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'พริก' มีเพื่อนชายรายล้อมถึง 4 คน แต่ใจกลับสั่นไหวกับคนคนเดียวตลอด 4 ปี ความสัมพันธ์ที่ไม่มีทางข้ามขั้น 'เพื่อน' แต่เพราะความชิดขยับเคลื่อนเข้าใกล้ ความรู้สึกที่ข้างในก็เริ่มจะคุมไม่อยู่หนักขึ้นทุกที

"คำพูด..ไม่เคลิ้ม แต่การกระทำของฉัน ทำเธอเคลิ้มตลอดนะ..เยิ้มด้วย" ********************** ตัวอย่าง คนตัวโตที่นุ่งผ้าเช็ดตัวอย่างหมิ่นเหม่ มีหยดน้ำเกาะพราว ออกจากห้องน้ำอย่างเงียบเชียบ แล้วมายืนอยู่ด้านหลังของเธอที่กำลังเปิดลิ้นชักกางเกงชั้นใน เขาขยับเข้าใกล้กักเธอเอาไว้ด้วยสองแขนที่ยื่นเข้าไปแย่งกางเกงในตัวเดียวกันกับที่เธอจับอยู่ ความใกล้ชิดทำให้เธอได้กลิ่นหอมของแชมพูและครีมอาบน้ำที่เขาใช้ประจำ ไหนจะลมร้อนๆ ที่ยังคงหลงเหลือกลิ่นแอลกอฮอล์อ่อนๆ ชวนให้หัวใจดวงน้อยสั่นสะท้าน "ไอ้พัชร์ แกทำอะไร" "ก็จะใส่กางเกงในไง" "มีเต็มลิ้นชัก แกจะมาแย่งตัวที่ฉันถืออยู่ทำไม ปล่อย จะพับใส่กระเป๋าให้ จะได้รีบเดินทางกันซะที เมาเหมือนหมา ทำคนอื่นตกเครื่องแล้วยังจะมาเรื่องมากอีกนะ" คนตัวบางไม่ยอมแพ้ ยื้อยุดสิ่งที่อยู่ในมือ ไม่ยอมให้คนกวนประสาทแย่งไปได้

Having a bad mental health is really suck. Bianca is suffering depression for almost half of the year, she's an architect but she stopped because of her bad mental health. Sa loob nng kalahating taon ay pinipilit niya ang sarili niyang mabuhay para sa mga taong nakapaligid sa kaniya. One nightmuli niyang sinubukan na tapusin ang buhay niya, sinubukan niyang tumalon sa isang mataas na lugar habang duguan ang kaniyang pulsuhan at sa amba niyang pag talong ay agd siyang nahinto nang may kamay na humawak sa kabila niyang kamay. "I always see you in this place and I always notice that your eyes are always swollen"Ani ng binata at inalalayan si Bianca na bumaba. "This is you before right? Why don't you try to be like this again?"Ani niya. Ipinakita ng binata ng masayang mukha ng dalaga noong nakaraang taon lang. "Slowly Close Your Eyes, and hold my hand"

Held Light, Held Close follows Celeste Bradbury, a quiet, disciplined young woman who arrives in New York to work with the world-famous band Luminous Riot. Raised in the hush of convent halls and foster homes, Celeste has learned to survive by moving gently, listening closely, and building her life out of small, steadfast rituals. But the music world is loud, chaotic, and unkind—especially under the sharp eye of Paul Logan, the band’s volatile lead singer who meets her composure with relentless mockery. As weeks turn into months, Celeste maintains her quiet routines, her faith, and her dignity despite the storm around her. She becomes a still point in the band’s restless orbit—an anchor none of them expected, and a mirror that reveals what each member is running from. Through rehearsals, touring, backstage politics, deadlines, and private battles the world never sees, Celeste’s presence begins to shape the group in ways that defy explanation. The House She Built is a story of chosen family, slow-burn transformation, unspoken tenderness, and the quiet power of a woman who refuses to break—even when the world demands it. It is about the sanctuary we build within ourselves, and the imperfect people we let inside.

Patricia, a hard working and diligent nurse. She had the looks, body, brains, compassion and any thing a man would ever need from a woman. But lacks one thing LOVE! Scared by her past relationship experiences, Patricia decided to stay celibate, until love comes knocking at her door, if there is any such thing as love. Love to her is an illusion, and if perchance love exist, it is only for selected people. Love comes knocking at people’s door, at different times, and unexpectedly. It also knocks in different ways, in different people’s lives. Even those who don’t believe in love, can hear the knock of love at their door, at any time. But the question is............. WILL PATRICIA OPEN HER DOOR AND EMBRACE LOVE? IS HE THE ONE DESTINED FOR HER? OR WILL HE BECOME A FRAGMENT OF HER IMAGINATION? Find out in...... STAY WITH ME By Ekpot Goodnews

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?

Promises are meant to be broken. That's what Infinity believes. Because ever since no one has kept their promises to her. Until she learned not to hope, because, in the end, it would not come true either. Until one man changes her beliefs, he fulfills everything he says and promises to her. Now she began to hope, to believe, to trust, and to love once again. But fate has another plan for her. The man behind her smile left her hanging. That turned her life into nothingness once again. Because of this, she only writes painful stories. That's why The Journal, the biggest and most well-known online reading application and website in the country, editor-in-chief dubbed her The Tragic Writer. After that, she began to rebuild herself. She’s trying to survive and be alive, even in pain and nothingness. But the past keeps on haunting her. Until someone came who made her feel alive again, he made her believe that she was not alone, that she was worth it and had a place in this world. Is he her saving grace? Or another heartbreak?

"No. I can't, baby. How can I possibly stay away from you, when you're carrying my heart wherever you go to?" ~ Ugo Noguchi [Uno] ___ Sea Ivory McCain, a teenager with a not so normal condition. She's living her life with full of routines, boundaries and self-control 一 all of which get put to the test when she meets Uno, an impossibly hard-headed teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation when they met but then, with each other's presence, would they realize the importance of life, friendship, family and faith? "Chase your stars. Make each day count, because this is just life. It will be over before you knew it."

Blurb A secret baby. A billionaire ex. A Love she swore she would never touch again. Annie's life was already in ruins—shattered by betrayal, rebuilt by pain, held together by sheer will. But just when she finally starts breathing again, the past she buried began to rise. Because someone dangerously close… someone she should have walked away from… is about to step right back into her path. And this time, the storm he brings might be the one she can't survive.

It was just a one-night mistake, and their lives changed forever.   Could love blossom in a way that you never expected?