Charlie Lemonade Mouth

Hari ketika suamiku Charlie dan mahasiswi yang dia biayai memposting foto prewedding di Instagram. Aku tidak lagi mengamuk seperti biasanya. Sebaliknya, aku malah memberi mereka like. Lalu, aku berkomentar. [ Pria berbakat dan wanita cantik, mari kita beri restu untuk pasangan ini. ] Orang-orang di lingkaran pertemanan bilang aku adalah istri sah yang paling tidak berdaya, membiarkan selingkuhan bertindak semaunya. Seminggu kemudian, dia pulang dan menjelaskan padaku, "Itu cuma akting. Kakeknya sakit, sebelum meninggal dia ingin melihat cucunya menikah." Aku mengangguk dengan tenang. "Aku nggak menganggapnya serius, aku percaya kamu." Di kehidupan sebelumnya, aku pergi ke lokasi pernikahan dan membuat keributan pada hari ini sampai pernikahan mereka hancur gara-gara aku. Demi menghukumku, Charlie menargetkan perusahaan orang tuaku hingga mereka bangkrut dan melompat dari gedung. Aku juga dikirim olehnya ke rumah sakit jiwa dan disiksa sampai menjadi gila. Jadi setelah hidup kembali, aku tidak lagi mengharapkan cintanya, aku hanya ingin hartanya. Setiap kali dia berselingkuh, aku akan memindahkan sebagian aset atas namanya. Tinggal tiga kali lagi, dia akan kehilangan segalanya.

My husband, James Lincoln, disappeared in an accident, and my in-laws wasted no time filing to have him legally declared deceased. At the funeral, a woman, Xena Xander, suddenly showed up with a young boy, both crying hysterically. The boy, Charlie Lincoln, screamed at the top of his lungs, calling my husband “Daddy.” My ten-year-old daughter, Mia Lincoln, charged at him, shouting, “Shut up! That’s my dad!” Pretending to break it up, my in-laws instead shoved Mia to the ground. She collapsed and passed out on the spot. “If you’re looking for someone to blame, blame yourself for not giving us a grandson! This family can’t die out without an heir!” Xena smirked at me with blatant provocation. Behind her, Charlie spat in my direction and sneered, “You’re just a worthless tramp nobody cares about.” I didn’t lose my temper. Instead, I laughed. “If you want the status and the inheritance so badly, you can have them. But don’t come crying to me when you regret it.” Two weeks later, Xena showed up at my doorstep, covered in blood, banging on the door and screaming. And then, I got a phone call that felt like a nightmare come to life. But I couldn’t have cared less. By then, I was already enjoying a peaceful vacation overseas.

On the train back home, I found a scathing post online. [My sister-in-law is pushing thirty but isn’t married yet. She comes home all the time. Would you be bothered by it?] The comments were numerous and ran the gamut of opinions. The post got wildly popular, and there was an argument between the poster and commenters. [It’s bad enough that she won’t get married. She wants to stay with us when she’s home. Shouldn’t she feel ashamed? I’m at the end of my rope. She even drank all my lemonade last time she was here. I really hate her. [She has no boundaries. I’ve been wanting to teach her a lesson for ages. I turned her bedroom into my walk-in closet. Let’s see if she can still stay here.] When I got to this point, I closed the post. It was lucky that I bought the house where my parents and brother live. Because of that, I would not be at risk of losing my own room. But when I got out of the train station, I received a text from my mother. [Sweetie, I booked you a hotel room. You don’t have to come home and stay this time.]

This is what we do. We fight, we fuck, and we pretend it's fixed. He rips his shirt over his head, the sound of tearing fabric loud in the silence. And I freeze. My hands, which were reaching for him, stop. There. Coiling over his ribs, wrapping around his side, crawling up toward his heart, is an identical replica of Madilyn’s tattoo. "Charlie," he breathes, but it doesn't sound like his voice. His hands are rough, grabbing my hips. One hand slides, pressing hard against my stomach. No. The baby. My baby.

