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 Yuhi tightened his hold. "Sumire, listen to me," he said seriously. Even if he doesn't confess, Yuhi wants her to understand his feelings.
 At that comment, Sumire pulled away from him as he expected. She didn't reply but hurriedly grabbed hold of her bag. Yuhi sighed when he saw how frantic she was. He walked over to her and grabbed her hand. "Listen to me."
 "I don't want to. Yuhi you, you said you wouldn't mention it anymore.." Sumire mumbled.
 'That's what he thought.' He wouldn't mention what happened the last time they met a year back. However, just now, he realized his feelings for her again. He wants to see her smile; he wants to get closer to her.
 "You're a pervert."
 "Call it whatever you want." He walked towards her, and she took a few steps back until he had her backed against the wall.
 Moments later, Yuhi closed the distance between them and drew their bodies closer. His forehead touched hers. The only reason he wasn't kissing her yet was because of her expression. "I have done nothing yet."
 "Yet," Sumire repeated. She looked down at the ground. "I thought you would have a girlfriend by now."
 "I had one, but I broke up with her," Yuhi admitted. "She cheated on me."
 "I see."
 "Did you want to confirm that before I kissed you?"
 Sumire kept looking away. "I won't let you kiss me."
 "Is that so? But can you escape?" Yuhi questioned. His hands wrapped around her waist, one of them slid down. His fingers curled against her shirt. He brought his lips to her ear and licked it.
 Sumire shuddered. "Yuhi.."
 "I let you go once because of Tsueno Mamoru. But you came here willingly to me."
 "I didn't come here for you," Sumire mumbled. "It was a coincidence."
 "You do realize that your seventeen now, right? You shouldn't lie."
 "What does age have to do with lying. Geez." Sumire trailed off. "What is it with you and pushing me against walls?"
 "It's easy to corner you this way."
 Sumire hesitantly played with the hem of his shirt. "I think I should tell you in advance. I'm not ready for a relationship now."
 "That's fine. I can wait for you."
 Her cheeks reddened. "Do you really like me? I find it hard to believe."
 It isn't like; he loved her from the very first time he met her. Sure that snowy incident all those years back confirmed his feelings for her. However, during their first brief encounter, he already liked her.
 "Can we make this work?" Yuhi asked. "I know you just got here, and honestly, I don't know what I'm doing."
 "You don't know?"
 Yuhi laughed. "Yeah, I don't know. But I won't let you go until I get a kiss."
 Sumire rolled her eyes and sighed. "Even if you kiss me, it won't mean anything."
 This girl is so stubborn, but then again, he understands what she is trying to say. Currently, IbukiSumire is a shell of her former self. Though she may smile around him, Yuhi realized how difficult things are for her now.
 It's hard to hold back when she makes those cute expressions in front of him. However, if he pushes her too much, she may end up hating him.
 Yuhi didn't want to risk it; he finally got her here. If she runs away from him, it will seriously damage his self-esteem. Yuhi debated about it for a few minutes before he closed the distance between them. He bent down and covered her mouth in his. It was surprisingly easy for him to open her mouth. 'Maybe she changed her mind.'
 He kissed many girls before, and he considers himself to be quite experienced. But even then, Yuhi never felt like this before.
 The kiss felt great, but something was wrong. Yuhi opened his eyes and saw it. A strange look on Sumire's face. Her eyes were hollow and empty. Her entire face seemed lighter than earlier, pale like a ghost. 'She looks like a puppet.' Sumire didn't even react when he pulled away. She remained still. Right now, what is she looking at? Right now, who can she see?
 He was furious. Yuhi knew it was stupid to feel such things. Sumire is hurt; she must be in a lot of pain right now. Yuhi hesitated, but he resumed his kiss. He quickly pried her mouth open again and stuck his tongue inside.
 His tongue teased hers; his hand gripped against her shirt, which he lifted slightly. The girl's skin was smooth as he expected, and he felt heat course through his veins. He couldn't forget how he kissed her a year ago. A kiss that went slightly overboard that ended up with her slapping him.
