Penguin Classics Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Living with my aunt and her family was meant to be a temporary, quiet arrangement just helping out and keeping to myself. On the first day of the new year, while everyone else was out celebrating, I stayed home, enjoying the rare silence and catching up on sleep. But when we ran out of water, I reluctantly stepped outside to fetch some, and that’s when I saw him. He stood by the gate of the house next door, effortlessly commanding attention with just a glance. A smirk played on his lips, and a flicker of amusement danced in his eyes behind his blue-ray glasses. At that moment, he was impossible to ignore. Meanwhile, I felt disheveled and barely awake, my hair was a mess and still shaking off sleep. But he didn’t seem to mind. There was something about him an air of mystery that made me wonder who he was and why he was there. Before I could look away, he spoke, “Hi.” Caught off guard, I managed a quick, “Hi,” while trying to pull myself together. “Can I know your name?” he asked. I hesitated but replied, “I’m Clara,” and kept walking. “Can I have your number?” he called after me. “Just as friends.” I almost refused but reluctantly agreed, entering my number into his phone. “There,” I said, handing it back. “I’ll call you,” he promised with a smile, as I turned to leave. What began as a chance encounter soon became an inexplicable connection. He had secrets, but there was something about him that saw through me, understanding things no one else did. The man I met next door wasn’t just a fleeting stranger,he became the reason I started questioning everything I thought I wanted.

"I stood at the edge of my heart and watched him choose her. In the end, I was not the one he needed. I was simply the one he settled for." - Noelle ~~~~~~~ I thought I was the one he loved. But a few days before our wedding, I saw him in a way I never had before. His eyes softened as he spoke to her. His first love, and the very woman who had left him in pieces. Heartbreak was something I knew too well. And as I watched the love he still held for her in his eyes, I realized what I had to do. I couldn't marry a man who wasn't truly mine. With no means to cancel the wedding and lacking the courage to confront him, I made a desperate choice to leave. I painfully gave his first love my treasured engagement ring thinking it was for the best and the only way to free myself. But when he saw that ring on her finger, the fragile world I had tried to escape began to shatter. His obsession to find me and bring me back ignited a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

21++ (MENGANDUNG KONTEN DEWASA, TRIK LICIK BERBAHAYA, JANGAN COBA UNTUK MASUK KE DALAMNYA!) Ilana mengira, hubungannya bersama Harry berjalan mulus, semulus pantat bayi. Tapi Harry lebih memilih peduli dan sangat protektif pada adiknya—Adora, yang Ilana sebut—si Boots. Harry sangat protektif pada Adora, hingga membuat gadis itu risih, dan membuat siapa saja yang melihatnya mengira mereka mempunyai hubungan khusus, padahal mereka hanya kakak adik. Adora tak boleh keluar, Adora tak boleh punya pacar. Harry menyimpan rahasia mengapa ia sangat peduli pada Adora dan mengabaikan Ilana, sedangkan Adora diam-diam punya kekasih—Syden sahabat Harry. Bagaimana kelanjutan dari hubungan mereka yang rumit? Rahasia apa yang sebenarnya Harry pegang?

"Ava, you don't have to do this. Come back to the pack." Hayes spoke, catching up to me. He's right. Why am I doing this? I'm his Luna, so why am I fleeing? Tears burning at the back of my eyes, I stare straight into his eyes. "I, Ava Chester, reject you, Hayes Reid, Alpha of Nightshade Pack as my Mate." Immediately the words left my lips, I felt something snap—my heart feeling torn—and my wolf winced. "I—I won't accept this rejection, Ava." He managed to say, amidst deep gasps. Wasn't he the same person who hated me from the very first day he saw me?! I saw pain—and something else I couldn't quite figure out—flash through his features as he bored his eyes into me, as if only realising now how much pain he had caused me. If anyone had told me two months ago that I would one day reject Hayes as my mate, I'd have had the person executed and his head put on a stake. •~. .~• Ava, betrothed to Hayes, is in love with him and has wanted nothing more than finally meeting him. But her fantasies of him had been nothing but that—mere fantasies, as she realises that Hayes wasn't who she had thought him to be. After loosing his mate, and brother to a rogue attack, Hayes is left as the new alpha of the pack without a chance to properly mourn his loss. With the sudden death of his mate, he decides to enclose his heart. As the new alpha, Hayes is faced with the duty of getting a Luna, especially as his betrothed has now reached marriageable age, despite him not wanting it. While still mourning the loss of his first mate, how, then, was he to crown another his Luna?

I didn't hide your daughter, you're the one who hide from your daughter, Karic. "Oo nga at di kita masyadong kinilala p-pero pinapasok kita sa buhay ko kahit di ako sigurado, nagtake ako ng risk dahil ang sabi mo mahal mo ako! Gusto kong maranasan magmahal pero binigo mo ako. Nasira ang lahat sa akin, ang pag-aaral ko, ang pangarap ko! Kaya wag mokong sumbatan na para bang kasalanan ko!"

