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Ryan Navarro traveled eleven hundred miles to the one place he swore he wouldn't go. Gavin left to escape their father's escalating psychological abuse and never came back. No calls. No explanations. Just silence, and a new life Ryan was never invited into. Now Ryan's on his brother's doorstep, bruised, furious, and nowhere else to go, wanting to hate Gavin and needing him anyway. Reconnecting should be simple. It isn't. Because the closer they get, the more the past resurfaces, and Ryan's temper threatens to burn the only second chance he's got. And Gavin is forced to face past mistakes and fears. But as the brothers push through the distance and the old wounds, they start to uncover the truth neither of them expected. They didn't just survive the same man. They became more alike than they ever knew. And their bond grew to depths neither of them knew they both needed. Will their fathers return ruin that bond, or strengthen it? This is a transformation story so you're not going to get perfect characters. In the beginning they are distant and this story is how they both change and grow together again. If you don't like seeing rough ugly characters in the beginning, then watch them change throughout this probably isn't the story for you. *Disclaimer this story does contain emotional, psychological, and physical abuse by a father. MxF relationships and family focused

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte 'Lottie' Carmen Rose Vassiliou is the youngest of the six Vassiliou siblings. She was the first girl born into the Vassiliou family in ten generations, and due to this, she was spoiled and coddled for the first five years of her life. But then, after 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩, when she was five, suddenly her life flips upside down and her family turns against her, sending her 1750 miles away to a school for troubled kids. Her family had sent her away, hoping the school would 'fix' her, to make her a normal functioning member of society, but in reality, the school had no interest in helping troubled kids; they used the position of power they held over the troubled students to abuse them, to break them. Charlotte had long ago changed, going from an innocent, loving little girl to a fifteen-year-old girl with severe trust and anger issues. So what happens when, ten years after 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩, she is suspended and forced to return home? Will her family ignore her? Will they treat her the way the staff at the school did? Read along as Charlotte navigates the messy reunion with her family, whom she hasn't spoken to in a decade.

Cassidy Faith always felt like the invisible sister. No matter how hard she worked, her mother only had eyes for Dianne. The golden child who could do no wrong. Even when Cassidy racked up honors at school, it barely registered. Dianne got all the celebrations. Cassidy learned to keep her head down and her feelings locked away, just aiming to finish high school near the top of her class. Then Dianne heads off to her dream university, and suddenly Cassidy turns the tables. She drops the news: she's earned a scholarship to study abroad. It stuns her family. As she gets ready to leave the Philippines, she pours her hurt into painting, using it to build a shield around her heart. But once she lands overseas, things don't stay simple. The new place, the new faces, they push her out of her comfort zone. Cassidy has to decide: does she keep everyone at arm's length, or finally let people in? And somewhere in the middle of all that, there's the question of her family. Can she patch things up, or is it time to stop looking back and start living for herself?

𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗔𝗣𝗗 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻- 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 "𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀." 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁. 𝗔 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽-𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁, 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆. 𝗧𝗶𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁... 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗽𝘆- 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁.

She was known as softness in a world that respected only steel. To the outside world, she was the kind of girl people trusted without thinking-gentle eyes, warm smiles, hands that helped before they were asked to. She believed in quiet kindness, in listening more than speaking, in healing rather than hurting. Neighbors spoke of her as too pure for this world, someone who didn't belong anywhere near danger. And yet, danger had always belonged to her. Behind the calm grace she carried so effortlessly was a mind sharper than any blade and a power no one suspected. In the shadows, under a name whispered only in fear and loyalty, she ruled a secret mafia empire-one built not on chaos, but on control. She didn't command through brutality alone; she commanded through intelligence, strategy, and an unbreakable sense of justice. She destroyed monsters so others wouldn't have to face them. Her life had always been divided into two truths: One lived in the light. The other ruled the dark. Then came the marriage. She was to be married off to a man the world already feared-a mafia king whose name carried blood, power, and legend. To everyone else, it was a dangerous alliance; to her family, a terrifying gamble. To him, she was merely a gentle bride, a beautiful weakness. But marriage doesn't just change surnames. It changes empires. As she steps into his world, her carefully balanced double life begins to crack. Secrets collide. Power shifts. And the girl everyone believed was fragile must decide whether to remain hidden in the shadows-or rise, unapologetically, and reveal that the most dangerous thing about her was never her kindness... but the fact that she had always known how to survive without losing it # 13 IN CONTROL (19/12/2025) # 5 IN FAMILYHISTORY (19/12/2025) # 3 IN FAMILYHISTORY (30/12/2025) # 41 OUT OF 55.8K BOOKS IN POWER (2/1/2026) #2 IN FAMILY HISTORY (3/1/2025) #3IN SECRETIDENTITY OUT OF 8.2k BOOKS (23/1/2025)

