Chiyo Kozuka, aged 24, is facing a streak of bad luck. She has no job, an empty bank account, and is three months behind on her rent. She feels helpless until her landlady knocks on her door and suggests that they have sex as a solution to her financial troubles. In exchange, the landlady promises to assist her with her financial issues. The next day, Chiyo finds herself waking up next to her landlady, who she does not remember sleeping with due to a drunken state. Despite this, the landlady sticks to her promise and proposes a unique financial agreement that Chiyo cannot refuse since she is in a vulnerable position.
In full bloom, the thistles in the garden gave off a fragrance reminiscent of black tea. The garden was frequented by a beetle who could converse in the language of humans. It was a lively place where laughter echoed and a delectable Mirabelle tart was always baking. And if you walked exactly 47 steps, you could stumble upon a sea lion's abandoned pool.
"But why don't you like me? You bastard!" Hyerin, who has suffered from a long unrequited love for almost 21 years. Her love interest is her older brother's closest friend, a man as soft and sweet as cotton candy—Jaeyoon. "I like you." "Hyerin, I'm sorry." After being rejected every year from her repeated confessions, Hyerin finally decides, after much thought, to conceal her fervent love behind a lie. "I’ve given up. After 20 years, I’ve finally graduated. Ugh, that was exhausting, seriously." But one night, she encounters Jaeyoon in an unfamiliar way, and spends an unforgettable moment that only she will remember. "You’re mine." In response to Jaeyoon’s words of eternal farewell, she resolves to put him on her chopping board one final time to test him. "Have you ever wavered for me even once?" "No, I haven’t." "Then prove it." Now, can Hyerin truly confirm the feelings in Jaeyoon’s heart?
A Love-in-Love That Begins Only After Divorce—With My Ex-Husband! A new branch director has just been appointed. And guess what? That director... is my ex-husband! There was a company dinner that night. I opened my eyes and… I was in a bed. The man lying next to me? My ex-husband. I barely managed to scramble out without even dressing properly… Then he called me into his office—no, my ex-husband called me in. “Did you forget something?” “Wh-what…?” “This!” What he handed me… was a gift box. Inside? A whole set of sexy lingerie. “From now on, wear things like this.”
Sierra Delight, heir to the black panther clan's leadership, ends up in a political marriage with someone far beneath her— a member of the rabbit clan, who always ranks dead last alongside the squirrel clan in the World Beastkin Tournament. “Fine. Divorce it is. I’ll make sure he has no choice but to agree!” With that resentment, she enters the bridal chamber… “Haa… Enough already! You horny rabbit!!” “…It’s our first night… our f-first…” The rabbit she thought would be weak turns out to be way too strong at night! By day, he’s a gentle and innocent bunny. “Lady Sierra, it feels so good inside you…” “It’s so warm… I just want to keep thrusting… I wish we could become one like this…” By night, a lust-driven beast. “…Did I get tricked into this marriage?” Will Sierra ever be satisfied with her rabbit husband?
The richest heiress in the world, Touka of the Tsukizakura Conglomerate, dies in a freak accident… and wakes up in another world—Megalanica.
Tasked with raising the queen’s successor, a woman finds her peaceful life upended when the boy she once cared for matures into a man with feelings far more complicated. As her carefully controlled world is shaken by emotions she never expected, she must face a future that defies both duty and reason.
When Ji Xuan broke up with her boyfriend, Song Zhaoli appeared like fate itself, perfectly timed, as if he’d been waiting. When they finally married, the world called her a social climber who had struck gold. But the truth? He loved her first. He engineered every "accidental" meeting. He cut through every rival, every obstacle, until she had no choice but to be his.
Misato had a perfect childhood, with parents who loved her and a home on an idyllic island in Japan’s inland sea. But then a TV show starts shooting in town. Misato’s cast as an extra, and in an instant, her life is turned on its head. A woman appears claiming to be her real mother, and before she knows it Misato is living in a lavish mansion surrounded by greedy schemers of all stripes. The curtain rises on the story of a rising star who plunges into an abyss—where the only sustenance is vengeance!
Moments gather to form eternity, and eternity scatters to become moments. A man who has lost all meaning in a life that seems eternal, and a woman who seeks only meaning in a life made up of fleeting moments—whether by fate or design, their paths cross. Kang Eunsung, a reporter for the social affairs department of ABS Broadcasting, is investigating corruption when she encounters a mysterious man, Jung Woojin. With sorrowful, violet eyes and a sharp yet breathtaking face, Woojin continues to appear before Eunsung, helping her in unexpected ways. Eunsung gradually feels curiosity and attraction toward the man who aids her. But one day, she receives shocking news about Woojin... "Have you ever heard of a story that has a beginning but no end? One where the first chapter is unknown, so the last can never be written?"
Brienne Lutengard knew that her parents were selling off their daughter and their status in exchange for money. Still, she thought she’d be able to live a relatively happy life with her husband, but it’s not long until the new duke of House Lutengard shatters her dreams. Eight years later, the duke is found murdered in his residence, and Brienne is named the main suspect, along with three potential accomplices. All three are skilled swordsmen, none have an alibi for the night of the murder, and they’re all young men recently caught up in a scandal with the duchess! Did the duchess really kill her husband? And if so, what could’ve been her motive?