8 years old Aarya was raised in silence, in fear, and in chains. She never knew a life beyond bruises and rules - where food was a privilege, smiles were sins, and love was just a myth. For eight years, she lived under the iron hand of her mother and her cruel boyfriend, taught to be invisible and obedient or be punished. She didn't know family, joy, or even her own worth. Until one day, everything changed. When her abusers were arrested in a drug bust, Aarya thought she was finally free. But freedom was a lie. Because this time she is captured by a monster even more dangerous, a ghost from the underworld, long thought dead. Where she learns a truth more unbelievable than fiction: she is not alone. She is the daughter of Satyaveer Malhotra - one of the most feared mafia dons in the country - and sister to three ruthless crime lords. Thrown from hell into a den of lions, Aarya finds herself in a world she cannot understand - a world of power, guns, secrets, and brothers who speak in bullets and silence. Cold, broken, and dangerous - they don't know how to love. And neither does she. But blood remembers. And somewhere beneath the scars, loyalty, and violence... a family begins to rise..........

He wrote the best part of my story. Then the chapter ended. Theo was supposed to be my forever. The boy who built me a treehouse, who made me playlists, who looked at me like I was the answer to a question he'd been asking his whole life. We had a plan. We had a future. Then a storm rolled in, and he never made it home. Now I'm just the girl standing in the wreckage of an "us" that never got to be. I scream at his voicemail. I wear his hoodie until it loses his smell. I push away everyone who tries to help-until I meet a boy with sad eyes who understands that some losses don't just heal. agai They say time heals all wounds. But what if the wound is shaped like a person? A raw, painful journey through first love, devastating loss, and the slow art of learning to breathe n.

In the quiet riverside town of Willowbrook, North Carolina, life moves at its own gentle rhythm until two broken hearts collide. Asterine Rufino, a spirited young artist with a secret mission to leave a mark on the world, and Soren Lockhart, a boy haunted by guilt and despair, meet by chance under a fading sunset. As they navigate the small town streets, hidden trails, and lantern lit riversides, their worlds slowly intertwine. Together, they uncover moments of laughter, vulnerability, and fragile hope, discovering that even in the face of heartbreak and endings, life can shine in unexpected ways. Paper Lanterns is a tender, emotionally layered story of friendship, self discovery, and the courage it takes to truly live, reminding us that the smallest moments can leave the brightest marks on the heart.

The Strange Housekeeper (이상한 가정부) ​Network: SBS | Episodes: 19 | Genre: Healing Rom-Com, Melodrama Starring: Jun Sung Ho ​Synopsis: Cold, calculating, and chronically stressed, CEO Cha Min-hyuk demands absolute perfection in his life and his massive estate. But when he hires a highly recommended new housekeeper to maintain his order, he gets Ahn Mi-ra (Jun Sung Ho)-a quirky woman who takes every single word exactly as it is spoken. ​Tell her to "dress the chicken" for a VIP dinner? She will knit the raw poultry a tiny sweater. Tell her to "put out the lights"? She will physically unscrew the bulbs and place them on the front porch. Always clad in a highly unusual, vintage pastel blue uniform that she refuses to take off, Mi-ra is walking chaos in Min-hyuk's perfectly curated world. ​Min-hyuk is ready to fire her, until he realizes she isn't mocking him. Behind her literal mind and eccentric outfits lies a deep, hidden trauma that made her terrified of the world's hidden meanings. As Min-hyuk navigates her hilarious, disastrous misunderstandings, he accidentally discovers that her unfiltered honesty, incredible baking, and absolute sincerity are exactly what his cold, empty heart needs to heal. ​In a corporate world built on lies and metaphors, can a cynical CEO learn to love a woman who only understands the literal truth?

Love Intervention (2021) ​Starring: Jun Sung Ho, Gong Yoo, and Han So-hee ​Logline: A glamorous, arrogant Seoul socialite and self-proclaimed matchmaker decides to orchestrate the love life of a naive newcomer, only to have her schemes hilariously backfire and force her to realize she might be entirely blind to her own heart.

In the silence of the Haworth parsonage, Emily cannot write. Her inkwell is dry. Her gentleman will not come alive. So she dreams. And on the moors, a figure emerges. Heathcliff. But creation has costs. When Emily imagines a woman fierce enough to match him, she loses them both to each other. Night after night, she tries to unmake what she made. Night after night, Catherine will not dissolve. What remains when your characters outgrow you? This is my entry for The Wattpad "WutheringHeights" Movie Reimagined Contest. It is under 3000 words, rated for readers of all ages.

Santa Claus is an old man in a tattered red coat, limping through a world whose failure to believe in him has caused him to vanish limb by limb. But before he disappears entirely, he has one last round to make - not with gifts, but with letters of apology, delivered to the people whose lives were derailed by a single, cold lump of coal. The greatest burden he ever carried was never the toys. It was his memories of the coal. This is one of my entries in the 2026 Wattpad Open Novella Contest. It is in response to Prompt 79: "A letter arrives addressed to you, written by someone who shouldn't exist."

The truth is a matter of perspective - and these perspectives are cracked. In this collection of short stories, the voice you hear is rarely the one you should trust. From a prisoner trapped in a cotton-candy hellscape to a killer whose break-ups get messy, these stories explore the jagged line between reality and delusion. Step into the minds of the lost and the monstrous. And remember: the narrator is never who you think they are.

No power. No rules. Just the people left in the dark - and themselves.

Lucy Petler is a headstrong high school junior who refuses to give up and never settles for second best. After getting into a fight with her lab partner, Lucy suddenly finds herself on the verge of failing her science fair project. When the class slacker volunteers to be her partner, Lucy thinks she might be better off going back to her old teammate (as much as she hates him), but its too late. The teacher switches the lab partners and Lucy is now stuck with James Schroeder. James couldn't care less about school, as long as he gets into his dream music program at the Manhattan School of Music. Even though he's only a junior, he plans to graduate early next year and pursue a degree of Music in Piano Pedagogy. Acing his Physics class won't help him later in life, as long as he passes MSM will still accept him. So when his best friend Charlie bets him enough money to finally get his dream piano, he hastily agrees without reading the fine print. When two worlds collide, the music created could make a symphony cry (tears of joy of pure pain). Will Lucy and James learn to trust each other and their feelings, or will their own goals get in the way of trusting themselves. And when new rivals are formed and feelings are developed, who will be left standing when the grand piano falls?