Daniella Florakis lived with her family. Well, not her blood family. Her mother died when she was barely ten, and she never knew who her father was. Not like that mattered. Her stepfather had been the best parental figure, and later on, her stepsister, Iris. She was content with her life. That is, until Iris suddenly runs off-no explanation, no reason known, no heads up, nothing. Feeling heartbroken and betrayed, Daniella struggles to figure out what to do next. Everything seems to be spiraling out of control until the police called, claiming to have found her family. All of a sudden, she's whisked away to California and put in a house nearly 2,000 miles away from her original home, with six older brothers she didn't even know existed suddenly appearing in her life. Daniella is thrust into a life that appears to be perfect. What complaints should she have as a long-lost heiress? However, she can't help but think something is wrong. Secrets seem to be keeping the family together barely, secrets she isn't privy to, as her brothers clearly showed. But she won't stop. She can't stop. Because these secrets not only involve her, but the truth that she thought she had been living this entire time.

𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢 Just a powerful politician in India but those who are involved in underworld knows his real wrath. Known as Sinister in underworld. Has a wild net worth of 900$ billion dollar. The current Mafia king and the world's richest man, behaves like an iceberg to everyone except his wife and has 2 siblings. In love with his wife since he met her, calls her Anvi. 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐢 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢 Wife of Rudransh Yaduvanshi. For the world she is perfect and ideal daughter-in-law and a world renowned neurologist by profession. But she too is the current Mafia queen but nobody knows her as her name in underworld is Velvet. Has a bubbly nature for her loved ones only. Both of them loves eachother but doesn't have courage to confess. He was in dark, she became his ray of light. He was merciless,cold for the world,but soft and possesive for his Anvi. He who loves to make others cry, but ached when she cried. He was broken, but she healed him. She was there when he was building his own empire, now he will do everything to make her stay when he has everything. Mafialove Eldest son×eldest daughter Grumpy×sunshine He fell first and harder Cold to everyone but her No age gap trope (34×32) If you're searching for a book with no grammatical mistake, this book is not for you.

|| Featured FREE story with exclusive paid chapters - previously a paid story || When Haley discovers the truth behind Xavier, whose silence holds a deeper meaning, she sets her mind on making his life better one small step at a time. ***** Haley Rosamond is happy with her simple life, content under the wing of her father. Well-protected, she has no idea of the darkness surrounding Xavier Hunt, with his all-black attire and infrequent presence in school-accompanied by his bruises and scars. That is, until Haley catches a glimpse of Xavier's reality and is made to question everything she knows about family and life in general. The truth, she realizes, couldn't be more different from everything she has heard. Supported by her father, Haley sets her mind on helping Xavier any way she can, and what begins with tutoring sessions, free food, and random acts of kindness blooms into friendship and something a little more. But when Haley's admission into her dream college and another tragedy in Xavier's life threaten to undo everything she has worked for, Haley needs to decide if she'll stick by Xavier or simply be another person in his life that disappears. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

Hai thangangala..............mature content.....core story partially based on few true incidents.....dont get more attached to the reel charecters....

