How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift

My father, Benjamin Ward, was bedridden, paralyzed, and unable to move. The AI model he spent his entire life developing—a model powerful enough to cure terminal diseases—had been stolen and published under someone else's name. Humiliated beyond endurance, he suffered a stroke and collapsed. He couldn't speak. He couldn't even write. I swore I'd find the thief who destroyed him. My girlfriend, Maris Dawn, wept and promised to help me uncover the truth. But at a dinner party, when her first love proudly announced that he'd been specially recruited by a national research lab thanks to that very model, she immediately grabbed my arm, whispering, "Don't make a scene. Grayson just wants a good future. Don't ruin his life." Grayson Vale smirked with disdain. "The old man was about to retire anyway. Think of it as recycling waste." My vision went red. I charged at him, ready to make him pay for what he'd done to my father. Maris tripped me before I could reach him. She threw a check for ten million in my face. "Here's for your dad's medical care. Don't be shameless, alright? Grayson is a rising star. You're just a broke grad student. You should learn your place." I tore the check apart, piece by piece. That check could never buy the Dawn family a future in the world of science.

WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT SCENES AND MATURE ELEMENTS, SUITABLE ONLY FOR READERS AGED 18 AND ABOVE. Read at your own discretion. Once upon a time... He did something to survive university. He became a sugar baby to a wealthy sugar daddy. Several years later, their paths cross again. Unfortunately, he is already married and with a child. He should be keeping his distance, however, after meeting his son, he instantly fell in love with the boy. Despite the confusion brought by the father and son in his peaceful life, his heart glimpses hope after learning he has no wife. However, after all these years, he still felt inadequate. His dark past continues to haunt him like an unrelenting shadow. More so now that the boy has crawled his way deep into his heart. A kryptonite that can be used against him. Will he let the intimidating yet exceptionally gorgeous father disturb his heart just to keep his spot next to the boy? Or, as he did years ago, he is tempted to flee to keep their peace.

Ling Yue dan Cia Li kembali dipertemukan dalam sebuah projek kerjasama yang melibatkan keduanya. Profesi mereka sangat jauh berbeda satu sama lain. Ling Yue adalah seorang Presdir, sedangkan Cia Li adalah seorang ahli Botani. Perasaan keduanya benar-benar berkecamuk setelah pertemuan tak terduga itu. Cia Li yang mengira cinta pertamanya bertepuk sebelah tangan di masa lalu, sedangkan Ling Yue mengira kalau Cia Li dulunya sangat membenci dirinya. Akankah dipertemuan kali ini mereka bisa menyelesaikan masalah perasaan yang tak usai itu di masa lalu mereka? Yuk, ikuti kisahnya..

Little did Jeanne know the best friend and lover that she adored will turn her life upside down in one night. Heart filled with mingled feelings, she decided to walk away to move on and find a new life. Then, Aaron appeared in her life, bringing new hope. At that same time, Andy the lover came back, trying to fight for her love again. Jeanne started to feel confuse over finding her right man. However, things turned unsorted whren Jeanne was suddenly pregnant. Who's the father? What is the ending for her unsteady friendship and love life?

Paano kung isang araw, malaman mo na lang na mawawala ka na pala, hindi ba sobrang sakit noon para sa'yo? Paano kung sa panahon na iyon, hindi mo inaasahang makilala ang lalaking magpapatibok ng puso mo, na biglang magbibigay saya sa buhay mo nang hindi mo alam? Why would God give you someone when all you think is wala na talagang pag-asa ang buhay mo dahil sa maraming kamalasan ang natatanggap mo simula noon pa man?

"Tell me," he leaned forward and whispers seductively next to my ear. "Have you ever been kissed before?" I don't think that's a fucking business of yours, Sir! "I snap at him with a clenched teeth. " You are right, how about I make it my business tonight, angle? "He ask running his thumb over my bottom lips. " Are you crazy Sir? " <><><><> Lola's entire world take a drastic turn the moment she witnessed her boyfriend proposed to her twin sister. Determine to prove to her family that she can do better than her sister, she grabbed the next Job opportunity. Babysitting a crazy billionaire's son, just an harmless job, but signing the contract made her kick open a Pandora's box, filled with shocking secrets, that put her life in the line, only her mate can save her.

