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After 99 rejections from her longtime crush, she finally gives up and agrees to an arranged match. But as she prepares to move forward, the one who always turned her down begins to waver. In this story of unrequited love, timing, and second chances can she finally win the heart she chased for years?
Making a triumphant return after five years, I'm back and better than ever. I've left my naive days behind and I'm ready to confront my obsessive ex-husband. I'll expose the manipulative women in my life and make them pay for their wrongdoings. But there's a twist - a wealthy tycoon has set his sights on my child and is trying to claim him as his own. How could my child call this stranger 'Daddy'?
Was it too much of a wish to hope that the relationship, which is ambiguous from the name, would not be awkward? No, at least there must have been many ways not to face it naked like this. Sylvia Appleton squeezed her eyes shut as she looked at the stocky naked back that seemed to protrude from her mythology. It has been 10 years since she fell in love with her childhood friend. On the day the childhood friend got engaged to another woman, Sylvia ended up spending the night with her friend’s friend.
Yeji lives alone in a shabby old villa, but her attention keeps drifting to the unemployed man next door. He shares his ramen, they watch Netflix together, but he never lets her into his heart. Still, Yeji finds herself growing more and more drawn to him.
“There’s surely no place for me here, either.” Elena Sazandra, abused by her family and unable to fulfill her role as a songstress, loses even her fiancé to her stepsister and is ultimately expelled from her home as a “good-for-nothing.” The marriage forced upon her by her parents is to Luval Alvin, known as the “Man-Eating Marquis of the Frontier.” On her way to his northern territory, Barley, Elena is abandoned in a monster-infested forest at the behest of her stepsister. Just as she is about to give up on life, the person who appears before her is none other than her soon-to-be husband, Luval himself.
For Ines, this was her second marriage in name only. In her first marriage, her husband already had a lover and abused her. Ines continually refused to consummate the marriage, and was slandered by those around her as a frigid woman. When her husband’s lover became pregnant, they divorced. Her new husband, Lars Vuet, told her, “I will never love you, live as you please.” Rumor had it that he was the tyrant emperor’s alias, and that he had killed all of her relatives. Ines had previously been ridiculed by the emperor’s servants under his cold orders and had been humiliated. This time, she decided to live a comfortable married life even without love. Meanwhile, the emperor’s younger brother, Simon, began speaking to her every day, making her suspicious. Although she had nothing but a bad impression of the emperor, one night under the full moon, she saved a black cat…
Mia, a noblewoman of the prestigious August family, lives happily until her 16th birthday, when she develops the rare “princess in heat” condition—releasing pheromones at the new moon that drive men into uncontrollable desire. Soon after, tragedy strikes: her parents die and her once-kind sister Lilith, the nation’s top magician, becomes harsh toward her. Sent on an errand, Mia is kidnapped by men who intend to offer her to Charles, the dragon-human king, believing she can bear demi-human children.
In an age where even love and marriage are reduced to calculations—where no one wants to take a loss—a refreshing kind of romance begins to bloom between a man and a woman living in the smog of modern life. Hyun Dayoung, a 35-year-old career woman who’s followed the elite track all her life, finds herself growing anxious as marriage remains the one thing she can’t seem to control. Choi Woojin, also 35, is an unmotivated bachelor who believes the downfall of his older sister’s marriage was simply due to the age gap between her and her husband. Pressed for time and having long passed the so-called “right age” for marriage, these two stand at a crossroads. Can they overcome the ten-year age difference and the weight of reality to rediscover sincerity... in the face of a bold and unexpected love?
Dedicated to her work, Satoko was reborn as Emilia Frolich, a young woman in a world with strange morals; Wherein women are not permitted to have a will of their own. So, when her younger sister is forced into an arranged marriage with the Crown Prince, she simply accepts it. "This cannot be allowed!" Enraged, Emilia volunteers to be her teacher, giving her the knowledge she needs to fight against this unreasonable world. What will become of her bond with her sister? What will become of her relationship with the Crown Prince Maximilian, whom she once considered her enemy? A romantic fantasy in which a powerful heroine changes the world!
After being abruptly transported to a foreign realm, Mahiru Fukuyose, a former office lady, is forced to work as a cafeteria attendant to make ends meet and acquire valuable intel. Her glimmer of hope brightens up when she catches wind of a rumor about the brilliant Magician Randy, conjecturing that he might hold the key to her safe return home. "To identify the culprit responsible for your relocation, we must first discern his or her intentions." However, trouble starts stirring when it dawns on everyone that Mahiru possesses an abundant reservoir of supernatural abilities that require her to live under Randy's roof. Adding to the mess, Randy turns out to be the ultimate finicky eater who finds dining too much of a hassle.
A collection of short tales centered around the idea of "boxes." 1) As the Sun Sets An art dealer faces the approaching demise of a talented artist. 2) Forever on Vacation with You A high schooler's daydreams come true in an unforeseen manner. 3) The Elevator of Pandora 4) Buried Beneath Snow: A Coffin
