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62 Stories

  • MINISTER'S WIFE by writingtocalm
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    "STOP this nonsense!! I never wanted you NEVER you were forced just get that in your head I HATE YOU!! I always will" her voices echoed through the mansion He stood there frozen staring at her in disbelief. "Is this what you carried in your heart all along while I was going crazy for you.."
  • THE PROFESSOR'S WIFE  by author_viiidiiii
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    Story 2 of THE WIFE SERIES This book will have some mature seense in future marriage never meant to happen. A husband who refuses to accept it. When a wedding collapses at the mandap, Ishita Khanna is forced to replace her runaway sister and marry Aarav Malhotra-a strict university professor bound by family pride and political pressure. For Aarav, the marriage is a secret, a burden he wants erased from his life. For Ishita, it becomes a silent prison. Living under one roof yet worlds apart, Ishita must hide her identity while Aarav ensures no one ever knows she is his wife. In classrooms, he is her professor. At home, a stranger she is bound to. In a world ruled by control, silence, and unspoken rules, what happens when a forced marriage begins to crack the walls of power, ego, and denial? Because some relationships aren't born out of love- they are survived.
  • Just Business by kobliha1994
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    Ella Lankasch came to Seoul with a plan to start over. Instead, she's now trying to survive at Retanigo, one of the biggest companies in Seoul, where she: * battles daily corporate chaos, * secretly brings her daughter to work, * and tries not to murder the company president with stress. Kang Min-ho has spent his entire life perfectly in control. The company. People. Emotions. Then he meets Ella. A chaotic Czech woman with a dangerously honest mouth, blue-green eyes, absolutely no respect for his peace of mind, and a daughter who starts using his own business tricks against him. And while dangerous tension slowly grows between them, Retanigo begins turning into a battlefield full of secrets, manipulation, and emotions that were never supposed to exist. Because in the corporate world, feelings are not weakness. They're a threat. A slowburn office romance with strong k-drama vibes. Full of humor, rain, emotionally damaged people, chaos, family scars, and one very brave yellow car named Lentylka.
  • Somewhere Between Us by jellifields
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    They were never friends. In fact, Leila and Jace couldn't stand each other. But during a week-long university event, the teasing stops feeling playful-and starts feeling dangerous. Jace is the kind of guy who gets under your skin, and Leila is the kind of girl who digs into your heart without even trying. They fall-fast, recklessly, and quietly. But when grief crashes into Leila's world, she pulls away. And when she comes back, he's not the same. Now he's colder. He says he doesn't care. But Leila can't forget the way he once looked at her, or how her name once sounded in his voice. A story about falling in love, letting go, and the people we carry even after they leave.
  • Having Faith by ChristianDaWulf
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    Max's life isn't complicated. Most days are spent tracking, planning, and killing. Every target comes with a different yet familiar challenge. Get in, get out, don't leave a mess. Words that have been beaten into her since she was a child. But then Faith came along- Bright. Magnetic. Inconsistent. And obsessively impossible not to fall for. Loving Faith was simple. That part was easy. Navigating the pedestrian world while pretending not to be a secret psychopath on the run from her past? Trying to build the first real connection she's ever had, all while cutting down on the body count because "Faith wants a good partner for once"? Yeah... That's gonna be kinda hard.
