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To give her child a better chance at life, Xiu Ling accepted the contractual marriage offered by Lin Kang, the powerful CEO even though she had no love for the man and his family. Unfortunately, the man and his family felt the same way towards her as well. They assumed Xiu Ling was just an opportunist who sold herself out to sneak her way into a life of luxury. With support from her best friend, Xiu Ling slowly inched out of her shell. Her confidence and brilliance turned the Lin family to her side one by one, including her husband in name who now wanted to marry her for real. Xiu Ling's best friend, Joann Fong, had everything a woman could have wanted in her life, a doting husband, a caring daughter and a shining career in entertainment. However, her life started to unravel as contentment settled in. Blinded by self-assurance, Joann blamed everyone but herself. Xiu Ling wanted to reach out to Joann to return the favor but would the proud woman allow weakness to enter her life and accept outside help before it was too late? My Release Rate: 7/week Release Time: ~6 am for first chapter [GMT +8] Discord Link: https://discord.gg/s4qraBx If you like my writing, I would really appreciate it if you sponsor me a cup of coffee at: ko-fi.com/lonelytree

Niran Sukrit starts his new job at Love Food, but on his very first day, he falls for his boss, Chak Phanprasit. Chak is a cold, arrogant CEO who demands absolute control over everything. However, as Niran begins living with him, Chak’s icy mask slowly starts to melt. He becomes increasingly protective whenever Niran is in danger, yet both struggle to hide their true emotions. They eventually confess their feelings, but Chak is guarding secrets. Can Niran uncover the truths before it’s too late? And what mysterious bond is Chak's dad hiding? VOLUME2: chapter 107 Chak’s mother has arranged a marriage with a mysterious woman, unaware of the forbidden love her son truly holds. As a new romance begins to unfold, Chak is forced to face a heartbreaking choice: duty or desire? ​But secrets still linger in the shadows—secrets Chak has kept hidden even from Niran. A trip to Koh Samui changes everything, and as the tension in Thailand catches fire, they seek a way out. Can their love withstand the trials ahead? Together, they escape to a country with love in its name—the only place where they can finally be themselves. Can love truly win? VOL2 PART 2: The trip to Slovenia begins. Anamarija can't wait to show them everything. N&C finally find peace after all the chaos. But peace doesn't last long...

Aizen, an ultra-genius scientist finally succeeded in making a breakthrough in science and technology by creating the world's first Super Artificial Intelligence. But as if fate had another will, he died with a smile on his face after completing his perfect masterpiece, leaving his life's ultimate work that will continue to evolve with time to the world for the hope of an extraordinary and unimaginable future. "Welcome back, Master Aizen." That was the first word Aizen heard when he opened his eyes. He awoke before a beautiful woman who was familiar to him. Axel, an avatar of the Impartial Artificial Intelligence System or introduced to the public as [Axel Goddess] finally managed to revive her long-lost master alongside his daughter, Ana. His short sleep to welcome the morning turned out to be eternal sleep that was less eternal, a thousand years had passed since his death. Faced with a problem that even Axel could not solve which forced the creation of a second civilization on Mars, while humanity on Earth was on the verge of extinction because the deadly mutations caused living organisms to grow violent by changing their bodies and abilities. With a super hot Artificial Intelligence that finally gets a perfect human body, as well as a clingy and spoiled daughter who is formerly estranged on his side, Aizen must use his intelligence to find a way to save his home planet which turned out to be very complicated and ends up getting them involved in it. Author's note: On hiatus | Rewriting

Notice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF35Yaaeajw This is an adventure from a rebellious blonde girl who loves music and painting, AmisA, who was invited by the British director to star in the movie "Alice in Wonderland", but she accidentally fell into a dream because of passing through a magical mirror in the process. A dream world full of desserts and music, including the roaring rabbit, the mad hat apprentice Jay Xingke who can perform dessert magic, the sly rabbit Sibi, and the timid and crying little tea girl. , Ugly weirdo big nose BOY...etc. If Amisa wants to return to her original world, she must participate in the red and white talent competition to unravel the mystery of her dream. In addition to meeting the beautiful heart deer, the confused old general Bai and the empathetic Queen Isabeth; You will encounter four-color playing card generals such as spades and hearts, ferocious and huge terrifying dragons, and the evil and cruel Queen Mary! The channel of dreams has been opened, and a thrilling sleepwalking is about to begin! Original: Hoelex Illustrator: Hoelex screenwriter: Tim Music: Tim Official website https://alicemisa.webnode.tw/ FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/ALICEMISA

