Small Steps Quotes Novels & Stories

Flirting with Fury (Billionaire Series #1) What happens when a cold-hearted billionaire crosses paths with a dangerously sweet drunk girl? Damon Monteverde, 31, is the ruthless and infamously angry CEO of Monteverde Corporation. Half-British, half-Filipino, and all-business, Damon is the kind of man who commands attention the moment he steps into a room. But beneath the layers of cold glares and corporate armor lies a ticking clock-his grandfather's will states he must marry or have a child to inherit the billion-dollar empire. Enter Leah Corpuz, 27, jobless but resilient, sweet but secretly wild. Desperate to help her sick mother and two younger siblings, Leah stumbles across a website: A CEO looking for a wife and child bearer. On a whim-and a prayer-she applies. Damon expects a quiet, obedient contract wife. What he gets is Leah: charming, unpredictable, and a little too flirty when drunk. Sparks fly, tempers flare, and in between the chaos, something real begins to bloom. But what happens when a marriage built on convenience becomes something more complicated? When secrets are revealed and emotions get entangled, will Damon and Leah survive the storm of love, lies, and lust?

Axecel dela Rosa is a transferee student at Manila University. He comes from a small town in the quiet countryside in Mindanao. He struggles to form meaningful of relationship and feelings in the capital City of Manila. It's not easy, but he try his best to make a new friends in his University. Meanwhile, Christopher Vicente a señior Fine Arts student, is now returning to Manila-and the same University after his long vacation. The coriousity of the two started when they spent a night together after a fun and tiring long week. Their bond continued when Axecel join the swimming club that Top attends. When the swimming club embarks on a journey, the two finds themselves together alone and share a kiss for the second times. And Axecel begin to act again as if nothing happened between them, but Christopher tries his to be a good friend even though he knows he has a strange feeling to Axecel.

Secretary of a Mafia (Vasileios #1) Agasher Dame Reyes only wanted a decent job to stand on her own feet. But her interview as Sandro Salvador’s secretary was far from ordinary, it was a test of pride, strength, and determination. Insulted yet unshaken, she proved herself in front of an intimidating recruiter and unexpectedly landed the position no one dared to take. Sandro Salvador is a man known for his ruthless discipline and merciless standards. To work under him means sleepless nights, unending pressure, and surviving a world where power rules over everything. With a salary too tempting to refuse, Agasher steps into a life that is far more complicated than she ever imagined. But being Sandro’s secretary is not just about schedules and documents. It’s about standing her ground, facing hidden dangers, and keeping her identity intact in a world full of secrets. What began as a simple job soon pulls her into a deeper battle between survival and ambition. Caught between her dignity and her growing entanglement with Sandro, Agasher must decide; will this opportunity lead her to the independence she longs for, or will it trap her in a world that could break her completely?

Humanimalandia is a peaceful place lived by different humanimals. Their ruler is King Phoenixto; he has a son named Elmo. Due to excellent rulership of their king, the dipole is in good hand. Dipole or Dimensional Portal is a small built particle which separates the mortals and humanimals. Prince Elmo has a best friend, he is Snakson. One day, while Snakson is having traing on the forest, Demisnak came and tempts him. Snakson didn't fall on the temptation but Demisnak deceived him after. He made a mistake and brought the dipole to Demisnak. Snakson became guilty after what he has done. He wants to correct his mistake but it's too late. Demisnak absorb the dipole. Sondem was born after Snakson and Demisnak became one. Nightmares arise in Humanimalandia. King Phoenixto gave an order to Prince Elmo to find the humanimals that will help them in defeating the darkness. Prince Elmo established the Humanimal University to train the chosen humanimals. He sends an invitation in different parts of the world.

Maxene is a girl who only ever wanted to feel loved, yet she keeps getting dragged into endless blind dates with rich, random men arranged by her father. Her solution is simple—she escapes every single time. But everything changed when she met Lewis. A gentleman, yet cold, distant, and impossible to read. Just like all the others, she walked away, thinking that would be the end of it. But she was wrong. The next day, her parents finally discover her habit of escaping every blind date. As punishment, she is forced to stop her carefree lifestyle and work at one of their affiliated companies, Lewis Company. But fate clearly is not done playing with her. The moment she steps inside the company, she comes face to face with her boss, a man who looks exactly like the one she left behind. Same face. Same surname. But completely different. Warm, jolly, and effortlessly charming. Caught in a situation she does not understand, Maxene soon discovers the truth—they are twins. Now stuck between two identical men with opposite personalities, she finds herself pulled into a confusing and unexpected situation, and this time, running away might no longer be an option.

