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"Some love stories don't begin with confessions. Some begin with silence, missed chances, and two people pretending they never cared." ------------ She was supposed to marry someone else... but destiny made her his wife instead. 🤍 A soft-hearted girl. A dangerously calm man. And a marriage neither of them expected. Avantika Rathore & Avyukt Vardan #SlowBurn #ArrangedMarriage #WattpadRomance

Everyone expected the quiet princess to die. The tyrant king had buried wives before, and the fragile girl forced to marry him was supposed to become just another forgotten tragedy. But the soft-spoken queen does something no one expected. She survives. While the court fears the monster on the throne, she remains beside him calm, gentle, and far stronger than anyone realizes. At first, the king tells himself she is simply useful. Her mind is sharp. Her kindness dangerous in a palace built on cruelty. And kings protect what is useful. But the longer she stands beside him, the more the kingdom begins to notice something unsettling. The tyrant who trusted no one now watches her like she is the most valuable thing in his world. His words remain cold. His temper still deadly. But everyone can see the truth the king refuses to admit. The monster on the throne has fallen in love. And the quiet queen who was supposed to die has learned something even more dangerous The only way anyone could ever hurt her... Is by surviving the king who would burn kingdoms to the ground to protect what belongs to him. (Book 1 )

Book 1 Zara AbdulSamad isn't looking for love, especially not in Abuja, where smooth-talking men come in designer kaftans and leave with designer excuses. But her new job leads her to Hassan Bello, the last man she ever expected to catch her attention. They come from different worlds, raised on different values, and loved in different languages, yet something about him feels dangerously, beautifully familiar. When families disapprove and emotions grow louder, Zara must decide: Is this a passing spark... or the beginning of something worth fighting for?

At two years old, she was taken from everything she knew - a powerful father, devoted brothers, and a home where she was treasured beyond measure. Kidnapped by the one person meant to protect her, she vanished without a trace. Raised in cruelty by her mother and stepfather, she grew up believing pain was normal and love was something earned. She never knew she had been stolen - or that an entire empire had been quietly searching for her. For fourteen years, her father and brothers tore through cities, secrets, and bloodlines to find the daughter and sister ripped from them. Now, as she turns sixteen, the truth begins to unravel. And when a mafia family finally finds what was taken from them, they don't let go easily.

Si Lyn Rey Madrigal ay lumaki na may iisang pangarap ang maging madre, tulad ng kanyang pinakamamahal na lola na nagsilbing ilaw at gabay sa kanyang buhay. Bata pa lamang siya ay inialay na niya ang kanyang puso sa pananampalataya, buo ang paniniwalang iyon ang landas na kanyang tatahakin. Ngunit sa isang iglap, nagbago ang lahat nang mapunta siya sa isang mundong tila hinango mula sa pahina ng isang misteryosong libro isang mundong puno ng lihim, panganib, at mga katotohanang hindi niya kailanman inakalang haharapin niya. Sa gitna ng kaguluhan at hiwagang bumabalot sa lugar na iyon, doon niya makikilala ang lalaking magpapabago sa kanyang tadhana. Lucas Zach Vilion isang lalaking nababalot ng misteryo, may matang tila may itinatagong kwento at presensyang hindi madaling takasan. Sa bawat pagtatagpo nila, unti-unting nagugulo ang paniniwala ni Lyn, at ang pusong matagal niyang inalay sa ibang landas ay nagsisimulang kumabog sa paraang hindi niya inaasahan sa mundong hindi niya kinabibilangan, haharap si Lyn sa pinakamahirap na pagpili ang pangarap na matagal niyang pinanghawakan, o ang damdaming unti-unting bumibihag sa kanya.

Four best friends. One unbreakable bond. Tiaraoluwa once believed nothing could fracture the connection she shared with Jake, Amy, Ayee, and herself-the group they called JATA. Everything begins to unravel in one devastating year when a single rumor becomes a weapon which tears them apart. Jake, the pillar of their group, is pulled away overnight-his name twisted, his identity questioned, his presence erased from the circle that once revolved around him. At the same time, Ayee's life takes a devastating turn when a secret relationship spirals into pregnancy, betrayal, and public shame. Under the weight of stigma and silence, Ayee fades into herself until she is no longer able to survive what the world calls consequence. Amy leaves Nigeria for California, carrying grief she cannot fully name, cutting herself off from the place where everything broke. And Tia-left behind-becomes the last thread holding JATA together, even as her own life begins to collapse. At home, nothing is stable and Her parents' marriage falls apart. JATA is a raw, emotionally charged Nigerian young adult story about friendship, betrayal, faith, stigma, and the unbearable cost of silence. It follows four teenagers bound by love and fractured by circumstance, asking a haunting question: when truth finally comes out, who survives long enough to live with it? Some bonds survive breaking. Some don't. And some stories begin only after everything ends. #11in depressed #2 in Africa #1in WattpadAfrica #7 in friends forever #8 in Wattpadauthors # 17 in friend fiction #13 in Nigeria #6 in Christian fiction

