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The Trouble with Sleeping

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Parts 11
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Reads 75
Votes 5
Parts 11
Time 54m

Almost every night, Marla's condominium's emergency alarm goes off, turning her into a monstrous perpetually sleep-deprived yoga instructor. Let's just say her nights are more downward dog caught in a rainstorm and less Shavasana. In walks Gab, her charming but infuriating neighbor, who enjoys high-end coffee and witty banter.

The friendship, born of shared gripes, borders on romance. Marla navigates the ups and downs of her complicated life, dealing with her cynicism, healing from her broken past, and another suitor - a much more perfect guy. In the end, all Marla wants is a well-deserved rest.

Experience late-night adventures, personal rediscoveries, and the ultimate luxury of sleep.All Rights Reserved

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"DREW" by aningwrites31

How would you feel if one day you knew you have a rare disease? Would you choose to get through it alone and push away the one you love? The love you've been waiting for your whole life. A kind of love that is perfect but came at the worst part of your life. This is a story of a girl and the way she would overcome all her insecurities brought by a rare disease she never thought she would have. How would the people that she would meet help and deal with her? Is it beyond her reality? Everything? This is not your typical love story. It's about love, music, family and friendship. And Drew? She's unusual"

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"What are you doing to me, Mila?" He asks against my neck. - "Why are you looking at me like that?" She asks softly. I want to kiss you. I don't break eye contact as I ask. "Like what?" She stays quiet for a second, and then looks away from my gaze, like she was afraid to see my reaction to what she was about to say. "Like this is real.." - 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚 is a single mother trying her hardest to provide for her kids, after a one-night stand five years ago Mila was left with one of the biggest responsibilities of her life, at only 18 she hooked up and got pregnant by a guy whose name she didn't even know, what happens when five years later the two reunite and their mutual attraction ignites once again, only this time, stronger. 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 was a busy man, he had a mafia to run and it didn't help that his father was always breathing down his neck to find a bride to marry so he could have an heir to his not so glorious throne, deciding to satisfy his dads orders he sends out his men to find him a bride, what happens when the women he's faced with happens to the the women that has put an imprint in his mind for the past five years, the women who has left him with more then a memory and a hangover. Five years later, when they encounter each other again, his life and hers are thrown into chaos as they find themselves forced to confront the unexpected consequences of that one night. In this intense and emotionally charged story, two lives, two worlds, and two souls collide, and nothing will ever be the same again. ©️𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

Secrets Hurt by vanellkyle

"You guys I had the most epic night," I say as I take my seat, sipping from my bottle of coke and then I glance round the table and I see him, I almost choke on my coke, the stranger who I lost my virginity to during a fling the previous night and the topic of my current discussion sat beside my friend Amber, staring at me, "I'll love to hear about your epic night," Damon says, slightly smirking, I stare at him for a moment and just take a big bite from my sandwich, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Karla Kensington is a temperamental 21 years old young woman. Karla is just beginning a new phase of her life as she moves away from home to college. Her love life is anything but dull as she struggles with choosing who to give her heart over to completely, between the boy she lost her virginity to, Who wanted to be more than a fling Or the one who was always there for her when she needed it. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Karla's life seems perfect; she is from a rich family, practically born with a silver spoon, she had two boys vying for her attention, ride or die friends and a certain future. All this is brought to an abrupt end when she encounters a shit load of drama waiting at her doorstep. Her life isn't all that it seems to be. Karla's life is thrown upside down as she figures out that her father harbours a secret that would destroy her family. Her life is suddenly a real rollercoaster. Alongside with trying to stay afloat all the emotions threatening to drown her, Karla has to deal with betrayal from people she least expect. Read on to see how her choices affect her life and where the path she chooses leads her to, knowing fully well that the world was watching. Who doesn't love a good celebrity scandal.

What We're Afraid to Lose by TanisLove4

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That Abercrombie Model by Angeldusingize

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Something More by Gen-Rin

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His Favourite Book by TheChaiScript

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"DREW"

How would you feel if one day you knew you have a rare disease? Would you choose to get through it alone and push away the one you love? The love you've been waiting for your whole life. A kind of love that is perfect but came at the worst part of your life. This is a story of a girl and the way she would overcome all her insecurities brought by a rare disease she never thought she would have. How would the people that she would meet help and deal with her? Is it beyond her reality? Everything? This is not your typical love story. It's about love, music, family and friendship. And Drew? She's unusual"