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Her mother died giving birth to her, and her father's family didn't want her because she was a bastard child. Her uncle's family raised her only to get the inheritance her mother had left for her, while the man she loved chose another woman over her. She was always the unwanted one. ............... By sacrificing everything she had for her freedom, Coral Stone moves to a new city to start a new life. However, she is naive to believe that she has escaped her misfortunes. She now has new problems to deal with in her new place. The biggest of these is her boss's strange obsession with her. The situation becomes worse when people from her past appear in front of her, resolved to make her life even more difficult. Will she succumb to the challenges that life throws at her, or will she overcome them? Will she ever find someone who wants her and live happily ever after?

Mei and Otis once loved each other during the most innocent years of their youth, only to break up in the middle of a heavy storm, leaving countless words unspoken. Years later, fate forces them quite unwillingly to become… roommates. A girl who’s cold on the outside but warm on the inside, sharp-tongued yet soft-hearted; A guy who’s rough around the edges but deeply loyal... The two of them crash back into each other’s lives amid hectic summer days, torrential rain, and the smallest moments of daily life. She says she doesn’t like him anymore. He says he’s long forgotten their past. But neither of them has ever changed their phone wallpaper, their old habits remain, and every time they face each other, their hearts skip a beat. From petty arguments, endless teasing, to sudden moments of quiet tenderness— there is still something between them that hasn’t ended. A storm arrives, dragging up all the feelings they buried. A silly blue penguin raincoat. A late-night phone call. And a truth both of them stubbornly refuse to say aloud: “I still like you.” A gentle, humorous, heart-achingly sweet urban romance about two people who once lost each other and slowly learn how to find their way back to each other’s hearts.

Everything was going on well until the night before her wedding, Lin Shuyin’s fairytale life suddenly crumbled from her fiancé's call, dragging her to reality... Her fiancé abandons her for her stepsister, her father and stepmother escape, abandoning her to fend off the reporters and media, and by morning, she’s framed for her grandmother’s murder. Thrown into a cruel underground prison, she dies beaten and broken. But death is only the beginning. An ancient soul awakens within her, a woman who spent a century trapped in a lab, experimented on, and injected with beast blood. When her soul awakens, the weak and naive Shuyin is gone. In her place rises someone colder, sharper… unstoppable. Then comes Lu Yuze, her ex-fiancé’s uncle, a man wrapped in secrets and power. He saves her from the abyss, but not for free. His price? Her blood, and her bone marrow… to save his dying daughter. The only thing Lu Shuyin wanted was revenge, and asked for a contract marriage, and money, these were the most important things to survive out there... In a world where betrayal runs deep, love becomes the most dangerous experiment of all. She’s no longer the victim. She’s the revenge they never saw coming.

Aiden thought losing Liner was the end of his world. Isolated, heart heavy, and nursing old wounds, he never expected the night at a club to change everything. That’s when he meets Damien — one half of a mysterious twin pair, charming yet unpredictable. As their lives intertwine, Aiden discovers that love can heal… but also destroy. Can he navigate the chaos Damien brings, or will his heart break all over again? Heartbreak has a way of leaving scars… “He broke my heart… then he entered my life.”

The rules were simple: marry Damian Cross, play the perfect wife, and never let him see the truth. To the world, Ava Sinclair is the picture of elegance poised, wealthy, untouchable. But behind the mask lies a woman on borrowed time, driven by one obsession: uncover what happened to her sister, Lily, who vanished after crossing paths with Damian a year ago. Damian Cross is everything the rumors promise ruthless, brilliant, and dangerously captivating. He built his empire on secrets and shadows, and when Ava steps into his world, he recognizes a liar in his arms. Yet instead of exposing her, he binds her closer, offering her a contract that turns her hunt for answers into a deadly game of proximity. In his fortress of glass and stone, every smile hides a trap, every kiss blurs the line between truth and deception. Ava swore she would never fall for the man who might have destroyed her sister’s life but the deeper she digs, the more she realizes Damian Cross may be the only man who can shatter her… or save her. Because in this marriage built on lies, one truth is undeniable: No one leaves Damian Cross unscathed.

