10 000 Hours Malcolm Gladwell

Allisya Mireya Samudra, liked Luis Edduardo Duttlof, the CEO who is 10 years older than her since their first meeting when they were 8 years old. However, according to Luis, Reya's feelings were only for a moment, because the child was still a teenager who was trying to find his identity. Every day, Reya always gets rejection from Luis, but all these rejections make her even more excited and make Luis sick of seeing her. Until finally, Luis realized the changes that were happening to Reya, and he was very sorry after knowing about Reya's real life. A woman who lives a life full of pretense, and also a woman whose life is like the Calendula flower, the flower he gives when that woman asks for it. A flower that turns out to save a lot of destruction and sadness to survive without anyone wanting it in this world. When Luis tries to make things right, things are no longer the same. And he can no longer apologize to the woman he always hurts directly every day.

ชีวิตที่กำลังดีขึ้นของรุจาริน หรือ จ๋า สาวสู้ชีวิตและแม่ของเธอ ต้องมาสะดุด เมื่อถูกพ่อแท้ๆ ที่เคยทิ้งเธอและแม่ไปมีครอบครัวใหม่ที่ฐานะดีกว่า โดยไม่เหลียวแลสองชีวิตที่ต้องอยู่อย่างยากลำบากมาตลอด 10 กว่าปี กลับมาขอทวงสิทธิ์ความเป็นพ่อคืนแบบมีจุดประสงค์แอบแฝงคือต้องการให้ลูกสาวคนโตไปเป็นนางบำเรอขัดดอกให้เสี่ยเงินกู้ที่เขาติดหนี้พนันอยู่หลายล้าน แน่นอนว่ารุจารินและแม่ไม่มีวันยอมให้คนที่อ้างความเป็นพ่อแบบหน้าด้านๆ เมื่อทั้งสองไม่ยอมเป็นเหยื่อ เขาจึงใช้เล่ห์ร้ายลวงเธอให้หลงติดกับ แต่นั่นคือจุดเริ่มต้นแห่งโชคชะตาที่ทำให้เธอได้มาพบกับชายแปลกหน้าคนหนึ่งที่บังเอิญผ่านเข้ามาในช่วงเวลาคับขัน เกิดเป็นความสัมพันธ์เร่าร้อนของคนแปลกหน้าที่ไม่เคยรู้จักและไม่เคยรักกันมาก่อน

Russell Knight is not your average geek. Sure, he may seem like the quiet, shy, and vulnerable guy in school. But there is far more to Russel than meets the eye. At just 10 years old, Russell had already gone through the heartache of losing both of his parents. He was left under the guardianship care of his uncle Frederick Knight, a struggling handyman living from paycheck to paycheck in the small town of Lakeview. But now that the years have gone by, he finds a way to let out steam and anger taking a liking to getting his hands dirty. Loving the feel of adrenaline as he steps into the underground rinks of a good old fashion cage fight. As the summer ends, and junior year of college begins, he sees eye to eye with Samantha Adams, his new roommate. Will she be able to handle all his hidden secrets? or will she call it quits before it even begins? Realizing college is not what she expected, Russell won't make it easy for her to concentrate in school. He's hot, very hot, and it's going to take a lot of willpower to keep their hands off of each other.

「宿主様、藤原悠真（ふじわら ゆうま）との幾世にもわたる縁と情愛を、これから先の五十年分の寿命に交換しますか？交換が成立したとたん、宿主様は感情を抜かれ、二度と誰かを愛することはありません」 藤原美咲（ふじわら みさき）は診断書を手に、苦笑を漏らした。 まさに今日、彼女は末期の癌と診断されたのだ。それなのに、夫である悠真は、10桁もの莫大な財を投じ、ある豪邸を競り落とした。ただ、別の女の誕生日のためだけに。 「交換の契約書に署名しておいて」 システムはそれを聞いて、応じた。「承知いたしました。ですが、一つ忠告しておきます。この契約は、あなたが病で息絶えた後に発効します。それまでの間、あなたは病の苦痛をそのまま味わうことになります。新しい生を得るまでは」 システムの言葉が終わるか終わらないかのうちに、美咲のスマホが激しく震えた。 悠真の親友からだ。「美咲さん、旦那さんが大変なことになってる！早く戸籍謄本持って、十分以内にカエツバーへ駆けつけてくれ！」 個室の中は熱気に包まれ、豪華なカードテーブルの周りには多くの人が集まり、口々に囃し立てていた。 「悠真さんは本当に情熱家だな！十年も待った挙句、今度は自分の結婚まで賭けにして、全部陽菜ちゃんに負けちまった！」 「俺に言わせりゃ、美咲は後で大騒ぎするに決まってる。あんなに悠真さんを愛してるんだ、離婚届にサインするわけないだろ？」 嘲笑の中、美咲はドアノブを握りしめ、顔色を真っ青にしていた。 結局、彼が巻き込まれたという「大変なこと」というのは、誕生日を迎えた田中陽菜（たなか はるな）を喜ばせるために、カードテーブルで十回連続で負けたというだけの話だった。 そして、その賭けの対象は......彼らの五年間の結婚生活。 この五年、必死に寄り添った日々から、今や同じベッドで違う夢を見る日々へと変わった。本当に、もう終わりなのだ。

Vida was a waitress who put in eight hours a day in order to afford her $300 monthly rent and three square meals a day. She enjoyed each and every fantasy story as if it were true, and she longed to live in and explore the worlds depicted there. But she was shocked to find out it was true. Meeting a royal is the last thing she expected, but it happens. She does, indeed. Her visions morphed into steamy fantasies, and before she knew it, the handsome stranger was standing outside the bar where she worked. The question recurs, "Am I dreaming again?" They repeated in unison, looking into each other's eyes in disbelief. What happened afterwards is ancient history. And the ride was quite exciting.

