24 Hour Cafe

During a long holiday, my husband booked flights for a family vacation. On the way to the airport, I suddenly saw numbers appearing on everyone’s head. The numbers on my husband’s head indicated sixty years, but my parents and I had only six hours indicated on our heads. While I was puzzled over the meaning of those numbers, I noticed that the driver next to us only had six seconds indicated over his head through the car window. Five… Four… Three… Two… One. When the number turned zero, a massive truck immediately rammed into the car next to us. I saw flickers of fire, flesh and blood exploding before my eyes. People were screaming for help, but I could not hear anything. I trembled as cold sweat drenched my entire body. It was because my flight would be taking off in six hours.

How do you defend yourself in the eyes of those people around you?If you do not know your true identity? Does there judgment to you will be validated or not. If you're Elle? How can you go outside the box of betrayal and love?

　東京の下町の商店街のはずれに一軒の小さな定食屋があった。そこは、静かな店内に美人店主がひとり。そしてその一角にはなぜか麻雀卓がある。そこでは様々な世代の麻雀好きが集まり食事と麻雀を楽しんでいた。 　その店を偶然見つけた乾春人は次第にその定食屋の常連客となっていく。 　店の名前は『あやの食堂』。通称『麻雀食堂』――

“Thirty minutes for 10 thousand dollars.” That was the deal. Julian Valentino is the “Holy Billionaire,” an ice-cold CEO who views love as a liability. After a brutal Valentine’s Day betrayal, he didn’t just swear off women…. he chose a path of strict celibacy, vowing to keep his body as untouchable as his empire. For years, he has been a saint in a world of sinners, until he is anonymously drugged in his own hotel. With his control now crumbling and his body on fire, he turns to the only woman who can quench the flame: THALIA. Popularly known as "Tee" in elite lounges, she is a high-end sex worker who doesn’t believe in fairytales love and only lives for the bag to fund the search for her lost identity. What she expects to be an easy paycheck turns into a nightmare when a city-wide murder triggers a 48-hour security lockdown. Now trapped with a possessive, drug-fevered billionaire, thirty minutes of service becomes two days of raw heat and secret whispers. But when the doors finally open, Julian doesn't want to let her go. He wants a new deal... a new contract to buy her time and be her exclusive client. And that is when it dawns on Thalia that she has walked into a trap. Behind the closed doors, another contract was waiting. She isn’t just a worker anymore… with the outside contract? She’s now the very weapon sent to destroy the Valentino empire. CONTENT WARNING: This story is strongly 18+

My father-in-law was clinging to life after a car accident. The only way he'd survive is if I—a top surgeon—operated on him myself. I'd just changed into my scrubs when my wife, Clara Stevens, rushed in and grabbed my arm. "You're not going anywhere. The priority is protecting Rick's face. Not a single scar, you hear me?" I pulled away. "Dad has minutes left. If we miss the window, he's gone." Clara didn't even flinch. "That worthless country bumpkin father of yours was born a burden. If he dies, he dies—at least we won't have to take care of him anymore. But if Rick's face gets ruined, I swear you'll pay." Her first love, Rick Ford, tugged her sleeve with a fake whimper. "Clara, your husband seems pretty upset. You think he's stalling on purpose? Trying to hurt me?" I was so angry, I just laughed. So that was the case. All along, Clara thought the one dying… was my father.

Mia (seorang dokter) yang memulai bisnis (praktik aborsi) dengan sahabatnya bernama Laras. Mia memiliki latar belakang yang buruk. Dimana kejadian itu menghantarkan jiwa Mia akhirnya menjadi seorang Psycopat dan kanibal. Sedangkan Laras adalah pasien skizoafektif yang sering berhalusinasi. Akankah rahasia mereka saling terbongkar?

A less than an hour drunk-type of plan. 24 year-old Kimberly was up for the most sexiest stunt of her life. At iyon ay ang siguraduhing maikakasal sa kanya ang matagal na niyang minamahal, pipikutin niya si Chester. With an emotion that had been burning for years, and the guts lended by Vodka, buong tapang na ibinigay ni Kimberly ang kanyang katawan sa binata. The drunk sex was a blast! If it wasn't the best then she doesn't know what it was. Perpekto na sana ang lahat kung hindi lang siya nagising sa katotohanan kinabukasan. Una, hindi si Chester ang katabi niya nang magising. Pangalawa, bigla na lang niyang natagpuan ang sarili na kinakasal sa pinaka-atribidong lalaki sa balat ng lupa- si Jace, ang nag-iisang kapatid ni Chester!

