City Stories

After the accident, Noah Archer built a wall around himself. But Riley Dawson is curious about him, and she's determined to meet the man behind his defenses. ***** Riley Dawson has always noticed Noah. He was the most popular guy on campus, until he lost his parents in a car accident. Now he's withdrawn and silent. Mustering up the courage to give her condolences, the two end up talking, and Riley grows determined to help Noah find himself again. Every time she coaxes a smile from him, she can feel the ice around his heart melting. But Riley knows that Noah's loss is still close to him. She's opening up her heart, but can Noah do the same? He's got so much to lose, but now, so does she. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

After falling in love with a younger and much less successful man, can Yiwen convince herself and her parents to accept him into their wealthy family? ***** When Yiwen Wang suddenly finds herself 30 and single, she lets her well-meaning best friend talk her into a blind date with the handsome Zi'an Li. And not only is he plucked straight out of a movie screen, his witty banter over dinner also convinces Yiwen he's exactly the type to make her toes curl. Yet, by some wicked twist of fate, he's five years younger than her and has no house, car, or stable, high-paying job. So how is she ever going to convince herself and her parents that he's the right choice? Especially when her new, attractive boss makes it very clear that he's interested in her? [[1st Place, Flower Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[1st Place, The Golden Awards, Chicklit Category]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

[This story will become free on June 15th 2022] In the sequel to When Best Friends Kiss, Liam is faced with the life Alex has built without him. Can their love survive when they've become so different? ***** Fresh out of university and settled into a new apartment, Liam and Alex are ready to start their life together. While Alex finds passion in journalism and has more friends than he can count, Liam is frustrated with his photography and awkward around Alex's LGBTQ friends. Seeing the life Alex has built without him, and how different they've become, Liam finds his insecurities resurfacing and mental health spiraling downwards. After the time they've spent apart, do Liam and Alex really belong together? Or will their love story end before it starts its next chapter? (Sequel to When Best Friends Kiss.) [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]

Achilles De Vera is one of those spoiled brats who has it all: money, fame, and freedom. Nights at bars, loud laughter, and zero worries in life. But everything changes when his parents send him away to Valle Verde, a quiet province far from the chaos he's used to. He hates it there at first, until he meets Gabriel Reiven Tejada, the most admired boy in school whose smile could disarm even the proudest heart. Two boys from different worlds brought together by fate. But can love really bloom between two of a kind? .☘︎ ݁˖ Cover design by Aeris WP ❀

"𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸." HMH Neo 🌟 🥝 - As a stand-in makeup artist working under Hesong Media, 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘯 often gets swept from studio to studio in order to get her job done. But when a key makeup artist gets hurt while working on a new drama called Fangs of Fortune, it's up to her fill in for a whole month. Work, work, work. That's all that's on her mind. Until she accidentally spills a her trauma to the main lead and the two bond over shared experiences. Will their relationship survive the netizen backlash, or will they part ways and never see each other again? || Hou Minghao X Reader || this story is purely fictional! I am not in any way affiliated with Hesong Media or Hmh- 🥝 Rankings- 1# Hou Minghao (12-7-25) 1# Neo Hou (11-28-25) 1# Chinese Drama (11-28-25) 1# Chinese Actor (11-28-25) 2# Actor x Reader (11-28-25)

Around Manila Series 2 Missy and Anton Sometimes, letting go means less wounds than holding on. Missy, a Broadcasting student and iskolar ng bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, is known for her social skills. She blends in anywhere, whether it's a hairstyle, an outfit, or new people. With her personality, she effortlessly connects with others. Missy believes that every connection is like a string, some loosely tied, others knotted tightly. She spent her life gripping them tightly, even when they burned and hurt her hands. Because to her, that's what love looked like. But how long can she keep tying knots with people who only want to untangle themselves? How much of herself must she give up just to stop them from turning their backs? Antonio Gabriel Simon, her ex-fling, a Political Science graduate and alumni from PUP, comes back into her life. Antonio has always believed that if someone doesn't like you, just let them go. Their strings cross paths again when they both receive a surprise message from Beebeads: they've been chosen from thousands of past buyers of couple bracelet for a chance to win ₱500,000, if they can prove they're the most heart-fluttering couple. Will they allow their strings to be tied once more? Can they tighten the knots again, despite the thousand reasons to loosen them?

A group of heroes team up in the great city of Apex Grove and fight their way to free lost heroes controlled by the terror of Apex Grove, Meghan. Andre, Athena, and the rest of the Underwatch crew must work together with the heroes of Overwatch to defeat the infamous villain and free heroes from her control.

