Number Five Novels & Stories

In Jefferson City, everyone was shocked by the news of the affluent Warren family allowing a country girl to choose any one of the five sons of the Warren family as her fiance. The girl was chubby and dark-skinned, and looked like a typical country bumpkin. The netizens were outraged, claiming that she was not fit to marry into the Warren family. To everyone's surprise, she was actually the chairman of the Lukesh Company, the famous singer Natalie, and a famous race car driver. Nobody dared to say that she wasn't a perfect match for the five sons of the Warren family.

[Warning: 18+] Betrayed by his own clan, Moon Astra, an outcast mage with 5 elemental cores, was pushed to the front lines of a brutal beast tide to serve as cannon fodder. Instead of dying, he awoke in a strange werewolf world as the fated mate to five cursed Alphas. - Five men – no! Five half-humans with wolf ears, claws, and tails were surrounding him from all sides. Their bare chests gave him an ominous feeling, a dread, a fear, and an unknown longing he could not fathom. Moon felt his throat go dry, and his body unknowingly got closer to them. Their calloused, rough hands gripped his waist so hard it dug deep in his skin. Moon let out a pained moan. "Ah." And then a melodious female voice whispered something he didn’t understand. Before Moon could react, hot lips sealed his mouth, sucking on him like starving beasts, draining every drop of his fluid. Moon felt a pang of pain, a fear, and an agony in his heart that didn't belong to him. He drifted with them. They claimed every inch of him and devoured him fully. But the passion didn't last. Moon woke up to find his five new mates were cursed werewolf Heirs, stripped of their status and dragged down into the lowest ranks. Worse, when the elders found out they had bonded with a human, they were coming to burn Moon alive to set an example. They wanted him dead. They wanted his Mates broken. But what the pack elders didn't know was that Moon was not just any "human" but a mage, an alchemist who held the ultimate cheat—the moon goddess's blessing! Through the art of dual cultivation, Moon could open his magic cores while unlocking the world-shaking power within his five fated mates.

Power struggles are a big problem in the Burg family. Theodor, the family's first grandson, has been appointed CEO and heir to his grandfather, the owner of the Burg Corporation. However, his uncle, who is the owner's youngest son, does not accept this and tries hard to usurp the heirship. While the internal conflict rages, Johnny Knight, the owner of Knight Corporation, sees an opportunity to take advantage. He plans to push Burg Corporation out of the international market and make his company number one in the world. In the midst of this chaos, Theodor, who has never tasted love, meets Frisilia, a beautiful and cheerful woman who teaches him about love. But Theodor's happiness is short-lived when his first love is threatened by Jason Knight, the only son of Johnny Knight. Will Theodor be able to overcome all these problems? And will he lose his rights as heir to the Burg Corporation?

My boyfriend pulled in two million a year. He told me that once he'd banked five hundred thousand, he'd invest in my gallery. Year one, he said the startup was bleeding money; he hadn't saved a cent. Year two, he needed a new car to keep up appearances; no funds for me. By year five, he was on his private yacht brokering a major deal and told me not to bother him. I stood outside the cabin door and listened to the laughter rolling out from inside. "If Celeste wanted to open a gallery, Eth would write her a million-dollar check without blinking." "Hell yeah. If Celeste hadn't gone abroad back then, that knockoff he's got now wouldn't even be in the picture." Ethan's voice drifted through the crack in the door, lazy, dismissive. "Enough. Emily's been with me five years. I'll still put something in for her." "She's a free drafting machine. She's not worth five hundred grand. One day's revenue at the firm, maybe. Call it round. Two thousand bucks." My eyes burned. I pulled out my phone and called the one man Ethan hated most in all of New York, Adrian Sterling. "Mr. Sterling. That partnership agreement you offered me? I'm signing it first thing tomorrow morning."

