Jang Seok-min (Shou), a lawyer who enjoys casual meetings with women, was kidnapped by mysterious people one day and became Zahar (Gong)'s concubine…

I have never been loved since I was born. So I was curious about what it feels like to be loved.... more>>

“Your Highness, please love me for just one year.”

I asked him to fall under a spell that would make him love me for just one year.

In return, I would give him information that could change his future.

“I can see the future through foresight.”

I didn’t bother to mention that the price was my own lifespan.

Anyway, I wasn’t planning to live long.

“I accept that proposal.”

So I married him, and 11 months passed.

There was less than a month left. Of my lifespan, and his love.

“The contract will end soon.”

“……I see.”

“Don’t worry. The spell will definitely be broken.”

“That’s not what I’m worried about. Let’s talk about this later.”

“Alright.”

But that ‘later’ never came.

For some reason, the spell broke early, and I had to prepare to leave.

[Thank you for everything.]

I thought everything would be settled by leaving a letter and departing from his side.

He wouldn’t want to see the face of a woman he was forced to love, even for the last time.

But a week later, an unbelievable rumor reached my ears.

He was looking for me. <<less

It has been three months since a zombie outbreak occurred across the world. With the appearance of strong mutant zombies, social infrastructure is rapidly collapsing, and the survivors of the ruined, lawless world have changed drastically just to live. ... more>>

Bo-yeon, who was living in a safe bunker immediately after the disaster, is discovered by Do-kyung and threatened.

“I can’t believe something like this is still alive….”

His strangely eerie eyes slowly captured Bo-yeon’s appearance. It was a gaze as if he was appraising an object. He was judging whether to kill or use her by weighing her usefulness.

“Please save me…”

“If you’re not a woman… I don’t need you.”

Bo-yeon lives under the cold and mysterious Do-kyung and his protection as his woman.

* * *

“I like you. Including your obedient personality.”

A large hand that seemed like it could crush a human skull wrapped around Boyeon’s round head. There was an eerie sense of oppression in the hand stroking her head as if she were a dog.

“What can you do?”

“….”

“What can I do?”

“….”

“Don’t even think about running away. If you get caught, you won’t last a day even if I treat you gently.”

“….”

His voice was dry, as if he were just reciting facts.

“You can’t even breathe over something so trivial. You cry when I put my d*ck in your moist p*ssy hole. You tremble pitifully at the mere mention of a few words.”

He stroked her round, white cheeks and whispered in a seemingly affectionate tone.

“Wouldn’t it be easier to act cute and be lovely when I look at you?”

Taptap.Tap. He lightly tapped Boyeon’s temple, telling her to think carefully.

“Boyeon. Answer me. Be good.”

Boyeon had to answer. Obediently, like a small, pretty canary that sweetly accepts its master’s touch. <<less

‘Siren’ a name derived from an ancient creature, used to describe those who could charm, lure, control, and heal others by singing.... more>>

Subjected to live the life of a siren, Aria had experienced, seen, and heard many horrific things. Broken beyond repair, Aria resigned herself to death, when suddenly…

The Grand Duke, Lloyd Cardence Valentine, arrived and whispered.

“Should I kill everyone here?”

“If you need me, just call me. Your song will always reach me, wherever you are.”

In the end, Aria called the devil, bringing death to all those present, along with herself.

“Let’s fall to hell together.”

And with that, Aria breathed her last and died… only to return to her 10-year-old self.

Now that she had a second chance at her life, Aria was determined to change her fate, as well as the cruel fate of her saviour, Grand Duke Valentine.

And so… Aria proposed to him with a marriage contract.

She sold her soul to the devil and vowed to protect him.

[Marry me.]

Aria extended her hand and gave him the contract.

[Let’s get divorced in 10 years…]

The young duke took the contract from her hand.

“So, where should I stamp the seal?”

◇◇◇

“You said you’d divorce me within 10 years.”

