LightReader
Ladies' Picks

Billionaires' Regret: My Ex's Nemesis Fathering My Triplets

[Mature Content R18+] [Slow-Burn Dark Romance] Two days before my wedding, my fiancé told me he would marry my twin sister, because it was her dying wish. My family, his family, everyone dear to me, turned me into a villain for being defiant. The decision was final. The bride had changed. They forced me into a golden cage, waiting for my turn to be another substitute. Then he came. The man who should have been my enemy offered his hand. Led us into one wild night. "Be my wife. Six years. Let's have a contract for exactly that long." "You lost your mind. You promised-" "And I'll give you five years. You can be free. Do whatever you want with the Kingston name. I promised that." "Wh... what?" "But you must promise me, you will be back, and let's live like we burn for each other in that last year." "Rafael... what are you planning to?" "Get things back to their right place." I was tired of being anyone's pawn. So, I play my own game. Five years later, I am back. Revenge is an understatement. The price for my suffering is due. My children keep asking for their father. They'll meet him soon, but there's a problem:  I’m not sure who the real father is. "Viona... I never stop loving you. Tell me they are my flesh, right? I want you back. I want us back." My ex-fiancé shamelessly pleaded before me. "They are mine. The four of them are mine." And there he was, my contracted husband declared with a glare that was ready to burn the whole society down. This should be a simple game of power. But love always meddles between the players. ====== Author's Note: This Novel is a character-driven plot with slow-burn smut. Every character has their own motivation and is layered. Every choice has no easy way out. If you enjoy slow burn, this might be to your liking. Please read all the free chapters before you decide to continue or not. Thank you for giving this story a chance.
DP_RINN · 137k Views

To Soothe A Dying Sun…(BL)

╭──────༺♡༻──────╮ “What happened to ‘Yes, Your Highness’?” A cold voice asked. “What happened to your dignity as a prince?” Elias shot back in anger. He knew he was being unreasonable but he had to be. That was too close. The prince’s hand moved faster than sight. He hooked two fingers under Elias’s chin and jerked him forward. Elias felt the heat crawl up his neck. His face went traitorously red. Their breath mingled. Up close, the prince looked like a predator. A pretty handsome one. ╰──────༺♡༻──────╯ In the halls of Ravenholm Academy, status is measured by efficiency, and magic is a tool for the elite. Elias Thornbloom, a second-year student from a fallen noble house, wants none of that status. With his moss-green hair and silver eyes, Elias is the plant mage who views his powers as something to use mainly for his family and to help the plants. His only goal is to restore his family’s tarnished name and return to the quiet orchards of family and grandmother. But the plan for silence of Elias’s life is shattered in the same space he thought was safe. Cassian Thalorin, the perfect and lethal Crown Prince, is dying. He is the victim of a parasitic ancient plant curse that feeds on royal magic. To the King, his father, an inefficient heir is a liability; to Cassian’s ambitious brother, Zayne, the curse is an opportunity to steal the throne. The pact they made was simple. ‘Heal me. You and your family gets to live in peace.’ But what happens when the lines begin to blur? ʚ♡ɞ ʚ♡ɞ ʚ♡ɞ ʚ♡ɞ ʚ♡ɞ ʚ♡ɞ ʚ♡ɞ https://discord.gg/HA8vDUkmhf discord server for my books hi guys! it’s me again I used my previous book to learn a lot of things so this one will definitely be better than the last. I’m putting so much effort into this one so please support me okay? I want this as a career.
precious_mcay · 23.4k Views

