Head over heel in love

Modern

Today is October 14th, my birthday. I returned to New York after months away, dragging my suitcase through the biting wind, but the VIP pickup zone where my husband’s Maybach usually idled was empty. When I finally let myself into our Upper East Side penthouse, I didn’t find a cake or a "welcome home" banner. Instead, I found my husband, Caden, kneeling on the floor, helping our five-year-old daughter wrap a massive gift for my half-sister, Adalynn. Caden didn’t even look up when I walked in; he was too busy laughing with the girl who had already stolen my father’s legacy and was now moving in on my family. "Auntie Addie is a million times better than Mommy," my daughter Elara chirped, clutching a plush toy Caden had once forbidden me from buying for her. "Mommy is mean," she whispered loudly, while Caden just smirked, calling me a "drill sergeant" before whisking her off to Adalynn’s party without a second glance. Later that night, I saw a video Adalynn posted online where my husband and child laughed while mocking my "sensitive" nature, treating me like an inconvenient ghost in my own home. I had spent five years researching nutrition for Elara’s health and managing every detail of Caden’s empire, only to be discarded the moment I wasn't in the room. How could the man who set his safe combination to my birthday completely forget I even existed? The realization didn't break me; it turned me into ice. I didn't scream or beg for an explanation. I simply walked into the study, pulled out the divorce papers I’d drafted months ago, and took a black marker to the terms. I crossed out the alimony, the mansion, and even the custody clause—if they wanted a life without me, I would give them exactly what they asked for. I left my four-carat diamond ring on the console table and walked out into the rain with nothing but a heavily encrypted hard drive. The submissive Mrs. Holloway was gone, and "Ghost," the most lethal architect in the tech world, was finally back online to take back everything they thought I’d forgotten.

Romance

At the funeral, her husband cheated on her with her sister and nearly sent her to the hands of death. She lost her husband and her family’s company overnight. Everything happened so fast that she was driven to despair. At this very moment, he came to her life. Holding his hand, she begged, "Help me!

Romance

The mysterious and alluring Kimberly slowly becomes the unwitting seductress in the life recently discharged Joshua is trying to pick up, unbeknownst to her Joshua is a man already spoken for. Erica his exuberantly wealthy fiancé wants nothing more than to finally hear wedding bells and become the m

Short stories

Naomi knew it was wrong to spend the night with a stranger in another city. But something in her told her she could trust him. She ended up having a passionate one night stand with him only to discover he lied about his Identity and Status.

Romance

I spent two years as "Sparrow" in "Chronicles of Eldoria," a quiet, analytical Loremaster, meticulously perfecting my skills and hiding my striking real-life beauty behind a plain avatar. My loyalty to Lex "Lionheart" Miller' s guild, The Crimson Vanguard, was absolute. But when a major server-wide

Sci-fi

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Anthony Meredith, a scholar in about the year 2600 AD (or 419 B.O.M. - the Brotherhood of Man), annotates the "Everhard Manuscript", an account that chronicles the years from 1912 to 1932 when the great "Iron

Literature

A Tar-Heel Baron by Mabell S. C. Smith

Literature

Set at the fictional school of Eckleton, the story centres around the house of "Kay's", the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr. Kay, and Fenn, the head boy. The story features practical jokes, fighting between the boys and with the locals in the nearby town, politics a

Werewolf

Liara Haysbert's whole world revolved around her books and her family. She didn't want to find her mate just after turning eighteen because she wanted to become a doctor first. A part of her didn't wish to find her mate because she was scared that her mate would reject her. Because she used to strug

Romance

After learning her husband's dark secret and running away, Zanara meets Jayme, a man who loves her with all his heart. However, a dark past and betrayal make Zanara build a high wall and not give the man a chance. As time goes on, she finds herself trapped in a complicated love story, especially

Young Adult

Set at the fictional school of Eckleton, the story centres upon the "house of Kay's", the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr Kay, and Fenn, the head boy. The story features practical jokes, fighting between the boys, burglaries, a mugging in the local village, politics amongst t

Literature

In Part II, Vol. 2, Of the Rhenish Antiquarius, I once came across a skull that is said - see page 612 to swing, enclosed in a metal casket, from an iron bar in the foundry Of Ehrenbreitstein fortress. Distinction Of this order does not fall to an ordinary mortal. Yon empty shell Of human wisdom onc

Modern

The rain beat a mournful rhythm against the chapel windows, a fitting backdrop for my son Leo' s funeral. It was too small, too quiet for a boy who deserved the world. Then, through the numbing haze of grief, I heard it-my wife Sarah' s voice, cool and utterly devoid of sorrow, conversing with her

Romance

Her sister ran away from the wedding, she had no choice but to marry her brother-in-law. He tortured her to vent his anger and himself. He had tried to set her free, but he found that he could not live without her. Both of them were suffering from this love, but neither of them wanted to get rid of

Literature

Over literatuur by M.H. Van Campen

Young Adult

Anderson Simpson dreams of winning the upcoming inventory competition coming up in the ancient city of Portsmouth. In his quest to achieve this feat by building a robot, he meets old Mr. Hanson. Later on, his hardworks falls into thin air when his robot was stolen. Not letting this deter him, Ander

Young Adult

Ever believe that you can fall in love with a guy when you get drunk? No. I never believe that. I even never fall in love with a guy before until I have to kiss Mike Chang in Rachel's drunk party and this is happening. Paris Schuester. A sophomore girl in William McKinley High School. A daughter fr

Romance

They say one’s fate is woven like a string and one’s destiny is intertwined with many others. Sometimes the things we thought we never search for are the things that come knocking at our door. Others never find it, but there are others who are led. Changing the future by meeting new people is not

Romance

Shah Zain was holding her with one hand while opening his shirt button with the other hand. Meanwhile, he didn't let Minal separate from him for a moment. "Shah Zain please, it's not right time, it's too early." She was trying hard to control her unsteady condition, but who was listening to her?

Billionaires

Daniel Busch, a successful businessman, has an important meeting with his former lover and business rival at the restaurant where the young girl works. Despite wanting nothing to do with love anymore, Daniel becomes captivated by Ava's beauty and charms. Daniel proposes a convenient arrangement: he

Romance

The first memory I had was of a gray line on the horizon. From being swallowed by coats and coughing. More than the memory, it was the feeling when she tried to remember those early years. I spent my entire childhood coughing, losing breath, using firecrackers and going to the emergency room. The me