It was never supposed to be painful and depressing. A stupid mistake she knows that. After all, Jude Murray was her boss, and falling in love with him wasn't in her job description. But can they blame her? A little moth-like her couldn't stay away from fire even if it burns. And so their journey begins. Mary Jane Austen, the assistant secretary of the cold billionaire. One mistake, she left him for good. However, two years later they met again. “... You, you hurt me Jude. You made me look so small with all that whore you f*ck inside your office while I was just a foot away from your door...you! You are a heartless assh*le who didn't even realized that I was hurting.” Saad niyang nagpapahid na ng luha. “... How could you?” Sigaw niyang dagdag habang ang luha ay nag uunahang pumatak, na para bagang ilog na dumadaloy na lamang ng walang katapusan.

What if one day your ex showed his handsome face in front of your door steps? Pero kung noon, mabait at mahal na mahal siya nitong Ex niyang ‘to. Ngayon galit na galit ito sa kaniya, na halos isumpa siya nito. Kung nakakamatay nga ang pagtitig lang, baka bumulagta na siya ngayon dahil sa matalim na pagtitig nito. Pero mga mare, nawindang ang kagandahang lupa ni Janice nang sabihin nito kabit siya ng tatay nito. At kaya ito nagpakita sa kaniya ay para ilayo sa ama nito nang tuluyan, kasama na rin ang paghigantihan siya sa pang-iiwan niya rito five years ago. Tapos itong Ex na ito ay tinaguan mo ng anak, for five years. Na ngayon ang buong akala ay kapatid nito ang sarili nitong anak, dahil nga sa iniisip na kabit siya ng ama nito. Magkaayos pa kaya silang dalawa, matutuloy kaya ang naudlot na romance o forever na lang na bokya sa love life silang dalawa.

Navillera Sera Ibarra grew up in a wealthy family with four brothers who are all strict towards her. She is beautiful but even though she has the beauty, no one dares to court her because she is rich and too intimidating. Wanting to escape from her boring life as an heiress of their company, she runs away to an Island where no one knows her. There she met Tres Eduard Ramirez who also ran away from his life in Manila. They met in a bar that Tres owns and had a small talk. From then on, they started to see each other until Sera asked for a night with him. That night was the start of their comfort and undeniable happiness with each other’s arms. They shared each other’s agony while sharing the same bed. But as soon as they are both willing to tell their real identities, Sera’s brother finds her and asks her to come home. Two years later, they meet again not knowing that they're lives are entangled in a rivalry. The rivalry that will tame by a perfect seduction.

Viah Isela Trianes and Zenice Ahn Oliver had a long and tough journey before their loved ones trusted and accepted them completely with their relationship. But with just a single mistake and a small misunderstanding, fate had a chance to play them big time, AGAIN. They never expected that the incident that happened will include their lives. Viah Isela Trianes is known as a skilled businesswoman, an independent and charismatic young lady with a li'l arrogance. Simply put, a Trianes. And Zenice, whose parents are also well-known in their fields, is her only soft spot, her weakness. After years of searching for Zenice Ahn, Viah found out that they were all forgotten by this sweetest girl. She was the only one who never gave up to find her. It was heartbreaking enough that she was all alone that time. And it's more torturing not to be recognized by the one and only love of her f*cked up life. Will she survive and bear the pain? Will she still fight for them, knowing that she'll be all alone again for the nth time? Another life chapter of these two will now . . . begin...

Amy didn't expect that her husband whom she had loved and trusted earnestly for many years would be cheating on her by having sex with his secretary. When she confronted him, he and his secretary mocked and ridiculed her, they called her barren to her face, afterall, she had not conceived for the past three years that she had been married to her husband, Callan. Terribly Heartbroken, she filed for divorce and left to the club, she picked a random gigolo, had a hot one night stand with him, paid him and dissapeared to a small city. She came back to the country six years later with three identical cute boys and three identical cute girls of the same age. She settled and got a job but soon find out that her CEO was the gigolo she had sex with six years back at the club. Will she be able to hide her six little cuties from her CEO, who happens to be the most powerful man in NorthHill and beleived to be infertile? Can Amy and the most powerful man in NorthHill get along considering the social gap between them.