Kabanata 23 El Filibusterismo

Ketika orangtua Elsha memilih berpisah dan meninggalkannya dengan sang adik tercinta, Elsha tidak lagi bisa menikmati kehidupan seperti kebanyakan wanita seusianya. Yang Elsha tahu hanya lah bekerja dan bekerja. Biaya kuliah adiknya serta biaya hidup yang semakin mahal, membuat Elsha terpaksa memilih pekerjaan dengan bayaran besar. Salah satunya menjadi jalang kelas elit di sebuah kelab malam ternama. Lalu, takdir membawa Elsha pada cinta pertamanya sewaktu remaja. Apalagi pria itu juga yang pernah mengambil mahkota berharga miliknya. Bisakah Elsha bertahan dari godaan pria tersebut ketika Elsha tahu kalau pria itu lah pelanggan pertamanya sebagai jalang? Elsha juga tidak mau terjebak cinta masalalu ketika pria itu mengatakan hubungan mereka belum usai. Karena yang Elsha tahu, pria yang dia puaskan pada malam panas tersebut bukan lah pria lajang lagi, tapi pria yang sudah beristri. "Will you marry me, El?" "Kamu gila, Mas."

No puedes odiar a un extraño. Solo puedes odiar a la persona a la que amaste una vez.Xander Baston es un mujeriego que no le importa a donde se mete. Es despiadado, arrogante y cruel de toda la historia.Aoife Marshall es una chica dulce e inocente que recientemente se unió a la universidad para cumplir sus sueños. Desde que sus ojos se cruzaron con los de ella, no pudo evitar desearla… ¿Qué sucederá cuando sus mundos colisionen?El trata de ser amable con ella, de olvidarse de su verdadera naturaleza y de sus instintos más bajos. Por otro lado, ¿ella se olvidará de sus sueños y lo rechazará?* Cruel amor.* Romance universitario.* Lento, lento deseo que quema.* Fantasías sexuales.* Desamor.

When the dreams of 23 year old Precious Tatum die with her mother. She gains a responsibility of having to take care of her 11 year old brother and her father. While trying to navigate life and get back to doing what she always loved doing, dance, she makes a deep connection with someone online. The connection opens not only her heart to love, but also her eyes to see what she has been sight blinded off. While discovering herself, she has to battle with the people that she loves, her family and her allies. How will she survive with being rejected for who she is?

She’s texting him her heart. But she’s got the wrong number… When Isabel “El” Watson applied for a sales job with her company, she had no idea a jelly donut would explode on her blouse, or that her grumpy boss would practically laugh her out of the interview. Accountants could be salespeople, she was sure of it, even if that jerkface didn’t think so. So when a lady at the local wine festival offers her a sales job on the spot at a new boutique winery, El jumps at the chance. She also jumps at the chance to text with the guy who danced with her at the festival. Life was finally looking up. Boston’s friend, Chad, never should have given Boston’s number to the girl at the wine festival as a joke, but the damage was done. When El sends Boston a text later that night, believing he is Chad, he’s too nice to hurt her feelings by telling her the truth. But there are a few other truths Boston might have thought about: Truth #1: He’s her boss Truth #2: She just accepted a job at his mother’s new winery Truth #3: He’s always had a crush on her Even though Boston is no longer El’s grumpy boss, they still work together at his mom’s winery. And while sparks are flying as they get to know each other for real, El’s kind of sweet on the guy who always seems to know just what to say via text too. Obviously, things will come to a head. Will Boston come clean about the flirty texts being from him? Or will El figure out on her own that she’s been Texting With the Enemy?

"I want you all to search every nook and cranny of that city. Get me that girl… alive. I want to torture her myself?", Jax roared in anger. How dare she? Does she think he's dumb not to know she was the one? She must be really dumb but he must confess, she was really a smart and scheming fellow to be able to pull that off. * * Aurora a 23 years old werewolf from the Blood moon pack who lives in the slums with her mother and younger sister, in order to provide for her poor mother and her sister's education she started doing petty crimes from the like of stealing from their neighbors and picking pockets. She was successfully going scot-free with her crimes till she got hooked when she stole the wallet of Jax, A ruthless and Merciless Alpha who happens to be her pack's Alpha. (She had no idea). What happens when she had to finally return home to the pack due to her mother's sickness and being wanted by the man she stole his wallet. What happens when she met the same man she stole his wallet, who has been looking for her as her supposed Alpha? Read on to find out!!!.

