𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 Why didn't you tell me there's a ghost in this apartment?!" she demanded, poking his forehead in frustration. Jungkook flinched slightly, his eyes widening. "Did... did you just touch me?" Juliet frowned. "Uh, yeah? What's wrong with you? Answer my question first!" He let out a sigh, rubbing his forehead. "I've never met someone as dense as you." Her patience was wearing thin. "What are you even talking about?!" Jungkook looked her straight in the eye. "Juliet," he said, his voice low and deliberate. "I AM THE GHOST."

R18| DARK ROMANCE| Reigna Celine Mindiola only wanted to escape the past that kept haunting her but fate handed her something worse, Yuno Vaughn Devereux.A devil cloaked in beauty trapped in the body of the man he destroyed. He is a fallen angel cursed with hunger, desire, and darkness that turns him into an incubus. A creature condemned to feed on lust, crave intimacy, and draw strength from the very emotions of a human being. He watches her. Protects her. Owns her. Even if it means breaking her. Even if it means losing himself. This isn't just a love story. It's a slow descent into madness, pleasure, and ruin. He doesn't know the word share. And he's more than willing to kill anyone who stands in his way. And the devil always collects what's his.

Y/n(your name) is a simple girl who studies at university and lives a normal life in New York in a small but comfortable apartment. But she doesn't know that her life is about to turn upside down because of one man: Jeon Jungkook, the mafia king. Start: 23rd of March 2024 End: 11th of May 2024

What if forever started as a lie? Fame looks beautiful from a distance, full of bright lights, loud applause, and a life everyone believes must be perfect. Yet behind the spotlight, even the brightest stars learn how heavy constant attention can feel, and how carefully the truth must be hidden to survive it. Jhalak Sharma steps into that world to protect Raghbir Oberoi, determined to stop a scandal from tearing everything apart while reminding herself that her place in his life was never meant to last. It should have remained simple and professional, but some choices quietly grow into something larger than the moment they were made in. What begins as damage control slowly turns into something fragile, something dangerous, something neither of them ever planned for. Because behind the cameras and practiced smiles she becomes the only one who sees the man he hides from the world. She has admired him from afar like millions of others, a truth she was never meant to carry this close to her heart, and he never expected the person standing beside him in his worst moment to become the one he cannot imagine losing. This is a story about the life that exists when the cameras stop rolling, about feelings that were never part of the agreement, and about two people discovering that love becomes far more complicated when the world believes it already owns you. Because sometimes the hardest place to love someone... is right under the spotlight.

𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝒅𝒊 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒂//𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅𝒐 𝑫𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒐 🇰🇷.•*""*• 𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚘, 𝚁𝚎𝚐𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚒 𝙲𝚎𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚗•*""*•.🇱🇰 ✦──────༺༻──────✦ 𖧷 🐯 Un 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆. 𖧷 🌺 Una 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂. 𖧷 🐲 Un 𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒆 • Un 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒐. 𖧷 🦁 𝑫𝒖𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆. 𝑼𝒏𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂. ✦──────༺༻──────✦ ༺ 🦁𝒪𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒾🌺 ༻ Ultima erede della dinastia Bandara. Schiava agli occhi del regno. Sovrana nel sangue. ✦ Bellezza indomita. ✦ Amata da due fratelli. ༺🐯𝒜𝑔𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒟 👑༻ La tigre incoronata. Spietato, spezzato, solo. ✦ Passato tormentato. ✦ Mani sporche di sangue. ✦ Occhi solo per lei. ༺ 🐲𝒴𝑜𝑜𝓃𝑔𝒾 🗡༻ L'esiliato. Figlio bastardo della corte. L'inganno negli occhi. La vendetta nel sangue. ✦ L'incarnazione della lussuria. ✦ Il profumo del pericolo. ✦ Un amore velenoso. ✦──────༺༻──────✦ 🌺 𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓮 🐉 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬𝓸 🐯 𝓘𝓶𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓵𝓮 ⛔𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗹'𝗵𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗶 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗶 𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲⛔

Shakespeare's *Macbeth* was in my syllabus when I was in secondary school. But *Macbeth* was just an appetiser, for I went on to get the complete works of his. It was as I was reading his sonnets that I tried to mimic his 14-line poems-and the rest is history. I did not simply read Shakespeare; I encountered him. In my "mimicking" of his sonnets, I learnt that a word could be stretched from its primary meaning to other "shades" of meaning. Poetry to me is like a pilgrimage, a path of mystery, a ritual that can transport the poet from where he is to where the subject of his writing is, where he achieves a lived experience. I deliberately chose a rhyming scheme of **AABB CDCD EEFF GG**, with which I wish to import an African voice into the sacred art of sonnet writing. ✨ *OnukaoguOkechi83 is a winner of the Shortys 2025. ANNOUNCEMENT: I update my ongoing collection, Things Kilimanjaro Saw, every Friday by 8 pm. ---

She was an ordinary girl who had never even heard whispers of the mafia's dark world. He was the most feared mafia boss who had never believed in love. Their paths were never meant to cross-until fate intervened. When she accidentally hacks into his highly secured system, she becomes a target overnight. But instead of eliminating the threat, he takes her captive, determined to find out who she really is. What starts as a mistake soon turns into something neither of them expected. In one swift motion, his hand wrapped around her wrist, yanking her forward. She gasped as he dragged her back inside, the door slamming shut behind them. "Going somewhere, sweetheart?" His voice was deep, smooth, almost teasing. "Let me go!" she struggled, twisting in his grip, but it was like trying to fight a steel wall. He chuckled, tilting his head. "Not a chance." Her eyes darted around, heart pounding. "Who the hell are you?" The smirk on his lips widened as he leaned in slightly, his breath warm against her skin. "You hacked into something you shouldn't have," he murmured. "And now? You're in a world of trouble." Will he be able to forgive her for stepping into his world? And will she be able to survive in his?

A journey of two broken souls who wanted to cherish their lives with one whom they love, who wanted to marry their loved ones and spend their life with them. But they can't because destiny has something else planned for them.