Singapore Stories

Maya Lin takes a job as personal assistant to Clara Yeo - Singapore's most composed, most admired society wife - with one secret agenda: to find out what happened to her sister Chloe, who vanished from the same penthouse months ago without a trace. Inside the glass fortress above Marina Bay, nothing is what it seems. Julian Yeo, the charismatic CEO of Panopticon, appears to be the controlling force - a man who built a surveillance empire and uses it to watch his own home. But as Maya digs deeper, she discovers that the real architect of fear is far closer, far quieter, and far more dangerous than anyone imagined. Set against the gleaming skyline and shadowed backstreets of Singapore, The Orchid Room is a psychological thriller about control, grief, and the terrifying lengths people go to in the name of love - and perfection. Some cages are made of steel. Others are made of orchids.

My Mother passed away 3 years ago now. My dad wants to re-marry. They were the perfect couple. How can anyone ever take the place of my mother?

Himanshi Tanwar, an rich girl sheltered fanatically by her father, finally gets her dream to go to school like everyone else. She gets enrolled in Evergreen High, one of the most elite schools in Bangalore(Bengaluru). Armed with her innocence and goodness, she is excited to navigate the world of the rich. But she accidentally catches the eye of the two most popular and rich boys in school, changing her life forever. [This story has been edited]

This is a collection of reviews of BL-series and movies from Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, Myanmar, Singapore, Japan, Cambodia, and Vietnam, some of which I have already published on mydramalist.com. The series I am reviewing here are not necessarily the most popular ones. Series like "1000 Stars", "I told Sunset About You" etc have been reviewed again and again by many people, so I don't want to write the 100th review about them. These are some of my favourite series (and a few of my least favourite ones), with some of my favourite actors, and of course my selection as well as my reviews are in no way objective.

One built a reputation being good at being invisible - getting the job done, and leaving no trace. Maybe too good. The other restores what everyone else walks past. Old buildings, forgotten facades, the bones of things that are already there - no new complications. Lara flew in from Singapore expecting sand, sibling arguments, and absolutely nothing else. A visit to her brother at a base in the middle of the Mojave wasn't exactly a holiday - but mundane had its appeal. Nothing she hadn't already accounted for. Damon has survived things that don't make it into reports. A Singaporean architect expecting a quiet week in the desert was not in any of his files. Apparently his intel had gaps. Catching flights and feelings - sometimes you just have to lean into the cliché.

It's a story about a Telugu girl living in Singapore. Rakshita stopped believing in love the day life broke her partial hearing loss, heartbreak, and scars that made her hide behind her walls. She rebuilt herself with fire, turning pain into passion, certain that love wasn't for her. Until he appeared. To the world, he's calm, distant, almost unreadable. A man no one truly knows. But with her? He's soft, protective, and a little possessive, the kind of love she never thought existed. He knows her scars, her silence, her strength, and without asking, he's ready to do anything to make her his. Sometimes, love arrives unexpectedly and stays forever. It is a story of healing, self-improvement, slow-burn romance, and a love that waited silently for years.

"It's lights out and away we go!" ≪◦ ❈ ◦≫ Welcome to my humble collection of Formula One oneshots :) This is a safe space for all the Formula One girls out there, joining whether to watch the races for the race itself, or even just for the plot. (you know what I mean) anyway, I hope you like these and enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. ≪◦ ❈ ◦≫ When a name has a star behind it (*), it means that other drivers are featured in the oneshot. ≪◦ ❈ ◦≫ Contains Oneshots with: - Lando Norris - Charles Leclerc - Oscar Piastri - Carlos Sainz - Lewis Hamilton - George Russel - Pierre Gasly - Daniel Ricciardo - Max Verstappen ... and lots more ≪◦ ❈ ◦≫ Collections: - Christmas Countdown🎄 - Alphabet Dating ⭐️ - Dear Diary 💌 ≪◦ ❈ ◦≫ 1# in Silverstone 1# in Monza 1# in Spa ≪◦ ❈ ◦≫ Started: September 8th 2023 ≪◦ ❈ ◦≫

Bạn nghĩ cuộc sống của mười một quốc gia Đông Nam Á dưới một mái nhà chung sẽ tràn ngập nụ cười ngoại giao ấm áp? Tỉnh lại đi bạn ơi! Sự bình yên chưa bao giờ tồn tại quá năm phút ở cái gia đình này đâu!Chào mừng đến với Ngôi nhà chung ASEAN - nơi mỗi ngày trôi qua là một trận chiến sitcom dài tập. Truyện theo phong cách đa nhân vật chính, không ai là nhân vật phụ, nước nào cũng có đất diễn riêng để tỏa sáng!Cân nhắc kỹ trước khi đọc vì truyện có thể gây cười rớt hàm! Thể loại: Daily Life, Hài hước, Fanfiction, CountryhumansCredit ảnh bìa: Fanart by Hảo Đường (beenrunaway ) tác giả : Mihiru

