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Torn between hearts

Sometimes, the hardest part of falling in love isn't finding the right person. It's choosing between two hearts that make you feel something different. After giving her whole heart to a man who only left her with heartbreak, Jessica Lee decides it's time to start over. Leaving her painful past behind, she moves to a new city where her best friend lives, hoping to rebuild her life and rediscover the girl she used to be. Love, however, has other plans. Enter Jay and Damien—two brothers who share the same blood but couldn't be more different. Jay is a successful, ambitious CEO who has built his reputation beyond the shadow of his wealthy father. Cold, disciplined, and fiercely focused on his career, he has little time for distractions. At least, that's what he tells himself before Jessica walks into his life. Damien, on the other hand, is a notorious playboy who owns several hotels and bars, all funded by his father's fortune. Charming, reckless, and accustomed to getting whatever he wants, he has never had much trouble winning hearts. But Jessica might be the first woman who makes him want something more than a fleeting romance. Unfortunately, the brothers share more than a family name. Beneath their wealth and success lies a bitter feud that has kept them at odds for years. When fate brings Jessica into their separate worlds, neither brother expects to fall for the same woman. And as their feelings deepen, an already fractured relationship threatens to shatter completely. Jessica came to this city to heal, not to become the center of a battle between two brothers. With her heart still recovering from the wounds of her past, she must decide whether she's ready to love again—and, if she is, which brother deserves the chance. Will she choose the man who offers her stability or the one who makes her heart race? Or will the rivalry between Jay and Damien destroy everything before she can make her choice? Two brothers. One woman. A feud that could ruin them all. In a game where hearts are at stake, someone is bound to get hurt.
Amanda_Eneaji · 1.8k Views

The Author Must Die

She was going to find the author and kill him for making her suffer! Ye Qing Xin did not want to be a villain. However, no matter how much she tried to change her life, a force would make her do things that she did not want to do. In the end, she died. Tragically. When she woke up again, Ye Qing Xin found that she was surrounded by people who claimed that they were her family members. According to them, she was involved in an accident and has been in a coma for a week. In this new world, she was finally free from the force that was always controlling her. Ye Qing Xin planned to live life freely, finally without anyone or any power controlling her. Her best friend stole her fiance? She did not care about it. Just let this so-called friend keep this scumbag! Someone planned to overthrow her from her company? Tsk… Do they think it was easy to bully her? One day, Ye Qing Xin was walking in a bookstore when she found a book. Seeing the characters' names and the story made her realize that it the past, she has been living in a book! The author has been so cruel to assign her as a villain! No. A cannon fodder! Who was the author? Where was the author? Ye Qing Xin swore that once she got her hand on that person, she will never let him go! --- This book is my WSA 2023 entry~ --- Cover Illustration commission by kirinlukis --- Shared universe with: 1. Loving You Too Much 2. True Love and Other Lies 3. A Lifetime with You 4. The Dragon Beside Me 5. Love So Sweet 6. Commander Qi's Runaway Wife 7. The Wedding Planner's Romance 8. The Substitute Groom Chases His Wife 9. The Idol Prince is an Heiress?
zetsubouaichan · 1m Views

Red Flower of the Night

She’s an immortal who had lived for more than 1000 years, and within that long time of living, she had experienced everything that a human could experience. One of which that had made her heart close under the sweet younger sister façade she always have, the biggest regret she swore that she shouldn’t have done but she never had considered a mistake; falling in love. To be alive for more than a millennium would sound cool and exciting, but not until you find yourself losing the people whom you love one by one, as you continue to exist through time. She had stepped foot and lived in every single city and town that exists in every country and continent of the world, with an unparalleled knowledge developed and improved through time, she could easily pass any type of exam to have any profession she’d like. Her immortality had granted her the privilege she had used to dream of before waking up and finding everyone she love to grow old and die while she’s still standing through the passing of time. The pain had taught her distance, to get close and to get detached as easy as she could count in each existing language, but this doesn’t mean she no longer cared about other people, it’s just that she had developed a defense mechanism to detach as soon as she knew they‘d be dying. Stepping into a world where ability and experience matter, with light focused on their every move and the prying eyes of the viewers, how long could she last after turning her back from the privileges she’s been used to having? In face of the unfamiliar struggles and the recurring emotion where a certain regret of hers has rooted, how far can her defense mechanism protect her? Can she step forward or will she resort to burning bridges once again? “To love is to learn to accept that you can’t run away forever. To love is to be free and brave enough to fight your fears.”
AMikaela_18 · 140k Views

