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The Man Who Paid My Father's Debts Owns Me

"Sign here, and your family's debts disappear. Refuse, and watch them destroy everything you love." Twenty-four-year-old Isla Chen thought she knew betrayal when her fiancé dumped her for being "too poor" after her father's company collapsed. She thought she'd hit rock bottom when debt collectors threatened her family with violence. She was wrong. Rock bottom is the moment Damien Cross—the ruthless billionaire CEO who owns half the city—walks into her life with a contract and a cruel smile. He'll pay every cent of her father's $50 million debt. The price? Five years of absolute obedience. She'll live in his penthouse, attend his events, play the perfect companion, and ask no questions. "You belong to me now," he says, his dark eyes promising consequences if she refuses. "Every breath, every moment—mine." Isla signs. She has no choice. Her family's survival depends on it. But Damien Cross made one fatal mistake: he assumed she'd break easily. He didn't know that the "bankrupt daughter" he's caging is actually Isla Laurent—the secret heiress to the Laurent Empire, raised in hiding after her mother's suspicious death. She's been playing poor, gathering evidence against the people who murdered her mother and stole her inheritance. And the man who "owns" her? He's connected to every person she's sworn to destroy. Now she's trapped in his world of power plays and dangerous games, forced to pretend submission while secretly plotting her revenge. But the more time she spends with Damien, the more she sees past his ruthless exterior—the trauma that made him build walls, the loneliness he hides behind cruelty, the way he looks at her when he thinks she's not watching. He thinks he bought her obedience. She's about to teach him that some women can't be owned—only conquered by love. The debt was his weapon. Her heart will be his downfall.
ninamathewjr · 6 Views

Blind Messiah

“A shepherd of all lambs can be a prophet to one, but better than a prophet to none.” 「Driven by the resolve to obtain a Tower and to participate in the trials known as the Sequences of Events, Hunter Morningstar, a seventeen-year-old Slumberer, entered his first challenge, the Trial by Fear, and successfully acquired a unique Trait.」 The Cosmos was destroyed, and the souls left to wander were evacuated from its ruin. They reached for the Towers. Before a Tower was owned, a mortal was called a Slumberer and was subjected to trials to prove worth as either an Heir or an Orphan Descent. Worse outcomes existed, including death. In this new world, many things were rendered anew. Phials served as currency, sustained by human and entity substance. New myths emerged, alongside peculiar relics, spirited familiars, home dimensions, and lethal challenges. Yet there was a condition: every living mortal had to evade the loss of control known as Severity, a "door that should not open", a possible host for the Devourers which accounted for the fall of the Cosmos. Even Entities bore distinctions, as some granted titles, while others bestowed Sigils — both gift and curse bound by a charge. There were also four Ascension Paths that could be tread, but only the fittest could truly reach what was called Singularity. Hunter tread a Path as an Orphan. With his new identity, he was named “Mizmaze”. His Trait was branded as ‘??’ even from the start. Worse still, he was forced to feign blindness, or face his own destruction. He wished to find the ‘hero’ of his foreseen probable future. But . . . At what cost would it lead him? ༺༻ Update Schedule: Updates were released once or twice a day, at varying times. Copyright © 2026 by Sowerchild.
Sowerchild · 10.3k Views

Yandere Levelling in Her World

Ren Arakawa thought getting stabbed by his psycho ex-girlfriend was the worst way to die, and it would end his story. Turns out, it was just the prologue. He wakes up in a parallel earth full of dungeons, monsters, hunters and way too many women with clingy tendencies and knives. To make things worse, the goddess who reincarnated him? Yeah—she's the Yandere Goddess, the divine creator of obsessive love and the world he is going to reincarnate is female-dominated world, and she’s mad Ren called his ex “crazy.” So she curses him: “Every girl who likes you will become yandere. Like, explosively, murderously, loyalty-soaked yandere, to them you will be their oxygen. Good luck, idiot~ Go ahead and realise how amazing this yandere love is.” BUT—plot twist—the God of Creation, who’s been hiding in a broom closet in heaven since the beginning of the universe to escape his yandere stalker (guess who?), snatches Ren’s soul mid-reincarnation and gives him a cheat skill: [Heartsteal] – Absorb one power from any yandere girl who's obsessed with you. "My guy...you should help me...this bitch is driving me crazy.." Now Ren just wants to survive dungeons and not die from accidental love. Instead, he’s collecting powers: A healer who murders teammates because they looked at him wrong A pop idol who sends her fans to the shadow realm for shipping her with someone else other than Ren A plant mage who grows garden clones of him to cuddle and possibly do other things Armed with sarcasm, trauma, and increasingly dangerous girlfriends, Ren must climb the power ladder, level up, and eventually punch a literal goddess in the face to break the curse and destroy the concept of Yandere and be a free man. Love? Nope. Power through emotionally unstable women? Absolutely. *** Author's Note: —This story has R-18 elements to it, but no netorare (NTR) —This story is a work of fiction and all the character names, locations, ages, and events depicted are purely the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to real-world events or locations, is entirely coincidental. —18+ chapters will be marked. Disclaimer:- Some of the illustrations are not mine, so if you want me to remove them please contact me via Discord. Join the Discord for Illustrations and updates:- https://discord.gg/kHNVDfBTJr Hope you enjoy this work! Thank you for reading as always:)
ElectricLuna · 1.6m Views

