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A Woman Without a Mask

At 28, Clara Hayes has mastered the art of wearing masks. To her colleagues, she’s the perpetually cheerful graphic designer who never misses a deadline. To her overbearing mother, she’s the dutiful daughter hiding her anxiety behind polished smiles. To the world, she’s a woman who “has it all together”—except she’s crumbling inside. Clara’s life unravels during a corporate presentation where a panic attack strips her façade raw. Humiliated and exhausted, she flees to a quiet coastal town, renting a cottage owned by an eccentric, free-spirited potter named Marisol. There, Clara stumbles upon a dusty journal in the attic, its pages filled with haunting sketches and anonymous confessions from a woman who once lived there decades earlier. The entries mirror Clara’s own suffocating duality: “I paint myself in colors the world approves of, but my soul is a grayscale.” As Clara tentatively befriends Marisol and a reclusive widower, Eli, who runs the town’s crumbling bookstore, she begins confronting the lies she’s told herself for years. Through their unconventional guidance—and the journal’s cryptic wisdom—she starts shedding her masks one by one. But vulnerability comes at a cost: her corporate career teeters, her mother’s disapproval intensifies, and a buried trauma from her teenage years resurfaces, threatening to drown her newfound courage. When Clara’s raw, unfiltered artwork—created in secret—goes viral, she faces a choice: return to the safety of her old illusions or step into the terrifying freedom of living unapologetically. But the journal hides a final secret, linking Clara’s journey to the cottage’s mysterious past, forcing her to question whether true authenticity is a rebellion… or a homecoming.
Daoist5CDTxH · 874 Views

Transmigrating as the Younger Sister of a Bigshot with Multiple Identities

Gu Yang, who had just inherited hundreds of millions, transmigrated into a novel. She became the fake young lady who occupied the nest and suffered in the end. In the beginning, she framed the real young lady, and forced the villain into becoming her blood bank. She offended both the good and the evil. In order to make it to the end, Gu Yang decided to set boundaries with the Gu family. She apologized to the female lead, gave blood back to the villain, and did her best to stay alive. However... "Gu Yang is our daughter no matter what! She will always have a share of the Gu Group!" Her parents exclaimed. "I only have one older sister, and that's Gu Yang! Gu Yang, you can have everything in the Gu family!" Gu Pei, her younger brother, exclaimed. "The Gu family is nothing. I can give you ten times what they can give you," Gu Jin, the female lead, said. "My blood, my body, and everything I own belongs to you," Feng Jue, the villain, said. *** "Everyone in the Gu family is stupid. They treat the fake young lady like a treasure," all the wealthy families in Jincheng said. One day, the Gu family became the richest family in Jincheng. They were the leader in the industry. Everyone was jealous. There were rumors that Gu Yang spent most of her time with a mentally ill person. "Is she mentally ill too?" Netizens asked sarcastically. "I'm her patient," bigshots from different backgrounds stepped forward and said. "That's our president," the Huaguo Psychiatric Association and Psychological Association claimed. Everyone on the internet went crazy. *** Gu Yang thought the main villain in the novel was good-looking and was in a pitiful situation. She decided to treat him better and compensate him more. One day, he pressed her against a wall. "Did you hypnotize me? All I can think about is you." Later, she found out that she'd been exploring the world while he'd been waiting for her.
Mr. Jiuxi · 3M Views
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