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I know my boss is the villainous second lead. She is conceited, she is malicious, and she is a total bully. But I still can't bring myself to leave her. Simply put, she pays me way too much. 1 After waking up inside a novel, I found myself as the secretary to the resident villainess. In the original story, she was a nightmare who did nothing but torment the innocent, sweet-but-clueless female lead. When I first read the book, I wanted to jump into the pages and strangle her. But now that

The Student Council President missed too many classes and failed his finals. He came to my office, eyes red, begging for an apology. He promised he would never miss another lecture next semester and pleaded with me to bump up his grade. I felt soft-hearted and agreed to help him. But that very night, I became the lead story on the national news. On the screen, he sobbed, claiming I had forced him into a non-consensual, indecent relationship. He even produced a medical report for severe depre

1. Elena noticed that I had stopped asking for her opinion on everything. An email came from work―a position had opened up at the New York headquarters, and they wanted to know if I was interested. I filled out the application and hit send before I even remembered I hadn't told her. When Sam's wedding invitation arrived, addressed to "Caleb Vance and Guest," I RSVP'd for one and wrote a separate check for their gift. Even the minor surgery, the one that required a hospital stay, I handled my

1 After the crash, my daughter and I were left broken and bleeding. My husband, Donovan Sawyer, commanded the System to transplant my heart and my daughter's eyes into his paralyzed ex-girlfriend. "A useless wife doesn't need such a healthy heart," he muttered. "And what's the point of a slow-witted kid having such beautiful eyes?" What he didn't know was that the System had lied to him. I had died instantly at the scene. And once I was gone for good, Donovan went completely insane. ....

I have been reborn. I am back to the time when my grandmother was brewing poisonous weeds for my father and my younger brother. "The local herbalist said this root is a treasure! We must boil it to strengthen the men in this house!" I look back at my past life. It was a miserable existence caused by my own foolish kindness. I make a choice. In this life, I will not stop them from walking straight into their own graves! 1 "You useless brat! What are you staring at? Get over here a

On the day I was supposed to marry Sienna Brooks, she ran away in the middle of our wedding. She was a veterinarian, and she claimed a client's cat had suddenly gone into heat. She told me she was the only one who could handle it. When I called her, she snapped at me. "What the hell is your problem, Rowan? We can reschedule a wedding, but this cat can't wait. This is my job!" I was standing across the street when she said that. I watched with my own eyes as she held a cat and kissed her first

It started on a day I could not quite name―the day my sister changed. Her billionaire boyfriend claimed I was an obstacle in his path. To clear the way for him, my sister stole my company’s secret formula, bankrupting me overnight. I was beaten within an inch of my life while she stood by, cheering. “You did not know your place,” she sneered. “You deserve to die.” I died in an abandoned construction site, my body rotting and covered in maggots. Only then did I realize I was just a disposab

1. The Bonding Ceremony was at the part where we were supposed to exchange vows. That’s when my Alpha, Aiden, suddenly called for a three-minute pause. Then, he turned his back on me and got down on one knee in front of his childhood sweetheart, Layla. "Layla, I once promised you I would make my vow in front of the entire pack," he said, his voice ringing through the hall. "So, I have to ask… in the next life, will you be my Luna?" Layla covered her mouth, nodding as tears streamed down her

1 Senior year was the year my childhood best friend, Amy, fell for a jock. He'd make her smoke in the bathroom, even slap her around in front of other girls. And she ate it up, her grades plummeting faster than a lead balloon. I was terrified this loser would ruin her future, so I kept telling her to ditch him. She'd just roll her eyes and go back to making googly eyes with him. "I'd rather be used and abused by Jake than treated like a princess by a nice guy like you, Tom." The night befo

1 I'd had a crush on Ethan for ten years, and he'd been annoyed with me for just as long. Finally, one day, I took matters into my own hands, leaving him with nothing but his pride and two hundred bucks. He was humiliated and vowed revenge, but I vanished. I dodged him for three years, until my dad passed away, leaving me an orphan. Ethan's parents, always kind to me, said, "Our home is your home now, and Ethan's your brother." Looking at Ethan's face, a mask of horrified disbelief, I chirped,

