Never Hire Family

In her past life, she and her husband grew up as adoptive siblings, became spouses, and spent a lifetime together until old age. When both are reborn, she believes fate has given them a second chance only to discover that he has always had a woman he couldn't forget. This time, he abandons her without hesitation. Left behind, she is adopted into another family and chooses to walk a completely different path, starting a new life without him.

After returning home, Lee Group CEO Esther is publicly humiliated by a woman claiming to be her son's wife. She soon discovers her son's affair and his plan to use her welcome-back party to legitimize his mistress. Esther stays silent and strikes back at the party, stripping her son of succession and naming her daughter-in-law Rachel as the new heir.

Ashamed of his market-selling wife, Shannon, Barrett divorces her for money and ambition. After inheriting a vast fortune, Shannon unexpectedly becomes CEO of Paxwell Group. When Barrett later seeks a partnership with the company, she gives him a chance until the board reveals her true identity, leaving him utterly stunned.

Esther Jennings discovers her fiancé, Channing, is cheating with her stepsister, Ember, and worse, she's pregnant. Heartbroken, Esther seeks revenge by marrying the ruthless Carl Shepherd, the infamous "Devil of Riverton." In exchange for his power, she agrees to be his wife, but they vow to keep things strictly business. As Esther fights back against her betrayers, the line between pretense and real feelings blurs, and love grows in the ashes of revenge.

Seven months pregnant with her second child, Natalie finds that her husband of ten years had once legally married another woman. The betrayal shatters her world. Determined to leave, she prepares to return to her powerful birth family only to suffer a premature labor. Delayed treatment costs her unborn child's life. With her last hope extinguished, Natalie cuts all emotional ties and is taken back into the elite family she once walked away from.

Abducted as a child, Vera wins her freedom on a stormy night and returns to her wealthy birth family. Faced with a scheming fake heiress and open favoritism, she hides her strength and plays the underdog, exposing lies, proving her intelligence, and steadily reclaiming her identity and inheritance in the modern city.

Helen Foster had a difficult labor with twins. Her mother-in-law refused a C-section and tried to use a baby for a ghost marriage, while her husband Richard Sterling brought home a pregnant homewrecker. Devastated, Helen raised Rebecca Sterling and Rachel Sterling alone. But Rachel, wanting new clothes, secretly sold her sister Rebecca. Years later, a vain Rachel tricked Helen into signing an organ donation form by faking kidney failure. At her wedding, Helen was humiliated by the in-laws and found out Rachel hired a fake mother. Rebecca, now a CEO, stepped in to save Helen, exposed the lies, and set Rachel against her in-laws. Eventually, Rachel was killed by Gregory Thorne while trying to save Helen. After the tragedy, Helen, Rebecca, and her adoptive mother started a peaceful life together.

Lillian hides her true identity as the chairwoman of a listed company, living as an ordinary sales rep. But when she discovers her husband Milo's betrayal and his plan with his mistress, Whitney, to steal her fortune, her world collapses. Broken but not defeated, Lillian awakens. With quiet precision and the power she once hid, she exposes Milo's schemes, protects her daughter, and makes him choke on the consequences of his own greed.

With no way out, Vera sets her sights on Yael Brown, a top-tier powerbroker known for his coldness and ruthlessness. Yael sees through her intentions from the start, but chooses to indulge her, drawn in despite himself. What begins as a calculated game slowly turns into an emotional entanglement, pulling the untouchable man down from his pedestal and binding him to her fate.

Wendy, the adored wife of the elite Henry Lewis, faces betrayal on their third anniversary when Henry returns with his first love and demands a divorce. Quietly signing the papers, Wendy launches a live-stream auction titled "Ex-Husband's Secret Auction." After just three bids, her stream goes viral, and the Lewis family's stocks crash. As Henry begs her to stop, Wendy smiles and declares, "The final item is here…"

Sylvia, born with an irresistible charm, seemed to have it all as a glamorous CEO wife, but her jealous cousin kills her. Reborn on her wedding day, Sylvia lets her cousin switch grooms and marries the short-lived William Zimmer instead. But William not only survives, he thrives, and the Zimmer family prospers like never before. Meanwhile, Sylvia's ex loses everything without her, and her cousin suffers a far worse fate than before.

Six years ago, jewelry genius Sydney left her career to become a wife. When her husband Chris chooses his nephew over their daughter, Sydney is devastated. After a miscarriage and help from Steven, she plans to divorce Chris and reclaim the family jewelry design rights. Chris accuses her of causing his brother's death, but Sydney, with Steven's support, wins the divorce and takes control, starting a new chapter.