Break Ice

"Everyone has their own fears. The only difference they would make is have a bit courage to throw those fears into the bins." Apa persamaan dari si cuek fashion editor in chief dan si jahil casanova petenis? Suka makan. Lebih tepatnya cinta mati dengan makanan manis. Alexandra mempunyai tingkat toleransi rendah terhadap kaum Adam, sedangkan James di waktu senggangnya , memilih menjadi playboy yang mungkin sudah meniduri setengah populasi wanita di London. But, does the first impressions look as it seem? Keduanya bertemu lagi di Victoria Embankment setelah pesta dari mutual friend. Alex pun merasa menjadi protagonis konyol di film-film romance comedy kesukaannya saat James mengejarnya dengan semangat hidup seperti kecoak. Akankah misi James berhasil? Apakah Alex benar-benar akan mengizinkan James masuk kedalam kehidupannya?

I stare at the email on my screen, unable to move my fingers. Tomorrow is our company's crucial product launch, and I just learn that the patent for the algorithm I spent three years developing is now filed under Matthew Ashford's new assistant, Sophie Bennett. I storm into Matthew's office to confront him. Sophie sits on his desk with her legs crossed, looking completely innocent. She claims that she filled out the form by mistake. "It's just a clerical error. The patent still belongs to the company. What's the big deal?" Matthew stands up from his chair, positioning himself in front of Sophie. I can't believe what I am hearing. "Matthew, this is my research!" "Emma, you're thirty-five. Why are you picking a fight with a twenty-three-year-old intern?" He frowns. Then, he turns to Sophie. "Starting tomorrow, you're the new CTO. Emma needs… some time off." I'm utterly stunned. A decade of marriage and five years dedicated to building a company together have been shattered by a few casual words from him. Thirty minutes later, Sophie posts a photo on social media of herself sitting on Matthew's lap. They are both clinking champagne glasses. "So lucky to have the best boss ever. I'll make sure to be his loyal kitten." Below that, Matthew leaves a comment—three red heart emojis. I shut my laptop and pick up my phone. "Hello. Is this Mr. David Langley from Novara Group of Sundale Valley? This is Emma Whitmore. I've changed my mind. I'm ready to join you." I pause. "And by the way, about that unreleased algorithm upgrade, I have the complete technical blueprint. Make me an offer." Later, I fly to Tallisport with an eight-figure check in hand, while Matthew goes frantic trying to find me.

Looking up I see a boy I had never seen before, a cocky smirk graced his features. "Here you go" he said handing me the pencil I just nodded my head confused as to where he came from since the hallway was dead silent just moments before. Looking over his shoulder I see six other guy's watching the situation. Looking them all up and down I can't deny that their all definitely attractive. Looking back at the guy infront of me I look into his brown eyes a light spark of pink shinning in them. I smiled slightly not being able to find my voice so I begin nodding my head a little in thanks. Turning to walk away I begin to exit the hallway "what no thank you?" a voice called out causing me to turn around. Looking back I see the guy that handed me my pencil his arms lightly spread out with shock across his features. "Right, thanks" I started staring at him before looking at the other six as they all stared at me expectantly, at this moment I guess I really had no idea why. "Oh, right" I started causing them all to perk up "welcome to our hell hole new kids" I continued with a smirk opening my arms up, just like the guy did when he called out to me.

"I, Scarlett Monica Hathaway, promise to be nothing but everything to you, and if it is a loving wife you ask for, then a loving wife, I shall be..." Scarlett's life felt like a dream on a random frigid Friday night. It was intended to be a night she spent under her covers, in her warm bed, after getting ditched by her friends at a club she had utterly invited them to. But one minute Scarlett is fleeing a pervert at the clubhouse, and the next minute she's learning about a confusingly cryptic secret, and the next minute she's making a promise that was being dangerously sealed.

Everyone might also have this usual attraction to handsome guys, but Aurora Lynne Lopez's is different. She gets so obsessed with handsome lads that she won't let them pass without having them fall for her. When she met an insanely good-looking man named Keifer Sarmiento, she suddenly felt challenged. But out of all the handsome guys, she had never liked Jatt Heron Mendoza, which is her friend's crush and whom people praised for his looks. When both these guys entered her life to piss her off and to have her constantly daydreaming, who would managed to make her fall truly? Who would become Aurora's choice?

“I’d rather die than become your play thing again, your majesties. I’m done with whatever life you wanted to give me!” I gritted out between my teeth. “If you don’t accept to become our mistress Silver, I’ll end your boyfriend and his baby that is in your womb.” Bastian said coolly and all the hatred I tried to suppress rose again. “I will make you regret this. I SWEAR it!” *** Silver never knew life could get worse than the rejection she encountered from her alpha in her pack. After going through slavery and pain her whole life, she thought the breakthrough was becoming the Luna Queen but life had other plans for her. She is a Healer, the last in line but is desperately needed by the Alpha King and his brother. The alpha king is confined to a wheelchair for years and his brother has been blind since he went on a wrong hunt. After she’s managed to heal them, they toss her aside because she is of no use to them anymore. They all went to their former mates until they realised their kingdom will never be stable without her.

