Marriage Not Dating Konu

Every woman must be married before twenty-one, or be matched up with a random stranger. That is the way of world ever since the population of humans mysteriously dwindled fifty years ago. Jiyeon Park is getting married not for the sake of love but rather for business to her childhood friend, Minwoo Lee, just before her twenty-first birthday. However, things go awry when Minwoo runs off with Jiyeon's younger sister, and now Jiyeon is left to find a husband before she's randomly matched with one! So in her desperation, she proposes to the first handsome man that she meets, and to her surprise, he accepts her proposal. Little does she know he's one of the most powerful men in Korea...

~My Lovely Harem School Life~ Just like the cringy name suggests, it's a well-known dating sim that gained popularity due to the beautiful heroines, fun story, and most importantly, the significance of the player's choices that influence the endings. ...But why did I end up transmigrating into the scummiest character in the game, Yagami Reiji, the heir to the biggest Yakuza group in the country? The trash that harassed the main cast, the trash that bullied the students, and the trash that ultimately 'steals' the heroines if the player makes the wrong decisions. Why, God, Why!? Will my predecessor's past, a horrific mess, haunt me? Will my father, the King of the Underworld, accept me? Will the characters, now a reality, still hate me? I decided to live a regular life, slowly taking the steps to whitewash my reputation..... With an occasional punch thrown here and there. .....Wait, why is the original protagonist a complete idiot?

"Block him." "He's technically still my boss." "Then block him with dignity." The call ended again. And then started again. I let out a sound somewhere between a growl and a sob, then finally answered with the enthusiasm of a snail crawling through salt. "Yes, Mr. Walton?" "Have you changed your mind yet?" I collapsed onto the towel and gazed at the sky as though it might consume me entirely if I pleaded sweetly enough. "Do you ever take a break?" I asked, shielding my eyes with one hand. "You're avoiding the question." "Because it's a dumb question." He exhaled, the sound sharp and irritated even over phone. "It's not a dumb question. It's a business offer." "It's a weird offer-one that I already said no to." There was a brief pause, and I could practically hear him clenching his jaw through the speaker. "You are acting unreasonably." " Unreasonable?" I sat up. "I'm not the one drafting fake girlfriend contracts like it's a normal Tuesday." "Isabella-" "Certainly not, Mr. Walton." I mimicked his tone perfectly. "I told you I'm not doing it. You need to find someone else to play pretend with." SYNOPSIS Isabella Miller thought saying no to her boss’s fake dating offer was the end of the story. But Adrien Walton doesn’t take no—especially not when he’s convinced she’s a gold digger. Suddenly, her student loans are piling up, her father’s vet clinic is on the brink of eviction and her brother is about to be kicked out of college. Coincidence? She thinks not. Adrien Walton is calm, calculating—and he's just pulled every string to corner Isabella into the perfect position. Now she’s stuck choosing between pride and survival. So she agrees to his offer: be his fake girlfriend. No feelings attached. No drama. Just business. Or so she thought. "Conference Room B. Fifteen minutes," he said, passing by without a glance. The folder he pushed across the table landed with a thud. I opened it. The contract. All of it. --- Enemies to lovers? Check. Slow burn? Hmmnyea. Banter so sharp it might file your nails? Yes. Delicious workplace tension? Of course. Tension that could melt steel?Absolutely. Smut?? Wanna find out? Welcome to corporate romance warfare. There’s no escaping this contract.

