In her second life, the rich and spoiled villainess, Selena, returns home to find the ruthless male lead, Rylan, married to the pure and innocent Adriana. Haunted by memories of her past mistakes, she knows that if she harms Adriana again, the male leads will kill her. To protect herself, Selena sets her sights on the cold and merciless mafia boss, Theo, who has secretly loved her in both lifetimes. As she makes him fall in love with her at first sight, the tension between the two couples grows, and jealousy threatens to unravel everything. In a battle of power, love, and revenge, Selena and Theo fight for their future while discovering what it truly means to be loved.
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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