Webbed Crack

When I'm on my break, I decide to help my neighbor, Yvonne Cook, fix the gas valve, which has been leaking gas. But she instantly lodges a report, saying that I've gone against the rules. She demands compensation for the shock that she's suffered as well. I don't bother defending myself. Instead, I just write a reflection report. After that, my squad leader sentences me to disciplinary confinement. Yvonne wastes no time gloating in the tenants' group chat. "It's time to teach these power-abusers a good lesson, anyway!" Three days later, a fire breaks out in Yvonne's apartment. Thick plumes of dark smoke keep rising from the burning apartment. Yvonne wails as she bangs on my door and pleads with me. "Please crack open the door and put out the fire!" I can only sigh from behind my front door. "I'm under disciplinary suspension right now, so I can't break protocol. You should wait for the fire truck instead."

Kaya built the perfect quarterback to break her ex. She never expected him to steal her heart… again. After sacrificing everything to help her arrogant ex-husband Tom rise as captain of the nation’s biggest football team, Kaya is left humiliated and betrayed by her husband But Kaya isn’t just anyone. She is the hidden heiress of the very team Tom plays for and a Tech genius undermined by everyone, only known for her precise physics and game play. Determined to destroy him where it hurts most, Kaya uses her family’s cutting-edge tech to build Tom 2.0 a flawlessly handsome AI quarterback robot programmed to dominate the field… and drive Tom mad with jealousy. But when Tom 2.0 starts acting strangely, showing tenderness, jealousy, and even calling her by a name only one boy ever knew, Kaya’s world unravels. Because inside the steel and circuits is there a heart that beats? As secrets crack open and passions ignite, Kaya faces an impossible choice: Will she finish her revenge? Or risk everything to love what she thinks is a robot?

The day my husband's first love shows up at my house, I catch a faint, cloyingly sweet scent of gardenias in the air. My genetically-linked asthma flares violently at the scent of gardenias. As expected, halfway through the meal, my chest suddenly tightens. I can barely draw a breath before collapsing onto the couch. My younger brother sprints into my bedroom like he's lost his mind, grabs an inhaler, and shoves it straight to my mouth. "Tess!" he roars. "Why the hell is there gardenia perfume?" Everyone panics. My dad grabs a liquor bottle. My mom lunges forward, grabbing the woman by the hair. And my husband positions himself in front of her, protecting his beloved first love as she trembles. Amid the chaos, I muster the last of my strength. I reach into the crack of the couch, grab another inhaler, take a deep breath, and slowly push myself upright. I let out a cold laugh as I fix my gaze on the woman cowering behind my husband. "Finished with your little performance? It's my turn now."

Ava Cavallaro is her father's deadliest secret- A mafia princess trained in the shadows and sharpened into a weapon. Desperate to claim her place in his empire and his heart, she accepts a life-changing mission; Infiltrate in the inner circle of Mafia King-pin, Dante Moretti and burn his empire to the ground. But the past is a secret that won't stay buried. Dante isn't just a target. He's the ex-boyfriend Ava loved and abandoned, the man who still carries her memory in his heart, who think she is dead. Now disguise as his new captivating assistant Sophia Morales, every stolen glance is a betrayal and every touch reignites memories that could consume them both. As Ava carefully built lie begins to crack and old emotions grow stronger, web of deceits begins to unravel as she discovers her father's lies run deeper than she had ever imagined. Caught between the man that raised her to be a machine and the man who sees through her deception, Ava must make a choice- to complete her mission and earn her legacy written in blood or risk everything for a love that was never meant to survive.

When billionaire Liam Vance is found barely alive after a mysterious yacht explosion, the headlines explode with an even bigger shock: He has a secret wife. Her name is Ava Quinn, a quiet waitress from a nowhere town who claims they married in private months before. There’s just one problem, she is lying. Ava has every reason to hate the man unconscious in that hospital bed. Before the accident, Liam Vance destroyed her family’s livelihood without a second glance. He ruined everything. Now, he’s vulnerable. And she’s the only one close enough to find the truth and make him pay. She told herself it was just a plan. Get revenge. Uncover the truth. Break his empire from the inside. But as Liam slowly recovers and finds himself drawn to the beautiful woman he supposedly married, something shifts. The chemistry is real. The danger is closer than they realize. And Ava’s plan begins to crack under the weight of a truth she never expected… What happens when the man she came to destroy becomes the one she can’t let go of?