He wanted land. He got it. He wanted peace. He got anything but. Yuji has dreamed of his own farm since childhood. Now, with a patch of rice fields to his name, he's ready to build the life he always wanted. But farming manuals don't prepare you for militia drills, broken paddies, or neighbors with problems bigger than your own. What begins as a homestead soon becomes a balancing act between survival, responsibility, and the awkward mess of community life. A grounded slice-of-life story about farming, found family, and stumbling through relationships with dry humor and a bittersweet edge.

SEQUEL TO: When it happened again. GENRE: Multi-Couple Romance. STATUS: Coming after the completion of WIHA. STANDALONE?: NO. ________________｡⁠•̀✧｡⁠*☆________________ Esha was sitting beside Shivam, curled beneath a blanket, her head resting against his shoulder. The bonfire cast a warm orange glow over everyone gathered around it. All of them had somehow started talking about coincidences. The others laughed at something Shailvi had said. Esha found herself smiling too. "Tumhare liye ittifaaq kya hai, Esha?" The quiet question pulled her attention away from the fire. She looked up at him and smiled softly. "Ye sab ittifaaq hi toh hain..." "Mera tumse milna." "Humara in sabse milna." Her eyes wandered toward the people sitting around the bonfire. The people who had somehow become home. Then she looked back at him. "Bas ek haseen..." ~Ittifaaq~ _________________｡⁠•̀✧｡⁠*☆________________

WARNING - This book contains mature themes. Sensitive readers may find some content upsetting. Ages 18 and up to read only. Cover from CANVA AI. Every kid has read them, or had them read to them. Fairy Tales, those legends and myths that evoked our imagination, captured our hopes and fears. Hope that no matter what evil witches, dragons or other obstacles we face, we can overcome and have a happily ever after. In the Disney versions. The Originals weren't made to package and sell a new age of romanticism to a youth who could grow up without the pallor of War and Poverty. Those stories were a warning, passed down from generation to generation. A chance to get away from the mundane is usually the start. Marina was a Princess in a thriving Kingdom, lost in daydreams and adventures until she rescues a handsome, drowning prince. Cue heartache at not having something she wants. What is a Princess to do? Naturally, she sacrifices her entire life to a Sea Witch for a chance to prove her love to the man she saved. And then she kills herself. That's how The Little Mermaid went. If only I had been that lucky. Which brings us to the other end of the spectrum. Rumpelstiltskin. What a mouthful. Even reading it is a pain. The King comes by and tells a poor family pay taxes or you die. Struggling to survive and facing execution from an idiot King, the millers daughter makes a deal with a little Demon - her firstborn for gold. What's a poor peasant woman to do? NATURALLY she agrees. For some reason, that idiot woman who made two impossible promises was saved by guessing the weirdest, most singular name in the world in a loophole to her contract. If not for copy and paste, that name wouldn't be around. Not a princess - not a peasant. I was a cashier. You'd think that would make me closer to the unnamed Queen. No one knew my name even though I had a name badge. What's a cashier to do when she goes up against an Evil Witch and her Son? Step into my fairy tale to find out.

🔵Main story 🩵Triyglar story 🔴Harra and Fruider story 🟢Backrock story 🟣Rekaterac story 🟡Sodur story On the first day God said Let there be light. On the 2nd he created the sky over our heads and the vast seas. On the 3rd Day he created the land on which we walk. On the 4th day he created the Sun that lights up our world and the moon that rules the night. On the 5th day he Created the birds that soar above us and the fish that swim beneath the surface of the seas. On the 6th day he made the animals. Man and Woman. On the 7th day he rested thus it was holy. But what if there was an 8th day?