After getting the betrayal from 6 years of loyal relationship, Jenny Gomez, 25 decided to seduce her boss to take revenge. She was bold and stubborn, even got successful leading her boss to the . But suddenly, a strange yet stunning man showed up in her house and claimed to be the person whom she had spent the night with. Who knew, fate always likes to joke around with her. He was the man of his words. He was cold as ice and had a strong physics. To add some salt in her injury, he smiled cruelly and asked, "Jenny, how's the feeling last night?"

Si Katherine Grace Yuzon isang kilalang writer sa Pilipinas at tagapagmana ng kanyang lolo na ai Rodelio Yuzon, na naghahangad lamang ng simpleng pamumuhay. Masayahin, matalino, matapang na babae at mabuting kaibigan si Katherine subalit may katigasan ng ulo kaya parating sermon inaabot sa kanyang lolo. Dahil sa kanyang katayuan sa buhay, nangananib ang kaligtasan ng dalaga kaya muling nag-hire si Mr. Yuzon ng bagong bodyguard na magaling, maprinsipyo at mapagkakatiwalaan na si Luke Gabriel Bustoz . Isa sa rason kung bakit nawalan na ng laya si Katherine sa mga nais niyang gawin. Mabuti naman nagkita muli sila ng kanyang college friend na si Denzel Haze Villarosa na isa namang recording artist na matagal nang may gusto sa dalaga. Gagawin niya ang lahat para mapunta sa kanya ang atensyon nito. Paano kung dumating ang panahon na susubok sa kanilang kakayahan at nararamdaman, kaya pa bang ipaglaban ang pag-ibig sa isa't isa? Pipiliin pa ba isaalang-alang ang mga bagay na mas mahalaga kaysa sa propesyon o kapwa igigiit na ipaglaban anuman ang maging patutunguhan nito?

Si Rhianna Evangelista kasama ang kaniyang Ina at nakababatang kapatid na si Ylona ay ikinulong sa isang mansiyon na malayo sa bayan at nasa liblib na lugar na pag-aari ng kaniyang amain na si Don Ysmael na isang kilalang Drug Lord sa bansa na hindi magawang hulihin at hindi mahuli-huli dahil sa koneksiyon na mayroon siya. Dahil sa gusto ni Rhianna na iligtas ang kaniyang ina at kapatid, maging ang kaniyang sarili. Nagpasya siyang tumakas sa kaniyang amain para mailigtas ang kaniyang ina at kapatid. Doon niya nakilala si Leonardo Estralta Jr., isang Agent na siyang nakakita sa kaniya at kumupkop. Naging kasapi siya ng kanilang samahan at nagkaroon ng layunin na tugisin at pabagsakin ang mga taong nasa likod ng pagtulong kay Don Ysmael. Subalit, habang tumatagal nahuhulog na ang loob ni Leonardo kay Rhianna at napagtanto niyang mahal na niya. Handa ba niyang bitawan ang tungkulin para sa babaeng minamahal at makasama hanggang sa pagtanda at ng pamilya kasama si Rhianna o isasantabi ang nararamdaman at ipagpapatuloy ang paglilingkod sa bayan?

He was an arrogant and cold man but he cherished her the most. She was beautiful and innocent. She felt safe only in his strong arms as he used to protect her from the cruelty and ugliness of the world. "Why are you so good to me?", she used to ask him while blinking her beautiful and innocent eyes. "Because you live here", he pointed at his heart. But life is not a fairytale for everyone. "Sky! Where are you going??", Elliot asked her while grabbing her arm. "I can't live here anymore", Sky said as she stood in the heavy rain. "But where will you go??", he panicked. "I don't have any home now, everyone has abandoned me. I'll go wherever destiny takes me", Sky said as she looked away. "But, didn't you say? I'm your home." Elliot asked with immense love and affection in his eyes. Sky bit her lips for a while but then she asked, " what about your family?" "You are my family Sky!!! You're my everything." Elliot held her tightly as he said that. Finally she smiled while crying heavily as she hugged him back, thinking about him being the only person she could trust. As she was sure, he won't abandon her no matter what. But, no one knows what future holds for them! A shadow sneered while looking at them, "I'll see how long she's gonna stay here, I'll make her life a living hell!" She took out her phone and dialled someone's number, "Is it Sean Hill?" "Yes, who's this?", the man asked arrogantly. "I know who you've been searching for your whole life! And I guess, I've found her", she said with an evil smile as she looked at the two figures embracing each other in the heavy rain.