gettingbacktogether

SYNOPSIS “Six months, Minjae. Try not to fall in love.” Jisoo smirked, stretching a hand to Minjae who looked disgusted at the idea but took his hand. “I don't want to see your face after this. Deal?” Jisoo’s grip on the Minjae’s hand tightened for the fraction of a second. Thenㅡ “Deal.” Six months and they could go back to what they really wereㅡ Enemies. **************** The visual of a top idol k-pop group learns his company plans to quietly remove him in a year for being too “boring” as sales plummet. But when a drunken night with a rival Idol sparks dating rumors that send fans into a frenzy, the two companies force them into a fake relationship for publicity. What begins as a marketing scandal soon becomes something neither of them can control. Because the biggest lie in the industry…might be their feelings. WARNING This novel contains dark, taboo themes, including power dynamics, and explicit sexual content. It explores heavy elements such as dominance, submission, and morally complex relationships. This is not a soft romance or a feel-good story. It is raw, intense, and unapologetically graphic. Strictly for readers 18+. Reader discretion is strongly advised.

[BL] To pay off his debt, Lim Garam decided to debut as an idol under the entertainment company that belongs to the loan shark he owes. But the contract he signed wasn't a business contract. It was a marriage contract with Song Sihyuk--- the Alpha among the Alphas, and a third-generation chaebol at that. Lim Garam is a Beta, so he never understood Song Sihyuk's obsession with him. But maybe he should have known the moment his contract husband asked him THAT question: “Do you want me to turn you into an Omega, Lim Garam?” *** #omegaverse #betaxalpha #omegaxalpha #sassybeta #suddenlyomega #redflagalpha #toxicrelationship #secretmarriage #showbiz #idol #chaebol #ceo

She worked nights in a lounge, invisible in the crowd, until a man in a half mask appeared. He didn’t ask her name. He didn’t speak much at all. Yet in front of everyone, he placed an unimaginable price on her—$100,000—for one night. And just like that, she was pulled into a world she was never meant to see. The next morning, a calm and intimidating woman arrives, demanding she return the money. Her warning is simple but chilling: it was never a transaction—it was “access.” Meanwhile, the masked man disappears without a trace, but his presence lingers like a shadow that refuses to fade. Every encounter, every whisper, every look in the room begins to shift around her as if something unseen has already been set in motion. Then comes Allen. Warm. Gentle. Bright—he feels like salvation. He gives her something she has never had: safety, normalcy, a reason to breathe again. But nothing stays simple for long. Because she slowly realizes the most dangerous part isn’t the masked man who bought her that night… It’s the fact that no one is telling her the truth about what actually happened. And the $100,000 night? It was never the end. It was only the beginning of something already counting down.

Four-year-old Lu Xize saw the newborn Chu Yao and said with disgust: "So ugly." Ten-year-old Lu Xize looked at six-year-old Chu Yao, saying smugly: "Whoever likes her is a puppy." Fifteen-year-old Lu Xize cornered eleven-year-old Chu Yao at the school gate, threatening: "I heard you received a love letter today? Throw it away!" Eighteen-year-old Lu Xize pushed away fourteen-year-old Chu Yao, saying coldly: "I've said it before, whoever likes you is a puppy. Chu Yao, from now on, don't appear in front of me and make me sick." Twenty-six-year-old Lu Xize leaned down to twenty-two-year-old Chu Yao's ear and whispered: "Woof woof..." Chu Yao: "Lu Xize, does your face hurt?" The Most Beautiful thing in the world is nothing more than me openly loving you, you secretly loving me, and us loving each other for a lifetime...

[A Scheming Beauty Good at Flirting x a Domineering CEO, a Gentle Doctor, the Stoic Bigshot, and Twins; Male Leads Rivalry] Mia Grant stayed up all night reading a novel full of chaotic romance. Seeing an imprisonment scene in the book, she excitedly blurted out, "Please, protagonist! Let me in there to act for a couple of episodes!" After suddenly dying, she really did transmigrate into the novel, but not as the protagonist—rather, as the villainous side character. The original book didn't describe this character in detail, only mentioning that she was locked in a basement and starved to death for framing the protagonist. To survive, Mia Grant targeted the novel's several male leads and began her conquest. To the domineering CEO, she said with red-rimmed eyes, "Big Brother, the basement is so dark. Mia is so scared~" To the doctor, she cooed, "Second Brother, Mia’s chest hurts so much. Quick, have a listen." To the Stoic Bigshot, she looked innocent, "Mr. Keller, we’re in the same bed... My sister won’t be angry, will she?" To the aloof top student, she sobbed, "Am I just too stupid? I can’t compare to my sister at all!" To the puppy-dog-like boy, she blushed, "I didn’t come to watch you play! I-I was just passing by!" Having saved enough money, Mia Grant faked her death and escaped. Two months later, while she was on a tropical island flirting with eight male models, the System suddenly contacted her, "Host, I’ve finally established a connection with you! But can you tell me why all the male leads have gone mad? They even scattered your ashes into the sea!" "Forget it, you must go back and reduce their corruption levels! This world can still be saved!" "Not going." System: "A one-billion-dollar bonus!" Mia Grant whipped out her phone to contact a helicopter: "Yes, I need to leave the island. Immediately! Right now!"

