Still Breathing

“I’ve tried so much to hate you, to forget you… I couldn’t. I know it’s hard to tell, but I’m not doing well. And not because Ari isn’t here, with me. I’m not alright without you, Alex. Even if I know there’s no way back from this for us, I still feel the need to tell you what you denied me three years ago… There was no other man… I’m yours… only yours… Always have, always will be.” He was suddenly looming over her, his face dark with passion, mouth full and moist from the mayhem he had just been creating with his tongue. “You’re mine… All mine…” They’ve never stopped being married… Hailee Baroni loves her husband more than anything. But when Alessandro started accusing her of being a cheater, when he started thinking of Ariana, their daughter, as the result of an extramarital affair, Hailee decided it was time to leave him. They lived separate lives for three long years, cutting every direct communication. But when Ariana gets abducted, the silence between them is forcibly broken. One quick glance into her deep, sad, desperate eyes and Alex knows he is the only one who can secure the little girl’s safe return, even if it means he must go back to Hailee. After all, his 'piccola' still wears his ring.

Valerina is an innocent soul. Innocent but still hurt by everyone. She finally decided to free herself from the misery and entered the dark forest to save herself but destiny has different plans. Only if she knows that her destiny is evil. Her destiny is Augustus, King of darkness!

Vasilios was just as quick, his hand gripping my arm and pulling me into his arms quicker than I could blink.  “You ran away from me once, Cassandra, you won't be doing so again.” “What are you going to do? Chain me up? Stick me in a tower and throw away the key? I don't belong to you, Vasilios,” I raged, pushing against his chest. “You may not belong to me, but you're still my mate and my wife!” he threw back, anger burning in his ice blue eyes. ~~~ Three years ago, Cassie ran away from her family and her life as the newly married bride and future Luna of the ruthless Vasilios Kythira. Making a new life for herself wasn't easy, but she did it. Will this life be torn to pieces when Vasilios finds her? Or will she find that he was what had been missing all along... ~~~ This is the second book in the My Mafia series, and while it is a continuation of My Mafia Master, it can be read as a standalone book.

She was wolfless. All her life, Holly Ambrose had been longing for her family to reciprocate the love she had been working hard to get from her father and her sister, Irina. Unfortunately, they only saw her as an embarrassment to the pack and used her instead so that Irina could refuse to marry Alpha Evander Edgerton: the ruthless and cold-blooded Alpha of the Blackwood Pack. Thinking that it was the only way to escape them, Holly accepted the proposal. Alpha Alec, her former mate and her sister’s fiance begged her not to. He confessed he still had feelings for her and wanted her back as his mate. Too late because there was no stopping her from having her freedom. But would Holly be truly free if Irina had no intention to stop destroying her life after Alec left Irina to claim Holly back? Would she stay with Alpha Evander even after she found out that his former mate came back and was pregnant with his child?

On the eve of the Eva's seventeenth birthday, the story begins. Her father's enemies are abusing her. Alpha's daughter, Eva, is the protagonist of the story. Her pack was killed. She was the only survivor. Due to her young age, the pack that slaughtered her family decided to turn her into a slave She was mistreated and hungry since she was a child, and she did all kinds of menial tasks. When confronted with insults, the heroine was obstinate, fighting back and talking back. She still retains Alpha's blood in her bones, despite being a slave. When she became an adult and her powers awakened, she secretly intended to flee this pack. She still believes in love and hopes that the moon goddess will provide her with a mate who will cherish and protect her at this time. The pack's leader's son, Alpha Liam, knew the Eva once was his chosen mate at his 18, but he despised her low status on the one hand and was pulled to her beauty on the other. He looks down on her and plays around with other girls, influenced by the pack members. On her eighteenth birthday, the Eva's wolf awoke, and she realized that Liam was her mate, and she was furious because Liam was the son of her father's assassin. Alpha Liam reject Eva. Eva released. However, the wolf within her is a little depressed. Alpha Liam's mother and her daughter assaulted Eva again while she was preparing the inheritance ceremony for Liam. Eva was saved by an Alpha from another pack. This was Alpha Raquel. He was invited to participate in the inheritance ceremony of Alpha A

