Urban Son In Law
/1/129726/coverbig.jpg?v=d952b45e9b05aae9f5803a8b2c8d4fc6)
The Hockey Prince's Secret Ice Queen
All I wanted was to find a computer genius to process the non-linear dynamic equations for my ecological model. Instead, I found myself cornered by Julian Andrews, the university's hockey prince, trading a public, staged kiss for his academic support. To finalize our "deal," I was dragged to the campus ice rink. The cheerleaders and puck bunnies immediately swarmed him, mocking my plain clothes and treating me like a pathetic joke. Brooke, the head cheerleader, even set up a figure skating competition with a date with Julian as the grand prize. She performed a basic spin, blew him a kiss, and smugly waited for me to fall flat on my face and humiliate myself. His hockey teammates laughed from the sidelines, watching me try to support Julian as he stumbled around the ice like a newborn giraffe. But as I held his warm hand to keep him from falling, I couldn't help but feel something was terribly wrong. Why was a top-tier athlete faking such awful balance? And why did his ice-blue eyes stare at me with such knowing anticipation, as if he already knew about the professional figure skating past I had spent years trying to bury? "Just let go and skate." He whispered, slowly releasing my hand. I took a deep breath, glided to the center of the rink, and landed a flawless double Axel. As the entire rink fell into a dead, shocked silence, I realized I had just exposed not only my own hidden past, but also the biggest secret of the campus god.
Chapter 1 No.1
Sage POV:
"Let me kiss you."
The request was a low, hurried murmur—warm, quiet, and laced with the faintest edge of mortification.
Stunned, I snapped my head up toward the sound.
Julian Andrews filled my vision. He easily towered a head over me, his lean, athletic frame silhouetted against the bright morning glare, casting a long shadow across the cobblestones. Briar University's star forward. Team captain. The athletic department's untouchable golden boy.
Campus rumor had it that Julian was notoriously indifferent, never sparing anyone a second glance.
Behind him, a solid wall of navy-and-gold varsity jackets blocked the brick path. His teammates were whistling, shoving each other, and effectively cutting off my only exit.
The sudden commotion immediately bottlenecked the morning foot traffic. Whispers rippled through the crowd, and within seconds, a dozen students reached into their pockets out of sheer muscle memory, black camera lenses catching the light as they aimed squarely at us.
Julian's sharp eyes tracked the movement, his jaw tightening into a hard, irritated line.
Before I could take a single defensive step back, he closed the distance between us. Leaning down into my space, his broad shoulders shifted in a subtle, fluid maneuver—throwing up an impenetrable physical wall that completely shielded my face from the intrusive glare of the cameras.
His sharp, striking face hovered breathtakingly close. His deep baritone brushed against my ear, lost to the autumn wind, meant for me alone:
"Sorry to drop this on you," he whispered, his pale blue eyes disarmingly earnest, holding a quiet heat that sent a tremor straight down my spine. "The guys backed me into a locker-room dare... but I'm not here to use you as a joke. We can fake it. Angle it so it looks real—whatever you're comfortable with. Just help me get them off my back, and I owe you one."
It was only then that my brain finally rebooted.
What on earth? He's actually trying to kiss me?
A sharp flare of pure absurdity hit me, and my gaze dropped to my reflection in the dark glass door of the adjacent building: an oversized, faded gray hoodie that swallowed my frame whole, soft, thin jeans worn at the knees, bare-faced dark circles carved beneath my eyes from forty-eight hours of non-stop coding, my dark hair hastily twisted into a cheap plastic claw clip, and a pair of oversized, thick black-rimmed glasses sitting heavy on the bridge of my nose, completely hiding my face.
I looked like a refugee from an all-night disaster. How had Briar's golden prince ended up in front of me?
When I looked back up, my breath trapped in my throat anyway. He was too close, his clean scent of winter mint and cedar wrapping around my senses. Having those pale blue eyes staring straight down at me made my chest tighten in a way I really didn't want to acknowledge.
"Clock's ticking, Cap!" Landon howled from the sidelines, hands cupped around his mouth as the rest of the players lost their minds laughing. "Plant one on her, or enjoy the five-AM bag skate!"
A raucous chorus of barks and chest-thumping went up from the team.
A few yards away, two girls heading toward the dining hall froze in their tracks, pointing their phones.
"Wait, who the hell is that?" one of them laughed loudly, zooming her camera in on my face. "She looks like she just crawled out of a dumpster. There's no way Julian's actually kissing her. Post it on Sidechat right now—this is going straight to number one."
The cruel words hit like a splash of ice water, snapping me out of my daze and instantly killing the stupid flutter in my chest.
I hated the attention.
Four years ago, after my family and my former training partner framed me and destroyed my competitive skating career, I swore I would never be public entertainment again. I buried my name, switched majors, and hid behind oversized fleece and thick glasses just to live an invisible life. If I ended up on the campus forums with Julian Andrews, the internet vultures would dox me before noon—and drag up the toxic scandal I had bled to walk away from.