Thea Lynch was seventeen when she injured her ear and temporarily lost her speech. Her parents passed away in a car accident, leaving her and her brother to rely on each other. Later, her brother was transferred for work and left, and she was taken to live at her grandmother's house in Westmere. During this period, her brother entrusted friends to check on her, and the one who visited most frequently was the "Third Brother"—Ian Preston, who was five years older than her. Coronet is over a hundred kilometers away from Westmere, yet he insisted on accompanying her to see doctors, patiently teaching her how to speak, and even appearing at her school gate every evening. He saved all of his gentle caring for her, but everything stopped abruptly before she could muster the courage to confess. Her secret crush was unsuccessful, and a sudden change at home caused her to leave, cutting off all contact with him. When they met again, it was seven years later when she returned home for a matchmaking date and was cornered by him in the restaurant corridor, "That guy downstairs, is he your date? How come after spending several years abroad, your taste has gotten so much worse? With better options around, how can you choose him?" "Who is the better option?" she instinctively asked. Ian Preston: "Me." [Childhood sweethearts, getting back together, mutual unrequited love]

As the eldest daughter of Marquis Xuanping Mansion, Xie Wanqing grew up under the care of her parents and elder brother. Since childhood, a marriage was arranged for her with the Princely Heir of the Wuyuan Marquis Mansion. The two were childhood sweethearts, a perfect match celebrated by everyone. Everyone praised her for her blessed life, born into fortune without ever having to endure a hint of hardship. She thought so too. Until she had a dream, in which her fiancé brought back a mistress. That mistress was of maidservant origin but possessed a stunningly beautiful appearance. He cherished that mistress like a treasure, even at the risk of going against his mother’s wishes. He wanted to break off the engagement and marry the mistress, and it was only due to his mother's threat of her own life that he was forced to marry her. They shared tenderness and affection, giving birth to a firstborn, while she was merely a decoration with no power or favor, placed in the backyard and subjected to humiliation. Later, she awoke from the dream…

"Let's break up." He said, coldly. She loved him so much, but he suddenly left her life. Later, she married someone else but lived unhappily because her husband had his own lover. However, seven years later, he appeared again...

After regressing, my second marriage to my ex-husband was solely for pregnancy. A miserable marriage life. My only hope in my loveless marriage was the child. My first life ended tragically, attacked by an unknown assailant. ‘If I could go back, I wouldn’t love him.’ In this second chance, unlike my past life of seeking love, I marry him solely to meet my child again. “Just maintain our marriage for a year.” In exchange, I’ll help him uncover the secret of the incident from 10 years ago. I thought we were just a couple in name… “There’s no need to consummate on the first night.” “I want to.” He was different from my previous life. * I planned to quietly leave once I had the child. But upon seeing his mistress, I couldn’t stay silent. “That woman, she’ll be the one you love.” Confronted with my words, his unexpected reply was, “You’re my wife until this contract ends.” “…….” “I’ll do this and more, only with you.” Seeing his chilling obsession, I reminded myself. Don’t forget, Blair. He doesn’t love you. So this time… I’ll leave you first.

What does it feel like when your first crush suddenly walks back into your life? Do the feelings stay the same, or does time change the way you see each other? Abbygail Shawn, or Abby to those who know her, never expected to meet Dave Masons again. The last time she saw him, she was fourteen, quietly admiring the senior everyone seemed to notice while he barely knew she existed. They never spoke, only shared familiar glances and distant memories. Years later, they meet again at church, and a proper conversation at a friend’s party turns a forgotten crush into something real. Dave is different now. Older, calmer, and strangely sincere. Once known as a playboy, he claims he wants to change, and for reasons Abby cannot explain, he believes she might be part of that change. Dave grows interested in Abby’s guarded nature and asks her out, only to be rejected. The refusal bruises his pride, yet instead of walking away, he stays, determined to understand her. Abby finds herself drawn to him despite her hesitation. Something about Dave makes her want to know him better, but fear and past heartbreak stop her from asking questions directly. And the more time she spends with him, the more she feels that something isn’t quite right. Dave is hiding something. There are names that surface without explanation. Grace. Someone important enough to leave a shadow over his life, yet unknown even to their closest friends. Oliver. A name connected to Dave in ways Abby cannot figure out. Just as Abby begins to let her guard down, Chris, the man who once broke her heart, suddenly returns, forcing her to confront feelings she thought were long gone. Between unresolved pasts, hidden secrets, and a love that refuses to stay simple, Abby must decide whether she is brave enough to trust again or if some stories are meant to remain unfinished.