 Ibuki Sumire always had a way to make his desires go crazy. To think their simple interaction since yesterday would cause him to want her so much.
 He always thought of her as a beautiful girl. But now, after kissing her for a good few minutes, she looked even more exceptional. With her ruffled hair, traces of saliva from their kiss dawned on her lips. 'Not to mention..' A beautiful shade of red on her cheeks.
 Yet something bothered him. Sumire's eyes still seemed dead to him.
 Yuhi chuckled. "What happened to staying composed?"
 He was teasing her, of course. Yuhi felt her trembling the entire time he kissed her. He removed his hands from her shirt and fixed her clothes up. "I will leave it at this for now. If I scared you, I'm sorry." Yuhi apologized. "But, I want you to understand what my intentions are from now on."
 He wants her to understand this.
 "Your intentions?" Sumire questioned.
 She still seemed lifeless, asking this question. Her violet-colored eyes bright as a jewel looked directly at him. But something was missing.
 "I will pursue you." Yuhi declared. It felt stupid now that he said it out loud.
 Pursue? Does he have to say that openly?
 Then again, he doesn't understand the current situation very well. Yuhi awkwardly ran his hands through his hair. He felt sweaty after that kiss they shared a few minutes ago. But Yuhi knew better than to dwell on it. The girl didn't reply to him, and the atmosphere around them was heavy now. He just went ahead and made it awkward for her.
 Yuhi took a deep breath and extended his hand out towards her. "Let's just go, okay, Sumire?"
 "Okay," Sumire mumbled.
 The girl quietly followed behind him. Yuhi stole a few glances and sighed. 'Maybe he overdid it.' She may have trembled. But her reaction as a whole frightened him. Right now, anyone can do anything to her, and she would still react this way.
 After walking for a few minutes, Sumire suddenly tugged on the edge of his clothing. Yuhi glanced back at her, and the second he did, he felt her lips brush against his cheeks. It was a sweet and light kiss, but it was still a kiss. Yuhi immediately froze.
 'What did she just do there?' For a moment, his brain couldn't process what happened just now. Sumire pulled away from him.
 "Yuhi, can you please give me some time?" Sumire mumbled.
 Time? Yuhi was still having a hard time processing what happened. So her words did not make any sense to him.
 "I need to think a lot of things through." Her voice sounded so desperate and her gaze. 'She looks so lonely.' It pained Yuhi to see her this way.
 The death of her most crucial person destroyed her. He shouldn't have kissed her. What was he thinking?
 Sumire buried her face in his back. "I'm very sorry. I don't know what's wrong with me. Yuhi, you kissed me. But to me, it's all the same. I felt nothing."
 So he didn't imagine things there. Yuhi sighed. He wanted to tell her he didn't mind. But he couldn't do it. He didn't say a word and watched as she pulled away from him. A blank expression, soulless eyes. 'Tsueno Mamoru, this girl can't live without you.'
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 "There was a time in my life where I struggled to breathe. A time where I felt suffocated everyday, but then I met you."
 -Turning the gears of fate.
 A drop of ink can penetrate the walls, even the walls you took too long to build.
 After losing her first love due to a traffic accident, Ibuki Sumire transfers to Tokyo. She wanted to escape, to run away from everything that happened. To start over in a place that didn't have him. But a series of clues lead her to investigating the case behind the accident.
 In that place she learns about the masks people wear. The masks people wear to disgui se their feelings. Sometimes you have to look past what you see on the surface.
 There she meets him, the person who helps her move forward. But Sumire quickly learns how alike they are. His cold personality is different than the kindness she is used to. However, he is the only one who understands her feelings.
 It keeps going around in circles, like a drop of paint. Round and round - an endless stream of pain and lies. But, that stream ended the moment she laid her eyes on his paintings.
