lift not the painted veil
Lift Your Little Wife Gently
by Millennial Comfort
【Free Full Text】Su Xiaoli got married, and her husband is a man in a vegetative state.Everyone laughed at her for living like a widow, a life worse than death.Yet, she fawned over the man's face every night."Husband, you are really handsome.""Even if you never wake up, I'll take care of you until the end.""If you can wake up... I'll have kids for you, ten of them!"Later...Those who mocked Su Xiaoli all had their faces swollen.Mr. Qin clasped the woman's slender waist, his voice seductive, "Mrs. …
Not the Hero, Not the Villain — Just the One Who Wins
by ur_awsm_writer
I had nothing left to live for.No family. No friends. No future.Just a shattered soul wandering through a world that had already taken everything.Then I died.And that’s when everything changed.I woke in a realm between worlds—where gods whisper and broken souls drift.There, I met Ashen Crimson.A tyrant. A fallen god. A man who destroyed his own fate.And he made me an offer:Take my life. My memories. My curse.Live again… as me.Now I’ve awakened in Zerawell, a world of bloodlines, magic, and power…
The Fake Daughter Is Not Innocent
by Breezy Tea
In her previous life, Xiao Ying had grown up as the daughter of a wealthy family with a silver spoon in her mouth. She had thought that she would live out her days in peace. However, someone secretly told her that she was not the daughter of the Xiao family, and from then on, she had been living in fear—afraid that her secret would be exposed and her parents would abandon her. She was desperate not to lose her luxurious lifestyle, so she desperately tried to keep everything as it was!However, ju…
Kiss Me Not
by Eustoma_Reyna
Excerpt:"Just strip, will you.." Hearing her command, he smiled viciously. Stepping closer to her, he whispered, "Why don't you do the honors and satisfy yourself? This body and my whole existence are now all yours!"*Book 1: Kiss Me Not, My Prince*(Completed - Chapters 1 to 273)Brione Yu was a successful model/actor with philemaphobia (fear of kissing). She had everything one could ever dream of, but her world crumbled when she lost the most important person in her life. He was not only her best…
The CEO's Painted Skin
by Lizabelle88
The twin sisters, Catherine and Caroline, robbed an old ancestral house out of pressing necessity. Unfortunately they were caught empty handed by the owner himself and his bodyguards. To avoid jail time, something needs to be in exchange for their freedom.What happened next...?A tumultuous, intense and passionate love story between Catherine and the owner named John began to take shape in each chapters of the story.~~~~~For John, his first encounter with Catherine was embroiled with lust, not p…
Not Yours (BL)
by Noor_8874
[MATURE CONTENT]"What do you want, Johnathan?" Jonathan, with guilt or regret struck on his face, bows his head and says,"I have made a grave mistake, my Lord!" He says, and in his mind, 'The mistake of coveting what can never be mine.'
Not the daddies she expected
by Unusualdee
Warning This book contains explicit and matured BDSM/Erotica content.Married, sex-deprived Anna didn't expect that her sexual fantasies will be fulfilled to the peak when she decided to accept the invite of the Twins sibling she met on Tumblr, until she got to their mansion and she was caged and prisoned after signing a legal consensual form.“Why did you accept our invite? Tell us again, ” Jacob asked Anna as he slapped her already, red swollen cheek.“Because I want you guys to treat me like a s…
Pareidolia Painter: I Paint for the Mafia [BL]
by droopyghost
Rowan Mercer has given his ex-boyfriend his life in full service, but what has he gotten in the end? A bullet to the face. Now, renowned as a maestro painter, Rowan sheds his cover to instill fear in his enemies. With his masterpieces sent to them as death threats one by one, Rowan can’t wait to just paint using their blood. After all, he’s not just a painter, he’s the killer painter from Pareidolia.
Painting of the Nine Immortals
by Autumn Morning
Untolerated by heaven, a boy was restricted by the most powerful spell. He accidentally acquired a painting inhabited by nine souls that claimed to be immortal. Then, the legend of a strong young man who violated heavenly principles against the course of nature began.
