Fake Heir, Real Boss

During a high-stakes quarterly report, an influencer claiming to be the Lombardo family's long-lost son storms the stage with his crew. He publicly brands the current CEO a fraud, forcing him into a 'FAKE' vest while demanding his resignation. Though the room expects a total collapse, the accused heir offers a final warning to the intruder. Little do the spectators know, he isn't a simple imposter; he is actually the hidden power the entire mafia family answers to.

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I'd run this company for two years. I still had some pull.

They glanced at each other. For a second, no one moved.

"Does Luca still have something up his sleeve?"

"Now that you say it... I saw him at a banquet with the chairman and his wife. They treated him like royalty."

"And he's actually good at this. In two years as CEO, the stock more than tripled..."

Philip's face darkened. He pointed at me. "You got here by sucking up to my parents! Now that I'm back, you think they'll protect a fake like you?"

I ignored him and looked at Clara. "End the pregnancy. Leave him. I'll act like none of this happened."

She smiled and walked over.

For a second, I thought she'd come to her senses. Something warm hit my chest. I reached for her—

She slapped me. Hard.

"How are you still not getting it?" She blew on her palm, disgust all over her face. "I got fooled, that's why I ended up engaged to a fake like you.

"The fact I'm not asking for compensation is already generous. And you think I'd struggle through life with you? Keep dreaming."

Then she turned to the crowd, voice raised. "Did you know? This guy's completely useless. Two years together, and he didn't even dare touch me."

The room burst out laughing. The live chat went feral.

[This fake's not just fake—he probably can't even get it up.]

[Philip, hurry it up. Get to the next part. Strip him and check if it's real.]

[Not gonna lie, the fake's got a decent face. Send him my way, I'll have some fun.]

I stared at her, stunned.

My chest went cold.

Clara was my first love. I liked her the second I saw her. She was exactly my type.

I didn't touch her because I respected her. I wanted to wait for our wedding night.

Never thought that would turn into her weapon.

So all that softness was fake.

I watched Philip pull her in, heard him brag, "See? I'm the real man."

The way they played around snapped something in me.

"You trash!"

I tore free, lunged forward, grabbed him, and slammed my fist into his face.

He folded in my grip like nothing. I trained regularly—one punch was all it took.

I lost it, pounding him without holding back.

Clara screamed. That finally snapped everyone out of it. They rushed in and dragged me off.

Philip's face was wrecked—blood smeared everywhere, already swelling and bruising.

"You're dead, you hear me? Kill him!" he screamed, eyes full of hate.

The others shifted, ready to prove themselves.

I swept a cold look over them. "I'm still the CEO. Who's got the guts to touch me?"

My voice stayed low, but no one moved.

It was true. Lombardo Corp hadn't officially removed me.

I flicked the blood off my hand, fixed my collar, and looked at Philip. "Take that as a warning. Leave now, and for your parents' sake, I'll let it go."

Philip snapped at the way I looked at him.

"You're just a fake, and you still act tough? If I don't kill you today, I'm not Lombardo!"

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8.1

Betrayed Heiress: Marrying The Hockey King

8.1

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9.6

Dad's Regret After Killing Me for Ex's Daughter

9.6

In this werewolf fantasy, a Beta’s daughter is unjustly condemned to a fire house meant for criminals after his ex-lover's child is burned. Her father ignores her pleas for mercy, ordering she remain imprisoned until death. For ten days, she endures agonizing cycles of fire that overwhelm her healing abilities. By the time he returns to release her, the damage is irreversible. He discovers too late that his cruelty led to the very outcome he demanded.

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7.7

Genius Wife's Revenge: Too Late For Regret

7.7

For two years, I played the role of the "Midwestern mistake," the mousey wife Julian Ford-Sterling IV kept hidden like a shameful secret. I hid my true self behind thick glasses and ashen foundation, acting as the perfect, cowed charity case while he lived a life of marble and indifference. The day our marriage contract ended, the headlines were already screaming about his affair with Hollywood’s sweetheart, Lana Vane. Julian didn't even grant me a final conversation; he simply sent his legal team to hand me divorce papers that gave me nothing—no alimony, no shares, just a non-disclosure agreement and a one-way ticket out of his life. I signed the papers and walked away, but a drugged encounter in a dark club that same night led me back into his arms. We collided in the shadows, two strangers stripped of their titles, but I fled before dawn, accidentally leaving behind my vintage silver locket. By the time I reached my secret design studio the next morning, I discovered Julian had executed a hostile takeover of my entire life’s work. To my horror, Lana Vane was already there, clutching my stolen locket and shamelessly claiming she was the woman Julian had spent the night with. Julian stood before me in his charcoal suit, looking at me with total lack of recognition. To him, I was just a "gold-digging" architect he had bought along with the furniture. I watched them together, the man who had discarded me and the woman who had stolen my identity, realizing that Julian was obsessed with the genius of "Rose" while despising the woman who stood right in front of him. He had no idea that the wife he’d just divorced was the very person he was now desperate to control. I straightened my spine, my violet-blue eyes cold and lethal behind my new designer frames. "Mr. Ford-Sterling, you wanted the best designer in the city? You’ve got her. But you should know—I don't just build empires. I know exactly how to tear them down."

Action Mystery Romance

9.2

He Chose Faith. I Chose Freedom

9.2

Evelyn spent thirteen years loving Joseph Lewis, but their wedding day ended in tragedy when his stepsister's suicide revealed their forbidden affair. After years of mutual torment and a fatal kidnapping, Joseph's dying wish was for Evelyn never to choose him again. Granted a miraculous second chance, Evelyn wakes up on the day of her engagement. Rejecting the man who broke her heart, she chooses his elder brother, Theodore Lewis, to rewrite her destiny and escape the shadows of her past.

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7.0

HUMILIATED SON-IN-LAW, INVINCIBLE SYSTEM

7.0

They mocked him. They humiliated him. They thought he was just the worthless son-in-law who couldn't lift his head at the dinner table. Leon Gray was invisible to everyone around him-his proud wife, his ruthless in-laws, the world that only measured worth by wealth and power. To them, he was nothing but a burden, a joke, a man doomed to live and die in obscurity. But Leon had a secret. Behind his silence was strength. Behind his shame was an empire no one dared to imagine. Every insult, every slap, every cruel laugh only fueled the system he carried within him-a mysterious force that rewarded his patience and built his hidden kingdom brick by brick. The Collins family believed they had crushed him. What they didn't know was that they had just created their greatest enemy. Now the silent son-in-law is done waiting. The tables are about to turn. The man they trampled will rise-not as their equal, but as their ruler. This is not just a tale of revenge. This is the legend of the forgotten man who became untouchable. The silent king. The son-in-law who owns everything.

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