 Such rich and vibrant colors, it felt like his emotions exploded. Yet, in the corner of his studio, she found it. The real him, a sakura painting of two people walking hand in hand.
 A gentle and sweet feeling, something she has never felt before.
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 Scarlett's world collapses when she is drugged and forced to marry an old, filthy-rich widower with five children.
 Trying to escape her seemingly inescapable troubles, she accepts an offer of a one-year contract marriage with a mysterious gentleman. He promises this will get her out of her hostile-arranged marriage problems. She took the offer.
 If everything goes well, she will be a free and independent woman in one year...
 However, many things take an unexpected turn. The contract marriage made Scarlett's life feel like she was riding a rollercoaster. A mix of exhilaration, dreaded inferno, and joyful heaven.
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 Only a crazy person would accept his offer. And right now, she does not fall into that category. Her mind is still sane.
 "Please don't get me wrong. I'm just trying to help myself. And at the same time helping you."
 Scarlett was even more confused.
 "I know my problem is complicated. But, I think being married to a man I just met, without love, feels weird..." She said.
 "This is not a real marriage but a contract marriage that you can set up to your advantage. And also mine."
 Scarlett listened silently; inside, she was shocked and a bit perplexed.
 Xander crossed his arms over his chest while looking into Scarlett's eyes. He continued, "As I said before, I will help you, and at the same time, you will help me. I don't need to explain what my problem is. But, I assure you, if you agree to do a contract marriage with me, then your problems will be solved. So what do you think!?"
 Scarlett was in no hurry to speak. She slowly raised her head and said, "So I can put any clauses I want in the contract?"
 The man nods, saying, "As long as it doesn't hurt me."
 She offered a handshake to Xander, "Okay. You got a deal!"
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 Living together with my ex-husband?
 Sarah never thought she would one day meet Michael, her ex-husband, again in the operating room with his body full of wounds and needing treatment from her.
 They were already divorced for three years, and Sarah didn’t have a good memory of the man. If she could… she would have let him die. However, she was a doctor, and a doctor's job was to save patients.
 Sarah immediately regretted her decision to save the man because it turned out that Michael had amnesia and remembered that they just got married!
 To make matters worse, she stupidly accepted her ex-in-law's request to pretend to remain Michael's wife while taking care of him. Why did she do that?
 However… during the time she spent with her ex-husband, Michael's attitude was very different from what Sarah had last remembered. He was very gentle… and loving. It made the feelings she thought were gone, come up to the surface.
 Would Sarah be able to deal with her feelings? What would happen when Michael's memory suddenly returned? Would his attitude stay the same?
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 "Wifey," Michael called, looking at Sarah who was lying beside him.
 “Hm,” Sarah answered curtly, not looking at Michael.
 "I think I'm healthy."
 Sarah's body stiffened when she heard that. Was Michael healthy? Did that mean he had remembered everything? Would he scold her for tricking him?
 "Wifey? Why are you silent? I think I'm healthy and I can do it," Michael said quietly.
 "What do you mean?" Sarah finally looked at Michael with raised eyebrows. “Do what?”
 "Making babies."
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 "You will be my wife one day."
 Declared Liu Jun - the handsome and wealthy young master to his beloved childhood friend. He vowed to marry her at all costs.
 But that vow made him a villain.
 The woman he desired didn't return his love. Crazy and heartbroken, he crashed into her wedding, who was going to marry the love of her life, Liu Jin, unfortunately his own younger brother.
 Circumstances took a drastic turn, leaving him with only one choice to pay for his sins - His death.
 But fate gave him another chance.
 Liu Jun was reborn.
 In this new life, he chose to let go of his love and start anew. He discarded his villain's identity and closed his heart forever.
 But a new encounter and new troubles come knocking on his door with the secrets of his past life that even he doesn't know.
 Will the villainous Mr. Liu find his happy ending this time?
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 Ai said, "I forgot to clarify something. It seems you have a misunderstanding that I am interested in you because I stared at you."
