Clive Cussler's The Serpent's Eye

She made him unable to be with the other women for five years. After five years, they met each other again. He came to her passionately and Suzy Mayne had nowhere else to hide. “Woman, you need to be wise and be properly responsible for me!”

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A plane crash had orphaned her... he too, shared the exact same fate. However, his misfortune was all her father’s doing.She was at the young age of eight when he, who was ten years older, brought her to the Tremont Estate. She thought this kind gesture came from the good will of his heart. Little did she know, it was for retribution.For ten years, she had always thought that he hated her. He was gentle and benevolent to the world, but never towards her…He forbade her from calling him ‘brother’. She could only call him by his name - Mark Tremont, Mark Tremont, over and over again till it was ingrained deeply in her head...

Having found herself caught in a web of conspiracy, the countryside girl was forced to return to the city. She was to be his replacement bride - a union meant to atone for his life’s misfortunes.Hideous and ungifted in the medical field? Watch out... she is going to heal the sickly and work marvels, in stunning and ravishing fashion too!She embarrassed several socialites, who ran whining to him about her, “Mr. Hank!…”Hold on... her ailing husband was actually a supreme magnate! She flung herself, clinging to him. “Hubby, aren’t you sick with one foot in the grave?”

After being in love for ten years, she ended up becoming his sister-in-law. Gossiped and hated by everyone, society deemed her as a mariticidal adulteress and she is imprisoned for five years. As a result of Ben Howard’s words—‘Take good care of her’—she is tortured to the point of deformation and gave birth to a stillborn. All these happened without him realizing that she is the woman from that night.Five years ago, she begged him to believe in her but he ignored her. Five years later, she is willing to remain as a widow for the rest of her life, but he is unwilling to let her go. Ashley South begged, “Mr. Howard, I was wrong and have been imprisoned for the past five years. Please let me go.” He responded, “Let you go? Over my dead body.”

“Honey, what do you think is my greatest asset?” “You have too much energy in you.”Scarlet Jones had thought her flash-marriage husband was just an average joe. Who would have thought that he turned out to be a man at the helm of wealth, power, and influence? He put on a distinguished and cold front but behind closed doors, he would go the extra mile to harass her under the excuse that he wanted to spoil and bond with her! Her husband also said that because she could not keep up with him, he was going to "drill her"! Scarlet Jones was shocked. “...” This man must be a devil.

In the Bennet family, Rue had long been jealous of her twin sister, Rachel. She concocted a plan to get Rachel drunk and send her into a stranger's bed at their birthday party, hoping that she would be expelled from the Bennet family with her ruined reputation. However, in the playful hands of fate, Rachel bedded Edward Bluemel, the richest man in the world, and became pregnant. Edward fell head over heels for Rachel, and actively searched for the woman with whom he only had the fortune to meet once. With Rue's manipulation, the couple’s reunion was prevented. Nine months later, Rachel gave birth to a pair of twin boys, which fueled Rue's flames of jealousy once more. In order to take over Rachel’s place as Edward’s wife, Rue took one of the twins and pretended to be her. With that, she managed to marry Edward, though she never had his favor since then. Five years passed, the other twin that was raised by Rachel had grown up to be a cute, kind prodigy. By chance, he entered an upper-class kindergarten where he met his twin brother for the first time…

Charlie Wade was the live-in son-in-law that everyone despised, but his real identity as the heir of a prominent family remained a secret. He swore that one day, those who shunned him would kneel before him and beg for mercy, eventually!

(Alternate Title: The Glorious LifeMain Characters: Philip Clarke, Wynn Johnston) “Oh no! If I don’t work harder, I’d have to return to the family house and inherit that monstrous family fortune.” As the heir to an elite wealthy family, Philip Clarke was troubled by this…

Betrayal. A young woman, Gu Xi, was deceived and murdered by those she deeply trusted. However, instead of dying, her soul was sent back 5 years into the past, giving her the chance to relive her life. Only this time, with enough knowledge about the future to change her destiny. Now she seeks revenge against those who have wronged her, and to live the life she believes she deserves.