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In the glittering, high-stakes world of Aurelia Bay’s beauty empire, Fiona Flare’s life shatters on what was meant to be her engagement night. Dumped by her fiancé for someone “more aligned with his trajectory,” she drowns her heartbreak in vodka and neon at the exclusive Eclipse Lounge. There, in a haze of bass and shadows, she collides with a mysterious stranger—tall, commanding, storm-gray eyes, hands that know exactly how to unravel her. No names. No promises. Just one raw, unforgettable night of passion that leaves her marked, aching, and blissfully unaware of who he really is. Weeks later, two pink lines on a pregnancy test turn her world upside down. Single, jobless, and determined, Fiona vows to raise the baby alone—no handouts, no hunting for the man who vanished at dawn. But fate has other plans. Unknowingly, Fiona lands a dream job at Voss Éclat—the city’s dominant beauty conglomerate—run by none other than Martin Mole, the enigmatic CEO who still dreams of emerald silk and the woman who slipped out of his bed without a trace. As Fiona rises in the company, sparks fly during tense meetings and late-night strategy sessions. Martin recognizes her instantly but keeps his distance, watching, waiting, torn between his guarded heart and the fierce woman carrying his child. What starts as corporate tension ignites into forbidden desire, corporate sabotage, family secrets, and a slow-burn revelation that could destroy everything—or build an empire stronger than either of them imagined. A story of heartbreak turned fire, one reckless night turned legacy, and two people who must decide whether to fight fate… or finally surrender to it. Secret baby. Slow-burn chemistry. Power, passion, and a bump neither saw coming.

Annie Davis was beyond furious when she was told She had been inseminated with the wrong sperm which belonged to a Billionaire who insists he wants to be in her life and the baby's life.

What if one day you found out that your great love story is just a dream? Winnie Dizon is a filial daughter who left home to pursue her passion in fashion designing but accidentally met Prince Wu, who is a famous superstar who had a tragic past. The two of them got involved in a plane crash, surpass so many hardships together and fall in love along the way. But one day, as Nathan Wu woke up from a coma, he found out that their love is just his dream. Do their love is just an accident made by Prince imagination? Or will Prince and Winnie will meet and make a greater love story in reality?

Viola James has spent most of her adult life trying to stay afloat—juggling surrogacy contracts, overdue bills, and the weight of being everyone’s safety net. When a billionaire matriarch chooses her to carry a child created from Viola’s own egg, she sees a way out: financial freedom, stability for her daughter, and a chance to finally breathe. What she doesn’t expect is the emotional fallout—the secrecy, the strain on her friendships, and the unsettling feeling that she’s trading one kind of vulnerability for another. Devante Carter wants nothing to do with love—not after his last relationship left him questioning every instinct he had about people. He’s focused on work, rebuilding his life, and avoiding any distractions. Then a chaotic collision in a coffee shop, followed by a charged encounter in a grocery store, puts Viola in his path. She’s beautiful, guarded, and far too complicated… exactly the type of woman he promised never to fall for again. But fate keeps throwing them together. As Viola settles into a new upscale neighborhood provided by her benefactor, Devante learns that the mysterious woman haunting his thoughts lives only a few doors away. What begins as curiosity deepens into something neither of them is prepared for—especially when their worlds are tangled in secrets, half-truths, and people who want different pieces of them. In a story about choice, chance, and the unexpected ways love finds us, Viola and Devante must decide whether they will keep running from the things that scare them—or finally fight for the one thing that could heal them both.

Martha, a growing star who’s goal is to make her mum proud, is having a nervous breakdown when her mother asks too much from her, would she consider meeting her mother’s demands and ruin her career? Or would she forget about her principles and focus on her career? See how the story checks out

Umburals Dark Fantasy • Sci-Fi Horror • Psychological Thriller In the year 2097, Earth was no longer stable. Its orbit had begun to decay slowly, silently, dragged by the weakening gravitational tether to a massive, hidden planet that had circled the solar system for millennia. Scientists called it a phantom world, only visible during rare solar eclipses when its silhouette shimmered against the sun. Slightly bigger than Jupiter, its atmosphere resembled Earth’s, but its gravity was stronger, its terrain fractured into three colossal regions of jagged mountains, deep valleys, and broken lands. When a meteoroid threatened to shatter Earth’s crust, humanity launched its final exodus. Hyper-jump technology was still experimental, but there was no time left. Out of the estimated 9.2 billion survivors, only 5.4 billion made it through the jump. The rest were lost burned in the atmosphere, scattered across space, or left behind. They were ripped and pulled on to the phantom planet. The locals were already watching. Umburals humanoid beings with elfin features, black eyes with white pupils, and bodies capable of reshaping flesh, bone, and blood they had evolved far beyond human understanding. Their cities shimmered with advanced magical technology: floating spires, crystalline data cores, and energy-forged weapons. Their society was ancient, structured, and deeply spiritual. They did not hunt the humans. They welcomed them. At first. The Umbural governors offered shelter, medicine, and integration. They taught humans how to survive the gravity, how to adapt their tech, how to breathe in a world that pulsed with arcane energy. But not all Umburals were the same. Beyond the central cities, other clans existed wilder, stranger, shaped by different philosophies and powers. Some were territorial. Others were curious. A few were quietly hostile. And then came the conflict. Humanity, fractured and desperate, began to push back. They didn’t like the Umbural hierarchy. They didn’t trust the magic. They wanted control. Mankind’s old hunger to dominate, to lead, to reshape the world in its image resurfaced. Tensions rose. Trade broke. Skirmishes flared. Umbural governors demanded for peace, but the damage was done. Some humans began weaponizing Umbural tech. Others tried to claim land from the outer clans. The planet, already unstable from Earth’s gravitational collapse, began to react. Now, the world teeters on the edge of a new war. Umburals walk among humans. Humans build weapons to match Umbural biomass. The three fractured regions of the planet each ruled by different forces are stirring. And deep beneath the surface, something ancient begins to awaken. This is not a story of invasion. It’s a story of survival, betrayal, and the cost of coexistence. Welcome to Diamond.

"There are times when we don't wish to live. There are times when we want to turn back time. There are times when we want to change the beginning. There are times when we don't want to regret." Only if we had been more open and honest with ourselves. "Jae! Focus! You have to let them go. We can't do anything now." But why me? Why them? We just wanted to be ourselves, we just wanted to be happy together. Then, why do we have to part ways? "We will meet again." /// / Anything said and any event mentioned in this story is not real and a pure coincidence if those events match your life. For a general audience. It focuses more on the theme of "life goes on" and mental health. There will be traumatizing events. I will try my best to express it through my words. // Continue reading.

Kemunculan sebuah batu angkasa yang sangat asing seperti alatan diperbuat dari logam dan besi, membuat semua penduduk di bumi panik dan menjerit kerana sesuatu hal yang mengerikan terjadi. Bumi telah diserang alien, tetapi Alien tidak muncul. Apa kehendak alien ini? Perbuatan Alien membuat bumi seperti sudah disumpah menjadi tempat yang mengerikan.

Novel pengarang Seno Gumira Ajidarma

Columbus School holds a lot of secrets, massacres and dark stories. The news about a student born to a billionaire family who killed another student's friend is widespread in the city, they kill according to what is heard in their ears, kill without realizing, kill because they are hypnotized, is this murder related to their billionaire parents who are very selfish and keeping a secret behind the death of a colleague's child.