Why'd You Ask

Before the contract was even signed, the client's representative casually said he was craving pancakes with maple syrup. I didn't hesitate. I texted my fiancé, Nigel Cross, and asked him to stand in line and grab some. He came back with the box, all proud of himself. The client took one bite, and within seconds, his face went red. Hives bloomed across his neck. He shot to his feet, furious, and called the whole deal off on the spot. Then he turned around and handed the million-dollar order to Olivia Field, the intern who had rushed to grab him allergy meds. Three months of grinding work were gone just like that. I stood there, my throat tight, trying not to fall apart. Nigel squeezed my shoulder, his voice soft as he said, "It was just bad luck. Don't beat yourself up." I nodded weakly, drained of energy. But the second I stepped away, I heard him laughing in the break room with his friend. "That guy's seriously allergic to mango. Good thing I added mango syrup to the pancakes. Olivia's about to score a huge year-end bonus. Enough for a down payment on her new apartment." His friend hesitated. "Melissa hasn't slept in a month over that deal. She was working while she was sick. She needed that money for her mom's surgery—" Nigel waved him off, already annoyed. "She has me. Isn't that enough? Olivia earned this." My hands curled into fists so tightly that my nails dug into my palms. Bad luck? Yeah, right. Nigel had planned every second of it. And now, he thought he could smooth it over by marrying me someday, toss me a few cheap words, and I would just swallow it. I was done with that disgusting man.

She wakes up that morning in an unfamiliar room with a stranger lying beside her and both naked under that plain green blanket.Wala siyang maalala sa nangyari and what shocked her most is when he claimed and mistook her for some lowly prostitute!Rage and anger comsumed her pero wala siyang magawa kundi iiyak nalang ang nangyaring iyon sa kanya. Pinilit niyang kalimutan ang gabing iyon, pinilit niyang ipagpatuloy ang kanyang buhay.Pero paano niya gagawin iyon kung matapos ang isang buwan ay natagpuan niya ang sarili na dinadala ang bunga ng gabing iyon. Ang bunga na naging sanhi ng pagkasira at pagkawala ng lahat-lahat sa kanya!

Everyone knew—Jessica Conway had always adored Jack Murray. They were high school lovers, and everyone just assumed they would get married eventually and live happily ever after. But then, there was Abby Conway, Jessica's elder sister who was "gravely ill." On the eve of Jessica and Jack's wedding, he said, "Jess, your sister's really really sick. Let's give her a chance to be the bride for now, alright? You know you're the one I love." Abby echoed, "Jess, promise me you'll come to the wedding, okay?" Jessica clutched the stomach cancer diagnosis in her hands and said nothing. On the wedding day, she never showed up. Jack, realizing her absence, abandoned the ceremony and rushed home—only to find the house empty. The only thing left behind was a single sheet of paper: her final diagnosis. For three days and three nights, Jack knelt before Jessica, begging for a second chance. But she never forgave him. Not even in death.

No one knew that I was a sex addict until the company's team building exercise. I had forgotten to bring my medicine along for that night and was assigned to a tent with a male colleague. I was in tears as I climaxed right before his eyes, and now that there was no turning back, my impulses spiralled further away from control…

I have been waiting for a prince charming my whole life. Pero matapos ang halos 30 years na paghihintay, 30 years of falling and failing, I have decided to move on nd embrace being a single tita. Pero bakit kung kelan sinukuan ko na ang love ay saka naman may sumusubok sa karupukan ko? At dalawa pa sila. Magmamahal pa bang muli o di na susubok pa?

