Is A Deceitful Marriage Manhwa Worth Reading For Romance Fans?

For three years, I was the unrecognized genius bleeding for Marcus’s empire. On the night he was crowned the city's youngest billionaire tycoon, I stood in the shadows, waiting for the proposal he promised. Instead, I watched him pull my treacherous step-sister onto the stage, sliding a six-carat diamond onto her finger while presenting my life’s work as their joint masterpiece. When I confronted him, his sneer was dripping with disgust: 'You belong hidden in a sterile lab, Elara. She belongs in the spotlight. Know your place.' ​Stripped of my legacy, my reputation, and my dignity, I was discarded in the freezing rain. That was where the bulletproof Maybach found me. ​Alexander Thorne. The ruthless tyrant of the business world. An apex predator who viewed human emotion as a disease—and the only man with the power to crush Marcus overnight. He rolled down the window, his gaze lethal. 'I need a brilliant doctor to keep my sister breathing, and a wife who knows how to submit in public. You need a weapon. Get in.' The contract was absolute: Two years of marriage, total obedience before the cameras, and absolute silence regarding his family. In exchange, he would grant me the unimaginable wealth and power to destroy the parasites who ruined me. ​Marcus thought he had buried a pathetic, obedient lab rat. Alexander thought he had bought a desperate, easily controlled doctor. As I signed the marriage certificate and became the untouchable Mrs. Thorne, they both failed to realize one fatal truth. I didn't just want my research back. I was going to burn their empire to the ground.

For the sake of the man she loved, a beautiful girl named Giselle Gaberilia gave up all of her parents’ assets to her boyfriend, Dirly Dacthon—until she was left with nothing at just 19 years old. How unlucky! Giselle even caught her lover making love to another woman. Feeling betrayed and deceived by Dirly, she accepted an offer from a middle-aged woman to marry her son—who turned out to be a Mafia King. The marriage would only last for one year, and during that time, Giselle must make the man fall in love with her. At the same time, she devises a plan to take revenge on her ex-lover and reclaim everything that rightfully belongs to her. Will Giselle succeed in getting her revenge on Dirly? And will she manage to make the devil fall in love with her?

Secrets are like volcanoes; when revealed, they don't just break, they destroy. It all began with a simple win-win contract—Olivia Jaylen, who thought she had everything, never thought she would propose a contract marriage to regain everything she lost to her husband. After discovering that her husband not only betrayed her and took everything from her but also had been having an affair with her cousin throughout their marriage, she seeks revenge. To her, the man she proposes a contract marriage to would only be a tool for her revenge, just as she would be a tool for him to become the owner of their family's billion-dollar company. But what happens when he turns out to be a totally different person from what he portrayed? He's a sadist who enjoys people's pain. But instead of feeling turned off, Olivia begins to find this side of her fake husband attractive. What happens when Olivia starts falling head over heels for her new husband? With a secret ready to tear them apart, will Olivia's new love story survive or leave her heartbroken like her first marriage?

You want revenge?” he asked. I looked into the eyes of the man who ruined my family. My answer was simple. “Yes.” So I married him. Everyone thought I was the luckiest woman alive. Marrying the most powerful man in the city. They didn’t know the truth. I was there to break him. Piece by piece. But I didn’t plan for this— The way he looks at me when he thinks I’m not watching. The way he protects me like I’m the only thing that matters. The way he whispers my name like it means something. Now I don’t know what’s more dangerous. My plan to destroy him… Or the possibility that I’m falling for the man I swore to ruin.

At my graduation ceremony, I finally gathered the courage to confess my feelings to my longtime crush. But before I could, I was hit by a car. When I opened my eyes again, he was standing right in front of me with a frigid glare. "You're awake? Perfect. Then let's discuss our divorce." I blinked at him, completely dazed. Divorce? Wait—what? I hadn't even confessed yet. How on earth had this turned into a divorce?

Forced into a contract marriage with the man he hates most, stranded college student Asher Knight thought his life couldn't get any worse. But nothing is ever that simple. Damien Chase — arrogant, ruthless, and stunningly handsome — holds a life-altering secret behind his cold smirk: he's not just a billionaire, but Asher's anonymous online crush. Trapped in a poisonous web of lies, false kisses, stolen moments, and forbidden attraction, Asher must decide: Will he destroy the man who ruined his life. Or become helplessly, recklessly in love with him? When hatred turns to passion, and secrets threaten to annihilate them — can their fake marriage survive? Or was it bound to fail?