Adam is a billionaire, but he is also secretly a billionaire. Did I mention he's a billionaire? Also he's hiding a dark secret. And then there's Kiera Renesmee Jermagesty McKenna Ricardo Rosa de la Montoya Ramirez, a broke waitress who struggles to feed her cheese stick addiction. What happens when their paths cross? How does one make a sandwich with no bread? Is it sexier to cry in Italian or in Turkish? Was there a table in The Lion King? Did they name the fruit orange after the color orange or did they name the color orange after the fruit orange? Read on to possibly find out. Warning: Reading this book may cause a loss of brain cells. Writing this absolute shitfest of a book caused me to drop at least 50 IQ points. Consider yourselves warned. Cover is by @panickedsociety (Highest ranks: #1 in Parody, #1 in satire, #9 in Humor)

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When a summer of fun turns upside down, Olivia must figure out whether her paranoid imagination is playing tricks on her or if she's being followed - and by who. ***** It's been years since Olivia nearly drowned in Caldwell Beach, and after moving away, she's back for the summer to reconnect with old friends. However, not everything-or everyone-is the same. Her childhood best friend, Miles, is still sweet and carefree, but his older brother West is not. Disowned and working at the local garage, he's distanced himself from everyone, until Olivia accidentally uncovers the reason why. But as the two grow closer, strange things begin happening to Olivia. She can't stop seeing shadows and hearing voices, but as she slips into a downward spiral of obsessiveness and paranoia, she must fight to uncover the truth behind who is after her, and why. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

Blake Turner has one goal: survive the next eighteen months, get her diploma, and disappear. Everything else-her boyfriend, her friends, her once-perfect life-is already gone. All that's left is endurance. Eighteen more months of keeping quiet. Of hiding the truth about what happens behind closed doors. Of pretending everything is fine when nothing is. She can make it. She has to. Liam Cole doesn't do attachments. Not when loyalty to his crew is the only thing that's kept him alive these past two years. Dragged into gang life too young, his world is built on violence, loyalty, and nights that end with no names exchanged. His past haunts him. His future? Already decided. His heart? Off-limits. Hardened. Untouchable. But when he crosses paths with the school's most hated outcast-the quiet girl everyone whispers about-everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. But some secrets refuse to stay buried... And when the truth finally breaks free, it leaves no one untouched.

Victorya 1.0 is a humanoid. Javier Parker is a genius and ambitious billionaire who wants to make a humanoid that resembles human perfectly. Can Javier teach "Vic" how to love? *** Victorya 1.0 was a humanoid optimized to fulfill human roles. As the first of its kind, she was created to serve the genius -and extremely charming- billionaire Javier Parker, the main sponsor of the Victorya Project: an ambitious venture that combined artificial intelligence and synthetic body parts to create robots. Javier was determined to make "Vic" as humane as possible. Unfortunately, Javier's continuous attempt to humanize her along with her exceptional qualities that included the ability to recognize pain and generate emotions disrupted her system. In the end, her destruction seemed imminent when she struggled to understand the most difficult concept of all: love.

Emma Reed never expected to succeed in her internship... until she "impressed" her boss, the cold and mysterious mega-billionaire Hunter Lockwood. Despite her parents' warning of Mr. Lockwood's dangerous secret and her ongoing relationship with a loving boyfriend, Emma pursues Mr. Lockwood's strange, forbidden, and unbounded desire. Mr. Lockwood always gets what he wants, and now all he wants is her.

FREE STORY WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT. This is *not* a Paid Story. Eighteen-year-old hockey prodigy Elliot Wexler has three goals for senior year. One: somehow graduate with a 3.5 GPA. Two: hide his bipolar disorder from his peers. And three: make it into the NHL with no scandals. Piece of cake. What he doesn't expect is to find Lucy, a homeless girl, hiding from the winter frost in his dad's shed. Elliot's busy, complicated life doesn't permit room for error, and falling in love with a girl from a totally different world sounds like the opposite of a good idea. But Elliot can't help but be drawn to Lucy and her elusive ways--even when she seems to vanish from his life non-stop, each time leaving him with a bigger hole in his heart. But Elliot is determined to break down Lucy's barriers. And when he does, he discovers that her life is more complicated--and dangerous--than he could have imagined. With drafting season approaching, and Elliot's fragile mental health deteriorating, he's forced to face a difficult question: Is first love supposed to hurt so much? *** PLEASE DO NOT ADD THIS STORY TO GOODREADS.

At 00:00, Cinderella ran away from her prince, leaving a glass slipper on the marbled steps of the grand staircase. At 00:00, I ran away from him. Unlike Cinderella, I didn't leave a single thing behind. © sonderingly

AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARED AND MANHUNT BEGAN BEAN PROMISED HIMSELF HE'D NEVER KILL AGAIN... ..:::.. Set where the Urban edge mingles with the Suburban sprawl, Kay Elle's second novel follows the story of Olive and Bean Downes -- scrappy siblings forced to flee their home and hide deep in the city after an assassination gone wrong. Over the course of two weeks they'll encounter citizens just as colorful as the country they live in, complete with a bigoted fruit enthusiast, a corrupt concierge, a stingy gun peddler, and a Korean mercenary named Elmo. It's an America where oranges are valued more than gold and homemade lip balm is as addictive as crack. It's an exploration of loyalty, glamorous nightclubs, and the well meaning pastors who inhabit them. The Illumination of Sorrow is a raw, touching story about weird love, old wallets, and the humor that can be found in true meaning of sorrow.

Kira West, I am deeply in love with you. Your lustrous hair and twinkling eyes have captured me since I first laid my eyes on your smokin' body. Your dazzling smile is incomparable to any mortal object, and your laugh reminds me of soft bells ringing in the distance. This may seem a bit soon to ask you this, but will you do me the honor of slapping me with a loaf of bread? I understand that it may be too soon in the relationship to do such an intimate act, but I feel as if I know you, that I understand you. If you wish, you may leave me a response on the space below, and leave it under your desk after your first period. Much love, Archer P.S. I'll still love you even if you decline me of this wonderful offer. - highest ranking: #23 in short story featured on every list for short story third place in the winners awards

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