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This story explores the turbulent journey of Mthokozisi "Mtho" Dlamini, a wealthy taxi boss who falls in love at first sight with a sophisticated Johannesburg woman who has come to his rural homelands for a fresh start. The catch? The woman is fiercely independent and is vehemently opposed to becoming a third wife, viewing Mtho's traditional lifestyle as a trap. With his first two wives already united against this new threat, a bitter rivalry ensues. The question remains: will these two sworn enemies ever find common ground, and can Mtho convince her to become his third wife against all odds?

Half of Everywhere "I came to Japan to find myself. I never expected to be found by him." Nineteen-year-old Jasmine Bennett leaves America 🇺🇸 behind for a gap year in Tokyo, determined to master Japanese, lose herself in the city's hidden streets, and capture life's quiet moments through the lens of her camera. Photography is her escape. Until one photograph changes everything. One rainy evening, Jasmine unknowingly captures a stranger standing beneath the glow of Tokyo's neon lights. She doesn't know his name. She doesn't know he's Ryūichi Kuroda 21 (黒田 隆一)-the youngest ever enigmatic head of one of Japan's most feared yakuza families to lead. She only knows he looked directly into her lens... ...and let her walk away. From that moment on, Jasmine is on his radar. As their paths continue to cross, she's drawn into a world of dangerous secrets, unwavering loyalty, and a man as captivating as he is untouchable. But in Ryūichi's world, every decision has consequences-and falling for the wrong person could cost her everything. One photograph. One moment. One man. She's on his radar.

Back-cover Blurb Kathiravan Vedhvardhan is the heir to a powerful political family in rural Tamil Nadu-a man shaped by tradition, pride, and a belief that a wife's place is beside her husband, without question. Malarvizhi Nivetharaj is everything his world doesn't know what to do with: a final-year medical student, fiercely determined, sharp-tongued, and unwilling to surrender the life she's built. When an old family tradition turns their names into husband and wife, Malar's dreams become the first thing Kathiravan expects her to sacrifice. But marriage doesn't give him ownership of her. And Malar isn't willing to become another silent woman in the Vedhvardhan household. As family honour, political ambition, generations of tradition, and a dangerous obsession collide, Malar must decide how much of herself she is willing to fight to keep. Because sometimes the hardest battle isn't leaving a powerful man- 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎.....

A curse. What do we define curse as? Something evil. Something vile. Something disgraceful. But what if this story does not have a hint of evilness? Even a hint of vileness? Not even a tiny droplet of disgracefulness? This is the story of Sanah Ibrahim & Nawaf Abdullah. Two souls who are bound to be together yet they clash with eachother all the time.

En un entorno industrial hostil (la zona obrera de Roswell), Milán, un niño de doce años sometido a extenuantes jornadas de trabajo fabril, encuentra una vía de escape y esperanza en "El choque de las piezas": un juego de puntería y estrategia sobre un tablero de cáñamo trazado a mano por su madre, Elena. La rutina se transforma drásticamente cuando el Estado anuncia un Gran Torneo Imperial cuya recompensa para los ganadores es el ingreso a las Escuelas Nacionales de Ciencias, la única oportunidad para escapar de la miseria y del trabajo manual.

"It is based on Japanese folklore and mythology. Hiromi is an ordinary girl who lives a monotonous life and is considered by many as invisible. She is hopelessly in love with the leader of the coolest boy band in school. However, the guy isn't who she thought he was and neither is she. She gets involved in the neighborhood drug network and with the mysterious baron who was never captured. The story has both a fantasy and a philosophical background."

Book 2

What is a family? What is a home? Everyone may have their own definition. Yet one truth remains unchanged: every choice demands consequences, and every consequence comes at a cost. Something not merely possessed but chosen, fought for, and sometimes. . . paid for through loss. For those who endure until the very end, the meaning of family and the idea of home will sink deeper than nails, outlast oceans, and linger far longer than stars in the sky. << Release on every Saturday: GMT+7 >>

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what it truly means to call the Philippines 'HOME.' It's a place of incredible warmth and breathtaking beauty, but it also has its shadows and its struggles. I decided to put those feelings into words. My new poetry collection on Wattpad, Chosen Land, Beloved Beat , is my honest tribute to our country-capturing both the gold and the grit of our islands. I'd love for you to take a look and let me know which piece resonates with you the most. Follow me on Wattpad if you want, I am John Mark N. Luciano (@DonJuanMarco), if you saw the name of Moriones Zazadevha, that was my former Wattpad account. I would be publish One Poem, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 12:00 am(Philippine Time) (All criticism will be accepted as long as it does not contain any foul language or insults. Let us keep our Good Manners and Right Conduct. To God be the Glory.)

