nothing gold can stay meaning

UNDER HEAVY EDITING. ***** He chuckled at her desperate attempt to make the lie believable. "Pretty little liar, your face betrays a lot, sadly" he placed his hand on her cheeks, his face dark "you can't run from me, Maya; no matter how hard you try to, I'll always find you. Even in the deepest part of hell, And when I find you, you get punished according to how long you were away from me, understand?" His tone was so soft and gentle it could have fooled anybody but not her. She could see through him, and She trembled under his touch. "Y-yes, maestro" **** Though her sister commits the crime, Maya Alfredo is turned in by her parents to be punished by the Ruthless Don Damon Xavier for selling information about the Costa Nostra to the police. Her world is overturned and shattered; she is taken to the Don's Manor, where she is owned by him and treated like his plaything, meanwhile knowing his intentions to destroy her. But then things get dark in the Don's Manor, with the presence of Derinem Xavier. Maya doesn't stand a chance in Damon's furnace. Will he destroy her and everything she loves for the sins he thinks she committed? Or does luck have other plans for her? Note— This is a dark romance. Not all lovey-dovey. ML is a psychopath. Trigger warnings!!! **** TO READ THE EDITED VERSION, PLEASE LOG OUT AND LOG IN AGAIN.

Sa konsepto ng mga mortal, masasabing taglay sana ni Mark ang perpektong buhay—mayaman, matikas ang katawan, magandang lalaki at magaling sa larangan ng negosyo. Ngunit dahil sa isang insidente, hindi niya naisakatuparan nang lubusan ang kasiyahang hatid ng karangyaan dahil sa kanyang “sixth sense”, na naging dahilan upang hindi siya pangkaraniwan. Dahil dito, naging bahagi na lamang ng kanyang pangarap ang perpekto ngunit tipikal na buhay. Paano siya aarteng normal kung araw-araw siyang nakakakita ng mga paranormal? At ngayon na may kumakatok sa kaniyang puso, paano niya ito pagbubuksan kung ang kanyang pagkatao ay nababalot ng misteryo?

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?

Gia Glass. But I'm not made of glass. I've mingled with sharks and wolves all who have the intension of swallowing me whole. I'm drowning in debt and the only solution I have is to marry a ruthless loan shark or become a high class proustite. That's until Bradley Wolfe shows up in my life, he doesn't save me, but I will have to marry him in order to save my estranged father from his own harrowing fate. Bradley is everything I feared he would be, but in the end will he be my saving grace when my world continues to spiral or the thing that pushes me down? Book #2 Sold for Gold & Bells (Lilly's Novella) Emilia or Lilly as her friends call her is meek, predictable and does everything to make everyone else happy. When Rocco a loan shark recognizes her at her best friend's wedding it sparks a passion that should never happen. Lilly finds herself in a web of lies she can't get out of. It gets worse when her boss leaves her thousands of dollars in debt before he flees the country. All that lands her back into Rocco's arms and living a double life to clear the debt. Will good girl finally break free and choose passion and adventure or will the dangers of the new world she's found drive her back to safety?

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?

A romance story that revolves around a woman who enters a challenging job. Sa kabila ng malagim niyang nakaraan, sinubukan mabuhay ng normal ni Safirah kahit mag-isa na lamang siya sa buhay. Pinilit niyang huwag tumanggap ng kahit anumang tulong mula sa ama na matagal na niyang kinamumuhian. Kahit alam ni Safirah na mayaman ang kanyang ama ay pinili niyang humanap ng sariling ikakabuhay hanggang sa pumasok siya sa buhay ni Terence na siyang magiging amo niya. Makakayanan niya kayang pigilin ang sarili na hindi umibig sa kanyang amo o paninindigan niya ang pagiging man-hater dahil sa naranasan mismo ng kanyang sariling ina sa ama niya noon?

My husband threw me into the crocodile pit to help his childhood sweetheart, who was a KOL, gain popularity. To make the live stream more realistic, he personally tossed bait at me. “Have you not eaten? My grandma can run faster than you!” He watched as I bled from my abdomen, believing I was just pretending to be pitiful. When I asked for a divorce, he kicked me to the ground. “Since you love pretending to be pitiful to ask for a divorce, why didn’t you just let the crocodile kill you?” I handed him a medical report. “My child died because of you. Does this count as pretending to be pitiful?”

Goldie wakes up in the ruins of a nightclub, with his mind empty. Amidst his confusion, he discovers that he has strange powers that are desired by the police and the government. He can only rely on his instincts as he maneuvers himself into many confusing situations. In his pursuit of self-discovery, he comes across a crime boss and a curious medicine student. Each of them gives their own efforts into solving the many mysteries that came with Goldie's existence, while also hiding from the authorities. They all come to realize that they are taking part in something much bigger than themselves and everyone else.

Willow Mason and Knox Wright were nothing but employee and employer in an unconventional employment - pretend girlfriend and boyfriend. She got the money for her sick mother's treatment and he had a facade of a perfect relationship going on. That was until he suddenly got engaged to a business rival's daughter. Realizing she had fallen from being the supposed center of his universe to nothing but the other woman, Willow decides to call it quits. Except, Knox won't let her.

A life changing situation leads her to a life threatening accident. Where She meets a woman who will actually change her life. Follow the life of 23 year old Thandy Phakathi tackling the death of her mother, being in an age gap relationship, a long distance relationship with a much older woman, and well you know there's always going to be an EX appearance... Will their relationship work or will it crumble...?