The Mafia King’s Hacker Bride

"You really think you can just hide forever? From them? From me?" "Do you really think we can be together?" she whispered, her voice rougher than she meant. "No. We can't. It just won't work." Zayden tilted his head, his thumb brushing against the frantic pulse under her jaw. "Why?" His voice dropped low, dangerously smooth. "Why can't we make this work, huh?" She swallowed, the movement making her throat press harder against his hand. "Don't forget, You're----" “Say you love me…. Or I’ll fvck that stubbornness right out of you. Bend you over this desk, and make you scream my name until you forget your own." Aylin's face turned beet red. She pushed against his chest forcefully. He didn't move an inch. ***** Aylin Monroe Alston is a brilliant hacker and martial artist with Turkish roots. She can change her identity and her looks as easily as changing clothes. Always staying a step ahead of death, she had been on the run until she crashed into him. Zayden Cole Virelli is a billionaire leading a double life. On one side, he is a successful businessman; on the other, he is a powerful mafia king. Women don’t exist in his world until a runaway hacker crashes into him, capturing his thoughts and refusing to leave his mind. A collision in a dark forest leads to one lie he told and one secret she kept. Now, the most feared man alive wants her, while the woman who can bring down empires with just her keyboard wants nothing to do with him. He’s possessive, she’s untouchable, and they’re both liars. Two worlds collided: a hacker who can take down empires and the mafia king who won’t let her go. Can their love make it through the mess they're about to create, or will one of them get hurt first? ⚠️WARNING!!!! - Mature Themes - He Fell First and Harder - Mafia World - Weak to Strong - Slow burn
Balishba · 180.5k Views
Gentlemen' Picks

Picking Up Attributes In Martial World

A top assassin dies after killing his own boss, and instead of staying dead like he should, he wakes up in a cultivation world that feels like it came straight out of every cliché he’s ever heard about. Broken meridians, bullied by clan members who look down on him, a father who gave up on him for a younger brother with better talent, and an engagement annulled with a beauty… or maybe not that trope. Nothing special. Just unlucky. When he finally decides to leave the clan and find his own path, he discovers something strange about himself. People drop attributes while doing things, and for some reason, only he can see and interact with them. A cultivator repeatedly tempering his body leaves behind things like— [Strength +6] [Stamina Recovery +8] [Body Tempering Progress +5%] An alchemist wasting herbs and ruining pills over and over drops— [Alchemy Talent (Low)] [Herb Identification +15] [Pill Stability +7] A swordsman practicing the same technique until his hands go numb drops— [Sword Muscle Memory +9] [Blade Intent Fragment] [Combat Awareness +4] And when someone dies, the drops become even more ridiculous— [Strength +321] [Death ×3] [Physique Fragment: Jade Bone] [Incomplete Cultivation Insight] All of it can be picked up by him. He doesn’t need cultivation talent, bloodlines, or a master’s guidance, because while others spend years training, comprehending, and risking their lives for small improvements, he collects everything they leave behind, whether it’s stats, techniques, talents, physiques, or even professions. In a martial world where effort, talent, and luck decide how far you can go, his path is simple. Let others work. He’ll take the results.
Blind_Seer · 180.2k Views

I'm Trying To Go Broke, So Why Do I Keep Getting Richer?!

Leo had a problem. Don't be like Leo! It wasn't that he was poor. It wasn't that he was unlucky. It was that he had been cursed, or blessed by the Accidental Tycoon System. The rules were deceptively simple. Any money he lost on an investment would be returned to him, doubled. His life's new mission was crystal clear. He had to go bankrupt. In a high-tech world of S-Rank Heroes, magic, and newly-contacted alien civilizations, this should have been the easiest thing to achieve in the galaxy. He just had to become the biggest, most spectacular loser the universe had ever seen. So, he tried. Oh, how he tried... He threw billions at publishing a dungeon guide written by a 10-year-old. The maps were in crayon, and it listed the final boss as a Big Grumpy Badger. [Breaking: New S-Rank dungeon called 'The Whispering Labyrinth' appears! All high-tech mapping drones fail. A lost F-Rank porter used the crayon guide... and it's 100% accurate. The final boss is a 50-foot divine badger. The Galactic Union has declared the guide a 'holy text' for exploration!] He bought the galaxy's most useless moon, planning to build a 'Museum of Paint'. [Alert: Ancient magical ley-lines discovered under the moon's surface! It's the only place in the universe that can safely grow the 'Star-Lotus,' the key ingredient for immortality!] To the Intergalactic Hero's Guild, the Magic Academies, and the Alien Federations, Leo was the god of investment whose every move was like 5D chess that ordinary people couldn't understand. Heroes would soar with his sponsorship. Alien emperors offered him their daughters' hands in marriage for a single 'tip'. But Leo just stared at his bank account, which now displayed his wealth that he couldn't use on himself, with tears streaming down his face. "Please," he cried, "I'm trying to fail! Why won't you just let me be poor?!"
CodeNexus · 920.1k Views
Latest Updates