My research was already on the verge of falling apart. I didn't have time for this circus.
I locked my grip around my heavy binders, my knuckles straining white.
"Find someone else for your dare, Andrews," I said coldly, taking a step back to put distance between us, my voice tight with adrenaline. "I'm not interested in being part of your game. Move."
I kept my head down, attempting to brush past him.
"You're Sage Kelley, right?"
The sound of my name brought my boots to an immediate halt.
I blinked up at him, caught completely off guard.
"Professor Beaumont's senior research student," Julian straightened up slightly, his cadence measured and even, carrying an intellectual sharpness that seemed impossible beneath a varsity jacket. "I saw your Havenwood Creek senior capstone proposal sitting on his desk over Sunday dinner."
My heart gave a hard, hollow thud. Professor Beaumont was my academic advisor—and the guardian of the final research endowment my late father had left behind.
Julian leaned in slightly, his voice dropping to a near-whisper against the whistle of the wind. "I spent an hour going over your codebase."
My lips parted. "You... read my proposal?"
"Your simulation keeps crashing because your core fluid algorithm strategy is flawed," Julian murmured, his pale blue eyes deadly sharp. "And Uncle Des mentioned that if you don't deliver a working version by this Friday, the department is pulling your grant—which means you don't clear your senior thesis, and you don't graduate in May."
The hair on the back of my neck stood on end.
Friday was the deadline. If the funding was pulled, the project died, my senior capstone failed, and I would be forced to stay another semester without my degree. Worse, my father's final ecological legacy would be reduced to scrap paper.
I had been panicking over that exact deadline for two days straight, and Julian had just laid it out like it was nothing.
Worse, I couldn't even brush him off. I had heard the rumors about Beaumont's nephew—the CS prodigy everyone in the department talked about. I just had never realized it was him.
"I know how to fix your algorithm," Julian stated plainly, laying his cards on the table, his gaze locking onto mine with an unshakeable, quiet certainty. "Help me get through this bet. In return, I'll rewrite your boundary calculations tonight. Deal?"
/0/38179/coverbig.jpg?v=75c6a281fee676b28e9a9d12d04e0ee9)
Peerless Son-in-Law
Yale Lin, a son-in-law by adoption, was despised by his mother-in-law who was not aware of his high status. The richest of the world had to salute and bow when they saw him, addressing: Junior Master!
/0/39036/coverbig.jpg?v=f83cfe80e44a6c942b3bb26ee34c1b10)
Peerless Son in Law
Newly married Victor is humiliated by his in-laws for being middle-class and ordinary. When his grandfather's life is at stake and a billionaire tries to steal his wife, Victor reveals his true identity and unleashes wealth, power, and influence unlike the world has ever seen...
/0/32862/coverbig.jpg?v=9183a5c91358f3cd0761edb3ae7be297)
BODYGUARD SON IN LAW
"What can you do for me Mr.Husband?" Myra went closer to Felix, murmured seductively in his eyes. Her hot breath fanned on his lips, his eyes were blindfolded. "Madam, my..my job is to protect you, as I am your bodyguard," he answered slowly, and trying to turn his face away. She slapped on his face
/0/31667/coverbig.jpg?v=62add36c491119ed29948d759c32fb00)
Son in-law Revenge.
"You're useless, so why would I be with you!...it's over, I'm getting married to someone else!" Arthur's wife said. - Everyone looks down on Arthur stark. His in-laws call him trash and useless, they consider him lower than their maids, treat him worse than they would treat an animal. But none of
/0/48500/coverbig.jpg?v=8607070c1693ef0f88af5a7726cde646)
The Vengeful Son In-Law
Harvey Price, the self-absorbed heir apparent to the Price industry, saw his life take a dark turn following his father's demise. Unbeknownst to him, his own family, in cahoots with another greedy dynasty, conspired to strip him of his wealth and possessions. To make matters worse, he unwittingly ma
/0/60438/coverbig.jpg?v=57ac4d40f1714a4b2506c909db261ad6)
Powerfully Justify Son-in-law
In this world, power and influence are currency, traded among the city's elite like commodities on the stock market. Behind the glitz and glamour lies a shadowy underworld where rival factions vie for control, using any means necessary to achieve their goals.
/0/33797/coverbig.jpg?v=08336df092ae439b1dd0d3301b48a43d)
THE UNWANTED SON-IN-LAW
Nathan Dawson is a 25 years old handsome young man, struggling to find a decent job to fend for his family. Every attempt led to nothing. In an attempt to save his house from being demolished by someone powerful Nathan encountered 40 years old Laura Larson, a beautiful, multi-billionaire CEO widow
/0/37917/coverbig.jpg?v=4ae8f6995d5da3566a6476549a25600e)
THE LOATHESOME SON-IN-LAW
"Is that not our loathsome son-in-law?" "I bet he is. That son of nobody still come back after stealing from us." "I sometimes feel pity for him... Did you heard that Johnson is not is son?" "Yep. I heard from Madam Alice... Serve him right. He think he is part of us because one of us gave birth
/0/31332/coverbig.jpg?v=6bb2c8f7e543f676db4d0ced4b1f0e0d)
The Scorned Son In-Law.