 Jun blinked once.
 "Rest assured that's not the case. I won't look at you that way. You are not my type."
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 In her previous life, An Xiulan had been oppressed and tortured by the members of Duke An's household. Her legitimate status wasn't enough to save her from the schemes of jealous siblings. For sixteen years, she tolerated the oppression inflicted on her but in the seventeenth year, she was pushed to death into the frozen lake.
 Now she has reincarnated into the body of a youthful girl in the modern world who died in a car accident. She was given everything she was devoid of in her last life– family, love and education.
 Graced with a new life, An Xiulan is determined to strive towards a better life. She will be the best daughter. She will study hard. And she will stay away from puppy love.
 Nothing must come between her path to become a top scholar!
 But there seems to be a hitch in the plan.
 Why was the backbencher Han Zixin following her to the library, laboratory, playground and even the principal's office?
 Wasn't Big Boss Han allergic to studies?
 Why was he following the campus Belle?
 …
 Teacher: An Xiulan is a top student. We must preserve her at all costs.
 Class Ten gulped as they recalled how a certain bro-con had supplied cheating slips to his model student sister in monthly tests subsequently resulting in her topping the exams!
 Lu Xuan: No one is allowed to bully my sister!! Only I can bully her!
 Everyone in class Ten: ????
 A few days later, class Ten witnessed the delicate looking youthful girl chasing her self proclaimed brother with a hockey stick!
 The delicate looking campus Belle wasn't delicate at all!
 ...
 A delicate girl can't possibly make two big gangsters of Jingyuan Highschool dance on her tunes?
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 A world-famous hacker and daughter of the most powerful criminal family who ruled the international Underworld for many generations is killed when their organization is annihilated in a single night.
 She is reborn into the body of Iris Long, a teenage pop singer, wild party girl, and spoiled brat. For the former princess of the Underworld who lived an overprotected and shackled life, this new life is a chance to finally live the life of freedom and independence that she always wanted.
 Jin Liwei is the most powerful man in the country's business world. Cold and ruthless, he is someone only a few dare offend. When the infamous Iris Long, who used to chase his younger brother, wakes up from a year-long coma, his unfeeling heart moves for the first time and he falls hard for this unexpected genius girl.
 She wants to fly freely and soar high beyond the sky. He wants her everything, to tie her to himself and to never let her go.
 This is her journey to super stardom. This is his journey in accompanying her. Together, they will rock the world while facing many challenges.
 But what will happen when she discovers that she can never escape from the shadows of her previous life? Will she still be able to live her dream life of freedom and independence? Will he be able to protect her from the dangers?
 ...
 WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!
 This novel is rated 18+ (no one 17 and under allowed). It contains mature adult themes, coarse language, explicit sexual content, and occasional graphic violence. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Please do NOT read if you are under 18 or if you feel uncomfortable with any of these elements.
 And despite of what some of the negative reviews are claiming, there is NO rape in this novel. Many scenes are deliberately made uncomfortable (clear 18+ warning), but there is NO rape.
 Also please remember that this is a work of "fiction". Thank you!
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 Doctor Irish Lane- 28 years old, was a renowned psychologist in New York. She looked stunningly attractive, sexy, and smart—a real beauty with the flesh of ice and bones of jade to every man's eyes.
 One day, she woke up with a dashing and mysterious stranger on her bed. Recalling last night's event, she can't remember how they end up together in the huge bed. She stared at the calm face before her and was startled when his phone rang. The man woke up and quickly answered the call.
 She clearly heard the conversation he had. The stranger was getting married today! Composing herself, she hastily took money from her wallet and handed it to him without giving him a chance to explain. She sprinted to the door and disappeared from his life.
 Unexpectedly, when she started her new job, the stranger once again appeared in front of her, dragging her into a murder case his company, Runestone Group, involved.
 She refused him immediately, but no way he would let her escape.
