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Min-ah's father left her with nothing but debt before she even became an adult. As she worked as a golf course caddy, paying off the debt day by day, a group of old men appeared, claiming to be her father's old friends. "You're only 22, still so young, but already so commendable." "Ah, mister, wait, just a moment." "Ugh, wh-what are you doing...!!" "What do you think I'm doing?" "I'm trying to get back the money your father never paid me, even if it's just this."

Sheila, a maid who has served Judith—the troublesome youngest daughter of the prestigious Calley Count family—for over four years. One day, the heir of the house and eldest son, Cedric, returns. While taking charge of Judith’s education, he proposes something shocking to Sheila, Judith’s designated maid: “The term is three months. For the punishment-maid role, you’ll receive an extra amount equal to a maid’s full salary.” Her income would double. It was enough for her to finally reach the secret goal she had been saving toward—so she accepts the offer. “Grab the stove… and bare your backside.” Sheila had no idea. She had walked straight into his trap.

“Everything else aside, getting pregnant was definitely a mistake. Don’t you think?” Kwon Shin-woo—heir to the Geonyang Group and CEO of Mangkang Chemical. Once, he was Song Bo-yeon’s prince. “I don’t care if people find out you and I were together.” “Even if they find out we had a child together?” After an unexpected reunion, Shin-woo begins lingering around her once more. To protect Dasul, the child he abandoned, Bo-yeon accepts a deal—while carrying a long-standing misunderstanding in her heart. “How far are you willing to go?” “If it’ll help… I’ll do anything I can.” She had only one goal: To reclaim the peaceful life she once had—without Kwon Shin-woo in it.

Elena, the only daughter of a wealthy family, happens to witness a friend’s secret intimate moment. This awakens her curiosity about sex and desire. Soon, she becomes intrigued by her own knight and bodyguard, Kael, and begins to approach him boldly. As their secret relationship deepens, their feelings for each other turn sincere. However, Elena’s father learns of Kael’s past and tries to tear them apart. Despite the opposition and prejudice, the two decide to protect their love at all costs.

“You think I wouldn’t know? Just how good was it that you went and had not one, but two of some other guy’s kids?” Two years of a toxic sponsor relationship that ended leaving only deep scars. Bomi secretly gave birth to Do-gyeol’s twins and was raising them alone— until the man himself showed up again. Desperate not to lose her children, Bomi made up a fake husband and lied. But Do-gyeol just sneered and shoved their old sponsor contract in her face… “Even if you spread your legs for any random guy and popped out kids, our contract still hasn’t ended.”

Every summer, she is haunted by nightmares of snakes crawling into her house. Like a dream that follows no matter how far she runs, a past she believed she had forgotten comes knocking once again. Living in Seoul as a cold, rational lawyer, she returns to her hometown—Geumnak-ri—for the first time in 11 years under the pretense of advising on a redevelopment association dispute. It is a place where the empty remnants of a past she erased from memory still linger, ever since her father’s death. There, she encounters a man who holds her entire past in his grasp. Kim Se-won, CEO of Geumseong D&C— a man standing on the opposite side of her client, and the very person who left her with wounds she can never erase. Each time she faces him, she is overwhelmed by scenes she cannot tell are dreams or memories: red roses, an old side gate, school uniforms, and a low voice calling her name. “No matter how many times I look, you’re still beautiful, Hee-jae.” “If I kill your father for you… what will you give me in return?” What exactly happened in Geumnak-ri eleven years ago? Why does he remember everything— while she alone has lost it all?

A career assistant director must save a TV program on the brink of cancellation! Succeed, and it’s a directorial debut—fail, and it’s exile?! Eunwoo, a long-time assistant director and the only one among her peers who has yet to make her official debut, unexpectedly takes over directing duties when the main PD of the long-running but declining program Star Observation Diary is removed due to an affair. With her debut riding on achieving a 10% viewership rating, Eunwoo sets out to recruit athletes competing in the Asian Games. But from the very start, her plans are derailed by sabotage from CP Oh Seongchan, with whom she’s had friction since her rookie days. Meanwhile, the broadcasting world’s top target for casting—basketball star Jaehui—coldly rejects all offers of attention. Yet somehow, he shows interest in Star Observation Diary… and in Eunwoo herself. Despite CP Oh’s attempts to “steal” everything from her, will Eunwoo be able to successfully cast Jaehui?

Just before my coming-of-age ceremony, my first heat cycle hit. I lost my reason and ended up spending a hot night with a mysterious man bearing a snake tattoo. For a beastkin, a one-night stand driven by instinct is a common enough occurrence. I even used magic to erase the man's memories, so I believed that if I quietly disappeared while he slept, that would be the end of it... [Seeking the woman who toyed with the Black Snake] But the next day, an advertisement appeared in the newspaper, and if that wasn't enough, flyers looking for me started going up all over the village?!

Yeonwoo, a secretary, flees to her hometown of Moksan County to escape the gaslighting and abuse of Vice President Yoonseok. There, she meets Seongheon, the executive director of Seoryang Construction. His heart, once cold as ice, slowly melts and seeps open in the presence of Yeonwoo—who is as warm and gentle as spring itself. Meanwhile, Yoonseok sets out to find Yeonwoo…

Valen, the hero of the kingdom who loathes demons. While trying to save a woman who was about to be attacked by a demon beast on the battlefield, he was struck from behind and lost consciousness. And when he opened his eyes... he was in the middle of a forced wedding ceremony with the woman he saved, in the Demon Realm! "I am Arhen. And you?" "Do you think I have a name to tell a filthy demon?" The woman Valen saved was Arhen, a high-ranking demon presumed to be a succubus, and the demons, exhausted by long wars, proposed a marriage alliance to him. "As you can see... I get wet easily." Moreover, the deal ends when Arhen becomes pregnant. Can the newlywed life of Valen, a human hero with demonophobia, and Arhen, the Demon King who wants to maintain peace through pregnancy, truly be peaceful?

“Did I ever give you room to hope, Yeonhee?” Junghoon clicked his tongue as if pitying her. She had believed that her one-sided crush on Team Leader Min Junghoon was love. Knowing that revealing her true feelings would mean the end, she buried them deep inside her heart— yet even in her desperate love, cracks eventually appeared. “I’m sorry, Team Leader. But it already ended a long time ago.” Now, she was ready to abandon him completely.

The grand union of two great families — everyone eagerly awaited the wedding. But on that very day, the groom showed up with his mistress. That’s when I finally spoke my mind. “I can’t do this. This marriage—” As I turned to leave the cold, silent hall, a man suddenly stood up in the middle of the chaos. “Then marry me instead.” ...He proposed to me right after I wrecked my own wedding?! Wait, what’s going on here? Since when were we such a lovey-dovey couple?!