Unexpected Stories

With a drug lord for a father and an addict for a mother, Jade Taylor was dealt a pretty shabby hand in life. Her childhood was spent in a constant state of fear, her only solace being her two half-sisters -- Charlotte and Bailey -- who were forced to live the nightmare alongside her. But things all changed when their father got sent to prison. Eight new social workers and five foster families later, the girls finally found their home. Now, at eighteen, Jade is counting down the days until her exams are over, excited to spend a stress-free summer with her boyfriend, her two best friends, and her forever family. Unfortunately, things don't always go to plan -- not in a town like Greencliff. Upon meeting the Coleman brothers -- a family that fits so well into the 'gang' culture she so desperately wants to avoid -- Jade finds herself teetering on the edge of a blade, carefully balanced between the life she wants and the life she wants to escape. And when she catches the eye of Lucas Coleman, the eldest of the brothers, it's only a matter of time before she falls. Only one question remains: Which way will she land? (This description is a work in progress and may be subject to change!) TRIGGER WARNINGS ⚠️ : Drugs, violence, references to childhood abuse, mental health issues **UPDATES EVERY THURSDAY**

He was never supposed to love her. She was never supposed to leave."💔 Aarya Sharma : 18 year old fresher clumsy, and chaotic always late, and too full of feelings. She's just trying to survive college with her bicycle, her tiffin boxes, and her mother's faith. Falling in love? Was not even in her wildest dreams. Veer Malhotra: 20 years old campus heartthrob, arrogant with a smirk that makes girls lose logic.Son of India's top industrialist. He got power, charm, and a secret. He is used to winning matches and is college topper without an effort . But emotions? Never been his thing. What begins as rivalry slowly turns into something more with stolen glances, unexpected conversations, and moments that blur the lines between love and war. Will college be the start of something unforgettable or just a memory they'll never be able to erase? Enemies x Lovers Richboy x middleclassgirl Chaotic Friend Group Nerdy Girl × Campus Crush College Life x Heartfelt Vibes Secret x Heartbreak Romance x slowburn 💔 But there is a one secret that will going to change everything. BOOK 2 IS NOW LIVE 🥇#1 in BrokenPromise 🎓#21 in CollegeRomance 💫#1 in ClumsyGirl ❤️‍🔥 #1 slowburn 🫶 #3 youngadult

𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐇𝐌𝐔𝐊𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐌𝐘 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄,𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄,𝐌𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐗𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐈𝐌,𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄? 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋

AN AREWA SLOW-BURN... ©2025 all rights reserved --- Aisha Hassan Saeed never planned to work for a man like Sudais Abubakar Muhammad - the meticulous, intimidating CEO who somehow manages to stress her, confuse her, and fascinate her all at once. She's outspoken, funny, and full of trouble. He's controlled, calculating, and impossible to read. They clash in the office, argue over little things, and pretend they can't stand each other. But underneath the sarcasm, the quiet looks, and the unspoken tension... something is shifting. This is a slow-burn story about a boss who swears he doesn't care, a PA who swears she can't be bothered, and the undeniable pull between two people who were never supposed to get close - yet somehow keep finding their way back to each other. --- ~"An image of complexity, painted in the subtilities of black and gray."

To the world, he is a Beast. To the world, she is a Ghost. To a baby, they are everything. Rudra doesn't do "gentle." He is a storm of iron and cold calculation, a man whose presence usually clears a room. Anshika is his polar opposite-a woman of soft whispers and averted eyes, someone who has spent her life staying out of the spotlight. They were strangers until a blood-soaked promise tied them together. When a dying couple entrusts them with a ten-month-old infant, the instruction is chillingly clear: Do not trust the bloodline. Protect him from everyone. To save the child from a war he's too young to understand, Rudra and Anshika must commit to the ultimate masquerade. They aren't just protectors; they are now parents. In the glittering boardrooms of Bangalore and the crowded halls of elite weddings, they must convince the world that the child in their arms is their own. For Rudra, it means suppressing the lethal beast within to play the part of a devoted father. For Anshika, it means stepping out of the shadows to stand as the shield for a family that didn't exist yesterday. As they navigate bottle-feedings by night and high-stakes secrets by day, the lie begins to feel dangerously real. But in a world where the child's true identity is a death warrant, they must play their parts perfectly. Because if the world discovers that this "perfect family" is a fiction, the massacre they survived in the valley will only be the beginning. One lie to save him. One promise to hold them together. A thousand secrets that could tear them apart.