When I was ten, Jonathan Cooper saved me and told me he would protect me for life. When I was 15, I met William Reed. He also told me he would protect me forever. Yet, the year I turned 23, the two men who swore to always keep me safe threw me into the ocean for the sake of their true love.

Mia Thomson, una estudiante de instituto de dieciocho años, se queda desconsolada cuando se entera de que su novio de toda la vida se ha enamorado de su mejor amiga. Abrumada, sufre un colapso y la llevan de urgencia al hospital. Allí se encuentra inesperadamente con Shawn Mandez, director general de Beats Corporation, que necesita urgentemente un cónyuge. A pesar de su difícil situación, Mia decide ayudarle, sólo para que él le conceda el divorcio inmediatamente después de firmar su certificado de matrimonio: "Haré que mi asistente personal te envíe los papeles del divorcio", pronuncia fríamente el director general, que no es un hombre de muchas palabras. Justo en ese momento, un elegante Maybach negro se detuvo frente a ellos. Sin dedicarle a la chica ni una segunda mirada, el semidiós se introdujo en el lujoso coche, que pronto desapareció de su vista. Mia se quedó de piedra.

"—No creo que te des cuenta, pero no soy ese tipo de chica. Se creía mi dueño, pero de ninguna manera iba a dejar que me viera quebrarme.—Te compré... ¿recuerdas? —respondió, con una mueca en la comisura de los labios.—No, tú compraste mi virginidad. La risa estalló cuando su siniestra mirada recorrió mi cuerpo. —¿No es lo mismo?***Lyla, una estudiante universitaria, cae en apuros económicos al volver a estudiar. En un arrebato de desesperación -y borrachera- se inscribe en un sitio de Sugar babies con la esperanza de vender su virginidad al mejor postor. El único problema es que cuando Lyla vuelve en sí, se da cuenta de que no sólo se vendió a un hombre cualquiera, sino al Príncipe de Dubai. Un príncipe con secretos y sed de cosas oscuras y peligrosas. ¿Será capaz de resistirse a sus oscuras insinuaciones? ""Vendida al príncipe de Dubai"" es una obra de Scarlett Rossi, autora de eGlobal Creative Publishing."

Getting married and starting a family has always been every girl's dreams. Andrea Graham,a 23 years old young lady, found out a night before her wedding that her sister was pregnant with her fiance. With the truth unfolded right infront of her she felt her heart shattered and her whole world crumbling down. In that heated moment, she decided to get drunk and ended up spending a night with a total stranger. How will she take the twists and turns life throws at her? Will she be able to overcome all the obstacles that comes her way? Will she find her happily ever after?

"I don't want to be anyone's fucking Wife I have my whole life ahead of me How could you do this Dad," I said. "Natalia, you'll survive the man your marrying is a very successful businessman along with being the Don of the most feared Mafia." My father says"FUCKING LOMBARDI MAFIA YOUR NOT DOING THIS I KNOW MOM WON'T ALLOW IT," I yell."Watch your tone young lady and Your Mother is well aware and you will do this end of discussion." My father says."You will be meeting him tomorrow and I expect you to be on your best behavior after you guys meet you will be moving in with him on Tuesday your dismissed," He says waving his hand for me to leave. Natalia Esposito 23 years old young, single, beautiful, and Daughter of a Mafia leader. The Esposito Mafia. Natalia is a fierce girl. shes been through hell and back and has slowly recovered over the years. She has always liked being in control so when her father finds a way to gain even more power for his mafia he seizes it by doing an arranged marriage. When Natalia is informed she is not happy. Luca Lombardi 25 years old, Feared, Ruthless, Doesn't care what people think, hates almost everyone until he meets Natalia Esposito. When Luca finds out that he can't take over His mafia until he agrees to the arranged marriage his father agreed to. Luca agrees but had no plans to remain faithful to Natalia. How long do you think his one night stands will last? What will happen when the Devil Meets his match?