Crush-to-love

Rohan Johnson, an average office employee, faces a string of misfortunes—a wrongful termination, false accusations, and eviction. Drenched and defeated in the rain, he contemplates his bleak future and the disappointment awaiting his single mother. As he mockingly curses his luck, his old friend abandons him. In his despair, Rohan's glitched phone reveals a surprising message: [Loading...System] With a mix of disbelief and desperation, he witnesses the completion of the system's loading. [Welcome to Wealth Tap System] Thinking he might be going crazy, Rohan embarks on a journey filled with monetary rewards and tasks to overcome. Can the Wealth Tap System help him rise from the depths of despair to a life of abundance?

When a reality-shattering tear swallows a Chicago subway platform, Raymond Vance awakens in Sector 404, a desolate, starless wasteland dominated by nightly monster waves. Every transmigrated human receives a basic Lord System to construct defensive outposts, but cosmic radiation corrupts Raymond’s system firmware. He gains the unique ability to build reality-bending fortifications and Eldritch weaponry without material resources—but at the direct cost of his own sanity. ​Forced into an active survival loop, Raymond must harvest resources and fresh water during the hostile daylight hours while defending his crumbling shelter against lethal mutant packs at night. Every territory upgrade drains his mental stability, triggering physical hallucinations, auditory torment, and manifestation of cosmic horrors in his peripheral vision. ​The stakes escalate rapidly when an organized army of level-five Ironclad Brutes blocks him into his sector. Rather than rushing his defenses, the brilliant Skull King initiates a strategic siege to starve him out. Trapped between a tightening military perimeter outside and his fraying mind within, Raymond is forced to adapt his system mechanics by sacrificing his own physical vitality and blood to reinforce his defenses. Dropping into critical sanity levels, Raymond must outsmart the giant army, conquer the shifting local terrain, and survive a forced arena teleportation to claim dominion over the entire valley.

"If you've any conscience left in you, you'll understand that you deserve this." The prison doors closed behind him with those final words. Ethan Carvendish was the true heir of the Carvendish family, yet his existence was treated as nothing more than a stain that needed to be erased. "You're nothing but a criminal!" His father discarded him without hesitation. "I regret giving birth to you. I wish Charlie was my biological son!" His mother chose an adopted son over her own flesh and blood. "Charlie is my only brother, not a disgusting parasite like you." His sister looked at him with nothing but disgust. "It's just three years in prison. Charlie is delicate, unlike you." The woman he loved stood beside his adopted brother, forged evidence, framed him, and watched silently as he was condemned for a crime he never committed. For three years, he rotted in prison for someone's crime, while they celebrated his fall. The prison did not break him, it awakened him. Now Ethan has returned, not as the discarded heir… But as the Shadow Tyrant. A name whispered in fear. A power no one can control. A ruler the elite world cannot defy. "Son… We were wrong." The parents who abandoned him now kneel before him. "Ethan, sister regrets everything… please come back…" The sister who once saw him as nothing but a disgrace now begging for his attention. "Ethan… please give me another chance…" The woman who once sent him to prison crawls to his feet. But the Ethan Carvendish they betrayed died behind those prison walls, the one who returned is coldhearted. As the world trembles before the Shadow Tyrant, only one question remains. Will Ethan Carvendish reclaim everything that was stolen from him… or will shadow tyrant destroy them all without mercy?

Silence. Like a nice bucket of shhhhhhhhh. Everyone shut the effing fudge UP! That's all I've ever wanted. *Sigh.* But silence comes in different flavors. There's mint - the peaceful kind that wraps around you like a blanket. The kind I chase at 2 AM. I've cried once. Just once. With a bucket beside me, watching heroes with super suits and impossible strength tear each other apart. Somehow that feels less broken than my reality. Then there's the suffocating silence at school. Not an ice cream flavor. This one tastes like metal and shame. High school is my personal hell. Empty wallet, empty lunch tray, empty seat beside me like I'm radioactive. Empty soul on Wednesdays because middles are always the worst. *The usual.* But Emily made the silence bearable. Mint-flavored again. Until she broke something between us. *Snap.* One moment she's whispering secrets with me, the next she's weaponizing them. She scattered my private thoughts, added her own twisted lies. The betrayal burns hotter than the stares drilling into my back. I went from invisible to spectacle. Being a ghost feels like luxury when you're dodging spit balls and "accidental" lunch trays. But somewhere between my third panic attack and contemplating switching schools... *Something shifted.* Like in those games you play, when your character suddenly glows and the screen flashes: "New Skill Unlocked" And it wasn't just in my head. I tested it. Small things at first – a pencil moving across my desk when I focused hard enough. Then books. Then someone's lunch tray right as they walked past Emily. *tap tap tap* I used to think rock bottom was the end. *Well ladies and gentlemen,* it's just a really messed up spawn point. And now? I don't stumble from cliffs anymore. I swim in gravity, and dive head first.

