hitting on 16

"No offense but you are always so grumpy, it's actually kind of cute." I bluntly say to him and watch him throw me a nasty glare, I just giggle at that. "I'm not." he defends himself in a calm yet stern voice keeping his face emotionless. "sure." I find myself saying sarcastically. I think I'm too drunk  because there is no way a sober River will have the courage to hold a conversation with a very grumpy Killian. I expect another scary glare to come towards me but instead I meet with a soft gaze that stares at me with an unreadable expression. "I'm not." This time he says softly, I see him biting back a small smile and , he smiles. I've never seen him smiling before, not this way. Standing on the edge of life, River breathes in and lets himself adjust into a new life, into a new family. After a horrifying past he finds his life wrapped around a shaggy orphanage and several foster homes which makes it hard to believe that he is actually being adopted. Having a family was always a desire of him but to his burnt luck, he doesn't feel like he belongs in his adoptive family. Everyone and everything around him make it clear that he wasn't born to be happy. River is waiting for another push, one last push to end it all and fall from the edge and that's when a grumpy looking Killian Price steps into his life. River can't decide if Killian is the saviour or the devil himself. River's life meets with unexpected secrets mixed with burning desire, adorning the melancholic attire. Soon, he finds out he isn't the only one standing on the edge of the cliff, or he realises he is far from the edge.

Elsa Putri menikah pada usia 16 tahun, dengan seorang pria yang 11 tahun lebih tua darinya. Elsa tidak mengerti cinta, namun dia merasa tidak rela ketika pria yang seharusnya menjadi miliknya ternyata telah menjadi milik orang lain. Ketika perasaan mereka menjadi tidak menentu, Elsa menemukan dirinya hamil. Hamil di usia 16 tahun. ~~~ A novel by Asia July. Cover edited in Photoshop. Pic from Unsplash - Jerry Wang

She’d escaped me once. She’d not do it again. I am the brother of the Alpha of the Asara Pack. I did everything she asked of me. She was a queen up on her throne. I was her Captain of the Guard. Her secret assassin killing anyone who'd threaten her. I had declared my intent to claim her as my mate. And she had fled. Like the coward she is. Still she went ahead and seduced me, bidding me do whatever vile thing she commanded. Now she claims to rule this kingdom. However, her people are starving and her new fiancé is to blame. But will she hear a word of it? Of course not! Well, I've found a way to make her listen. To no longer allow her to deny what she really is. To rip her from her sanctuary amongst the humans. It's high time she learn a she-wolf’s place in this realm. She needs a real king, and it won't be that sniveling lord with designs on her. It's going to be me. She’ll learn I'm no longer hers to command. She is mine.

Si Joaquin Lorenzo, ang naging son-in-law ng aming pamilya, ay ngayon nagbabalik upang maghiganti. Sa aming pagkakalugmok at pagkawala ng yaman, siya naman ay yumaman bilang isang makapangyarihang negosyante. Ngayon, tinatapakan niya ako—ang taong minsan niyang minahal. Wala akong ibang pagpipilian kundi kumapit sa kanya upang mabuhay. Kailangan kong sundin ang bawat utos niya, kahit pa ang bawat hakbang niya ay parusa sa akin. Ang dating asawa ko ay ngayon ang aking naging pinakamalupit na kaaway.

Nalaman ni Araceae na buhay pa ang tunay niyang magulang kaya tumakas siya sa bahay ampunan upang hanapin ang mga ito. Kasama niyang tumakas ang matalik na kaibigang si Ertan, ngunit nahuli sila sa lansangan ng isang sindikatong grupo. Kasama ng iba pang kabataan, dinala sila sa isang underground human auction, dito nagkahiwalay si Araceae at Ertan. Napunta si Araceae sa kamay ni Kaya, ang binatang may malaking galit sa kanya. Naging miserable ang buhay ni Araceae sa kamay ni Kaya, sinapit niya ang parusa sa isang kasalanang hindi naman niya ginawa. Sa kagustuhan na mabuhay tumakas si Araceae sa malupit na lalaki, nagtagumpay siya ngunit ang alaala niya ang naging kapalit nito. Nagising si Araceae sa isang maliit na isla at nakilala ang matandang mag-asawa, dito nabuhay siya bilang si Aris. Paglipas ng dalawang taon, nakilala ni Araceae si Temur, isang mayamang binata na taga Maynila. Inibig nila ang isa't-isa at pagkatapos ng kasal, dinala siya ng asawa sa Maynila upang doon manirahan. Sa pagtira niya sa mansion, nakilala ni Araceae si Kaya Flegenheimer, ang CEO ng FHMer Corporation at nakatatandang kapatid ni Temur. Sa pagbabalik ng lalaking lumapastangan at nagpahirap sa kaniya. Magbalik na kaya ang alaala ni Araceae? Madiskubre kaya niya ang lihim sa likod ng tunay niyang pagkatao? Ano ang gagawin ni Kaya oras na makitang muli ang babaeng minahal at nagtraydor sa kanya?

