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The first time she bumped into him, she wiped her sweat on his suit, and he took it off and said to throw it away. The second time she knocked over a bucket of water, splashing his shoes and pants, he actually threw away his shoes and socks! Gu Yan was thoroughly unsettled, a germophobic fussiness is an illness that needs treatment! What happens when a man whose cleanliness drives everyone crazy meets a carefree woman? One day, Young Master Tang cornered Miss Gu against the wall, "Let's talk about the question of taking responsibility!"

Chase Sterling always felt like furniture. The kind you don't notice, the kind that's easy to shove in a corner and forget. He was used to it: people looked right through him, brushed him off like lint. But it only takes one phone call to erase a lifetime of being overlooked. When his estranged family meets a tragic end, Chase suddenly finds himself in charge of the sprawling Sterling fortune. Turns out, riches aren't the only thing the family left him. There's a curse running through his blood, warping love into something hungry and dangerous, impossible to escape. Vivian Ashford never set out to blow Chase's life to smithereens. Just one decision (a sharp, ruthless move at graduation) was all it took to set their worlds spinning out of control. While Vivian soaks up the Hollywood limelight and collects red-carpet headlines, Chase slips into his new role as Manhattan's most intimidating heir. But no matter how far they run, something keeps yanking them back together, like a stitch in an old wound that refuses to heal.

Kurt Rosanna. A 24-year-old assassin with a particular lust for killing 'evil people'. This lust causes him to get excommunicated from his work, leaving him jobless. He thinks, however, that this is a good thing because being an assassin meant always looking over your shoulder and being weary of those around you. Now free to do whatever he wants; he decides to turn his life around and live a much better one. That was the plan... until it wasn't. He began seeing people who weren't actually there. Heart palpitations, throbbing headaches, a bleeding nose, everything he felt about himself was wrong. Whatever was happening to him, his body couldn't take it anymore. And so, he fainted. ........ "Hey! Wake up lad!" SPLASH! He got sprayed with water.... magic??? Join Kurt as he navigates and overcomes a new Earth. A place filled with magic, a lunatic cult and academy students who thinks the world revolves around them. Spoilers: It doesn't. . .. ... "I love you, Rosie. No one else can have you, I'll make sure of that." - Diana Valentine ====== What to expect in terms of romance, No Yuri, No NTR, Yandere, Possessive MC, No Harem

[COMPLETED] "Are you going to shoot me, baby?" "Don't tempt me. . Mia Vincent only wanted one thing: Kill Anthony Murray. Kill the person who murdered her parents. Only his death would satisfy her thirst for his blood. When she was assigned the task of infiltrating his gang, she agreed willingly and started plotting the ways to destroy him. Yet she failed... miserably at that. How could she fall in love with a man who caused her so much pain? So. she ran... as fast as the wind, hoping to never see him again. When Anthony met Mia, he fell in love with her feisty attitude and thirst for adventure. He loved her with every fibre of his being. Yet in his world, loving someone was a risk, a danger to his empire. So, he chose to hurt her... made her stay far away from him. However, he soon realized how important her existence was. He couldn't live without her. Betrayals. Mobs. Guns. Violence. Will Anthony and Mia survive the wild ride? - - - - - Read my other works: 1. Cornered by the CEO - Complete 2. Autopsy of a Mind - Complete 3. Alter Ego: His Sultry Lover - Complete 4. Phoenix in the Moonlight - Hiatus Story Discord: https://discord.gg/bG7YsaRRbs Author Instagram: @sunscar9

Blood. Blood was dripping from my forehead. Panting, I tried to catch my breath. For a minute, I was tempted to look back and see if the Japanese Yakuza was chasing after me. I muttered a curse, trudging through the quiet street, making sure to hide in the shadows, avoiding all streetlights. Stupid Japanese Mafia Boss and his claim to rule the mafia world. But I will never let him. Not after killing my entire family. Thinking about them, a brief flashback of my father screaming for me to flee before a bullet passed through his head, instantly ending his life, appeared in my line of vision. I clenched my hands into fists, sadness and fury burning inside me. I will make sure that the Japanese Mafia will pay for what they did. I will avenge my father. My family. From this day forward, they have declared war. And war they shall have. *** Cover Image from Google

[Book One] [WARNING!!!] R-18 Smut Scenes will come in so, parental guidance is advised. *.*.*.*.*.* Barely a month of being a classroom teacher, Selena Scott's life will change. When she encounters Bella Reese Lancaster, a four year old who would do anything to have her as her mother, and Timothy Reese Lancaster, a father with a daughter complex, one who would ruin the world so his daughter can be happy, she is taken on a roller coaster ride. One she will love for the rest of her life. But, when the tides start to change and the seas get stormy, would she be able to hold onto that which binds them together? Even if she lets go, she wouldn't be losing anything. Or would she? *.*.*.*.*.* "You're crazy," Selena mumbled, shaking her head. "Yea," Timothy didn't disagree. "For you," "You know," He continued, trailing kisses from her face down to her neck. "Getting you pregnant wouldn't be bad. After all-" Timothy shrugged and nibbled on her nape for a second before meeting her eyes, -"Bella's old enough to take care of two younger ones." "What!!?"