2026 - BTS has just completed their long-awaited post-military world tour. The bittersweet news? The members are officially beginning their solo careers. It's not goodbye forever, but for now, they're walking individual paths. For Jungkook, that path is unclear. Burnt out, creatively lost, and craving silence, he escapes to a remote village to spend six months off-grid at a senior producer's countryside retreat - no cameras, no concerts, no pressure. Just him, his guitar, and hopefully, a sense of self. But rural Korea has other plans. Like three chaos-loving goats. And a neighbour who thinks ARMY might be an actual military unit. Kim Haru is the second child of devout, overprotective parents. She works at the local vet clinic, lives offline (mostly), and has never listened to K-pop - it's banned in her household. Still, thanks to her eccentric best friend and a few accidental viral moments, Haru's face is all over the internet... usually with a goat in the background. When the mysterious man next door catches her goat eating his underwear, Haru assumes the worst - serial killer, maybe American, definitely suspicious. What she doesn't know: He's a global superstar. And he has no idea how much this quiet girl in the oversized sunhat is about to change his life. ⸻

She held tightly to the lehenga she wore for her wedding, but fate had other plans for her. "This marriage isn't born of love-just pure, bitter hatred," he whispered close enough to send a shiver. "Th-this... I wasn't-" she stammered, trying to hold back her fear, but it bled through anyway. Her words caught in her throat and stopped unfinished. He steps out, turning his back to her. She stands alone-he leaves as if it means nothing, using her like a pawn in a mind game set to begin. But the heavy stillness around her holds other, unseen plans of destiny. She was a simple village girl, untouched by the chaos of the city, unaware of the shadows that governed it. Her world was small, filled with innocence and quiet dreams-until he came. The Mafia King, ruthless and untouchable, saw in her not love, but possession. "Though fate forced these ties, a quiet calm hides beneath the storm." - 𝒞𝒽𝒽𝒶𝓎𝒶 𝒜𝒽𝓊𝒿𝒶 She never asked to step into his world, yet once caught in his web, nothing made sense anymore. Every secret he kept, every shadow he cast, left her questioning reality itself. He was cold, cruel, and unyielding-his control absolute, his heart seemingly nothing more than stone. Still, every sharp word and every dangerous touch pulled her deeper into the storm she swore to escape. Trapped with no escape, she must face the most haunting question of all-can love be born from chains, or will it destroy her completely? "Every time you say my name, remember-it's the chain you fastened around your own heart." - 𝓔𝓴𝓵𝓪𝓿𝔂𝓪 𝓚𝓪𝓼𝓱𝔂𝓪𝓹 She is Angel. He is Devil. Manipulation and Possession. Unexpected Passion of his. Dive into the world of Soft-Dark Romance. 💗⃝🌕 Ongoing.

Giyu didn't ask to wake up as a girl. Sanemi didn't ask to suddenly find Giyu... cute. And Shinobu? She definitely asked for chaos. When Shinobu tests a mysterious new medicine on the Water Hashira, Giyu wakes up to a nightmare-he's suddenly a she. Sanemi is horrified, Shinobu is thrilled, and the Hashira Meeting is in absolute shambles. But the worst part? Sanemi starts catching feelings for Girl-Giyu-feelings he would rather fight a hundred demons than admit out loud. Status: Finished 🥹 #2 IN SANEGIYU!!! Feb 22 2026 #1 IN UNEXPECTED!!! Feb 22 2026 #1 IN SANEGIYU!!🥹 Apr 4 2026 #5 IN CHAOS!! Apr 11 2026 #1 IN SANEGIYU!!! June 7 2026 #8 IN SANEMI!! June 7 2026 #5 IN TOMIOKA!! June 7 2026 #22 IN GENDERBENT June 7 2026 #4 IN HASHIRA June 14 2026 #4 IN SHINAZUGAWA June 7 2026 #15 IN GIYU June 7 2026

