Selfworth Stories

The world championship brings new champions to the table in the realm of ESports and new relationships into the fold. Both personal and professional. After meeting with the top teams from around the world, ZGDX gains the attention of the American ESports team, Shadow Gaming. Intrigued by the captain of their team, Alex Pykes, Lao K finds solace in their similar spirit as it mirrors his in certain ways, saying that he is drawn to them at first for an unknown reason. With the World Championship at stake, will Lao K finally get his happy ending beyond his gaming career, or will fate intervene yet again with his life??? This is a fan fiction taking place after ZGDX wins the National Championship. All characters from the original series within this fan-fiction and respective rights are given out to the respected owners. All new characters and story lines are fan made.

Almera Dela Cruz has always believed in herself, hopefully and happily. But after losing the scholarship, the future she dreamed of, and the life she once knew, she begins to question whether winning was ever enough. As the country's biggest chess tournament draws near, Almera crosses paths with players burdened by fear, misjudgments, and borrowed dreams. Through every match, she discovers that chess has always been more than a game-it is a reflection of life, where every sacrifice, every mistake, and every move forward carry a lesson beyond the board. Because in the end, the true value of victory is never found in the trophy, but in the person who gave it meaning.

Joshua lives by one rule: give everything - even if nothing stays with him. Freshly graduated, he steps into the real world expecting effort to be enough - only to find closed doors, quiet pressure, and dreams that don't follow a straight path. A heartfelt story about pouring your all, facing silence and rejection - and learning you're still enough even when everything else is gone.

For years, Det believed that beauty was something she could never have. Every mirror reflected her insecurities, every careless word became another scar, and every comparison slowly convinced her that she would never be enough. But as she enters Senior High, an unexpected encounter with someone who sees beyond her flaws begins to challenge everything she's ever believed about herself. A story about insecurities, healing, self-worth, and discovering that the deepest scars are often the ones hidden behind the mirror.

What if the life that looks most together is the one that feels least like your own? Many people learn to survive by becoming who others need them to be-capable, agreeable, accommodating, impressive, endlessly reliable. Over time, that performance can become so practiced that it is hard to tell where expectation ends and the real self begins. The cost is often quiet but profound: exhaustion, disconnection, resentment, confusion, and the sense of being far from one's own life. Be more you, Always offers a calm and compassionate path back. Rather than asking readers to become someone new, it helps them recognize the patterns that pulled them away from themselves and begin returning with greater honesty, self-trust, and enoughness. How self-loss happens through pressure, performance, and people-pleasing Why worth cannot be built on approval alone How fear can shape identity more than readers realize What it means to live from values instead of expectation How boundaries, honesty, and self-recognition create a more grounded life Why an ordinary life can still be deeply meaningful and fully one's own For anyone who is tired of performing wellness, competence, or acceptability, this book offers something quieter and more lasting: the language, permission, and companionship to come home to yourself.

Teen Phase Nobody really prepares you for being a teenager. One minute, you're just growing up. The next, everything feels different your body, your emotions, your friendships, your confidence, your thoughts...even the way you see yourself. You start asking questions you don't always know how to answer Why am I changing so much? Why do I feel this way? Who am I becoming? Teen Phase is your guide through the confusing, exciting, messy, and unforgettable journey of growing up. From understanding your body and emotions to discovering your identity, building confidence, handling pressure, and learning to make choices for yourself-this book is here to remind you that you're not alone. You're growing. You're learning. You're becoming. Welcome to your Teen Phase. With love, Pretty_Ifeh Author of Teen Phase

She spent her whole life becoming the person everyone needed. The perfect daughter. The dependable sister. The friend who never said no. The girl who smiled so often that no one noticed she was quietly falling apart. Amaira has always believed that love is something you earn by sacrificing your own dreams, hiding your pain, and putting everyone else before yourself. But when buried memories begin to surface and long-forgotten truths refuse to stay hidden, the life she carefully built starts to unravel. Some stories are about finding yourself. This one is about what happens after you've spent a lifetime losing yourself. Half Remembered Prayers is a slow-burning, emotionally charged literary drama about family, grief, hidden truths, and the invisible weight carried by the people everyone thinks are the strongest.

She fell first. He never did... and maybe he never will. Some stories aren't meant to be love stories. And some hearts... learn to break very softly. Does a girl really need a glow-up to be seen? Does she have to be beautiful to be loved? And why does it always feel like the "pretty girls" win? Mahishwari has always lived quietly-tucked away in her own little world, where words are few but feelings run deep. It's not that she never wanted friends... she just never knew how to reach out. Until him. He walks into her life like warmth on a cold morning, and suddenly, everything changes. They become inseparable-best friends bound by laughter, comfort, and a connection that feels unbreakable. But somewhere between shared smiles and silent understanding... Mahishwari falls. Hard. And that's where her story begins to ache. Because while he cares for her-protects her, cherishes her-it isn't the same. It was never the same. And it never will be. This is not just a love story. It's the story of a girl who loved quietly... and learned, perhaps too late, how to love out loud. Will she lose herself trying to be seen? Or will she finally realize that she was enough all along? If love had a voice, it would sound like everything Rishi never says. Quietly protective, deeply understanding, and always watching from the sidelines-Rishi sees Mahishwari in a way no one else does. He notices the things she hides. Feels the pain she never speaks of. And he loves her... in the same quiet way she loves someone else. Maybe that's the irony of their story- the right person, standing right there... but never truly seen.