Winning Lucy Back: The CEO Who Refuses to Lose Her Again

Lucy has spent the last three years raising Stella and John on her own, far from the ruthless world of business and the emotional devastation that once destroyed her. After a tragic event that shattered her relationship, she walked away from Marcus Hale—the only man she ever loved, and the CEO whose obsession with success left her facing the darkness alone. Now, Lucy runs a warm, bustling little bakery that has become the heart of her neighborhood. She wants no more heartbreak, no more chaos, no more emotional disasters. Only stability. Until Marcus returns. Now one of the most powerful CEOs in the high-end culinary industry, Marcus acquires the building where Lucy’s bakery is located. Expecting a simple investment deal, he is stunned to find Lucy behind the counter. And utterly destroyed when he meets Stella and John… His children. The shock is brutal. The guilt suffocates him. The love he buried erupts violently to the surface. This time, Marcus will stop at nothing to win Lucy back, regain her trust, and earn a place in the lives of the children he didn’t know existed. Between old wounds, new threats, business wars, moments of tenderness, comic relief, emotional breakdowns, mature romance, and deeply charged nights, their story will rise from the ashes—but only if Lucy dares to open her heart again. In a world where ambition clashes with vulnerability, Marcus must learn to become the man, the partner, and the father worth fighting for.
Emma_E34 · 76.5k Views

New World, New Life: I Became A Bigshot In The Ancient World

Excerpt Aristia could not help but stare at the platinum blonde a few steps in front of her. She seemed to sparkle with a glow that drew people in around her. Something that only happened to the main character of a novel. [Is that stupid book sure I'm the female lead?] She thought, her jaws almost going slack. At this point, she was sure she was deluding herself— or the book was deluding her. She didn't know why, but she already disliked the girl. [This is definitely not jealousy.] She rubbed her brows, watching how the innocent, naive looking girl exuding female lead aura was being flocked around already by others despite her low status. "F*ck, I'm really in deep shit!" — Aristia Andrews had just returned home from work and prepared to go to sleep, when she was given a novel. Nothing strange about that though, huh? But just after she had completed the novel, she woke up to find herself tossed into a whole new world. Taken from her world and the life she deemed perfect, and tossed into a not-so-ideal world. She becomes Aristia Amberale, the beloved five year old daughter of the only Grand Duke and Imperial Prince of the kingdom, said to be loved by all in the kingdom. Now part of royalty, she has to get accustomed to living in a backward world of Kings and Queens, Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts and Barons. Just the titles and hierarchy were enough to make her smart head spin. With beautiful and loving parents and relatives, a hopelessly adorable younger brother who just might be a sis-con, loyal-to-the-death servants, and a smart brain, join Aristia as she enjoys eating and making delicious cuisines, forms unique friendships, and creates successful businesses. However, she finds all is not as she thought it was; there just might be something bigger than she expected that the book did not reveal— something that could turn her well balanced world upside down. First of all, she discovers that her character is actually hated and not loved. Then, she finds out she's not really the female lead. Now... she has a lot of mysteries surrounding her to unfold, secrets to uncover, and a sad fate to avoid. But... "Hey, why are you looking at me with those eyes? The female lead is over there." "You, stop following me around, will you? You're supposed to hate me!" "Stay back, all of you! What's wrong with you?!" But most importantly... why are these obviously important characters not leaving her alone? And why was the cold, unloving soon-to-be Emperor husband of that powerful Empire paying attention to her instead of the female lead? It wasn't supposed to be like this...
Gray_Queen19 · 181.1k Views