the painful distance

This text has been published under the name "Amidst the Falling Stars". "President, I've found a little Baozi who looks a lot like you." "President, Baozi says he doesn't have a real dad; he's a test-tube baby!" "……" He'd only been gone for two days, only to be told by his secretary that he'd been high-grade counterfeited, and it was a mini version of him! Test-tube baby? Thud! One phone call, city-wide search for Baozi, and also Baozi's... mom... Half an hour later... "President, we've found Baozi's mom... it's just... the young assistant you just fired." "……" Before meeting Ou Mucen, Ye Ning was both the inconspicuous adopted daughter of the Ou Family and the true hidden master of the Antique Circle. She was exceptionally talented and intelligent, content with living a simple life. But after meeting Ou Mucen, her persona collapsed...

Des années après leur rupture, Poppy Hale rencontre son ex-petit ami, Declan Hawthorne, qui est également le père de son enfant, lors d'une réunion d'entreprise. Poppy Hale ne veut que s'échapper de lui. Elle a peur de perdre son enfant et de se retrouver sans rien. Elle se souvient comment il a dit une fois qu'ils ne faisaient que jouer à un jeu, et elle maintient une relation respectueuse de supérieur-subordonné avec lui. Cependant, les femmes autour de lui vont et viennent, mais aucune n'attire son attention. - Lors de leur première rencontre, Declan Hawthorne suppose qu'elle l'a abandonné et s'est immédiatement mariée et a eu un enfant. Il veut se venger, la voir le cœur brisé, et la faire regretter. Pourtant, il ne peut s'empêcher de vouloir qu'elle reste avec lui, avec leur enfant, quand elle est au plus bas. Le jour où il apprend la vérité, il réalise que sa vengeance a toujours été contre lui-même. Poppy Hale : "C'est toi qui as dit que nous devrions garder nos distances." "Distance," Declan Hawthorne lui relève le menton, "peut aussi être négative."

With a contract, she was forcibly dragged into the conflicts of a wealthy family. She was like a bound servant, obeying their orders again and again. For her sister's sake, she endured it, yet she still wanted to fight back. After living under the same roof day and night, she realized she had slowly begun to develop feelings for him. When love and hatred became intertwined, in the end, she chose to run away.

Dans le mystérieux MMORPG 【ExoGenesis】, l'âge extraordinaire de la transcendance est arrivé sur Terra. Tristan renaît le jour même du lancement du jeu, éveillant un talent de niveau SSS : le Dieu du Sniper. [Dieu du Sniper (Niveau SSS)] - Effet 1 : Toutes les attaques à distance sont garanties de toucher, et le type de dégâts est changé en dégâts réels. - Effet 2 : Pour chaque mètre de distance de la cible, les dégâts augmentent de 10%. Avec un talent aussi surpuissant, le choix de Tristan est clair—il devient un Assassin ! Avec une précision mortelle et la capacité de frapper à des kilomètres de distance, Tristan prouve qu'un Assassin n'a pas besoin de combattre au corps à corps.

"What happens when a nerdy girl falls for a playboy?" "They say that pain is a sign of weakness leaving your body but in my case, it's a clamp that refuses to let go of my heart no matter how hard I try." Chisom has had a complicated life but when she meets him, the world seems brighter and everything feels a thousand times better. Even though Chisom masquerades as the strongest person she knows with nothing being able to move her, deep down, her emotions are as fragile as an egg: easily shattered. Meeting him was one of the best things to happen to her. He was her first love but would he be her last?

In a quiet riverside village, a weathered bridge becomes the keeper of memory, love, and silence. Aisha has spent years learning to breathe without Rehan, the boy who once promised her forever but vanished into ambition and distance. She lit lanterns alone, carried solitude like a cloak, and built resilience from absence. Yet when Rehan returns, older and burdened with regret, the bridge calls them both back to confront the years that shaped them apart. Their reunion is not simple. It is a fragile thread woven from silence, forgiveness, and the courage to endure the eyes of a village that remembers too well. Through lanterns drifting on the river, whispered confessions, and the quiet endurance of staying, Aisha and Rehan must decide whether love can survive the distance that became forever — or whether some promises are meant only to illuminate the night before fading away.