 He calmly said, "It's very dangerous for you, being so beautiful, to get into my car in the first place. And I take no for an answer!"
 Irish tried to calm herself down and then did her seat belt. "Mr. Dover, I've told you that I also usually charge overtime pay."
 "Doctor Irish, don't you think your professional fee is high?"
 "Is it?" Irish rolled her eyes, and an idea occurred to her, "No, the price of basic commodities nowadays is increasing, so doctors should increase their salary too."
 "You are a smart woman." He said a half-sentence, and the end of his words was meaningful. "Of course, the extra money on the check was just an advance deposit. We can negotiate about the related remuneration once I'm satisfied with your performance."
 His scheming trick clearly trapped her, and it was too late for her to take back her words and realize the implication of her abrupt action.
 A dangerous game of love that is full of lies and deception. Two exceptional individuals that fate collided, leading to the past they tried to bury.
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 There are times when you’ll still never be good enough no matter how hard you try.
 Born with a frail twin sister, Li Caiyi gives most of her time to take care of Li Chunhua. Her parents and older brother trust her to take care of her sister, yet Li Caiyi can’t help but feel the disparity in treatment and affection given to both of them.
 In her whole life, she has never become anyone’s first priority. Not in the heart of her family, and especially not in the heart of her childhood friend, the Young Master of Meng family, Meng Renshu.
 When Li Caiyi became Meng Renshu’s wife, Li Caiyi thought she could finally become someone’s first priority, but everything fell apart in just three years.
 She decides to let everything go. Then she meets Shen Qiang in the most unexpected place. No one wants to accompany her in her life, yet this stranger offers to accompany her in death.
 “Do you want to jump together?”
 When she opened her eyes, Li Caiyi had gone back to her high school times.
 This time, she won’t make the wrong choice again.
 But where can she find Shen Qiang?!
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 All Amy needed to do was get away from her pursuers. The last thing she thought she'd encounter was being kidnapped, drugged and offered to some smelly fat old man.
 But no, he wasn't any of that. Zach was simply a god. And he was drugged, just like her. It could be the drugs or she just genuinely found him irresistible. And to her luck, he didn't resist her when she made a move on him. When she found out how much of a beast he was in bed, she wasn't complaining.
 But she knew they were not supposed to cross paths. So when she finally left the next morning, little did she know that fate had a 'little surprise' in store.
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 Bai Renxiang, the first young miss of the Bai family had her name on the headlines with a shocking discovery.
 As though that wasn’t enough with her tainted reputation, her angry father threw her out of his house and company while her boyfriend broke up with her for an arranged marriage, basing it on the trending news.
 She was abandoned and left alone. All but two persons stood beside her, her mother and maternal grandfather.
 Life not being satisfied, decided to throw her world into chaos again, with her mother being diagnosed with cancer of the Kidney.
 In a bid to get help for her mother’s surgery, she found herself seeking help from her step sister and unfortunately being in the same situation that ruined her life before.
 At the end of it all, she was left with a cheque and her dignity GONE.
 Li Fengjin, the mysterious CEO of Emperor's Enterprise, the untainted playboy who gets pestered by his parents to get a stable relationship, got laid one night.
 He could not forget what transpired between him and the mysterious lady that sauntered into his room that fateful night. He tried to find her but he got nothing.
 In the storms and trials of life, would Bai Renxiang be able to rise and find out who set her up to get revenge?
 Would he be able to find her? Would they fall for each other? Will they be able to pass their trials without falling apart?
 And what about the sweet little thing holding unto his leg from nowhere and saying, ‘Will you be my dad?’
 Find out how these two weave their fates in the threat of life.
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 "Sir, we have searched and searched but there is no trace of her anywhere.”
 “How come? Search again,” Li Fengjin ordered.
 “But...”
 “NO BUTS!” He yelled in anger. “Get this done, now! Find her and bring her to me if you must.”
 “Yes sir.”
 Beep!
