strawberry with salt

“Why are you angry?” I asked him.  “It's not like we're a couple." He stopped, and stared at me, boring my eyes with his emerald eyes. “If we are…” He paused, clenching his jaw, “then am I allowed to be angry?” I looked at him like he was insane. “Then we’ll take it to that level.” He continued.  “Im serious. I want you. Leizel Snow Garcia Waterstrings is not just fierce. She's more than that. Ending up as an ice cream worker in a local ice cream shop, it was her one step of becoming a strong and independent woman. And that's when a cold-hearted stranger came in view. Eion Aurelio Hudson. Out of seven billion people in the world, the two hard-headed people crossed paths, making her "strong and independent woman" facade slowly fall apart. With all the dramas, free food, forgotten birthdays, Robot handling, idiots around, and emotional crisis, will she be able to melt his winter heart with her blazing fire or will this fire be put away instantly? One Blazing Head. One Winter Heart. Two Hard-headed people. A huge disaster.

Rosalia Aragona remembers the taste of salt and the weight of a room going quiet. She doesn’t remember the man. One night is enough to leave her pregnant—and blank where the truth should be. In a small town that values reputation over breath, her family rushes to marry her off to an old man who can swallow scandal like wine. On her wedding day, the church doors open to a stranger’s calm. Giuseppe Falcone crosses the aisle, puts a bullet through her would-be husband, and steals Rosalia away to a private island where the Falcone dynasty lives like royalty behind locked gates. Giuseppe doesn’t ask if the child is his. He claims it. He claims her. And in the Falcone court, claims are law. But Rosalia is not built to break prettily. With every rule she learns, she bargains for another inch of autonomy. With every secret she uncovers, she turns survival into leverage. Because someone engineered her disgrace. Someone took her memory. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes—until law, rivals, and bloodline politics converge on the one thing no one can afford to lose. In a world where love is a liability and safety is never free, Rosalia and Giuseppe must decide what kind of family they will be—publicly, permanently—while knowing some consequences will follow them forever.

Strawberry Rivalry Rui Dale Lane has everything planned, perfect grades, perfect discipline, and a future built entirely on hard work. The last thing he needs is Noah Lucien Sinclair, a reckless student and also a reputation in Sylverain Academy’s most infamous delinquent. Noah is loud where Rui is composed, shameless where Rui is careful, and somehow still smart enough to threaten Rui’s place at the top of the class. Their rivalry quickly becomes the talk of the academy, filled with brutal academic battles, sharp-tongued banter, and tension. But beneath Noah’s teasing and Rui’s constant denial lies something neither of them knows how to handle. Late-night study sessions become too personal. Quiet bike rides home feel far too intimate. A ridiculous strawberry condom prank spirals into endless teasing, embarrassing secrets, and emotions Rui refuses to name out loud and Rui definitely shouldn’t be wondering what it would feel like if Noah stopped teasing him…and just kiss him.

A "Breaking Into Your Heart" Story. Since she's been a little girl, she has known the true nature of men: cunning, shameless, and selfish. The not so trustworthy opposite sex has left a deep mark withing her, something she has been fighting with as boys started to become more and more appealing to her eyes. Cassidy loves her best friend, the reason she's been freaking out lately, as Isabelle has just hooked up with the hottest guy in school. It is all fine now, her best friend was happy, and she was starting to relax about her new brother-in-law seemed like a good person. That, until his hot best friend showed in scene. It was unexpected, like those electric shocks you get when you touch someone out of the blue. They scare the shit out of you, but when you pay close attention, it was only to find that electric balance withing yourself. Will this clash between opposites actually work out?

When a devastating hurricane tears through Astoria Bay, sixteen-year-old Elias Marlowe, heir to a banking empire, is glued to the news, haunted by reports of a teenage girl, Seraphine Cove, found alive on Crescent Beach, remembering only her name. Escaping a hidden war between the Coral Veil and Abyssal Fang mer clans, her parents’ sacrifice sent her to shore, a secret she buries deep. Two years later, Elias, now Crestview Academy’s charming senior, rules the halls with a restless heart. When Seraphine arrives from St. Agnes Orphanage, her quiet beauty and guarded eyes spark whispers and threaten queen bee Vanessa’s reign. Elias is drawn to her, their connection igniting through stolen glances and lunchroom chats, but Vanessa’s clique plots to tear them apart. As their slow-burn romance blooms amid high school rivalries, Seraphine’s past unravels. Her secret powers, a flicker of her mer heritage, hint at a destiny tied to her unborn child—a prophecy that could end the clans’ war or destroy everything. When the war’s shadows creep into Astoria, bringing danger and chaos, Seraphine faces a heartbreaking choice: protect Elias and their future or sacrifice herself to stop the conflict her parents died to escape. Salt in His Blood is a gripping teen tale of love, secrets, and sacrifice, blending high school drama with a tragic twist, perfect for WebNovel and Wattpad fans of young love and hidden truths.

