Zoro Calls Luffy His Best Friend

Life in the slums wasn’t easy, but Seraphina and her little brother had someone to rely on—Lucian, the so-called boss of their alley. He wasn’t much older than them, but he had enough power to keep them safe and fed. One day, after stealing bread for her brother, Seraphina hit her head and suddenly remembered something strange—a past life. At first, she thought it was just a dream. But the more she recalled, the more she realized… This world was from a novel. And Lucian? He was supposed to become the villain. The problem? By the time she figured it out, she had already changed the story.

The waves ripple around me, calling me in a whisper, Into the deepest part of the ocean. As I walk on the soft sand, the water sweeps over my feet, surrounding where I stand, giving me the sweetest sensation. Oh ocean, why do I feel so attracted to you? Why do I feel the tickling of your whispers? As it causes cold shivers down my spine. I could hear your gentle lullaby, It roars like a lion, yet so steady and honest Just like a refined diamond. Oh, sea, why do you call my name in a whisper? Caressing waves upon the shore, Once again you beckon me. Why do you show yourself at my doorstep? Why do I feel your presence everywhere I go? Why do you call me so desperately? I want to know, cause when the sea calls? Who will answer?

“I should hate you. I have every reason to. But I can’t stay away, and I don’t know if that makes you my salvation—or my undoing.” Ellie never expected to see Aiden Hartley again—the boy who had made Noah’s life a nightmare. When he disappeared after high school, she thought she could leave the past behind. But then, on her first day of college, she finds him sitting in front of her—Noah’s new roommate. This Aiden isn’t the same. He’s quieter, harder to read and maddeningly protective, but there’s an edge to him that makes her hesitate. Ellie wants to hate him. She should hate him. But something in the way he looks at her pulls her in, and despite herself, she can’t shake the pull. As Ellie unravels the truth about her parents’ murder, she’s dragged into a dangerous world of secrets, betrayal, and violence—secrets Aiden may be hiding from her. With danger closing in and nowhere left to run, Ellie must decide if Aiden is someone she can trust, or if he’s just another piece of the darkness that threatens to consume her. Some loves are born from hatred. Some betrayals cut too deep. And some truths are better left buried—before they destroy everything she’s fought to hold together.

"You are my mate, I am not going to share you with anyone, not even my brothers " his whispering tone felt like melted sugar in my ears. I was drowning in his scent, my mind was in a frenzy. Suddenly, I woke up with a start, panting heavily after a steamy wet dream which I have been having quite a lot lately. Myra Miracle, an orphan since birth, visits her childhood best friend Nora to Kimberg to. While she was having dinner with Nora and her parents, she felt dizzy and enchanted at the same time for some unknown reasons. Later that evening, she met four hot, handsome and mesmerizing people which made her restless all night long. Since then she has been having wild dreams. Why is that so? Why is she so attracted to her best friend's brothers?

In a world where strength determines everything, Kael Draven was once a feared ruler, betrayed and cast into the abyss. But death was never meant for him. Reborn in a twisted reality where the weak are devoured, he rises again—crueler, stronger, and more egotistical than ever. With an insatiable hunger for power and vengeance, he will carve his own empire, not as a hero, but as a tyrant feared by gods and monsters alike.

Good looks. Successful career. Stable finances. And a ten-story apartment building in the heart of Seoul. Cedric Lim, an earnest and clean-cut 29-year-old novelist, has everything he needs to finally focus on writing his own love story. However, he cannot find the connection he wants with just anyone for some reason. His conquests during the recent years often take on a cheating plot, fubu-zoned plot, and I-like-you-but-I’m-not-into-monogamy plot. With successive failures in dating, Cedric finally decided to stop! He’s never the type to cry over failed relationships and never the kind who chases after someone who didn’t like him, so what’s the harm if he stopped going out, right? Time ruthlessly passed, and he didn’t notice that he’d been single and barren for five years! Now, Cedric Lim often fantasizes about himself miserably leaning against the wall, slowly falling down as he questions himself where he went wrong. “I'm the perfect combination of cute and handsome! I worked really hard to get these four-pack abs, and I am a freaking landlord in Seoul! Why isn’t there anyone who wants to date me!” Cedric roared on his rooftop during one of his rare drunken fits. “Then date me!” One handsome man with chillingly pale skin appeared seemingly out of thin air. He’s not just any hot stranger who happened to be hanging around the rooftop. He’s Dylan Kim, Cedric Lim’s new tenant and ex-best friend-slash-first crush from high school. The brute dropped him like a hot potato and disappeared after discovering he was into men. Dylan severely wounded Cedric’s trust, so now, even though he’s back in his life as a renewed man, Cedric swears he will never ever let himself be involved with his almost-first love. But what if there’s something more in Dylan’s disappearance? He’s not only back as a renewed man. He’s also back as a full-fledged vampire, and he’s not only here to suck Cedric’s blood. He’s also here to set things straight and resume the romance that is abruptly cut due to an accident his— untimely turning into a vampire. However, with Cedric being jaded with love and misunderstandings, can Dylan win Cedric’s trust? Will the unresolved misunderstanding for more than 13 years finally be corrected?