  • ✤𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒌✤ [ Upcoming ] by InkbyIshvika
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    #2 🄵🄾🅁🄲🄴🄳 🄱🅁🄸🄳🄴 🅂🄴🅁🄸🄴🅂 **************** Bound by vows, stitched by fate-will love be the final masterpiece? **************** Aditya Malhotra -the man who can charm the world with his smile and destroy it with his signature. A business tycoon who rules boardrooms with ruthless precision, yet treats life like an endless playground. Sharp mind, sharper tongue, and a smirk that spells trouble-he's the kind of man who wins wars with laughter and deals with a twinkle in his eye. If life's a game, he's already three moves ahead. Naina Sharma-the designer who doesn't just create outfits, she creates moments. A walking, talking Bollywood scene with sass sharper than a tailor's needle. She believes in dreams bigger than the grandest lehengas, in independence stronger than any stitched seam, and in love?-well, let's just say she'd rather be caught dead than caught in a forced marriage. But fate? Fate is the biggest drama director of all. A long-buried contract resurfaces-an alliance written in childhood, signed in secrecy, and now binding them in a wedding neither saw coming. One signature, and their fates are stitched together in silk. 🎭 "Shaadi? Teri? Meri? Haah!!! Kabhi nahi!" 😏 "Dare to run, Sharma. I love a good chase." One mischievous businessman. One over-the-top designer. One forced marriage that's anything but ordinary. Between wedding vows and warzones, between business deals and emotional duels-what happens when love stitches them together tighter than fate ever intended? But just when they think they have control, fate adds one final stitch. 💍 "You can fight it all you want, Naina... but what if I say you already lost?" Because in this unfinished love story, the final masterpiece is yet to be designed... Stay tuned to know more about Aditya & Naina Ishvika ✨
  • 𝑰 𝑷𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒀𝒉𝒖 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒐 𝒀𝒉𝒖 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑴𝒆✰ by Stuntpercska1k0
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    Y/n: always been the type to love loud, care deep, and stay loyal even when it hurts. SugarHill Keem: the type to disappear for days, come back like nothing happened, and tell you you're "trippin" for wanting more. In the heart of Harlem, where sirens sing louder than apologies and love feels more like a power move than a promise, Y/n finds themself stuck in a cycle they can't escape - getting pushed away just to chase him back every single time. He vanishes. He returns. He gaslights. Y/n forgives. And somehow... it still feels like love. This is a story about emotional whiplash, toxic attachment, subtle tension that never fully fades, and a boy who knows exactly how to pull someone closer by pushing them away first.
  • Tangled In Crimson  by Ishita747052
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    With fairy lights trembling in the dark. With a name spoken too casually. With a tomorrow that arrived too soon. She was all soft edges and impossible dreams - sunlight pretending not to shine. He was restraint wrapped in silence - the kind of man who never let the world see what he was thinking. Nothing was announced. Nothing was promised. And yet something shifted. A glance that lasted half a second too long. A distance that felt deliberate. A closeness no one acknowledged. Some stories start with love. This one started with inevitability. And by the time they realized what was happening - it was already too late to walk away. Because sometimes the most dangerous thing isn't falling. It's knowing you were always meant to. 🌙✨
  • The Philosophy of Us by InkofVrushank
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    Uday never meant to lie his way into the most prestigious TA position on campus. He just needed a job. Fast. The only problem? The course is The Philosophy of Love & Human Relationships-and Uday is a computer science major who's never been in love and definitely doesn't know what Kierkegaard wants from him. Now he's grading philosophical essays with zero qualifications, dodging a legendary professor who swore to "break him," and battling Eleanor Calloway: the brilliant, terrifying, and infuriatingly hot daughter of said professor... who also happens to be the real TA. She knows he's faking it. He knows she's waiting for him to fail. But when petty rivalry turns into late-night debates, caffeine-fueled insults, and unexpected honesty... Things get complicated. Love was never part of the syllabus. But it's definitely on the final.