A scorned and timid son-in-law of a small family, loving and pampering his wife, was all he wanted to do. Acknowledgement and care from his wife and family, was all he needed and wanted. What did he do when he didn't get what he needed? He endured, all because he was sold off to marriage but had to
/0/54826/coverbig.jpg?v=94aedc4cc66af8f693d0ffefc04c6946)
Military Mafia Son-in-law
Kyle is an average worker who tries hard to make ends meet, he finally gets the chance to get married to the love of his life but his adoptive parents switched him with their mischievous look-alike son to sign off a deal with a rich Mafia family as a collateral for their debt, his life is shattered
/0/64112/coverbig.jpg?v=81842bc6bf6ca152158effa58f766a9c)
The Trillionaire Son-in-law
John was exiled from his family for ten years due to his reckless and prodigal lifestyle. Now, he had suffered and learnt his lessons enough to become wiser. He is married to Christine for almost two years but faces fierce challenges with his in-laws and others who saw him as nothing but a leech a
/0/47322/coverbig.jpg?v=2eb4e63b515fd7cc6fdd05ffa1a3ef5e)
The Unrivaled Son-in-law
"I will take everything I once lost back with my own hands!" Noah Reed vowed to himself. Four years ago, his family abandoned him and he became homeless. He had nowhere else to go and wandered on the streets for a long time. When he was down and out, a gorgeous and kind angel, Charlotte Pierce sho
/1/103173/coverbig.jpg?v=8a1b4cb4100ffd23faee984d0c0f7871)
THE REJECTED SON-IN-LAW
For three years, Lex Andrews endured it all: the insults, the beatings, the humiliation of being the useless son in law everyone despised. His wife's family treated him like dirt. Her relatives spat on him. Business rivals laughed at his silence. They thought he was nothing. They were wrong. When
/0/65025/coverbig.jpg?v=1e1c5a6c1a447121269143708ed86f41)
The Son-in-law Dominance
Ken Buckle had once faced a hundred enemies alone, single-handedly elevating his Nation to the pinnacle of the world. But just as Ken Buckle was hailed as the unparalleled war god, the world assumed he would ascend to the peak of Laiming Nation, standing on the world stage. Then came a shocking pi
/0/66913/coverbig.jpg?v=4cc933b24cde6fd70c5b09f3458736b7)
The Greedy Son-In-Law
The Greedy Son-in-Law was Later Exposed It's about a billionaire daughter who was brainwashed by a guy to fall in love with her in University after school they got married but at the end after the marriage they all realized that he was after her father's money because she was the heir and his true
/0/61980/coverbig.jpg?v=cd83a4048f7e544ef0a43db91063053e)
TRILLIONAIRE SON-IN-LAW IN DISGUISE
"Just sign the divorce paper and get out of my life for good, you worthless man!" Rose yelled at her husband, Michael with disgust. Michael had always been badly treated like rags by both his wife and in-laws just because he was poor. Rose, his wife, kicked him out of her life for good, but just
/0/23601/coverbig.jpg?v=5d04e3be207721771ff2bd92d6df5820)
Revenge of the Son in-Law
This is the story of the life of a young boy and his widowed mother. His boss had made attempts to get his mother due to the bet that his boss had made with a friend. Find out how his mother died and the revenge story of this eighteen year old.
/0/69198/coverbig.jpg?v=7b6209376edd296ea9d5684f40106318)
Legacy of a billionaire son in-law
In the midst of pouring rain, Leon Carter sits above, drowning in despair over his crumbling life. Once madly in love with Sophia Winters, the girl who vowed to marry him or no one else, he now faces her icy indifference, her parents' disdain and a marriage reduced to Ashes. When a strange message
/0/63039/coverbig.jpg?v=20241014145551)
The Vengeance of the son-in-law
Caleb, a young man,who kicked himself out of his father's house and position in the family's business empire,was seen living a life of frustration in a rural part of the country,hustling and toiling. Few years later,after he might have made his wife a to be a successful business lady in the coun
/0/41747/coverbig.jpg?v=4762a5e2deb29ecbc3994499b3c7b9c5)
The Rich Son-In-Law System
Andrew's father's company went bankrupt and he owed a large amount of money so Andrew had to agree to marry Emma and come live with her family. During his time living with Emma and her family, Andrew was constantly bullied and humiliated by his wife and parents-in-law. One day, a system called "Th