What if you discovered your sexy-as-sin college professor was also a panther shifter? Catalina Vargas wasn't looking forward to asking interim Professor Malcolm Wright for an extension on her anthropology paper after it magically disappeared. She expects a stern denial, which is his usual way of dealing with her. But what she doesn't expect is to see a panther in his office or to watch it become a very naked Professor Wright before her eyes…  Professor Malcolm Wright has long denied the call in his blood telling him to mate. But something changes the moment the beautiful and sassy Catalina saunters into his classroom. Now, protecting her from his demons is a priority. If only his panther would listen...  

Jackie is a 38 year old divorcee who has two kids (13 year old Sam and 10 year old Dylan) and just happens to own and run 5’o Clock Ville, one of the hottest bars around, and is in desperate need of a bartender, amongst other things. Enter 26 year old heart throb, who just so happens to be a bad boy, Bobby, who is in need of a job. She hires him for his skills, but Bobby sure makes her see that everything didn’t die during her marriage. Can the bad boy be tamed? Can the divorcee learn to have fun again? What problems can arise from a little flirtation? He wasn’t looking for love and she wasn’t looking for marriage again; but just how deep were they willing to go to explore these new found feelings with each other?

She lowered her eyes, not being able to look directly into the eyes of his crush. Matthew however no longer felt embarrassed and in fact lifted Martha’s face by her chin and implanted a deep kiss on Martha’s glossy lips. The kiss lasted for not more than 10 seconds and it was Martha who had backed out of it. As quickly as she withdrew herself from the kiss, she made quick steps towards the encampment and after a few steps, she stopped and turned behind to Matthew “Let’s get back to the encampment or other might get worried” As she lost the sight of Matthew after turning back and walking towards the encampment, a smile made its way on Martha’s lips since deep inside, she was melting like a hot chocolate by remembering the tender way in which Matthew had lifted her chin and kissed her. On the contrary, Matthew panicked as he believed he made a mistake by kissing Martha without her consent. He quickly followed up with Martha when they were just a few meters away from the camp, fearing if she would blurt out everything in front of others. He couldn’t even muster up the courage to talk to her and chose to leave everything on fate. They reached the camping venue, much to Matthew’s surprise; Martha acted very normally in front of everyone but constantly avoided taking a look at him, let alone talking to him.

Gina and I were just ordinary werewolves in the Silver Claw Pack. Our incomes were modest, but we married well. Her mate was the captain of the Silver Claw Pack patrol unit. Mine, the fire squad leader. They grew up together—childhood friends—and were the youngest golden duo in the Werewolf Alliance. On the day we married, our mates each bought us a luxury high-rise apartment on the top floor of the central castle, side by side, with the promise of sharing life and death together. That is, until that fateful night. Rogues broke into the central zone. Chaos reached even the upper levels of our building. The tower caught fire. Amidst the thick smoke, I sent a desperate mind-link to my mate. He blocked it. Turns out, both our mates were busy shielding their shared first love, Lifu. They ignored our calls for help. Gina dragged me as we ran. She was six months pregnant; her pup was already kicking from the panic. Her mate never showed up either. We made it to the stairwell, where we were trapped for five hours. Toxic fumes filled our lungs. I went into labor too early. My pup didn't make it. Gina bled for three days in the hospital. Her pup was gone too. Meanwhile, our mates were digging through the wreckage—twenty-four hours straight—searching for Lifu's lost dog. That was it. Right then and there, Gina and I looked at each other and knew. We were done.

It had been five years since I started dating Ross Jenner. His family invited my mother and me to their family home in Fellaton to discuss our wedding plans and to spend Valentine's Day together. It was past 10:00 PM when my mother and I landed, but Ross wasn't there to pick us up because his college junior, Laurel Elledge, had just arrived in Fellaton. He told me to figure out a way to get a cab to the house myself. In a strange place, unfamiliar with the area, it wasn't long before we found ourselves in danger. Just over ten minutes outside the airport, we were robbed. My mother was injured while trying to protect me, and she collapsed, bleeding heavily. Desperate, I held onto her, frantically trying to call Ross. Each call was abruptly cut off, and when I finally reached him, he sounded irritated. "Jennifer, you're an adult, so stop acting like a child. You couldn't even hail a cab on the street? Laurel just got to Fellaton and isn't feeling well. I need to take care of her." Without waiting for a response, he hung up. I tried calling again, only to find that I had been blocked. In the end, my mother's injuries were too severe, and she bled out before the doctors could save her. As I stared at her lifeless body, tears flowed uncontrollably. When I finally checked my phone again, the first thing I saw was a picture Ross had posted on Twitter. In the photo, he was kissing Laurel and holding a bouquet of roses. [Spending Valentine's Day with the one I love most.] I quietly threw the gifts I had brought from home into the trash. Then, I left a comment, which said, [Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness.]