In 2489 turning eighteen means leaving your hometown forever. Everyone does. They board the trains to the shining cities of glass and light where the future lives, where opportunity waits, where youth belongs. Everyone leaves. Except her. After her parents died, she stayed behind with her grandparents in a town the world has already moved on from. A town now filled only with the elderly. No schools. No laughter in the streets. No one her age. She is the only young person left. The last heartbeat in a place that time forgot. Until the day a boy appears and everything she thought she knew about the town, the cities, and the future begins to unravel.

We all have a story. No matter our age, ourgender, our way of life - we all have a story, a small one or big one. Onceupon a time, we were knights - we were fighting dragons with a glimmering swordto save the princess and the kingdom. Once upon a time, we were princesses -hunted down by people who wanted to ruin our happiness and destroy our happyendings but turning out it was what it led to our happy ending. Once upon atime, we were monsters - rejected by the people we love, broken hearted, withnothing left but our respect, the same respect we had to rip from the hearts ofeveryone around us and making sacrifices we later regrated. Once upon a time,we were pirates - misunderstood from our surroundings, people who were thoughtthey do not deserve happiness, people who were thought to be cruel andruthless, but we turned out to be the best people of our generations, spreadingkindness and love in every step of our journey. Once upon a time, we wereheroes, and we were villains. Once upon a time, there was darkness and light.We were kings and queens, hunters, and huntresses, but we were more than justtales - we were legends. Legends that will never die and our stories willforever be part of unknown history - a history bigger than this mankind andhidden from every indiscreet eye. The legends will forever be a first "OnceUpon A Time" and a last "Happy Ending". But whatever ends, has the tendency togrow again. And from a happy ending, a happy beginning is born. Hope is born.

Aaron Lars never questioned the world around him. It was perfect-on the surface. Then he heard a girl in his dreams. Now trapped between a rebellion for authenticity and a government determined to preserve its manufactured utopia, Aaron must decide what to do with the truth he's uncovered. Will he use it to build something better... or is a blissful lie best kept?

Celestia was raised believing in love. Born from a love that was beautiful but unfinished, she grew up caught between two worlds Roon, where life felt warm and free, and Summerton, where status, power, and reputation ruled everything. Now an influencer, socialite, and woman of royal lineage, Celestia lives a life the world watches closely... and judges harshly. Then he returns. A man from her past. Familiar, magnetic, and impossible to ignore. Their connection feels old, almost remembered like something fate never truly let go of. What begins as attraction slowly reveals itself as something far more dangerous. Because the man Celestia is falling for lives a life built on secrets. And so does her family. Caught between love and loyalty, desire and duty, Celestia must decide how much she's willing to risk for a feeling that was never meant to exist. Some fairytales aren't written in innocence. They're written in consequences. If this isn't love, then what is?

Damian returns to the small town of Orovac with little to no recollection of the place he used to call home. What is initially meant to be a casual summer holiday very soon takes a turn when he meets a handsome, young man. Wyatt. A childhood friend. Neither remembers the other, and as they reconnect, Damian finds himself feeling something he hasn't felt before: sweaty palms, blushing, and choking up on his words. He realises these are feelings he can't ignore. But Wyatt isn't available. Between family expectations, a girlfriend who's finishing her degree, and fears he isn't ready to face, Wyatt finds himself tangled in a web of his own problems-and what's worse, Damian is trapped in it too. Between desire and betrayal, Damian longs for something he shouldn't, while Wyatt yearns for the affection that's slipping out of his reach. But, in the end, when all the cards are laid bare and the truth comes to light, Damian will be faced with a choice. To stay or to go. To hope for the rain to come and heal his withering longing, or to have the harsh heat burn it until there is nothing left.

Cody has been living with his older brother, Kyle, ever since their parents died two years ago. New York City has always felt like home to him despite him and Kyle living on the poor side of town. Once Kyle decides to join a gang to get friends, Cody also joins with his friend, Jessie, who he's known since grade school. Two years pass and Cody is always hanging out at Kyle and his' apartment building with the other gang members Jessie, Kooler, and Sunny. Cody would do anything to fit in. But who knew a sweet, rich, girl would ever walk past his part of town?

Two forces collide. One fights for justice. One thrives in chaos. In a world on the brink, can either survive... or will everything fall?