In the middle of a lively night, can you guess what's about to come? In the middle of the busy street, do you realize there is something in the dump? Shane Hoseinzade was peacefully sleeping on the floor when three conservative, loud knocks echoed inside. Would he open the door? On the other side, someone wearing a black cloak and holding a giant scythe is standing on the doorstep. With head bowed down, a pair of mismatched eyes glowed while staring at the door. Patiently waiting for the target to open the door. If you hear three violent knocks on your door at exactly midnight, would you dare to open the door? But what if those violent knocks are the knocks of the person you promised to marry in the future? Death? A grim reaper? A demon? Whoever it is, are you ready to face your fears?

กรรฐ์ กวีวัธน์ พิสิฐกุลวัตรดิลก มาเฟียในคราบชุดกาวน์ที่ยอมสลัดคราบผู้ชายเย็นชากระโจนเข้าสู่หลุมพรางของเธอ เธอชอบเขา...เขารู้ แล้วที่เขาชอบเธอ...เธอนั้นรู้หรือยัง ? มีน มินตรา อดิพัทธ์เรืองรัตนกุล ดารานางแบบสาวสวยชื่อดังที่คนชอบมองว่าหยิ่งแท้จริงแล้วนิสัยดี จริงใจ รักเพื่อนฝูง กล้าได้กล้าเสีย โบราณบอกเอาไว้ว่ามารยาหญิงมีร้อยเล่มเกวียนถ้าอย่างนั้นเธอก็จะของัดมาสักเล่มเพื่อยั่วเขาให้ตกหลุมพรางของเธอก็แล้วกัน เขาชอบเธอ...เธอไม่เคยรู้ แล้วที่เธอชอบเขา...เขารู้หรือยัง ?

Blaze shoved Carlo hard, his breath ragged. “Get the hell out of my way! I don’t need your help.” Carlo caught his balance, his lips curling into a taunting smirk. “Really? Because it looks like you’re drowning without me.” "And no matter where you go, I'll be the only man you'll come back to" Carlo slurs. **** Blaze is a street racer trying to pay off his father’s debt, desperate to win his freedom. Carlo is a rich son of a powerful family, living a life of luxury that Blaze can only dream of. But there’s one thing Carlo can’t buy—true passion. When the underground racing scene throws them into competition, their rivalry heats up. But after an unexpected one-night stand, a new kind of tension sparks between them. Suddenly, Blaze and Carlo find themselves drawn to each other in a way they never imagined. Now, they have to decide if they can put their hatred aside and risk everything for a love neither of them saw coming. But what happens when Blaze finds out Carlo's secret?

Amelia was engaged to be married to billionaire Edward Langston until she caught him cheating with her best friend a night before their wedding. Devastated, she turned to alcohol only to end up in the bed of another billionaire Nathaniel Brooke. Remembering the condition of marriage before she takes over the family business. She resolves to enter a contract marriage with Nathaniel. What will happen when she starts to have feelings for Nathaniel? Will she confess them to him or abide by the ‘no falling in love’rule of the contract?

"If I leave now, I'll never come back! I might end up dying. Is that what you want?" She asked. "Yes. Who cares if you die? I'm already lenient with you for not sending you to jail!" I said. __ Elise Sinclair got entangled with the wrongest person in the world, her step-uncle but what happens when he cast her aside when the world turned against them. Years later, she came back as the most sophisticated while she threaded on thin ice. She got threatened by her unknown enemy from the past. How will she navigate all the setbacks in her life? Damien Sinclair was empty and emotionless after Elise left. He had to enter into a relationship with his ex because of a few circumstances surrounding the situation. However, his heart still longed for Elise. When he finally sees her again, his hope is reignited, only to be dashed again. How will he get his love back? Will he go to the ends of the earth for her?