This is not the story of how two people fell in love. Neither of them ever knew when that happened. This is the story of everything that came before. The ordinary Mondays. The last trains. The coffee that grew cold. The unfinished conversations. The museum tickets. And two people from completely different worlds who kept finding each other in the quietest moments. Until one day... home was no longer a place. It was a person. A slow-burn romance with C-drama vibes, quiet longing, and beautifully ordinary days. 🌙

Raised to believe she was serving good, she realizes too late about her trainers history. Now, her former mentor will hunt her down to keep her in line

Matthew Hale works at an OmniCart returns counter in Chicago, where every unwanted item comes with a convenient explanation: wrong size, defective, changed my mind. Then a box arrives without a tracking number. Inside are a black-and-white cat called Barcode and an old ledger marked MANUAL REVIEW. Soon the system begins revealing the real reasons behind every return: a red dress sent back by a woman afraid to feel beautiful, a microphone rejected by a father terrified of speaking to his son-and finally, Matthew himself. As the mysterious cat becomes an online sensation, OmniCart moves to erase the evidence. Matthew discovers that years ago he helped turn private human pain into a profitable advertising campaign. Now he must expose the company without using those same people all over again. A darkly funny, tender novel about the things we abandon, the lives we postpone, and everything that refuses to stop belonging to us.

The story follows the Protagonist, a girl named Flora who follows a normal life until she finds out about the world and steps into danger and realizes the reality build in her future including fellow family members and rulers all among the world. Are humans the only existence? Ofc not! Not in this world! But how will Flora find that out and whats gonna happen? Her Grandmother, someone very dear to her has the answers, her past his now Flora's future. This story is originally made up by me and all the characters also are mine!

Arkan has never felt like he belongs, not to his family, his faith, or his world. But when global events begin spiraling in ways no one can explain, Arkan finds himself at the center of something ancient and terrifying. The signs are there for those willing to read them and someone has been waiting for him to wake up. A story about the end of the world, the nature of evil, and one man's desperate search for truth when the line between prophet and monster begins to disappear.

???:hadda i dooro ???:wad ka soo dahdey kuma bahni

The bond was tied, witnessed, and ordained. For a young woman whose hand was placed in another's, not out of longing, but for protection and responsibility. Though their marriage was abrupt, each passing day carved a path toward emotions they had never known before. Not desire, but faith.

A young medical student finds himself caught between reality and something far less certain, after a strange encounter leads him into a realm whispered about in ancient legends. 🇳🇵✨ What begins as a trip through mountains slowly becomes a passage into something deeper-where the seen and the unseen start to blur. 📜 #SemiFiction #Himalayas #Mystery #InnerJourney #Adventure

နယ်စားမင်း ဦးခွန်ကျော်စွာနှင့်သူ၏Omegaလေး ဝီလီယမ် ရှိန်ဝါတို့ရဲ့ Arranged Marriage။ Paid Story

~𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞." ____________________________________ From the very first meet his eyes held a familiarity she couldn't understand. He knew too much, Notice too much, and appear in her life too perfectly. Coincidence? She wanted to believe so. But some glances towards him felt like memories. And some peoples don't enter in your life for the first time when you meet them. As the distance between them disappeared one question always lingered in her mind. "𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦?" Until one day she realized something far more unsettling. He isn't the only one watching her. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨. Not out of love. Not out of Obsession too. But for a reason, Far more dangerous one. This is a story of 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝.

ئایا عەشق دەتوانێت ئەو گرێیە بکاتەوە کە کینە و ڕق دروستیان کردووە؟ یان مێژوو خۆی دووبارە دەکاتەوە؟