As many would come to find out, the world does not bend to our will. It actively tries to kill us. Landslides, fires, poisonous animals and plants, rapid temperature change, disease; Nothing would make us think otherwise about this. This world hates us for all of our worth in the universe. It wants us to suffer. But what if it wasn't like that at all? What if the world broke the law that all other worlds adhere to? What if there was a world where if you can wish hard enough, you could get anything you want? Alice Gunn lives in a world like this. But it's far from great. In a world where people can randomly get whatever they want, it can turn into a real life nightmare. Jobs just as simple as a waiter can turn deadly in minutes. Humanity soon learned that any problem in their reality is directly caused by someone else. Despite having technology that surpasses their time, strange powers to use for their own benefit, and places of wonder to explore from previous generations, people aren't happy. Humanity is in constant fear of each other. Regardless, people still don't stop dreaming. The wishes that the world grants are random at best, and that's probably why the world still exists today. Or that's Alice's guess. Alice is a famous house inspector. A house inspector's job is significantly different from what our world thinks of. Living space can often turn dangerous, especially with mentally unstable residents. She gets called in to especially dangerous houses, but her most recent job is different. A house seemingly got the power to expand endlessly without taking up any more space than the original structure of the house. Any room you can imagine comes to reality in this house. But just as it had been discovered, criminals and other unidentified people ran into the house, hoping to either escape reality or punishment. She has to find all of these people either bringing them to justice or back to reality.

When tensions between Heaven and the Underworld threaten to ignite a war, Ichema, an ice goddess and most trusted mediator descends to Hell to negotiate peace with Lucifer himself. What begins as a diplomatic meeting quickly becomes something neither of them anticipated. Beneath the politics of gods and demons lies a deeper conspiracy - souls are being weaponized, armies are being moved without clear cause. As Ichema grows closer to the truth, she finds herself growing closer to Lucifer too. But the closer she gets to both, the more she has to question everything she thought she knew.

"No, no, no... I can't..." Hafsa whispered, tears streaming down her face as she shook her head. "Junaid... I can't..." Junaid smiled despite the circumstances. "I love you more than anything in this world and the hereafter. You're the most beautiful part of my life." His gaze never left hers. "And don't you dare cry over me." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Hafsa Noor never expected a random Instagram reel to change her life. A disciplined military officer who believes in duty above everything else, she has no time for distractions-especially not music. Then she meets Junaid Siddique. A military officer by profession. A singer by heart. What begins with a simple voice note soon turns into laughter, friendship, endless teasing, and a love neither of them saw coming. But some stories aren't tested by love. They're tested by loyalty. When duty and love stand on opposite sides of the battlefield, which one do you choose? ✨ Military Romance ✨ Slow Burn Romance ✨ Singer Male Lead ✨ Strong Female Lead ✨ Duty vs Love ✨ Loyalty & Sacrifice ✨ Emotional Romance ✨ Tragic Love Story

In a story which Y/n isn't high on romance, all her friends are and they somehow convince her to meet the rough boy Baji.

What starts as a single anonymous reply blooms into a secret, daily sticky-note conversation on the Freedom Wall. As Peach fights a silent battle for her life and Kiro fights a daily battle for his future, they become each other's reason to breathe, all while having no idea who the stranger on the other side of the paper really is.