Perfection was the curse. I was born into wealth, beauty, influence, and a family empire that stretched across continents. People envied my life, not knowing it was nothing more than a gilded prison. The only thing that ever felt real was ballet, the passion my parents forbade because it brought them no power, no profit, no leverage. My parents; greedy, ambitious, unfillable, hid their cruelty beneath luxury. And on my eighteenth birthday, they revealed the ultimate betrayal. I was engaged to a powerful man twice. . . no, three times my age. A man feared across Europe. A man whose hands were stained with secrets the world pretended not to see. They sold me to strengthen an alliance. So I ran. Barefoot, shaking, heartbroken. I stole one of our visitor's chopper and fled to Sicily, thinking distance could save me. I thought I escaped the monsters who owned my life. But I only ran into a darker one. Because Sicily is his territory; Aldrick Moretti, the shadow king of the Italian underworld. Cold. Untouchable. Beautiful in the most devastating way. The man people whisper about as if speaking his name is a sin. A man with eyes that see through lies. . . including mine. And the moment he found me trespassing on his land, bleeding, terrified, and wearing the remnants of a runaway bride. . . He didn’t return me. He didn’t free me. He claimed me. Not as a business deal. Not as an alliance. But as something far more dangerous. He became my captor, my protector, my obsession, and the forbidden flame I should never have touched. Because in his world, love is not tender. It’s a weapon. And I am the sacrifice wrapped in a veil he refuses to let go.

After getting kicked out by her husband for being barren, she is offered a marriage proposal by the richest man in Hiltonia. Then she discovers she's pregnant but hides it thinking it belongs to her ex-husband. Meeting a lot of people in her new life, she discovers there's a part of her missing. When the bits come together gradually, she discovers she's not who she thought she was. She wasn't just the daughter of a nobody who was picked up by Velon Aspen, used, abused and kicked out of the marriage pennyless. She was the daughter of the richest man in Maile. She uncovers her dark pasts and struggles to live with it. What is this dark past of hers? nd will her husband who had just fallen in love with her be able to live with it once he finds out?

''tell me about yourself?" seryosong tanong ng lalaki sa isang inosenteng dalagita na nasa kanyang harapan . Hawak ang isang papel bago ibigay sa dalaga . Nakalagda doon ang mga rule's na kailangan sundin ng dalaga para maging asawa nito . ''ano ito job interview?'' naloloka niyang tanong . ''hindi ba trabaho ang gagawin mo sa akin , magpanggap kang asawa ko at bayaran kita buwan buwan plus unti unting mahulugan ang utang ng iyong pamilya sa akin .Kung bakit kasi hindi nag iisip ang ama mo bago siya gumawa ng isang hakbang .Ang tanging nasa isip lang pera! '' pabulyaw nitong salita .Unti nalang mawawalan na siya temper dahil sa pagiging isip bata ng dalaga .Nagsisi si Dreymond na pumayag sa kondisyong hindi niya alam kung hanggang kailan ang pasensya niya sa isip batang katulad ng dalaga . Magagawa kayang sikmurain pakisamahan ni Evie Quinros ang isang babaerong lalaki .Magpapakasal sila at maging asawa siya sa isang papel lamang pero paano kung mas higit pa ang hingiin nito .Hindi niya gustong mahirapan ang kanyang ama dahil sa utang nito .Gagawin niya lahat kahit maging asawa pa ng isang manhid at walang puso na lalaki basta mabayaran niya lang ang pagkakautang ng kanyang ama sa mga Clarkson at ano ang matutuklasan ni Evie sa buhay ni Dreymond. Warning this is SPG 18+ is allowed to read this book .

Anastasia Williams did not have the chance to enjoy her teenage years. Being an orphan at the age of five, Ana never really felt loved. Although she has been taken care of by her uncle, she never received any affection from him and his family. When Anastasia's cousin, Eva, is to get married, she elopes on her wedding day. Ana is now forced to marry the man in Eva's stead. But her heart belongs to her childhood love and best friend, Nate, who died in a car crash five years ago. Tyler Walker is a young millionaire who has built up a number of profitable businesses throughout the globe. He only wants to be married for three months before calling it quits. Will Anastasia and Tyler find love despite sharing traumatic and heartbreaking pasts? Or will everything be over in three months? This story talks about two broken souls who, one, felt empty on the inside and the other struggling with its demons, finding peace and comfort in each other, but more... finding love. It also teaches that having a positive mindset really makes bad circumstances turn into a good outcome, with patience."