After Stories

Ten childhood friends. Ten different dreams. One city that will change everything. After years of growing up together, Eli Santos and his closest friends finally leave their hometown behind to begin college in Manila. Despite choosing different programs and facing unfamiliar lives, they promise that nothing will change between them. They settle into Casa Verde Residences, determined to survive freshman year together-through new classmates, difficult subjects, late-night food trips, unexpected friendships, and the chaos of becoming adults. But Manila brings more than just a new beginning. Eli finds himself growing closer to Noah Reyes, the friend he met back in Grade 9, while feelings neither of them has been brave enough to name begin to surface. Meanwhile, Teo Ramos and Josie Lim are forced to confront the relationship they left behind. They were once in love, but their breakup remains a mystery to everyone around them. Then a mysterious girl named Mara appears. An anonymous message follows. Then an old photograph. Then a forgotten face from their childhood. Suddenly, the friends begin questioning everything they thought they knew about their past-and about each other. As freshman year unfolds, friendship will be tested, old feelings will return, secrets will surface, and someone from their past will come looking for them. They came to Manila to build their future. They never expected to find their past waiting for them. Because sometimes, the hardest part of growing up isn't leaving home. It's discovering what you left behind. And somewhere between friendship, love, secrets, and Manila, they might finally discover who they were meant to become.

What started as hate was never meant to become love. When Tessa's mother falls for Hardin's father, anger draws an instant line between them. Hardin is guarded, volatile, and carrying more darkness than he knows how to control. Tessa is the last person he should care about - and the one who slowly breaks through his defenses. As their connection deepens, truths long buried come to the surface. Tessa carries a past she never learned how to name, and when she finally dares to trust Hardin with it, everything changes. His anger shifts. His need to protect her becomes absolute. But some dangers don't stay in the past. Lies blur into trust, familiar faces hide secrets, and the love that brought them together is about to be tested in ways neither of them saw coming. Because loving each other was the easy part. Surviving what comes next won't be. *** Currently rewriting

WARNING Before you enter the world of Forbidden Fruit, understand this: not every beautiful thing is meant to be tasted. This story contains temptation, lust, revenge, and compassion. This book may also mention or explore darker real-life topics, including sexual assault, trauma, emotional abuse, violence, unhealthy relationships, grief, and painful experiences that some readers may find triggering. This is the truth of the forbidden fruit: it's lust dressed as temptation. Even in the darkest parts of this story, the way, the truth, and the life will be revealed. Will Katherine choose heaven or hell?

Positioning the phone between my legs, I lined up the camera so that it was focused on my slit. And then I inserted my fingers. His screen was aimed at the ceiling, his face and identity concealed. But I knew that he was watching. Which only made the act feel all the more taboo... *** When Sophia receives a text from a wrong number, she begins texting him in secret. Little does she know, the spicy messages she's been receiving are from her paralyzed brother's best friend.

When Sophia receives a text from a wrong number, she begins texting him in secret. Little does she know, the spicy messages she's been receiving are from her paralyzed brother's best friend.

She was never supposed to love him. He was cold. Dangerous. A man who ruled both the business world... and the shadows beneath it. Their marriage began as a bond of responsibility- But somewhere between stolen glances, teasing arguments, and unspoken emotions... It turned into something neither of them could escape. He called her his. She slowly became his truth. From soft moments filled with laughter... To nights that burned with passion... To a love so deep it demanded everything- Their journey was never simple. When enemies rise and bullets are fired, She doesn't step back- She steps in front. Taking a bullet for the man she once feared... And now cannot live without. And just when life tests them the most- A new heartbeat enters their world. A tiny soul. A piece of their love. But in a world filled with power, danger, and obsession... Will love be enough to protect everything they built? "You're mine," he said. And this time- She chose to be. #romance #possessive love #arranged marriage #mafia romance #love after marriage #obsession #family drama #pregnancy #emotional #indian romance

Some heartbreaks don't shatter you, they unravel you thread by thread, until you're forced to rebuild the parts of yourself you once gave away. "The Version of You I Never Met" is a "Tribrid" book, part memoir, part emotional guide, part psychological blueprint for anyone who has loved someone who couldn't love them back the way they deserved. Blending raw storytelling with attachment psychology, this book explores the very anatomy loving an avoidant partner, carrying emotional weight for two, surviving emotional absence and walking away from a bond you wanted to кеер. Through a story blood-stained with devotion, confusion, imbalance, heartbreak and clarity the author dissects the hidden patterns behind avoidance, the cost of loving someone who hasn't healed, and the quiet, almost celestial strength it takes to choose yourself when choosing them costs too much. Its not a story about blame it's a story about limits, healing, and the power of understanding the truth even when it hurts. If you've ever begged for clarity or felt invisible in the arms of someone you loved, this book will feel like finally being seen. If you're learning to trust again, it will remind you that healing is possible, and that some endings are actually beginnings in disguise. For the heartbroken, the healing, the emotionally attuned, and the lovers who have always loved too much. This book is your mirror, your medicine, and your metamorphosis. It will break you, then rebuild you. It will explain him, then return you to yourself. It will hurt - then then it will heal. "He loved you, just not in the way you needed. You loved him, just not in the way he could hold."