He gave up his dreams to run a business he never wanted. She's finally building something just for herself - and he's the last person standing in her way. Wes Callahan came home six years ago to bury his father and never left. Now he runs Callahan Marine out of guilt, not love, and he's perfected the art of being left alone. Poppy Ellison has spent her whole life being the easy one, the reliable one, the one who never asks for anything ... until now. Her new bakery is the first thing she's ever built for herself, and she's not letting anyone talk her out of it. Not even her infuriatingly capable, infuriatingly gorgeous new neighbor. There's just one problem: their buildings share a plumbing line, a property easement, and - as it turns out - an inconvenient amount of chemistry. As their businesses become impossible to untangle, so do they. But Poppy's built her whole life on being easy to leave, and Wes has built his on giving up what he wants for people who need him. Falling for each other means both of them have to break the rule that's kept them safe. Grumpy marina owner. Relentlessly sunny baker next door. One shared wall, zero working plumbing, and a whole lot of feelings neither of them ordered.

Endellion Eng left Singapore invisible - quiet, overlooked, the girl no one ever picked. But now a junior at a prominent Ivy League institution, finally grown into herself, she's coming back unrecognizable. For the first time in her life, heads turn. For the first time, she's the one doing the choosing. To further complicate things, her longtime boyfriend is perfect on paper - steady, suitable, everything she was raised to want. So why does her heart keep whispering that something's missing? This summer, one brilliant aspiring political scientist decides to find out the only way she knows how: she runs an experiment. One summer break in Singapore. Thirty men, each one logged and analyzed like clean research data, all chasing a single, dangerous question: who do I actually want? Raised to be careful, to stay behind the lines, Endellion finds herself drawn closer and closer to an edge she's never crossed - where one more inch could change everything. But can she stay neutral, or will her guarded heart betray the study entirely? Some answers can't be measured. Some can only be surrendered to.

#30k_Words #Free_Read #ThiefMC #WidowMC He is a ghost who steals masterpieces. She is a widow who collects them. When an international art thief targets Kuala Lumpur, he doesn't expect to meet Tia binti Ahmad, the one woman who sees through every mask he's ever worn. Their connection is instant, electric, and built on a foundation of lies. She's there to fill the holes that beautiful objects can't reach. What begins as a calculated seduction becomes the first real thing either of them has felt in years. But the past doesn't let go easily. Love is the riskiest heist of all. Are you ready to ride?

Two sentences horror stories. The plots and characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. ALL of the stories in here are 100% penned by me. Please respect this. Do not steal and use it as your own. Do not attempt to compile any of these stories into another book as that infringes copyright regardless if credit was given or not. Copyright © 2019 - 2026. All rights reserved. No written part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author. Book cover is made using Canva. Image credit to original artist, Sebastiaan Stam from Pexels.

In a desperate move to vanquish the indomitable Hero of Ieon, the Demon King resorts to banishing him to another realm. As our valiant Hero awakens, he finds himself stranded on the mysterious shores of Singapore, stripped of his heroic mantle and reborn as the ordinary John Tan. Now, faced with the daunting task of navigating a foreign land, he encounters a myriad of intriguing characters who extend both aid and challenges, all while grappling with the nuances of colloquialism and culture. Torn between his home and his newfound family, John has to make sacrifices and come to terms with his choices.

Across golden hour and blue hour, a dancer and a photographer fall in love through the lens - only to discover that every act of seeing is also an act of losing.

They met once. Didn't speak. Three years later, fate brings them back, in the same city, the same building, but as strangers once again. A quiet love story about timing, second chances, and everything that happens between hello and forever.

Malaysian Possession - A family of four goes to Desaru and stays in a villa. Warned but ignored, she goes to the haunted room on the second floor. Horror doesn't begins until the possession starts...

Kyoko a.k.a. Dinah Soh is an Amateur author and Yognaught. She is gonna have the best few weeks of her life as the Yogscast comes and turns it all around. A/N : Check out DarkDOLLYumi's fanfic! You might find certain similarities between our fanfics, but just so you know I am good friends with her, and as such yes I do have permission to adapt a couple of her ideas. So yeah. Constructive Criticism accepted! Edit: Two coming outs, one graduation ceremony and one semester in Polytechnic later, I am now embarrassed by this story. Read it anyway. Like it. Love it. I've written better. - Alex, the author.

As if being a teacher in Singapore wasn't hard enough, Citra Sidek is pushing 30 with no romantic prospects in sight. Fresh out of a toxic relationship and pushed to find someone by her well-meaning family and friends, she finds herself tangled and torn between a teenage crush newly returned and a fellow teacher, both sharing the same name and driving her up the wall. (Contains mild swearing. CW: mild descriptions of intimate partner violence) (This story is written in English with instances of Singlish and Malay. Feel free to leave a comment of if you like it. Don't forget to vote for the chapters you like! Thank you! xoxo, Elle