For twenty-eight years, my biggest flaw was being a pushover. I was the one who took the blame when coworkers messed up, lent money to friends who never paid me back, and solved every family crisis. Over the years, I became everyone's designated safety net. Then one night, I stayed up until dawn finishing a proposal, only for a coworker to steal the credit while I got chewed out by the boss. That was the moment my twenty-eight years of suppressed frustration finally exploded. I decided that sta

1. Elias noticed that I had stopped asking for his opinion on everything. An email came from work―a position had opened up at the New York headquarters, and they wanted to know if I was interested. I filled out the application and hit send before I even remembered I hadn't told him. When Sarah's wedding invitation arrived, addressed to "Chloe Vance and Guest," I RSVP'd for one and wrote a separate check for their gift. Even the minor surgery, the one that required a hospital stay, I handled

1. Everyone thought I was the perfect good girl. But no one knew what happened after dark. Every night, right under the nose of New York's most ruthless mafia don, I was tangled up with his heir. My stepbrother. For five years, we hid it. Five years of stolen touches and desperate, silent promises. Until the night I walked past the private office on the casino's top floor. The door was cracked open. I heard Julian talking to his right-hand man, Carlo. "Boss, you took your stepsister's vir

Cade Linden and I were the most notorious couple in Manhattan. He despised me, believing I had used every dirty trick in the book to force him into marriage. I hated how he stayed cold as ice toward me while pining for his childhood sweetheart, Bianca Whitmore. For eight years, the words he said to me most often were "Get out." But when the flash flood hit, the man who usually spat venom at me gave me the last seat on the rescue boat. He screamed at me over the roar of the water. "Don't lo

I gave up on my dreams to live in a cramped, rented studio with my wife for ten years. Finally, the day of our wedding arrived. But on that day, she said she had an emergency. She abandoned me and left in a hurry without looking back. I waited all day while the guests whispered in confusion and mocked me behind my back. I waited until she posted a photo on her social media, holding a trophy for Best Director. She wrote a caption for her dead first love, the man she called her "white moonligh

Mia was stopped at the school entrance. Silas Sterling squatted in front of her, his expensive watch peeking out from under his tailored suit sleeve. His tone was as clinical as someone performing a DNA test. Mia looked up at me. “Mom, this man is saying he’s my father again.” She took a step back after saying that. It wasn’t fear. It was pure distaste. Silas stood up and looked at me, his lips twitching. “Eloise, Serena can’t conceive. I need this child.” I gripped Mia’s hand tigh

Chapter 1 A twenty-million-dollar deal. Out of 108 people in the sales department, I was the only one who closed it. Just like last year, I was the undisputed Top Closer of the Year. But last year, my boss, Nate Thorne, called me into his office. "Harper, you know Elara's parents just had that terrible car accident. They're drowning in medical bills. You need to let her take the credit for this project so she can get the bonus." I agreed back then. This year, the moment the deal was signe

After six years with my billionaire boyfriend, Gabe Vance, he finally agreed to marry me. But at our wedding, he ignored my protests and added my uninvited cousin, Sherry Sterling, on Snapchat. From then on, they turned our home into a non-stop party zone every single night. Eventually, the party moved right into our bed. Gabe wouldn't even let me leave the room. He forced me to stay and wait on them hand and foot. I had to watch their bodies tangle together and then clean up the mess they l

1 In the second year of my marriage to Jace Montgomery, I told him I wanted a baby. He smiled and agreed, looking like the perfect, doting husband. I spent months drinking bitter herbal supplements and visiting every specialist in the city. Still, nothing happened. Just as I was about to look into IVF, I overheard him on a phone call with another woman. "She'll never get pregnant, don't worry," he said, his voice dripping with a coldness I didn't recognize. "In a few months, I'll suggest we

Two days before our wedding, my fiancée went behind my back to meet her first love. By the time I rushed to the beach, the sun was setting over the water. They were locked in a passionate embrace, kissing deeply and pouring their hearts out. Kelsey sobbed against his chest. “I love you,” she cried. “We will never let each other go again.” Their friends stood around them, cheering and whistling in celebration. When Kelsey noticed me, a flicker of panic crossed her face. But she quickly regai