Moao was a feared Necromancer who plunged the nations into chaos on her quest to rid herself of the curse by the God of Reincarnation. After her death as the feared Necromancer, she expects to find herself in a new world as a newborn baby. However, she wakes up in the same world as Mo Zao, a completely different person. Soon after, she reunites with her greatest enemy: Raylon, the Prince of the Phoenix nation who suffered as a result of her dark desires. Raylon's righteous and fair personality was completely transformed. He now killed on a whim, was quick to anger, and had a violent nature. What was the point of her returning to the world she ruined? Was she meant to fix her wrongs? Was she meant to be punished for her sins? And what will happen if the Phoenix Prince discovers her identity? Updates daily (~1500 words per ch)

"I am the darkness, you are the light—one cancels out the other. My darling, we are not fated to be together." Under the guise of peace and union, Rosette Aldrich is set to be married off by her royal parents to the Crown Prince of their enemy kingdom. She knows of her family's ulterior motives, that is why she allows her insistent parents to believe that she agrees to their wishes. When the day for her to meet her betrothed arrives, she sets out to humiliate her parents as revenge, planning to escape far away right after. However, things take an unpredictable turn when she gets lost in the forest while running from the guards, where she's almost turns into dinner for a beast. Just before she fades out from consciousness, she sees that the person who had saved her looks a lot like the man she was to marry. Only that... he isn't? Rasvien is the captain of the mercenaries who keep the beasts of the Evernight Forest in check. One night, while patrolling, he saves a girl from being killed by an orc. Somehow, in a series of unfortunate events, he ends up being responsible for Rosette. He thinks that she is rude and stuck-up, a rich girl who's just acting out while running from home. And that she is hiding something big behind those cunning beautiful blue eyes. But, that's not to say he isn't hiding secrets himself either.

Gifted a candle that was said to make wishes come true, Alice Clemente burned it to find herself awake in a different world. She had wished for a life of adventure away from the city and its routine. With her wish granted, she was no longer in the 21st century and was instead lost in the middle of the Kingdom of Gladiolum, a place reminiscent of the 1800s. With luck, she soon gained connections to the rich and powerful of this new world— the nobility. However, how much of it was good and how much of it would eventually be detrimental? After all, mingling with royals not only meant extravagance and daily parties. It also meant warfare and death. Caught in the middle of the two princes and other nobles, Alice would soon have to face the battle between those two royal brothers― a fight for the throne. She had wished for adventure, after all, and she received just as such. Kept in the center of all this, would Alice be able to emerge from the rabbit hole unscathed? Or will the overwhelming troubles of love and war be too much for her to bear? *** “And what if you, too, are unable to help?” Alice threw the question back. “What if helping would risk everything?” Spade didn’t miss a beat. “You are everything.” “Don’t say things that you don’t mean,” Alice chided. “You’ll leave a trail of broken hearts.” “And would you believe me if I say that I have no intention of breaking yours?” Spade countered. “However, mine is yours to play with. Shatter it, fix it, do anything you desire. As long as it feels the warmth of your hand, I am content.” *** Image used in cover not mine.

[Irresistible MC + Farming & Entrepreneurship + Strong Female Lead + Cute Baby + Love Rivalry + Farming System + Male Competition] Deng Yuyuan wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a period novel about a "pampered group darling" — as the biological mother of the vicious female villain. The female villain has a biased grandmother, a mooching uncle and his family, a blindly filial father, and a spineless mother. She was a small-time thief as a child. As an adult, she committed every kind of evil — constantly framing the female lead — and ultimately met a miserable end. The female lead is the only daughter in another family, doted on by her older brothers. The villain targeted her out of pure jealousy. And now, Deng Yuyuan has become that villain's cowardly mother — and the villain herself is currently just an ugly, wrinkly-faced infant. The blindly filial father loves his wife, but gives all the good things to his own mother. He says to his starving wife and daughter: "Xiao Yuan, come drink some water. I specially heated it for you." Deng Yuyuan looks at her own bony frame and her tiny child — and decides to get a divorce. Goodbye, useless husband. She's going to raise this little cub with an abundance of money and love. No way she'll go astray this time. Lost one husband, gained a crowd of suitors. A beautiful sent-down youth coveted by many — she knows some self-defense and burns the midnight oil studying. With the reinstatement of the college entrance exams, she takes her child toward a much wider world. Riding the wave of the times, Deng Yuyuan works her way up to become a gaming tycoon and a cutting-edge scientist... Except — why are so many men fighting to be her cub's stepfather?