Hills Like White Elephants

เจอหน้ากันวันเดียวก็จูงมือกันไปจดทะเบียนเสียแล้ว ไม่ใช่เพราะเงินแล้วจะอะไรล่ะ อดทนไว้ใบหม่อน แค่ปีเดียวเท่านั้น..

On the day of my daughter Eleanor Baldwin's second birthday party, my entire family stood nervously by the banquet hall entrance. They were not there to greet guests, but rather to keep me from showing up and causing a scene. Mom's face was written all over with anxiety. "Lucas wouldn't actually crash the party, would he?" Dad's brow stayed tightly furrowed. "Who knows? That disgrace of a son is capable of anything." My younger brother, Cody Baldwin, had his arm wrapped gently around my wife, Kendra Clarkson, trying to reassure her. "Don't worry. If Lucas dares to show up, I'll keep you and Ellie safe." Kendra nodded slowly. "If it really comes to that... maybe we should just let Ellie be his goddaughter. At least then, we're still family..." However, the party came and went, and I never appeared. I had already made up my mind to join a classified national defense research program. Only this time, it was for good.

"Maybe it is true that there is always one who will get to you-that person with a special something that will let him sneak under your defenses." Lily feels there is no escape from the dark world she inhabits. At hindi na rin niya gustong makawala mula roon. And just as long as she relies only on herself, she knows she would be okay. Isa lang ang pakay ni James sa pagpipilit na makalapit kay Lily-ang gantihan ang babae sa ginawa nito sa kanyang kapatid. But as he tries to get under the woman's skin, he realizes the danger he is putting himself in-danger that is more emotional than physical. Because slowly, he finds he is being seduce to join her in the dark world she lives in. The Red room. Lust,love and pain- those are what Lily and James both share. And it seems neither of them wants to escape from that-just as long as they are both in on it.

It was a perilous time when the fittest survived. Alphas were usurped and Packs were overthrown by the powerful. Vera was thrown into a conspiracy when her father, the beta of the Shifters Pack, was accused of treason. Her parents were killed and she was labelled a traitor's daughter. Everyone turned their backs against her. Her mate, the Alpha heir, rejected her and she was banished from the pack. Resolute to prove her parents' innocence, she escaped from her killers only to fall into the hands of a ruthless Alpha, Alpha Joash. She soon realized that he was her second chance mate but he was oblivious to it. In her state, she couldn't voice it out. Still at his mercy, she realized that all that she had believed were lies. She needed to save herself, prove herself and unknot her twisted fate.

Kata orang pernikahan itu menyenangkan, namun tidak untuk Diana. Pernikahan itu menyakitkan terutama ketika mengetahui dirinya mengidap penyakit misterius yang menyebabkan ia tidak dapat berhubungan intim dengan suaminya. Diana harus menghadapi hal-hal yang tidak pernah terlintas dalam pikirannya. Tanpa dia sadari, pengalaman itu membuat dia semakin kuat dan memilih keputusan yang akan mengubah hidupnya.

Lucas Blackwood was an alpha werewolf until his pack and mate were brutally killed by a secret notorious pack with questionable propaganda. Having suffered a fate worse than death by the feeling of losing the bond to both his mate and pack, he's sworn to track down and destroy the rogue pack no matter what it takes. He takes up a teaching job in a remote town where he believes their hideout to be and begins hunting them by night, but there's this human girl in his class whose scent drives him crazy with want. This shouldn't be possible since werewolves are known to mate for life and attraction to a human is impossible...right? Marcella Garcia is the classic bookworm who everyone hates for being a know-it-all but she swears she always feels a tug pulling her towards the new and cruel history professor that she can't explain. And if her secret observations of him are correct, there is something not quite right about the professor, something not quite...human.

"What... What are these?" Selene stammered, her voice barely more than a whisper. "Divorce papers?" She looked up at Maximus, searching his face for some sign of a joke, a mistake - anything to tell her this wasn’t real. His eyes flickered with a brief moment of hesitation before hardening into a steely gaze. "If Jess hadn’t disappeared, we never would have gotten married” he drawled before delivering the final blow. “Well, Jess is back now.” She couldn’t breathe. Despite her best efforts over their three years of marriage, Maximus had never acknowledged her nor loved her the way he loved Jess. **** She signed the papers, and left his life for good, taking the babies growing in her womb with her. A few years later, She became a top medical doctor and did everything possible to stay away from Maximus. However, on her twins’ fifth birthday, they came running to her, giggling: "Mummy, we found our billionaire daddy!" She looked up and saw Maximus standing in front of her, clearly expecting her to run into his arms. Instead, She chuckled. His eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets when she responded with a deadpan expression, "No, babies, your Father is dead."

Nothing can bring two people together like an adorable little pooch! Brady Rogers took the job as the new city planner for Holiday Hills expecting a town rich with Christmas spirit. What he finds is anything but. Due to budget cuts, many of the Christmas activities have been cancelled. When a cute little dog steals his scarf, he's led to a couple of people who want to help Holiday Hills regain the towns reputation for being the place to celebrate. Could it be that little dog has also led him to love? Noelle Snow loves her job running the animal shelter, but she needs more money to keep the no-kill shelter a float. When she meets Brady, thanks to a sweet pup named Pooch, she might just be able to save the shelter, help the town find their Christmas spirit, and fall in love. But when the town's mayor has different ideas about how the budget should be spent, Brady and Noelle's plans might just fall apart and tear a riff between them. Will Pooch be enough to bring them back together?

Barra Seno Dirgantara, seorang prajurit terbaik yang dimiliki oleh Negeri Darlan. Dalam tugasnya ternyata dia menemukan banyak kejanggalan saat terjadi demontrasi besar-besaran. Tidak disangka hal tersebut membuat Barra menjadi target untuk dilenyapkan. Hidupnya pun berubah setelah mengalami koma selama satu tahun. Saat terbangun, lelaki itu menemukan suatu kenyataan menyakitkan, sang ibu telah meninggal dunia karena kesedihan yang amat dalam. Barra hidup dengan menyimpan amarah dan dendam terhadap Militer Negara Darlan, hingga sosok besar menemukannya dan memberi penawaran untuknya, mengungkap suatu pengkhianatan dan konspirasi kejahatan. Kembalinya sang prajurit terbaik adalah titik balik Militer Negara Darlan, membuktikan kesetiaanya terhadap Negara. Barra kembali demi melindungi negara dan juga orang-orang yang peduli padanya. Cover by Habits Creative Follow IG Author: @whitephoenix2199

A beautiful woman who loves her mother very much. She is willing to do anything for the sake of healing her mother. Even though she had to pay dearly by being the slave of an "Amar" who was able to buy anything he wanted with his money and power. "You are my nightmare, Amar, I hate you. If you are tired of my body, you better me right now, I don't want to live anymore."