The Scent of My Beloved Husband “I can’t see your face, but my heart knows your scent.” Hilary was a world-renowned chef— the queen of a billion-dollar culinary empire, and the wife of the most powerful man in the city. Her life was perfection. Until an earthquake shattered her kitchen… and her mind. When Hilary woke up in the hospital, the man she loved had become a stranger. The diagnosis was merciless: Progressive Prosopagnosia. A growing brain tumor was slowly stealing her ability to recognize faces. To the world, Hilary remained a genius. To herself, she was a woman living among nameless ghosts—unable to recognize the smile of her own husband. ⸻ The CEO’s Vow Every morning, Gerard stands beside her bed and introduces himself. “I am Gerard. Your husband. I love you.” He becomes her eyes in public, her shield in private, and her secret map through a world that no longer has faces. But in a city ruled by power and perfection, how long can a billionaire protect a wife who can’t even recognize him in a crowded room? ⸻ The Predator in the Kitchen Bianca—an ambitious assistant chef—discovers Hilary’s secret. She doesn’t see a sick woman. She sees an opening. By mimicking Gerard’s scent and quietly gaslighting Hilary’s senses, Bianca begins a calculated hunt—not just for Hilary’s position, but for her husband. After all, what is a wife who can’t even see the man she loves? ⸻ The Ultimate Sacrifice As an international culinary competition approaches and the board of directors moves to strip Gerard of his empire for standing beside an “incapacitated” wife, Gerard is forced to make a choice the world is watching. A multi-billion-dollar legacy… or the woman who can only recognize him by scent. In a world that demands perfection, can love survive when the person you adore is nothing more than a familiar scent in the dark? A heart-wrenching romance about devotion, sensory betrayal, and a love that proves seeing someone has nothing to do with sight.

Hi! My name is [Redacted], but most people just call me Focaccia Bread — or Foca. I’m writing this mostly for fun, but also to share my stories, my questionable life choices, and the music that somehow came out of them. Come along for the ride as I recount how I accidentally built a successful entertainment company and somehow helped create actual music legends. Fair warning: I do not tell stories in order. My brain jumps timelines like a fever dream, so expect chaos, time skips, and zero apologies. I’m weird. I’m quirky. I embrace it with both arms and half a bagel. I know — I’m cringe. But at least I’m free. XD If you wanna listen to the Jams (Music) appearing here, you can go listen to them in YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@FocacciaBread-Music) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ecDiwv85yqoktTR4h569L?si=CHJzNohaTwiTgukcKickMQ) and other streaming platforms.

When the worlds began to fracture, people started appearing from other timelines, some vanishing in hours, others trapped forever between realities. Among them was Choi Haneul, a breathtaking Omega whose beauty turned into his curse. For a week, he ran from cameras, hunters, and Alphas obsessed with claiming him. The world called him “The Otherworldly Omega.” But only a few knew the horrifying possibility: Haneul’s pheromones matched the forbidden scent of Eunoia World the same world whose rare pheromone-drug caused Korea’s 2019 catastrophe. Thousands died. Entire families were erased. And the company responsible, PharmaCorp, walked free after a single year of bail. Since then, the world has lived in fear of Eunoia. Fear of the pheromones that can break bodies from the inside. Fear of the travelers who might carry them. One stormy night, chased through the streets, Haneul saw a car door open and dove inside. not knowing that the owner of the car, Kang Taekyun, would rewrite his fate forever. Kim Taekyun, the cold and disciplined CEO of Korea’s most powerful medical empire, lost his wife two years ago in a tragic accident that left his five-year-old daughter mute. Since then, he has lived by duty, not desire, bound by tradition, pressured to remarry, and chained by a past that still bleeds. He has money, power, and silence. What he does not have is warmth. Until an Omega from another world hides in his car, trembling, drenched, and smelling like the first breath after grief. Haneul was supposed to disappear like every other traveler. Instead, he becomes the only one who makes Taekyun’s daughter smile again and the only person who touches the heart Taekyun believed had died. But time does not forgive stolen moments. Nor does PharmaCorp, who will do anything to claim an Eunoia Omega. As the fractures between worlds spread, as more travelers bleed into Korea without warning, as fear grows and blood is spilled in the name of “finding the Eunoian,” Taekyun must choose: Obey the world that forced him into coldness, or fight the world that seeks to erase the one person who brought him back to life. Because loving someone from Eunoia means loving someone the world was never meant to keep.

