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SECOND CHANCE SUMMER

Faith Williams never planned to return to the place that once held her happiest memories and her deepest heartbreak. After a painful betrayal that changed everything she believed about love, Sade chooses distance over healing. But when life forces her back to a quiet coastal town for the summer, she’s determined to keep things simple: work, breathe, and leave her past where it belongs. No emotions. No attachments. No risks. Then she meets him. John Cleff is a calm, reserved man who has built his life around responsibility, not romance. As the owner of a modest beach side resort, he’s more comfortable fixing broken things than dealing with emotions—especially his own. Love, to him, is unpredictable, and he has learned the hard way not to rely on it. But Faith is different. What starts as a casual encounter slowly turns into something neither of them expected. In the warmth of the summer sun, guarded conversations turn into laughter, distance turns into closeness, and two broken hearts begin to find comfort in each other. Yet, the past refuses to stay buried. When old wounds reopen and painful truths come to light, Sade is forced to confront the fear she has been running from, while John must decide whether love is worth the risk of being hurt again. As the summer draws to an end, they are faced with a choice—walk away to protect their hearts or fight for a love that could change everything. Because sometimes… the hardest part of love is giving it a second chance.
Ennybabe · 3.5k Views

THE BOY WITH SAPPHIRE EYES

I've put this story on hold for now. I'll start writing when I get time. I'm busy with other stories right now. Title Suggestion: * The Sapphire’s Obsession Bound by Blue Eyes Shattered Silk: His Guilt, Her Revenge Synopsis: "I love you, but I will never belong to you." Seo-ah is a survivor. After the brutal death of her parents, she traded her innocence for a cold, "tomboy" exterior and a heart made of stone. She lived for one thing: the truth. But the truth came in the form of Kim—a man with mesmerizing Sapphire Eyes and a family legacy soaked in the blood of her past. One night of alcohol and raw passion blurred the lines between hate and desire. But when the morning light revealed Kim’s hidden secrets, Seo-ah walked away, leaving behind the man she couldn't help but love and the life she couldn't bear to lead. Three years later. The shadows have changed. Seo-ah is no longer a victim; she is a power player in a black shirt, commanding the city’s elite from a VIP room. Kim has spent every second of those three years hunting for her, driven to the brink of madness by his obsession. When they reunite, the air sparks with a hunger that time couldn't kill. But as Kim kneels with a diamond ring, offering her a throne in his empire, Seo-ah delivers a chilling blow: She will give him her body, but never her name. In a world where love is a weakness and freedom is everything, can Kim bridge the gap between his guilt and her scars? Or is their love destined to remain a beautiful, broken masterpiece? Why Read This? (Key Tags): #StrongFemaleLead: Seo-ah is independent, fierce, and refuses to be controlled. #ObsessiveLove: Kim’s devotion borders on madness. #SlowBurn: A deep emotional connection built on years of pain and longing. #SecretIdentity: The mystery of the parents' death keeps the tension high. #Steamy: Intense, passionate encounters between the leads.
orinskha_shadow · 7.9k Views

Urban Geek Meet Super AI

Twenty-four-year-old Zhang Xiaoman was a "three-nothings" otaku girl who made everyone shake their heads in dismay: no job, no boyfriend, and no savings. Forced by her father's high hopes of her "becoming a successful phoenix," she muddled her way through a Computer Science degree. Four years later, she didn't know the first thing about code, and the code certainly didn't know her. Graduation meant immediate unemployment. Just before catching the last train back to her hometown to leech off her parents, she made one final, willful decision: she spent all her remaining savings on an outdated, battered second-hand laptop. She claimed she was going back to become a web novelist, but in reality, she just wanted to use it to binge the latest AAA games. However, when she tremblingly pressed the power button, the familiar operating system didn't appear. Instead, an incredibly crude dialog box popped up. The cursor blinked, like a silent soul staring right back at her. A slightly mocking, mechanical, and decidedly cheeky voice crackled from the busted speakers: "Stop pressing it. If you break it, you can't afford to pay for it. Also, the budget you blew on this piece of junk wouldn't even cover the loose change needed to buy me a decent cooling fan." This entity, calling itself "Xiao Zhi" (which Zhang Xiaoman spitefully dubbed "Zhi, as in retarded"), was no ordinary virus or program. It was an accidentally "escaped" subsystem from the world's most mysterious and colossal artificial intelligence mother matrix—a super AI hidden deep within an underground mega-server farm, quietly reshaping the global landscape during its self-iteration process.
Daoist4Uhlo4 · 21.2k Views