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The thumping started at eight a.m. on the last morning of my leave. Furniture legs on hallway marble. The elevator chiming over and over. A voice — Trask's, unmistakably, in full evangelical flow — sa...

We went through the list together and came up empty. "Could it be Vale?" Hugo said at last, not quite able to keep the name steady. Vivian frowned. "I had the same thought. So I had him checked. Last ...

"Someone drugged her wine." His voice was flat, calm, and somehow the calmest thing in the room. "The men responsible are being held as we speak." It should not have worked. A stranger in an expensive...

At five-thirty I walked into the Crescent Room precisely on time. I'd changed out of the red dress and back into my work uniform first. Whatever else Hugo had taken from me, my professionalism was min...

Summer vacation tasted as though it had been soaked in honey. Between the milky fragrance drifting through the dessert shop and the warm, sugary breath of its ovens, every day felt full and light. Che...

Back on Mount Kunlun, Ling Wu slept for three days and three nights straight. Perhaps she had truly worn herself out; she did not dream at all. When she woke, she felt refreshed and clear-headed. As i...

"You think I'm playing hard to get ?" I laughed. I actually laughed, leaning forward over his desk, close enough to watch the shock flicker in Hugo's eyes when he found nothing there but ice. "I don't...

By the time the banquet wound down, I still hadn't found Blaire anywhere. Some best friend. She'd promised to drag me here to court investors, and then vanished like smoke. My phone chimed. Blaire. Th...

Valdieri House, Early Afternoon Rain had barely put her phone down when Rongrong trotted up to her feet with the little fish toy in her mouth. The cat dropped the fish onto Rain's shoe and looked up a...

To grow up, to become a calm person, requires shedding many tears. "Chairwoman Su arranged for me to pick you up and take you home." "Why do you call Mom 'Chairwoman Su'?" "Because I don't want to be ...

Wednesday was the day Shen Miaomiao hit the worst writer's block of her life. She had spent the entire morning staring at the document for Chapter Ten of her novel. Her two leads had progressed from t...

Though Li Ce had returned to the prince's residence, he had by no means truly "let go" of Jiang Yuejian. Overnight, he had a hidden window cut into the residence's back-garden wall—the wall that stood...

By the time the car stopped outside the villa, Sheng Linyou was half-conscious. Yin Xigui helped him up to the bedroom on the second floor and used a warm towel to wipe the cuts on his face and wrists...

Perhaps it was his imagination, but Shi Wei's room-change request seemed to be approved unusually quickly. They'd barely finished lunch before its status changed to Accepted. Xu Yan eagerly volunteere...

Valdieri House, the Small Sitting Room At Celestina's words, Rain's arms tightened around the cat without her meaning to. Her plan, coming here, had been to get it over with quickly. And now she sat o...

On the first morning after the "little prince" made his landing, the mist over Chang'an had not yet lifted, and the air carried a piercing cool. In the side hall of Shangqing Temple, the smell of medi...

My life ended with Yu Shen saying, “Ruan Ying, if you found out, I'd never be able to show my face again.” The rooftop railing was digging into my waist. Far below, a loudspeaker's announcement blurre...

Yu Xinglan shook his head noncommittally. "Boss! Boss, I got the cloak too!" [GonnaGetRich]'s excited voice rang by his ear. He'd already put on the same cloak, blue curls spilling out from under the ...

Qian Yu was panting hard, her lungs burning. She clutched Qian Duoduo and spun in circles through the woods, but every single time, that crooked tree materialized in front of her like a curse that wou...

After Lu Chen rescued Chapter Four with his red pen, Shen Miaomiao finally learned her lesson about writing. She stopped chasing exaggerated domineering-CEO formulas and began concentrating on details...

"How could you see my room? Is there a projection or something?" "No—there's a pane of glass between our two rooms. I could see yours through it." "Glass?" Yu Xinglan frowned. He couldn't sense any gl...

He lowered the phone, even more excited than the girl had been. Ning Cheng pressed her lips together, knowing there was no escaping now. She glanced back at Leo, sitting calmly in the car, one brow ra...

"Aria? She's nothing but a bit of fun." The words stopped me cold in the hallway, two chilled bottles of champagne in my arms and a bag of ice pressed against my ribs. Three years. Three years of comi...

Chapter 25: Earning It Back Tang Yu spent the entire day's classes hopelessly absent-minded. Even sitting at his desk, he wanted to be eight hundred meters away from the person beside him. Ji Qian'ang...

“Forgive my bluntness, but without the cover, I would have assumed I was reviewing a general's revenge saga set in an imaginary dynasty.” Cold air seeped through the spacious, brightly lit editor-in-c...

Ning Cheng pressed her lips together and closed her eyes. After a deep breath, she turned to look at Leo, held his gaze in silence for a few seconds, and finally spoke. "I—I have other plans." "Other ...

On Friday afternoon, Shen Miaomiao arrived outside the editor-in-chief's office with her latest printed manuscript in her arms. These were Chapters Six through Eight, which she'd spent an entire week ...

When the white light faded, I found myself standing in front of a workstation. Sticky notes covered the partition. Three monitors were stacked at the edge of the desk, a packet of spicy snacks was wed...

Su Zhen's Diary, 1 I met a bear. The bear had two eyes, and its eyes were full of fear. The bear held a knife and locked me in a room. I kept calling my sister's name in my heart, hoping the terrifyin...

A voice demanding my doom dragged me awake. “Miss Su. Mr. Fu says you must sign this agreement today.” The words poured down from above, ice-cold and professionally patient. I forced open my heavy eye...

At the biggest amusement park in New York, Charlotte bounced in Luna’s arms, pointing excitedly at the carousel. “Mommy, I want to ride that one!” Luna smiled and gave her cheek a gentle pinch. “Okay,...

Three minutes later—no one knew what Luna had said—Victor stood where he’d been left, hollow-eyed and lost. Luna had turned, gotten into the car, and the car pulled away from the airport. Daisy didn’t...

Chapter 26: Warmth The news that Yin Xigui had taken over the Yin family spread through the entire business world within three days. First, the personnel changes at the old residence leaked out. The s...

Outside the cockpit door, Keane and Daisy traded looks. Keane leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed, and—catching Daisy’s bewildered, shocked stare—explained with a low laugh: “No need to look so...

By the time the plane touched down safely at London Heathrow, it was already two in the morning. Tonight they would overnight in London and fly straight back to New York the next day, and after that c...

New York City, a clear summer day. In a café by the street, Luna and Daisy sat by the window with their coffees, chatting back and forth. “Luna, did you hear? Today we’re flying with Captain Victor’s ...

Cen Sheng nearly ran out of the shrine hall. Wang Guizhi's cursing faded behind her, scattered like paper ash on the wind—but her ears roared, and over and over the vermilion line from the ledger echo...

The moment Clerk Song's fingers touched the loose board, Wang Guizhi pounced like a lioness provoked, flinging herself forward. "Don't you dare touch that! Those are my Xue family's ancestral tablets!...

Inside, it was all wine and music and easy pleasure—a different world from outside. The exhibition had not yet begun, yet the moment she entered she could see others already seated in the rooms above....

The man before her was the Left General of the Jinwu Guard—and also her childhood companion, Jiang Qinghe. Jiang Qinghe's eyes had gone considerably stern. "A-Qing..." She cut him off before he could ...