For Vivian Wei, survival is a full-time job. Working two jobs to pay off her mother's medical debt, the last thing she needs is a company party where her sleazy boss won't take no for an answer. One glass of champagne too many, and she stumbles into the wrong hotel room. The man inside isn't her boss. He's not even from her world. Lucian Sterling has everything. Money. Power. A legacy that stretches back generations in Manhattan's elite circles. What he doesn't have is the woman who vanished from his bed before sunrise, leaving only the lingering scent of jasmine and a single pearl earring. He finds her. Of course he finds her. But instead of a dramatic confrontation, he hands her a bill—$100,000 for the designer suit she ruined, payment due immediately. Vivian can't pay it. So he offers a deal: one year of her time, one installment at a time. She thinks he wants revenge for her escape. He thinks she's just another problem to solve. Neither of them expects the heartbreak. Neither of them expects the truth. And neither of them is prepared for the secret that will change everything.

The dark grey sky released a torrent of rain, casting a misty veil over the university campus.The girl with sharp facial features, was navigating towards Arcadia. As lightning strikes, her dark brown eyes sparkled with a fleeting radiance,as if reflecting the electric flash. Despite her efforts to appear calm, she couldn't help, but to bite her lower lip occasionally, a subtle sign of anxiety was building inside her as she emerged from the social sciences block. Her long eyelashes fluttered as she gazed up at the rain-soaked sky. Her raven-black hairs were pulled back into the tight bun, with two loose strands framing her face.

She was the deadliest assassin in the underworld, codenamed Black Phoenix. She never missed a target—until Liam Qiu. Three years ago, she failed to kill him. Now, she is sold to him as a blind bride to pay off her family's debt. Forced to wear a mask of weakness, she endures his endless torture and suspicion. He tests her with broken glass, blood, and death, determined to uncover her secret. But the more he torments her, the more he is drawn to her broken beauty and unbreakable spirit. When the truth finally comes out, and the bomb in her body is about to explode, she chooses to sacrifice herself to save him. Five years later, she returns as a powerful CEO, with a genius son by her side. The man who once ruled her world now kneels at her feet, begging for forgiveness. "Katherine, I will give you everything I have. Just... come back to me." A story of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption. Enemies to lovers, contract marriage, secret baby, and the most intense grovel you will ever read.

[18+] [MATURE CONTENT] He died once — pushed to death by the one person who had spent years making his life hell. || He woke up in someone else's body. Someone else's wedding. Someone else's empire. The rules of his new life were simple: smile at the banquets, pour the tea, be the perfect house-husband. Survive. Gerffron Wadee was very good at surviving. He had already done it once, in a different body, in a different world, under the hands of someone who hated him for simply existing. || He had not planned on Styrmir. He had not planned on the boy locked in the dungeon beneath the estate — eighteen years old, body wasted to half that, eyes like winter that had forgotten it was allowed to melt. He had not planned on the way that boy flinched at raised voices but never at his. Had not planned on the nights spent teaching him to read, the mornings teaching him to fight, the quiet dangerous in-between hours that felt like something Gerffron had never once been allowed to have. || He told himself it was pity. Then responsibility. He ran out of lies around the time Styrmir started looking at him like he was the only fixed point in a spinning world. The Duke has her own secrets. The Crown Prince has his own designs. And the past Gerffron thought he'd left behind in another life has followed him across worlds, wearing a brand new face. Gerffron Wadee has survived one lifetime of being destroyed by someone he trusted. He knows exactly how dangerous it is to let someone matter. || He lets Styrmir matter anyway. || Because some loves don't ask permission. They just arrive — quiet, inevitable, and absolutely impossible to undo. BL isekai | slow burn | dark secrets | he came back to life just to lose his heart all over again

