Get Rid of the Father, Keep the Child

He departed for an international conference with a beautiful promise: a grand wedding upon his return. Yet, a decade of agonizing waiting ends in absolute heartbreak when he finally reappears, looking her in the eye only to ask if they have ever met. As she watches this stranger meticulously set the table before her, a radical resolution begins to take shape in her mind. If he has truly forgotten their past, perhaps her best path forward is to discard the father and simply keep the child.

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He said he was attending an international conference, and promised me a grand wedding when he got back.

But I waited a full ten years, only for him to ask, "I'm sorry... do we know each other?"

Watching the man in front of me meticulously placing food on my plate, I started to seriously wonder, 'Maybe I should just keep the kid and ditch the dad?'

I don't know when it started, but I've been having the same dream over and over. In the dream, I'm also an orphan. I meet Quinn Shepherd by chance in the winter, we fall in love by summer, and we walk hand in hand through countless days and nights.

He'd wait for me after work in the biting cold wind, and he'd bring me an umbrella in the middle of a downpour.

Then, he told me he had to go on a business trip, promising a grand wedding upon his return.

But the me in the dream waited for ten agonizing years, only to be met with his question, "I'm sorry... do we know each other?"

Too proud to break down, I quickly took my daughter's hand and left.

The next time I heard news of him, I was lying in a hospital bed as the TV announced his engagement.

In the end, I died, filled with bitter resentment.

Everything in the dream was so vivid, but I refused to believe it. It all felt too absurd.

After all, my real life was the complete opposite of my dream self's.

We've been married for five years, and my husband is as wonderful to me as ever. He always seems to show up just in the nick of time, right before any mishap. Our daughter, meanwhile, is brilliant and adorable.

But the indifferent look in the dream Quinn Shepherd's eyes still left me feeling unsettled.

"Honey, what's wrong? Is your blood sugar acting up?" My husband took my cold hand, and the warmth from his touch instantly chased away the chill in my heart.

"Is Mommy sick? Daddy made your favorite soft-yolk eggs! If you eat them, you won't be sick anymore." I looked at my four-year-old daughter. 'I'm just overthinking things.' Other than being a little brighter than other kids, she was the very picture of a little girl raised in a honey pot. How could she possibly be the timid, pitiful thing from my dream who didn't even dare to speak up?

'There's no way anything from that dream could ever happen in real life.'

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After her family's sudden collapse, a delicate heiress is forced into a marriage of convenience with a cold, powerful billionaire. Though their union began as a mere business transaction to secure her future, the stoic tycoon finds himself unexpectedly drawn to his bride’s quiet resilience. As they navigate high-society scandals and hidden agendas, their guarded hearts begin to thaw, turning a forced arrangement into a deep, consuming passion.

Billionaire Modern Romance

8.7

My Boyfriend's Old Flame Returns with a Child

8.7

When my boyfriend’s former lover reappears begging for a second chance with their child, she casts me as the villain. Blinded by her tears, my boyfriend accuses me of being heartless. It is a laughable charge. If I lacked a ruthless edge, his indecisive leadership would have never taken our company public. He is about to learn that my cold pragmatism is a family trait. My entire household is unforgiving, and we are not about to let his weakness ruin what we built.

Billionaire Modern Romance

8.0

No Longer in Love

8.0

Rosie anticipated a romantic sunset proposal during a corporate trip to Colmar, but her world shattered when Mark knelt before his first love, Lana, instead. After witnessing him promise to father Lana’s child, Rosie silently abandoned the relationship. She booked a trip and left to attend an arranged date. A year later, Rosie returns to find a desperate Mark. The billionaire pleads for a second chance, but the woman he betrayed is no longer the person he once knew.

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.6

No Tomorrow for Our Old Dreams

9.6

After a seven-year engagement, Jojo’s world is upended when Nathan Galloway inherits his late brother's estate along with a cruel condition: he must father a child with his widowed sister-in-law, Catherine. As Nathan’s secret visits result in a pregnancy and an unexpected marriage proposal for Catherine, Jojo realizes her place in his life has been erased. Embracing her own family's indifference toward the Galloways' status, she prepares to leave with her son, Theo, and abandon their shared past.

Billionaire Modern Romance

9.6

Our Love's Last Stop

9.6

After fighting her family to marry Micah Walker, a woman is devastated when he demands to marry his first love first to fulfill a deathbed wish. Micah dismisses her sacrifices and her family's multi-million-dollar jewelry launch, labeling her concerns as greed. Realizing she is merely an obstacle to his past flame, she decides to move forward with the lavish ceremony. She calls her brother Kyle with a cold command: keep the wedding, but find a new groom.

Billionaire Modern Romance

8.5

Pampered By The Ruthless Billionaire Cousin

8.5

Chloe Sullivan spent two years as the obedient wife in a loveless arrangement with Ryan Astor. When his affair with actress Sienna Sterling goes public, Chloe becomes the target of a vicious online hate campaign. But Ryan wants more than humiliation—he wants to void their prenup and leave her with nothing. He lures her to a club, drugs her drink, and plans to stage compromising photos. As the drug takes hold, Chloe whispers a desperate plea. The scheme collapses. She wakes not in a cheap hotel but in a luxurious penthouse, safe beside Julian Astor IV, the ruthless heir Ryan fears above all.

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