The grown-up villain leaned in, hovering his head before he kissed her tenderly over her crown.

“Now that we’re adults, we should sign another contract.” <<less

“I’ll make you think of nothing but me.”... more>>

A week ago, she spent a passionate night with a man in this hotel suite. Though she thought it would be just a one-night encounter…

“I’m far better than that old man. In age, looks, wealth, and obviously… stamina. You know this well.”

Why is that man sitting at the next table during her arranged marriage meeting?

“Let’s get married. It’ll be the best choice for both of us.”

The man’s name is Kwon Si-heon, Executive Director of Hwanhee Group and its likely successor. He was someone from an unreachably high position.

“I hate wasting time. You need to save your family. We’re physically compatible. Need I explain more?”

“I have a request. When you become the successor… please divorce me.”

She wanted the same thing as him. For the first time, Si-heon finds himself intrigued by another person.

“Fine. Once I achieve what I want, we’ll divorce.”

***

Ga-eun hides her identity as an illegitimate child. Si-heon can only fall asleep by her side. As they enter their contract marriage while hiding their secrets, they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other.

“Want me to tie your tie?”

“You do it better, Mr. Kwon.”

“Exactly. That’s how we’ll look like a real married couple.”

Si-heon, who had avoided women and children due to past trauma and focused solely on work, pretends to be a loving husband to dispel rumors. However, his act gradually becomes genuine, though he desperately denies his feelings.

“Why do you dislike children?”

“I like you because we’re physically compatible, and second, because you know your place.”

“…”

“Don’t cross the line, Ga-eun. Just like always.”

While watching her husband who acts cold yet always falls asleep by her side, Ga-eun holds onto hope… Until the day she accidentally overhears his conversation with his grandfather, Chairman Kwon. <<less

She has lived for over ten years as the childhood friend of someone she has unrequited love for.... more>>

“Judith, there is nothing in the world more precious to me than you.”

He whispers kindly with a smile, but their relationship is just that of cherished friends, nothing more.

Asel Fedelian is a cruel person.

Even if not everyone thinks so, Judith evaluates Asel as such.

Because he doesn't have a cruel heart, he is even more cruel.

She was tired of hoping alone and getting hurt alone.

So Judith decided to cut off Asel.

***

As a means to push Asel away, she got engaged to another man.

"I'm getting engaged to you, but that doesn't mean I cherish you as my fiancée."

An engagement without love, which was exactly what she wanted.

But even though it was clearly like that—

“What would you do if I said I like you?”

Why does Chase keep approaching her?

“I want to be by your side.”

Moreover, why is Asel trying to shake her now? <<less

At the engagement banquet, Liang Yuchen cheated, rolling around in bed with his mistress. ... more>>

Xie Fanxing's heart was as still as water; she went abroad and took in an exquisite male escort. Their first night—the male escort was both teasing and seductive.

After a night of entanglement, Xie Fanxing savored the experience. After a month of flirtatious keeping, Xie Fanxing threw down a check and abandoned the man.

"I'm going back to China to marry my fiancé; let's part ways amicably." His body still bore her kiss marks, but she put on her dress and turned ruthless.

When they met again—he was the Jing Circle Prince, the future person in power of Huo's Tingheng.

"Miss Xie, haven't we met somewhere before?" Oh no, Xie Fanxing wanted to escape; she seemed to have slept with someone she shouldn't have... Liang Yuchen thought she was just making a fuss and that without the Liang family, Xie Fanxing was nothing, and no man would dare to want her.

Until, at the Huo family banquet, Xie Fanxing pulled out her marriage certificate with Huo Qingzhou and smiled sweetly at Liang Yuchen: "Good evening, big nephew. How about you call me little aunt to hear?"

Huo Qingzhou: "Wife, don't bully the junior."

Everyone in the circle knew that the night Miss Xie's engagement with the Liang family was broken, the Huo family's person in power returned to China overnight, using every method to marry her home.

