Final Chapter: Walking Tall

He is loathsome, arrogant and handsome doctor with uncouth mouth. She is a simple sales girl. Being straightforward and brave, she shamelessly pursued him, sending him gifts, meals, flowers and tried to get close to him. She was humiliated when his staff gossiped about her and she retreated. Then he rejected her and told her they could only be friends. She tried her best to avoid him but no matter how much she tried they frequently cross paths. Suddenly one day he told her. "Be my girlfriend!" What a mess!

La discípula de mi esposo, Camila, alardeaba de su técnica de desactivar bombas con los ojos cerrados, guiándose solo por la intuición. El resultado fue un error de juicio que activó el sistema de detonación de respaldo de la bomba. Yo tuve que intervenir de emergencia, usando el peligrosísimo método de condensación con nitrógeno líquido para salvar todo el edificio. A Camila la apartaron de la primera línea y, además, la suspendieron. Mi esposo, Sergio, quiso hablar en su defensa, pero yo me interpuse resueltamente: —Si la defiendes ahora, no la salvarás y te hundirá con ella. Hasta a ti te suspenderán. Abrumada por la presión, Camila terminó con su vida provocando una explosión. En una carta que dejó, acusaba a Sergio: “En el momento que más necesitaba de él, él prefirió lavarse las manos.” Sergio no dijo nada. Solo guardó esa carta como un tesoro en su estudio. Años después, Sergio ya era un experto en desactivación de bombas, famoso en todo el país. Durante un ataque terrorista, unos secuestradores me colocaron una bomba de tiempo. Él acudió en persona a desactivarla, pero frente a mí, repitió el mismo error fatal de su discípula. Mirando la cuenta atrás, me dijo con una sonrisa burlona: «Mira, solo estaba nerviosa aquella vez. ¡Si la hubiera apoyado entonces, ahora ella sería la heroína!». La bomba estalló. Quedé hecha añicos. Al abrir los ojos otra vez, había vuelto a aquel momento en que él intentaba defender a su discípula. Lo que él no sabía era que en ese edificio se albergaba un servidor crítico con los secretos nacionales de máximo nivel.

The last thing Miranda thought when she responded to a prison pen pal request was to find true love. Joel, well, he was only hoping to pass time and maybe if he was lucky, he'd find someone to have a little fun with after doing ten years of hard time in the state penitentiary for a crime he committed when he had just barely turned eighteen years old. He had been hardened by the things he'd seen and the experiences of imprisonment and no longer believed in lovey dovey fairy tales or happily ever after. So hardened in fact, that he knew women only led to one thing-trouble. Not even a good girl like Miranda would break him ever again. Not with her long dark hair, those hypnotizing amber-eyes, and definitely not those full lips that would look so good…nope, nope, nope. What neither one expected was to find the perfect balance of emotional and physical attraction. Can Miranda's persistence and commitment soften and heal Joel's untrusting heart or will Joel break Miranda in ways she has never experienced before? This is the first book of three in the Locked-Up Lovers series. Enjoy!

My mother hated me, to the point that she wished I were dead. I knew I deserved to die. Sixteen years ago, if I hadn’t insisted on going out, my brother wouldn’t have died while trying to save me. Eventually, both of us got what we wished for. I got brain cancer. She had become a stranger to me as I forgot everything and went to die in blissful ignorance. Then, she went mad.

Valeria wanted nothing more than a good man who would treat her like she deserves. She really thought her boyfriend Sam was the man meant for her and always compared him with other guys even when it was really obvious he wasn't treating her right. Her life almost came to an end when he instantly broke up with her on a Valentine's day, which was also her birthday. This destroyed her career and left her heartbroken and Valerie thought the only way she could get over him was to drink, drink and drink down to stupor. Her life only became worst and it felt like the world was crashing on her when she discovered she was pregnant for an unknown stranger. If felt like everything was going on good when she found the picture of the man who she had spent the night with, and only then did she also find out her baby's daddy is a CEO, owner of an A1 tech company in new York and other companies in different countries. Valeria goes in search of him, but he bluntly denies ever having anything to do with her. Just like that, she leaves and months later meets a young, tall, handsome doctor who takes her in till she finally put to bed. Raising her kids alone with Ares was going on smoothly until the young CEO comes to claim his twins and is ready to do anything to have them back.

My sister, Laura Ward, died the year we were ten, the year we snuck out of school to play. From that day forward, my mother’s grief turned into a burning hatred for me, convinced that I was the reason my sister was gone. She treated me like a servant, like an unwanted burden, and filled the void by adopting a perfect, obedient daughter to replace my sister. She took everything from me without a second thought — my rights, my freedom, my very existence — and even demanded that I give up a kidney for her precious adopted girl. Alright, Mother, if you want a life, I’ll give you mine! But it was only when my body lay cold, my breath long gone, that she finally turned and looked at me.

What would you do if you stumbled upon a bride crying her eyes out minutes before the wedding, begging you to help her escape? You help her, of course. What would you do if you stumbled upon a drunken guy being mugged in the dark alley later that night? You help him too, of course. What would you do when you discover he was the same guy left hanging at the altar earlier that day? You regret everything, of course. What would you do when you start seeing that same guy everywhere you go? You fall in love, of course.

Selena is a badass lady whose life is nothing more than just nights and parties. There ain't no club left where Selena and her gang haven't partied. One such day, while playing truth and dare, Selena gets a dare to kiss a random guy. To save her badass title, she resembles her confidence and kisses the guy, not knowing he is a billionaire business owner. Assuming the matter of one night, Selena started feeling well. But little does she know, this one daring kiss is about to change her life completely? What will happen when Billionaire, who is engrossed in his ex's sorrow, falls in love with Selena in just a fifteen-second kiss? Will he ever be able to find Selena again? Or will she accept him?

I’m raising someone else’s kid. My sister’s daughter, and where I thought I’d never make it as a single father bachelor, I was wrong. This little girl has my heart. And only her. Until a stray dog happens upon my place and we’re forced to call a vet. And a beautiful woman showed up. I didn’t believe in fate. But it seems to believe in me. The beautiful woman who helped us out with the dog shows up again later on a blind date across the table from me. And I’m sold out for her before I realize what’s happening. Pulling back is my only hope for survival. After losing my sister, I’m far more protective of me and her little one. But it’s a losing battle. No way I’m going anywhere, until I’m forced to. It would seem I have a kid of my own in the world. Maybe this is the breaking point where I can walk away from the all-consuming passion of my new romance. Because I’m good with giving my time, my body, and all of my money. But to her? I’ve accidentally given all of me.

Vanesha memutuskan untuk menjadi perawat demi mengejar cita-citanya. Pertemuannya dengan Tae Min dalam tugas, membuatnya jatuh cinta dan hendak menikahinya. Namun, kesalahan fatal yang dibuat wanita itu kala larut dalam kepalsuan alkohol dan dunia malam, membuatnya bertemu dengan Jaehyung, sepupu dari kekasihnya. Cinta satu malam itu membuatnya hamil dan menghancurkan impian Vanesha untuk membina mahligai rumah tangga bersama Tae Min. Jaehyung mengetahui kalau Vanesha hamil. Dia yang tak pantang menyerah berusaha meraih hati wanita itu demi mendapat hak sebagai ayah. Di sisi lainnya, Tae Min akan terus berusaha mempertahankan kekasihnya . Bagaimana kisah ketiga insan ini akan berakhir? Siapakah yang nantinya akan dipilih oleh Vanesha?