Born and bred in the heart of Dansoman, Tero Mandem never had a silver spoon—just street smarts, scars, and survival. Abandoned by his father and raised by a market woman mother, Tero grew up in the cracks of Accra’s toughest corners: Lapaz, Mataheko, and the deep ends of Dancity. By seventeen, he had made his name feared. By twenty-one, he was leading a gang, living fast, and chasing fame through music, money, and madness. With his boys — Problem, O Don, O Von, Lovelone, and Biggie — they ran the blocks like kings without crowns. Studio by day, street by night, they were untouchable. Tero’s voice carried weight both on mic and in chaos. But the life came with a price — blood, betrayal, broken trust, and brushes with death. Fame wasn’t enough. The cheers grew quieter. The shadows got louder. When the streets turned cold and everything he built started falling apart, a moment came — in a police cell, heart racing, blood on his hands — where Tero saw more than the mess. He saw a man he didn’t recognize. And then, through an encounter he never expected, he found light. TERO MANDEM is a story of grime and grace. It’s the journey of a young Ghanaian man torn between power and purpose, sin and salvation, chaos and Christ. From backstreets to backstabbing, from betrayal to the Bible, Tero’s transformation is raw, real, and revolutionary. This isn’t just a gang story. It’s a redemption anthem. And when the street speaks, it speaks through scars — but also through the healing that follows.

Richard spent his life being called worthless. Without power, status, or talent, he endured ridicule while quietly devouring every book he could find. History, engineering, medicine, agriculture—knowledge became his only refuge. When an accident ends his life, he awakens in a magical world where strength determines everything. But while warriors chase glory and mages pursue greater spells, Richard notices something no one else does: the world is unraveling. Crops fail, monsters evolve, kingdoms crumble, and magic itself is fading. Armed with the knowledge of another world and a mysterious relic that transforms understanding into supernatural power, Richard begins solving problems others believed impossible. Each invention changes civilization. Each discovery reveals a forgotten truth. And each victory draws the attention of an ancient force that has spent millennia ensuring humanity never advances far enough to challenge it. To save an entire world, Richard must prove that the greatest power was never magic—it was the courage to learn, create, and inspire others.

As Romsey arrives to surprise Fiona on her birthday, he stumbles upon a scene that shatters his world: his wife tightened in the arms of another man, her head buried in his deceit. Betrayed and heartbroken, he confronts her only to face a shocking revelation—her own family conspired against him. With nothing left to lose, Romsey vows to expose their deceit, only to be met with ridicule and scorn by his in-laws. But just as he prepares to leave, he uncovers a truth that changes everything. Now, armed with newfound power, Romsey must decide how to confront his adversaries. Will he seek revenge, or rise above their treachery? And what will the world make of his transformation? Join us on this thrilling journey where the hands of time reveal secrets, betrayals, and the ultimate redemption. Fasten your seatbelt and prepare for a rollercoaster ride of emotions and revelations!

"Oh my God! When last did you have a shower?! You reek!" He yelled pinching his nose to block out the smell. **** "Just go and die in a ditch or something!" **** "Exactly! Crawl back to whatever hole you came from!" **** "Of course not. I definitely don't know a dirty, poor delivery boy who slaves his ass off only to be paid little to nothing." **** "Oh! You idiot! You were meant to take it on the counter! Do I need to teach you everything like a child?!" **** He just wanted this world to end right here and right now. Enough was enough! When was he ever going to enjoy his life?! When?! He was miserable. He just wanted to die right now. Everyone hated Arthur Duderte, including the woman whom he thought loved him. Everyone turned their backs against him, until mother luck shone on him and he received news that he was the heir of the Duderte Empire... One of the biggest empires in the City. Now, he had the power to get revenge on those who had ridiculed him in the past.

All he wanted was to be shown love. Victor Potter was maltreated and abused in his own family. The Potter family was favouring his half brother over him, claiming why didn't have the potential to become something tangible in the future. For some reasons, he was forced and visibly threatened to accept the blame for his brother's crime. He was sent to jail. But on the first day in prison, something unexpected happened. He won't longer be the scapegoat for the Potter family. A new power, a newfound propose and a new name, Victor vowed to make the Potter family beg for mercy.

Jayden was the Ghost King, the top strategist behind the world’s most powerful corporation. He gave them everything. In return, they stole his girl, wiped his stats, and threw him into a suicidal prototype rig to fry his brain. ​ They wanted him dead. Instead, they triggered IRIS. ​Now, Jayden is trapped in a world where the game is a parasite and the monsters are real. But he knows the code better than the men who built it. With a cold heart and a System that rewrites his DNA with every kill, Jayden is climbing from Level 1 Iron back to the top. In a world designed to harvest souls, Jayden is the only one who knows how to harvest the System. He’s no longer playing for high scores, he’s playing for execution. ​Log in. Level up. Delete the gods.