Princess Lydia Valenrose has everything: status, beauty, and three perfect suitors chosen to secure her kingdom’s future. But as the day of her engagement draws near, she uncovers the dark secrets of the men who claim to love her unconditionally. Faced with a choice she never wanted to make, Lydia decides to defy everyone’s expectations. On the day she was meant to choose her partner for life, the princess disappears.

"You should forget about me, Kay, because Razel and I are expecting a child," Nadia said with a trembling voice. "Forget about you? That's impossible, Nad, and are you sure the baby is Razel's? What if it's mine?" Kayrav Langit Vianra said firmly. Nadia Namira and Razel Aditamana's married life seemed harmonious, but after the arrival of someone from Nadia's past—who was also her first love—everything changed. Nadia had an accidental one-night stand with Kayrav, and her pregnancy complicated matters in her marriage, especially with the question of whose baby Nadia was actually carrying? Razel's baby—Nadia's lawful husband—or Kayrav's baby, who had also had a one-night stand with her?

Ivy Moore signs a contract to save herself from ruin—only to discover she has legally married Lucien Vale, the most feared billionaire lawyer in the city. Their marriage is not born of love, but of power, secrets, and a past that refuses to stay buried. Lucien believes Ivy is connected to a tragedy that destroyed his family, while Ivy is trapped in a union she never chose, fighting to prove her innocence. As buried truths begin to surface and dangerous enemies step into the open, the line between revenge and protection starts to blur. The contract that bound them together may be the very thing that tears them apart—or forces them to stand united against a threat neither saw coming. In a marriage built on lies, one truth could change everything.

Elle has been trying to die for over a hundred years. She’s drowned, been shot, crushed, electrocuted, and blown up more times than she can count — yet every attempt ends the same way. She lives. When a grumpy time-travelling assassin enters her life — followed by an annoyingly persistent man who refuses to let her die in peace — Elle discovers her immortality isn’t an accident. Within weeks, her carefully controlled existence collapses as secrets surface, timelines fracture, and the dark truth behind her curse is revealed. Immortality was never a gift.It was a sentence. Now Elle must face the impossible choice: find a way to finally die… or uncover why she was never meant to.

Aham Armstrong was born into power—but raised by loss. Orphaned at a young age and later adopted into the legendary Armstrong empire, Aham grows into a man determined to protect his parents’ legacy. When he marries Kelly, the woman he believes is his safe haven, he thinks he has finally won peace. He was wrong. Framed for massive financial crimes he never committed, Aham is arrested, disgraced, and thrown into prison as his empire collapses overnight. His wife vanishes. His name becomes poison. And the man pulling the strings—Don Pedro, a trusted family ally—steps silently into control of everything Aham once owned. Prison does not break Aham. It forges him. With the unexpected return of Clara, a brilliant lawyer from his forgotten past, Aham uncovers a conspiracy deeper than fraud—one rooted in murder, manipulation, and a decades-old betrayal that claimed his parents’ lives. As the truth emerges, a powerful shadow figure known as Jane Smith resurfaces, holding evidence capable of toppling empires across borders. But revenge is never simple. Kelly returns, wearing regret like a mask, while secretly carrying orders to finish what she started. Don Pedro grows desperate as his perfect plan begins to crack. And Aham must walk a razor’s edge—pretending to trust the woman who tried to kill him, while turning himself into bait to expose the monster behind it all. In a world where love is weaponized, loyalty is lethal, and power is taken—not given—Aham Armstrong must decide: Will he reclaim his legacy… or burn the empire down to reveal the truth? Because this time, survival isn’t enough. This time, the truth will own blood.

