Shiver Me Timbers Meaning

Pertemanan yang Malik jalin bersama Isha semenjak mereka masih anak-anak berujung permusuhan karena sebuah kesalahpahaman. Satu sama lain saling menjauh. Apalagi ketika suatu ketika Malik mengatakan bahwa dia memang mencintai Isha, sehingga Isha marah dan menuduh Malik mengkhianati persahabatan mereka dengan membiarkan perasaan cintanya berkembang untuk Isha. Malik yang pasrah hanya bisa mencintai dalam diam dan putus asa ketika mendengar Isha akan dipersunting oleh laki-laki lain. Namun, sepertinya takdir sedang mempermainkan mereka ketika Malik justru mengajukan diri untuk menggantikan posisi Murad, laki-laki yang hendak menikahi Isha tetapi justru tidak hadir pada hari yang dijanjikan. Bagaimana Isha mengambil sikap? Apakah dia menerima uluran tangan Malik untuk menyelamatkan nama baiknya dan menerima pernikahan itu? Atau memilih menolak dengan banyaknya konsekuensi yang harus ditanggungnya? Jika memang Isha membenci Malik, mengapa dia membenci semua perempuan yang dekat dan mendekati Malik?

I’m done with men! Not because I hate them, but because everyone I meet, and is just fine enough to pique my interest, I compare to him. And it ends right there and then. The ridiculous thing is that my love interest isn’t real. He is a figure that hunts my nights and brings pleasure into the few seconds that I’m captured by my sleep paralysis. I know that, and I am totally okay with it. Just as I start a new job, and my life seems to take a better turn, determined to forget the man from the shadows, I find my forbidden pleasure standing right in front of me. Suddenly my dream man wears a tailored suit and frowns at me. He is my boss. And he is very real.

Walang kinatatakutan ang bilyonaryong si Rainne Leon Marquez — hindi ang sakit, hindi ang kasalanan. Pero nang matikman niya si Ari—the billionaire's fuck buddy, doon siya tuluyang nalulong — sa katawan, sa halik, sa init na mas matindi pa sa kahit anong droga. Matagal nang nilulunod ng platinum-selling singer na si Rainne ang sarili sa mga gamot. His body is a trap of wounds, his soul barely holding on. Unti-unti siyang nauubos — pero doon lang siya nakakaramdam ng buo. Hanggang sa isang matinding aksidente ang tuluyang bumasag sa katawan niya... at ginising siya sa mas mapanganib pang tukso: Ari Valencia, the cold, devastatingly beautiful private nurse assigned to save her... or ruin her softly, like a secret sin. Dahil sa pagitan ng isang pasyente at nurse — bawat halik ay kasalanan. Bawat gabi ay bawal na kalayaan. At kung hindi sila titigil, init ng laman ang maaaring magpabagsak sa pangalan nilang dalawa.

His voice was low as he remarked, "You’re kissing a stranger," yet his eyes were full of intrigue. When I barged into their engagement party, the hurt of my betrayal was still fresh because I had just been deceived by the two people I trusted the most, my best friend and my ex. Then, however, he appeared. The enigmatic billionaire CEO who has a reputation for avoiding relationships is Yemi Kings. I kissed him right then and there, while everything fell apart around me. It was reckless and hasty, yet it seemed genuine for the first time in weeks. Nevertheless, what started as a defiant act soon evolved into a tangled network of deceit, mysteries, and an undeniable chemistry that neither one of us could ignore. I was surprised that he wanted me. This was unexpected. However, we are compelled to play a game neither of us is ready for when Yemi's and my past intersect. The tension is tremendous, the stakes are enormous, and the distinction between passion and retaliation is blurred in ways I never would have thought possible. His main thought right now is to claim me as his own. But will I still be able to trust him when the truth is revealed? Or are we going to see our worlds fall apart forever? The phone rang just as I was starting to have faith in us. Everything was broken by the voice on the other end.

Due to the pressure their fathers put on them, they are forced to be married, to join the two Mafia families. However, Sofia eventually learns that even the devil once was an angel. a/n: I hope you'll enjoy this more romantic than mafia book.

Hope Carter is a quiet, good-natured journalist who lives with her sister, Julie. They have lived together and alone for many years, Hope always does her best to help her sister. Her life is turned upside down when she has the opportunity to interview one of the country's biggest criminals, Castiel Reed. But, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in a big mess, she will have to be the person she never thought she would be to protect her lovely sister tooth and nail.

“Waking up in your man's arms fulfills a need far more than sex every could. It's the best thing ever.” — Madel David

George Scott becomes the next CEO to Imperial Hub Limited on his twenty-first birthday while his stepbrother is next in line. Two months after, George Scott is involved in a car explosion accident that leaves huge scars on his face and body. His position as the CEO of Imperial Hub Limited is threatened too. At the same time, Arthur Reeves, father of Rachel Reeves, is wrongly accused of a crime and is thrown in jail for ten years. Five years later, Twenty-six years old George Scott has to get married to save his reputation as "The Ugly Billionaire That No Woman Wants". George decides to go for a contract marriage with the woman he has always loved, Rachel Reeves. He is unaware that the destruction of Rachel's family is linked to him. Rachel Reeves wants revenge. She knows It has to be someone from Imperial Hub Limited and she needs to find a way to get into the company. So when she gets the offer of a marriage contract that would give her access to Imperial Hub Limited, she accepts. She has no desire for love, just revenge. As time goes by, Rachel finds evidence that can give her father freedom and restore what he lost. Unfortunately, the evidence points to George's family as the people behind everything. Rachel is torn between her thirst for revenge and the man she loves. After a series of investigation, Rachel discovers that George is also a victim, as the mastermind behind his car accident five years ago is revealed. Will love prevail at the end or will Rachel be consumed by her desire for revenge?

Evelyn's entry in New York was a turning point in her life. She insulted Billionaire Sebastien Robinson because of some misunderstanding. Once she was drunk and she end up sleeping with a man who saved her from being molested. That man turned out to be Sebastien Robinson with whom she was on bad terms already. He left a note for her "Whatever happened last night, let's just forget it. We were not sober last night. You don't havs to feel guilty about it. Just hope we never cross paths with each other ever again." They decided not to cross path with each other but their destiny brings them together again. On her first day at work she found out that Sebastien is her boss. Evelyn and Sebastien both were unawared that this was not a beginning of a new chapter but a journey to finish the old chapter. Their encounter at a coffee shop led them to complete a love story which ended 4 years ago in a tragic incident.

Melanie Campbell was someone who loved keeping to herself and while sending numerous applications to several places, she made a small living working as a waitress in a tiny restaurant to earn as much as she could to provide for herself and her ailing grandmother. With the recommendation of her close friend, she applied for and gets called into an interview where she met him… Calvin Sinclair was the heir to his parents' group of companies after the unfortunate demise of his older brother and he worked exceedingly hard to be just as perfect at his job as his brother would have been, even agreeing to an engagement to a famous model and family friend, Linda Thorne. He comes across Melanie who is hired as his personal assistant and who has an unmistakable resemblance to his fiancée, Linda and he is intrigued. Will the two end up falling hopelessly in live with each other despite their difference in backgrounds and what is expected of them? Or will they settle for what they are told to have and be with the people who would benefit them the most?