Madison Caruso has always known what it feels like to stand on the outside; too quiet, too strange, too easy to overlook. But at home, in her father's arms, she is safe. She is enough. Until one sudden loss takes that refuge away, and Madison is left to face cruelty, loneliness, and grief with nowhere left to hide. Chance Hill has everything people admire. Popular. Talented. Untouchable. Life has always bent in his favor, and he's never had to ask who he is beneath the applause. But entitlement is a fragile shield, and when the path he's coasted on disappears, Chance is forced to confront the emptiness he never noticed. From opposite ends of the social world, Madison and Chance grow up believing different lies about themselves. Until life turns both upside down. Only then do they discover a soundless truth: before you can be loved by someone else, you must first learn your own worth. Tender, emotional, and deeply human, this is a story for anyone who has ever felt invisible, misunderstood, or afraid they weren't enough, and dared to hope they might be wrong.

She grew up believing there was something wrong with her. In a home where she was supposed to feel loved, she always felt like a stranger. She heard the words that broke her heart and spent years wondering why her own family never wanted her. But one hidden letter changes everything. Now she must uncover the truth about her past, learn that their rejection was never her fault, and discover that sometimes the people who fail to love you don't get to decide your worth. This is the story of a girl who was never wanted-but learned how to choose herself.

When her fiancé leaves her for another woman, Arianna Russo refuses to compete for a place in someone's heart. If she isn't the first choice, she won't be a choice at all. What follows is a journey of healing, ambition, family, and self-respect as she builds a life bigger than the one she lost. And when love finds her again, it comes in the form of a man who sees her worth from the very beginning.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆. **𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑰 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆** 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈-𝒐𝒇-𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔. *𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏...* *𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖.*

Who decides how much worth something has... someone... you? Or just parts you see as one? My apologies for the grammar mistakes english is not my first language!

After four years away, Aarav Singh Rathore returns to a life he never wanted to claim. Arrogant, wealthy, and fiercely private, he comes back only to step into Rathore Industries and attend his sister's wedding. Power and control have always defined his world-until destiny forces him to confront something he never planned for. Ishika Singh is a woman of quiet strength. A school teacher by profession and the director of a family-run NGO, she believes in living simply despite belonging to a wealthy background. Kind, humble, and selfless, she finds purpose not in privilege but in service-teaching children by day and fighting for social change beyond the classroom. When Aarav's world of business empires collides with Ishika's world of compassion and responsibility, their lives intertwine in ways neither expects. What begins as an accidental crossing slowly turns into a battle between ego and empathy, ambition and values, destiny and choice. Some loves are loud. Some are gentle. And some are chosen by fate itself.

Some wounds never bleed, yet they hurt the most. This book is for the people who smile while carrying battles no one knows about. For the ones who stay strong for everyone else but quietly fall apart when they are alone. For the ones who overthink every word, blame themselves for things they couldn't control, and keep asking, "Am I enough?" Mental health is not only about depression or anxiety. Sometimes it is the silent exhaustion of pretending to be okay. Sometimes it is the fear of being judged, the habit of hiding your feelings, or the voice in your mind that keeps telling you that you are not good enough. These pages will not promise a perfect life or tell you to "just be positive." They are here to help you understand yourself with honesty, patience, and kindness. Sometimes, healing does not begin when someone gives you advice. It begins when you finally feel understood. If even one page makes you feel less alone, helps you breathe a little easier, or reminds you that your mind deserves kindness too, then these words have found the right person. Maybe that person is you.

As a gift for her 23rd birthday, Thalia receives an unexpected letter informing her that her great-uncle Cedric, a man she barely knew but had always found intriguing, has left her a peculiar little shop called "Enchanted Oddities." After his passing, she attends his funeral and moves into the apartment above the shop. After struggling to get the place up and running again, she is visited by a group of mysterious beings with direct ties to Cedric and reveal that the shop serves as a portal for mythical creatures seeking refuge and unique items. She accepts their help as she uncovers the reason she was chosen to continue his legacy.

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This book contains a daily dose of positivity. Sometimes, words are all people look for when they are carrying heavy responsibilities, silent struggles, and years of unheard and unseen emotions. A few comforting words can make someone feel understood, even when they don't know how to express what they are going through. But sometimes, words aren't enough. Still, I hope the words in this book reach you at the right time and help you in some way. Maybe you will find a little comfort, hope, strength, or simply a reminder that you are not alone. Read these words whenever you need them. Take what feels right for you, and leave behind what doesn't. I hope this book becomes a small place you can return to whenever life feels a little too heavy.

At eighteen, Emily Carter watches a husband quietly correct his wife's clothing in a crowded clinic waiting room and feels a sharp, confusing ache she cannot name. Weeks later she meets Officer Jake Slater, charming, protective, the first man who has ever looked at her like she is worth keeping. The romance is swift. The proposal arrives like rescue. Marriage feels like the end of loneliness and the beginning of safety. It is neither. What starts as care hardens into control: measured meals, approved clothing, monitored phones, the slow erasure of every independent edge. Jake's love is intense, consuming, and conditional. His hands can soothe or punish with equal intimacy. Desire becomes another leash. By the time Emily understands the shape of the cage, she has no money, no contacts, no diploma, and a husband who knows exactly how the system works. In a city that asks why women stay while offering almost nothing to help them leave, Emily must decide how much of herself she is willing to lose, and whether the girl who once felt anger on a stranger's behalf still exists strongly enough to walk out. Dark, unflinching, and devastatingly human, this is a story about the quiet architecture of coercive control, the treacherous pull of intermittent kindness, and the costly, imperfect courage required to choose the unknown over the familiar cage.

Seventeen, silent, and invisible-Millet has spent her life hiding from the world. Bullied, misunderstood, and overlooked, she's finally escaping the shadows of her past... until her old tormentors appear in her new life. As she struggles to stand her ground, she discovers strength, friendship, and feelings she never expected. But when Christian-someone who seems untouchable-finally notices her, Millet realizes that being seen can be both terrifying and liberating. Will she survive the chaos of her past while learning to trust herself...and her heart?