Serenth Lewis is a young woman in her final year of law school. She managed to land an internship at one of the most prestigious firms. Ambitious and confident, she does everything she can to keep her personal life from interfering with her future career as a lawyer. But beneath the strong image and confidence she projects, Serenth is caught in the grip of her father's manipulation and abuse. Liliane Larris is a cold woman who is the CEO of the law firm. She shows no emotion, neither in her face nor in her actions. She is used to keeping everything under control : her posture, her behavior, her secrets. That is, until Serenth walks into her life, shattering her carefully constructed world and awakening emotions she believed she no longer possessed. If there are spelling mistakes, Sorry. 🚬

Ambitious marketing executive "Alexandra a.k.a Lexi Thompson" has built her life around deadlines, clients, and success-leaving little room for love. Freelance writer "Max Nolan" prefers quiet corners and daydreams, chasing inspiration for his first novel. ___ When chance brings them together, sparks fly-but so do secrets. A hidden past, misunderstood choices, and unexpected betrayals threaten to tear them apart just as they begin to fall. Torn between trust and doubt, passion and pride, Lexi and Max must decide: are they destined to be strangers forever, or can love survive the collision of two very different worlds?

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𝘼 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙙𝙪𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚. 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟑 𝐎𝐅 : 𝐀 𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐕𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐔𝐇𝐀𝐍 x 𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐘𝐀 𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐇 ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── 𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐬. 𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲. 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞. 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫, 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐯'𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧

She's a therapist who heals others but hides her own scars. He's a world champion drowning in his past. When psychologist Siana Reyes is forced to take on athlete Ethan Cruz as a client, she doesn't expect to face the same man tied to her buried memories. Between therapy sessions and silent confessions, their worlds collide - where healing feels like heartbreak, and love feels like déjà vu. In Between Memories & Dreams - a story of pain, healing, and the haunting pull of a love you thought you'd forgotten. 📚 Genre: Psychological Romance · Slow Burn · Emotional Healing · Second Chances. 💗 "𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑒 - 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛."

Mick Arica Windsor is bold, confident, and always does things her way. Jace Ethan Frascella, the new guy, is calm, mysterious, and hard to ignore. Their first meeting turns into a clash, and every interaction after that feels like a battle. But is it just rivalry, or is there something more between them? Will they keep fighting, or will fate bring them closer?"

The truth was supposed to die with Jimin. But the echoes of his death have only begun to scream. After the shocking downfall of Namjoon, the school tries to return to normal-but nothing is normal anymore. Taehyung still hears Jimin's voice in his dreams. Jungkook's gentle smile hides something far darker. And Soobin's quest for justice against Namjoon begins to uncover secrets that were never meant to surface. As whispers rise about forged evidence, missing CCTV footage, and a powerful man pulling the strings from the shadows, one question begins to haunt everyone- Who really killed Minwoo and Jimin? When past sins resurface and trust turns poisonous, friends will become enemies, and the line between love and revenge will blur beyond recognition. Because in this school, the dead don't rest quietly. They echo. A sequel of Teacher's Pet

After tragedy fractures their world, a young couple is left navigating the aftermath.... where love is tested by memory, intrusion tension, and the weight of what they endured. The future they planned erodes under the strain of trauma, leaving them clinging to fragments of who they used to be. Healing is expected. Normalcy is demanded. But trauma doesn't follow rules, and love doesn't always know how to save what's breaking. Who Are You is not a story about recovery. It's about what lingers after survival-the unraveling, the distance, and the question that haunts them both: Who are you when everything you were is gone? 🗣️ All rights to author VirgoScribe 🗣️ ***Who Are You? is a contemporary work of fiction exploring love, trauma, and identity in the aftermath of survival.***

Jungkook, heir to one of the most feared mafia family, has everything- power, loyalty, and a reputation that keeps enemies trembling. But on the night of his birthday, his world tilts. His parents present him with a gift wrapped not in gold, but in fate: a marriage alliance. And the bride-to-be? The girl he once loathed. The girl who defied, humiliated by him, and disappeared without a trace. Now she's back, more mysterious than ever, and Jungkook is forced to confront the past he buried and the future he never wanted. As old grudges resurface and hidden agendas unfold, the line between hate and desire begins to blur. In a world where love is a weakness and trust is a weapon, can Jungkook protect his family... without losing himself or her?