For six years, I was secretly in love with my stepbrother, Connor, the Alpha of our wolf pack. One full moon night, I snuck into his pack's corporate headquarters, hoping to surprise him. But through a crack in the door, I heard him whispering with his Beta, Marcus. "You still messing around with your stepsister, that Aria? When are you gonna cut it off? Don't tell me you've actually caught feelings for her?" Connor smirked, his voice ice-cold. "Feelings? She's just a beta who threw herself at me. A freebie, why not? My Luna will only ever be Elena." "Her father betrayed the pack and got kicked out. And her mother seduced mine, got my own mother killed. Six years... that's just been me punishing her. She deserves everything she gets." So, the mate bond I treasured... it was all just a carefully planned revenge. All his sweet nothings, his gentle touches... they were all lies, laced with poison. Fine. If that's how it is, I'm leaving. Hope you won't regret it.

"Quiet, girl!" I growled. Her body stiffened. I fumbled her breast with so much anger. "See, boys?" I said, with a low growl, "She is so soft." I laughed, cold and harsh. Lucian and Jamil roared with me. Her eyes squeezed shut, a blush creeping up her neck. This was better. Broken. "This is how you should behave," I muttered to myself with raw satisfaction. My hand moved lower, smacking her butt hard. Crack! Lina whimpered. It was a small, painful sound. Her pain was mine. I dragged her towards me. Her bare skin brushed my clothes, like a jolt. My hands moved over her curves, asserting my ownership. Her skin was soft, silk. She shivered with fear and something else. It excited me. I leaned in, my breath hot against her ear. Her heart pounded, like a frantic drumbeat. Just as I moved to take her, a whisper crept out of her mouth "Please, Sire, I haven't done this before." Her voice shook. It surprised me. I pulled my hand back, feigning surprise.

My father was a highly respected criminal investigator, and my mother was the head of the ER, dedicated to saving lives. However, I was a regular at the local police station. I fought, caused trouble, and earned the title of “the most hopeless kid on the block.” The first time, I publicly insulted my newly transferred cousin at school. My father dragged me straight to the police station in front of everyone and had me locked up for a full day and night. The second time, I led a gang of thugs to block my cousin’s way home in an alley. My mother was so furious, she dumped me deep in the mountains, leaving me to be bullied by a lecherous bachelor. The third time, I stole a keepsake from my cousin and tossed it down a sewer. My father put the handcuffs on me himself and sent me straight to juvenile detention. Five years later, I became a key informant in an anti-fraud operation, helping the police crack a major nationwide case. The media rushed to report the story, and journalists packed my parents’ house to interview the “hero’s family.” However, my parents just scoffed over the phone. “Her? A hero? We will only believe she is changed for the better when she is dead.” So why was it that when they saw me lying in a pool of blood after shielding a hostage, they finally cried?

I am reborn on the day my wife, Courtney Clarke, embezzles company funds to pay off her childhood best friend, Travis Foster's, gambling debts. This time, I, Nathan Turner, don't sell my patents to help her plug her financial hole. Instead, I swiftly file for divorce with the court and cut ties with her. This is all because in my previous life, I had loved her with everything I had for 50 years. I was at her beck and call. She claimed she longed for a platonic marriage, and so I endured a sexless marriage for decades. All this lasted until the day of the shipwreck, when I gave her the last life vest. Yet, after she was saved, she never told the rescue team that I was still trapped inside the cabin. In my final moments, through a crack in the cabin door, I watched her throw herself into Travis' arms. "Trav, I love you. I only love you. From now on, no one will stand in the way of our love." In that moment, I abandoned all will to live, letting the sea swallow me whole. So this time, after being reborn, I choose to step aside and let her pursue her love.

She married him to end a family feud. He never loved her or so she thought. Jane endured a cold, empty marriage to billionaire Logan Anderson, holding onto the hope that one day he might feel something real. But the moment she discovered she was pregnant, she also caught him cheating. Heartbroken, she asked for a divorce without telling him about the babies growing inside her. That same night, she was kidnapped, tortured, and thrown into the sea, left for dead. The men claimed Logan sent them. And Jane believed it. Six years later, she’s back. Not as a broken wife, but as a powerful woman with six brilliant children and a single mission: revenge. She’ll make Logan pay. She’ll break his empire. And she’ll do it with a smile. But what happens when the lies begin to crack? What happens when she discovers the truth That Logan had fallen for her long before she left And that someone close, someone trusted, orchestrated it all? Now Jane’s daughter is sick and the only bone marrow match is Logan. What if he wasn’t the enemy after all? And what if the only man who can save her child is the one she swore to destroy?