Damien nearly ended the world. Now, his mistake might be the only thing that can save it. Good things come to those who wait. Damien Vale didn’t, and he ended up bound to an Eldritch creature from beyond the reaches of space. It has lived since the dawn of time, seen the world born and destroyed countless times, and wants to be called Henry. Unusual companion or not, Damien was still determined to go to a mage college and study magic. He wants nothing more than to live normal life as a researcher, but if Henry’s true nature is revealed, he’ll be killed. To top it all off, Damien’s teacher is a madman from the front lines of war, his alcoholic dean suspects something is awry with his companion, and Blackmist might possibly be the worst school in history. Damien has to prevent the end of the world, but he isn’t even sure he’s going to make it through Year One at Blackmist.

She had lived her life as the untouchable heiress—beautiful, powerful, and arrogant. To her, he was nothing but an insect beneath her feet. A scholarship student, a mere commoner she only acknowledged to mock. She never imagined that the same man would one day rise above her… and end her life with his own hands. When her eyes open again, she gasps, clutching her chest where the blade had pierced her. But she isn’t in her grand mansion, nor the cold abyss of death. Instead, she finds herself in a world completely unfamiliar—a kingdom where magic thrives, where nobles rule, and where fate plays cruel tricks. And the cruelest of all? She is now the daughter of a fallen noble house, despised, powerless, and… engaged to the very man who murdered her in her past life. He is different here—no longer a scorned commoner but a war hero, a ruthless duke with ice-cold eyes that regard her with suspicion. Does he recognize her? Does he know what she had done in their past life? Every moment near him is suffocating, every glance a reminder of her brutal fate. But one thing is clear—she is no longer the same woman who scorned him. And if she wants to survive in this new world, she must unravel the mystery behind her reincarnation, dodge the enemies lurking in the shadows, and face the man who once swore to destroy her… and now calls her his wife. Is this her second chance at redemption? Or has fate given him another opportunity to take everything from her—starting with her heart?

The protagonist Ye Wudao, a playboy who pretends to be a defender of morality, takes conquering beautiful women as his greatest pleasure! Why should women be regarded as sacred goddesses? Why can't I treat them as my playthings, as my pawns and as my slaves? Since God has so generously given him so much as the only male citizen in the third generation of two huge families, what reason does he have not to conquer the beauty, the best gift God gave to men?

Lena Parker never imagined that her childhood crush on Ethan Carter—her brother’s best friend—would ever turn into something more. He was always off-limits, the one boy she could never have. But when he returns home after years away, the undeniable pull between them becomes impossible to ignore. Ethan has always been protective of Lena, but seeing her now—grown, confident, and breathtaking—awakens feelings he can no longer suppress. Torn between loyalty to his best friend and his deepening love for Lena, he faces an impossible choice. As stolen glances turn into forbidden encounters, secrets unravel, and love is put to the test. Can Lena and Ethan defy the odds and fight for their love, or will the past and their fears tear them apart? A heartwarming romance filled with chemistry, tension, and the ultimate test of loyalty and love.

Liv is Thomas’s best friend’s little sister, so off limits the limit isn’t even allowed to exist in the first place, yet his feelings for her are getting increasingly non-platonic. Despite this shameful obsession, he’s determined to keep his secret forever and never ever act on his desires, reveal the smallest glimpse of them. But… When a devastating and life-altering event is thrown Liv’s way, she finds herself needing Thomas in her life more than ever, needing him in a different, very different, way than before. Notwithstanding the miscommunication, jealousy and guilt, the lines become blurred and things start to spiral. Their respective traumas manage to bind them closer together and make them realize love might not have to be conventional or pure in the traditional sense.

"Zhong Nuannuan, your charges have been withdrawn. The courts have declared you innocent and pronounced you not guilty for murder. You can leave prison now. Your family is waiting for you in the waiting room outside." Zhong Nuannuan was startled. She pushed the female prison guard to the side and ran toward the waiting room. She did not even bother to put on her shoes. If not for the icy feeling she felt at every step of the way reminding her that this was not a dream, Zhong Nuannuan would not have believed that she had resurrected. As she burst through the doors and saw him again, she knew in her heart, that this time she would get it right. This time she would cherish him properly and hopefully, just hopefully, turn her own fate around.

“Do you want to know how this works?” he whispered. “Yes!” I gasped in response to his tug on my hair. “I want to know.” “Yes, what?” he asked, causing my mind to swirl with the realization of what he was into. “Yes, sir. I can be a good girl.” **** For Becca, going to Miami brought up old childhood memories with her best friend, Tally. She needed the break after a rough year attending Yale and a break-up with her boyfriend, Chad. She didn’t expect for her summer of fun to include sleeping with James, the Italian Stallion–Tally’s father. Knowing it’s wrong, she allows James to pull her into a vortex of pleasure that has her breaching the surface of reality and grasping for survival. Can Becca endure this pleasure without Tally finding out? Or will her secrets cause her world to crash around her? Submitting to My Best Friend’s Dad is created by Scarlett Rossi, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Alejandro and Brandon had been long time best friends. They both met and grew from the orphanage and they are Inseparable. They are each other's ride or die . They could kill for each other. But what happens when they both fall for pretty Alexis, who works as Alejandro assistant. Will this destroy their friendship? Who would Alexis choose? Why don't you read to find out...