When you truly love someone, mistakes will never change your feelings because the mind only gets angry but your heart still cares and that's all that matters. Veronica Chrystelle Valderama is your typical ideal woman. Maganda, matalino yun nga lang brat sa paningin ng ibang tao. She has everything a woman could have but she's not the type who keep everything for herself. She is helping a foundation for orphans and less fortunate children but she's kept it a secret. She's an heiress, an international model and she had anything every woman wished to have pero sa kabila ng tinatamasang karangyaan nananatiling mababa ang kalooban nya. She maybe bratty and spoiled but she's also sweet and generous at all times. Hanggang sa nakilala niya ang isang gwapong negosyanteng matalik na kaibigan ng Kuya niya. Masungit, suplado at lahat na lang ata ng katangian nito ay kinaiinisan niya. He is... Ret. Major, Nathaniel Devon Castillo, an ex-military, a businessman with oozing with sex appeal. But their first encounter didn't leave her a good impression. One day the guy showed up in their mansion, not to visit her brothers but to be her...personal body guard. She's irritated, irked and dismayed but she can't do anything because her father decided. She promised to herself that she'll do anything to annoy the guy but little did she know she's falling for him...so hard to the point that she doesn't know how to recover. Their relationship started and ended too fast, yong tipong kakasimula palang, natapos din agad sa di malamang dahilan. Malalampasan kaya niya ang sakit ng katotohanan kapag natuklasan nya na ang sekretong matagal na nitong inililihim sa kanya? Will her love enough to forgive and give chance to a broken billionaire?

His silence gave me my answer but I still can’t believe it. I can’t believe I fell for someone like him. I wipe my tears as I sniffle my words out "Why did you lie to me." "I can explain, I love yo-" "No, you don’t." I cut him off not wanting to hear those words from him. I think I have heard enough of his lies but not anymore. "You don’t love me, you never did." "Just let me explain." He says "No, I won’t. Because I do, you will lie again and lying isn’t love." I say as I felt my throat close up. He stayed silent probably because he doesn’t know what to say to me. How would he, words cannot explain the lies he has told me and the heartbreak that I am going through right now. ———————————————————— The book starts with the protagonist Ivy, whose life evolves with parties and one-night stands but that ended after the death of her boyfriend Evan. Ivy took a hard time getting over his death especially because he had the strangest death; Evan was feasted by a wolf which came to be strange because the wolf didn’t lay a finger on Ivy. Tyler is a businessman who had been wanting to take over his family. But could only do that after he gets married. When Ivy gets informed about her marriage with Tyler which was just in two days, she gets sore wondering who the groom was. Having no option, Ivy gets ready to marry him but on their wedding day, after taking vows Tyler’s older brother, Jason walks up and stops the wedding.

My head threw back. I stared at the lamp above us as I carelessly screamed his name. “Stop. Stop.” “Why?” I could feel his blazing gaze on me. “Give me a break.” “Ten seconds.” He went to the fridge and came back with a bowl of somewhat chocolate syrup. I watched him pick up the spoon, scoop the syrup, and pour it onto my br*ast. “God, it’s cold.” I giggled. The moment the sticky syrup rolled down my n*pple, I began panting, biting my lip as it felt delicious. My cl*t began pulsing. “You’re so dirty.” “You are my dirty, dirty wild dreams.” “Clean it off, Gabriel.” “With pleasure.” *** Estelle Bladwyn has a certain type of guy— a little older with a little less demanding job and knows his way in bed. When she bumps into a hot thirty-ish man on her not-so-romantic-getaway on an island, he does check two on her checklist, and exactly what she wants for that moment. One thing that doesn’t set right— their growing attraction is overwhelming, and her life is already complicated. But who can deny someone like Linden, who held you captive with his eyes, caged you in his arms, and still promised you a good time? Gabe Linden is getting old and still single and done with hookups and doing favors. When some big guns like Moses Braddson, a man he looks up to, he just can’t say no to. The only problem is he hasn’t taken the job yet— he knows he’s already failing it. Looking into her celadon blue eyes, he sees right into her soul. There’s no way he’s letting her go, even by means of breaking his number one rule— The beautiful billionaire is his to keep.

Sarina is a nurse who grew up in a province and chose to become a private nurse to Maximus Lardizabal because of the very high salary. Lardizabal is a well-known businessman in the country and a playboy as well. He has a girlfriend, but because he doesn't love her, he still plays with women. When he had an accident in another country and returned to the Philippines, he was blind and confined to a wheelchair, which caused his girlfriend to leave him. Meanwhile, Maximus unexpectedly proposed an offer to Sarina that was beyond her wildest dreams, leaving her in a state of disbelief. Initially, she was quick to reject it. However, the pressing needs of her family forced her to reconsider, and she reluctantly agreed to become Maximus's bed warmer for one year for a staggering sum of 10 million. The young woman does not know that other agreements are attached to their contract, and when they start living together, she will learn the secret that the young man is hiding.

My husband’s first love and I were kidnapped at the same time. As a professional negotiator, my husband rushed to the scene as soon as possible to save us. When the kidnappers agreed to release one hostage, he chose to let them keep me to protect her. I knelt on the ground, desperately begging him to save me first, but his face was expressionless. “Tammy is still a virgin. If she’s raped, she won’t be able to handle it.” “You’re different. You’re already married to me. Even if something happens to you, I won’t hold it against you.” He shoved me toward the kidnappers. He probably didn’t know I was three months pregnant, and he was about to become a father.