AFTER MARRIAGE Some love stories begin with a kiss. Theirs began with a contract. Sita is calm, reserved, and orderly — the kind of person who finds solace in silence. Vedehi is chaos wrapped in charm — loud, lively, and allergic to stillness. They have nothing in common… except heartbreak, family pressure, and a desperate need to escape. When both women land in England hoping to find love, all they find is disappointment — and each other. One impulsive proposal later, they're bound by a two-year contract marriage: no love, no drama, just a fake relationship to get their families off their backs. But fate has other plans. Sita is still searching for a woman from her past — someone who once held her heart. Vedehi, in helping her find that lost love, quietly falls for the very person she's supposed to be pretending with. Just when feelings start to blur and the contract begins to crumble, tragedy strikes. A sudden accident leaves Sita with no memory — not of the contract, not of the marriage, not even of Vedehi. Now Vedehi is left holding onto a love that only she remembers… And a wife who no longer knows her. Will Sita ever recall what they had? Will Vedehi’s love be enough to rebuild what fate tore apart? Or will their story remain a forgotten promise, lost between silence and memory? "After Marriage" is a breathtaking sapphic romance of opposites, survival, heartbreak, and healing. It’s about falling in love with someone who forgot you — and choosing them, even when they can't choose you back. Because sometimes, the most unforgettable love stories… Are the ones that begin after marriage. Dear Reader, “After Marriage” is more than just a love story — it’s a journey through silence, chaos, heartbreak, and healing. I promise you a story that will make you laugh when you least expect it and cry when you don’t want to. I promise you characters who are beautifully flawed, frustratingly human, and deeply real. I promise tension, misunderstandings, soft moments, and fierce ones — all stitched together with raw emotion and quiet hope. This isn’t a perfect romance. This is about two women who learn that love doesn’t always arrive the way we imagine — sometimes it comes late, sometimes through pain, and sometimes… disguised as a contract. But when it finally finds them, it stays. So, as you turn each page, I hope you feel every heartbeat, every fight, every smile, and every scar. And above all, I promise — by the end of this story, you’ll believe that real love… never truly forgets. With all my heart, — The Author

He was the king of the business world, and it was rumored that he liked men. Because of this, Michelle Campbell agreed to marry him. After the marriage, she suddenly realized that he was a big liar! Three years ago, Michelle Campbell was still a Cinderella in a poor village when she accidentally saved the injured mysterious stranger. When the man left, he took away the necklace that her grandmother gave her with her name engraved on it. He said tyrannically, “I will keep this token. I will repay you one day.” Three years later, the man sees the girl in his bed and panics. As her tender red lips curled up to arouse his desire, he realized that the girl who had been tricked by her boyfriend and sent to his bed was the one who saved him. "Don't hide when I tell you to come over. Don't reject when I give you a present. Also, your love for me… don't let it stop!"" He ordered her domineeringly. Michelle Campbell immediately said, "Dream on!" However, his smile was unfathomable. "What a coincidence. I'm best at turning dreams into reality!"

isha pulls him towards herself with his collar and kissed him, yeah she kissed him it was just a peck but karan garb her waist and pull her more close and started kissing her passionately and when they were done she started to open his shirt buttons but..not for doing something her chain was stuck in his shirt you know clumsy af. both laughed, it felt like they were kissing each other for the first time, they both had new feelings now they have realised that they love each other, they have confessed their feelings, they accepted each other, a whole different feeling. This is Tanisha, the author of this book, and to summarize the story, It`s a romance novel where the main lead Karan, is the owner of a fashion company and the very interesting part of the story is that he is divorced, so his foster mother wants him to get married to restart his life once again, but like any heartbroken guy he`s not interested. now, here comes the female lead, Isha, who belongs to a middle-class family and, like any elder daughter, wants to help her parents financially. The story is all about how they both meet  and how other characters of the story will contribute in this. hope you guys like the story.

A forced marriage. Two near-strangers. One shared roof... and a lifetime to figure it all out. Shruti, barely eighteen and burdened by the shadows of abandonment, is suddenly married off to Arjun—a quiet, composed nineteen-year-old who never asked for a bride either. Thrown into a marriage neither of them planned, Shruti and Arjun must navigate college life, shared silences, awkward dinners, and growing emotions under the same roof. Between late-night arguments, unexpected comfort, and slow-burning affection, they begin to discover pieces of themselves in each other. But healing isn’t simple. And love isn’t instant. Especially when the past still lingers. As families collide, secrets unravel, and new bonds form, Shruti and Arjun must answer one question neither of them was ready to ask: Can a marriage born from duty turn into something real?