Centuries of Goodbye

Synopsis: In the dual-sun empire of Soluna, Kaelo Amaris is known as the "Walking Warmth." A social butterfly with an effortless smile, he is the bridge to the light for everyone he meets, a person whose very presence makes the world feel safe. To his peers, he is the golden boy of the Academy—but none of them know the price of his glow. The warmth is a masterpiece built on a thousand years of graves. Unbeknownst to Kaelo, he has endured 999 past lives, each ending in a tragedy that would shatter a normal mind. For centuries, he has suffered through cycles of isolation and blood, yet he remembers none of it. He only knows that his life has suddenly shifted into a world of whispers, where his rank has been stripped to Zero and his friends look at him with a fear that smells like a hidden truth. For the first time in a millennium, a voice has awakened within him. Sola, a cryptic system appearing only in this life, acts as the gatekeeper to his fractured soul. She protects the terrifying secrets of his past—including the dark legend of a mad commander from a previous life who once slaughtered his own kin while laughing at the "beauty" of the massacre. But Kaelo's only true peace comes from the Indigo Murals that appear mysteriously on the academy walls. He finds himself drawn to these paintings constantly, watching them as if they hold a message meant only for him. Who is the mysterious hand behind the brush, and why does Kaelo feel a connection so deep it feels like an ancient, unrequited love? As a Divine Being watches from the silence of the heavens—staying mute through 999 deaths—Kaelo must navigate his final cycle. Is this entity a silent guardian, or a cruel audience waiting for a repeat of his past tragedies? After a thousand years of saying goodbye, can the "Walking Warmth" finally find a truth that doesn't end in blood?
Oceansilver · 14.5k Views

Chronicles of the Astral Express: First Steps

Across a multiverse one train travels from place to place, carrying hope and new beginnings. Noah Alden once lived a simple life on a world, unaware of the bigger universe beyond the sky. After a disaster changed his fate, he was given a chance to explore the stars and discover the hidden truths of many worlds. Now, as the leader of the Astral Express, Noah and his crew visit new worlds, discovering new things, helping those in need and facing challenges that test their strength and hearts. Along the way, they form friendships, overcome difficulties, and uncover secrets with each word that connect them and the multiverse in ways they never imagined. "Chronicles of the Astral Express" is a story about growing up, finding your place, and protecting what matters most. In every world they visit, Noah and his friends begun their first steps and leaves behind more than footprints. *Updated the Synopsis again to make it more simple and direct* ---------------------- Please don't be hard on your critics, this is just a story running on my head for long time now so I just want to share it you. This is my first time writing so please go easy on me. I accept proper criticism not troll one .This is just for hobby, nothing more. English is my second language so there might be some errors so please bear with me. Lastly I do not own the characters used other than my OC and the plot. Read it if you want. Don't read it you didn't like it. ----------------- Cross posting at Scribblehub.com under the same title and name there: JWhiteKnight FFN.net under the same title and my username Shirokishi-kun
Jwhiteknight · 363.9k Views

The Light Of Enlightenment In The Middle Ages

"Abbot, the demon possessing my daughter will leave today, right?" "The profit I earn from trade and lending, is that pleasing to God, or has it already become the sin of usury?" "When disaster and injustice strike, why does God remain silent?" A top tier financial con artist has his soul transported to Florence in 1345, opening the story by impersonating a monastery abbot. In 1345, the House of Medici has not yet risen to power. The dawn of the Renaissance is still buried beneath the darkness of the Middle Ages. In 1345, the Black Death is about to arrive. Death is sharpening its scythe, ready to reap half of Europe. In 1345, theology is the only truth allowed to shackle thought. And he understands better than anyone how to define “truth.” He drains the wealth of the entire city with a single “gold certificate.” He triggers a crisis that turns Florence’s banking giants to dust beneath his feet. He writes doctrines of his own, disguises greed as “divine grace,” crowns the rising bourgeois class, and becomes the spiritual totem of capitalists. He ignites the Renaissance, frees the mind, and opens the age of “man.” When the plague sweeps across the land and all voices fall silent, he builds a kingdom on earth amid the ruins. With economic power in his left hand and the cross in his right, he becomes a pope who rules both matter and faith. * * * Hundreds of years later, in the estate of a 33rd degree Freemason. A young heir holds that green bill said to rule the world and points at the pope’s profile printed on it. "Father, why is this pope printed on the dollar?" The father reverently touches the back of the bill and says, "In God We Trust." ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• WARNING: The Mc is a bad guy who will use Christianity to fool the masses. He will deceive, kill and do a lot more in the name of God. So people who are very religious or don't like this type of Mc, read at your own risk. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 100 Powerstones = 1 Bonus Chapter. To read 26+ advance chapters and support me, visit my p@treon at - P@atreon/SilverShark769
Silver_Shark · 18.7k Views

