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Vows of Convenience; A Deal Went Wrong

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Carrie Brown never imagined her life would take a turn from being a hotel maid to marrying one of the most powerful and enigmatic tycoons in the city. When she agrees to a marriage of convenience with Tyler Yates, a ruthless billionaire with emotional walls taller than his skyscrapers, she expects nothing but shelter, stability, and the means to pay for her younger brother Peter’s medical bills. Tyler, still scarred by a devastating scandal from his past involving a former lover who falsely accused him of assault, has sworn off emotional attachments, especially with virgins. The media storm left his mental and physical health in tatters, triggering an autoimmune disorder that resurfaces during times of emotional stress. When a problem arises with his business regarding his reputation, he comes up with this solution: a cold, transactional marriage with clear boundaries and absolutely no feelings involved. But Carrie’s quiet strength, resilience, and beauty begin to crack through his iron façade. She’s different, unbothered by his wealth and unafraid of his mood swings. The very thing he fears, emotional vulnerability, starts creeping in. Carrie, meanwhile, is not immune. Despite their distant arrangement, she finds herself drawn to the brooding man who hides so much pain behind sharp suits and sharper words. When their controlled world spirals into chaos with a stolen kiss, an unexpected illness, and a forbidden night that unveils Carrie’s virginity, both are forced to confront what they’ve tried to deny. Tyler is haunted by the fear that history might repeat itself. Carrie is tired of being treated like a business arrangement. Their fragile union is pushed to its limits as emotions collide with secrets. Peter’s recovery, office rumors, meddling ex-lovers, and jealousy make this more than just a paper marriage. Now, they must decide: will they run from the past and each other, or finally face the truth — that love was never part of the deal, but maybe it’s what they both need most?
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Blood Silver Emperor - Douluo Dalu Fanfic

Introduction: Reborn into the world of Douluo Dalu with the memories of a flawed but brilliant engineer from Earth, Zhang Tian awakens to a harsh reality. His new body possesses the most common and despised Martial Spirit on the continent—the Blue Silver Grass. His Innate Spirit Power is a pathetic 0.5. The world's foremost authority on Martial Spirits, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, delivers his verdict with cold, dismissive finality: "Innate Power 0.5 with a Blue Silver Grass? Your path is sealed. Go home, boy. Be a farmer." But within Zhang Tian, there is no despair. Only the cold, calculating mind of a man given a second chance, a man who sees not a trash spirit, but a blank canvas. "A trash spirit?" he thinks, a predatory smile hidden from the world. "No. It's a blank canvas. A canvas I will paint with forbidden alchemy, stolen opportunities, and a power this world has never seen. A canvas that will reach the very top." His path inevitably collides with the world's chosen one, Tang San, another soul from a different world. When Zhang Tian's engineering genius from a past life manifests as devastating firearms that defy the logic of Spirit Masters, it is Tang San who preaches caution and morality. "You have a responsibility!" the young hero declares, his face a mask of righteous indignation. "You can't just unleash such dangerous weapons upon the world!" But when Tang San's own hypocrisy leads him to threaten the women under Zhang Tian's protection in a desperate bid for victory, he learns a brutal, bloody lesson in pragmatism. As Zhang Tian stands over his broken, castrated form, his voice is a chilling whisper: "You targeted my women. Responsibility is a luxury you can no longer afford." His journey is not one of a lonely wolf, but of an emperor building his harem. He offers strength and freedom to those trapped by fate. For Zhu Zhuqing, the Hell Civet bound to a cowardly, degenerate prince, he is the only path to survival. As she turns her back on her pathetic fiancé, Dai Mubai, her breathtaking figure is a promise of the fierce loyalty he has earned. "You're a coward, Dai Mubai. I'll forge my own fate." She turns, her cold eyes filled with a new fire as she stands by Zhang Tian's side. "With him." His most powerful and intimate ally is a secret that could shatter the world: Ah Yin, the hundred-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Empress. Rescued from her lonely exile and reborn through his power as the seductive Blood Silver Empress, her maternal love transforms into a burning, possessive desire for the man who showed her the truth of her husband's betrayal. "That imposter murdered my son," she whispers, her magnificent, mature body pressing against his, a promise of pleasure and power intertwined. "As for you, my little Emperor... forget that little cat girl. Let a real woman show you what true pleasure feels like… down there." With cold calculation, he seizes the opportunities that he can: the immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Eight Spider Lances, and many more. Armed with an arsenal of self-developed Spirit Tools that merge modern engineering with this new world, he is an unstoppable force of revolution. He will conquer the hearts of the continent's most beautiful and powerful women, enjoying their devotion and their sexy bodies while systematically dismantling the hypocrisy of its so-called "heroes." For Zhang Tian's ambitions stretch far beyond mere godhood. He looks upon the entire system of cultivation with the cold, critical eye of an engineer. "Spirit Rings from hunting beasts? A pathetic, barbaric system that rewards brute force and blind luck," he scoffs, a blueprint for a new world order forming in his mind. "This continent doesn't need such a system that forces the spirit beasts to extinction. It needs a revolution. And I am the engineer who will design it." ~~ A/N: Hope you all like it. Check out my p.atreon for the chapters ahead on the link: bit.ly/evildragon04
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PAWNS RISE AGAINST THE STRINGS

