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The night she didn't come home

The Night She Didn’t Come Home by Yash Dwivedi Ethan Walker never believed in instincts — until the night Lena Hayes called him at 2:17 AM, her voice trembling, her words unfinished. By morning, she is gone. No signs of forced entry. No goodbye message. No evidence of a struggle. The police assume she left on her own. Her friends think she needed space. Ethan knows something is wrong. Lena wasn’t just the girl he loved in silence — she was the kind of person who photographed forgotten places, chased stories hidden in abandoned buildings, and believed walls could remember the past. And the last place her phone signal appeared was somewhere she should never have been: An abandoned psychiatric hospital outside the city. As Ethan begins retracing her steps, he discovers Lena had been keeping secrets — encrypted emails from someone known only as “M,” photos of strange symbols carved into decaying walls, and a memory card filled with images she never showed anyone. Then comes the most terrifying discovery of all: Some of Lena’s photos were taken from far away… And Ethan is in them. Someone was watching her. And now, someone is watching him. What begins as a desperate search for the girl he loves slowly turns into a psychological maze of lies, buried histories, and a past Lena tried to escape. The deeper Ethan goes, the more he realizes the truth may not bring her back — and may destroy everything he believed about her. Because sometimes the person you love most… has been running from something darker than you can imagine. A haunting blend of slow-burn romance and psychological suspense, The Night She Didn’t Come Home is a story about love, secrets, and the terrifying cost of uncovering the truth.
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He who bought the future

In 2026, Kang Min-Jae dies as he lived—silently. A senior strategist for one of Korea’s largest conglomerate families, Min-Jae spent his life handling the company’s dirtiest secrets: political bribes, financial crimes, and crimes that never reached the news. Loyal, efficient, and utterly disposable, he is murdered the moment his value outweighs his usefulness. Death, however, is not the end. Beyond frozen time, Min-Jae meets a god who does not rule—he invests. Offered a contract instead of judgment, Min-Jae accepts a deal that sends him back to 1980, the year of his birth. In exchange for altering fate, a divine system—C.A.I.R.O.S—awakens within him, granting insight into causality, markets, and future events. This time, Min-Jae refuses to be a pawn. Armed with knowledge of coming financial crises, technological booms, and political shifts, he begins building wealth from childhood—through trading, offshore investments, tax havens, and proxy firms spanning Korea and the United States. While hiding behind the identity of a model student, he enters Korea’s most prestigious law school to master the rules that once trapped him. His goal is not revenge. His goal is dominance. To accumulate wealth and influence on a scale rivaling the world’s greatest financial dynasties—so that his two sisters and two younger brothers will never be forced to sacrifice their dreams for survival. As trillions move at his command and history begins to bend, the god who invested in him watches closely—ready to collect his share. Because in this world, even rebirth has a price.
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