WHEN WINTER BLOOMED IN SEOUL

When Han Seo-yeon transfers to a prestigious high school in Seoul during the coldest winter of the year, the last thing she wants is attention. She leaves Busan behind with a secret — one wrapped in rumors, betrayal, and a scandal that nearly destroyed her reputation. Determined to survive quietly until graduation, she promises herself one thing: no attachments, no trouble, no falling in love. But Seoul has other plans. Kang Ji-hoon is the school’s untouchable top student — cold, distant, and impossibly perfect. Teachers admire him. Students fear him. No one truly knows him. Behind his sharp eyes and controlled silence lies a boy suffocating under expectations, family pressure, and loneliness he refuses to admit. When Seo-yeon ends up seated beside him in class, their worlds collide in ways neither of them expect. At first, it’s rivalry. Then curiosity. Then something far more dangerous. As winter deepens, whispers begin to spread. Old secrets resurface. Jealous classmates stir trouble. Ji-hoon’s powerful father disapproves. And Seo-yeon’s past threatens to follow her into her new life. “왜 나한테 이렇게 잘해?” Why are you being so nice to me? Ji-hoon doesn’t answer right away. Because the truth is simple — and terrifying. For the first time in his life, someone makes him feel warm. Through late-night study sessions, silent bus rides, jealous confrontations, and snow falling over the glowing Seoul skyline, their guarded hearts slowly begin to thaw. But love born in winter must survive storms before it can bloom in spring. Will Seo-yeon run again when the truth comes out? Will Ji-hoon finally choose his heart over his family’s expectations? And can two broken teenagers find healing in each other? When winter finally melts, something unexpected remains. A love strong enough to bloom.
Israel_Donald · 1.3k Views

Bleach: The Journey to Transcendence

Hueco Mundo is a place without mercy. Beneath its endless white sky, Hollows survive by instinct alone—devour or be devoured, forget who you were, forget that you were ever human. One Hollow fails to forget. When consciousness awakens where it should not, he remembers a name. Ye Chuan. That single fragment changes everything. In a world ruled by hunger, Ye Chuan begins to think. In battles meant to erase him, he endures—and with every near-death, something unnatural stirs. His spiritual pressure does not behave like a Hollow’s. It sharpens like a Shinigami’s blade. It resonates with the cold precision of Quincy techniques. And buried beneath the layers of monstrosity, a lingering human will responds, igniting the spark of Fullbring. Each evolution should be impossible. Together, they should not exist at all. As Ye Chuan grows, the balance between realms begins to strain. Soul Society takes notice of an anomaly that refuses classification. The Quincy sense a presence that answers their power without belonging to their bloodline. Arrancar feel it most of all—a pressure that does not bow, a potential king born outside their hierarchy. Yet the greatest threat is not the pursuit. It is the memory. Fragments of a human life surface in dreams and silence, clashing violently with the Hollow he has become. Every step toward power drags him further from his origin, forcing a choice no soul was meant to face: abandon his humanity to survive, or cling to it and be torn apart by the worlds that cannot allow him to exist. Ye Chuan does not seek dominion. He seeks understanding. But in a universe governed by balance, understanding is often mistaken for rebellion. And as the realms tighten their grip, something ancient stirs beyond the cycle of souls—watching, waiting, whispering that Ye Chuan is not a mistake, but a consequence. A Hollow who remembers. A soul that refuses to remain singular. A boundary the worlds were never prepared to face. This is not the story of a chosen savior. It is the story of what happens when one soul evolves too far—and the universe must decide whether to break him… or break itself.
Oreski · 54.6k Views