ROMANCE

(A long-planned secret crush + A guiding lover + Marriage before love)A stunning and nonchalant heiress + A deeply devoted Crown Prince of the Portmere CircleNina Thorne was in a passionate five-year relationship, renowned throughout the Sylport scene, only to be stood up on the day of her marriage registration.Nina Thorne had had enough.She made a solemn vow to break up, turning her fiancé into an ex-boyfriend.But because of a phone call, in a fit of pique, Nina Thorne registered her marriage with Justin Kane, her ex-boyfriend's own brother with whom she'd always had a cold relationship.—Justin Kane was the renowned Crown Prince of the Portmere Circle, who had also founded a financial empire overseas and was a fearsome financial tycoon.After their marriage, he doted on Nina Thorne to the bone, indulging her in every way.Nina Thorne was humiliated by her ex-boyfriend, who described her as utterly worthless.Justin Kane threw a punch, knocking him to the ground, “My wife is the apple of my eye, my heart's treasure. I'll spoil her no matter what she's like. If you dare say another word against her, you're out of the Kane Family Tree!”Much later, Nina Thorne discovered that the man she had once feared had been secretly in love with her for ten years, and this was all part of his long-held plan...

“Look down and face the wall, princess,” he whispered dangerously close to her ear, grabbing her waist from behind.“Like...like this?” she whispered, a soft gasp escaping from her lips at his touch.“Perfect. Let me have a beautiful view of you, my love...” he smirked as he approached her slowly...Elena Voss, the daughter of a supposed traitor, thought she was just attending another high-society gala her Lord forced her into. But the masquerade was no ordinary party—it was a vampire court ritual, and her dance with a masked stranger bound her to him as his chosen bride.Damien Von Carstein, a ruthless and impossibly beautiful vampire prince, claims she now belongs to him. He promises her protection, passion, and power—but at the cost of her freedom. And when Elena uncovers her true background, she realizes that everything was fate being played.Torn between desire and danger, Elena must navigate Damien’s shadowy world of temptations. But every action she makes, pulls her deeper into his orbit. And when rivals rise, betrayals surface, and bodies start to fall, Elena will have to decide:Will she destroy the vampire prince who bound her and bring honor to her family's name or surrender to the passion that could destroy her?

Born into an abusive, unstable family and crippled from a young age, Harley grew up with pain as his only constant. Happiness was something he learned about through books—fantasy novels, forgotten histories, and imagined worlds where suffering had meaning.Then he died, and death wasn't the end of his suffering.Reincarnated into the world of the last novel he read, where humanity survives an apocalypse through supernatural “Awakened” warriors battling creatures from beyond reality, Harley should have been given a second chance at a good life.Instead, he was discarded.Thrown out of the noble household he was born into, Harley lived as a slave in the mines, a circus clown mocked for survival, all to eat.So when fate finally offered him the chance to awaken—to gain power like the others—Harley broke once again.Because after surviving a horrific trial, the power he awakened—although powerful—had a fatal condition that he could never accept....Author's note: This novel is dark, and the few chapters portrays the MC's mindset from being an ordinary man to getting chosen by the Harvest.Everything he does is for his own benefit. There would be a female lead, but you guys would hate her... I think. I personally liked the way I designed her.Anyways, see y'all at chapter 100.Additional tags: No-Harem.