Lily Blues

Saat pernikahan aku dan David berjalan sembilan tahun, ayah kandungnya meninggal dunia. Butir pertama dalam wasiatnya adalah David harus punya seorang anak bersama Elvy. Genap sebulan kelahiran anak itu akan menjadi hari resmi untuk David mewarisi harta peninggalan ayahnya. Aku mengetahuinya saat memergoki mereka sedang berduaan di ranjangku bersama David dan David yang bilang sendiri padaku. Malam itu, sambil merokok setelah bercinta, David berbisik pelan, “Lily, sabarlah sebentar lagi. Begitu warisan cair, aku akan menikahimu.” Sejak saat itu, setiap kali David ingin bertemu dengan Elvy di rumah kami, dia akan menggantungkan sebuah lonceng di pintu. Sejak kematian ayahnya hingga kini, lonceng itu sudah berbunyi sembilan puluh sembilan kali.

Tubong Leyte si Danica, naive at may pagka-ignorante---sa madaling salita, probinsiyana. Walang pangarap at kontinto na lamang mamuhay sa bukirin kasama ng mga magulang. Tanging ang kaibigang si Lily at kasintahang si Andrie ang nakakasalamuha niya simula pa pagkabata. At nang dumating sa puntong kinailangang umalis ni Andrie para magtrabaho sa Maynila ay naging mahirap para kay Danica. Sobrang ma-mi-miss niya ito. Pero dahil sa may tiwala naman siya sa huli ay nagawa niya ring pumayag hawak ang pangakong babalikan siya nito. Pero paano kung mabalitaan niya na lamang na ikakasal na ito? Magagawa niya kayang ipaglaban ang kasintahan at isama pabalik ng Leyte O ibang groom ang kaniyang mabingwit?

Selama 26 tahun hidup, Raline merasa kesialan kerap mengikutinya ke mana pun ia melangkah. Dua kali dia berhubungan dengan pria dalam waktu cukup lama. Namun, keduanya meninggalkan Raline dan menikahi perempuan lain. Belum lagi, ayahnya pun sekarang bangkrut dan terlilit hutang! Tak ada yang membantunya, sampai Raline bertemu dengan Axel Delacroix Adams. Dalam kurun waktu empat menit, ia dilamar oleh mafia sadis sekaligus kakak laki-laki Lily, rivalnya dulu. Pria itu juga menawarkan uang dua milyar untuk membayar hutang ayahnya. Seperti apakah takdir cinta Raline kali ini? Belum lagi ... untuk menghidupi keluarganya, kali ini Raline memilih untuk menjadi badut jalanan. Apakah Tuan Mafia Kejam itu mau menerima istri yang bekerja sebagai Badut?

“Who are you?” ... After a one night stand with a mysterious man, Lilian 'Lily' Grace is left with many questions. Things take a turn when on her first day of work , she finds out that the man she slept with is Alexander Sterling, billionaire CEO and her new boss who she now works as his secretary. To her dismay, meeting him again she finds that he doesn't remember her or the night they shared together. When she discovers that she is pregnant with his child, she has to hide it for the sake of her job. As unknown forces start tracking her, she is slowly brought into a world she has no knowledge of with wolves shadows hiding at every corner. From discovering the truth of Alexander's identity to being hunted down by an enemy with motives only he knows the truth of. Will she unravel the secrets surrounding her?

Today is the sixth time my girlfriend, Shirley Lake, is supposed to meet my parents. My parents and I wait at the restaurant for four whole hours. I call her over and over again, but she never picks up. Just as I'm about to try one last time, I see Shirley's childhood sweetheart, Joshua Solomon, post a picture on his Instagram, with the location tagged at a suburban hotel. The picture shows a woman's pale back, one shoulder bare, with a striking red spider lily tattoo visible on her skin. Underneath the picture was the caption, "We'll make it from 18 to 80." A mutual friend comments, "First-love couples are the sweetest!" I silently hit the like button, then comment, "Make sure to get buried together when you die. And don't come back to haunt anyone else."

My fiance called me to post bail after he was arrested. When I arrived, however, I was informed that he was caught in a compromising position. "I came to protect Lily because I was worried for her safety," my fiance retorted, putting an arm around her shoulder. "But her boyfriend didn't believe me. Or is it the same for you too? Go post bail already." Nonetheless, I spied the lacy underwear poking out ever so slightly over his belt. In the past, I would have made a scene as I demanded an explanation. But now, I was as cool as a cucumber. When the cops asked what our relationship was, I paused in thought for a moment, before saying quietly, "His employer." Once I signed the papers, I texted my brother: [I'll go on that blind date. Schedule it for three days later.]

Evelyn Moore is just another disenfranchised American girl, trying to scrape by with the help of her best friend, Lily, during the Depression in New York City. When a tumultuous event cascades into a roller coaster series of them a few short weeks before the grand opening of the much anticipated 1939 World’s Fair, Evelyn worries how she’ll survive, even more so when she realizes that her every near miss ends up that way by the deliberate effort of her new and complicated boss, Andrew James. Cool, collected and complicated, Andrew James is the wunderkind behind much of his family and employer’s success but knowing the ropes so well you can always pull all the strings is only so rewarding. When Evelyn unexpectedly tumbles into his life, he finds himself pushed outside his wheelhouse and peering into a new and delightfully intriguing unknown, one with a future he relishes. A world of tomorrow.

I gasp, surprised and he leans towards me. I catch the scent of his cologne and the faint scent of the cigarette smoke, lingering around him. But underneath it, there’s the scent of earth and rain. I see his muscles flexing under the thin linen of the shirt. I also notice the outlines of a scar, running down his forearm. I imagine his hands on me, his lips on mine. What is happening… Why am I thinking this? “Oh, don’t worry, Lily. “ his smile is canine, the words that come out of his mouth are a snarl, “I won’t touch you. I don’t want to. “ When her mother got sick, Lily had no choice but to marry a man she never met. At that time she didn’t know Arthur Stark was not only beautiful but as cruel as the rumours said. Her husband is a cold billionaire involved with the mafia. He never touches anyone. Not even his own mate.

On the day Shane Jackson and I registered our marriage, his infatuated secretary pushed me off a building. I fractured two ribs, lost my baby instantly, and slipped into a coma. Shane stayed by my side and told everyone I was his only wife, never leaving my bedside. But when no one was watching, he pressed that secretary against the hospital bed and murmured, "If it weren't for you, Lily and I would already have a three-year-old child. You owe us a baby. This is what you must repay her." Joanna Rogers trembled in his arms, eyes full of tears. "I'm sorry, Mr. Jackson. I loved you too much. I'll accept whatever punishment you give me." A moment later, I heard their heavy breathing. My eyes, which had been shut for three years, suddenly opened. Tears rolled down my cheeks.

I left Seaport for Crellan, thinking I was about to marry Bryson. Instead, I got drugged and kidnapped on our engagement day. Barely conscious, I caught him talking to his assistant. "Doctor and kidnappers—handled?" Bryson said. "Get her kidney. Lily's out of time." The assistant wavered. "She's not in great shape. This could ruin her." That gave Bryson a flicker of guilt—but it vanished quick. "She's not fragile like Lily. She's a broke student. If her kidney didn't match, she wouldn't be living like this. That's worth it." His face stayed ice-cold. I clenched my fist so hard my nails dug in, blood pooling in my mouth. So that was true Bryson—a monster in disguise. He thought I wanted to sell my health for some empty marriage. Too bad I never wanted it.