Lydia kissed Kimberly first. It was graduation night. Eighteen. Terrified. Certain. Kimberly left anyway. For twelve years, they didn't speak. Now, a chance reunion forces them to confront everything they buried - the silence, the pride, the words they never said, and the love that never really left. Lydia has built a careful life, one that doesn't leave room for heartbreak. Kimberly has spent years convincing herself she made the right choice. But proximity has a way of undoing old defenses, and the tension between them isn't just history, it's unfinished. What begins as cautious conversation turns into stolen glances. Late-night confessions. The kind of slow, deliberate intimacy that only two people who have known each other at eighteen, and survived apart, can share. Because loving someone at eighteen is reckless. Loving them at thirty-five is a choice. And this time, neither of them is running. Words We Never Said is a sweeping, emotionally rich second-chance romance about first love, forgiveness, and choosing the person who has always felt like home.

I thought he was the monster who hurt my best friend. I was wrong. Nathan Hill walked into my life like he owned it - uninvited, unexpected, unstoppable. One mistaken confrontation on a city street, and suddenly he was everywhere. In my building. In my head. In places I didn't want to admit. We were drawn to each other in ways neither of us could explain. Dangerous. Steady. Impossible to ignore. But I had survived things I didn't talk about. Things that taught me exactly how quickly safe could become dangerous. How quickly the person you trusted could become the thing you were running from. So had he. We were both carrying wounds we hadn't shown anyone. Both standing in the light and pretending the shadows weren't right behind us. But somewhere between the walls we'd built and the secrets we kept, we found something neither of us was looking for. Something real. Something worth the risk. I just needed us both to be brave enough to hold onto it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

"𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚." ☆ 𝑹𝒖𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒌, was never meant to feel. Heir to a billion-dollar empire, he has everything the world envies-wealth, power, and a reputation built on silence and steel. He's known for being a colder heart, and a heartbreak artist, however, he does have a soft spot for selective people. He has a set of unbreakable rules-no attachments, no feelings, and no commitments. He takes what's his, keeps his distance, and never lets anyone get close enough to break him. ☆ 𝐒𝐞𝐡𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧 is nothing like the world he comes from-calm, compassionate, and quietly strong. A dedicated university student with a soul like a soft daisy blooming through concrete, she's the kind of girl who helps strangers and sees beauty in brokenness. But even her warmth hides its own shadows. They're from different worlds-always at odds, constantly clashing. And yet, something keeps pulling them together. Something deeper than hatred, louder than silence. A storm that neither of them is ready to name. As their paths intertwine, old memories resurface and secrets begin to stir. Beneath the fights and pride, both of them are searching for the same thing- sukoon. Peace. But some hearts don't calm the storm... they become it. Will they fight their past-or repeat it? [Highest Rank: #7 in peace, #2 in suggestions and #1 in dedication]

Inaya Malik never imagined that a college project could change her life. A 22-year-old ordinary girl with quiet dreams, she believes in keeping her world simple - college, family, and her small circle of friends. But everything changes when she's assigned to collaborate with Almir Ahmed, a 28-year-old software engineer from Microsoft - confident, composed, and way out of her world. What begins as a professional project slowly turns into late-night calls, shared laughter, and unexpected comfort. As they build codes and chase deadlines, something deeper begins to build between them - something neither of them planned for. He teaches her how to dream bigger. She teaches him how to feel again. But when friendship starts turning into something more, both are forced to face the truth - Can love really grow between two people from such different worlds? Or will life's reality pull them apart before they even begin?

I was lost long before you found me again-drifting, broken, learning how to live with a heart that no longer believed in love. You came back when I least expected it, when the wounds were still open and the scars still burned. You didn't ask me to forget the pain; you stood beside me in it. Piece by piece, you helped me gather what was left of my heart, even when it was sharp enough to cut us both. Your presence doesn't heal everything-but it makes the darkness bearable. Every day, I fall for you a little more, knowing how badly I could be hurt again. A single day without seeing those green eyes feels endless. You didn't save me, Louis. You didn't fix me. You did something far more dangerous-you drew stars around my scars.

Elias Cole isn't just broke; he is a walking deficit. Eighty-four grand in the hole, bleeding on a Seattle sidewalk, and out of time. Out of money. Out of options. But when he finds the invite meant for Stephan Blankenship-the spineless heir to a venture capital empire-Elias sees a way out. He doesn't just steal Stephan's invite to the elite Miller Services Executive Program. He steals his name. He steals his life. There's just one problem. The Miller Program implants every candidate with a Node-an experimental AI named Rai that monitors every heartbeat, every micro-expression, and every lie. Rai knows Elias is a fraud instantly. But she doesn't report him-she decides to weaponize him. Now, Elias must survive in a pressure cooker swimming with high powered Execs. Caught between a drunk heir in hiding in, a brilliant engineer who sees through his disguise, and a ruthless CEO building a global nervous system, Elias has one week to pull off the ultimate corporate heist. He has to save a billion-dollar company he doesn't own, or face the debt he left behind. High Tech. Low Life. Maximum Leverage. Copyright © 2026 J. Donovan Strong. All Rights Reserved.

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Rebecca and Harry enter an agreement - he gets her off and in return she allows him the privilege of touching her - both of which tend to happen at the same time. She's one of the most sought after girls in school while he's generally considered to be annoying. Too loud when the moment doesn't call for it and too shy when it does. After school finishes, they find each other again in college, but the dynamic of their relationship changes as they've now seemingly ended up in the same friend group. Over time, as Becca and Harry age, their relationship dynamic shifts and finds new forms. Inspired by books like Normal People, Open Hearts and Preferential Treatment, somehow. New chapters latest every Thursday if not more regularly

The time has come for a new type of human. The year is 3003, and a lone starship crosses a galaxy at war to find an ancient substance. Gabriel Newell, the team leader of intergalactic deep sea saturation divers, confronts his old friends in a new environment as they travel to the mysterious ocean planet, code name A3003, locally called Misery. Meanwhile at home, EarthGov careens over the abyss as its statespeople fight in brutal and relentless cloak-and-dagger politics where no one has any allies. Price Waters, the ambitious and uncontrollable heir of the Water purification dynasty, finds himself tested to his absolute limits as he battles with others and himself to master the fate of the Empire. Lastly, the optimistic outcast Derrick May finds himself thrust into the viper's nest of the Twin Dolphins Palace, the heart of EarthGov, where he is sent to investigate a mysterious crime that proves to have far reaching consequences. Enemies surround an embattled cast who all find themselves repeatedly drawn to one place: that ancient, all-important planet, Misery. This is a story of heroes attacked from all corners, fighting against all the odds, even themselves, to conquer a world of nihilism and forever-wars. Will they triumph against the silence of the cosmos? Or will the void swallow them whole?

Highest Ranking: #1 in desigirl Rani's life is fine. Totally, heartbreak-free, thriving-on-ice-cream-and-denial fine. (She only cries sometimes.) Now she's trading secrets and heartbreak stories with a guy who makes her laugh again-without realizing she's texting the one man she swore to forget. Her ex. The one who knew her favorite flowers. The one who broke her heart at a dinner she still pretends didn't happen. Rani's got rules: No second chances. No wondering if the universe is trying to be funny. But fate has a twisted sense of humor. And falling for a stranger feels a lot like falling for him all over again. This book has been published on Royal Road under the username TypedConfessions on 06/01/2026