Golden Facade Novels & Stories

The man yelled from the back of the room and that's when I knew that we're going live right now. "And we're back ladies and gentlemen! Here on today's Selina Beauty Show, we have a special guest with us. Let's give a wonderful round of applause to Miss Shay Falcon everybody! A.K.A San Francisco's Golden Girl!" The crowd starts to applaud in an excited way and I flashed a smile at the camera being rolled nearby. "Welcome Shay, how you feeling?" Selina asked me with a smile. "I'm good, thank you for having me."

“Not just the dust or remnants either. We mine and refine it before chipping it into gold powder for this shade.” I smirked picking up the shade called Coins Galore and twirled it around so she could see the flecks of gold, copper, and silver inside. “We do the same thing for the copper and silver flecks, and—” I closed my mouth realizing that Grace was smiling at me and not looking at the bottle in my hand, and I had said far too much. “I meant, they… I—” “You’re from Fluorite,” Grace said, her face showing no hint of shock. “I… suspected as much.”

BENEATH THE FACADE Behind the façade of wealth and power, a web of secrets awaits. CHAPTER 49 Emily's POV The Kingston empire was huge and protected by a golden gate with bronze and onyx pearls. Decorated with pure gold, it defined luxury. The compound had a vast garden with a lot of colourful flowers. The empire had a lot of social workers in there and their smiles and warm reception melted my heart. “Congratulations, welcome, welcome” turned into music as it came from all directions.

She's stunning, and I might have asked her out if my thoughts weren't preoccupied by an equally captivating woman. "Good morning," she greets, flashing her perfect teeth at me. "Morning," I reply, not immune to her beauty. I clear my throat when I'm caught checking her out. "It's alright," she says with a beam, waving a dismissive hand. She must be accustomed to receiving such attention from men, as it rarely fazes her now. I state the purpose of my visit, and she invites me into the establishment. There's a glass case at the counter displaying several rows of luxurious items, featuring diamonds, gold, silver, and intricately carved pieces. The jewelry glimmers under the light, each piece ar

In the end, my grandfather was the one who had led Skymex Group to its current glory in his youth, propelling himself as the richest man of Adonia. That was why everyone in the hall recognized him and knew about his legend. And given everything he did since he arrived, everyone in the hall now understood that I was the real grandson of Miles Langford—and Harold was the gigolo who was being sponsored. That was why they were all looking at him in disgust right then. "What? Harold Langford is really a gigolo! How desperate do those women have to be to get a sugar baby like that?" "Hell, I think Quincy, Ellie, and Jennie are the crazy ones here. Ellie and Jennie actually called their own family

Lin wei looked at the speeding cars in front of her, her eyes sour, "I had a miscarriage." She stood still for a moment, her phone buzzing in her bag. She didn't answer and continued walking forward. She got off the overpass and ahead was the most luxurious commercial district in the city. The exterior of the Guojin Center was adorned with a giant LED display screen, which was currently playing clips from the Chopin International Piano Competition.

The sky didn't just go dark; it went sterile. As the Auditor’s crystalline sails unfurled across the orbital plane, they didn't merely block the sun’s light—they filtered its frequency. The "Golden Equilibrium" that had bathed the world in a protective, amber warmth was being systematically stripped away. Through his violet eye, Kael watched the Photonic Depletion in real-time. The vibrant gold of Lyra’s legacy was being replaced by a flat, matte gray.

She rolled over onto her back, her dark eyes widening as she looked up through the dense treeline. The Gilded Fortress was gone. The massive, multi-million-dollar Bedford estate was a towering inferno of orange flames and black smoke, the dark stone structures collapsing into a massive crater of burning rubble. Everything Dominic had used to cage her, everything she had fought against for weeks, had been completely erased from the face of the earth in a single, calculated stroke of treachery. "Vivian..." A low, ruined groan drifted from the dark shadows beside a massive pine tree.

The Golden Leaf. I had been overwhelmed with pain and adrenalin that I’d forgotten the shining Golden Leaf in front of us. All the hardship and suffering we’d endured was because of this. And now it was in front of us. I smiled, a feeling of pride dawning upon me. We walked over to the glass box. Zak stared in disbelief at the sheer beauty of the Golden Leaf, as it continued to shimmer and emit scintillating golden rays. “We’ve done it!” Señor Ramirez exclaimed.