Synopsis **Lina Marchesi doesn’t remember the night her fiancé died. She only knows he drowned near their private beach house on the Amalfi Coast—and that she was found barefoot, bloodied, and unresponsive in a boat nearby. There were no signs of foul play, and Lina, an American expat novelist, hasn't been able to write since. A year later, under the weight of trauma, gaps in her memory, and public suspicion, she returns to the same village—not to heal, but to hide. But the quiet isn’t quiet for long. Whispers trail her in the market, her old neighbors keep their distance, and someone keeps leaving pages from her *unfinished manuscript* on her doorstep—pages she doesn't remember writing. Enter **Milo Caruso**, a former war photographer turned reclusive innkeeper with his own ghosts. He’s disfigured from an explosion, hiding out in the crumbling hills above the sea. Their paths cross when Lina takes up residence at his isolated property, and tension builds—first in silence, then in sharp, probing conversations over wine and cigarettes. Their connection is messy, magnetic, and deeply flawed. Milo is blunt and emotionally unavailable; Lina is unraveling but seductive, using charm as armor. They orbit each other—drawn, repelled, resisting. But both know what it’s like to live with something unspeakable. As Lina pieces together her fractured memory, it becomes clear that her fiancé’s death wasn’t as accidental as the police claimed. And someone in the village wants the truth buried. And as she and Milo fall into a love that’s as brutal as it is tender, Lina begins to ask herself the scariest question of all: **What if she killed him?**

In a world of a thousand islands, the Concord of Salt rules through debt. Cross it, and you don't get a war — you get struck: your island erased from every map, and within a generation, from every memory. Mara Vell, a nineteen-year-old apprentice debt-collector, believes her mother died a pauper on a quiet island called Corram. Then she finds a forbidden Concord ledger listing an island that never existed — Sennreach — with her mother's name written under it, still owing, the debt ticking upward before her eyes. No one remembers Sennreach. No map holds it. And the grey-gloved auditor who just locked the door behind her has come to make sure it stays that way. To clear her mother's name, Mara will have to learn the Concord's oldest secret: struck islands don't vanish. They go somewhere. And the people in charge of truth will erase anyone who asks where.

A disgraced missionary. A mutated monster hunter. A dying empire consumed by rot. In 19th-century China, two forces are devouring the land: the fatal, unimaginable "Salt Rot," and the warships of Western powers. David is a disgraced British missionary exiled to the Far East, carrying a past he can't outrun. He meets the one man he was never supposed to want. Xiao Yan is a ruthless monster hunter of the Empire, his body long mutated by years of slaughter, his heart long closed to anyone. As the two navigate the eerie water towns, David and Xiao Yan must survive the abominations, imperial politics, and a desire they were taught to be ashamed of. 100k words stockpile. Volume 1 is finished. Update at least three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday) [Boylove(Danmei)/Historical Fantasy/Grimdark]

Fu Xiaoxiao transmigrates into a book and immediately faces the crisis of being sent to the countryside. As the unloved middle child, her younger sister is the one meant to go — but her mother transfers her job to the sister instead. A disaster of a start. To avoid being sent away, she has to marry within seven days. She meets a few ordinary men and decides she'd rather go to the countryside. Then she runs into a neighbor who's also looking for a spouse — and his conditions are surprisingly good. A dowry of three hundred? Bicycles and a radio? Just take care of the kids, and separate rooms are fine? The others may pass, but she won't. Every day is a battle of wits with the two kids. Life is eventful, she gets a salary every month, and the boss is never home. Absolutely perfect. Except... wasn't this big shot supposed to be infertile? Then why does he keep strutting around naked in front of her? She has professional ethics. She won't be seduced by a good body. Hmph. Men only slow down her sword swing. Lu Feng grits his teeth at Fu Xiaoxiao, who remains completely unmoved by his countless attempts to seduce her, and traps her in his arms. "Boss, let's talk this through. I know forty a month is a bit much — how about... five less?" Trapped in his embrace, Fu Xiaoxiao thinks he's unhappy with her high salary and starts bargaining. "I'm giving myself to you for free." Lu Feng grinds out through clenched teeth. This woman has no heart. "...Can I say no?" Fu Xiaoxiao swallows, staring at the washboard abs so close. "Such a good deal — are you sure you don't want it?" Lu Feng squints, tempting her. "Fine." A fool turns down a bargain.

Reborn alongside her son, Chen Xiaobao, Chen Momo learns from the mistakes of her past life and starts a frantic hoarding spree. To survive, the mother-and-son duo each put their skills to use in the apocalypse. The lively little Chen Xiaobao quickly wins everyone's heart, and Chen Momo finds love of her own in the apocalypse too...