 Taking in a deep breath, he tried to calm down before unlocking his phone and looking at a picture on the screen.
 "Think you can run off after leaving my world in a storm, huh? You have to take responsibility for me. Keep hiding, I would find you and make you mine."
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 Have you ever wondered about unpredictable life?
 One minute everything is so good and then suddenly the next minute everything just turns around…
 Anya Owen faced such times thrice in her life due to one person. Twice she survived and started leading a happy life with her darling son.
 But could she survive the jeopardy he was going to cause again in her life?
 Alvin Matthews, the most mysterious man in the city. Nobody knows where he is, what is up to, or what he does. Some even doubt if he is alive or dead.
 Could he stop himself from falling for the little feisty woman?
 Well, he never stops himself. But he doubted if he would get killed by the stone-hearted woman before he could soften her heart.
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 Alvin watched Anya politely speaking with the butler. He leaned back on the armchair and crossed his legs, intently watching the soft smiles appearing on the delicate face.
 “Hey, Little Chipmunk, why is your mother good to all but me?” He asked shifting his eyes on the little man who was crossing his little legs playing a video game on his mobile.
 A sly smirk appeared on Zane’s face. He carelessly threw his words, “That’s what you deserve, Chipmunk Monster.”
 Alvin: “...”
 Alvin has to rack his brain to appease Little Monster... Correction, Little Master and his Devil… The second Correction, his Queen.
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 In her past life, Su Xiaofei lost everything when her father’s other daughter came, essentially ruining her life. Only at the end of her life did her half-sister Ye Mingyu, reveal the truth. Su Xiaofei wasn’t her parents’ real child, but an orphan that they chose to adopt when they found out that her adoptive mother couldn’t conceive a child.
 After losing her adoptive mother and her own life, Su Xiaofei was given a chance to make it right! Returning to the days before the mother and daughter pair ruined her life, Su Xiaofei decided she would no longer be a filial child to her scum of a father, and promised not to love her trash of a husband.
 Just as she thought her heart had turned cold and immune to love, a certain Young Master Lu decided to profess his undying love for her. In the last moments of her past life, Lu Qingfeng was the only one who held her limp body close and shed tears as she departed from the world of the living.
 "My mind is already set. Aside from you, I will not marry someone else. Moreover, in this lifetime and the next ones, I will only have you as my wife."
 In everyone’s eyes, she was the wicked villainess, but for Lu Qingfeng, Su Xiaofei was his personal goddess.
 As she navigates through her second chance at life, would Su Xiaofei be able to teach her heart not to be swayed by his love?
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 [Mature content.]
 Chloe Carlson, 35, was a married woman living with her cheating husband— Vincent Gray, and their daughter— Mackenzie.
 Her failing marriage led her to file a divorce after 10 years, but her husband refused to sign it.
 “I know what you want Chloe, you want my money after we divorced. You want to take everything from me and I will not let that happen!” Vincent accused.
 “I don't need your Money, Vincent! I just want to take Mackenzie with me and leave!”
 At last, she left her bastard husband without taking a cent from him. She was going to carve her own path in life and give her daughter the best in the world.
 However, things aren’t working so well with a single mother like Chloe. It was difficult to find job because she was a housewife without qualification for a long time. Thus, in desperation as she needed to care for her daughter, she only had one way out.
 She contacted her brother-in-law— Vernon Phoenix Gray, 25, a young, heartless playboy, who happened to be the CEO of a skyrocketing company, asking him for a job in this tough time.
 “A job? That's not an issue. You can work as my personal assistant and take care of all my daily needs.” Vernon smirked and leaned in. “Especially in bed,” he whispered in her ear.
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 Would Chloe fall into the hands of her evil brother-in-law and become a slave of his whim?
 Or would she return to her abusive scum husband for their daughter’s future?
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 Note: There is an age gap in this story,
 Chloe is 35 years old.
 Vincent is 35 years old.
 Vernon is 25 years old.
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