She served the friendly faces of the regular customers that day. She helped others that day. She was supposed to stay with her family on that day. But she never came home. Juliette is loved by everyone. A hard working girl juggling University and shifts at the popular cafe, she works to provide for her family and take care of her sick father. Seeing hundreds of faces on a daily basis is something Juliette is used to. Old faces, new faces, you never know who you're going to meet. "All it took was one glance, one smile, one gesture to realise she is the one I want". This story will include very mature content. ⚠️

Melanie is an ambitious journalist ready to make a name for herself at one of Canada's most prestigious news agencies. But when her handsome one-night stand turns out to be her new boss, all of Melanie's careful plans come tumbling down. ***** Melanie Collins has dreamed of being a successful journalist for as long as she can remember, and with her new job at The Press, that goal is finally within her reach. That is, until she meets her new boss. Not only is Gavin Stone sinfully handsome and incredibly charming - he's also the hot stranger she had a one-night stand with 2 days ago. With both their careers on the line, Melanie and Gavin know that anything more than a professional relationship is strictly off limits. But the more time they spend together, the more their connection becomes all-consuming, and Melanie finds herself forced to choose between her dream career and the most intense love she's ever known. [Word count: 200,000 - 250,000] Cover designed by Ren T [Winner of the 2020 Readers Choice Awards for Best Mature Story & Best Overall Story] [Winner of the Wattpad After Dark Show Us Your Story Contest]

**NOT MY ORIGINAL TRANSLATION OR STORY, for offline reading purpose only. Credits to original author and translator. Read original through novelupdates.com** Description Her best friend turned into her younger sister, destroyed her appearance, broke her legs, snatched her powerful fiancé, and designed to kill her mother. Unsatisfied, she locked her up in a mental asylum to be tortured until death! Yun Hua returned to 13 years of age with hatred. This time, the debt of blood would be paid in blood. Oppress the poisonous sister, beat up the scumbag fiancé, become the top student, become a scholarly expert, become a manhua artist. In the end, she became the chief anchorwoman on the largest global broadcast... With one careless mistake, she accidentally took the gold medal during the Olympic swimming competition. The entire country cheered for the champion without knowing that she had no such intentions... But all along the way, that unapproachable man protected her from nearby. He spoke: For you, I would block deities. For you, I would fight gods. For you, I would kill Buddha! He spoke again: If you don't leave me, I won't give you up either. I would rather turn my back on the world than slight my darling. Associated Names 薄先生，情不由己 重生初中：学霸女神，超给力 Language Chinese Author(s) Qīng Hú Zui, 青湖醉 Artist(s) N/A Year N/A Status in COO 2225 Chapters + 7 epilogues (Completed) Original Publisher Yunqi

The 23rd century's Xue Fei Yun is a peerless genius, trained meticulously by the kingpin of the underworld who adopted her to succeed him as the next generation leader. In 1 year after she took over her adopted father's spot as the new head of the organisation, she brought a whole new level of "Fear" to the underworld organisations. Be it looks, assassination, medicine, politics, martial arts there was no one better than her. Her only friend, Xiu Lin betrayed her trust and took Fei Yun's life... But this was not her fate. Fei Yun woke up as the daughter of General Xue. She learnt that the previous Feiyun lived a life of hardship. Her father was fighting the war for the last 3 years, her stepmother, Concubine Xia took the opportunity to dispose of her. Her step sisters, Qi Qi and Zhen Zhen also took joy in watching her suffer. But now she's no longer the weak daughter. She vows to climb up and return them fear like never before. She was willing to use anyone, even the God of War that everyone fear but in the end who is using who? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ranking: #1 Genius/ 2.3k Stories #1 China /6.7k Stories #1 Assassin/ 23.8K Stories #1 undiscovered/ 5.5k Stories #1 ColdPrince - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ please forgive any loopholes, grammar, mixing of chinese culture and weird names. I'm not very sure about the hierarchy thingy in palace as well. This is my original work and im new to writing and i just wanted to explore ;] enjoy !! all pictures used are not mine, credits to owners!

(Warning! Rated: R) "Liam quickly walked around from behind the bar and grabbed her shoulders. "I want revenge.." Kara looked down since he was towering over her, "I.. I can't help you." Liam placed a hand on her cheek, "You are so beautiful Kara. Paul was a fool to let you go." She cut her tear soaked eyes up to him, "And Andrea?" Liam leaned in while he stroked her cheek, "Andrea who..?"" Kara Myers thought that she was going to live happily ever after with her future husband Paul. When she discovered him cheating a day before the wedding, everything changes. With a broken heart and mysterious nose bleeds, what else could possibly go wrong? Meet Liam Owens, Kara's ex fiancé half brother. After a nasty divorce and child custody battle, he is shocked to find his now girlfriend sleeping with none other than his idiot half brother Paul. He seeks out Paul's ex fiancé for a little revenge and comfort, but is shocked to find the beauty broken and harboring a secret. Will he be able to use her without getting attached? Or is this relationship doomed from the beginning?

Lena Lenkov was born into the world of organized crime. The daughter of a high ranking captain of the Russian mob, all her life she's been surrounded by blood and violence. Her father always did his best to shield her from the harsh truths of his world, but it all becomes far too real the day she discovers her parents butchered bodies in their summerhome. Feeling lost and despaired, Lena can't seem to move on with her life until she finds the person responsible for her parents murder. The life she had been building for herself outside of the organization, is far from the world she steps into when she turns to the one man she trusts to help her seek justice, Dmitri Volkov, the most feared man in the Russian mob.