Crestwood used to be peaceful. Now people lock their doors before sunset. The town has become consumed by a string of brutal murders, each victim connected in ways the police fail to understand. To everyone else, the deaths seem random. But Aubrey knows better. There’s a pattern hidden beneath the bloodshed—something watching, choosing, waiting. And when the pattern begins circling her, she realizes she was never outside of it. Desperate for answers, Aubrey gathers the friends she trusts most, only to uncover a terrifying truth: all of them are connected by something far deeper than coincidence. Their lives, their encounters, even the tragedies that shaped them feel orchestrated, as though they had been guided toward one another long before they were born. But the deeper they dig, the more reality itself begins to unravel. Because behind Crestwood lies something far worse than a murderer. There are forces moving beyond human sight—silent influences shaping lives, steering choices, and bending fate toward an outcome only they understand. To them, people are nothing more than expendable positions in a larger design, living entire lives unaware they were never truly in control. Everything was proceeding exactly as intended. Until one of them changed. Among Aubrey’s group, one fate begins drifting beyond what was planned, triggering a chain reaction no one foresaw. What should have remained controllable becomes unpredictable. Dangerous. For the first time, something within the system is no longer obeying the role it was given. And if even one pawn can move on its own… Then the ones controlling the board may finally learn what fear feels like.
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From the Martial Sect to the Immortal Sect of Longevity

“From today onward, you are the Sect Master of Qingxiao Sect!” After leaving behind those words, the master abandoned Li Qingqiu and the junior brothers and sisters, descending the mountain alone in search of immortality. That very day, Li Qingqiu activated the Dao Lineage Inheritance. Through the Dao Lineage Interface, he could view his disciples’ loyalty, aptitude, and fate. Each time Qingxiao Sect advanced to a higher stage, he could even copy a disciple’s fate for himself. Starting from the martial world, he cultivated immortality amidst the mortal realm. The jianghu was teeming with outlaws—reckless, passionate, and driven by vengeance—while the court’s nobles desperately sought the path to immortality, trampling lives without remorse. In those turbulent years, Li Qingqiu led Qingxiao Sect step by step upward, rising above worldly dust. Across the heavens, countless immortal sects stood tall. Thousands of Daoist lineages competed for supremacy. Yet Qingxiao Sect, born from the mortal world, rose to become the Immortal Sect of Eternal Life in the hearts of all beings. In the cultivation world, everyone knew Li Qingqiu possessed a unique gift—the ability to recognize talent. He could always nurture generation after generation of peerless prodigies… ______________________________________________________________________ You can read advance chapters of this novel and other novels in my patreon patreon.com/NO_NAME1412
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