What Inspired Mondrian: His Life, His Art, His Quest For The Absolute?

René Huang is a French-Chinese Painter who lives in France. He lives alone there when his parents are living in China. He is famous, rich, and handsome. Everything in his life was perfect until finally, unexpected events started happening in his life. He painted some paintings in his sleep, and there was a secret behind them. He wanted to find out the secret, and when he became a guest lecturer in an art university, he met a student who was related to the paintings. Their relationship was not good at first, but when they were investigating the paintings together, the romance started blooming. Note: This novel is inspired by my fanfiction that was posted on another platform. The idea and the story are mines. No plagiarism. Cover by MichelleLeeee

In the madness of life, we find the madness of life in ourselves. We are a reflection of the madness of life. We are the embodiment of a crazy life.

Damien Voss has spent his entire life fulfilling a role he never chose: heir to an empire, dutiful son, fiancé to Anastasia Brooke since they were fifteen. Their engagement was never about love it was a merger sealed in a childhood promise between two ruthless families but it works. They respect each other, understand each other, and keep up appearances well enough that no one has ever thought to question it. It’s enough, or it was, until an artist named Lucas Carter walks into their lives to paint their engagement portrait and walks out of a bathroom door at exactly the wrong or right moment. What begins as an accident becomes an obsession neither man can outrun. Damien buries his attraction under anger and denial. But desire has a way of resurfacing anyway, and when the two finally give in, Damien claims Lucas fully. stolen evenings, a version of himself he’s never let anyone see. As the affair deepens, Anastasia begins to notice the distance long before she has proof of why. With the engagement party closing in, Damien is forced to face what he’s spent his whole life avoiding: he doesn’t want the wedding, the arrangement, or the life that was chosen for him before he was old enough to have an opinion. But unraveling fifteen years of promises between two powerful families was never going to be simple and when the truth comes out, it won’t just break hearts. It will ignite a war between empires, threaten to destroy both families’ fortunes, and force Damien to decide what kind of man he’s willing to become. A story of forbidden desire, dynastic betrayal, and the cost of choosing yourself when everyone else has already decided who you’re supposed to be.

After being accepted into a prestigious university located in upstate New York, Rose Campbell, a visual arts student begins her academic life. Together with her newest group of friends, who become her family, she is ready to begin her new journey as an adult and face all the challenges that come her way. When Christian Davis, a mysterious chemistry student, unexpectedly enters her life, Rose discovers a new source of inspiration for her days, and most of all, that love and hate are separated by a thin line.

Two rival architects are forced to co-design a library in a city that holds the secrets of their shared past. “Elias Thorne builds walls to keep the world out. Clara Vance designs windows to let the light in. When a prestigious commission forces them together, they realize that the hardest thing to build isn't a landmark—it’s a bridge between two broken hearts.”

“You took a photo of me without my permission.” “Then why do you look like you want to be seen?” Elliot Marlowe is a struggling photographer living paycheck to paycheck in a tiny New York apartment. One accidental photo in Central Park changes everything—a haunting shot of a mysterious, brooding man who turns out to be none other than Damien Whitlock, the untouchable billionaire tech mogul with a reputation as cold as his fortune. Instead of suing, Damien makes Elliot an offer: become his personal photographer. It's the beginning of a dangerous game—one filled with stolen glances, unspoken truths, and a fake relationship meant to protect Damien’s public image. But behind Damien’s icy exterior lies an artist scarred by betrayal, and behind Elliot’s lens is a man desperate to feel seen for the first time. As the line between performance and passion begins to blur, secrets unravel. A fake kiss becomes real. A lie about love becomes a truth too big to silence. And when heartbreak and ambition threaten to tear them apart, both must choose between fear and vulnerability, between survival and surrender. In a world where image is everything, can two men find the courage to be each other’s truth? Or will the picture-perfect illusion destroy them both?