“How could you be with another man when you belong to me?” Lucas’s gaze was sharp and unsheathed, his jaw locked, teeth grinding together. His eyes never softened as they bore into the girl standing before him. “I don’t belong to anyone. My body is mine. You have no right to control me, Mr. Miller,” Cyril said without fear, returning Lucas Miller’s stare. Lucas restrained himself from being provoked by Cyril’s words, the girl who dared to answer him so boldly. “You are my fiancée, that is the reality. You live inside my cage, whether you like it or not. You are already under my control.” Cyril said nothing, even though her lips burned with the urge to curse the man who claimed to be her husband. If she did not remember the moment he had pressed a gun to her forehead, she might have fought back. Cyril Ravelle, a nineteen-year-old girl, could only accept her bitter fate, becoming collateral for her brother’s debt to a man named Lucas Miller, a renowned businessman. Could Cyril endure a relationship built without love, one that would drag her into a massive scandal, or would she choose to remain with the man far older than herself? Or would another figure appear, someone who would save her from that marriage?

At nineteen, desperation drove Leah Carter into the arms of a stranger and into a choice that saved her grandmother’s life but shattered her own. She stole a family crest, ran from the truth, and rebuilt her life in silence. Six years later, she is a mother, living only to protect her son, even if it means carrying her guilt alone forever. Damien Thorne, a billionaire heir, is haunted by a deadly fire he didn’t start and a family that wants him destroyed. His stepmother is determined to steal control of the Thorne empire for her son, Julian, whose goal is simple: to ruin Damien and run the Thorne Group into the ground, driven by lifelong hatred and resentment. Surrounded by betrayal and manipulation, Damien has learned that trust is dangerous. When fate brings Leah and Damien together again, old secrets collide with present danger. Leah is pulled into the fight for control of the Thorne legacy, where a stolen crest decides inheritance. As Damien fights to protect his position and the empire, Leah becomes both his risk and his refuge. But the truth about the past, and the child between them, could destroy what they’re building before it has a chance to survive.

When Eli Park pulls a stranger out of a brutal street-side collapse, he doesn’t realize he’s touched the life of Adrian Vale—an untouchable CEO known for scorched-earth decisions and a face that never softens. Adrian’s repayment isn’t money or gratitude, but a private arrangement: mentorship, access, and a seat near power. As Eli climbs inside Vale Industries, proximity turns into pressure, and pressure turns into want. Their attraction grows in the shadows of old injuries, hidden motives, and the risk of becoming each other’s weakness.

Forced to be raised as a boy, Rin Perish has spent his entire life suffocated by his father's heavy-handed parenting. There is no level Rodric Perish isn't willing to stoop to to control his child, and that includes hiring 'assistants' to monitor his every move. However, Rin has his own ways of rebelling against his father. Rin makes it his personal goal to seduce each and every assistant his father sends his way, breaking his father's strict contracts with the assistants. But has Rin met his match with the new assistant, Rory Hartings? The adorably mousy boy only ever seems to have a fiery side when he's turning Rin down. Rory Hartings is on the run. Finally able to break away from his long-term abusive ex-boyfriend, Rory isn't looking to jump in the sack with anyone else anytime soon. Especially the overly confident, overly attractive Rin Perish... his new boss's son? Rory thinks his prayers have been answered when he is hired for a job with great pay and all-inclusive room and board, until he realizes things aren't exactly what they seem. Will he be able to continue resisting Rin's advances, and will Rin be able to let him go once he finally gets him into his bed?

A modern director unexpectedly returns to Hollywood in 1986, and began his legendary journey to take control of the centre of largest film and television industry in the world, step by step. (This is a translated novel by Just Do or Jia Si Te Du, at least as far I could find, I've mainly edited it to make it more consistent and coherent than any version I could find)

