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Love Across the Light Years -The Devil CEO Indulges My Lies.

Family is a luxury not everyone can afford. Adelyn learned that the day Clara returned to the Scott family —and she quietly stopped belonging. No one abused her. No one hurt her openly. But the love that was once hers alone became divided. The attention that once chose her … became something she had to borrow. And whenever something precious stood between her and Clara —Adelyn was the one asked to let go. Not once. Not twice. But every single time. Her dreams. Her choices. Her place in the family. Her heart didn’t break in a single moment —it wore down slowly … until nothing remained worth fighting for. So, she erased herself from their world. Not in anger. Not in revenge. But to save what little of herself was left. ————— Seven years later, Adelyn returned. Not for the Scott family. Not for their love. She came back for the dreams she was once forced to abandon —and this time, nothing would be taken from her. No compromises. No sacrifices. Only her life. Her rules. She breathed in freedom. “No family…no shackles.” But just then— Two small arms wrapped around her legs. She stiffened. Looking down, she met a pair of familiar doe eyes staring up at her with unwavering trust. “Mama … Eira waited long for you. Don’t leave again.” …Mama? Before she could understand or react, a tall shadow fell over them. A man stood there —gaze sharp, cold, claiming —looking at her like she had belonged to him. “You dared to show up again?” Adelyn felt clueless. She would have asked him what he meant, however — Before she could speak — the ground vanished beneath her feet. A powerful arm lifted her effortlessly. “Since you dared …” his voice dropped —low, restrained, dangerous. “Don’t think of escaping again.
Scarlet_Shine · 456.1k Views

Book One — I Am Not Sarah — The Wrong Name

She had no voice. He had no mercy. And neither of them knew the truth that was going to destroy everything. She is mute. She is trapped. And she is living inside a dead woman's life. Elena Brenette is twenty one years old and in love with a man who was never truly hers. On the night of her wedding she discovers the devastating truth — her fiancé and her own sister have been in love all along. She was never the girl he chose. She was simply convenient. Betrayed and broken, Elena drives into a storm soaked night in her wedding dress. She never arrives anywhere. On that same road two other women are running from their own disasters. Sarah Venzagrase — twenty one, pregnant, covered in blood — is fleeing a husband whose people have been sent to kill her. Phiona — also twenty one, bearing the exact same face — is on that road for reasons nobody yet understands. Three women. One face. One blood. One catastrophic collision. When the wreckage clears Phiona is dead — her body mistakenly identified as Elena Brenette. The world believes Elena is gone. Sarah vanishes into the darkness with her unborn child. And Elena — unconscious, still in her wedding dress — is pulled from the flames by the most dangerous man she will ever meet. Lucas Venzagrase. He calls her Sarah. She cannot tell him otherwise. Elena wakes up inside the wrong life. Trapped behind the iron walls of the Venzagrase estate — the most powerful family in the state — she faces a husband who despises her, a family that wants her gone, and a household that has already decided who she is. She cannot speak. She cannot explain. She cannot say the three words that would change everything. I am not Sarah. Every attempt to communicate the truth is read as guilt and madness. The more she fights the deeper she sinks. She is a prisoner without chains — held captive by a name, a face, and a silence no one bothers to understand. But Elena Brenette did not survive a collision that killed one woman and swallowed another just to disappear quietly inside someone else's story. She will find a way. Even if she has to do it without a single word. What no one knows yet — not Elena, not Sarah, not even the man hunting for answers — is that the three women on that road were not strangers. They were triplets. Separated by a broken past. Reunited by a catastrophe. And someone powerful made sure they never found each other. That someone is still watching.
DaoistPpwHlh · 20.4k Views

THE LAND WE LEFT BEHIND

When Mulenga moves his family to a remote farm offered by his wife’s cousin, Mr. Banda, it feels like the miracle he has been praying for. After years of poverty and wandering between temporary jobs, the 11 hectares of fertile land promise stability, dignity, and a future for his growing family. Together with his wife, Thandiwe, Mulenga works tirelessly, transforming the farm into a thriving home filled with cattle, crops, and the laughter of children. For years, life seems blessed. But beneath the surface, a quiet storm is forming. As Mulenga watches others build wealth and ownership, a painful realization begins to grow inside him: the land he has poured his life into will never truly belong to him. Encouraged by whispers from friends and haunted by his own pride, Mulenga begins to resent the very opportunity that once saved his family. Driven by ambition and wounded pride, he makes a decision that will change everything. Without warning, he abandons the life he built and leaves the farm with his family, chasing the dream of owning land of his own. But the future he hoped for quickly turns into hardship. His eldest daughter’s life is derailed by an early pregnancy, his son Kebwe is sent away to be raised by the Bandas in hopes of securing a better future, and the family slowly begins to fracture under the weight of regret and lost opportunities. Years pass, and the consequences of that single decision echo across generations. Dreams fade, relationships break, and the land they left behind becomes a symbol of everything that was lost—love, stability, and the chance for a different life. Spanning four decades, The Land We Left Behind is a powerful and emotional story about pride, forgiveness, family, and the quiet ways our choices shape the lives of those who come after us. In the end, Mulenga must face the truth that the greatest loss was never the land he left behind—but the love he failed to protect. A deeply human story of regret, redemption, and the enduring memory of home.
Sans_Peur · 8.7k Views