{NOTE~ First few chapters needs to be edited} "When it comes to love, the weakest part of the body is the HEART." "Why?" He asked. "Because the heart loves more, it holds all the feelings and emotions. Without the heart one cannot love." The psychiatrist paused. "How is it related to her case?" The man had a serious look. "Her heart is shattered, am afraid it affected her mentally, physically and sociologically. It will be very impossible for her to love again." The man smiled warmly before he questioned her. "What then is the cure?" "LOVE." -----***----- LOVE takes time and is slow, falling in LOVE is a process. It eats deep into the HEART gradually until it has it all completely. BUT.... When your HEART is given to the wrong person, it becomes a SLOW PAINFUL POISON at the end. *NOTE: If this book triggers any of the mentioned emotions below, please don't read for you emotional safety! *Depression *Worry *Sadness *Violence *Bad memories *Suicidal thoughts etc Most of what is written inside this book are very much true. They are picked from our everyday life and what most people suffer in the dark. I just added fantasy to it to make it less intense and a bit fictitious.

Synopsis: When twin sisters are exact opposite but somehow gets entangled with the same guy. Michael Louis was a twelve year old young CEO who after the death of his mother lost interest in this world. He was tired of living hence attempted suicide. Claudia Larabee, the opposite twin of Clara Larabee, had suffered much unfairness by her family. For the twelve years of her life, her sister had been a thorn in her flesh. Amidst the wickedness her sister had shown her was forcing a nurse to suck blood from her as donation to some young heir. The consequence of that action, Claudia didn’t really recover from. Claudia, unknown to her, had become a reason a young boy had to live. Yearning to meet her for once in his life, Michael stumbles upon her wrong twin, Clara. Years later, he returns to find her again. The journey he makes to establish a lasting relationship proves dangerous to Claudia, as her wicked twin gets a rich and dangerous friend. Would Michael realize he’s falling for the wrong twin? Or would fate forever give Claudia painful smiles?

Revenge, a destroyer of worlds! Born in a world engulfed by chaos. A world ruined by the insatiable nature of man. A world not even fit for wild beasts. Oliver, a teenager who made a promise to his unfulfilled father to become liberated from this lost world of crime: He's a charming young boy who must overcome his deep lust for money, and become a success or the opposite. Vanya's world is a literal inversion of Oliver's. She's basically born with s silver spoon. But even the best flower has its thorns – she too must overcome the emotional trauma she's made to face; the hurdles she must cross seems to increase daily. Both Vanya and Oliver cross paths, leading to an unbreakable bond; one that may last forever. Now, would the difference of their worlds affect their bond? Would the overcome the status quo? And would Oliver get over the thirst for revenge buried beyond his soul before it destroys the bond? Read on to get answers. Read to satisfy your curiosity. #Bullet, Roses and Quotes.#

Ren Akiyama is a ghost in his own life. At seventeen, he lives alone in a cramped Tokyo apartment, works a dead-end bookstore job, and attends the prestigious Meiji Gakuen High School with the bare minimum effort. His classmates see him as lazy, apathetic, and cold—a boy who has given up before even starting. They don't know that he was once a child prodigy, a genius who burned so brightly that the world tried to consume him. They don't know that he ran away from a family that sold his talent like a stock commodity. And they don't know that behind his dead eyes lies a mind sharp enough to manipulate, strategize, and destroy anyone who threatens his carefully built wall of mediocrity. Hikari Tachibana is the sun that illuminates everything she touches. Beautiful, popular, and effortlessly brilliant, she seems to have the perfect life—a wealthy family, adoring peers, and a future paved with gold. But when her family's corporation collapses in a web of conspiracy, she loses everything overnight. Forced to leave her penthouse, she finds herself standing in front of the only person who never pretended to like her: Ren Akiyama. "You owe me," she says, holding out a crumpled envelope of cash. "Remember when you saved my cat two years ago? I'm calling in that favor." Ren doesn't remember saving any cat. He doesn't remember her at all. But the envelope contains enough money to cover his rent for six months, and Hikari's desperate eyes remind him of someone he used to know—himself. Now the school's most beautiful girl is moving into his one-room apartment. She can't cook, she's terrified of cockroaches, and she talks too much. But she also sees through his masks with an unsettling clarity. As they navigate cohabitation, part-time jobs, and the brutal social hierarchy of their academy, secrets begin to surface—about Ren's tragic past, Hikari's hidden abilities, and the conspiracy that connects their families. This is not a love story. It is a story about two broken people learning that survival is easier when you have someone to come home to. But in a world where trust is a weapon and kindness is a weakness, even the simplest happiness comes at a cost.