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"How can we be like this?" The first encounter with an otherworldly being was beyond what Ferren could comprehend. Odious, yet so desperate for togetherness. It was Elvathan. Looking into those golden orbs should've been forbidden when God knows what decreed that no one was able to resist. It might not be the path Ferren was hoping for, nor a relationship he had been longing for in his tedious life. Someone thought he was deep in the abyss when unbeknownst to them, coming to terms with this fate taught Ferren things he didn't understand before. Sincerity in Elvathan's presence. The last breath was no longer a barrier for them to be together. The stone was just a place for Ferren to lean on. Forever, in another dimension, Elvathan was the best he could ask for, albeit the world was against his every dark particle. -BEFORE MY EYES- ⚠️ English is not my first language :) Some parts of the story including the place and the characters are fictional. Torturously slow update. I'm kind of struggling to improve my English, but I try to fight this language barrier. I apologize.

Around Manila Series 3 Ysa and Jaxiel Growing up, Ysa never felt beautiful. Allysa "Ysa" Elara Victoria is a Psychology student and iskolar ng bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. She loves fairytales and once dreamed of being beautiful like the princesses in their stories. But, she grew up believing that intelligence was the only thing she could rely on. Kailan magaling siya. Kailangan, kayanin niya. Jaxiel "Jax" Justine Jose Jinera, a biology student and iskolar ng bayan from the University of the Philippines, is effortlessly brilliant and seen as the future of medicine. He doesn't believe in fairytales, finding them too unrealistic. Behind his flawless image, however, lies a dream he hides from the world, he wants to become a designer and makeup artist. Former schoolmates in high school, Ysa and Jax meet again in college and reconnect in unexpected ways. When Jax asks Ysa to be the model for his secret creations. They see sides of each other that no one ever sees behind their perfect images. But as Jax struggles with a mysterious stalker watching his every move, their fragile connection is put at risk. They write pages they never knew existed and share unhappy moments together. And so, will they find their happily ever afters after all the unhappiness they've endured? Can they still find their own version of a happy ending or is this just another story meant to remain unfinished?

SAN FRANCISCO SERIES 5 Isn't it strange how sometimes the people we meet are not meant to replace what was broken - but to help us understand why it broke in the first place? Two and a half years after everything fell apart, Elena Rivera thought she was finally ready. Ready to confess what she never had the courage to say. Ready to fight for the love that once felt like home. But timing has never been kind to her. Because the moment she gathers the courage to speak - she sees him. Tekeshi. Standing beside someone else. Smiling in a way that used to belong to her. And just like that, the future she rehearsed in her head disappears. Tekeshi never meant for things to become this complicated. What started as a harmless arrangement in Paris became a shield - a way to protect himself from the possibility that Elena had already moved on. Fake feelings were easier. Controlled. Safe. But nothing about his heart has ever been safe. And now he stands in the middle of consequences he never intended to create. Then there is Itsuki Hamada. The quiet cousin. The steady one. The one who never ran. What begins as friendship between Itsuki and Elena slowly turns into something heavier - something grounded, something patient. A connection built not on chaos, but understanding. And yet... feelings do not disappear just because time has passed. They change. They deepen. They pull. Like gravity. Violetta never asked to be part of a love story that wasn't hers. All she wanted was clarity. Distance. Peace. But when emotions overlap and truths remain unsaid, walking away becomes harder than staying. Gravity Between Us is a story about timing, pride, and the invisible force that pulls hearts toward what feels inevitable. Some bonds break. Some bonds bend. Some refuse to disappear. Will they find their way back to each other? Or will someone finally learn that love is not about holding on - but knowing when to let go?

Living in a strange city with three handsome men and solving the mystery behind the destruction of Suru City. Astra lives and works very hard with a passionate romanticism of youth. MC and her protectors: Astra "I hope everyone can live happily and safely forever. Without worrying about money and what to eat tomorrow. That's also a form of love, isn't it?" Damian "Knowledge is the key to survival. If you are ignorant, you will die. But if no one can enlighten your heart, you will also die." Jack "Wherever Astra is, that's where I am. No matter how much bad news keeps me away from her, I'll always be by her side." Zackary "Money is everything, but a girl's heart is far more precious than life itself. That's why I live in this world." The girl's fate is determined by destiny, and she is destined to defy that destiny itself... So, whose love will she choose? Cover by AI

This novel is about a city boy who was kicked out of his home and disowned by his family after ruining his family's company, searching for a job that soon made him stumble into a poster of being a farmhand. P.S. this is my first ever novel so I apologise if I make mistakes along the way.