Sophie—resilient, diligent, and beautiful—grew up in an ordinary single-parent home. Her gentle, kind-hearted mother juggled countless part-time jobs to raise her. Ever sensible, Sophie excelled in both character and academics, earning a place at the LSE University in New York with top grades. From then on, she supported herself through a string of odd jobs. Ned—wealthy, handsome, and arrogant—had an unpleasant first encounter with Sophie while buying bottled water at the convenience store where she worked. Sparks flew between these polar opposites, igniting an unexpected romance… Unbeknownst to them, the gears of fate were already turning cruelly. The death of Sophie’s mother unraveled a web of hidden identities: Ned was her mother’s biological son. At birth, their identities had been deliberately swapped by the mother herself. Their mysterious biological father—still unaware of the truth—forces Sophie to drop out of school. Where can she turn now? As the sole legal heir to Harrington & Co. International, how can Ned stomach the stigma of being an illegitimate child? What meaning does love hold when family ties are reduced to mere leverage? How will they break free from the lies that bind them?

In the vast halls of high school, Selina Joseph and Michael Ashford were two stars that rarely crossed paths. Despite three years in the same class, their interactions were minimal, limited to fleeting impressions. Their worlds seemed galaxies apart, Selina, the social butterfly from a prestigious lineage, and Michael, the quiet, elegant figure from a wealthy and renowned family. Selina thrived in a vibrant circle of friends, while Michael kept to the shadows with only a handful of close companions, his quiet confidence and passion for basketball setting him apart. After high school, they went their separate ways, only to reunite years later at a gathering. As they talked, the script of their love story began to unfold. Fate, having orchestrated their lives in parallel, wove an invisible thread between them, a story that, sooner or later, was destined to bring them together. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Content Warning: This story is a work of romantic fiction that explores themes of love, emotional conflict, heartbreak, and personal growth. The narrative delves into deep emotional experiences that may resonate sensitively with some readers. Reader discretion is advised. Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is entirely coincidental. AI was used minimally in the editing process, solely for grammar and language refinement. The story, characters, creative vision, and all narrative decisions are entirely my own. #secondchance #highschool #reunion #fate #destiny #wealthyfamilies #college #slowburn #longing #lovestory #oppositesattract #quietboy #socialbutterfly #basketball #emotionalrollercoaster #Shefellfirst #Hefellharder #breakup #truelove #meanttobe

Mila Brown a simple and lovely young lady, who strives to work hard to take care of her little sister and Mother Soon her life is turned upside down, when she landed her dream job at Harris Construction company, where she would be working for the arrogant and controlling Angel Harris would she be able to handle the over bearing and arrogant Mr Harris or would , her hate for him overcome her attraction for him

Han Seo-yeon has spent her entire life believing she understood who she was—a responsible daughter, a protective sister, and an ordinary woman trying to survive a world ruled by power and wealth. But everything changes the moment she uncovers a secret her father died trying to protect. A hidden chamber. A mysterious file. And a single truth that shatters everything: She is not who she thinks she is. Dragged into a dangerous web of corporate power, buried conspiracies, and enemies lurking in the shadows, Seo-yeon finds herself at the center of a secret far bigger than her family. The deeper she digs, the more she realizes that her existence was never ordinary—it was planned. By her side is Kang Ji-hoon, a cold and calculating billionaire CEO who trusts no one… until her. As truths unravel and danger closes in, their fragile alliance begins to blur into something far more complicated—something neither of them can afford. But secrets come with a price. And some truths are powerful enough to destroy everything. As hidden enemies emerge and the past refuses to stay buried, Seo-yeon must face the ultimate question: If her life was built on lies… then who is she really?

He was never meant to fall in love. She was never meant to be his. Yet somewhere between silence, distance, and unspoken prayers… their hearts chose each other. This isn’t a perfect love story. It’s a story of sabr, of pain, of choosing someone even when the world says let go. Because some loves aren’t temporary… They are written to last— till the last breath.

“This is my resignation.” He doesn’t look up. “Where’s the money?” “…Money?” “The compensation.” That’s when she learns walking away isn’t free. Ten years after vanishing from each other’s lives, Seo Jiah ends up working for her high school ex — now the ruthless CEO of Daeyeon Holdings. He keeps it cold. She treats him like the mistake she never healed from. They both keep lying. The contract locks her in. The past keeps finding ways back in. Jiah doesn’t beg. She doesn’t fold. She fights him in meeting rooms, in late-night emails, and in every look they pretend doesn't linger. He pushes. She pushes back. The office becomes a battlefield where the flashbacks bleed in—the love they buried, the way it ended, and the kind of hurt that doesn’t die quietly. She’s not just trapped. She’s cornered—and dangerous. He acts untouchable, but she’s the only one who ever got close enough to break him. Some reunions don’t come with closure. They come with teeth.