Satria Djatmika has built a life that looks perfect from the outside - a senior director at a global company, respected across three continents, a man who refuses to let a wheelchair define him. But his marriage is quietly dying. His wife Laksmi is drifting further away every day, and no amount of professional success can close the distance between them. Then comes Maya Andini - a pianist, a lecturer, a woman in quiet exile from her own broken life in Paris. She wasn't looking for Satria. He wasn't looking for her. But love, as it turns out, does not ask for permission. Set across Jakarta, Atlanta, and Paris, The Wheel of Love is a story about what it means to be truly seen - by someone who stays not because your life is easy, but because you are worth staying for. "I fell in love with you. From the very first time I saw you." "Fifteen years ago?" "Fifteen years ago."

A Heart That Survived Eden thought she had found forever in the man she loved. Through love, betrayal, motherhood, and unimaginable loss, she fought to hold on to the life she dreamed of. But sometimes the hardest goodbye is the one you say while your heart still loves. A story of heartbreak, healing, and the strength it takes to choose yourself.

Where Home Is Emily Carter thought moving to Shanghai was the best decision she had ever made. At thirty-two, the American chemistry professor had finally built a life she loved teaching at a prestigious university, surrounded by friends, students, and a city that felt more like home than the one she left behind. Then war begins. Overnight, the life Emily has built collapses into chaos. Trapped in a country on the brink of destruction, she finds herself responsible for twenty-seven students whose lives depend on her. With communication failing and danger closing in from every direction, survival becomes the only goal. On the other side of the war lies Wei Liang, a military commander carrying the weight of a nation on his shoulders. What begins as a desperate fight to stay alive becomes something neither of them expected. As war tears their world apart, Emily and Wei discover that love can be found in the most impossible circumstances and that home is not always a place. A sweeping romance about survival, sacrifice, found family, and finding your way back to the people who matter most.

A cold hearth is a weak house. For twenty-three years, that was the law of the Solar capital. It was the reason Sloane Vaelith was forced to swallow a bitter, copper-colored tincture every morning, drowning the forbidden winter of her inner dragon so her sister's bright, loud sparks could inherit the room. It was the reason she was bartered away to Crown Prince Dominic, a line item on an engagement manifest meant to clear her father's mounting debts. But everything is a transaction, and a transaction only lasts until the scale breaks. On the steps of the imperial altar, the contract is shattered. Deemed a defective, heatless asset, Sloane is publicly stripped of her titles and exiled to the brutal frontier of the Northern Marches, bound by an ancient clause to the ruthless Warlord Constantine. The capital thought they were burying an embarrassment in the snow. They entirely failed to look at the books. In the isolation of the mountains, the medicine burns out, and Sloane's true frost dragon physiology awakens alongside Constantine's subterranean furnace. She did not spend her years of managed silence weeping; she spent them mapping out the exact structural and financial vulnerabilities of her birth house. Free from her chains, Sloane is ready to unleash an ancient, unyielding winter upon the very empire that discarded her.

Everyone says Turtle is a strange girl. She disappears into the forest, talks to wild animals, and always comes home with scratches on her hands and a smile on her face. She has no riches, no extraordinary powers... Only the kindest heart anyone has ever known. But no one notices how lonely she actually is. Until a boy stumbles into her world, he discovers a hidden valley, unlikely friendships, and a girl who asks for almost nothing-yet quietly gives everything she has. Some people leave footprints. Turtle leaves entire forests that refuse to forget her. A heartwarming coming-of-age story about first love, healing, and the unforgettable girl who teaches one boy that kindness can change a life. ~~~•••~~~ By the time we emerged from the forest, the afternoon sun had begun to lean westward. Turtle amused herself by stepping on her own shadow, now stretched long across the narrow trail. I turned for one last look. The forest seemed to be burning beneath the crimson glow of sunset, while above the treetops the clouds had ripened into the deep purple of ripe plums. Still singing, Turtle's voice floated through the evening air. "The grasshoppers are dancing... Little flea, oh little flea... The ant inside its nest is asleep... Let's see if you can find it..." - (Crying in a Tree)

A sophomore year medical student who's struggling to write her novel crosses paths with an ex-convict who was disowned by his father. What could possibly go wrong? 🔥

He is power wrapped in silence. A man whose decisions decide who breathes and who disappears.... In his world, loyalty is bought with blood, and weakness is a death sentence... She was never meant to cross his path....🖤 She doesn't belong to his nights of gun smoke and whispered threats. She isn't part of his carefully controlled empire. Yet from the moment he notices her, control becomes an illusion he can no longer afford. What begins as watchfulness turns into fixation...😫🤌🏻 What should have been distance turns into possession... He doesn't call it love. Men like him don't believe in such things. But every move she makes is tracked, every danger erased before it reaches her, every line crossed in the name of keeping her his. The city fears him. His enemies hunt him. And she becomes the only thing he cannot let go of. Caught between fear and fascination, she slowly realizes the truth: walking away was never an option. She is forced to decide whether survival means escaping him-or standing beside the most dangerous man she has ever known. Because in his world, obsession is not a feeling. It is a promise.... And once made, it is kept-no matter the cost.....😶💗