Flower life series #1 STARTED:05/28/2026 ENDED:?? Darcy's POV: Ako lang naman si Darcy Viorica Floresca, Isang babaeng Probinsyana at hindi ko 'yun ikinahihiya dahil maganda ang buhay baryo. Iwas sa gulo, sa traffic, sa usok, at sa madaming tao. Pero kahit ganon ang buhay namin, hindi kami mayaman pero masaya naman kami ng pamilya ko! ----------------------- Author's POV: Mas gusto niya ang buhay probinsya kaysa sa magulong city life. Sa probinsya, mas ramdam niya ang katahimikan. Ang malamig na simoy ng hangin tuwing umaga, tunog ng mga ibon, at simpleng pamumuhay na matagal niyang hinanap. Dito, hindi niya kailangang magpanggap. Hindi niya kailangang makisabay sa mundong palaging nagmamadali. Sa probinsya, pakiramdam niya ay malaya siyang makahinga. Dahil gusto niya na nang kalmang Buhay at walang nagmamadali. Pero paano kung ang Isang Garson Arther Javier lang pala ang makakapagpabilis sa kanya sa buhay niya?

••••• A runaway singer. A freelance dancer. He slipped out of the spotlight and into the shadows, fleeing the noise, the applause, the suffocating shine of fame. He ran not from the world, but toward the unnamed, the unplanned, the wild pulse of the unknown - where destiny waits without a script. She stepped into her own happiness, leaving work behind as she walked toward a journey waiting with open arms - a wide, welcoming world unfolding at her feet. They climbed aboard the train destiny chose for them, unaware of what waited beyond the horizon. An invisible journey begins - two wandering hearts, moving parallel like the twin faces of a coin, destined to flip into each other's lives. He wanted to escape. She wanted to live. Together, they step into a journey stitched by the unexpected and shaped by the unseen. Two souls, two stories, one path - and trust me, they're bound to steal your hearts before they even realise they're stealing each other's. ••••• A story written by TheTalesLive. •••••

he never believed in love. she never believed she can be loved.

It was only supposed to be one reckless night. One night to drink until I couldn't feel the pain anymore. One night to forget the heartbreak, the anger, and everything that had been weighing me down. But when I woke up the next morning, there was a marriage contract sitting on the bedside table. At first, I thought it was a joke. Then I saw my name. And right next to it was the name of a man I had never met before. The contract said it clearly-we were already husband and wife. Even worse, I couldn't remember any of it. How did I end up married to a stranger?

721 miles away from where it all began, she thought she was escaping everything she wanted to leave behind. She never imagined that the journey would lead her to someone she was never supposed to remember. Because sometimes the longest journeys don't take us farther from the past-they lead us to the people who change our future. ✨

I was four years old when they took me. Kidnapped. Tortured. Left to freeze on a mountain like I was nothing. What did they want from me? They said I held power, and that they needed to take me where I would be trained. But why? I should've died that day. But two teenage spies found me instead. They pulled me from the snow and gave me a second chance. A new family. A new life. And safety away from my enemies. But how long would that last? Then I chose to become something the monsters would fear. I joined the Undercover. Trained until every breath was calculated, every move lethal. I learned to slip through shadows, to fight like my life depended on it - because it did. I became a weapon. A spy. But I'm not just a spy. I'm a girl with a past I can't remember and a future I'm fighting to control. And I'm hunting the monster who ruined my childhood. I will find them. And I will make them pay. But there's another mission buried beneath the rage. My real family. I have a brother, Mason, who searched for me until the trail went cold and hope ran dry. Who's mind still gets haunted by the memories of his little sister never coming home. I'm not dead. And I won't stop until I find them. Until I uncover every lie, and every reason why a four-year-old had to disappear. But what happens when finding the truth means facing the girl I used to be? The one who died on that mountain. What happens when the family I've built collides with the family I lost? What happens when I discover the people I trust have been lying to me all along? What if the family I knew, never were. And the family that are alive, are my enemies? What happens when the monster I've been hunting... is closer than I ever imagined? My name is Kira. I was taken. I was broken. I was left to die. But I survived. And now, I'm coming for the truth. No matter what it costs.

- Where paths cross unexpectedly Life wouldn't be so fun if everything in it went according to plan. Set in Multan, this story takes you on the journey of 6 people who had everything planned out until they didn't. Ms.Workaholic CEO and Mr.Not-a-doctor-anymore butt heads in the workplace while their friends fall in love at first sight or boss each other around. What is wrong with these six idiots? Read to find out!