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Pull Out the Satellite Phone, the Fake Heiress Crashes

42 episodes · Reborn after her fake-rich coworker Chloe planted a phone virus to steal $700k from her and pushed her into the sea to die, Iris returns to the company cruise vacation. She lures Chloe to try the trick again, then pulls out a satellite phone that cannot be hacked. Unable to pay and about to be thrown to sharks, Chloe claims to be the Bonanno cruise family heiress--not knowing Iris is the real Bonanno heir.

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Final Epoch: Steam & Magic

50 episodes · Ethan and Marcus were once soulmates, but now regard each other as enemies. They awaken together in a white cell and are told to cross twelve chambers of memory within seventy-two hours or lose their souls. Their first test begins under a descending silver ceiling, where Lillian’s face appears before bursting apart.

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Precrime Oath

30 episodes · An elite group establishes a pact designed to prevent crimes before they occur. The system soon becomes a means of abuse, punishing innocent people for actions they have not committed. An insider challenges the rule that the group once presented as protection.

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Forensic Doctor: Truth Above Thrones

60 episodes · Modern forensic student Gu Changfeng wakes in the Great Qian dynasty and becomes involved in the locked-room death of a prime minister’s son. His examinations challenge the accepted account of the murder and expose a crown prince’s conspiracy. Between powerful officials and the throne, he uses evidence, logic and a false ledger to draw the plotters into the open.

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Shadow Husband

35 episodes · For her grandfather's trust fund, estate lawyer Carla hires Ethan for a formal marriage. Their yearly contract renews as love grows. Ethan vanishes—he's a tainted witness in Witness Protection. The Moretti gang exposes his identity. After a brief FBI meeting, he flees again. Years later, the gang leader dies; Ethan returns. They live together.

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Late Regret, Last Peace

34 episodes · Evelyn White leaves prison carrying losses caused by Lillian Black's scheme. Her search exposes the false pregnancy used to bind Samuel Black and the crime he concealed for decades. As the deception unravels, Evelyn must decide what kind of life remains possible with her daughter after so much has been taken.

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From Heartbreak to the Heart of the Mafia Boss

30 episodes · Betrayed by her boyfriend Owen, nurse Oriana rescues wounded gang boss Alvaro and enters a fake marriage to grant her dying mother's wish. Alvaro shields her quietly, restores her job, and deals with the man who wronged her. As his real identity surfaces, she shifts from resistance to acceptance, and together they face enemies and find love.

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Lost in Obsession: Devil's Deal

55 episodes · Simon works at a convenience store and fixates on Lillian, who pays him no attention and prefers a wealthy tycoon. Unable to accept this, he trades his soul to the devil so that Lillian will become obsessed with him, only to find the cost far heavier than expected.

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His Hidden Wife Was a Mafia Heiress

45 episodes · Days before giving birth, Aria hears her husband Luca say he will wed Bianca Voss to take the Don's seat, and offers Aria a concealed life near Chicago. She refuses; he pities her as ordinary, not knowing she is Aria Castellano, only daughter of the High Mafia Commission's Chairman.

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I Hooked Up With My Bestie's Mafia Dad

20 episodes · After a betrayal, Aria is rescued by Dante, a mafia leader, and they share one night. At a Hawaiian villa arranged by her friend Chloe, she learns the man is Chloe's father, sparking a forbidden love.

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Love in Lockup

30 episodes · A Hollywood actress is jailed for her husband's murder. After she catches the abstinent warden secretly watching her films, a bargain between them slowly turns into love. He shields her from inmate bullying, and together they learn the real killer is her stepdaughter.

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My Mafia Professor Turned Me Gay

30 episodes · A bullied male student, locked in the dorm room of the girl he secretly loves, meets a mafia man hiding there and sleeps with him. The next day the man becomes his professor and uses the girl's future to force him into a long-term relationship, drawing him into a forbidden romance.

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The Don's Forbidden Pet

32 episodes · Eli Gray, a low-level runner for New York's Langston crime family, acts on rumors that young don Victor Langston is intersex and prone to violent breakdowns. During Victor's severe drug relapse, Eli enters the penthouse with a medical kit, wagering his life on the secret he believes he holds. Victor spares him and brings him into the inner circle with exclusive privileges and consuming possessiveness. Eli's misguided gift of the rescued Shaw brothers provokes jealousy. As the truth emerges, Eli learns the rumors are rival slander and Victor's trauma comes from a past kidnapping and forced drugging. Bound by love, Eli becomes the don's acknowledged right-hand partner.

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Sinful Temptation - NEW

30 episodes · On her engagement night, a bride wakes beside her fiancé's nephew, who blackmails her with her father's death warrant to strike at the new Don. She learns her father was buried alive for knowing the usurper's secret, and turns obedience into revenge.

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The Bet Heir - NEW

23 episodes · Broke art student Wes Voss wagers that he can win and then break the heart of cold billionaire heir Chase Sterling, as payback against his ex. Chase turns out to be the first person who truly sees Wes. Once the scheme surfaces, a deeper truth follows: Wes's father was murdered, and Chase's father was behind it.

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The Wolf's Captive Bride

38 episodes · Vera weds Pakhan Damian Volkov in a political match, thinking her position is secure. Inside his forbidden West Wing she finds Lena, a captive bride bearing her exact face. Caught between mafia deception and forbidden desire, Vera must ask who is the real bride and who is the replacement.

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Bound Desire

35 episodes · Crime lord Damien kills Adrian's family, then raises the orphan to obey him. Years later, Damien's daughter Evelyn learns the truth and secretly helps investigator Marcus target her father's empire. Jailed and manipulated, Adrian must break his conditioning and testify as the FBI closes in.

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A Crow Falls into a Phoenix Nest

52 episodes · Crow child Wu Xiaoya falls into a phoenix nest and calls Queen Feng Qiwu her mother to survive. Renamed Feng Xiaoqi, she repeatedly fails to escape her adoptive siblings, then awakens a long-lost underworld-phoenix bloodline when an elder forces her into a trial by ancestral fire.

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Awaken the Ten Yamas: Red-Umbrella Ghost Immortal, Season 6

177 episodes · Jiang Yan challenges the gods who treat mortals as pieces, devouring divine plants, commanding spirits, and bluffing stronger powers with seventh-tier cultivation. When Bai Luoxue is forced into a celestial marriage, he enters the selection as the White Emperor and attacks the institutions behind it.

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Wild Path, Season 1

83 episodes · After gang leader Long San is murdered by his wife and adopted son, his soul enters the body of injured rickshaw puller Li Changgui. Rebuilding from the exploited laborers at the bottom, he organizes resistance, forms the Talang Society, and moves to reclaim his former organization when a kill order and the truth of the betrayal converge.