Oldmoney Stories

"𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥," His voice drops to a husky whisper, eyes gleaming with dark intensity "𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐢𝐭'𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝." "Not all monsters are cruel. Some are just wounded enough to stop being human." What would you do if the man who loves you the most... isn't always the same man?

Charlotte Montgomery comes from old money. She's never experienced a real hardship and has always been given everything she's wanted. As far as she's concerned, it's because she works hard. She's spent her entire life believing she knows exactly what she wants: a career in fashion, a future in New York, and a life with William Whitmore, the boy she's loved for years. Will would follow her anywhere she wants to go. But is that what she wants? When the big question is finally popped, Charlotte is forced to confront a future she's always assumed was hers. Her parents couldn't be happier. A Montgomery and a Whitmore is exactly what they've been dreaming about. But for the first time, Charlotte isn't sure she wants the life everyone else has already chosen for her. Maybe it's time to change her mind.

To the world, Pearl Evangeline Devereaux has it all. At twenty years old, she is the epitome of high-society perfection. Blessed with a striking porcelain face, enchanting cat-like eyes, and long, dark hair, she carries the prestigious Devereaux name with effortless grace. She drives a luxury car, goes to an elite university, and is always surrounded by an envious circle of friends. But inside their cold, sprawling mansion, Pearl is nothing but a beautiful ghost. Being the youngest in a massive, old-money family means navigating a sea of absolute chaos and emotional distance. Her father is a powerful tycoon who is never home. Her high-society mother is always in her business-criticizing her grades, her clothes, and her posture, but never once asking how she feels. Her four brothers and two sisters are all subsob sa kani-kanilang mararangyang buhay at karera. To them, loving Pearl means handing her credit cards and allowance, completely blind to the fact that she is quietly drowning. Pearl has everything money can buy, but she is starving for the one thing it can't: family love and attention. As her severe depression worsens, the crowded rooms feel emptier, the laughter of her friends feels hollow, and her efforts to be noticed by her own family become a series of silent, heartbreaking rejections. She keeps pushing, keeps smiling, and keeps trying to prove her worth to a family that treats her like an afterthought. Until the silence becomes too heavy to bear. This is a poignant, slow-burn slice-of-life story about a girl who had everything, but felt like she was nothing. A tragic journey of a beautiful soul left asking the world one final, crushing question before the dark takes over: "Did I do enough?" Why you should read this : "Sometimes, the loudest cries for help are hidden behind the brightest smiles and the most perfect lives. Step into the golden cage of Pearl Devereaux and witness the quiet tragedy of a girl forgotten in plain sight".

Perhaps some love stories don't begin. They return. 🪷🕯️ •<3 Life can break you in ways you never thought you could recover from. Until the moon finally met the night. 🌙🌃 Until a forgotten heart found its safe haven. 🕊️ Until dried roses bloomed fresh again. 🌹☀️ Until the darkest sky blushed into a beautiful pink. 🌌🌸 Until two distant hearts remembered they were always meant to find each other. 🫂🔮 Until shattered pieces finally realized they were never meant to be lost. 🪞 He forgot the joy of love. She was looking for a glimpse of it. And destiny? Destiny simply smiled. 🕰️ •°•°•°•°•°•°• 𝕾𝖍𝖊𝖊𝖘𝖍 𝕸𝖆𝖍𝖆𝖑 𝚂𝙷𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙴𝙳 𝚈𝙴𝚃 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙴𝙳 🪞📜🕯️🍂 A journey to healing. ✨🪷🕊️ Some loves are chosen. Some are destined. And some... are simply a beautiful blessing finding its way back. 🤍 •°•°•°•°•°•°• Their Sheesh Mahal. Mahal of purest and darkest love. #sitam ki mohhobat

The year is 1900. On a small island in Italy, called Sicily, a great empire arose - the Valtorezza Empire. It was a family of wealth and power, living aristocratic lives in palaces and driving luxury cars. But behind their luxury lay a dark truth - the Valtorezzas were not a noble family, but a mafia dynasty. In the year 1903, after gaining enormous influence in Sicily, the Valtorezzas migrated to the United States and settled in the town of Belmont. For decades, they controlled businesses, politics, and even the police - until 1935, when the US government finally expelled them from the country. Some family members returned to Italy, others fled to Russia and France - but a small part remained in secret in Belmont. Among them was Nicole, the daughter of mafia boss Richard Valtorezza, who had been living in the town for years, building a new life under a new name. When her sisters finally discover her location, they return to Belmont with an entire mafia force - to reign terror and reclaim their lost power. 1950 - The Halloween events in Belmont. It is now 1950. In the town of Belmont, life continues as usual. Children are preparing for Halloween - the streets are decorated, pumpkins light up the night, and everyone is filled with excitement. But in the shadows, a new threat rises - the Valtorezza mafia has returned after 25 years of exile. No one knows who the new boss is, but their presence is felt everywhere. The mayor is preparing for the president's visit, the town is on edge, and the nation's top detectives begin to suspect a return of the crime family. Will the Valtorezzas ruin Belmont's Halloween? Will the mayor save the town before it's too late? Only God knows.