They say when life throws you a lemon, you should turn it to a lemonade, even though some things weren't just intentional. “For the next three years, you will work under my son, Anthony. You will obey him unconditionally and assist him in developing the first humanoid robots. It’s all stated in the contract.” Melissa, a brilliant first-class robotics engineer, signs a binding contract to save her only sister who urgently needs surgery. Not only must she work for Anthony—the arrogant CEO of the Morgan Group—but she must also marry him. Throughout the contract, Anthony treats her like a lowlife, belittling her at every opportunity and even stealing credit for her achievements, convinced she would never dare to leave. But as the three years draw to a close, her supposed knight in shining armor, Josh, shows up as he promised. Will Melissa walk away from Anthony, reclaim her freedom, and rekindle the spark with Josh? Or will Anthony realize too late just how much he stands to lose when the countdown to their divorce begins? And what if there was more to the accident that left Melissa’s sister in need of surgery—and forced Melissa into this contract? If you want to feel first hand what it means for a lady to possess her possession, then get over here!

Rangkaian teror masih berlanjut. Sembilan orang petinggi Lockwood di kursi parlemen telah terbunuh. Siapa sebenarnya pembunuh berantai itu? Mengapa polisi tidak kunjung menangkapnya? Charlie Redrich, pemuda tujuh belas tahun yang hidupnya hancur karena keluarganya terbunuh. Kehidupan penuh dendam menghantuinya, sehingga dia tidak bisa keluar dalam lingkaran arus yang membuatnya terpuruk. Lockwood adalah pihak yang terlibat. Pertarungan antara Lockwood dengan pemberontak masih belum menemui titik akhir. "Selama ini aku hanya ingin hidup normal." "Hei, sebenarnya dari mana kebahagiaan itu berasal?"

This is the sequel to "Trio of Mates" (can be found on here) and is NOT a stand-alone book. I felt as if I had just fallen asleep when flashes and fragments of dreams began to play through my mind. They are disjointed, speeding through my mind almost too fast to catch. There is Charlie holding two pups in her arms, the pack being attacked on the western front, Arya fallen to her knees sobbing in the middle of a battlefield, funeral pyres, me looking down at my pregnant stomach with Gael and Hakeem smiling down at me, whoops of victory, and wails of defeat. As the images flit through my mind, a voice enters the chaos. “A war of threes. Three deaths. Three victories. Three trios. Three losses. Betrayal. Birth. Death. Sorrow. Joy. Warn them, Meredith. Be prepared!”

When our marriage contract expired, I found out I was pregnant. Charlie Newman’s voice was icy. "If it’s a boy, we’re even." I asked quietly, "And if it’s a girl?" He paused–then said coldly, "Then we keep trying until you give me a son." I sighed. Three years of marriage couldn’t compete with the need for an heir. However, one night, when I went downstairs for water, I saw him kneeling in the attic, eyes devout, voice trembling. "Merciful God, please grant me a daughter. If you hear my prayer and make my wish come true, I will give generously to your church and serve you faithfully all my life."

“Charlie, you know me. I want to put you and your happiness first so let’s end this. I have the annulment papers right here and I only need your signature.” Zeno Madrigal is not an ordinary bachelor. When his dying father wished he’d marry soon, he had no choice but to find someone. After an unforgettable one night stand, he pursued the woman who he slept with and witnessed her agree to it. Charlotte Costales is no ordinary woman as well and was desperate to get married because of her age. They thought they were compatible as society deemed them as abnormal. Read as they conquer their struggles with themselves and with one another and against the people who want them down.

Mason Smith, the self acclaimed king of the underworld simply got so much in his hands when he decided to attack Annie. He tried so many ways to get to her, but seemed to be getting nowhere near her. So he decided to employ assassins with magic, to do the job. When Aiden Kurt, an assassin, meets Annie Charlie, a woman he was contracted to eliminate, he did not just find out a secret that Annie had kept safe from the world. He also found out that somehow, he had fallen madly in love with her, but Annie would prove to be a very hard nut to crack. What lengths will Aiden go, to claim his addiction? Let's find out.