Christian De Luca was never built for love. He was built for violence. For power. For blood-stained loyalty and deadly promises whispered in dark rooms. Then Joe died. And with her- the last soft part of him was buried too. Now Christian exists like a ghost inside the De Luca empire: colder, crueler, untouchable. Until Hope White arrives in Italy. Joe's younger sister. Beautiful. Rebellious. Sharp-tongued. And completely unimpressed by the monster everyone fears. Hope hates Christian for the world that destroyed her sister. Christian hates the way Hope's presence cracks open grief he spent months trying to bury. But in a world ruled by mafia wars, betrayal, and dangerous men- hate becomes dangerously intimate. Especially when Hope becomes the next target. Now Christian is forced into an impossible choice: Stay away from the only woman capable of ruining him completely... Or become the devil again to keep her alive. Because some loves heal you. And some loves drag you straight into darkness. "He buried his heart with her sister. Then Hope arrived... and taught the devil how to bleed again."

A lot has happened since we last heard from our Minnesota family. But, now they're back. New marriages, new kiddos, new lovers. The works. Even Kaylin and Nolan have found love in the most unusual places. That love that Kaylin has found however, has her moving all the way back up to Shadow Falls. The thing is though, even though her found family knows she's found someone, they've never gotten the privilege of meeting him or knowing his name, but they all know exactly who he is. With wanting to keep her relationship out of the spotlight between her career on line, and his career in general, quite the bomb was dropped when she showed up back home with her long time boyfriend, Troy McCarthy. And the other bomb that was dropped? The insecurities from Nolan's girlfriend Savannah when she finds out that the legend of Nolan's love life has moved home. Kaylin and Nolan are on a whole new level of complicated now as they have to figure out how to be in other relationships around each other, as they maintain their own relationships while still being friends, and making sure Troy and Savannah are secure with their past. But no one, expected the fall out. We'll welcome some new faces, while still loving our old, we'll even welcome a new member to the family in this FINAL part, of the saga that is Kaylin and Nolan. Everyone. THIS. Is Hat Trick.

Positioning the phone between my legs, I lined up the camera so that it was focused on my slit. And then I inserted my fingers. His screen was aimed at the ceiling, his face and identity concealed. But I knew that he was watching. Which only made the act feel all the more taboo... *** When Sophia receives a text from a wrong number, she begins texting him in secret. Little does she know, the spicy messages she's been receiving are from her paralyzed brother's best friend.

People think danger arrives with a scream. They believe it announces itself-a slamming door in the dead of night, a shadow stretching where none should exist, the unmistakable sound of something breaking. But real danger? It doesn't always announce its arrival. Sometimes it lives quietly-beneath your skin, beneath your breath, in the corners of your mind where light refuses to reach. Sometimes your body remembers what your mind has desperately tried to forget. This story is not about what happened. It's about the feeling that it could happen again. It's about the instinct that wakes you before dawn, the breath you hold without noticing, the way your heart stutters when the world becomes too quiet. Everyone carries a fear they don't speak aloud-a place, a name, a memory, a ghost. But for her, it's a feeling. A soft warning. A flicker in the chest. A whisper under the heartbeat: He might find me. You try to convince yourself it's nothing-just nerves, just shadows, just the leftover echo of a life you survived. But then something shifts. A sound. A message. A memory you didn't mean to remember. And suddenly you know: It's not imagination. It's not paranoia. It's instinct. The quiet truth your mind ignored, but your body recognized instantly. Because some ghosts don't stay buried. Some memories don't stay memories. Some pasts don't stay behind you. Sometimes-before you're ready, before you're strong enough to face it-the past comes running back to you.

Quando Jesse se ne va da Clayton a vent'anni, Maeve rimane del tutto sola. Ignora la verità lacerante che si cela dietro quella fuga: Jesse ha sacrificato la propria vita per addossarsi la colpa del padre di lei e proteggere la memoria dei suoi genitori. Abbandonata senza una spiegazione, Maeve cresce imbarcando un sentimento contraddittorio e profondo: impara a odiare Jesse per averla lasciata, senza mai riuscire a cancellarlo davvero dal cuore. Gli anni passano, Maeve tenta di costruirsi una vita normale, si sposa e stringe tra le braccia la piccola Olivia. Ma l'ombra del passato non svanisce e anche quel matrimonio finisce per sgretolarsi. Quando la tragica scomparsa del fratello Caleb spezza l'ultimo legame con la sua giovinezza, una disperata richiesta riporta finalmente Jesse a Clayton. Ritrovarsi per il funerale di Caleb sarà un uragano emotivo devastante: di fronte all'uomo che ha odiato e amato in silenzio per vent'anni, Maeve dovrà prepararsi a fare i conti con i fantasmi del passato e con una verità rimasta sepolta troppo a lungo.

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When Sophia receives a text from a wrong number, she begins texting him in secret. Little does she know, the spicy messages she's been receiving are from her paralyzed brother's best friend.

After their marriage, Tessa and Hardin build a quiet life with their two children, Emery and Auden, believing they've finally left their past behind. But the past doesn't stay buried. When an unseen force begins to disrupt their fragile peace, old wounds reopen and trust begins to crack. As fear and tension grow, they are forced to face the truth they've been avoiding: Healing isn't something you finish-it's something you fight for every day. A powerful and emotional continuation of The Boy Who Hurt Me First, this story explores what happens after the "happy ending"-when love is tested in ways it never has been before.

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Error works at a coffee shop. A new person that quickly becomes a regular somehow keeps finding ways into Error's life. Also don't have a cover yet.

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