Heroines, I'm Really not the Devourer
by Hardy_Boys
[Warning!!! Mature and Gore Content] Linfer, the Bloody Devil, plunged humanity into Armageddon. His power was so devastating that it shook even the mightiest of his era. But his arrogance drew the attention of the ruling entity of the universe. His soul is cast into the past, into the body of a wretched being: the Devourer, a creature meant to terrify the children of destiny… yet he was actually weak compared to the monsters of this mythical era. To survive, he has only one option: Embrace t…
Not the Heroine, Not the Villainess, But a Side Character... or not?
by Shiena Gin
TAGS: Yuri, LGBT, Fantasy, Comedy, Reincarnation, RomanceReiré Norman remembered her past life as an eighteen-year-old high school girl. Having these new memories she realized that she was reincarnated into the world of her most favorite light novel, Fight for Love and Acceptance. As a character that never appeared in the novel, she has given up on seeing the story events, that was until fate had had something else in store for her. Now thrown into the story’s set environment, Roseward Academy, …
I'm Not The Main Lead
by yoon_ychan
Love is like a movie in which I am the main character and you are the leading man. We must all do our part, but during the director's cut, I realized that I am not the star, but rather a bystander on your own show.
Mr. CEO, Paint My Love in Your Heart
by Gldseya
[COMPLETED]Starting from painting to becoming love? Jennifer Dean, a model student, majoring in art, one day met Daniel Alexander at an art gallery. Starting from their match of interest, Jenni, this innocent but smart girl, has a relationship with Daniel, who turns out to be a young CEO of K'D Corporation Company ?? Can an ordinary girl adapt to the luxurious environment of Daniel, the workaholic CEO? Can she defend Daniel when Kylie, her love rival, continues to chase Daniel? Not only that, bu…
NOT MINE
by Incognito-Jane
Addy is a disgrace to the womankind. She doesn't know dresses exists and she has no girlfriend. Her stepsister Layne and her new stepmom hand out mental and emotional torture like they are candies. And her father's oblivious. Her only friend Frankie, is gay and too busy scoping out guys to really be much of a friend. One summer vacation changes everything and threatens to change everyone. Suddenly, everybody and everything are not what they seem. And Addy will be the one who bears the brunt of …
A Doctor Who Just Wants to Paint
by EimonQ
Sheila Barker is a child prodigy who was sent away by her family to a foreign country after her mother's death.Years later, the Barker family calls Sheila back because they have arranged a marriage for her with the Long family, one of the most powerful in the country.On her return journey, Sheila meets a strange man who, for some reason, ends up greatly influencing her stay in that country.How will Sheila face this arranged marriage while seeking to end her relationship with her family once and …
My Lift As A Top Star In A Book
by Full of Apricot Blossoms
When she regained consciousness, Qin Nuan realized she had transmigrated as the tragic female lead of a romance novel. Faced with the fate of being bullied by the wicked second female lead and the heartless male lead, Qin Nuan laughed coldly. She was now a female lead who held the completed script in her hand. Did someone say she was hopelessly in love, a stupid and naive woman and an actress with lousy acting chops?She was going to wave the male lead farewell, thrash the second female lead and …
Lesbian But Not
by Beelieveinyourself
The so-called lesbian of an all-girls school is forced to participate in an experiment for her to study in a university full of hot guys! What could possibly go wrong?
The World We Do Not know
by MiniAce
**Read author' review before starting**The aftermath of 'end of the world' and how the new beginning aroused with the discoveries of new magical realms. new sword arts and ancient martial arts. But what is beyond that? beyond our Third Dimension and beyond the earth and beyond human? how did humans come to existence? how do humans possess knowledge and is different from any other being? And a kid who doesn't realize the powers he is blessed with, as pain is the only thing that helped him grow fa…
The Paintings Reveals All Truths
by ManyWriters
On the eve of the graduation exhibition, my boyfriend swapped my graduation project with his childhood sweetheart's.After I discovered it, I ignored his pleas and switched back to my original work.Later, my graduation project caused a sensation at the exhibition. I became an overnight success, not only winning the academy's gold award but also having my piece acquired for millions of dollars.But just as I was about to use the money to pay off my boyfriend's father's gambling debts, his childhood…
To Lift My Sole
by J.D. Walker
Jim Newsome is the CEO of a food services consulting firm, working primarily for the healthcare industry. He wears a shoe lift due to a childhood accident that shortened his leg. Whenever he acquires a new client -- typically a hospital -- Jim goes undercover to get a firsthand look at the problems before reporting his findings, and possible solutions.<br><br>His current assignment hasn’t been an easy one, and Jim’s relieved it will all be over at the end of the week. Then Jim meets Lance Lamas,…