What’s it like to fall in love with your brother’s best friend? Lilian never expected her quiet graduation season to take a sharp turn into a love story — one that had been quietly brewing for years. His name is Morrison. He’s her brother Dave’s best friend, the man who used to show up at family dinners a decade ago, the “uncle” she could never quite figure out when she was little. Now, he’s a powerful young CEO — cold, sharp, untouchable. Until one day, he suddenly says: “Why don’t we try dating?” From one late-night call, to a casual “I’ll pick you up after class.” From arranging her internship, to standing at her apartment door with a suitcase in hand — Lilian begins to realize: this relationship was never just a joke. But dating someone who’s not only her brother’s closest friend, but also her new boss and the school’s most eligible bachelor? This sweet, forbidden romance is already walking a tightrope. Will their secret love quietly blossom under pressure — Or will it be torn apart by reality, one identity at a time? *This novel is part of the same series as 《You're Just My Ex-Husband, My Lord.》

They whisper my name in fear. Justin Black. The guy who sits in the back of the class, always in black, always untouchable. The one everyone watches but no one dares to approach. They don’t know me. Not really. Because if they did, they’d stay the hell away. I don’t do friends. I don’t do relationships. I don’t do attachments. But then there’s her. June Matthews—cheer captain, golden girl, a walking distraction. She’s everything I hate… and yet, she’s in my way. Assigned to me. Forced into my space. Testing my patience. She thinks she can handle me. She’s dead wrong. Because I have a secret. A place where I go to release the darkness inside me. Where names don’t exist, where pleasure and pain are one and the same. A world where people fulfill their deepest, most twisted fantasies. June doesn’t belong in my world. But the longer she stays, the more I want to pull her under. And once I do… I’m not sure I’ll ever let her go.

When down-on-her-luck café barista Yuna Han accidentally spills an iced Americano on a disguised K-pop idol, she has no idea her life is about to become a viral headline. The idol? None other than J-Min, the infamously cold (and unfairly hot) member of global sensation boy group HWAON. To avoid a scandal during a sensitive comeback, J-Min's agency offers Yuna a ridiculous deal: pretend to be his girlfriend for a month to distract fans and media. In exchange, her student debt is wiped and her struggling café gets a major PR boost. There's just one problem: Yuna can't stand arrogant celebrities. And J-Min has zero interest in dating...until he starts falling for the only girl who treats him like a regular human. Copyright-Cristina 2025 All rights reserved. Please note: All of my books are original works and belong to me. I share them across different platforms and from time to time, I may copy and paste sections between them. I often tweak or revise content based on my mood, reader feedback or what I feel needs adjusting to better suit the story. While some scenes or lines may appear familiar, they are all part of my creative process. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations used in reviews or scholarly articles. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, events, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), real K-pop groups, agencies or events is purely coincidental.

Kartikey, an ordinary Indian man working a quiet IT job in Seoul, never asked for much — a steady paycheck, some instant ramen, and maybe a call from home now and then. Romance? Not on his radar. Especially not in a city where he’s more invisible than foreign. That is, until a blind date app matches him with Nancy — a woman who radiates elegance, mystery, and the kind of confidence that could shatter egos. What Kartikey doesn’t know? Nancy is the CEO and president of LUXENOVA, one of the world’s most powerful AI tech empires. She has secrets. He has no clue. And the world she lives in? It’s not one you enter casually. But something about Kartikey’s raw honesty and quiet humor pulls her in. And something about her silence and sharp eyes makes him wonder… Who is this woman, really? This is a story about the unexpected connections between two people from entirely different worlds. It’s about culture, class, identity — and finding someone who sees you, not your résumé.

