Mystery Other Web Novels & CEO Stories

Serena Vale needs money, not secrets. Desperate to help her family, she accepts a live-in job at Blackwood Estate, a mansion owned by Lucien Blackwood, a man who knows things he should not. The job comes with rules. Never enter the west wing. Never wander the halls after midnight. And if you hear someone calling your name from an empty room, do not answer. Serena breaks the rules on her third night. A piano begins playing behind a locked door. A woman’s voice whispers her name. Then she discovers a photograph of herself as a girl inside Blackwood Estate. The problem? Serena has never been there. At least, that is what she remembers. Lucien knows otherwise. He knows her mother. He knows about the night Serena disappeared seventeen years ago. And worst of all, he remembers things about Serena that she has no memory of ever telling him. The more Serena investigates, the stranger the truth becomes. Her mother’s disappearance is connected to Lucien’s dead father. The forbidden west wing holds evidence of her childhood. Someone has been manipulating her memories. And the mysterious voice haunting the mansion seems determined to bring her back to a promise she made as a child. But Lucien is hiding something too. He tells Serena not to trust him. She should. Instead, she finds herself dangerously drawn to the one man who may know exactly what happened to her, and may be the only person capable of protecting her. As desire collides with suspicion, Serena must decide how much of her past to uncover. What if she never escaped Blackwood Estate in the first place? And what if Lucien isn't the devil hiding in her bedroom? What if he is the only thing keeping the real one away?

After what happened five years ago, Agatha Tatiana finally had the courage to go back to her hometown, Pampanga. The nightmares she tried burying six feet under came back, adding to her struggles. She tried hard to fight it and to forget her past, but her scars reminded her of everything. She covered it up and hid it, not until she met him, a light-hearted person who gave her butterflies. But… are those butterflies enough to make her love her beautiful scars?

‘I wish to have a carefree life.’ This is what Reine said before getting hit by the famous ‘Out of Control Truck’. When she opened her eyes, she is in a luxurious room with maids around her. “Good morning Duchess, it is time for your breakfast.” Is what they said. She is now Duchess Frielle Marcia Madrigal Fortess, the thirds’ most powerful lady in the kingdom of Sagareste. She thought being a duchess will give her a carefree life, oh how wrong she was.

'What do you think? Am I a psychopath Sarah?'He said in a gravelly voice, gradually tightening his grip over Sarah's throat with his right hand while his left hand was holding Sarah's right hand with all his power, almost embedding it into the wall behind Sarah...Sarah was running out of breath and her eyes went teary when he yelled...****Sarah is a rich girl who after being trapped in her own house for almost two years finally came out. But now all she wants is a normal life. She joins a company called The Ambition to start a new fresh life but there are certain people and things that are approaching her. Which can or may reveal some of the things about her past...

The Price of Vulnerability follows the journey of Mr. Wells, a charismatic yet emotionally unavailable man who has built a wall around his heart after a painful past. As the successful CEO of a leading tech company, he hides behind his stoic demeanor and seductive allure, unwilling to let anyone get too close. Enter Naomi, a driven and intelligent woman who crosses paths with Wells during a high-stakes interview. Confident in her abilities yet struggling with her own hidden desires, Naomi finds herself inexplicably drawn to Wells. Despite his cold exterior and unwillingness to commit, there’s something about him that sparks a longing for more—a desire for trust, love, and a connection that goes beyond surface-level attraction. As Naomi navigates her new role as Wells’ secretary, she discovers the fragile layers of his heart. Slowly, she begins to unravel the mystery of the man behind the business mogul persona. But in the process, Naomi finds herself confronting her own vulnerability, torn between the power of her ambition and the intense pull of her feelings for Wells. In The Price of Vulnerability, trust, love, and desire collide as two people with guarded hearts risk it all to face the pain of their pasts and the possibility of a future together. Will Naomi break through Wells’ emotional walls, or will the price of opening up be too great?