René Descartes

In the coastal quiet of Baler, a studio is born—not of architecture, but of intention.* Founded by Yam, a poet whose words cradle pain gently, and Franc, an artist who paints tenderness into walls, the studio becomes a refuge for those learning to stay—with grief, love, longing, and themselves. As visitors arrive, they leave behind more than footprints: a sigh recorded in bamboo, a poem tucked into the “Found Letters” shelf, a mural painted in crooked lines. Through zines, tea, silence, and sketchbooks, the studio teaches softness as revolution. Ren creates the *Window of Soft Returns*, an installation of anonymous voice recordings—each whisper forming a community of echoes. Drew builds the *Staircase With No Wrong Turns*, inviting people to walk through emotions without shame. Franc offers brushstrokes as brave work, and Yam curates writing circles that map healing in half sentences. Together, they host festivals that feel like hugs, and they begin traveling their archive, letting softness cross oceans. Even those who once left—like Miguel—return, discovering that some doors never truly close. Others, like Tala, capture the studio’s sound and turn it into a podcast of breath and becoming. Over seventy chapters, the studio transforms into something larger than itself: a mural of memory, a sanctuary for second chances, a place where return is sacred and voice is proof of survival. In the final bloom, the studio stands not as a monument—but as a reminder: > *“Staying isn’t easy. > But chosen together, > it becomes home.”*

Is Landon my Daddy or Gray? Little Lyra asked. Ren ignored the little girl. The man she'd fallen in love with, the man she risked everything for, kicked her out the moment he recovered from traumatic brain injury. He never thought of all her sacrifices and dedication. Now he's back, asking. "Is she mine?

"Spread your legs, kitten, let Daddy see how wet you are for him" "Yes daddy," "Beg for it" "Please Daddy - please" I moaned out. ************* I never wanted to cross the line of my cold commanding mother, but when my billionaire stepfather leans in too close, his ocean blue eyes holding rules that no man should crave me like he did. He isn't just wealthy, he's intoxicating. The kind of man who buys islands on a whim and kisses me as if he was claiming me. And when he murmurs, "You've been a very bad girl" i didn't apologize, because I wanted boundaries , I wanted him to be a father figure to me but he refused and said I belonged to him and would never escape him, maybe he was right, because when he ordered me to his room and call him Daddy, I didn't even try to say NO.

“No, this is fraud. You can't take my son away!” Blue shouts, lips trembling and heart hammering wildly as she pins a hard glare on her husband, Asher. “You signed it. He is mine” Asher counters, breaking her already shattered heart. Blue Vorozi has everything, a loving husband, an adorable son and a nice fairytale life until it starts to crack and overtake with bitter reality she never saw coming. Asher Vorozi is caught in a scandal with the wife of his business partner that spreads all over the internet. He throws divorce papers in Blue's face. As though a heartbreak and betrayal isn't enough of a torture, he takes her child away as well. With no one by her side, Blue is helpless. But can a mother's love ever stop her from fighting for her child? Asher might have seen the loving wife. Now he will see the resilient mother, ready to rip those apart that come her way.

To escape harassment and bullying at an elite university owned and dominated by mafia, Ren Ralph makes a desperate deal with the city’s most feared mafia boss, Ciro Don. In exchange for protection, Ren agrees to become Ciro’s fake lover, used as a toy. At first, it’s all business, but what starts as a fake relationship soon turns into dangerous obsession, Ciro wants more control, he wants to possess Ren, he becomes jealous of people around Ren. When Ren learns he wasn’t randomly selected, but specifically chosen to be in this situation, he tries to run but Ciro snaps. “I want him here, Now.” As the war between rival mafia families escalates, Ren is kidnapped and tormented. Ciro stops at nothing to get him back, and when he does, he possesses Ren. “I don’t want you as my toy, I want you as a wife.”

L’entreprise de son père était au bord de la faillite, et Anna Qin a été mariée à Rayan Fu, un homme influent atteint d’une maladie grave, par sa belle-mère. Tout le monde attendait de la voir devenir veuve et être chassée de la famille Fu.Mais, contre toute attente, Rayan s’est réveillé.Violent et maussade après son réveil, il a dit : « Anna, même si tu portes mon enfant, je vais l’étrangler de mes propres mains ! »Quatre ans plus tard, Anna y est retournée avec ses jumeaux, un garçon et une fille. En pointant du doigt le visage de Rayan sur un programme télévisé de finance, elle a recommandé aux enfants : « Si vous rencontrez cet homme à l’avenir, faites un détour, ou il vous étranglera à mort. »Le soir même, l’enfant aîné a piraté l’ordinateur de Rayan et y a laissé une lettre de défi « Salaud, essaie de m’étrangler ! »

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