Nicholas Blackwood is a fifteen year old boy who always thought his life would be deprived of any form of happiness, condemned to be constantly neglected by his parents, bullied by his peers and uncared for by the world. One day his parents decide to send him to a summer camp without his consent, and though Nicholas is unhappy about it, he obliges to go, completely unaware of the dramatic turn his life will take after his arrival. And being sent to a different dimension, filled with magic, mages and mind-blowing secrets with his main bully, was definitely something he wasn't planning on doing. What will the two boys do to survive and how will they manage to return back to the human realm?

"Budak zaman sekarang memang suka buat orang tua malu! Hey Alya... kamu ingat ummi dengan abah ni tunggul kayu ke?!"- NUR FADILAH SALSABILA Nur Amira Alya hanya seorang anak perempuan yang mendambakan kepercayaan. Bukan kemewahan, bukan kebebasan melampau...cuma satu perkara yang selama ini dia tak pernah benar-benar miliki. "Ummi, abah... sumpah demi Allah Amira tak buat apa yang ummi dengan abah sangkakan. Cuba lah kali ni sahaja Amira minta untuk percaya."-NUR AMIRA ALYA Namun dalam keluarga yang mementingkan maruah dan kedudukan, suara seorang anak tidak pernah cukup kuat. "Macam mana kami nak percaya kamu, bukan sekali dua kamu pergi club! Sekarang ni semua orang kampung diam... tapi nanti tersebar juga. Jangan disebabkan perangai kau, aku hilang kedudukan aku sekarang! -ZAFRAN DANISH Amira belajar satu perkara kadang-kadang, darah daging sendiri adalah orang pertama yang menjatuhkan. Di rumah lain, seorang anak lelaki pula membesar dengan kekosongan yang sama, cuma berwajah ego dan marah. "Apa yang tak cukup, mummy! At least lulus dalam mata pelajaran... A tu tak ada makna sangat lah!"- IRFAN RAYYAN "Slow your voice, Irfan Rayyan. That's your mom, not your friend."- IQMAL IRFAN "Tapi baba pun sama lah! Asyik busy, pastu acah-acah ambil tahu pasal anak lelaki baba yang ni..."- IRFAN RAYYAN Di sebalik sikap biadap dan suara tinggi itu, tersimpan rasa terpinggir yang tak pernah disembuhkan dan takdir menemukan dua jiwa yang sama-sama terluka... dengan cara paling kasar. "Eyy perempuan, buta ke? Tak nampak aku jalan dekat sini!"- IRFAN RAYYAN "Kau tu yang cacat. Dah nampak aku jalan dekat situ, kau blah lah jalan tempat lain. Itu pun susah ke?!"- NUR AMIRA ALYA Adakah pertemuan ini akan menambah parah...atau akhirnya menjadi tempat mereka belajar apa itu percaya?

Architect Adrian Rivera returns to his hometown in Isabela expecting only a temporary stay after his mother suffers a stroke. The life he carefully built in Manila is waiting for him, along with a promotion that promises the future he once wanted. Home, however, has a way of refusing to remain in the past. During his journey north, Adrian meets Lucas Mendoza, a quiet travel photographer documenting the disappearing landscapes and forgotten communities of Isabela. What begins as a chance encounter slowly becomes an unexpected companionship as their paths continue to cross through churches, farms, rivers, mountain roads, fishing villages, and towns where everyone remembers names and no goodbye is ever permanent. While Adrian struggles between ambition and belonging, Lucas quietly searches for a photograph capable of capturing the soul of a province that has taught generations of Filipinos what resilience truly means. As they travel together, both men discover that the places they are trying to preserve are changing as quickly as the people who call them home. When a devastating earthquake tears through Northern Luzon, broken highways, collapsed bridges, and shattered communities force Adrian and Lucas into the heart of the disaster. Amid loss, sacrifice, and rebuilding, they discover that love is not found in escaping life's fractures but in choosing to remain when everything else falls apart. Set against the breathtaking landscapes of Isabela, Broken Roads is a quiet literary romance about home, memory, service, and the unexpected people who teach us that every road worth taking eventually leads back to one another.