Wounded by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan and suffering post traumatic stress as a result, Andy Johnson is given a medical discharge from the British army. Shunning attention, Andy lives a quiet and lonely existence on his pig farm in Yorkshire. His peace is threatened when his friends take him to the city for his birthday. They buy him a kiss from Luke Wales, a twink porn star.<br><br>Overwhelmed and needing some air, Andy escapes outside. Luke finds him there. They talk and Andy begins to relax. It’s cold and Andy gives Luke his combat jacket. However Roger, Luke’s boyfriend appears and the momentary connection is lost.<br><br>Weeks later, recently separated from Roger, Luke is back in the north of England. He decides to pay Andy a visit, using the excuse of returning the man’s jacket. A snow storm forces the two men to spend time together, and a tentative friendship begins.<br><br>Neither man is convinced they are worthy of the other. It takes time, plus the encouragement of friends and Andy’s teenage nephew, Craig, to convince the reluctant couple that what exists on the surface only tells part of the story. Andy’s scars and Luke’s past employment shouldn’t stand in the way of them exploring what each feels for the other.

Reinne has set her goals into graduating her Master's degree, finding a sturdy house for her parents and to see her two younger brothers finish their Bachelor's degrees, with a steady job, she was able to do all before the age of 27. She achieved everything she wanted except for one thing: a steady relationship. After her last heartbreak, she told herself no more. In Greek mythology they said that humans are born with two heads, four arms and legs but Zeus separated it in two and scattered it on the lands for it search its other half. With billions of people in earth how can she find her match? Is she willing to open her arms to the idea of love?

Five crime families rule New York, and for generations the rule has been simple: the house always wins, and someone else always pays. Then a ghost begins hunting them — an unseen player who knows every move before it's made, who turns loyal sons into traitors by giving them the one thing their families never did. The families are being devoured from the inside, and the hunter has a name none of them dare guess: a daughter they threw away fifteen years ago, who came back as a machine built to burn down every house that discards its own. To stop her, the most broken people in the city — a weeping assassin, a disgraced detective, a nameless reporter, a thrown-away hacker — must do the one thing no empire can predict: choose each other over winning. A sweeping epic about power and its terrible price, the wounds that turn us into weapons, and the only force that ever breaks a cycle of vengeance — the refusal to throw anyone away. The house always wins. Unless someone finally leaves the table.

This world stands upon an invisible table, where power is dealt through cards. Fifty-two cards determine the paths of the Custodians. Those who fail to enter the game are merely Nulls, living beneath the shadow of power they will never touch. But not everyone who chases the cards gains control. Some lose themselves along the way and become something no longer human. Within an order that was meant to be perfect, a young man who should have died is instead cast into this world without a card and without a role. He is recorded in no deck—his existence lies outside the rules that bind everything. He is called # # #. And in a world where every step can be calculated, even the smallest error is enough to shake the entire table.

Imagine an ordinary person from Earth entering a battlefield where the strongest in the universe go to prove themselves by fighting. He has only one question that everyone in the universe also wants to know the answer; "Who the f*ck teleported me here? °•○● The fate of the Earth and all human races suddenly becomes the responsibility of a single earthling, due to the start of a war that is watched like television throughout the entire universe. In this complex struggle, you will see the story of a person who walks between love and death. He just has to get stronger all the time in this complex sanctuary. He tries to create a safe little world for himself by collaborating with alien women next to him and getting weird friends. °•○● Few words from the Author: Hello everyone. This work will be released in two languages. English and Turkish. You can check my Wattpad and find the other version named: Tanrıların Sofrası I hope you will enjoy the story :D Have a nice day. °•○●

A young soul finds himself unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation. He was given the choice of living again to rejoin it or becoming something more. With such expectation and fears, he will enter the new world to seek for a way to to regain what he has lost. Will he triumph in the end? Will he be able to let go of the betrayals that has plagued him? Or new knives will find their way towards his heart instead of his back this time? I don't own the cover. Thank you for reading. Enjoy.