"I asked you a question Lia and you know I hate repeating myself," Jason’s lips began trailing down, leaving hot and open mouthed kisses along my jaw and neck. "Why did you kiss him?" "I don't know....” I averted his gaze. “It just happened," "It just happened?" He repeated, his deep velvet voice sending a tingling sensation through my body as he moved my chin so I could face him. "So this just happened?" He whispered into my ear, grazing his fingers over my cheek. My chest heaved. "Get away from me," "Actions speak louder than words sweetheart, you're supposed to push me," he gently bit my ear and I could feel his hot breath on my face. "You have a fiancée," "And she won't be here until 4pm. We've got exactly one hour to get this over with," he pulled away, staring at me with our faces less than an inch apart. Was I going to make this mistake again? What am I going to tell Ryan? If he finds out about the first time I can honestly tell him that I had no idea Jason was his best friend but what about the second time? Dahlia Thompson's life takes a different turn after she returns from a two week trip to see her parents and walks in on her boyfriend, cheating on her with highschool best friend. Angered and devastated, she decides to go back home but changes her mind and chooses to party hard with a stranger. She gets herself drunk and ends up surrendering her body to this stranger Jason Smith who turns out to be her soon to be boss and her brother's best friend.

Wen Yue thought that Luo Yungjie died after the accident. But he didn't. Actually, he became a transmigrator and hopped to other worlds as their hero. Actually, he was OP enough to kill anyone so he committed a global massacre. Actually, he was just feeling bored at the moment. Actually, she was the closest person to him when he was alive. Actually, Wen Yue became a collateral damage.

After getting her heart broken by her boyfriend who cheated on her with her best friend, Camille decides to shut her heart and never trust men again. To distract herself from the heartbreak, she goes to a club with her friend. All she needs is someone who will only distract her from everything.Niklaus McDonalds is just the perfect person she needs. Though his personality is nothing to write home about but he's sexy, incredibly handsome and a renowned player who is known to never sleep with the same girl twice. He has never been involved in a relationship and never planned to either. Niklaus has slept with so women in his life and he doesn't expect Camille to be anything more than a hookup but what could happen when they meet again and he has to play as her fake boyfriend?

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It’s the year 2073, and everything has changed. New high-tech dominates almost all aspects of life. However, this has a dark side: unethical human experiments. 17-year-old Akira Cruz, the genius nephew of the president of the Philippines, was in the middle of grieving for his late best friend when he stumbled upon an abandoned orphan boy in the mountains while on a hike with his younger sister. That boy is Hachi Shimizu, a half-zombie, half-vampire who was disposed of by an evil organization known as the Kara Tech, which was notorious for its brutal and unethical experiments. Together, the two boys team up with a detective named Toshi Kawasaki, a half-Japanese, half-British who specializes in the supernatural and also considers the murder case of Akira’s best friend open despite the police closing it due to a lack of evidence. The three of them believed that Kara Tech was somehow connected to the disappearances of various children in and around the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. As they go and solve cases, their friendship blossoms, especially when two people, Riho Yoshihara, Akira's childhood, biracial friend, and Htet Kawa, a half-Japanese, half-Burmese junior detective from Yokohama, come along in their various missions, both involving the supernatural and the overworld. Will they stop the organization from committing more heinous crimes before it’s too late? Warning: the photo used for the book cover is NOT mine! Credits go to the original owner!!!

Falling for your grumpy best friend is a recipe for disaster...or the best kind of chaos? This hilarious romance proves that sometimes, the best love stories are the ones you never planned.

Mabel "Maybe" Willis died a virgin at the very young age of twenty-four. She leaves behind her parents, Betty and Bruce, her brother, Evan, a laptop filled with one too many Jason Momoa memes, and a Kindle library with more books than one human being could ever finish in a lifetime. Cause of death: a text message. Okay. So, I didn't die. But I may as well have. One minute, I'm a woman trying to find her way in the world, and the next, I'm the sender of six of the most embarrassing text messages that have ever been sent in the history of time--or the cell phone. Whatever. We're talking code red, send a flipping mayday, the apocalypse is coming kind of texts. And I didn't just send them to some random person I'll never see again. No. That would be too easy. I sent them to Milo Ives. The man who played a starring role in all of my teenage fantasies--and my brother's lifelong best friend. And, boy oh boy, has he grown up. He's hard-bodied, blue-eyed, jawline-of-stone handsome, crazy successful, and has more money in his bank account than my brain can fathom. Deflower me, please? I said. Yeah. Send help.