The universe was never meant to exist as one. Hidden behind the human world lies another realm known as the Fate Dominion, a place where destinies are documented, negotiated, and enforced. While humans live believing their lives are shaped by choice and chance, the Dominion governs the invisible threads that bind love, power, and future together. For centuries, an unbreakable law has stood firm. The two worlds must never intersect. Amara Cole grows up entirely unaware of this truth. Raised in Lagos City, she lives a modest life defined by long hours, quiet determination, and the belief that survival depends solely on effort. She has no mark, no prophecy, and no indication that fate has ever noticed her. She believes she belongs fully to the human world, unseen and unclaimed. That belief shatters on her twenty third birthday. A glowing sigil burns into her wrist, forming a seal that does not resemble a name or bond of love. Before she can understand what it means, strangers arrive with impossible authority and open a gateway where none should exist. Amara is taken across realms and delivered into the Fate Dominion, a world of floating towers, ancient Houses, and powerful corporations that trade futures like currency. Waiting for her is Nathaniel Crowe. CEO of Aurelion Group and one of the most feared figures in the Dominion, Nathaniel is a man who rose by dismantling ancient powers and replacing them with corporate control. Calm, precise, and unreadable, he tells Amara the truth without hesitation. Her existence was sealed within a forbidden fate thread purchased years ago. A destiny never meant to awaken. He is the one who bought it. Amara learns that she does not belong solely to either world. Her soul is bound to both, making her a violation of the oldest laws governing existence. If she returns to the human world, the Dominion will hunt her. If she remains, she becomes a prize in a growing power struggle between ancient Houses and corporate empires eager to control what she represents. Nathaniel offers protection, but protection comes at a cost. Bound by contracts she barely understands, Amara is drawn into political games where loyalty is fragile and betrayal is inevitable. She witnesses how destinies are reassigned, how love is regulated, and how futures are altered to maintain balance. In the Dominion, power is quiet, elegant, and ruthless. Yet the greatest danger is not the world itself. It is the man who controls her fate. Nathaniel is not cruel. He is controlled, distant, and fiercely protective in ways that confuse her. As their paths intertwine, Amara begins to see cracks in his composure. He carries the weight of an old betrayal, one that destroyed the woman he was once destined to love. His rise to power was built on a choice that cannot be undone. As their connection deepens, Amara’s mark begins to change. It responds to her emotions, her defiance, and her desire. Fate, which should be absolute, starts to bend. Records shift. Predictions fail. The Dominion begins to realize that Amara is not an asset. She is a disruption. The truth emerges slowly and painfully. Nathaniel did not find her by accident. He chose her, hoping to correct a past mistake and atone for a betrayal that still haunts him. In doing so, he created a fracture between worlds, one that now threatens to collapse both realms entirely. Caught between love and freedom, Amara must decide who she is willing to betray. The man who owns her fate. The world that wants to control her. Or the destiny that insists she was never meant to exist. Because when two forbidden worlds collide, something must fall. And this time, it may be fate itself.

On the night Eva planned to surprise her husband with news of her pregnancy, she walked into a nightmare—Nathan, her loving husband, tangled in a kiss with his ex-girlfriend, Katherine. “What can I say? I only wanted to give him a child since you couldn’t do so yourself,” Katherine, his ex cooed. “You’re really stupid,” Nathan added. “We’ve been doing this behind your back even before we got married. Did you really think I would choose you over Katherine?” He asked, as if she was living in delusions. Eva was shocked to the brink but didn’t fight back. She was a renowned model and had lots of money to forget her so-called husband and raise her child as a single mother. Unfortunately, Katherine had seen the pregnancy scan Eva was holding, clenched in her hand. She arranged for Eva to be beaten up so badly she had a miscarriage, a broken leg and a battered face, then tossed into the river to die. Fortunately, she was found by Dante De Rossi, a billionaire who was being pressured by his family to find a woman so as to clear off gay rumors which was starting to tarnish his reputation. Dante offered Eva a simple deal. “Just pretend to be my woman, and bear my child. As soon as the rumors are cleared, I’ll assist you in whichever way you want,” he offered. Tempted, Eva agreed. With a new face, and a new identity, Eva makes a comeback to make Nathan and Katherine pay, but makes sure to keep focus on her main mission since she was a child. But what happens when Eva’s journey of revenge leads her from one discovery to another? And Dante? Is he involved in anything or will he protect his family, even from his pretend wife despite knowing fully well he can’t live a day without her?