When Love Turns to Ash by Gavin

Short stories

My world revolved around Jax Harding, my older brother's captivating rockstar friend. From sixteen, I adored him; at eighteen, I clung to his casual promise: "When you're 22, maybe I'll settle down." That offhand comment became my life's beacon, guiding every choice, meticulously planning my twenty-second birthday as our destiny. But on that pivotal day in a Lower East Side bar, clutching my gift, my dream exploded. I overheard Jax' s cold voice: "Can't believe Savvy's showing up. She' s still hung up on that stupid thing I said." Then the crushing plot: "We' re gonna tell Savvy I' m engaged to Chloe, maybe even hint she' s pregnant. That should scare her off." My gift, my future, slipped from my numb fingers. I fled into the cold New York rain, devastated by betrayal. Later, Jax introduced Chloe as his "fiancée" while his bandmates mocked my "adorable crush"-he did nothing. As an art installation fell, he saved Chloe, abandoning me to severe injury. In the hospital, he came for "damage control," then shockingly shoved me into a fountain, leaving me to bleed, calling me a "jealous psycho." How could the man I loved, who once saved me, become this cruel and publicly humiliate me? Why was my devotion seen as an annoyance to be brutally extinguished with lies and assault? Was I just a problem, my loyalty met with hatred? I would not be his victim. Injured and betrayed, I made an unshakeable vow: I was done. I blocked his number and everyone connected to him, severing ties. This was not an escape; this was my rebirth. Florence awaited, a new life on my terms, unburdened by broken promises.

Short stories

My world revolved around Jax Harding, my older brother's captivating rockstar friend. From sixteen, I adored him; at eighteen, I clung to his casual promise: "When you're 22, maybe I'll settle down." That offhand comment became my life's beacon, guiding every choice, meticulously planning my twent

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For love, I walked away from ancient power, trading immortality for a quiet life with my wife, Seraphina, and our daughter, Willow. We lived simply, off the grid, far from the world I once protected. Then came the nightmare. A chilling premonition: Willow in agony, Julian Thorne's smirk in the shad

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I stared at the divorce papers, a symbol of freedom after years trapped in Mark Davis's gilded cage, where my art and my soul withered. But just as I dared to breathe, Mark' s self-serving facade shattered completely. His icy disregard for my well-being climaxed when, after a public humiliation at

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Ava Thompson' s 18th birthday glittered, a fairytale of wealth and love, with her devoted fiancé Liam and beaming brother Ethan by her side. But a "revolutionary" drone show went horrifically wrong, leaving her burned and disfigured. Worse, phantom subtitles-a bizarre digital feed-flickered in her

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My marriage to Mark seemed solid, our life comfortable, until his college reunion. I was there as the supportive wife, trying to ignore a growing unease. Then I saw him, too close to Jessica, his high school sweetheart and now his sister-in-law. The "Ten-Year Love Blueprint" he' d detailed for he

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The promotion came with a dream office, a Seattle skyline view, and a salary that made my eyes water. But it also came with Mrs. Jenkins, my personal assistant of five years, and the difficult conversation I had to have with her. When I told her I was relocating and she' d have three months' seve

Modern

I was taken abroad by my boyfriend to a prostitution ring. They tortured me inside, making me serve drinks and please men. In the end, I discovered that the leader of the organization was actually my own brother!

Billionaires

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Modern

I was Ava Sharma, a scholarship student focused on acing my pre-med degree and securing a coveted Johns Hopkins fellowship. My world, filled with textbooks and ambitious dreams, also included Liam Walker, the charming campus king. He pursued me relentlessly, filling my life with sweet gestures tha

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The last thing I saw was the Chicago skyline rushing up to meet me. Then, merciful darkness. Now, blinding sunlight streamed through a window, hitting my face as I lay in my university dorm room. My head throbbed with a pain far deeper than a physical fall. It was the brutal, horrifying memory o

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I was eight months pregnant, heading to my parents' home for their "big news." I expected typical parental updates, maybe about retirement or a new hobby. Instead, my 55-year-old mother was significantly pregnant, too, chirping "Surprise!" My childhood bedroom was gone, replaced by a lavish nur

Modern

I thought that dealing with a mistress was the most outrageous thing I had ever experienced. When my boyfriend's mother-in-law stormed into my office and started yelling at me, I could only blame myself for being blind and falling in love with a scumbag. What I didn't expect was that after I decided

Billionaires

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Romance

She kindly saved a man, but he would avenge his kindness and coaxed her to sign a one-year marriage contract. "Quain, you're shameless!" Quain Jim smiled: "I can be more shameless. Do you want to try it?" Selina Zris shrank to the corner of the bed: "Don't mess around, we are just a fake marriage...

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Ten years. A decade of my life, meticulously built into a future with Liam, complete with a secret I was about to reveal: two thin blue lines on a test stick. Then my phone buzzed, a live video from Chloe-his old muse, the ghost I could never banish. And there he was, leaning against his Mustang at

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Dera is an innocent girl who want to become great and also she want love but love is not for her She grow up seeing her family falling apart 💔

Werewolf

Mia is kidnapped by her fated mate, the very Alpha who raped her in her sleep and kidnapped her family. She's set to be his Luna being his fated mate, all of a sudden, her best friend who had gone missing appears on her first night with Gavin. She's Gavin's secret wife. Emma swears she would never

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Five years of silence had turned my marriage into a tomb. My husband, Ethan, a brilliant CEO, was a stranger. I decided to leave, taking our six-year-old son, Leo. We couldn't live like that anymore. But as we drove away, a blinding light erupted. Then, darkness. The 'accident' left Leo with one eye

Mafia

A woman seeks revenge for her family's execution, only to fall for the cursed prince responsible-whose soul is bound to a shadow that hungers for blood... including hers.