It was also said that Huo's Prince had a unforgettable white moonlight, little did they know that white moonlight had already been married by him and was doted on immensely.

A wall away from the family banquet, Huo Qingzhou tightly locked her waist, kissing and pampering her to the extreme, whispering in her ear: "Have you ever called him baby?"

Xie Fanxing thought she was the hunter, but in fact, Huo Qingzhou was the top hunter disguised as prey... <<less

Samuhun: Age 32. A snake shifter and an executive at Mirae Capital. Born to a snake shifter mother and an ordinary father, he is a half-shifter. Contrary to his cold exterior, he cherishes small animals, having devotedly cared for and tearfully bid farewell to five pet hamsters. One day, his heart is stolen by a squirrel that appears before him.... more>>

Kang Garam: Age 21. A squirrel shifter and college student. While his true form is an adorable squirrel, he has a soft and handsome appearance. After losing his parents in an accident at a young age and then losing the grandmother who raised him, he resolves to avoid further separations. Amid this determination, he encounters a man who extends a warm hand.

Kang Garam, a squirrel shifter who lost both his guardian and home in an instant.

While evading loan sharks demanding repayment for a debt he never owed, he hides in a park in his squirrel form. There, he meets a suspiciously handsome man, Samuhun.

Garam finds comfort in Samuhun’s kindness as the man brings him nuts and cranberries daily. Before he knows it, he’s on the path to becoming Samuhun’s pet squirrel.

“Come to think of it… Is our squirrel male?”

“Our squirrel, are you hungry?”

“Are squirrels usually this smart?”

Though Garam feels awkward being treated as a pet by Samuhun, who doesn’t realize he’s a shifter, he finds himself drawn to the man’s sweet gestures. Then one day, Garam discovers that Samuhun, who had been so kind to him, is actually an executive at the loan shark company that has been tormenting him. <<less

When the protagonist woke up, he discovered that he had become Song Qingshu, who had his meridians destroyed in a contest of martial arts and... more>> was banished from his sect. He also found out that this was a chaotic world that incorporated Jin Yong’s 14 novels. What will he do now? <<less

Ichinomiya Shingo, a young 25 years old, single, worker of firm company while thinking of tomorrow’s busy working day goes to sleep. However, the moment he woke up, it was inside a room unknown to him.... more>>

He then learned that he took over the mind of a 6 years-old child, remembering a lot from the memories of the said boy: he was born as the youngest (8th son and 10th child) in a of poor noble family living in back country. Having no administrative skill, he can’t do anything to manage the vast land his family has.

Fortunately, he is blessed with the very rare talent of magic. Unfortunately, while it could bring prosperity to his family, in his situation it only led to a disaster. Yes, this is the story of the boy, Wendelin Von Benno Baumeister, opening his own path in a harsh world. <<less

My death is not a testament to my love, but to my selfishness...... more>>

I prayed that he would not be hurt by my death.

Olivia, who saved her husband who was stabbed in place of the original female protagonist with her holy power and fell into a long sleep, demands a divorce as soon as she wakes up.

"Let’s end this now. The part of me that loved you died back then."

But...

"Have you grown to dislike me now?"

Her husband had changed.

"I'm sorry. I realized too late... This is my true feeling."

And he knelt before me.

"I love you."

Why is this happening all of a sudden?

Why is he so obsessed with me?

With the little life left, I just want to live on my own terms now. <<less

"You so brazenly took my innocence, and now you want to leave me and run away?"... more>>

One day, Edith suddenly regained memories of her past life. Faced with the realization that she was doomed to die before the age of twenty from a mysterious illness, she decided to take a gamble.

That gamble was to become the contract wife of the second male lead, Lucion, and absorb his curse. To him, the curse was a nightmare, but to Edith, it was her last hope, and at the same time, Edith was his only cure.

But,

"You’re annoying."

"Do you really think you belong here?"

