Ginger X Cosmo Novels & Stories

In other words, I was still a teenage girl, barely holding it together, trying to pretend I understood what it meant to be alive. The clock on my nightstand read 6:02 AM, glowing a violent red. I hadn’t slept. Not really. There was a stiffness behind my eyes from staying up too late doom-scrolling through social media, avoiding thoughts I couldn’t name. Outside my window, the morning light had just begun bleeding into the sky, soft and uncertain. “Jasmine! You’re going to be late!” That was my mother. Gloria. Loud since 1978. A woman who could make panic sound like poetry.

“This is a party for people who are sad over Celine’s marriage. To commemorate the first day after her union yesterday, I prepared alcoholic cocktails which will soothe your broken hearts.” Flinching at the Wonwoo’s remarks, the two did not respond and rather wait for the next nonsensical things which will come out Wonwoo’s lips. “Here, I prepared these cocktails, Fruity Baby Food Cocktail, Ginger Mint Julep, Frozen margaritas, Gin and Lime cocktails, 1832 Whiskey, Pumpkin Spice Soda, Aperol Spritz, Frose and Boozy Strawberries. These drinks will help you…” As he continued to talk, his image became distorted to Seungcheol and Jeonghan’s eyes. Soon, the man with black hair and round reading

She wondered if it was just her and mentally noted to ask Esmeralda when she saw her again. Glancing around at the crowd as she weaved her way through them, she wondered if professor Lucas was still around. If any of the other girls had attended to him because she was sure they would have approached him. She silently berated herself for not asking him earlier if he wanted anything, her nerves had definitely done her bad. She approached the bar and saw big Ben patiently explaining one of the drinks on the menu to a confused looking customer. "Ya see, a martini is basically just gin or vodka and vermouth," he said, pointing to the menu. "But, a cosmo is made with cranberry juice, triple sec, a

He took a sip, tasted it, and turned to look at her, “What else did you add?” She smiled, “Just a bit of ginger root” He nodded in satisfaction and emptied the entire glass. When he was done, he looked up at me and said, “Before we start, I would want her to look at the memories too, so that she is not in the dark.” I nodded in understanding and Xenos motioned for Nymeria to come and sit beside him. Just like the last time, he placed both of his hands and placed it on either side of her head.

Ace whispered near me before taking my hand towards a table for two. I asked Ace to get me a non-alcoholic drink only to find out there was none. I ordered Calamansi, a cocktail of Grey Goose vodka, Muyu Chinotto, calamansi, vanilla butter, passionfruit, and beetroot. It did not look as bad as the rest of the cocktail on the menu. Ace ordered the Devil's Claw, a cocktail of Bombay Sapphire gin, Perrier-Jouët Champagne, Ginjo sake, Pandan and devil's claw tincture.

"Where are the spices I asked for?" I brought out the ginger I had gotten and handed it over to him. He stared at it in my hands for the better part of a minute before finally collecting it. I was shocked when Alpha Xavier carelessly let go of the ginger, allowing it fall to the marble floor below. Our eyes met and his were burning with rage. "What is this?" He growled. Before I could even think of a response, he brought his boot down on the ginger. He stomped it continuously and in a matter of seconds, I was staring at the powdered form of all my efforts over the last hour on the bare floor.

He texted her, asking where they were drinking. They ordered two kinds of drinks: the Polmos Spirytus Rektyfikowany 192 Proof and Penicillin Cocktail. 192 Proof is made of premium ethyl alcohol with an agricultural cereal origin while Cocktail is one of the best drinks in Singapore. This is an intoxicating concoction of Islay Scotch, honey-ginger sweetening, and recent juice, the drink is lemony, sweet, and alluringly smoky all promptly. The cocktail tastes like a slice of heaven. It will be worth it.

She told me about the rest I needed to take before the wedding, but with all the things happening between me and Hade, that's a bit impossible to achieve. "Now look at your skin. It's all dry and dull, and ugh... Diddy, go get me ice cubes. Quickly," she instructed her assistant. She then pulled out a large pouch from inside her large suitcase and laid down whatever was in there on the coffee table beside the bed. "Come lie back here, darling," she instructed me, and so I did. When her assistant came back, Ginger started a massage therapy on my face, starting with the ice cubes. And then she put on eye masks and lip masks and nose masks and other types of masks on my face.

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The hostess handed us menus, thick, leather-bound, no prices listed, and disappeared. Clara opened hers immediately, scanning the specials with interest. Adrian leans to my side and says , “what will my lady be having?” voice low and teasing. I reached for the heavy, menu , leather-bound menus in front of us, each one embossed with the single gold word Lumen in the lower right corner. I opened mine slowly, almost reluctantly, fingers brushing the thick cream paper inside. The first page listed cocktails, handcrafted, seasonal, with ingredients I’d never heard pronounced the same way twice: yuzu kosho-infused gin, black truffle vermouth, smoked lapsang souchong bitters. Prices started at $28.