Lihua Town is the richest capital in the Philippines-a city where fortunes are inherited, names are remembered, and power is passed from one generation to the next. At the heart of it stand six families whose businesses hold the city together. The Tanchengcos. The Tiongsons. The Go Quiangcos. The Ty Gokongweis. The Cua Quintos. And the elusive Li Candros. Everyone knows them as the Six Pillars. But beneath their wealth, elegance, and carefully guarded names lies one of their most ridiculous traditions. At eighteen, every young heir must undergo the Rite of Passage-a tradition that sends them into the business empire of another Pillar, forcing them to earn their place in a world that was already prepared to give them everything. Except their own family's business. For Azotea Severina Cua Quinto, however, there was another lesson carved into her from a young age: It was not enough to excel at the empire she was sent to. But rather, she had to excel at choosing a husband. And there was only one man her family ever seemed to have in mind- Antonio Augusto Li Candro. Ali. The heir of the Li Candro family. The man who seemed to have no interest in marriage, much less in her. To Azotea, he was the most impossible choice of all. Because how could she make a man love her when he had never once looked at her as a woman? In a society where love comes last, family comes first, and marriage is less about the heart than the name it carries, Azotea must learn that the real difficulty isn't choosing the husband. It's living with the consequences of that choice. Because in Lihua Town, they teach their children that integrity is obedience. That loyalty is love. That a good name is worth more than a good heart. And in a world where blood writes the rules, wealth holds the truth, and love is the one sin no family can afford- Azotea will have to decide whether to become the righteous daughter they raised... or the woman who finally dares to leave The House of Virtue.

Far from his horizon of endless luxury, he brought his blue warmth into the quiet corners of a tired store, holding a weary heart close just to be the sanctuary where flowers could finally grow.

They call them The A-Listers. Alessia Lucetti. Adriano Ferrante. Arturo Ferrante. Aurelio Ferrante. Four names beginning with A. Two of New York's most powerful Italian families. A tabloid nickname they could never escape. Young, beautiful, wealthy, and impossible to ignore, they became a media obsession almost by accident. But the version of the Lucettis and Ferrantes splashed across society pages is carefully polished. Behind the galas and tailored suits lies something considerably darker. For generations, the two families have built their power on loyalty, secrets, and the delicate art of hiding in plain sight. And as the line between what is public and what is private begins to blur, so does the one Alessia and Adriano have spent years pretending doesn't exist. Because everyone is watching the A-Listers. They just don't know what they're looking at.

THE PRICE OF A NAME In Northern Nigeria, a family name can open doors, build empires, and destroy lives. The Zamani and Gidado families have spent generations building wealth, influence, and powerful connections. Behind their grand houses and carefully guarded reputations lie old rivalries, political alliances, buried secrets-and a promise made long before Maryam Zamani and Rayyan Gidado were old enough to understand it. Maryam returns home expecting Eid, family gatherings, and the familiar chaos of cousins and relatives. Instead, she finds herself caught in a secret that has been carefully protected for years. Then there is Rayyan Gidado. He is everything she should stay away from: powerful, controlled, proud, and tied to a family whose history is tangled with hers. Their families have already decided what their futures should look like. But Maryam has never been good at following rules. And Rayyan has never been willing to surrender control. As family loyalties begin to crack, political ambitions rise, and old secrets threaten to surface, Maryam discovers that loving the wrong person may cost her more than her heart. Because in their world, love is never just love. Sometimes, it is a war between two names. And some names come with a price.

They sent me to Blackwood Academy to break me. After one final, catastrophic mistake that nearly burned my old life to the ground, my parents packed me up and shipped me off to a strict, isolated boarding school for society's elite disasters. I was prepared for the suffocating rules. What I wasn't prepared for was room 4B. I've been sentenced to my own personal hell. 3 roommates. ALL boys. There's Callahan, quiet, observing. Caspian, the sun in human form. And last but not least Lucian.

Celeste Livingston is an 18-year-old girl, who resides full-time with her parents in the Hamptons. Since turning 18, she has finally decided to start doing things for herself, especially since her parents are off travelling for the majority of the summer. Nathaniel Archibald is known as the Hamptons "golden boy", yet only visits every summer. As Celeste attends her first proper party, Nate finds himself star struck- who is this girl and why wasn't he aware of her before?

