distance feels safer

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."

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.

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.

Eight sticky-sweet lesbian love stories. Originally published as highly-rated individual short stories on Literotica, now available as a convenient ebook anthology.<br><br>A regular lunchtime customer becomes a hot date in "Catch of the Day." In another restaurant-centered tale, "Cilantro and Onions" features a May-September romance with all its ups and downs. A butch tow truck driver helps a stranded college student with repairs and more in "Come and Rescue Me."<br><br>"Lemongrass" features the high school prom you’ll wish you had attended, and an ending that lets you know there’s more romance in store. "Red and the Wolf" puts old enemies together in a sweet story that’s nothing like the fairy tale. "Speedy Delivery" is another May-September tale that starts with a stolen bike and blossoms into an unlikely romance.<br><br>The devil’s daughter is running things in daddy’s absence in "Sympathy for the Devil," and life quickly heats up when a new resident comes calling. "Viva La Gloria" starts on a rooftop and ends in romance with a chance encounter by two young women.<br><br>If you enjoy tales of women helping women, first-time romance, chance meetings blossoming into something more, or old enemies falling in love, this book is for you!

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.

"A moment for your troubles," He said to her. Amber Sanders, 17 and sweet, beauty queen, heir to a massive fortune suddenly goes missing after an auto crash. This is a burden to her parents but there are people lurking in the shadows who couldn't have hoped for a better news. Justin Al-Hassan, a sly hardworking bad boy, finds an unconscious girl in his vehicle and is trapped in an attempted murder twist. It's glaring that he has every reason to kill and no one will believe him in this state. With no memory, all she can do is believe whatever the world says even though she knows deep down that everything isn't right. With no proof, all he can do is serve his sentence and hope that a miracle will gradually unfold. They must unite to discover the memory that's missing and work together to find answers to the mystery surrounding them while battling the feelings they shouldn't have for each other.

Jay has 2 best friends since she was 12. At 15, One moved away, couldn't contact. While the other had busy schedule. Jay met section E. She thought they were her everything after all those lies and hidden truth from her family. But when keifer revealed his plan everything changed. She ran away from home. After the plan, she thought....this can make her feel safer. She met them again. Her best friends. Julian and Cassie. Jay changed her name with their help starting a fresh life. She and Julian got married. But did she really get married? Did she move on from keifer? What will happen to keifer and Jay when they meet again? Jayfer.....

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