Diary of a Gilded Sin

Clara Vance had it all. Millions of followers, a beauty empire built on glamour, and a life curated for the camera. But a lost bet with her mother sends her away from a marvelous weekend trip to Mykonos and into the dusty attic of her family’s decaying ancestral manor. The catch was her inheritance. Her task? A dreary clear-out. Her discovery? A centuries-old diary belonging to her great-grandmother, Eleanor Thorne. The ink tells a story of a forgotten history. Eleanor’s forbidden obsession with her guardian and step-uncle, Casimir Guggenheim, a ruthless railroad tycoon with a heart of stone. But when Clara touches the tear-stained pages, the scent of crushed gardenias doesn’t just fill the room, it drags her back to 1879. Trapped in Eleanor’s corseted body, Clara finds herself under the roof of the very man who haunted the diary. To the world, Casimir is a cold, untouchable magnate. To Clara, he’s a puzzle she’s determined to break. The problem? Clara isn’t the timid, fragile girl Casimir remembers. She’s a 21st-century It Girl with no filter, a strategic mind for business, a total lack of respect for Gilded Age propriety and a defiance waiting for trouble to happen. While the original Eleanor was a victim of her station, Clara is ready to burn the cage down. As Clara navigates a world where a single misstep means ruin, scheming relatives see her as a pawn, and a powerful suitor sees her as nothing but a business merger. She realizes the history books were wrong. Rewriting Eleanor’s tragic end is dangerous, especially when she starts falling for the man she was never supposed to have. History says they’re a tragedy. Clara says history is about to get a makeover.
Luna_Primrose · 4.8k Views

F-ranker Sword Saint: My Soulbound Sword is Secretly SSS-tier!

A century ago, colossal stone swords descended from the skies, stabbing deep at the heart of twenty-eight cities. Like so began the Sword Trials. Worlds against worlds, species against species, set in a separate, unique, battleground realm that resembled the greatest sword-themed, faction versus faction MMORPG to ever exist. Levels, Legendary Equipment, Hidden Quests, Guilds, Territories, Spawns, NPCs, Sword Skills, Loot that could transcend worlds through a special currency… Only those who can awaken their sword marks would be called Bladeborns, warriors of their race. Armed with Soulbound Swords of varying tiers that decided their ranking in the modern hierarchy, they would fight for the continued existence of their worlds. Ending the battle, however, proved far more difficult than expected. A seemingly unbreakable hundred-year stalemate was reached. The apocalyptic ending eventually faded from everyone’s minds, and being a Bladeborn suddenly turned into a profession. Some even treated the Sword Trials as a mere game. Schools began adding swordsmanship classes as a major subject, and those who excelled beyond their peers at the same high school would be called Sword Prince and Princesses. One such celebrity was Daru Finnley, a young man who had an unusual love for the sword. Named the Fallen Sword Prince after a disastrous awakening ceremony, the label of genius changed into garbage overnight. But his “trash” sword held a secret. And so did his soul… Three worlds WILL fall. #Guildbuilding (In the later chapters)
Meowder · 763.9k Views

My Dragon King System

[Host has been granted the Authority of the Dragon of Destruction at SSS Rank] [Host has been granted the Authority of the Copy Dragon at SSS Rank] [Host has been granted the Authority of the Dragon of Space at SSS Rank] [All Magic Parameters Increased!] [Dragon Curse Meter: … When the meter fills up, you will truly become a dragon...]  [Permanent Quest > Host is Encouraged to lose his virginity] Prince Aiden Crowley lives as a constant reminder of his father’s shame and infidelity. A bastard son despised by all, and with no magic, fails to get into the Academy and is nearly killed by his father out of rage. Impulsively, Aiden makes a decision that should supposedly end this life, until Destiny decides it isn’t done with the Trash Prince Yet! He gains the most powerful system and a sudden increase in power, a phenomenon that is nothing short of Divine. Question now is, will Aiden successfully crumble the world’s unfairness to Trash Mages and Commoners, or will he anchor the very structure that once despised him? Other Tags: #Genius, #Comedy Author Notes: —Please Support with Powerstones/ Golden Tickets. They Suggest to New Readers to give this a try. Thank You - 100 golden tickets = +2 bonus chapters - 100 powerstones = +2 bonus chapters Discord: https://discord.gg/uat4dGdz8c Remember guys, i’m a very interactive author, so ask whatever questions you deem fit. Make your suggestions. I’ll be here to listen to all of them. —Read My Review
Forzy · 1m Views