greeted him the next second sent him staggering a little.
A woman was in a white full dress as she lay entangled in bed with a man.
The woman was none other than his fiancee, Sharon. And the man was the enemy who had sent him to jail, Victor.
These two were making out in his house.
At the sight of Alexander, Victor was a little taken aback. One would think that he would jump out of bed and run away before things escalated. But he did none of that. Instead, he squeezed Sharon's boobs tighter.
"Wow? Isn't this Alexander Davies? What was prison like for you? Was it like going on a vacation?"
As he spoke, Victor slapped Sharon's buttocks unscrupulously and then laughed complacently.
"You didn't see this coming, did you? What a pity! Sharon crawled into my bed once I sent you to jail. She has been my girl ever since."
Victor's statement was like a punch to Alexander's gut. Despite the sight in front of him, he couldn't believe what he just heard.
He yelled, "Sharon! He is lying, isn't he?"
Sharon blinked at Victor seductively and rubbed his chest as he remained on her. Then, she looked at Alexander with disdain.
"No lies told, Alexander. I came back to my senses right after you were sentenced. Why should I waste my youth waiting on a loser when a better man was available? Well, in case you haven't noticed, Victor and I are getting married tomorrow. Use your head. Get out of here. Don't bother me anymore. I want nothing to do with you!"
Victor echoed disdainfully, "Yes, our wedding is going to be at Majesty Hotel. It's going to be grand. Although you are an ex-con, I won't discriminate against you since you were once Sharon's fiance. You can come to our wedding."
He had barely finished speaking when he was kicked to the floor.
"You motherfucker! I should have killed you back then. How stupid of me!" Alexander withdrew his foot and sneered.
"Hey! How dare you hit my fiance!" Sharon immediately screamed in bed.
"Fiance? You call this pervert your fiance?" Alexander chuckled bitterly. His eyes turned cold again and he headed for Victor.
As soon as Sharon sensed he was going to beat Victor up, she said anxiously, "Let me tell you something you don't know, Alexander! Your parents sold their company, house, and everything they have got just to reduce your sentence. They even begged my fiance for a long time just so he could intervene at the appeal."
Alexander suddenly stopped and looked at Sharon in shock.
"What did you just say?"
"You heard me!" Sharon took delight in his stunned expression, so she added complacently, "As we speak, your parents are breaking their backs at the construction site of Southside Road just to pay off their debts. If you lay a finger on Victor now, your family will be doomed. You will all spend the rest of your miserable lives in jail!"
At this moment, Victor found his footing and grinned hideously. "You dared to attack me again? It seems you haven't learned a lesson. I'll finish off your entire family with just a snap of my fingers. Just wait and see!"
"Oh, stop daydreaming. I'll get my lick back when I have time for you," Alexander retorted with a sneer, turned around, and headed for the door.
With his hand on the doorknob, he turned to look at the woman who was still lying on the bed. His eyes were ice-cold.
"Sharon, if you had waited for me just as you had promised, I'd have made you the happiest woman alive. You have made a very big mistake. For breaking my heart and making a fool out of me, I'll make sure you regret it for the rest of your godforsaken life! Your wedding is tomorrow? And your fiance dares to invite me? Mark my words. That wedding will be a joke!"
After swearing zealously, Alexander pulled off the pendant Sharon had given him before he was sent to prison. He crushed it with his bare hand while staring at her. Afterward, he stormed out without a backward glance.
It's true what they say about marriage: one partner's always happier than the other. ~~~ Julie's world is shattered when her husband, Ryan, reveals that he wants an open marriage. His reason: he needs a child as they've been unable to have one. Julie reluctantly agrees to save her marriage. The next day, Ryan returns home with his secretary, confirming Julie's long-held suspicion that their affair was taking place behind her back. Julie, heartbroken and enraged, seeks solace in a bar, where she meets a fascinating stranger named Luke, who changes the game. Julie confides in Luke over drinks, and he proposes a risky plan: he will act as her "boyfriend" to turn the tables on Ryan. Julie agrees, setting off a chain of events that will challenge everything she thought she knew about love, loyalty, and herself.
"Never let anyone treat you like shit!" I learned that the hard way. For three years, I lived with my in-laws. They didn't treat me as their son-in-law but as a slave. I put up with everything because of my wife, Yolanda Lambert. She was the light of my life. Unfortunately, my whole world came crashing down the day I caught my wife cheating on me. I have never been so heartbroken. To have my revenge, I revealed my true identity. I was none other than Liam Hoffman—the heir of a family with trillions of dollars in assets! The Lamberts were utterly shocked after the big reveal. They realized what fools they had been for treating me like trash. My wife even knelt down and begged for my forgiveness. What do you think I did? Did I take her back or made her suffer? Find out!
Corinne devoted three years of her life to her boyfriend, only for it to all go to waste. He saw her as nothing more than a country bumpkin and left her at the altar to be with his true love. After getting jilted, Corinne reclaimed her identity as the granddaughter of the town’s richest man, inherited a billion-dollar fortune, and ultimately rose to the top. But her success attracted the envy of others, and people constantly tried to bring her down. As she dealt with these troublemakers one by one, Mr. Hopkins, notorious for his ruthlessness, stood by and cheered her on. “Way to go, honey!”
Rumors said that Lucas married an unattractive woman with no background. In the three years they were together, he remained cold and distant to Belinda, who endured in silence. Her love for him forced her to sacrifice her self-worth and her dreams. When Lucas' true love reappeared, Belinda realized that their marriage was a sham from the start, a ploy to save another woman's life. She signed the divorce papers and left. Three years later, Belinda returned as a surgical prodigy and a maestro of the piano. Lost in regret, Lucas chased her in the rain and held her tightly. "You are mine, Belinda."
Iris grew from an orphaned child to the adopted daughter of the Stewart family at age ten, finding warmth in her nominal uncle Vincent's kindness. Seven years later, she became his secret lover. When Vincent's engagement was announced, gossip spread about the notorious playboy CEO finally settling down. But only Iris knew the extent of his cold, two-faced nature. Iris fell for Vincent and, through tears, begged, "Marry me," only to be met with his frosty refusal. Defeated, she accepted a lawyer's proposal, sparking public excitement. Then, on her wedding day, Vincent pleaded desperately, "Don't marry him…"
Janet was adopted when she was a kid -- a dream come true for orphans. However, her life was anything but happy. Her adoptive mother taunted and bullied her all her life. Janet got the love and affection of a parent from the old maid who raised her. Unfortunately, the old woman fell ill, and Janet had to marry a worthless man in place of her parents' biological daughter to meet the maid's medical expenses. Could this be a Cinderella's tale? But the man was far from a prince, except for his handsome appearance. Ethan was the illegitimate son of a wealthy family who lived a reckless life and barely made ends meet. He got married to fulfill his mother's last wish. However, on his wedding night, he had an inkling that his wife was different from what he had heard about her. Fate had united the two people with deep secrets. Was Ethan truly the man we thought he was? Surprisingly, he bore an uncanny resemblance to the impenetrable wealthiest man in the city. Would he find out that Janet married him in place of her sister? Would their marriage be a romantic tale or an utter disaster? Read on to unravel Janet and Ethan's journey.