Pag ibig na itinago at inalagaan sa mahabang panahon. Matagal itinago ni Stanley ang nararamdaman niya kay Serenity. Bukod sa masyado pa itong bata ay alam niya na ang nakababatang kapatid niya ang crush nito. Sumumpa siya sa sarili na hindi pababayaan si Serenity hanggang dumating ito sa tamang edad. Sa hindi inaasahang pangyayari ay lumayo sa pamilya niya ang dalaga dahil sa problema sa kanyang stepfather. Dumating ang panahon na natagpuan siyang muli ng kanyang pamilya laking tuwa ni Stanley ng muling makita ang dalagitang pinalaki at inalagaan niya ay lumaking maganda at kaakit akit na dalaga. Handa na siyang magtapat ng nararamdaman para dito ngunit ipinakilala nito ang lalaking bumihag sa puso ni Serenity kaya naman maspinili nalamang ni Stanley na itago ang nararamdaman at sarilinin ang sakit kesa maka sira ng pagmamahalan ng dalawang tao. Minahal niya ito ng patago ngunit isang trahedya ang nangyari nadisgrasya si Stanley at ayaw niyang mawala sa mundo ng hindi nasasabi sa dalaga ang nararamdaman. Sinabi niya ito kahit alam niyang walang pag asa. Lingid sa kaalaman ni Stanley na ang dalagitang inibig niya ay minahal rin siya ng patago. Ngayong huli na ang lahat saan tutungo ang pagmamahalan na hindi nabigyan ng pagkakataon upang iparamdam sa isat isa.

Ini tentang Alle yang mencintai sahabatnya -Earl Sanders-, namun sang sahabat mencintai wanita lain yang tidak seharusnya pria itu cintai. Sebuah permintaan dari Earl tentang pernikahan untuk menutupi hubungan terlarang itu membuat Alle setuju. Dia akan mempertaruhkan hidupnya untuk membuat Earl juga mencintainya, walau dia tau resikonya, dan tentu perjuangannya tidak akan mudah, akan selalu ada rasa sakit yang harus dia rasakan di setiap langkah, namun dia tetap akan mencobanya. Mendapatkan cinta dari sang sahabat. Namun, sebuah fakta terungkap, Earl yang mengetahui jika Alle mencintainya dan melanggar janji persahabatan mereka sangat murka. Dia melakukan kesalahan fatal dengan mengusir wanita itu dari hidupnya, di saat Alle tengah hamil anak mereka. Bagaimanakah kehidupan Alle selanjutnya yang harus berjuang sendiri dalam keadaan hamil? Apakah Earl menyesali apa yang telah dia lakukan pada Alle?

Matthew wanted to successfully propose to Judea Copper. He wanted the world to know how lucky he was to marry her and finally he did. This time, no unfortunate event or unexpected natural calamities could stop him. But that rainy day of December 25th, something happened to him with the woman in the flower shop whom he laid down on the bed of roses. She suddenly disappeared and could never be found. But destiny has something else far more exciting for the one he is truly fated to be with. Matthew still married Dea and wanted to have kids but for unknown reason, she still couldn’t get pregnant. Thus, making his married life on the brink of chaos. After ten years, Matthew crossed paths and he saw that woman with the triplet he just met. Wanting to know her whereabouts and what happened to her, Matthew finally discovered his estranged kids, the heirs of the Aragorn. As his life begins to entangle with his children, all of them are tested. Their reputation was put into a blurr situation. Their business was almost in a big loss. And their life is also put to risk. . When Primo comes to see Matthew, a great collision takes place between them. An intense conflict rises as Matthew tries to cut his ties with him. The corporation will be put in a bad situation that will almost shut down the whole operation in the winery. Another mystery of the new generation of Aragorn and Watanabe’s connection with each other is about to unfold. See how each of them stand up every time they fall and the fight they set is for the good of all. Find out how Matthew and Prim lead their life to the final destination.

Vanna Shaw is a woman who build the Secret Territorial Group in Spain, she own all of the contraband units who handle carriers, securities and public dispatchers of their assets. She is one of the five women who runs the group, thus, she knew that eventually her position is about to end. Nang umuwi siya sa kaniyang pamilya, nalaman niyang malapit na pala siyang ikasal, yep! A big clown to her plan. First, she doesn't like Magnus Daviro to be her husband. He is same as her, he is an arrogant, cold, and dominant man she knew she can't handle. Tagapagmana din ito ng isang kompanya, at ang kanilang kasal ay ang magiging matibay na ugnayan ng pamilyang Shaw at Daviro para sa kanilang negosyo. She believes that he is a lousy, useless, not attractive man, pero nagkamali yata siya, because all she can see is a grown up man who can take her breath away. Can they have a spark together? or will they end up battling who is the boss? Paano kung sa kabila ng sitwasyon nila ay malalaman niya ang sekreto nito. Mamahalin kaya niya ang ibang pagkatao nito?

Celestia Quinn Vircacel came from a wealthy family. She had an almost perfect life, not until her father's new girlfriend came into their lives. Since then, her life was controlled and she was deprived of freedom.Her father became strict with her, thanks to the influence of his new woman. But that wasn't the worst part. She learned that her father arranged for her to marry someone she didn't know! She would never live her life being controlled like a robot, and she would never marry a man she did not love, let alone a complete stranger! Thus, she decided to run away. Unfortunately, her father learned about this and stopped her. He made a deal that if she would agree to sign the marriage contract, he would allow her to live her life away from their house; otherwise, she stays and lives with her father's controlling girlfriend for life. The proposition was like choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea, but she had to choose one and she chose freedom. Hence, she blindly signed the marriage contract and left the house. She made her way to a place called ‘Punto Sierra’, and there she met Wayde Amadeus; a strikingly gorgeous man who offered his rented house for her to stay in. His kindness urged her to accept his offer; she stayed and planned for the future. But unbeknownst to her... Wayde was actually not the man she thought him to be.