Cecelia Whitmore, a rich heiress who seemingly has everything but ran away in the pursuit of independence, has her life turned upside down by a wrong turn. With nothing left, she comes back home and is immediately plunged back into her role as her father's tool in his insatiable hunger for power. Just when she had resigned to her fate and settled into her new life with her fiancé arranged by her family, a man enters her life whose presence takes her back to the mistakes of the past and threatens to either completely destroy her or free her from the shackles cast upon her. And that man is none other than her soon to be brother-in-law, Soren Sinclair, the outcast and the stain on the family's picture perfect image. When a danger looming over that could lead to downfall of the empire forced these two to work together, there are a few questions left. Can these two overcome their differences for the greater good? Will the empire survive? And... Will their marriage survive as well?

Date App is an app that helps you find dates with girls by offering you a monetary reward. The more dates you go on, the more chances you have to unlock more items and even find the date of your dreams. All in one easy step. Dylan read on his phone and, out of curiosity, opened the app. Noticing the boy's sorry state, the app began offering him small, personal rewards to try and help him improve his physique.

The contract says she can’t share his bed, but nothing stops him from getting into hers… * Rain Clayton’s life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers she’s suddenly married to a billionaire named Alexander Lancaster, a powerful and dangerously captivating man who wants their marriage over before it even begins... Raised by a family that never cared for her and desperate to avoid a twisted arranged marriage, Rain seizes this unexpected twist of fate. Her new husband might be a cold-hearted billionaire, but he's her only escape. Yet Alexander demands a swift divorce. Refusing to lose her one chance at freedom, Rain strikes a risky bargain to keep their marriage alive, even if it means playing by Alexander’s rules. She just has to convince him to want her around… FOREVER. Weeks into their unexpected arrangement, Rain begins to see through Alexander’s icy exterior. But one night, she’s taken by surprise. “What are you doing?” Rain burst out, eyes wide as Alexander casually slid into her bed. “Performing husbandly duties,” he smirked. “You can’t stay here! It’s against the contract!” “I’m not breaking it,” Alexander said with a shrug. “The contract specifies that you’ll fulfill all wifely duties, excluding sharing my bed. It doesn’t say anything about me not performing husbandly duties, including sharing your bed.” The situation had shifted, and it seemed like she was no longer the only one in control... [Warning: r18+/strong mature & sexual content]

Lin Qin is a low-key newly crowned Best Actor who even skips accepting his trophy at the Cannes Film Festival. Recently, however, he's joined a reality dating show. The only reason is that his partner is the male god—Meng Chao. Meng Chao is a legend in the entertainment industry, achieving peak success right after his debut, and is considered a cold and aloof male god by his fans. For certain reasons, he joined a reality dating show, and the moment he saw his partner, Meng Chao felt that his heart, which had been dormant for over twenty years, started to stir. ……

When struggling civil servant Cecilia Bennett loses her job and finds herself drowning in bills, the last thing she expects is to be swept into the scandalous world of high society after a fateful accident involving billionaire CEO Leo Hartford. To avoid a media storm—and appease his controlling parents—Leo offers Cecilia a six-month contract marriage: no love, no intimacy, just a public charade. Desperate for money, Cecilia agrees, stepping into a glamorous world filled with lavish parties, ruthless exes, and a dangerously charming fake husband. But as sparks fly and real feelings start to bloom, the line between fake and reality blurs. When secrets from the past emerge—including Leo’s manipulative ex-girlfriend, a powerful criminal syndicate, and a murder cover-up—Cecilia and Leo find themselves in a battle not just for love, but survival. What started as a lie becomes their only truth. Will their contract end in heartbreak… or a happily ever after the world never saw coming?

