**Chapter 1: Forbidden Encounters** In the underbelly of the vibrant city, where shadows danced under flickering streetlights, the world of organized crime thrived. Two families, the Morettis and the Rinaldis, had been at war for as long as anyone could remember. Bloodshed and rivalry defi...

Ms. Grace, my boss, is perfect. She's beautiful, smart, and successful. But she has a dangerous secret. I'm falling for her, and I know I shouldn't. She asks me to be friends with benefits. It's a bad idea, but I say yes. Our relationship is a secret. She makes me feel special, then ign...

Andrea is 17 and seems to have everything: a happy life and Sole, the girl of his dreams. Everything seems perfect… until unexpected feelings for Lucas start to confuse him. As Andrea struggles with his emotions, Sole and Lucas must also face their own desires, fears, and secrets. Every step, ...

When Leiyu, a wandering warrior and wind mage from the Eastern Region, rescues a trade caravan from a horde of bandits in the desert, he does not realize how much his life is about to change. He learns that the caravan merchants are heading westward to the Kingdom of Ishkhandar, and he offers to...

Ichinose tends the garden with dirt-stained hands and a heart heavy with secrets. Every flower he plants hides the truth he dares not speak—his forbidden hunger for his master, Asami. One touch, one lingering hand, one shared cigarette is enough to unravel him. Asami’s gaze cuts too deep, as...

Will this pretend marriage turn into true love… or will it remain just a game of deception? When Preme Naphat, the stunning heiress of a wealthy securities family, finds herself desperately escaping an arranged marriage, she turns to an unexpected choice: Jane Janevee, her lifelong rival and t...

Praemai Wisutpaisarn A spoiled heiress wakes up to find her world in ruins-her father's bankrupt, the mansion's gone, and she has nothing left. To fix things, he sends her to live with Tawan Attanon, a woman Praemai wrongly assumes is his mistress. What could possibly go wrong when a falle...

Heart-warming short stories about love, friendship, loneliness and finding home.

In a land torn apart by civil war, three strangers from enemy clans cross paths by chance — and by choice. Aislin, the daughter of a fallen mayor turned raider; Eru, a child survivor from a village razed by Aislin’s people; and Sami, a wounded royal guard with nowhere left to run. Bound by sha...

Between the ever-present threat of Asterism attacks and the many other trials they face in their daily routines, the citizens of Estella City tend to have their hands full. However, with the help of the Axis Foundation and its agents, life carries on mostly normally. After being tortured by curio...