It was almost New Year. I had just withdrawn money from the bank when I noticed that the amount on my passbook didn't match the cash in my hand. I counted carefully—my passbook showed a different figure than the five thousand dollars I was holding. Frustrated, I turned and went back to the counter to find the teller who had handled my transaction. Clutching the receipt, I tried to be polite. "Excuse me, I think there might be a mistake with this transaction." Instantly, she snapped, pointing her finger at my nose. "Don't you know that once you leave the counter, we are not responsible for any discrepancies?" I waved my hands, trying to explain. "No, wait, look again. I clearly withdrew five thousand dollars, but on my passbook, it shows…" She cut me off impatiently. "When you filled out the form, it was all right there. Once you leave the counter, it's not our problem. You signed the form yourself, confirming everything. Are we supposed to correct it every time someone claims a mistake after leaving the bank?" I froze. No wonder she kept repeating that the bank isn't responsible after leaving the counter. She thought I had come back to ask for more money. What I was really trying to explain was simple: I withdrew five thousand, yet my passbook showed that I deposited five thousand.

♡ I could see the pain flicker in his eyes when he finally said: "I don't think I can be friends with you anymore, Amari." ♡ Amari Vasilios, the CEO of the fast growing Advertising Company in California, got her heart broken by her best friend five years ago. She never thought that out of all the people her best friend, Zane Shaw, would be the one who would break her heart first... only because of a girl he had known for FOUR MONTHS. She was livid and she still is. She ignored and tried to avoid him as much as possible and for the past five years it worked. But now. Now she's staring at the invitation letter in her hand. It was a wedding invitation. From her brother and his fiancee. She had to go home. She had to go back to New York and attend the wedding. Attending the wedding means seeing him again. Attending the wedding means seeing the person she had successfully avoid for five years.

Gia is forced to accept a caring for Raven, who has become blind and paralyzed due to a severe accident. The truth is, Gia hates Raven to death. Five years ago, he deliberately seduced and her to ruin the relationship between Lonan—Raven’s younger brother, and herself. Gia was devastated at the time, and distanced herself from any man after that. Taking advantage of Raven's blindness, Gia arrives pretending to be a stranger working for him. Will Raven fail to recognize her? But for how long? And will Gia finally uncover what really happened five years ago?

The day the Labarres declared bankruptcy, everyone assumed I would break off my engagement to Zach Labarre. In the middle of a torrential downpour, I abandoned my umbrella and helped the disheveled Zach into the car. "I'll give you ten million dollars. If you succeed, come back and marry me. If you fail, I'll marry you instead." Five years later, Zach returned, leading three publicly listed companies. In front of all the media, he announced, "Leah Chandler and I ended our engagement five years ago."

I used to be that girl in the mafia—envied, untouchable. Orlando Leone, the big bad Don everyone feared, had eyes only for me. I took a bullet for him. After that? People whispered I couldn't have kids. He tried to shut them up by knocking me up—ninety-nine tries. Try number ten? His shiny new secretary texted, all confused over a decimal. He bailed on me. By thirty, she crashed his sports car while shopping. Claimed she couldn't park. I was left freezing in a bathtub. He said he loved me, but when it counted, he always picked the girl who played dumb and helpless. That's when it hit me—his love was never really mine. And by the time I disappeared for real, he lost his mind looking. Too bad. Me and that promise? Already buried at sea.

After visiting Grandpa at the care home, I got a text from my boyfriend, Lucas Mercer. “Sofia, come to the office tomorrow at ten. I’ve got a surprise for you.” I thought of the proposal plan I’d spotted on his laptop. I smiled to myself and booked the first available flight. But when I walked into that office, I froze. Lucas was down on one knee, holding out a diamond ring to my cousin, Ashley. Ten years ago, she’d hired someone to drive a car into my parents and kill them. Then she’d trapped me in the fire that followed. “Ashley, I’ve been practicing for five years. Will you marry me?” His eyes were full of nothing but her. I dug my nails into my palm. This year also happened to be the fifth year Lucas and I had been together. “Yes.” Ashley smiled and produced a document. “Since you’ve been loyal to me for five years, my father decided to throw in an extra five million as a bonus!” The room erupted. I stood there watching the celebration. The Harlow Group investment agreement I’d been holding was now a crumpled ball of paper in my fist. I turned and dropped it in the trash, then called my assistant. “Lucas Mercer. Cut him. Pull up the updated list of fiancé candidates.” Ashley had no idea I’d already returned to the Harlow family as the heir apparent. Lucas had no idea that by chasing five million, he’d just walked away from fifty.