My cafe's sales have doubled recently. On the day before the celebration party, my younger brother, Ian Kingston, comes looking for me. "Vivian, I'm going to marry Louisa soon. We should dissolve our business partnership." He adds, "Louisa mentioned that she and I work better together as husband and wife. She intends to open a cafe with me so that we can spend the rest of our lives together. "Vivian, you'll marry into another family someday. This cafe is a business under the Kingston family, so you should withdraw from the partnership right away." Louisa Nott has yet to become Ian's wife, but she is already thinking of taking over the Kingstons' assets? I post an announcement on my family group chat right away. "My own brother decides to dissolve our business partnership because of his girlfriend, so I shall be opening a branch of my own. When the time comes, everyone here is welcome to my cafe to sample my food. It'll be completely free of charge!"

พวกเราเป็นเพื่อนกัน สนิทกันมาก รู้ไส้รู้พุงกันหมด แต่สุดท้ายก็ดันมารักกัน คามิล ไคโทเคริน อายุ 24 ปี ลูกครึ่งญี่ปุ่น-อเมริกัน ( แต่เกิดและโตที่ไทย ) นิสัย เจ้าชู้ รักสนุก แต่รักเพื่อนมาก ขุนเขา เตโชเศรษฐาบดินทร์ อายุ 24 ปี นิสัย รักสนุก ชอบการสังสรรค์ และรักพวกพ้องมาก ริฮานน่า หรือ ฮาน่า อายุ 24 ปี นิสัยดี เปรี้ยวนิดๆ หวานน้อยหน่อย ดูเหมือนคนนิสัยไม่ดี แต่จริงๆ แล้วรักเพื่อนๆ มาก แนะนำตัวละครเพิ่มเติม คามิล คาริน่า = แม่ของคามิล เลียม = พ่อของคามิล ขุนเขา คุณขจี = แม่ของขุนเขา ท่านพีระ = พ่อของขุนเขา ฮาน่า คุณหญิงเกวลิน = แม่ของฮาน่า ประธานเกริกวิทย์ = พ่อของฮาน่า ********************** การมีคนรักหลายคน (Polyamory) เป็นรูปแบบหนึ่งของความสัมพันธ์ที่คนคนหนึ่งจะรักคนอื่นได้อีกหลายคน ไม่ได้จำกัดอยู่แค่เรื่องเซ็กซ์ แต่หมายถึงไลฟ์สไตล์ที่ทุกฝ่ายยังรักกันดี และพอใจจะให้ทุกคนในความสัมพันธ์ไปรักคนอื่นๆ ได้ 

I’d just left a creative meeting when a TikTok video popped up on my feed, slamming my company. The title: "Stay Away! This Austin startup is incredibly cheap. The perks are a joke." The video showed off the pour-over coffee from Austin's hottest independent cafe and pastries from a top-tier French bakery. The same ones I’d just had my assistant, Sam, hand out. I frowned. In the company's Slack channel, I tagged everyone. "@here Any suggestions for this afternoon's Happy Hour?" Leo, the new Gen-Z intern, replied instantly with a voice note. “Asher, with all due respect, these snacks with gluten and dairy are so unhealthy.” “A truly visionary company would hire a private chef to customize raw, vegan bites for everyone's dietary needs. That's what respect looks like.” I laughed. It was an angry laugh. The company's daily snack budget was $25 per person. For an Austin startup, that was top of the line. I typed back: "Since it's impossible to please everyone, the snack perk is canceled. I'll convert the budget into a cash bonus for all of you." Less than five minutes later, the TikTok caption was updated. "UPDATE: Y'all, I can't make this up. I made a suggestion about dietary inclusivity, and my toxic boss just canceled all the perks! This is how toxic bosses act. Can't handle a single piece of feedback!"