Pick Up Love

This book gathers different love stories, yes, love stories. All these stories that I collected over time, that were told to me by friends, acquaintances, relatives and others from my own imagination ink. And perhaps, there is some coincidence.

　見合い結婚をした、九条　美月（くじょう　みつき）は夫からの愛情を受けることなく仮面夫婦を続けていた。 　夫である孝介（こうすけ）の豪遊、浮気、監視されている環境が耐えきれなくなり、孝介が出張中にふらり気分転換へ出かけた美月。 　そこで加賀宮（かがみや）という謎の男性に出逢い、美月の運命は変わっていく――。 ※このお話はフィクションです。 ※過激な描写があります。苦手な方はご遠慮ください。 ※イラストは武田ロビ様に描いていただきました。作中に挿絵があります。 イラストの無断転載・転用、二次利用禁止です。

Alleta shu awalnya adalah gadis polos yang sangat penurut sampai akhirnya nasib tak berpihak padanya, ia bertemu dengan reymond pradana seorang diktator yang terlalu terobsesi dengan alleta dan melakukan apapun untuk mendapatkan alleta. Karena perbuatan licik reymond yang mengancam keluarga alleta pernikahanpun tak terelakkan. Disinilah titik balik hidup alleta,dari gadis polos dan penurut menjadi wanita tangguh yang penuh ambisi setelah melalui masa-masa sulit hidup bersama reymond. Kemudian alleta bertemu dengan lelaki yang mampu meluluhkan hatinya,dia adalah rizwan alfridlo, seorang pemuda tampan dan humoris yang selalu mengukir tawa di hidup alleta. Namun karena status yang di sandang oleh alleta saat ini, ia merasa minder untuk mengungkapkan perasaannya kepada rizwan. Bagaimanakah kelanjutan kisah cinta alleta? Akankah alleta mampu menemukan bahagia bersama seseorang yang mencintai dan menerima keadaannya saat ini?. Temukan alur tak terduga dari kisah alleta dalam novel silent love.

Isang masayahin si Luna, lahat ginagawa niya para sa kanyang pamilya at kapatid. Pero hindi niya akalain na sa isang iglap ay kayang magbago ang lahat. Ang pamilya na akala niya masasandalan niya at kaya siyang ipagtanggol ay ito pa ang nagdala sa kanya sa kapahamakan. Kaya kaya siyang ipagtanggol ng lalaking pinakamamahal niya o katulad din ito sa pamilya niya?

Pierre Paul Abutu gives a humorous, fascinating and dispassionate narration of the unique intimate and romantic events of his life from teenage to adolescence, and into the early stages of his adult life. This narration revolves around the lives, and relationships of sixteen ladies with whom he shared happy, intimate, eventful and evergreen moments of his life with. These love affairs occur in Pierre Abutu’s life, at his university, the Augustine Nnamani Campus, Agbani, in Enugu Campus of the Nigerian Law School, Akwa Ibom State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Due to his religious beliefs, personal convictions, personal principles, metaphysical and supernatural predictions and postulations, the media, intellectual and literary effects in his life, most of these affairs either ended abruptly or amicably. These love affairs also reveal the negative attitudes, traits and deceptive machinations of these girls and ladies. Even though certain unpleasant and resultant effects were never intended at any particular stage, or with any of these girls and ladies, one thing was very clear: each love affair was and would always be evergreen to Pierre Abutu.

Agatha is a writer at a publishing company. She is single and ready to mingle, provided that no commitment. Even sex is not a problem as long as no strings are attached. On the other hand, Lexie is a happy-go-lucky actress but not as famous as others. They are best friends with opposite personalities, but they get along. They have no secret except one. Lexie didn’t know her best friend was a femme lesbian.

Since day one, Shen has never been so fascinated by the bouquet of red roses and box of chocolates that always appear at the gate of her apartment every evening. Thinking it was just only nearby to her, or someone she knew, she didn't put any attention onto it. Not until a crime happened in Metro whose main suspect is a secret admirer, she became eager to find all the possible answers that may lead to the true identity of her mysterious secret admirer.

A little girl first comes to a foreign country to study abroad, where she encouters is a myterious teacher, a vampire friend, a werewolf and many other special characters. Then, for all she knew, the things that happened to her gradually engulfed her in hatreds, more envy than that is secret love with the Lord of Vampire. This little girl can overcome all challenges and dangers? Excerpts. "Did you listen to me after all?" The man was so angry that veins filled his forehead, he tried to restrain his strength so as not to hurt me. The unsuspecting, fearless me ran to the man's waist, the pink lips parted. "I love you." After those word, his mind stalled, his movements interrupted, and then for a moment his ears reddened, he cound't look at me for a while. "Forbid you to crawl into my bed tonight."

He rejected her when she didn't know what he meant to her. He left her when she needed him the most. He left her broken and alone in the claws of this cruel world. But now he’s back to claim what’s his. Will she accept him now? Read story to find out about his REJECTED LOVE…. My mate. So weak. So pathetic. I have a weak and pathetic mate. He thought as he looked at her with disgust and displeasure in his eyes. Just like me, when I was human. She is a human! I don't want a mate. I don't want a weak and pathetic mate! She can't fix me! She's nothing! Screw this! His thoughts were going berserk with the rushing flashes of his past. He tucked his hand roughly through his hair in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the replay of those horrible evocations. He laid her on the small grass patch at the side of the deserted road. She was half-conscious, so she could hear him. "Hey!" He said, jerking her pale face gently. Blood was covering half of her face but she was still looking beautiful in the moonlight. The sparks weren’t going unnoticed as he reminded himself that it was just the mate-bond. He was determined in his decision and he wasn’t going to change it. The girl opened her eyes slightly and with that, he did what he thought was right at that time. "I, Kane Wilson, reject you as my mate!" He said, with all the strength he could have mustered in his miserable state of emotions and with that, he left her there, feeling extreme pain in his heart. But he pushed that pain aside and ran from there in inhuman speed. Away from her!

Sari Asrianti, gadis berusia 22 tahun, terpaksa menjadi Orang Dalam Pemantauan (ODP) karena beberapa rekan wisudanya didiagnosis positif mengidap Covid-19. Ia harus mengisolasi diri secara mandiri selama empat belas hari karena hal tersebut. Untuk mengisi waktunya selama isolasi mandiri, Sari mengikuti sebuah grup daring yang berisi sesama ODP. Oleh Mirka, moderator grup tersebut, Sari dikenalkan dengan sejumlah teman baru, di antaranya Markus yang merupakan ODP termuda karena berusia remaja, serta seorang pemuda bernama Salman. Tanpa diduga oleh Sari, Salman mengajaknya berinteraksi secara pribadi setelah sesi grup usai. Seiring berjalannya waktu, Sari semakin nyaman bercengkerama dengan Salman melalui panggilan video maupun chatting. Karakter Salman yang supel dan optimis membuat Sari menyukai pemuda itu. Terlebih lagi, tidak lama kemudian Salman menyatakan cintanya kepada Sari.