Lucion closed off his heart due to the curse and refused to let Edith get close. But that was fine. Sooner or later, Lucion would have no choice but to take her hand.

"…You won’t leave me, right?"

"No. I’ll stay by your side, no matter what."

"You promised. So stay with me. Don't even think about being with anyone else."

His cold hand intertwined their fingers tightly, as if he never intended to let go.

As expected of a possessive male lead, he showed his true colors from the very start.

* * *

Edith thought this marriage would have an end. She had no doubt that one day, he would let go of her hand. She was so sure…

"You said with those pretty lips of yours that no matter what, you'd never leave me."

His gentle hand brushed over Edith's lips. He moved closer, as if trying to swallow her shuddering breath, and his eyes curved into a smile.

"So now you have to take responsibility. After all, I belong to you." <<less

I became the secret mastermind ML in a romance fantasy novel. Not just any male lead, but the one who ends up with the villainess-possessed... more>> protagonist. <<less

Before the original story begins, I reincarnated as a lowly noble burdened with debt. I managed to survive by selling bits of information to an underground guild, but even that has its limits.... more>>

However, as the story is about to start, I know that the villain’s family is looking for a fake contract daughter-in-law to pretend to be pregnant to delay the death declaration of their missing eldest son. If I take on that role for just a few months, I could earn a lot of money.

I was planning to live quietly as a dutiful fake daughter-in-law…

“If you stay here, I’ll give you all of Ekian’s inheritance.”

But the Duke, my father-in-law, likes me too much.

“Why solve everything with money? How about adopting her and remarrying her?”

The Duchess, my mother-in-law, wants to mess up the family registry.

“You did marry my brother, right? You won’t leave if he comes back, right?”

Even my brother-in-law, the villain of the original story, clings to me!

Meanwhile…

“They said after a while, they’ll divorce me and find me a good remarriage prospect personally.”

“…Remarriage? You mean to marry again?”

The head of the information guild, whom I used to sell information to, is acting strangely.

“That husband… he might come back.”

What nonsense is this? According to the original story, the eldest son of the villain’s family remains missing.

***

“E-Ekian? Is that you, Ekian?”

“You… you are back? Really?”

Impossible.

The eldest son of this house is never supposed to return!

“Yes.”

Who is this handsome man confidently walking into the mansion?

“I heard I got married. Where’s my wife?”

What? I suddenly have a super handsome husband! <<less

“If you want to be my wife, you must work tirelessly in my bedchamber to bear me an heir.”... more>>

Princess Hinael of Sarr was mu*dered by her husband while she was pregnant.
Thinking her life had ended, she unexpectedly found herself sent back two years in time.

In this new life, I will raise the child in my womb as
[another man’s child].

In a desperate moment, a man who can save her came to mind —
Lutz Viant, the War God, the future Emperor of the Trycas Empire.

“I’ll do it, if that’s what you want.”
“Good, you have spirit.”

To survive, Hinael resolves to fulfill her duties as a wife…

* * *

“You may not be able to walk tomorrow.”

At first, she thought it was just an exaggeration.
But.

“Have you forgotten how rough I can get?”

Even though this was a transactional relationship,
he became incredibly excited from the very first night.

“I can’t control myself, my body is different than usual. Hooh…”

Back then, she didn’t know.
Why he was thrashing about like a wild beast. <<less

"I saw your fiancé courting a widow."... more>>

One day, Kisa heard shocking words from a stranger. Pale with shock, she went to confront him and asked,

"The difference in gender between her and me is merely a secondary factor. Am I, in blunt terms, having an affair?"

Kisa could no longer endure this deception.

**

Before her, who was struggling with an oppressive father over the broken engagement, a man appeared like a savior—Seyard, who suddenly became a duke in place of his deceased brother.

"Kisa, will you marry me? To solve each other's problems."

A suspicious man with nothing known about him. However, he was kind, and unlike her father, he supported her.