Imagine waking up in a stranger’s body, only to discover you’re married to a hot MILF who despises you. That’s Aric Lawson’s reality when he awakens as Vayne Arkwright—a disgraced noble whose sins have left Ashwick in ruins and his wife, Seraphina, seething with hatred. To make matters worse, Vayne’s memories are gone due to amnesia, leaving Aric clueless about this world of magic, betrayal, and debauchery. His sole guide is Ivy, a sarcastic, self-aware system who offers no quests or clear direction—just cryptic advice and sarcasm. Trapped in a body tied to a legacy of cruelty, addiction, and corruption, Aric must navigate a broken marriage, treacherous politics, rebuild crumbling cities, and win back the trust of those Vayne wronged—all while grappling with the lingering guilt of inherited sins. With no easy answers, Aric faces an impossible journey: redeeming himself in a life not his own while resisting the darkness within Vayne’s essence. It’s a messy, infuriating start. Cover updated for Arc 2 Arc 1 cover: on my reddit, U/Shirobaxy

"A rebellious and spoiled teenager, Zhan, lives a life of excess and recklessness, often sneaking into adult clubs and spending nights in hotels with his friends. However, his world is turned upside down when compromising images and videos of him with unknown men surface online. In a desperate attempt to salvage the family's reputation, Zhan's father forces him into an arranged marriage with a stranger, leaving Zhan feeling trapped, desperate, and unsure of his future."

Princess Daphne Purple is the most dazzling and ambitious royal in the Six Kingdoms, destined to wear the crown. But her dreams of a perfect happily-ever-after are crushed when she discovers a shocking truth about her betrothed: Prince Arthur, the epitome of charm and grace by day, is cursed to transform into an ogre at midnight, only regaining his human form with the sunrise. Furious at the prospect of such an unconventional union, Daphne declares, "I did not transmigrate to another life to marry an ogre!" Determined to escape the marriage, she devises every possible plan to break free from her fate. Yet, as Daphne spends time with Arthur, she begins to see the man behind the curse—a prince with a heart as noble as his lineage. Will Daphne find the courage to embrace the unexpected, or will her royal pride force her to forsake a love that defies appearances?

Lucinda always dreamt of a fairy tale life, getting married and having children but her life tock a complete toil when her father walked out on her mother and brother when she was just ten, leaving her brother and herself to grow up in a single-parent household, in a small town with few job opportunities, and poor medical facilities, Lucinda was forced to give up her childhood at the age of thirteen and worked as a maid to assist her mother with the bills, after her brother Lucas was in a deadly accident at the age of 16 which left him bedridden for as long as Lucinda can remember and she owed it to him, by making sure she saved enough money and for his life-saving surgery. Little did Lucinda know what life has instore.

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Are girls really worth it? This is a story about a 27 year old man who died and was summoned by a cultivator to have a system. “I hate tsunderes!” “What kind of trashy male lead is this?!” “For a moment there I thought I was gonna possess the body of her son!” Watch as he navigates his way through cultivation, business and school life all for love But what’s the secret behind all this?

Kairo wasn’t supposed to die. At least, not like that. But when Hell calls, he answers. Thrust into an infernal world where strength is survival and compassion is a liability, Kairo discovers his reward for honesty and hope: a fighting system that thrives on violence. The more he fights, the stronger he becomes—yet all he wants is to find someone to love. Among bloodthirsty trainees and sadistic instructors, Kairo finds himself in the company of Serica Vell, an elite heir with a sharp tongue and even sharper blade. She’s cold, deadly, and… oddly supportive? As they’re grouped for the first month of evaluations, Kairo struggles to keep his soul intact while surrounded by demons who don’t understand peace—and systems that feed on chaos. In a world that punishes emotion and praises cruelty, can a hopeless romantic survive the first law of hell?

After a bloody battle, Lionel barged into the restaurant with a "Closed" sign, alerting the owner, Margie. "Sir, we're closed!" Lionel was only seeking temporary refuge from his pursuers, but Margie was just ejecting him brutally. This baron had no alternative but to reveal his mesmerizing, menacing red eyes and fangs. Margie was captivated by the vampire's dark, handsome allure but also felt fear and tension. Summoning her courage, she uttered the first insult he had heard in a millennium: "What's so great about those fangs? You're just one vampire, aren't you?" Undoubtedly, this woman intrigued Lionel. But the reasons seemed to go beyond that. What's so special about this woman? Could a lost love be recovered? Will she heed reason, remain ordinary, and avoid the dangers coming one after another, or will she submit to his temptation and savor the sweetness of forbidden love?