  • How to Make a Man Fall In Love in 10 Days by whitefox_goddess
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    What if I told you there's a way to make even the coldest man melt? That no matter how emotionally unavailable, ice-cold, or allergic to commitment he seems, there's always that one woman who can break through - with the right mix of wit, charm, chaos, and... a little bit of lipstick? Meet Priscilla "Aila" Briones. Marketing genius by day, hopeless romantic by midnight scroll. She's got a heart that believes in love even if her inbox is full of red flags disguised as "good morning" texts. She's fun, she's flirty, and she's finally done crying over guys who can't spell commitment. So when a friendly dare at the office turns into a full-blown bet, Aila does what any self-respecting queen with a killer wardrobe and revenge to serve would do - accept it like it's a game she was born to win. The mission? Make the coldest, most emotionally constipated man in the entire office fall in love with her... in just 10 days. Enter Ryan "Ian" Santillan - Tall, sharp, intimidatingly hot, and completely immune to flirting. He's the kind of man who doesn't fall - not for flings, not for fun, not for anyone. Stoic, strategic, and devastatingly private, Ryan is the office enigma no one dares mess with. Except Aila. Armed with charm, confidence, and a checklist that includes: ✔ Flirty coffee "accidents" ✔ Unexpected smiles in the elevator ✔ Slow burns over late-night projects ✔ Just the right amount of mystery ✔ And a tiny bit of chaos to keep things fun Aila dives into the ten-day challenge with full force. But the more she plays the game, the more the game plays her. Because Ryan isn't just cold - he's cautious. And behind those guarded eyes lies a man who's been burned too deeply to trust easily. But here's the plot twist: He does start falling. And so does she. Suddenly, the lines between strategy and sincerity, dare and desire, play and passion begin to blur. Can you fake love without falling for real? Can you outgame someone who isn't playing?
  • Stone & Sugar by OGdirti3
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    Elara didn't ask for a new beginning, but that's what she got. When her family sends her to Blackthorn Academy, a cold, elite school in the mountains with secrets as deep as the snowdrifts, she plans to keep her head down and fly through her senior year. Then she meets him-Rowan Cross. He's brooding, brilliant, and branded with rumors of violence. No one dares approach him. But Elara doesn't scare easy. And for the first time in his life, Rowan meets someone who doesn't flinch when he steps close. She sees his pain. He sees her fire. But the deeper they fall, the closer Elara gets to the truth-Rowan's silence hides more than just a broken past. It hides a secret that could bury them both.
  • Patterns are a Bitch by Cecyswizz12
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    Cecilia doesn't do romance. She does lipstick, control, and emotional self-sabotage. But when a first date turns into a weekend away with a stranger named Eli, she finds herself slipping - not into love, but into something far more dangerous: vulnerability. Patterns Are a Bitch is a literary novel about emotional detachment, female rage, and the quiet violence of trying to feel again. Perfect for fans of Sally Rooney, Ottessa Moshfegh, and hot people with cold hearts.
  • Technically Yours by ShreddedPaperDoll
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    She doesn't do distractions. He didn't mean to become one. Xu Yiran notices everything. Especially her. Lu Minya notices everything. Except him. Until she does... And then neither of them knows what to do with it. Technically Yours is a slow burn workplace romance about the one issue they can't debug, troubleshoot, or resolve. #1 in worklife 2026/06/08 #1 in officecrush 2026/06/08 #1 in developer 2026/06/08 #1 in softwareengineer 2026/06/13 #1 in emotionallyunavailable 2026/06/27 #4 in girlboss 2026/06/08
  • Sparks Between Streetlights and Silence by fCarpet
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    Iris Laurent has her life mapped out in straight lines: perfect grades, perfect future, no distractions. Elias Vale exists in the spaces between certainty and silence. Quiet. Observant. Impossible to read. They meet one night under city lights that don't quite reach the ground. It's supposed to mean nothing. But the city remembers what they try to forget. And some connections don't ask for permission.
  • Pulse Between Us by keishalee841
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    Pulse Between Us She walked into the trauma bay to save lives-he forgot how to feel them. When ambitious intern Emma Carter lands in the trauma unit of Rosecliff Memorial, the last thing she expects is her mentor to be the coldest man on the floor. Dr. James Thorne doesn't do attachment. Doesn't do kindness. But something about her makes him break his own rules-one glance, one silence, one heartbeat at a time. This isn't just a hospital. It's a war zone for the heart.