Sometimes, an inexplicable chill overcame her, but everything went smoothly. Until a letter arrived from her former fiancé.

[I have something urgent to tell you. It’s a very serious and dangerous issue regarding the man who may become your husband.]

Kisa's heart raced. What is this man hiding from me? <<less

“I didn’t cheat on you with your fiancé; it was fate, do you understand?”... more>>

The heroine eloped with my fiancé.

On the day of our engagement.

After a moment of disbelief, the male lead came to me.

“The lady I picked out for the contract marriage ran off with her friend’s fiancé.”

“Goodness, there’s a lady just like me.”

“So I’m thinking of proposing a contract marriage to that friend.”

The eyes beneath the bushy eyebrows gleamed sharply.

“Will you marry me, milady?”

… It seems to be me.

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

Since my fiancé ran away anyway, there wasn’t much choice; I entered the wedding hall with the male lead.

I agreed to the contract with the intention of running away if necessary.

“I’ll try to make you a precious person to everyone.”

His fingertips, which descended to my earlobe, lightly brushed my tiny earring.

Shivers ran down my spine.

“The earring suits you very well.”

The earring had a purple gem that matched his eye color.

Something seems wrong with this contract marriage after all. <<less

Three months after their marriage, Jian Hang and Qin Moling still slept in separate rooms. This marriage was decided by the Old Master of the Qin family, and Qin Moling had no feelings for her. ... more>>

In the eyes of outsiders, when Jian Hang who came from an ordinary family married into the Qin family, she was a sparrow who flew up a branch and became a phoenix. Many people were waiting to see her become a joke as the abandoned wife of a wealthy family. But Jian Hang indeed did not lose out on this marriage, and so she decided to live a good life together with Qin Moling.

That night, she took the initiative to find him and talked about a topic that was trending on the Internet.

Qin Moling only gave her a few perfunctory words.

Seeing that he had no interest, Jian Hang got up and went back to her bedroom. After a while, there was a knock on the door.

Jian Hang didn’t open the door and said in a disinterested tone: “If you have anything to say, just say it.”

Qin Moling: “The hot search you’re concerned about was the 22nd earlier, but now it has been promoted to the 2nd and tagged as ‘explosive’.”

Jian Hang: “…”

PS: As the title says, marriage comes first, then love. The male lead goes from never being in love, to having his heart quicken, his desires aroused, to being completely devoted.

……

There’s no real antagonist to speak of, just the story of two hard-headed people trying to get along in a marriage neither of them was keen on—until, of course, everything clicks together.

The female lead is not a wilting damsel-in-distress. She’s also a ‘domineering CEO’ in her own right, kicks business ass, and eats arrogant bosses for breakfast—all done with a gorgeous shade of lipstick. <<less

Laura Pendleton, the renowned matchmaker of high society.... more>>

She believed this latest request, to find a match for Ian Dalton, a prime bachelor and wealthy landowner, would be smooth sailing.

At least, until she met the man wrapped in nothing but obstinance.

“You must’ve heard. Just how much trouble my sister went through to drag me here.”

A straight nose and eyes radiating refined grace. Miss Pendleton thought:

With a face like that, he could whisk away any lady in a carriage to his estate.

And soon enough, she realized just how accurate her assessment was.

“Are you telling me to marry someone else right now?”

His handsome face twisted ever so slightly before he spoke again.

“Marry me, Miss Pendleton.”

A finely cut diamond ring shimmered in the light.

Held out to Laura Pendleton, an old maid of twenty-nine. <<less

"I want to repay my husband's kindness."... more>>

Facing death, it was her last wish.
Miraculously given another chance at life, albeit limited…
It didn't matter if it was in the body of a complete stranger.
All that mattered was the opportunity to repay his kindness.

And yet.

"If you’re talking about Margrave Haberfeld, isn't he the one who went mad after losing his wife?"

What? They weren't that close, were they?

Five years after her death,
Strange rumors were circulating.

"Are you... truly not Grace?"