Her life has always had one path, but what happens when it gets derailed? April is a champion figure skater with big ambitions and even bigger prospects. At the rink, she's a winner. Beneath the surface, the pressure is slowly killing her. When a devastating accident leaves her with career-stalling injuries, she's sent to a mindfulness retreat with none other than the boy who caused the accident. She now has to deal with her infuriating enemy, Caden, who also happens to be the star hockey captain. When April begins to realise that there's more to Caden than meets the eye, their relationship begins to change. He challenges her in ways she's never been challenged, and she craves the warmth that she sees in his eyes. But April has sacrificed so much for her career, and now she has no direction. She doesn't know if she can forgive Caden, but if she doesn't, her anger might consume her.

I Am A Sinner And She Is My Sin~ "Marry me" He said walking towards her kneeling down to reach her level. His fingers tucking her hair behind her ear. His gaze fell upon her lips as he wiped her tears from her cheeks which turned a little rosey due to her crying. His thumb now caressing her soft lips. "Marry me and I'll take you out of this place. I'll be the only one touch you, have you, make love to you. You will be my wife Or stay here and they will sell your body every night to a different man." His eyes now staring into hers. Park Y/n just went out for simple night walk but it ended up with her being in a strippers club. A stranger came forward to help her but with the condition of marriage. And that stranger happened to be none other then the Kim Taehyung. Rom-com with a twist of darkness

Previously known as "The Shattered Soul" #1 in Fragments and Flames series A life built behind closed doors, where silence is not peace but survival. Pain is learned quietly, and voices that should have been heard are buried before they can rise. In a world where appearances matter more than truth, some stories are never spoken...they are endured. And beneath that silence, everything begins. ___________________ ❥ Start~ 17/06/2025🌷 ❥ End~ ☞☜⁠ Ranking #1 in fictionalcharacter out of 26.1k stories #1 in Shattered out of 2.98k stories #1& #2 in Burden out of 551 stories #2 &#4 & #5 in Twist out of 9.87k stories #6 in evil out of 34.3k stories #2 & #4 & #5 in tears out of 22.8k stories #6 in separation out of 5.65k stories #6 in torture out of 9.51k stories #1 in familyissues out of 6.47k stories

Eliza Hale is not unloved. She is just never chosen. Everything in her home belongs to Veronica-her younger sister. The attention. The praise. The spotlight. Eliza? She exists in the background of her own life. And she's starting to forget what it feels like to matter.

Orphaned and living under the shadow of her mother's relentless ambition, Humaira knows what it means to sacrifice. When her mother marries into the powerful family of Alhaji Ibrahim, Humaira's life takes an unexpected turn as she falls for Mansur, But their connection is brutally severed when Mansur mistakenly believes his true love is Humaira's stepsister, Sarah. Devastated, Humaira is forced to watch her dreams crumble. Will her mother stand by her, or push her further into despair? And just as the lines between love and loyalty blur, a shocking accident leaves Sarah dead, casting Humaira as the prime suspect. Can she clear her name and reclaim her love, or is she destined to be trapped in a life she never chose?

Bunga itu bernama Memayu─tumbuh bukan di tanah yang ia pilih, melainkan di arus takdir yang sejak awal telah membawanya menjauh dari asalnya. Sejak bayi, hidupnya telah dimulai dengan kepedihan. Dibuang ke aliran sungai oleh kedua orang tuanya sendiri, tubuh kecilnya hanyut tanpa arah hingga akhirnya ditemukan oleh sepasang suami-istri di sebuah desa. Di sanalah harapan sempat tumbuh, bahwa Memayu akan dipeluk oleh kasih sayang yang utuh, bahwa hidupnya akan perlahan mengganti luka dengan cinta. Namun, semesta rupanya memiliki cara lain untuk menuliskan kisahnya. Alih-alih kasih sayang, Memayu tumbuh di antara tangan-tangan yang kasar. Alih-alih cinta, ia mengenal dunia lewat luka yang perlahan membentuknya. Setiap harapan yang ia genggam seakan selalu luruh sebelum sempat mekar, menjadikannya terbiasa hidup di antara penderitaan, kehampaan, dan rasa yang tak pernah benar-benar usai.

angelyna is forced to find herself a date for her sister's wedding, and a certain footballer doesn't seem to mind stepping in to help. what starts as a simple favor quickly turns into something far more complicated than either of them expected, especially angelyna who doesn't believe in love.