Marley Whitaker has always belonged to Figure Eight. Born into one of the Outer Banks' oldest families, she grew up on country club dinners, boats, beach days, summer parties, and weekends spent chasing the sun with her older brothers, Kai and Cruz. But Marley has never cared much about the line between Kooks and Pogues. She's just as comfortable beside Sarah Cameron as she is hanging around John B and Kiara, moving between both worlds with the kind of effortless warmth that makes almost everyone on the island love her. Almost everyone. And then there's Rafe Cameron. He's been part of Marley's life for as long as she can remember-family dinners, childhood summers, late nights, and years of shameless flirting she mostly brushes off. To everyone else, Marley is beautiful. To Rafe, she's something closer to a goddess. Soft where he is volatile and carefree where he is restless, Marley becomes one of the only people capable of getting through to him. But as Rafe starts spiralling and the divide between Kooks and Pogues becomes impossible to ignore, Marley finds herself caught between the people she loves most. Especially when JJ Maybank's feelings for her run far deeper than she realizes. Then a hurricane hits. A wreck is discovered. And suddenly summer isn't just about country club dinners, sunset drives, and whatever is growing between Marley and Rafe. There's treasure buried beneath the Outer Banks. There are secrets worth killing for. And Marley Whitaker is about to learn that belonging to both sides might cost her everything.

This is book 1 of the series beautifully haunted hearts Some love stories heal some destroy Lucia Walton has spent her entire life mastering the art of silence , power and control. As the sole hieress to the walton empire , she has everything the world could ever envy ........ except peace. Adrian Warner believes every structure can be rebuilt until fate places him in the path of a woman whose heart has been quietly falling apart for years . Flora Jenner believes that kindness is not a weakness . she was never afraid of losing love. she was afraid of losing herself. Secrets are buried beneath old money. promises are made to be broken. And in a world where appearances matter more than truth , love becomes the most dangerous game of all. Because not every villain is cruel. not every hero is innocent. And sometimes...... The most beautiful stories are the ones that leave scars. A beautifully haunted obsession is a tale of love , obsession, sacrifice and the haunting beauty of choosing someone even when it destroys you .

Buzz, Buzz. Welcome to Blossomvale! Quick Summary: A romance book set in the late 2000s of Massachusetts. This story follows the life of Eliana Araya who tries to find her footing in an elite city she has no recollection of. It isn't until she meets the academy's baseball star-a boy named Elliot Monteiro that she begins to realize that not everyone in Blossomvale is as snobby as she remembers.

A red full moon. How beautiful. Maybe it's not a bad night to die after all. Yes, were about to die. Our plane's engine just blew off. "Eliz, what are you doing? Duck your head!" I turned at my brothers' distressed faces and felt like life just flashed before my eyes. We're about to crash. This is the end.

On the fifth day of January, Crest Galatas murdered Nadia Rees. Her body was found sprawled across the floor of his apartment, lifeless and cold. But Lullani Hathaway knew Crest was innocent. That night, while Nadia was being murdered, Crest Galatas was in her bed. ***** Four friends. One dead gossip queen. A town built on secrets. Everyone has a secret. Nadia knew them all and someone was willing to kill to keep them buried.

0.2%. That's all it took for Elara Voss to lose her Rank 1. And the person who took it? Cassian Hale. Her rival. Her biggest competition. And eventually... the boy she was never supposed to fall for.

# **The Villainess They Made Me** Everyone knows **Cassandra Corvin**. Seventeen, wealthy, powerful, and born into one of the most influential families in the country, Cassandra has always had everything-except acceptance. Her mother despises her. Her brothers rarely understand her. Society calls her spoiled, arrogant, and heartless. So Cassandra stopped trying to prove them wrong. She became the girl everyone expected her to be. **The villainess.** Then **Mia**, an ordinary girl with a mysterious past, enters the Corvin household. Everyone welcomes her with open arms-everyone except Cassandra. Because Cassandra sees things others don't. Mia knows too much. She is hiding something. And when Cassandra tries to expose her, nobody believes her. Not even the people she loves. Except perhaps **James Garrison**-the son of the Corvins' longtime rivals, whose family shares a dark history of **bloodlines, betrayal, and a legacy of lies** with the Corvins. As Cassandra's world begins to turn against her, she must uncover the truth before Mia destroys everything she has left. But sometimes the greatest secrets aren't hidden by strangers. **They're hidden by family.** And Cassandra has already learned the hardest lesson of all: **If everyone insists you're the villain, eventually you learn how to become one.**

Ashlesha Shekhawat is everything a powerful family could desire. The perfect eldest daughter-in-law. The perfect wife. Graceful, devoted, soft-spoken, endlessly accommodating. Love blurs into obsession. Devotion blurs into worship. Aryavardhan Shekhawat should have remained unaffected by her. Instead, he finds himself addicted to her presence, her touch, her attention-until love begins to feel less like affection and more like possession. Together, they appear flawless. But perfection is a carefully maintained illusion. And the deeper Aryavardhan falls for his wife, the more he begins to wonder- how much of Ashlesha is truly real?

Edward and Amelia Quint are twins who come from one of the richest families in Vermont. The Quints have a long standing rivalry with another affluent family, the Hearst's. John is a junior in high school while Delaney, like the twins, is a sophomore in high school. What happens when the teens get sent to Carrington Academy. One of the oldest and most prestigious schools in America. Will the rivalry grow or will new feelings be discovered?