Then, there was also her husband's suspicions.

In a situation where she couldn’t even admit that she’s Grace…
Could she really repay his kindness and leave safely? <<less

[Lazy, sweet, powerhouse of a big-dog-like top × business prodigy, tsundere cat-like older sister bottom. Transmigrated top vs. reborn bottom. Ancient ABO, younger top, mpreg.] ... more>>

Gu Qingci died unexpectedly in the apocalypse, only to wake up transmigrated into the body of the scummy wife of the female lead in an ancient ABO novel.

As a fallen noble who married a merchant’s daughter, she not only lived off her wife’s wealth but also looked down on her. She mistreated her, took multiple concubines, and after draining her wife’s fortune, divorced her to marry someone else. In the end, her ex-wife, who had risen to become the richest imperial merchant, and her new wife, the eldest princess, conspired to have her exiled to the army, where she died of starvation and cold.

When Gu Qingci transmigrated into this world, she found herself holding a cane, about to beat her kneeling wife—pressuring her for money to take a concubine.

Gu Qingci, whose survival instincts were honed in the apocalypse, immediately dropped to her knees in front of her wife.

Wife: ???!!!

Gu Qingci, teary-eyed and pitiful: Sister, what’s a concubine? Can you eat it? I only want you!

(Frantically hinting: Rich wife, hungry, food, sob sob, obedient, helpless, can eat a lot.)

…

Ruan Zhi noticed that her good-for-nothing wife—whose only redeeming quality was her beauty—had been acting strange lately. She seemed dumb but not entirely.

She no longer complained about Ruan Zhi’s "stink of copper" defended her everywhere, voluntarily handed over household management, and let her take full control of their estates and shops. To avoid taxes, she even took the military imperial exams and became a scholar!

Just as Ruan Zhi thought she was plotting something big, Gu Qingci brought her to meet the emperor’s eldest daughter and smirked: Sister, want a wife? I’ll help you! After the divorce, you keep all the assets—I just want a 10% cut.

Ruan Zhi: …

Once Ruan Zhi understood her wife’s intentions, she leaned in close, her breath warm against Gu Qingci’s ear, and whispered: If you want your cut, you’d better learn how to please me. Do it wrong, and you won’t get a single coin.

…

Later, to protect her soft, fragrant rice bowl (cough), Gu Qingci became a great general defending the nation, then an imperial prince of the highest rank.

During court, the emperor tried to bestow noblewomen upon her as concubines.

Just as everyone expected her to kneel in gratitude, Gu Qingci trembled and said: Your Majesty, please have mercy! I don’t want to go home and kneel on an abacus—have pity on this subject!

Before: Rich wife, hungry, food!

After: Darling, hungry, darling~ <<less

A bittersweet love story between a monster with unusual fɛtⁱshɛs and a fragile human woman.

Belita, a poor Viscount’s daughter who lost her parents in a carriage accident, is practically sold off by her relatives to marry into the Grand Duke’s family.... more>>

Her husband, Grand Duke Lian, is kind and polite, but despite being married, he remains coldly distant, like a stranger.

“What brings you to my room, wife?”

“I-I’m sorry. The thunder was so frightening…”

On a night of thunder and lightning, Belita, suffering from accident trauma, runs to her husband’s room in terror, but what she finds there is not the Lian she knows, but a beast-like man wearing her husband’s mask.

“Y-you’re insane!”

“Ah, first time seeing the madman? You’ll be seeing him often from now on. <<less

Shen Qingxuan happens to save a girl attempting su*cide in a park. The very next day, the girl’s grandparents come looking for him—only to find the two of them sleeping on the same bed.... more>>

A few days later, an inexplicable flash marriage takes place.

What was supposed to be a fake marriage at first…

…slowly begins to change.

Jiang Yubing: “Don’t tell me you actually want me to call you ‘husband’.”

“I’m his wife. From now on, please keep your distance from my husband.” <<less