Miranda Priestly has long reined over the fashion world, ruling Runway Magazine for nearly 20 years. However, amidst the Page 6 news, she's managed to keep one thing close and hidden - her daughter. Now, her daughter approaches the teenage years. Aware of her mother's stardom and their twinning icy glare, it's getting harder to keep the avalanche of Miranda's PR team covering the sweet flower of her daughter hidden, and keep the family together.

Elena Hart is a young girl with big ambitions. Thought it seems that she isn't the gods favorite rather the devils, as misfortune keeps following her everywhere. Adrien vale is the emobodiment of a gentleman Kind, caring, handsome. But he has never had much of an intrest in dating. However after meeting Elena at his transfer school, he is ready to put everything aside for her. While their trust for each other starts to grow. They start finding more and more comfort in each other's presence. At one point it leads them to realize what they feel for each other is more then what "friends" do.

"Come on, give me your bag. I'll carry it." Navika frowned. "Why? It's not even heavy." Yug smirked, slinging it over his shoulder anyway. "Because sometimes, Miss Sharma... Apka stress kam karna he, meri life ka happiest moment ban jata hai." (Because sometimes, Miss Sharma... reducing your stress becomes the happiest moment of my life.) _______________________________________________ 💗💗Update Schedule: Every Monday 💗💗 Best rankings: #1 in Relatable _______________________________________________ This isn't your usual mafia/CEO/forced marriage Wattpad plot. It's a slow burn. It's messy. It's full of drama. And maybe, just maybe, it'll destroy your "delulu" about Mr Perfect or Miss Elegant. Because sometimes... love isn't about perfection. It's about finding magic in the most unexpected places. Getting comfort, in the people you don't wanna even see, or maybe you do, just you don't admit it. _______________________________________________ Navika Sharma: polite until pushed, gentle until challenged, and lethal when she chooses to be. Brain sharp, humor sharper. A computer science girl who doesn't shout - she wins Yug Arora: the quiet guy until something pokes his emotions - then it's blunt honesty, restless loyalty, and panic hidden under bad jokes. A tech-smart, socially-confused boy who acts tough, feels too much, and melts the second Navika steps in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Navika × Yug ~ NAVYUG: a new era ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She is the symbol of dedication. He is the beat of the dance floor. Her comfort zone is novels. His leisure time is gaming. She can rule with her eyes. He can ruin with his words. ***Tropes *** ⁎Enemies-to-Lovers (one-sided) ⁎Opposites Attract ⁎He Fell First. She fell harder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Same college. Same branch. Zero idea how love sneaks in. But when it did, it hit like bliss- UNTIL DESTINY HAD OTHER PLANS. Will destiny separate them? Or love will find its NAVYUG?

Move." Arayansh Singh said coldly. Noor Kaur looked up from the seat and frowned. "Why?" "Because you're sitting where you shouldn't be." She glanced at the chair, then back at him. "Naam likha hai kya?" A few students gasped. He stepped closer, eyes dark, dangerous. "Tumhe pata bhi hai kis se baat kar rahi ho?" Noor held her books tighter but didn't look away. "Nahi. Aur honestly, farq bhi nahi padta." For the first time, the devil of campus smiled. "Interesting." 🔥 He was the storm every girl feared and desired. Arayansh Singh She was the calm no chaos could corrupt. Noor Kaur He ruled the campus with silence, power, and danger. She walked into it with innocence, courage, and no idea who he was. He was fire. She was prayer. And together... they were a disaster waiting to happen. ❣️ You all ready for this one..... ✅