| 𝖫𝗈𝗋𝗌𝗊𝗎𝖾 Matt 𝗌𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝖺̀ 𝗎𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗂𝗋𝖾́𝖾 𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗌𝖾́𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝖾𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗆𝗂, 𝗂𝗅 𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗌 𝗊𝗎𝖾 𝗅𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖾 𝖽'𝗎𝗇 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾́𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗎𝗑 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖼𝖼𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾́𝖾𝗌. | 𝖤𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖾́𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝖾́𝗏𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾 𝖾𝗍 𝗃𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖾 𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾, 𝖼'𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗎𝗑 𝗃𝖾𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗀𝖺𝗋𝖼̧𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗂̂𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖻𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗌 𝗊𝗎'𝗎𝗇 𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗉𝗍𝗂𝖾̀𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗅... | 𝖳𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂 𝖽'𝗎𝗇𝖾 𝗇𝗎𝗂𝗍 𝖽'𝗂𝗏𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾... | 𝖯𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖺 𝗍'𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝖺𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖾𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝖾𝗎𝗋𝗌 ? --- • ɓoƴ ӽ ɓoƴ • ɭɑɳɠɑɠe ƈɽʋ / ʂƈèɳeʂ ɱɑʈʋɽeʂ 𝘾𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚́𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚. 𝙅𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝙘𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙟'𝙚́𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚 𝙘𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙯 !

He was an arrogant and cold man but he cherished her the most. She was beautiful and innocent. She felt safe only in his strong arms as he used to protect her from the cruelty and ugliness of the world. "Why are you so good to me?", she used to ask him while blinking her beautiful and innocent eyes. "Because you live here", he pointed at his heart. But life is not a fairytale for everyone. "Sky! Where are you going??", Elliot asked her while grabbing her arm. "I can't live here anymore", Sky said as she stood in the heavy rain. "But where will you go??", he panicked. "I don't have any home now, everyone has abandoned me. I'll go wherever destiny takes me", Sky said as she looked away. "But, didn't you say? I'm your home." Elliot asked with immense love and affection in his eyes. Sky bit her lips for a while but then she asked, " what about your family?" "You are my family Sky!!! You're my everything." Elliot held her tightly as he said that. Finally she smiled while crying heavily as she hugged him back, thinking about him being the only person she could trust. As she was sure, he won't abandon her no matter what. But, no one knows what future holds for them! A shadow sneered while looking at them, "I'll see how long she's gonna stay here, I'll make her life a living hell!" She took out her phone and dialled someone's number, "Is it Sean Hill?" "Yes, who's this?", the man asked arrogantly. "I know who you've been searching for your whole life! And I guess, I've found her", she said with an evil smile as she looked at the two figures embracing each other in the heavy rain.

Arthia Violette, a Fine Arts student, majoring in Painting, has always been sure that her sole purpose in this life is to become a wife. She would always cry over proposals and wedding scenes in movies or books. She believes in marriage and has always been so fond of marrying in her early 20's. But at 20, she still has the NBSB badge. And just when she had already given up dating and just decided to wait for what we call in God's time, Antonio Nicholas, an Architecture student, suddenly slid through her Instagram DM's. Not only that, he slid into her DM's, but he also turns out to be the son of her father's colleague, and Av being a die-hard fan of destiny, thought that maybe it was her shot at it. It was the start of everything. And finally, at 21, Av got a boyfriend! And at 23, she got married to the man of her dreams. At 24, she had her gallery, art workshop, and art store. She had her first successful major exhibit. She's living the life she has always dreamed of. What could possibly go wrong?

BLURB Drasa Rurik, a hybrid with silver hair and Onyx eyes, has always lived with the pain of her parents’ mysterious deaths. Now, as she begins her first year at Nightshade School, her life takes an unexpected turn when she agrees to a fake relationship with Cassian Devereux, the heir to the ruthless Umbrafang Pack. What begins as protection against the relentless bullying soon turns into something neither of them anticipated. Drasa begins her pursuit to uncover the truth behind her parents' death, a truth she believes lies with Cassian’s father, Lucien. Drasa finds herself in a dangerous game of power and secrets with the threat of Elara’s jealousy and Lucien’s unyielding control, Drasa must decide whether to embrace her feelings for Cassian or use her powers to destroy the very family that has haunted her for years.

Little did Jeanne know the best friend and lover that she adored will turn her life upside down in one night. Heart filled with mingled feelings, she decided to walk away to move on and find a new life. Then, Aaron appeared in her life, bringing new hope. At that same time, Andy the lover came back, trying to fight for her love again. Jeanne started to feel confuse over finding her right man. However, things turned unsorted whren Jeanne was suddenly pregnant. Who's the father? What is the ending for her unsteady friendship and love life?