  • The Space Between Us by SlowBurnArchitect
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    She fixes what's broken. He refuses to be. Zara Malik doesn't believe in chaos. She believes in systems. In control. In clean exits and calculated decisions. People are variables. Emotions are liabilities. And distance? Necessary. Kael Mercer is none of those things. He watches. He listens. And worst of all... he understands. What begins as a professional collision numbers, power plays, and quiet wars fought across conference tables turns into something far more dangerous. Not loud. Not reckless. But slow. Precise. Inevitable. Because Kael doesn't chase. He doesn't push. He simply stays. And Zara has never known what to do with something that doesn't leave. In late nights filled with spreadsheets and silence, in conversations that cut deeper than they should, in moments that linger far too long... the distance between them begins to collapse. But some people aren't built for closeness. Some truths don't come without consequences. And some connections, no matter how carefully handled, have the power to unravel everything. This is not a love story built on grand gestures. It's built on restraint. On tension. On everything they don't say. And the most dangerous thing about him? It was never his intelligence. It was how completely... he paid attention.
  • The Geography of Want by MafuyuBM
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    Archie only meant to play one game. Then Chris logged in. What begins as late-night matches and routine conversations slowly becomes something harder to name - a friendship built in loading screens, Discord calls, and the quiet intimacy of always being there. But some people only meet you in the hours between loneliness and sleep. And some almosts are harder to survive than endings.
  • Colour me by oldschoolbear
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    Vy Nguyen keeps accidentally crossing paths with Erik Nguyen. At the gym. At work. At family events. She notices him. He doesn't seem to notice her. As Vy begins to feel invisible outside of the roles she plays, Erik clings harder to his routine-until her absence starts to unravel it. A slow-burn romance about awkward connections, emotional blind spots, and choosing to meet someone where they are.
  • Where the Vines Entwine ♡ Lo'ak X Oc  by HScales
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    Hatred came easily to Haryā. As one of the Omaticaya clan's strongest young hunters, she had no patience for reckless boys, loudmouths or people who made her feel out of control. Unfortunately for her, Lo'ak Sully was all three. The two had been locked in a rivalry filled with insults, bruised pride and arguments sharp enough to make everyone around them miserable ever since childhood. While Lo'ak thrived in chaos, Haryā kept her walls high and her emotions buried deep beneath silence and stubbornness. Everything changed the day a Palulukan attacked during a simple game in the forest. Separated from the others and forced to survive together, the two enemies became trapped within tangled vines, and a single accident changed them both forever. Their kuru connected. For one brief and terrifying moment, there are no barriers between them. No anger. No lies. No secrets. Only the emotions they were never meant to feel. After that night, Lo'ak cannot stop thinking about her. Haryā cannot forgive herself for letting him see what was hidden inside her heart. As Lo'ak falls deeper in love, which becomes more painful over time, Haryā pushes him away, terrified of intimacy and vulnerability, and the frightening truth that she may love him too. But some bonds do not disappear quietly. Some people leave scars that even Eywa cannot heal. 4/18 Edited Started: 05/26/2026 Ended:? Disclaimer This fanfiction is inspired by the universe of Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water created by James Cameron. I do not own any canon characters, settings, cultures, or lore belonging to the Avatar franchise. All original characters, plot additions, and story interpretations belong to the author. Number 1 in #scaredlove Number 2 in #blackcatenergy Number 4 in #emotionallyunavailable Number 4 in #emotionalangst Number 6 in #omatikaya Number 7 in #soulbond
  • The Man I Never Meant To Buy by eshalouis
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    One wrong click. One sold soul. One girl who never meant to buy him. June Reyes was just browsing. A coding student. Quiet. Anxious. Alone. Until a late-night slip on the dark web deducted ₹13,40,000 from her account- and delivered a real, breathing man to her apartment floor. Cuffed. Tagged. Silent. Hers. She never meant to buy him. He never asked to be sold. But now they're stuck in the same apartment- a girl too scared to let him go, and a boy too broken to ask for freedom. In the silence between them, something fragile grows. Not trust.. Just survival. And maybe.... way more then that.