Colder than ice

Modern

I spent three years building my husband, Axel Farrell, into Silicon Valley's ultimate "family man." As his lead PR strategist, I carefully managed his public image, making sure the world saw him as a perfect, devoted husband while I worked in the shadows of our estate. The illusion shattered when he came home one night smelling of sandalwood and roses, with three deep fingernail scratches carved into his back. When I tried to check his phone, the passcode we had used for years-our wedding anniversary-had been changed. The betrayal got worse the next morning when his mother called me a "defective product" and tried to force me into a fertility clinic. Axel didn't defend me; instead, he shoved me against a marble bar at a public gala to protect his mistress in front of the world's elite. By the time I tried to leave, Axel had frozen my bank accounts and filed a forged legal petition to have me declared mentally incompetent. He planned to have me legally kidnapped and locked in a private psychiatric ward just to stop me from filing for divorce. He even blocked every major law firm in the city from taking my case, leaving me with no money, no identity, and no one to turn to. I couldn't understand how the man who "saved" me from the mud years ago could be the same monster now trying to legally erase my existence. Was our entire marriage just a grooming process to exploit my genius for his billion-dollar empire? As the deadline for my forced commitment approached, I stopped crying and opened my laptop. I leaked the video of his affair to every tech journalist in the country, watching his stock price crash in real-time. "Axel thinks starving me out will make me crawl back to him," I whispered as I walked into the headquarters of his biggest rival. "But he forgot that the most valuable part of his company is in my head." I was no longer the abandoned wife; I was the one who was going to take his throne and burn it to the ground.

Romance

The coming together of fire and ice. Tunde and Abby are two incompatible individuals with alpha personalities who bring out the worst in each other. He's cold and dangerous. Ruggedly good looking with devil may care attitude. She's vivacious and sassy. Her beauty's alluring, her personality, hot

Romance

They called him evil, ruthless, cruel, incapable of mercy. Colder than anything in the realm of winter. Dark as the night sky in the realm of eternal darkness. He was unforgiving, forsaken and long past the point of redemption. He was real and he was here. Iyra couldn't believe the tales were true

Adventure

If you had been standing on a certain cold night in January opposite the great building where The Day is jewelled in electric lights across the dark sky, you would have seen a little, stout man run down the steps of the entrance at the side, three at a time, land on the pavement as if he were prepar

Literature

The title chosen for the following sketches, written for the purpose of presenting certain prominent characteristics of the lower animals worthy of the attention of the human animal, stands for rather a serious proposition which may be questioned by a majority of those readers whose kindly interest

Billionaires

Lilianna Anderson an emotionless girl who does feel anything not even pain or anger dead due to her stepmother's plot, Lilly a girl who grew up in a village near the mountain also dead because her mother was unable to pay for her surgery. She woke up in another 's body which happens to be Lilianna

Billionaires

"We're getting married." Those simple but meaningful words slipped lightly from Oh Yoonki. Who would have thought that those words came out not because Yoonki wanted to marry Lim Airin, a poor girl trapped in a situation and required to make a quick decision? Lim Airin was forced to become a surrog

Romance

Vanessa had always dreamt of pursuing a career in music, but her father had different plans for her. During her first year studying the course her father had chosen, she encountered Marvin. He wasn't just handsome; his smile had the power to melt Vanessa's heart. She fell in love with him and became

Short stories

“I am here to give birth to your child, Mr. Iguchi. When my ovulation period is on its peak, I will let you know so we can have sex.” The cold, monotonous, and serious tone of Yuki Nakamura as she said those words to Eto Iguchi left him speechless. She is indeed attractive, and as a man, Eto was

LGBT+

Flynt never thought that someone will ruined his peacefull lifes just like Dean does. He has to tame that beautiful casanova who ruined his cold heart. Dean just curious. That handsome hot prince named Flynt never care neither make a move even for the most beautiful girl in their University, who cr

Modern

I was Elara "Ellie" Vance, America's golden girl of figure skating, with the Olympics just within reach. My whole life, and my Grandma Rose's dream, was about to come true. Tonight was the final synchronized skating practice, where the Olympic roster would be finalized. But my boyfriend, Ethan, a

Adventure

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air and under

Literature

Josh Billings on Ice by Henry Wheeler Shaw

Modern

Miranda and Claudia Cooper are two sisters who eventually become the worst of enemies. Turns out blood isn't thicker than water afterall. Murder, deceit envy, jealousy, revenge and love unfolds in this thrilling long journey.....

Young Adult

A boy with an ice-cold nature named Alizter made Morin curious to death. Why is that boy so closed off and so difficult to approach? Morin felt curious, she wanted to approach Alizter, but it wasn't as easy as she imagined. There is something going on with Alizter, and Morin wants to get to know t

Fantasy

[MATURE CONTENT]. NORMAL is overrated. But heed the saying.....‘Be careful what you wish for’. Selena didn’t heed that warning .... when she kissed death. Selena was saved, from her name gracing the book of death. But with new life came new responsibility. Danger? She knew it like an intim

Romance

Fake dating was supposed to be easy... until it got personal. Xavier Kesh is hockey's golden boy-lightning-fast on the ice, dangerously charming off it, and the face of England's next sports dynasty. With a billionaire legacy behind him and championship medals in front, he's got the world at his f

Romance

Reyna has one mission... And it is definitely not falling for the guy who ruined her best friend's life. Reyna Davidson is twenty and torn when her best friend, Varna Soni's heart gets broken by Grentwood's hockey-star-playboy, Evander Gabriel. His betrayal sparks a chain effect, driving Varna int

Young Adult

My SAT prep book felt heavy as I approached Jake Peterson' s front porch for our usual Tuesday session. Tutoring was my reliable income, essential for my college fund. The front door stood ajar, and a muffled thumping from upstairs hinted at something unexpected. Suddenly, my vision warped, inund

Fantasy

My name is Gabrielle Johns, and I have a "knack" -a gut feeling that always comes true-and a secret curse: anyone who hurts me gets their comeuppance, disastrously proportional. My prediction of a 100-to-1 long shot winning the Kentucky Derby made me famous, and when Wesley Fowler, owner of a faili

Romance

They said they're only friends but they kissed a lot. They cuddled together. They take glance at each other. They sit down next to each other even they have their 'first time' together. And no one of them want to be separate from each other. Then what is this friendship called? Friends with benefits